Reasoning
Ability Ranking and Position Questions (13 – 09 – 2017)
Direction (1
– 5): Study the following digit-letter-symbol sequence carefully and answer the
questions given below:
1. How many such numbers are there in the above
sequence, each of which is immediately preceded by a consonant and immediately
followed by a symbol?
a) Nil
b) One
c) Three
d) Four
e) None of these
2. Which of the following is sixth to the left of eighteenth
element from the left?
a) %
b) C
c) 1
d) 8
e) None of these
3. If the above sequence is written in reverse order
then which of the following will be sixth to the right of sixteenth element
from the right end?
a) M
b) A
c) B
d) ?
e) None of these
4. If the first fifteen elements in the above sequence
are written in reverse order, then which of the following will be twenty-first
from the right end?
a) 2
b) $
c) =
d) L
e) None of these
5. What should come in place of question mark in
the following on the basis of above sequence?
* R J : F 6 @ L
J $ : Q @ E D $ M : ?
a) # M C
b) P E W
c) P ? +
d) P E ?
e) None of these
Direction (6
– 10): Study the following series of alpha-numeric-symbol combination and
answer the questions that follow:
S K 6 £ Q
2 R * C F 8 E $ G 2 # 4 9 L N 3 U V 5 Y a B 7 W 9
6. How many symbols are there in the above arrangement
each of which is immediately preceded by but not immediately followed by a
letter of English alphabet?
a) Nil
b) One
c) Two
d) Three
e) None of these
7. What should come in place of question mark in
the following series?
S 9 K 6 W
£ Q 7 2 ? C a F
a) R Y *
b) * Y C
c) 2 B R
d) R B *
e) None of these
8. If the positions of # and $ are interchanged, so
also the positions of £ and S, Q and K and F and V are interchanged, which of
the following will be the ninth element to the left of eighteenth element from
the left?
a) C
b) V
c) 8
d) *
e) None of these
9. Four of the following five are alike in a certain
way and so form a group. Which one of the following does not belong to the
group?
a) Q * 8
b) £ R F
c) 6 2 C
d) 2 * 8
e) R F $
10. S K £ is related to 9 W B in the same way as Q
2 * is related to
a) a V U
b) a Y 5
c) 7 B Y
d) B Y V
e) a Y V
Directions (11
– 15): Answer these questions referring to the symbol – letter – number sequence
given below:
H α K 7 D ¢ M L 3 ● G
7 β Z 6 * δ θ 1 F B @ 9 S γ 2 $ P 4 A Δ 5
11. How many letters in the sequence either immediately
precede a number or immediately follow a symbol?
a) Eight
b) Four
c) Five
d) Six
e) None of these
12. How many symbols are there in the sequence immediately
preceed and immediately followed by English alphabet?
a) Three
b) Four
c) Five
d) Two
e) None of these
13. If the second half of the series is written in
the reverse order, then which of the following will be twelfth element to the
right of ninth element from your left?
a) 4
b) $
c) P
d) A
e) None of these
14. Which of the following will be the seventh element
to the left of 19th element from your left in the above series?
a) Z
b) β
c) G
d) 7
e) None of these
15. Four of the following five are alike in a certain
way and hence from a group. Which one does not belong to the group?
a) H 5 Δ
b) α A 4
c) K P $
d) 7 2 γ
e) D 9 S
Answers:
1. E) 2. D) 3. A)
4. A) 5. B) 6. A)
7. D) 8. A) 9. D)
10. E) 11. D) 12. D)
13. C) 14. B) 15. E)
