Reasoning Practice Quiz for IBPS Clerk (Set – 5)

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Reasoning Practice Quiz for IBPS Clerk (Set – 5)
Directions (1 – 5): In each question below is given a group of numbers / symbols followed by five combinations of letter codes numbered (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E). You have to find out which of the combinations correctly represents the group of numbers / symbols based on the following coding system and the conditions and mark the number of that combination as your answer:
Following conditions are to be observed:
i) If the first digit is even and the last digit is odd, they are to be coded as $ and @ respectively.
ii) If the first digit is odd and the last digit is even, they are to be coded as # and £ respectively.
iii) If 0 is preceded as well as followed by an odd digit, then 0 is to be coded as β..
iv) If 0 preceded as well as followed by an even digit, then 0 is to be coded as €.
v) 0 is not considered as either even or odd.
1. 1395470
A) DAGLVNT
B) #AGLVN£
C) DAGLVN#
D) £AGLVN#
E) None of these
2. 26350097
A) $RALTTG£
B) #RALTTG@
C) #RALTTG£
D) $RALTTG@
E) None of these
3. 9621486
A) $RFDVK@
B) #RFVDK£
C) #RFDVK£
D) GRFDVKR
E) None of these
4. $VNLβA@
A) 8465032
B) 8456037
C) 8465033
D) 6475031
E) None of these
5. VLK€RNT
A) 6580270
B) 4780650
C) 6580470
D) Data inadequate
E) None of these
Directions (6 – 10): Questions are based on a set of conditions. In answering some of the questions, it may be useful to draw a rough diagram. Choose the response that most accurately and completely answers each question.
A BPO has assigned duty to nine operates – Rohit, Sushil, Tanmay, Uday, Vinay, Arun, Chetan, Kushal and Shubham – On Monday, January 05, 2016 from 00:00 hours. Each operator commences duty at any of the following hour: 00:00 hrs, 04:00 hrs, 08:00 hrs, 12:00 hrs, 16:00 hrs and 20:00 hrs. At any point in time, at least one operator is required, to take clients’ calls. Each operator work continuously for 4 hours. All operators located at any single location start work simultaneously. The operators took training in five different colleges – Birla College, Vidyaniketan College, Gupta College, Oriental College and Imperial College. These colleges are located in the cities Jamshedpur, Pune, Noida, Hyderabad and Mangalore, not necessarily in that order. The operators operate from the cities where their respective colleges are located.
Shubham operates alone from a city other than Mangalore and Jamshedpur. Operator(s) trained in Birla College will start working at 12:00 hrs. Only Uday and Arun Operate from Pune, but they are not trained in Gupta College. Three of the operators took training from Vidyaniketan College, and they operate from Noida. The operator (s) from Jamshedpur, which has Gupta College, will start working at 0:00 hrs. Rohit and Kushal operate together as a two member team from a single location but aren’t from Noida. They do not operate from Mangalore. No operator(s) will join at 20:00 hrs. Sushil, who alone operates from his location, was not trained in Oriental college, and will commence his duty four hours after the operator(s) trained in Gupta College. The operator(s) trained in Oriental College operate from Hyderabad. The number of operate (s) trained in Imperial College is same as the number of operator(s) trained in Oriental College. Noida people don’t work in 16:00 hrs slot.
6. Which of the following is not definitely true?
A) At least three Operators will be working between 04:00 hrs to 09:00 hrs
B) At most five Operators will be working between 04:00 hrs to 08:00 hrs
C) At most three Operators will be working between 12:00 hrs to 17:00 hrs
D) At least 1 Operators will be working between 16:00 hrs to 20:00 hrs
E) None of these
7. If 3 operators are working between 8:00 hrs and 12:00 hrs, which of the following must be true?
A) The only operator working between 8:00 hrs and 12:00 hrs is Sushil, Arun and Tanmay
B) The operators working between 8:00 hrs and 12:00 hrs are Sushil, Uday and Arun
C) The operators working between 8:00 hrs and 12:00 hrs are Uday, Kushal and Arun
D) The operator working between 8:00 hrs and 12:00 hrs are Shubham, Uday and Chetan
E) The only operators working between 8:00 hrs and 12:00 hrs are Tanmay, Chetan and Vinay
8. Which of the following statements must be true for the Operators (s) trained in Gupta College?
A) They are Rohit and Kushal, and work from Jamshedpur
B) They are Uday and Arun, and work from Pune
C) She is Vinay, and works from Mangalore
D) She is Shubham, and works from Pune
E) They are Tanmay and Chetan, and work from Jamshedpur
9. Which of the following can be true for the operators operating from 8:00 hrs (of January 05, 2016) to 12:00 hrs (of January 05, 2016)?
A) Operators took training from Imperial College and operate from Mangalore.
B) Operators took training from Oriental College and people are from Pune.
C) Operators took training from Sutnama College and operates from Noida.
D) Operators took training from Gutkal College and people are from Mangalore.
E) Operators took training from Birla College and operates from Pune.
10. Which of the following statements must be true?
A) Uday and Kushal took training from Imperial College
B) Shubham took training from Oriental College
C) Uday and Arun took training from Oriental College
D) Shubham took training from Birla College
E) Sushil took training from Birla College
Solutions:
(1 – 5):
Given table:
According to the given conditions,

