Reasoning
Ability Practice Question for Bank/Insurance Exams (03 – 03 – 2018)
Directions (1 – 5):
The first step has been obtained by multiplying the digits in input. The next
steps are not obtained the same way. They are obtained by applying certain logic.
Numbers of step II have been obtained by using at least 1 digit of each number
in step 1. Each step is a resultant of previous step.
1. Which of the following will be the last step?
a) 6
b) 7.5
c) 3.5
d) 5
e) None of these
2. What is the sum of the numbers of step III?
a) 9
b) 12
c) 18
d) 26
e) None of these
3. If we do half of each number in step II, what will be the
difference of those numbers?
a) 0
b) 1
c) 2
d) 3
e) None of these
4. Which of the following is a number in step I?
a) 64
b) 32
c) 69
d) 67
e) None of these
5. If the sum of numbers of step III is multiplied by step
IV, find the resultant number.
a) 31.5
b) 50
c) 26.4
d) 37.5
e) None of these
Directions (6 – 10): Answer
the questions based on the information given below.
Eight Persons A, B, C, D,
E, G, H and J live on eight different floors of a building but not necessarily
in the same order. The lowermost floor of the building is numbered 1 and the
topmost floor of the building is numbered 8. They celebrate their birthday in a
month of January, February, March, April, May, June, July and August, but not
necessarily in the same order.
The one who’s Birthday is
in February lives on an even-numbered floor but not on the topmost floor.Only
one person lives between G and the one who’s Birthday is in May. Only two
persons live between G and the one who’s Birthday is in February. Neither E nor
C lives on the first floor.Only one person lives between C and the one who’s
Birthday is in March. A lives just above G. Only two persons live between E and
A. The one who’s Birthday is in May does not live on floor number one. B lives
on an even-numbered floor and just above C. The one who’s Birthday is in April
lives on an even numbered floor and lives just above the person whose Birthday
is in August. C’s Birthday is not in May or August. Only two persons live
between the one who’s Birthday is in June and the one who’s Birthday is in
January. D’s Birthday is not in July. The one whose Birthday is in June does
not live on an odd-numbered floor. J lives just below the one whose Birthday is
in August.
6. Who among the following lives on the first floor?
a) D
b) C
c) H
d) B
e) None of these
7. Whose Birthday is in August?
a) A
b) C
c) G
d) J
e) None of these
8.How many persons live between the person whose Birthday is
in July and J?
a) Two
b) Three
c) Four
d) None
e) None of these
9.Who among the following lives on the topmost floor?
a) The one who’s Birthday is in May
b) The one who’s Birthday is in
January
c) The one who’s Birthday is in April
d) Can’t be determined
e) None of these
10.Which of the following statements is true?
a) B’s Birthday is in February and
lives on the 5th floor
b) H’s Birthday is in March and lives
on the first floor.
c) The one who’s Birthday is in
August lives on the 6th floor.
d) E lives on floor no. three and his
birthday is in May.
e) None of these
Directions (11 – 15): Answer the questions based on the
information given below. In a certain language,
‘They were charging
higher’ is coded as ‘X8Z A8F N12S K16H’.
‘Economic progress
results great’ is coded as ‘W10U M16D L14T X16T’.
‘Mandatory perfect
measures required’ is coded as ‘L14U U16T J18Z Z16E’.
‘Should target poverty
elevation’ is coded as ‘Z12U U18O W14Z Y12E’.
11. How is the word ‘SOCIOLOGY’ coded in the given language?
a) T18B
b) C13U
c) X18Z
d) U12C
e) X13U
12. How is the word ‘HISTORY’ coded in the given language?
a) P14Z
b) M13Z
c) P12Z
d) M13N
e) P12N
13. How is the word ‘GOVERNMENT’ coded in the given language?
a) Q15J
b) Q20U
c) J15I
d) I21U
e) I20J
14. What is the code for ‘PROGRESS RESULTS’ in the given
language?
a) X16T L14U
b) X16T L14T
c) X15T L14T
d) X16T L13T
e) X16Z L14T
15. In the given paragraph, the code ‘U16T’ represents which
of the given words?
a) mandatory
b) perfect
c) measures
d) required
e) cannot be determined
Solutions:
(1 – 5): Explanation:
1. C) 2. A) 3. C)
4. D) 5. A)
(6 – 10):
6. A) 7. C) 8. B)
9. C) 10. E)
(11 – 15): Explanation:
The coding language used
to code the given sentences should be decoded in three steps.
Step I:
1. If the numbers of
letters of the word is even, then the first element of the code is determined
by:
Number of letters of the
word + Alphabetical number of the first letter of the word = letter
corresponding to the
resultant number.
2. If the numbers of
letters of the word is odd, then the first element of the code is determined
by:
Number of letters of the
word + Alphabetical number of the second letter of the word = letter
corresponding to the
resultant number.
Step 2:
The second element of the
code is twice the number of letters of that word.
Step 3:
The third element of the
code the letter succeeding the last letter of the word.
Consider the word ‘THEY’,
Step I:
T+4=X
4*2=8
Y+1=Z
So, the code for ‘they’
is ‘X8Z’.
11. C) 12. A) 13. B)
14. B) 15. C)
