Reasoning Quiz for SBI Clerk Prelims: 16th June 2018

Dear Aspirants,

Reasoning Ability is an onerous section. With the increasing complexity of questions, it becomes hard for one to give it the cold shoulder. Today is the Day 56 of the 60 Days SBI Clerk Prelims Study Plan. The only way to make the grade in this particular section in the forthcoming banking exams is to practice continuously with all your heart and soul. And, to let you practice with the best of the latest pattern questions, here is the Adda247 Reasoning Quiz based on the study plan and the exact same pattern of questions that are being asked in the exams.

Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the following questions:-

L 9 8 * S A & 2 T 9 G & V 5 H % @ Q E # 9 1 ! E ! 2 $ I 7 Y 4 * O 7 

Q1. How many such consonants are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately preceded by a number and immediately followed by a vowel?

(a) None 

(b) One

(c) Two

(d) Three

(e) More than three

Q2. How many such alphabets are there in the above arrangement each of which is immediately preceded by a symbol and followed by a number?

(a) None 

(b) One

(c) Two

(d) Three

(e) More than three

Q3. Which of the following is the sixth element to the right of the tenth element from the right end of the above arrangement?

(a) E

(b) 7

(c) 4

(d) *

(e) None of these

Q4. Which of the following is the fourth to the right of the 10th element from the left end of the above arrangement?

(a) 5

(b) V

(c) H

(d) %

(e) None of these

Q5. If all the symbols in the above arrangement are dropped, then which of the following will be the fifth element from the right end?

(a) I

(b) 4

(c) U  

(d) Y

(e) 7

Directions (6-7): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

Harsh starts walking in the south direction and after walking 7m he takes a left turn and walks 8m. From there, he takes another left turn and walks 4m and after that he takes a right turn and covers a distance of 4 m. Finally, he moves in west direction and cover a distance of 8 m to reach his destination.  

Q6. What is the direction of Harsh’s final position with respect to his initial position and what is the shortest distance between Harsh’s initial position and his final position?

(a) Southeast, 7m

(b) Southwest, 5m

(c) Northeast, 5m

(d) Southeast, 5m

(e) None of these

Q7. What is the direction of Sam with respect to Harsh’s initial position, if Sam is standing to the south of Harsh’s final position at a distance of 10 m?

(a) North

(b) South

(c) East

(d) West

(e) None of these

Q8. In a family of 5 members i.e. A, B, P, Q, R, there are two married couple in which A is the daughter in law of P, who is the sister in law of Q. R is the nephew of Q. B has only one child, then find out how is B related to R?

(a) Uncle 

(b) Nephew

(c) Father

(d) Mother

(e) None of these

Directions (9-10): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

(a) ‘P × Q’ means ‘P is husband of Q’.

(b) ‘P % Q’ means ‘P is sister of Q’.

(c) ‘P – Q’ means ‘P is father of Q’. 

(d) ‘P + Q’ means ‘P is mother of Q’.

Q9. Which of the following means ‘A is father of D’? 

(a) A × D + C ×B

(b) A + B + C + D 

(c) C – B × A % D

(d) A× B + C % D  

(e) None of these 

Q10. Which of the following means ‘L is grandson of J’?

(a) M×J+K + L

(b) M % J x K+L

(c) J-K+L×M

(d) L % M %J +M           

(e) None of these

Directions (11-15): In each of the questions given below, a group of digits is given followed by four combinations of letters/ symbols numbered. You have to find out which of the four combinations correctly represents the group of digits based on the letter/ symbol codes and the conditions given below. If none of the four combinations represents the group of digits correctly, give (e) i.e. ‘None of these’ as the answer.

Condition for coding the group elements: 

(i) If the first number is even and last letter is vowel, then the codes for the first and the last digits are to be interchanged. 

(ii) If the first as well as the last letter is consonant, then both are to be coded by the code for the fourth letter.

(iii) If the first as well as the last number is odd, then both are to be coded by the code for the last number.

(iv) If the first number is odd and last letter is consonant, then both are to be coded by the code for the first number.

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