1. A) Here, simply write the code as no rule applies.
Hence code for 1395470 is DAGLVNT.
2. D) Here, 1st rule applies i.e. first digit is even and the last digit is odd.
Hence code for 26350097 is $RALTTG@. 
3. C) Here, 2nd rule applies i.e. if the first digit is odd and the last digit is eventhey are to be coded as # and £ respectively.
Hence code for 9621486 is #RFDVK£.
4. D) Here, 1st and 3rd rules apply,
Hence $VNLβA@ is code for 6475031.
5. E) Hence VLK€RNT is code for 4580670 which does not match with any option.
Hence none of these is the answer.
(6 – 10):
Operators: Rohit, Sushil, Tanmay, Uday, Vinay, Arun, Chetan, Kushal and Shubham
Hour slot: 00:00 hrs, 04:00 hrs, 08:00 hrs, 12:00 hrs, 16:00 hrs and 20:00 hrs
Each operator work continuously for four hours. At least 1 operator required each slot.
Colleges: Birla, Vidyaniketan, Gupta, Oriental and Imperial.
Cities: Jamshedpur, Pune, Noida, Hyderabad and Mangalore
1. Operator(s) trained in Birla College will start working at 12:00 hrs. Only Uday and Arun Operate from Pune. The operator (s) from Jamshedpur, which has Gupta College, will start working at 0:00 hrs.

Time slot
Operator
College
City
Condition

Rohit


No more from Pune.
12:00 – Birla, 00:00 – Jamshedpur.

Jamshedpur = Gupta

Sushil



Tanmay



Uday

Pune

Vinay



Arun

Pune

Chetan



Kushal



Shubham


 2. Shubham operates alone from a city other than Mangalore and Jamshedpur.
Uday and Arun are not trained in Gupta College. Rohit and Kushal are not from Mangalore.
The operator(s) trained in Oriental College operate from Hyderabad.
Three of the operators took training from Vidyaniketan College, and they operate from Noida.
Time slot
Operator
College
City
Condition

Rohit

× Mangalore
Same location as Kushal
No more from Pune.
12:00 – Birla, 00:00 – Jamshedpur.

Oriental = Hyderabad

3 from Sutnama = Noida
Jamshedpur = Gupta

Sushil



Tanmay



Uday
× Gupta
Pune

Vinay



Arun
× Gupta
Pune

Chetan



Kushal

× Mangalore
Same location as Rohith

Shubham

× Mangalore × Jamshedpur
 3. No operator(s) will join at 20:00 hrs. Sushil, who alone operates from his location, was not trained in Oriental college, and will commence his duty four hours after the operator(s) trained in Gupta College
Time slot
Operator
College
City
Condition

Rohit

× Mangalore
Same location as Kushal
No more from Pune.

12:00 – Birla,

00:00 – Jamshedpur.
Jamshedpur = Gupta
Oriental = Hyderabad

3 × Sutnama = Noida

20:00 slot = empty



Gupta + 4hrs = Sushil.

