Reasoning Twisted Ones for IBPS/BOM Exams |

Dear Readers,

This year we’ve observed major changes in Banking examination’s pattern and level. Reasoning especially has surprised many students in SBI Exams as it came packed with a punch. And as not many days are left for IBPS PO and BOM Exams, there comes a need to step up the level of preparation as well.

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And to meet the need of the hour, here we give you Twisted Ones of Reasoning.

These set of questions will help you prepare for the unexpected.

Directions(1-7): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions asked:

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

Input: drought 89 famine 12 tornado 64 landslide 92 Monday 41 25 cyclone

Step I: cyclone 11 drought 89 famine tornado 64 landslide 92 Monday 41 25

Step II: cyclone 11 drought 24 89 famine tornado 64 landslide 92 Monday 41

Step III: cyclone 11 drought 24 famine 40 89 tornado 64 landslide 92 Monday

Step IV: cyclone 11 drought 24 famine 40 landslide 63 89 tornado 92 Monday

Step V: cyclone 11 drought 24 famine 40 landslide 63 Monday 88 tornado 92

Step VI: cyclone 11 drought 24 famine 40 landslide 63 Monday 88 tornado 91

Step VII: cyclone 33 drought 96 famine 240 landslide 756 Monday 1144 tornado 1820

This is the final arrangement and step VII is the last step for this input

Input: tart doughnut 28 49 marshmallow 33 72 58 custard strawberry 99 kitkat

Q1. What will be fifth step for the input given above?

(a) custard 27 doughnut 32 kitkat 48 marshmallow 57 tart 72 strawberry 99

(b) custard 27 doughnut 33 kitkat 48 marshmallow 57 tart 72 strawberry 99

(d) custard 27 doughnut 32 kitkat 48 marshmallow 57 strawberry 71 tart 99

(e) None of these

Q2. Which of the following would the 5th element from right end in step VII?

(a) 741

(b) 57

(d) kitkat

(e) There is no such step

Q3. How many steps will be required to get the final output for the given input?

(a) Eight

(b) Four

(d) None of these

(e) Five

Q4. Which of the following would be third to the right of the fifth number from right end in Step II?

(a) custard

(b) 99

(d) 58

(e) None of these

Q5. If in the final step custard is related to marshmallow and strawberry in a way, then tart will be related to which of the following by the same logic?

(a) 528

(b) kitkat

(d) 98

(e) marshmallow

Q6. If in the last step if each number is subtracted by 5, then which of the following will be next to marshmallow?

(a) 52

(b) 523

(d) 736

(e) 43

Q7. What will be the sum of the element next to the third element in the fourth step from left end and the element preceding the fourth element in the third step from right end?

(a) 96

(b) 104

(d) 120

(e) 90

Directions(8-10): Read the instructions and answer the questions:

Yashita and Sahil are two friends walking in a maze garden. Yashita is on a mark Q and moves ahead in north for 8 meters to point R, then she takes a left turn and after walking 6 meters reaches point S. She now takes a right turn 4 meters reaches point T, then she takes a left turn and after 6 meters reaches point U and she sits down to take some rest. Meanwhile Sahil who is at point B which is 4 meters to the south of point U, walks 8 meters south and takes a left turn and after walking 6 meters reaches point P and rests there.

Q8. What is the direction of Yashita with respect to Sahil when they are resting at last?

(a) North

(b) South

(d) North- East

(e) South- East

Q9. Which among the given options is the set of points lying in a straight line in the maze garden?

(a) PST

(b) TRQ

(d) TBR

(e) STR

Q10. Point R happens to be the exit point of the maze garden which apparently Yashita had missed and walked past the point. Sahil recognised it and walks the shortest distance from his resting point and exits the maze garden. How much has he walked from his starting point?

(a) 24

(b) 28

(d) 26

(e) 20

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

Shane has opened seven windows and has kept them in the form of a stack. He is chatting with seven people in seven different chatting sites viz – Zapak, Zobe, YTALK, Facebook, Zapchat, Omegle and Hangout. The seven people he is chatting with are Monica, Rachel, Ross, Joe, Chandler, Phoebe and Gunther. The window which is on the front of the screen is the topmost tab.

There are three windows between the chatting sites Facebook and YTALK. Site Zapchat and Omegle are running on the either top or bottom window. Joe and Ross are open in the windows which are below the window in which Omegle site is running but not in the last window. There are two windows between the window in which Shane is chatting with Joe and the window in which Zobe site is running. Gunther is on Hangout site. The window in which Shane is chatting with Rachel is just above the window in which YTALK site is running. There are two windows open between the window in which site Zapak is running and the window in which Chandler is on. Rachel is not on Zobe site. Phoebe is on the topmost window.

Q11. How many windows are open between Zapchat and Zapak?

(a) None

(b) One

(d) Three

(e) None of the above

Q12. Shane is chatting with whom on Zobe?

(a) Chandler

(b) Phoebe

(d) Rachel

(e) None of the above

Q13. Chandler is chatting with Shane on which of the following site?

(a) Facebook