Reasoning Quiz for SBI PO Prelims: 10th June 2018

Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below.

Eight persons M, N, O, P, Q, R, S and T are seated in a row, some of them are facing towards north direction and some of them are facing towards south direction also they like different colours i.e. Grey, White, Blue, Yellow, Black, Green, Purple and Orange (not necessarily in same order).

S sits fourth to the right of M who is facing north direction. O sits fourth to the right of the one who likes yellow. There are only four persons sit between N and the one who likes green. T likes black and sits second to the left of S. R sits second to the right of M. O and P facing same direction but opposite to N. Q, who likes orange is an immediate neighbour of S and does not face south. There are only two persons sit between S and N who is not an immediate neighbor of M. N is facing north. The one who likes white facing north and sits fourth to the right of the one who likes purple. T faces opposite direction to R, who faces same as Q. The one who likes grey is an immediate neighbour of the one who likes black.

Q1. Who among the following likes blue colour?

(a) T

(b) N

(c) O

(d) R

(e) P

Q2. Who among the following sits immediate right of the one who likes green colour?

(a) S

(b) Q

(c) the one who like white colour

(d) T

(e) N

Q3. Who among the following likes purple colour?

(a) T

(b) S 

(c) Q

(d) P

(e) O

Q4. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence they form a group. Which one of the following does not belong to that group? 

(a) P

(b) T

(c) S

(d) M

(e) O

Q5. Who among the following sits third to the right of the one who likes yellow colour?

(a) the one who like grey colour

(b) Q

(c) the one who like green colour

(d) S

(e) T

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

When a word and number arrangement machine is given an input line of words and numbers, it arranges them following a particular rule. The following is an illustration of Input and rearrangement.

Input: 17 school 29 hall 85 most 66 logical

Step 1: Most 17 school hall 85 66 logical 29

Step 2: Most logical school hall 85 66 29 17

Step 3: Most logical school hall 66 29 17 85

Step 4: Most logical school hall 29 17 85 66

And step 4 is the last step of the above input. As per the rules followed in the above step, find out the appropriate step for the given output.

INPUT: 23 title 37 bag 58 building 36 hello

Q6. Which element is exactly between the fourth from left and third from right in step 4?

(a) bag

(b) 23

(c) 58

(d) 37

(e) None of these

Q7. Which step number would be the following output?

“Title building hello bag 36 37 23 58”

(a) Step 3

(b) Step 4

(c) Step 1

(d) Step 2

(e) None of the Above

Q8.  What is the position of ‘36’ in the step3?

(a) Seventh from the right

(b) Sixth from the left

(c) Fourth from the right

(d) Fourth from the left

(e) None of these

Q9. In step 2, what is the sum of 4th element and 7th element from left end?

(a) 97

(b) 88

(c) 86

(d) 95

(e) None of these

Q10. Which of the following would be at the third position from the left end in step 4?

(a) hello

(b) bag

(c) 37

(d) 58

(e) None of these

Directions (11-15): In the following questions, the symbols @, #, %, $ and © are used with the following meaning as illustrated below-

‘P#Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor equal to Q’

‘P©Q’ means ‘P is neither equal to nor smaller than Q’

‘P%Q’ means ‘P is neither smaller than nor greater than Q’

‘P$Q’ means ‘P is not smaller than Q’

‘P@Q’ means ‘P is not greater than Q’

Now in each of the following questions assuming the given statement to be true, find which of the conclusions given below them is/are definitely true and give your answer accordingly.

Q11. Statements: A # B © M, B % T

Conclusions:

I. T © M II. A # T

(a) None is true

(b) Only I 

(c) Both I and II

(d) Either I or II 

(e) None of these

Q12. Statements: A $ B, B % M, K © M

Conclusions:

I. K © B II. M @ A

(a) Only I

(b) Only II 

(c) Both I and II 

(d) Either I or II

(e) None of these

Q13. Statements: K $ S, S © T, T @ Z, R © T

Conclusions:

I. K © R II. T # K

(a) Both I and II

(b) Only II 

(c) Only I

(d) Neither I or II

(e) None of these

Q14. Statements: M $ Z, M % Q, R # Z, Q © S

Conclusions:

I. R # Q II. Q # Z

(a) Both I and II

(b) Only II 

(c) Only I

(d) Either I or II

(e) None of these

Q15. Statements: A © B, B @ R, R % M

Conclusions:

I. A $ M II. A # M

(a) Both I and II

(b) Only II 

(c) Only I

(d) Either I or II

(e) None of these