Practice Paper Set For IBPS PO (Reasoning Questions) Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the questions given below: S M P 6 3 * $ A 4 L N @ Z 5 # V U 7 E 8 B % T Y X G 2 I & 9 W 1. Which of the following is the third to the left of the fifteenth from the left end? (A) @ (B) 5 (C) 7 (D) U (E) None of these 2. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following series based on the above arrangement? P M 3 A $ L Z @ #? (A) U V E (B) V # E (C) 7 U 8 (D) V 7 # (E) None of these 3. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their position in the above arrangement and hence form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group? (A) A 4 * (B) T B Y (C) 9 I W (D) V 5 U (E) P S 6 4. How many such consonants are there in the above arrangement each of which is immediately followed by an even number and preceded by a symbol? (A) None (B) One (C) Two (D) Three (E) More than three Read the following passage carefully and answers the questions given below it— A group of seven friends, A, B, C, D, E, F and G work as Economist, Agriculture Officer, IT Officer, Terminal Operator, Clerk, Forex Officer and Research Analyst, for Banks L, M, N; P, Q, R and S but not necessarily in the same order. C works for Bank N and is neither a Research Analyst nor a Clerk. E is an IT Officer and works for Bank R. A works as Forex Officer and does not work for Bank L or Q. The one who is an Agriculture Officer works for Bank M. The one who works for Bank L works as a Terminal Operator. F works for Bank Q. G works for Bank P as a Research Analyst. D is not an Agriculture Officer. 5. For which Bank does B work? (A) M (B) S (C) L (D) Either M or S (E) None of these 6. What is the profession of C? (A) Terminal operator (B) Agriculture Officer (C) Economist (D) cannot be determined (E) None of these 7. Who amongst the following works as an Agriculture Officer? (A) C (B) B (C) F (D) D (E) None of these 8. Who amongst the following works as a Clerk? (A) C (B) B (C) F (D) D (E) None of these 9. For which Bank does D work? (A) Q (B) L (C) N (D) S (E) None of these 10. What is the profession of the person who works for Bank S? (A) Clerk (B) Agriculture Officer (C) Terminal Operator (D) Forex Officer (E) None of these 11. Which of the following combinations of person, profession and bank is correct? (A) Forex Officer M (B) Clerk L (C) agriculture Officer Q (D) agriculture Officer S (E) None of these 12. Rajesh started from point A and Travelled 8kms towards the north to point B, he then turned right and travelled 7 kms to point C, from point C he took the first right and drove 5 kms to point D, he took another right and travelled 7 kms to point E, and finally turned right and traveled for another 3 kms to point F. What is the distance between point F and B? A.1km B.2kms C.3 kms D. 4 kms E. none of these 13. Among R, L, T and J each having different weights, T is heavier than only L. R is not heavy as J. who is the heaviest? A. R B. J C. T D. can’t be determined E. none of these 14. How many meaning full English words can be formed with the letters STIF starting with F, using each letter only once in each word? A. None B. 1 C.2 D.3 E. more than 3 15. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word RELUCTANCE each of which has many letters between them in the word (in both forward and backward) as they have between them in the English alphabetical series? A. none B. 1 C. 2 D. 3 E. 4 16. In a certain code FIGHT is coded as GJFIU and WRITE is coded as XSHUF. Then how will JUDGE be coded in the same code? A. KVCHF B. HFEKV C. KVEHF D. VKCFH E. KVDHF 17. Four of the following 5 are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is one that does not belong to the group? A. sugar B. sand C. stone D. lave E. Rock 18. Which of the following will come in place of the question mark? AC BE DH ? KQ A GL B FK C GK D HL E HM 19. If it is possible to make only one meaningful word from the first, seventh and eighth letters of the word SPONTANEOUS, then the second letter from the left is your answer. If no such word can be formed then your answer is x and if more than one such word can be formed your answer is y A. X B.T C. E D. S E. Y 20. If 2 is subtracted from each even digit and 1 is added to each odd digit in the number 8567284. Which of the following will be the sum of the third digit from the left and second digit from the right of the new number thus formed? A.10 B. 8 C. 4 D.6 E.16 21. Smita correctly remembers that last year Diwali was celebrated before November but after May. Sanjay correctly remembers that last year he had Diwali holidays after July. Mohan correctly remembers that the month in which Diwali was celebrated had only 30 days. In which month of the year was Diwali definitely celebrated? A. July B. August C. September D. October E. November Directions 22-26 Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the questions given below A E C B % 7 D $ E B 5 C ? 3 D E 9 @ 2 # 22. How many digits are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately preceded by a symbol? A.1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. 5 23. how many such pairs of alphabets are there in the series highlighted in BOLD in the above arrangement each of which has as many letters between them(in both forward and backward directions) as they have between them in the English alphabetical series? A. None B. 1 C. 2 D.3 E. more than 3 24. If all the vowels are dropped from the above arrangements, which of the following end of the twelfth from the left end of the above arrangement? A. 3 B. @ C.E D.9 E.D 25. Which of the following is second to the left of fourteenth from the left end of the above arrangement? A. A B.E C. D D.B E.C 26. If all the digits are arranged in ascending order from left to right, while the other elements in the arrangement remain unchanged, which of the following will be fourteenth from the left end of the arrangement? A. 2 B.5 C.3 D.7 E. none of the above Directions: Give answer (A) if only assumption I is implicit. Give answer (B) if only assumption II is implicit. Give answer (C) if either assumption I or assumption II is Implicit. Give answer (D) if neither assumption I nor assumption II is Implicit. Give answer (E) if both assumptions I and II are Implicit. Directions (27-31): In each question below is given a statement followed by two assumptions numbered I and II. An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted. You have to consider the statement and the following assumption and decide which of the assumption is implicit in the statement. 