Reasoning Quizzes For IBPS PO Mains 2022- 18th October

Directions (1-5): Read the following arrangement of symbols, letters, and numbers carefully and answer the questions based on it.

& E A # L K 4 $ 9 G P @ 8 B S M @ € 5 D % C B K 4 A 9 @ S W ¥ 6 B & 8 # I

Step I: All the symbols which are immediately followed by a letter will be placed from the extreme left end in the same order.
Step II: If a letter is immediately followed by a symbol, then such letters are placed from the extreme right end in the same order.
Step III: The first twenty elements of the arrangement from the left end are placed from the extreme right end in the same order.
Note: Step II is performed after the completion of Step I, similarly, Step III is performed after the completion of Step II.

Q1. How many elements are between % and $ in step III?
(a) 7
(b) 8
(c) 9
(d) 10
(e) None of the above

Q2. Which element is 7th to the left of the 30th element from the right end after applying step III?
(a) D
(b) &
(c) B
(d) #
(e) None of the above

Q3. What is the sum of the number occurring between both ‘A’ in step II?
(a) 20
(b) 30
(c) 35
(d) 40
(e) None of the above

Q4. Which of the following pairs of elements will be there at the leftmost and rightmost places in step II?
(a) & and 5
(b) & and I
(c) & and B
(d) D and 5
(e) None of the above

Q5. How many such symbol(s) are there in step II which are followed and preceded by a number?
(a) Two
(b) Three
(c) One
(d) Four
(e) None of these

Directions (6-10): Read the following arrangement of numbers, symbols, and alphabets carefully.

@ X ? K $ 8 1 & 3 H S L Z D @ G S % + A 1 % D K G 7 & D & E @ H

Q6. Which element is 11th to the right of 7th element from the left end?
(a) S
(b) %
(c) +
(d) A
(e) None of these

Q7. How many letters are there in the series which are immediately followed by an odd number and preceded by consonant?
(a) Three
(b) Four
(c) Two
(d) One
(e) None of these

Q8. What is the sum of the total numbers between $ and 7 in the given series?
(a) 9
(b) 7
(c) 13
(d) 6
(e) None of these

Q9. How many symbols are immediately preceded by number and immediately followed by an alphabet?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) More than three
(e) None of these

Q10. If all the symbols are dropped, then which of the following element is 8th to the right of 5th element from the left end?
(a) A
(b) 1
(c) S
(d) D
(e) None of these

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

Condition for coding the group of letters:
(i) If the first letter is a consonant and the last letter is a vowel, the codes for the first and the last letter are to be interchanged.
(ii) If the first as well as the last letter is a vowel, then both are to be coded by the code for the first letter.
(iii) If the first as well as the last letter is consonant, then both are to be coded by the code for the last letter.
(iv) If the first letter is a vowel and the last letter is a consonant, the codes for the first and the last letter are to be coded as Ω.

Q11. Find the code for ‘UPIHBA‘?
(a) #1+4&3
(b) #1+4&#
(c) #1+4&+
(d) 31+4&3
(e) None of the above

Q12. Find the code for ‘GEDTWQ‘?
(a) <!$@©6
(b) 6!*@©<
(c) 6>*@©6
(d) 6>*@©!
(e) None of the above

Q13. Find the code for ‘SLBCRJ‘?
(a) 5=&£9?
(b) ?=&9£?
(c) ?=&£9?
(d) 5&=£9?
(e) None of the above

Q14. Find the code for ‘UAIEHG‘?
(a) Ω3+>4 Ω
(b) Ω+3>4 Ω
(c) #3+>4 Ω
(d) #3+>4 !
(e) None of these

Q15. Which of the following word is coded as ‘+6%91’?
(a) QPZCI
(b) PQZCI
(c) ZPCQI
(d) QCPZI
(e) None of these

Solutions

Solution (1-5):
Given series – & E A # L K 4 $ 9 G P @ 8 B S M @ € 5 D % C B K 4 A 9 @ S W ¥ 6 B & 8 # I
Step I: & # % @ # E A L K 4 $ 9 G P @ 8 B S M @ € 5 D C B K 4 A 9 S W ¥ 6 B & 8 I
Step II: & # % @ # E A L K 4 $ 9 G @ 8 B S @ € 5 D C B K 4 A 9 S ¥ 6 & 8 I P M W B
Step III: D C B K 4 A 9 S ¥ 6 & 8 I P M W B & # % @ # E A L K 4 $ 9 G @ 8 B S @ € 5

S1. Ans.(a)
S2. Ans.(a)
S3. Ans.(b)
S4. Ans.(c)
S5. Ans.(a)

S6. Ans. (b)
Sol. Given series – @ X ? K $ 0 1 & 3 H S L Z D @ G S % + A 1 % D K G 7 & D & E @ H
7th element from the left end – 1, Hence, 11th to the right of 1 – %

S7. Ans. (d)
Sol. Given series – @ X ? K $ 0 1 & 3 H S L Z D @ G S % + A 1 % D K G 7 & D & E @ H
Hence, there is one letter which is immediately followed by an odd number and preceded by consonant.

S8. Ans. (c)
Sol. Given series – @ X ? K $ 8 1 & 3 H S L Z D @ G S % + A 1 % D K G 7 & D & E @ H
Hence, required sum = 8 + 1 + 3 + 1 = 13.

S9. Ans. (b)
Sol. Given series – @ X ? K $ 0 1 & 3 H S L Z D @ G S % + A 1 % D K G 7 & D & E @ H
Hence, there are two symbols which are immediately preceded by number and immediately followed by an alphabet.

S10. Ans. (a)
Sol. Given series – @ X ? K $ 8 1 & 3 H S L Z D @ G S % + A 1 % D K G 7 & D & E @ H
After dropping – X K 8 1 3 H S L Z D G S A 1 D K G 7 D E H
So, 5th element from the left end – 3: Hence, 8th to the right of 3 – A

S11. Ans. (b)
Sol. Condition (ii) is applied.

S12. Ans. (c)
Sol. Condition (iii) is applied.

S13. Ans. (b)
Sol. Condition (iii) is applied.

S14. Ans. (a)
Sol. Condition (iv) is applied.

S15. Ans. (b)
Sol. Condition (i) is applied.