Reasoning Quiz For SBI PO Prelims 2023-09th October

Direction (1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions accordingly.
Eight people are sitting around a square table. Four of them are sitting at the corners facing outside and the remaining four are sitting at the sides of the table facing inside. Z sits at the corner. One person sits between Z and X who is not a neighbor of N. Two people sit between X and S who is not a neighbor of Z. R sits immediate right of S. N sits third to the right of R. N and S does not sit opposite F. V sits second to the right of U.

Q1. Who among the following sits opposite N?
(a) Z
(b) V
(c) R
(d) U
(e) None of these

Q2. How many people sit between R and V?
(a) Six
(b) One
(c) Four
(d) Three
(e) Five

Q3. Who among the following sits between F and R (when counted to the left of F)?
(a) U
(b) S
(c) X
(d) Z
(e) None of these

Q4. Who among the following are the immediate neighbors of Z?
(a) N, U
(b) S, R
(c) X, F
(d) V, N
(e) None of these

Q5. How many letters are there in alphabetical series between F and the one who sits third to the left of X?
(a) Seven
(b) Five
(c) Nine
(d) Six
(e) Eight

Direction (6-10): A word and number arrangement machine when given a particular input, rearranges it following a particular rule. The following is the illustration of the input and the steps of arrangement.

Input: 87 decade horse 45 98 wisdom 56 shadow 22 right
Step I: wisdom 87 decade horse 45 56 shadow 22 right 72
Step II: shadow wisdom decade horse 45 56 22 right 72 56
Step III: right shadow wisdom decade horse 45 22 72 56 30
Step IV: horse right shadow wisdom decade 22 72 56 30 20
Step V: decade horse right shadow wisdom 72 56 30 20 04
Step VI: edaced esroh thgir hsdawo iwdsmo 09 11 03 02 04

And Step VI is the last step of the rearrangement as the desired arrangement is obtained. As per the rules followed in the above steps, answer the following questions for the given input.

Input: target razor 23 89 soul 73 depart 64 teams outpost 99 52

Q6. Which element is third to the right of fifth element from the right end in step V of given input?
(a) 81
(b) 73
(c) 24
(d) Depart
(e) Outpost

Q7. What is the difference between the 1st and 4th number from right end in step VII?
(a) 12
(b) 03
(c) 10
(d) 18
(e) 20

Q8. Which of the following is step IV of the given input?
(a) teams soul razor 23 depart outpost 52 81 89 21 24 target
(b) teams target 23 depart outpost 52 81 89 21 24 soul razor
(c) 81 89 soul razor teams target 23 depart outpost 52 21 24
(d) razor soul target teams 23 depart outpost 52 81 72 21 24
(e) 21 24 teams target soul razor 23 depart outpost 52 81 89

Q9. What is the sum of all the numbers in the last step?
(a) 38
(b) 34
(c) 50
(d) 44
(e) 40

Q10. What is the number of steps required to get the final output?
(a) 8
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 7
(e) None of these

Solutions

S.6Ans.(c)
S.7Ans.(b)
S.8Ans.(d)
S.9Ans.(b)
S.10Ans.(d)