27. Statement: If parking space is not available in office, park your vehicles in the mall and walk to the office. Assumption: 1. The mall is at a walking distance from the office. 2 The office does not allow visitors vehicles in its premises. 28. Statement: Farmers must immediately switch over to organic fertilizers from chemical fertilizers for better yield. Assumption: 1. All the farmers use only chemical fertilizers. 2. Organic fertilizers are readily available to the farmers. 29. Statement: An advertisement by bank X ‘Our interest rates for education loans are lower than any other bank’. Assumption: 1. Some other banks also provide education loans 2. Interest rates charged on education loans are different for different banks. 30. Statement: For any kind ofproblem with your mobile phone, contact our help dash immediately. Assumption: 1.Help desk has a solution to all kinds of problems related to mobile phones or will guide accordingly. 2.Unless the problem isreported immediately, it cannot be solved. 31. Statement: Use our medicine to fight the problem of obesity. Assumption: 1. Other slimming medicines available in the market do not reduce weight. 2. Obesity cannot be controlled without medicines 32. If it is possible to make only one meaningful word with the Third, Seventh, Eighth and Tenth letters of the word COMPATIBILITY, which of the following would be the last letter of that word? If no such word can be made, give ‘X’ as your answer and if more than one such word can be formed, give your answer as ‘Y’. (A) I (B) B (C) L (D) X (E) Y 33. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group? (A) Stem (B) Tree (C) Root (D) Branch (E) Leaf 34. How many meaningful three letter English words can be formed with the letters AER, using each letter only once in each word? (A) None (B) One (C) Two (D) Three (E) Four 35. In a certain code FINE is written HGPC.How is SLIT written in that code? (A) UTGR (B) UTKR (C) TUGR (D) RUGT (E) None of these 36. If ‘Apple’ is called ‘Orange’, ‘Orange’ is called ‘Peach’, ‘Peach’ is called ‘Potato’, ‘Potato’ is called ‘Banana’, ‘Banana’ is called ‘Papaya’ and ‘Papaya’ is called ‘Guava’, which of the following grows underground ? (A) Potato (B) Guava (C) Apple (D) Banana (E) None of these 37. If the digits in the number 86435192 are arranged in ascending order, what will be the difference between the digits which are second from the right and fourth from the left in the new arrangement? (A) One (B) Two (C) Three (D) Four (E) None 38. Each vowel of the word ADJECTIVE is substituted with the next letter of the English alphabetical series and each consonant is substituted with the letter preceding it. How many vowels are present in the new arrangement? (A) None (B) One (C) Two (D) Three (E) None of these 39. If in a certain language LATE is coded as 8&4$ and HIRE is coded as 7*3$ then how will HAIL be coded in the same language? (A) 7&8* (B) &7*8 (C) 7*&8 (D) 7&*8 (E) None of these 40. How many such pairs of letters are there in word ENGLISH, each of which has as many letters between its two letters as there are between them in the English alphabets? (A) None (B) One (C) Two (D) Three (E) More than three 41. In a certain code ‘na pa ka so’ means ‘birds fly very high’, ‘ri so la pa’ means ‘birds are very beautiful’ and ‘ti me ka bo’ means ‘the parrots could fly’. Which of the following is the code for ‘high’ in that language? (A) na (B) ka (C) bo (D) so (E) None of these Direction (42-46): Study the following information carefully and answer the question s carefully A, B, C, D, E, G and H are sitting in a circle facing at the centre. D is second to the left of F and third to the right of H.A is second to the right of F and an immediate neighbour of H. C is second to the right of B and F is third to the right of B.G is not an immediate neighbour of F. 42) Who is to the immediate left of A? A) H B) E C) G D) Data inadequate E) None of these 43) Who is fourth to the right of B? A) E B) C C) A D) Data inadequate E) None of these 44) What is E’s position with respect to G? A) Second to the Right B) Third to the Left C) Third to the Right D) Second to the left E) None of these 45) How many of them are there between H and C? A) Two B) Three C) Two or Three D) Data inadequate E) None of these 46) In which of the following pairs is the first person sitting to the immediate left to the second person? A) CD B) BG C) HA D) FC E) None of these Directions—(Q. 47–50) Read the following information carefully and answer the questions, which follow: ‘A – B’ means ‘A is father of B’ ‘A + B’ means ‘A is daughter of B’ ‘A ÷ B’ means ‘A is son of B’ ‘A × B’ means ‘A is wife of B’ 47. Which of the following means P is grandson of S? (A) P + Q – S (B) P ÷ Q × S (C) P ÷ Q + S (D) P × Q ÷ S (E) None of these 48. How is P related to T in the expression ‘P + S – T’? (A) Sister (B) Wife (C) Son (D) Daughter (E) None of these 49. In the expression ‘P + Q × T’ how is T related to P? (A) Mother (B) Father (C) Son (D) Brother (E) None of these 50. Which of the following means T is wife of P? (A) P × S ÷ T (B) P ÷ S × T (C) P – S ÷ T (D) P + T ÷ S (E) None of these Answers 1. A 2. C 3. A 4. A 5. A 6. C 7. B 8. C 9. B 10. D 11. E 12. B 13. D 14. B 15. D 16. A 17. A 18. A 19. C 20. A 21. C 22. C 23. C 24. E 25. E 26. B 27. A 28. B 29. E 30. E 31. D 32. B 33. B 34. D 35. E 36. D 37. D 38. C 39. D 40. E 41. A 42. B 43. A 44. B 45. B 46. E 47. C 48. A 49. B 50. E Posted By Admin (Umeshanand G Goswami)
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