Sushil
× Oriental
Only person from his location

Tanmay



Uday
× Gupta
Pune

Vinay



Arun
× Gupta
Pune

Chetan



Kushal

× Mangalore
Same location as Rohith

Shubham

× Mangalore × Jamshedpur
 4. Locations not possible for Shubham: Pune, Noida, [as 3 persons are from Noida and Shubham operates alone] Mangalore and Jamshedpur. So, Shubham is from Hyderabad.  Shubham studies @ Oriental.
Locations not possible for Sushil: Pune, Noida, [as 3 persons are from Noida and Shubham operates alone] Hyderabad, Jamshedpur [it starts at 00:00 while Sushil = Gupta + 4hrs} So, Sushil is from Mangalore.
3 are from Noida, 2 are from Pune, 1 is from Mangalore, 1 is from Hyderabad 2 are from Jamshedpur Rohith, Kushal are not from: Mangalore, Hyderabad, Pune and Noida
Rohith and Kushal are from Jamshedpur. And, rest of the others are from Noida.
Time slot
Operator
College
City
Condition
00:00
Rohit
Gupta
Jamshedpur
No more from Pune.

12:00 – Birla,

00:00 – Jamshedpur.
Jamshedpur = Gupta
Oriental = Hyderabad

3 × Sutnama = Noida

20:00 slot = empty

Gupta + 4hrs = Sushil.
04:00
Sushil

Mangalore

Tanmay
Sutnama
Noida

Uday

Pune

Vinay
Sutnama
Noida

Arun

Pune

Chetan
Sutnama
Noida
00:00
Kushal
Gupta
Jamshepur

Shubham
Oriental
Hyderabad
 5. Since, Sushil isn’t from Gupta, Oriental and Sutnama. So, he’s either from Birla or Imperial. As, Sushil is lone person from his city and the number of operator (s) trained in Imperial College = number of operator(s) trained in Oriental College = 1.
Rest are from Birla
Time slot
Operator
College
City
Condition
00:00
Rohit
Gupta
Jamshedpur
No more from Pune.

12:00 – Birla,

00:00 – Jamshedpur.
Jamshedpur = Gupta
Oriental = Hyderabad
3 × Sutnama = Noida
20:00 slot = empty
Gutakal + 4hrs = Sushil.
04:00
Sushil
Imperial
Mangalore

Tanmay
Sutnama
Noida
12:00
Uday
Birla
Pune

Vinay
Sutnama
Noida
12:00
Arun
Birla
Pune

Chetan
Sutnama
Noida
00:00
Kushal
Gupta
Jamshepur

Shubham
Oriental
Hyderabad
6. Noida people don’t work in 16:00 hrs slot. Shubham works in 16:00 hrs slot and Noida people work in 8:00 hrs slot.
Time slot
Operator
College
City
00:00
Rohit
Gupta
Jamshedpur
04:00
Sushil
Imperial
Mangalore
8:00
Tanmay
Sutnama
Noida
12:00
Uday
Birla
Pune
8:00
Vinay
Sutnama
Noida
12:00
Arun
Birla
Pune
8:00
Chetan
Sutnama
Noida
00:00
Kushal
Gupta
Jamshepur
16:00
Shubham
Oriental
Hyderabad
6. B) A. At least three operates will be working between 04:00 hrs to 09:00 hrs True
B. At most five operates will be working between 04:00 hrs to 08:00 hrs False
C. At most three operates will be working between 12:00 hrs to 17:00 hrs true
D. At least 1 operates will be working between 16:00 hrs to 20:00 hrs true
Hence, ‘At most five operates will be working between 04:00 hrs to 08:00’ is the answer.
7. E) A. The only operator working between 8:00 hrs and 12:00 hrs is Sushil → False.
B. The Operators working between 8:00 hrs and 12:00 hrs are Sushil, Uday and Arun → False.
C. The operators working between 8:00 hrs and 12:00 hrs are Uday, Kushal and Arun → False.
D. The operators working between 8:00 hrs and 12:00 hrs are Shubham, Uday, Arun, Tanmay and Chetan → False.
E. The only operators working between 8:00 hrs and 12:00 hrs are Tanmay, Chetan and Vinay → True.
Hence, ‘The only operators working between 8:00 hrs and 12:00 hrs are Tanmay, Chetan and Vinay’ is the answer.
8. A) Clearly, Gupta college operators are from Jamshedpur working in 00:00 hours slot is true.
9. C) Clearly, 8:00 hrs slot people are from Noida and took training from Sutnama is true.
10. B) Hence, Shubham took training from Oriental College is true.