Reasoning Quiz for SBI Clerk 2018: 5th April

Dear Aspirants,

Eight aliens V, N, K, G, O, D, Z and T from different planets Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Pluto, Venus, Jupiter, Mars and Mercury are sitting around a rectangular table facing towards the center but not necessarily in same order. Each alien is facing another alien of opposite side. Only three are sitting on each longer side while one on each of the smaller sides. O is sitting second to the right of the alien who is from Mercury. G is sitting third to the left of the alien who is from Jupiter. The alien from Pluto is sitting third to the right of the alien from Mercury, who is not sitting diagonally opposite the alien from Uranus. The alien from Pluto is third to the left of K. D sits second to the left of T. The alien from Uranus sits opposite to the alien from Venus. D and Z are sitting opposite to each other. K is sitting diagonally opposite the alien who is from Mars. N is sitting opposite the alien who is from Neptune. The alien from Pluto is sitting second to the right of the alien from Venus and second to the left of V, who is not sitting near the alien who is from Mars. Z is sitting on the smaller side and to the immediate right of the alien who is from Mars. Aliens from Venus and Pluto are not on the same side of the table. 

Q1. Who is sitting third to the right of the who is alien from JUPITER?

(a) T

(b) Alien from Venus

(c) E

(d) Alien from Mars         

(e) None of these

Q2. Who is sitting diagonally opposite to G?

(a) V

(b) N

(c) Alien from Uranus

(d) Alien from Saturn

(e) Can’t be determined

Q3. Who among the following is from Jupiter?

(a) K

(b) V

(c) O

(d) D

(e) None of these

Q4. Who among the following is an immediate neighbor of V?

(a) D

(b) N

(c) T

(d) Z

(e) None of these

Q5. Who among the following group of aliens are facing each other?

(a) G and O

(b) T and G

(c) O and K

(d) D and O

(e) None of these

Directions (6-10): Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions.

A word and number arrangement machine when given an input line of words and numbers rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement.

Input: 23 dust east 36 6 event 16 truth output 100 superior 12 power 4 jungle

Step I: dust 4 23 east 36 6 event 16 truth output 100 superior 12 power jungle

Step II: dust 4 east 6 23 36 event 16 truth output 100 superior 12 power jungle

Step III: dust 4 east 6 event 16 23 36 truth output 100 superior 12 power jungle

Step IV: dust 4 east 6 event 16 jungle 12 23 36 truth output 100 superior power

Step V: dust 4 east 6 event 16 jungle 12 output 36 23 truth 100 superior power

Step VI: dust 4 east 6 event 16 jungle 12 output 36 power 23 truth 100 superior

Step VII: dust 4 east 6 event 16 jungle 12 output 36 power 23 superior 100 truth

Step VII is the last step of the above input; as the desired arrangement is obtained. As per rules followed in the above steps, find out in each of the following questions the appropriate step for the given input.

Input: idiot 19 simple 121 bold 15 49 Justice 16 rat 64 3 feather time

Q6. How many steps will be required to complete the rearrangement?

(a) Six

(b) Seven

(c) Eight

(d) Five

(e) None of these

Q7. Which of the following will be Step IV?

(a) bold 16 feather 3 idiot 49 Justice 15 rat 64 19 simple 121  time

(b) bold 16 feather 3 idiot 49 Justice 15 19 simple 121 rat 64  time

(c) bold 16 feather 3 idiot 49 19 simple 121 15 Justice rat 64  time

(d) bold 16 feather 3 idiot 49 Justice 15 simple 19 121 rat 64  time

(e) None of these

Q8. Which of the following step would be the last but one?

(a) Step V

(b) Step VI

(c) Step IV

(d) Step VII

(e) None of these

Q9. If in Step III ‘bold’ is related to ‘idiot’ and ‘16’ is related to ‘49’ in certain way, following the same way ‘feather’ is related to which of the following?

(a) 19

(b) idiot

(c) simple

(d) 15

(e) None of these

Q10. What is the position of ‘simple’ in Step IV?

(a) Sixth from left

(b) Sixth from right

(c) Fifth from left

(d) Fifth from right

(e) None of these

Directions (11-15): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions:

In a certain code language, 

‘he who seeks Truth’ is written as ‘3ma 2co 2he 3mx,

‘Truth is a complicated term’ is written as ‘3mx 2mh 2la 2sa 2ox’,

‘Lord seeks Truth’ is written as ‘3mx 2he 3kl’ and

‘who is term of Lord’ is written as ‘3kl 2mh 2co 2ze 2ox’.  

Q11. What does the code ‘2ox’ stand for in the given code language?

(a) Truth

(b) is 

(c) a 

(d) term

(e) Either (b) or (d)

Q12. What is the code for ‘Lord’?

(a) 3kl

(b) 2ox

(c) 2mh

(d) 2ze

(e) Either (b) or (c)

Q13. In the given code language, which of the following could be the code for ‘a complicated term’?

(a) 2la 2sa 2mh

(b) 2sa 2la 2ox

(c) 2ox 2sa 2mh

(d) Either (a) or (b)

(e) 3mx 2mh 2la

Q14. What does the code ‘2co’ stand for?

(a) who 

(b) seeks

(c) he

(d) Truth

(e) Either (a) or (c)

Q15. What is the code for ‘who is he’ in the given code language?

(a) 2co 2mh 3ma

(b) 2co 2ox 3ma

(c) 3mx 3ma 2ox

(d) Either (a) or (b)

(e) None of these

Check Detailed Solutions Here