Dear Aspirants,
Reasoning Questions for SBI PO MAINS 2019
Reasoning Ability is a crafty section. With each passing year, all the organizations are increasing the level of complexity of the questions that are asked in either prelims or mains. It eventually affects the number of question one can usually attempt. But this section is based on logic and rules can be aced if practised well enough. The only way to achieve this ambitious goal is by practising continuously with dedication. So to prepare you with best tools for the finals, here is today’s Reasoning Quiz based on the study plan and the exact same pattern of questions that are expected to be asked in SBI PO MAINS 2019. Keep Practicing. All the best.
Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions:
Seven persons M, N, O, P, Q, R, and S live on seven different floors of a building, first floor is numbered as 1 and topmost floor is numbered as 7. They have different shapes of Boxes i.e. Heart, Cuboid, Conical, Cylindrical, Spherical, Oval, and Pyramid (not necessarily in same order). They also like different colours i.e. brown, pink, peach, yellow, green, black, and red (not necessarily in same order).
N, who likes black colour, does not live on odd floor. S does not live on the first floor and doesn’t like red and pink colour. The one who likes yellow colour lives on even numbered floor. The one who lives on 1st floor has Conical shaped box and the one who has Spherical shaped box lives on an odd numbered floor. The one who lives just above N’s floor likes green colour. Two persons live between Q’s floor and M’s floor. R, who has Oval shaped box lives on the floor which is immediately above M, who does not live on an odd-numbered floor. R doesn’t like pink colour. P lives neither on the first floor nor on the fourth floor. The one who lives just below R’s floor has Heart shaped box and the one who has Cuboid shaped box lives below P’s floor. Three persons live between S, who has Pyramid shaped box and R. The one who has heart shaped box likes peach colour.
Q1. Who lives on the floor which is just above the one who has Oval shaped box?
R
The one who has Cuboid shaped box
S
The one who has Spherical shaped box
None of these
Solution:
Q2. How many persons live between R’s floor and the one who likes brown colour?
None
One
Two
Three
None of these
Solution:
Q3. M has which of the following shaped box?
Spherical
Oval
Heart
Cylindrical
None of these
Solution:
Q4. Who among the following lives on the topmost floor?
L
S
Q
R
None of these
Solution:
Q5. Which of the following combinations is true?
Conical-P-yellow
Cuboid-M-Red
Oval-R-Red
Cylindrical-P-Green
None of these
Solution:
Directions (6-10): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
A word and number arrangement machine when given an input line of words and numbers rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of an input and its rearrangement.
Input :51 watch 11 Pretty 21 New 10 Lord 41
Step I: Lord watch 11 Pretty 21 New 10 41 51
Step II: Lord New watch 11 Pretty 10 21 41 51
Step III: Lord New Pretty watch 10 11 21 41 51
Step IV: Lord New Pretty watch 1 4 9 25 36
Step IV is the last step of the above input.
As per the rules followed in the above steps find the appropriate step for the given input.
Input: Zapak 13 hit 15 vision 16 Far 22 kilo 18 yard 12
Q6. What is the position of 'vision' in Step III?
Sixth from the left
Fifth from the right
Fourth from the left
Sixth from the right
None of these
Solution:
Students let us understand the Logic behind this Question and let’s understand how to solve it. As a first step let’s first understand the logic behind the Output. If you will see the final output you will observe the following: The machine arranges the words and the numbers in each step. As for words,
(a) The words are arranged in alphabetical order from left to right
(b) The numbers are arranged in descending order from right to left.
(c) However after arranging all the numbers, square of the sum of both the digits of the number is written in last step.
Input: Zapak 13 hit 15 vision 16 Far 22 kilo 18 yard 12.
Step I: Far zapak 13 hit 15 vision 16 kilo 18 yard 12 22
Step II: Far hit zapak 13 15 vision 16 kilo yard 12 18 22
Step III: Far hit kilo zapak 13 15 vision yard 12 16 18 22
Step IV: Far hit kilo vision zapak 13 yard 12 15 16 18 22
Step V: Far hit kilo vision yard zapak 12 13 15 16 18 22
Step VI: Far hit kilo vision yard zapak 9 16 36 49 81 16.
Q7. Which of the following would be at the 7th position from the right in Step V?
zapak
yard
13
15
None of these
Solution:
Students let us understand the Logic behind this Question and let’s understand how to solve it. As a first step let’s first understand the logic behind the Output. If you will see the final output you will observe the following: The machine arranges the words and the numbers in each step. As for words,
(a) The words are arranged in alphabetical order from left to right
(b) The numbers are arranged in descending order from right to left.
(c) However after arranging all the numbers, square of the sum of both the digits of the number is written in last step.
Input: Zapak 13 hit 15 vision 16 Far 22 kilo 18 yard 12.
