Reasoning
Practice Questions for Bank/Insurance Exams (02 – 04 – 2018)
Directions (1 – 5): Read the given information carefully and
answer the questions given beside:
Ten persons Arvind, Kapil
Lalit, Mannu, Niroti, Prithvi, Chaman, Ramu, Sanjay and Zeeshan are sitting in
two rows having five persons in each row. The persons in row 1 are facing south
and the persons in row 2 are facing north. Each person in row 1 faces a person
of the other row. All of them wear a shirt of a different company, viz.
Raymond, Nike, Adidas, Peter England, Koolpals, Inkovy, Redox, Denim, Spykar
and Park Avenue, but not necessarily in the same order.
The persons who wear
Koolpals and Inkovy sit opposite each other. Prithvi sits opposite to Arvind,
who wears Raymond. The one, who wears Nike sits opposite to the one who wears
Denim. Zeeshan is not facing north but sits third to the left of Chaman, who
wears Nike. There is only one person between Kapil and Lalit. Niroti sits at
one of the ends of the row and wears Inkovy. The one who wears Denim sits on
the immediate right of Mannu, who does not like the shirt of Park Avenue. The
persons who wear Adidas and Peter England respectively are not facing north.
Lalit wears Redox. The one who wears Peter England sits opposite the one who
sits second to the right of Kapil. Sanjay does not like the shirt of Park
Avenue. Niroti sits opposite the one who sits second to the left of the one who
wears Adidas.
1. Who among the following wears Park Avenue?
a) Zeeshan
b) Sanjay
c) Ramu
d) Prithvi
e) None of these
2. Kapil wears the shirt of which company?
a) Koolpals
b) Denim
c) Peter England
d) Park Avenue
e) None of these
3. How many persons sit between Mannu and Niroti?
a) One
b) Two
c) None
d) Three
e) None of these
4. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and
thus forms a group. Find the one which does not belong to that group.
a) Niroti
b) Lalit
c) Mannu
d) Ramu
e) Zeeshan
5. Who sits second to the right of one who is sitting
opposite to the one who wears Redox brand shirt?
a) Chaman
b) Mannu
c) Sanjay
d) Ramu
e) None of these
Directions (6 – 10):
Read the given information carefully and answer the questions given beside:
A word and number
arrangement machine, when given an input line of words and numbers, it
rearranges them following a particular rule. The following is an illustration
of input and rearrangement, steps….
Input: telecom
27 call 125 would 216 then 64 severe 8
Step I:
dluowy
64 telecom 27 call 125 216 then 64 severe
Step II:
erevesu
729 dluowy 64 telecom call 125 216 then 64
Step III: llace 4096
erevesu 729 dluowy 64 telecom 125 216 then
Step IV: moceletv 15625
llace 4096 erevesu 729 dluowy 64 216 then
Step
V: nehtv 46656 moceletv 15625 llace 4096 erevesu
729 dluowy 64
And step V is the last
step of the rearrangement of the above input as intended rearrangement is
obtained.
As per the rules followed
in the above step, indicate the answer in each of the following questions with
respect to the appropriate step for the given input
Input: discussed 1331 vehicle 729
increasing 512 platform 1000 eligibility 343
6. Which one of the
following element is written between “1000000” and “531441”.
a) Ytilibigileg
b) 1771561
c) gnisaercnik
d) mroftalp
e) None of these
7. How many steps will be required to complete the
rearrangement?
a) Six
b) Eight
c) Five
d) Seven
e) None of these
8. In step III which element is second to the left of 1000?
a) 1331
b) Platform
c) Eligibility
d) 729
e) None of these
9. In step II, which element is second to the right of 11769?
a) 729
b) Elcihev
c) Increasing
d) Platform
e) None of these
10. Find the sum of the numbers of step III, which are not
yet operated in the machine?
a) 1729
b) 2331
c) 1241
d) 1343
e) None of these
Solutions:
(1 – 5):
1. C) 2. B) 3. D)
4. B) 5. A)
(6 – 10): Explanation:
Change in Word: Word is reversed on the basis of the
position of its last letter in the English alphabetical series. The word whose
last letter comes first in the English alphabetical order will be reversed
first and after reversing it one letter is added to the extreme right end of it
which is nothing but the second succeeding letter to the last letter of the
reversed word and the word so formed is shifted to the extreme left end.
Change in Number: The smallest number is sent to the
left side of the arrangement after squaring it.
Input: discussed
1331 vehicle 729 increasing 512 platform 1000 eligibility 343
Step I:
dessucsidf 117649 1331 vehicle 729 increasing 512 platform 1000
eligibility
Step II: elcihev
262144 dessucsidf 117649 1331 729 increasing platform 1000 eligibility
Step III:
gnisaercnik 531441 elcihev 262144 dessucsidf 117649 1331 platform 1000
eligibility
Step IV: mroftalp
1000000 gnisaercnik 531441 elcihev 262144 dessucsidf 117649 1331 eligibility
Step V:
ytilibigileg 1771561 mroftalp 1000000 gnisaercnik 531441 elcihev 262144
dessucsidf 117649
6. C) 7. C) 8. A)
9. A) 10. B)