Step I: Far zapak 13 hit 15 vision 16 kilo 18 yard 12 22
Step II: Far hit zapak 13 15 vision 16 kilo yard 12 18 22
Step III: Far hit kilo zapak 13 15 vision yard 12 16 18 22
Step IV: Far hit kilo vision zapak 13 yard 12 15 16 18 22
Step V: Far hit kilo vision yard zapak 12 13 15 16 18 22
Step VI: Far hit kilo vision yard zapak 9 16 36 49 81 16.
Q8. How many steps will be required to complete the arrangement of the above input?
Four
Five
Six
Seven
None of these
Solution:
Students let us understand the Logic behind this Question and let’s understand how to solve it. As a first step let’s first understand the logic behind the Output. If you will see the final output you will observe the following: The machine arranges the words and the numbers in each step. As for words,
(a) The words are arranged in alphabetical order from left to right
(b) The numbers are arranged in descending order from right to left.
(c) However after arranging all the numbers, square of the sum of both the digits of the number is written in last step.
Input: Zapak 13 hit 15 vision 16 Far 22 kilo 18 yard 12.
Step I: Far zapak 13 hit 15 vision 16 kilo 18 yard 12 22
Step II: Far hit zapak 13 15 vision 16 kilo yard 12 18 22
Step III: Far hit kilo zapak 13 15 vision yard 12 16 18 22
Step IV: Far hit kilo vision zapak 13 yard 12 15 16 18 22
Step V: Far hit kilo vision yard zapak 12 13 15 16 18 22
Step VI: Far hit kilo vision yard zapak 9 16 36 49 81 16.
Q9. Which step number would be the following output? `Far hit kilo vision yard zapak 12 13 15 16 18 22'
III
IV
VI
V
None of these
Solution:
Students let us understand the Logic behind this Question and let’s understand how to solve it. As a first step let’s first understand the logic behind the Output. If you will see the final output you will observe the following: The machine arranges the words and the numbers in each step. As for words,
(a) The words are arranged in alphabetical order from left to right
(b) The numbers are arranged in descending order from right to left.
(c) However after arranging all the numbers, square of the sum of both the digits of the number is written in last step.
Input: Zapak 13 hit 15 vision 16 Far 22 kilo 18 yard 12.
Step I: Far zapak 13 hit 15 vision 16 kilo 18 yard 12 22
Step II: Far hit zapak 13 15 vision 16 kilo yard 12 18 22
Step III: Far hit kilo zapak 13 15 vision yard 12 16 18 22
Step IV: Far hit kilo vision zapak 13 yard 12 15 16 18 22
Step V: Far hit kilo vision yard zapak 12 13 15 16 18 22
Step VI: Far hit kilo vision yard zapak 9 16 36 49 81 16.
Q10. If Step III of an input is as given below, what will be the input?
`Lord cute junk 15 18 punch gun 23 28 35'
`Lord cute junk 15 18 punch gun 23 28 35'
Lord cute 15 18 cute punch gun 35 28 23
35 Lord cute 15 18 punch gun 23 28 junk
cute junk Lord 15 18 punch gun 23 28 35
Can't be determined
None of these
Solution:
Students let us understand the Logic behind this Question and let’s understand how to solve it. As a first step let’s first understand the logic behind the Output. If you will see the final output you will observe the following: The machine arranges the words and the numbers in each step. As for words,
(a) The words are arranged in alphabetical order from left to right
(b) The numbers are arranged in descending order from right to left.
(c) However after arranging all the numbers, square of the sum of both the digits of the number is written in last step.
Input: Zapak 13 hit 15 vision 16 Far 22 kilo 18 yard 12.
Step I: Far zapak 13 hit 15 vision 16 kilo 18 yard 12 22
Step II: Far hit zapak 13 15 vision 16 kilo yard 12 18 22
Step III: Far hit kilo zapak 13 15 vision yard 12 16 18 22
Step IV: Far hit kilo vision zapak 13 yard 12 15 16 18 22
Step V: Far hit kilo vision yard zapak 12 13 15 16 18 22
Step VI: Far hit kilo vision yard zapak 9 16 36 49 81 16.
Directions (11-15): Study the following information to answer the given questions.
In a certain code,
‘Sunday January year March’ is written as ‘bi gv oc st’
‘January April of June’ is written as ‘tm oc da pu’
‘of Sunday August Tuesday’ is written as ‘nh mk tm gv’
‘June Monday year of’ is written as ‘da st rx tm’
Q11. In the given code language, what does the code ‘nh’ stand for?
Either ‘Sunday’ or ‘year’
Either ‘Tuesday’ or ‘August’
Monday
March
of
Solution:
Q12. What is the code for ‘April’ in the given code language?
pu
x
st
da
None of these
Solution:
Q13. What is the code for ‘Year’ in the given code language?
da
gv
tm
rx
st
Solution:
Q14. What may be the possible code for ‘March Monday’ in the given code language?
ve be
da nh
bi rx
pu da
bi da
Solution:
Q15. What may be possible code of ‘April September’ in the given code language?
pu iu
hu rx
st bl
da ve
tm ji
Solution:
The Hindu Review October 2022: Download ...
SBI PO Previous Year Question Papers Wit...
IBPS RRB PO Interview Questions 2024
