IBPS PO Mains 2018 – Reasoning Ability Questions Day-24

Dear Readers, Bank Exam Race for the Year 2018 is already started, To enrich your preparation here we have providing new series of Practice Questions on Reasoning Ability – Section. Candidates those who are preparing for IBPS PO Mains 2018 Exams can practice these questions daily and make your preparation effective.

Direction (1-5): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

        Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting in a circular table and all of them are facing centre of the table. All of them like different languages Tamil, Hindi, English, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, Marathi and Bengali but not necessary in the same order. There are some male and female persons in the group and not more than two consecutive persons sitting together belongs to the same gender.

        The one who likes Kannada sits third to the left of G. C is an immediate neighbour of G and he sits second to the left of the one who likes Hindi. The one who likes Bengali sits to the immediate left of H. H does not like Hindi and Kannada and he does not belong to the same gender as G. The one who likes Marathi sits second to the left of F and she is an immediate neighbour of D. F does not like Bengali and Telugu. The immediate neighbours of D belong to the same gender. The one who likes Telugu sits third to the right of B, who is not the same gender as D. The one who likes Malayalam sits to the immediate left of B. Only one person sits between E and the one who likes Tamil. E does not faces F. Immediate neighbours of the one who likes Tamil does not belong to the same gender.

1) Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group. Which one of the following that does not belong to the group?

a) E

b) B

c) A

d) G

e) F

2) H likes which of the following languages?

a) Tamil

b) Kannada

c) Hindi

d) English

e) Malayalam

3) Which of the following statements is true?

a) G faces the person who likes English

b) C likes Telugu

c) Only two persons are sitting between A and F

d) G sits to the immediate left of C

e) None is true

4) If A is related to Malayalam and B is related to Tamil in a certain way. Then, E is related to which of the following?

a) English

b) Bengali

c) Marathi

d) Telugu

e) Hindi

5) Who among the following sits second to the left of H?

a) A

b) The one who likes Malayalam

c) The one who sits opposite to F

d) Immediate neighbour of G

e) None of them

Direction (6-10): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

A word and number arrangement machine when given an input line of words and numbers rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of an input and rearrangement.

Input: word 87 mesh 61 52 belt 28 line wick 95

Step I: 95 87 mesh 61 52 belt 28 line wick xnse

Step II: 87 95 mesh 61 52 belt 28 line xnse xhdl

Step III: 61 87 95 52 belt 28 line xnse xhdl ndti

Step IV: 52 61 87 95 belt 28 xnse xhdl ndti mhod

Step V: 28 52 61 87 95 xnse xhdl ndti mhod cdmu

And Step V is the last step of the rearrangement of the above input.

As per the rules followed in the above steps, find out in each of the following questions the appropriate step for the given input.

Input: 36 81 quit edit 42 swim 73 true dent 65

6) Which of the following element is third to the right of seventh from the right end in Step III?

a) 73

b) edit

c) 42

d) ustd

e) dent

7) How many elements are there in between ‘81’ and ‘rthu’ in the step of last but one?

a) One

b) Two

c) Three

d) Four

e) None

8) If ‘36’ is related to ‘65’ in Step I and ‘ustd’ is related to ‘81’ in Step III in a certain way. Then, ‘quit’ is related to which of the followig in Step II?

a) 36

b) dent

c) edit

d) 42

e) txhn

9) In which of the following steps the elements ‘36 dent ustd’ are placed as it is in the given order?

a) Step I

b) Step II

c) Step III

d) Step IV

e) Step V

10) Which of the following elements is exactly between ‘73’ and ‘edou’ in the final step?

a) ustd

b) 81

c) txhn

d) rthu

e) dehu

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Answers:

Direction (1-5):

• The one who likes Kannada sits third to the left of G. C is an immediate neighbour of G and he sits second to the left of the one who likes Hindi.

• The one who likes Bengali sits to the immediate left of H. H does not like Hindi and Kannada and he does not belong to the same gender as G.

• The one who likes Marathi sits second to the left of F and she is an immediate neighbour of D. F does not like Bengali and Telugu. The immediate neighbours of D belong to the same gender.

• The one who likes Telugu sits third to the right of B, who is not the same gender as D. The one who likes Malayalam sits to the immediate left of B.
• So, Case-2(a) will be dropped.

• Only one person sits between E and the one who likes Tamil. E does faces F. Immediate neighbours of the one who likes Tamil does not belong to the same gender.
• So, Case-1(b) and Case-2(b) will be dropped.

1) Answer: c)

2) Answer: d)

3) Answer: a)

4) Answer: e)

5) Answer: b)

Directions (6-10):

Input: 36 81 quit edit 42 swim 73 true dent 65

Step I: 81 36 quit edit 42 swim 73 dent 65 ustd

Step II: 73 81 36 quit edit 42 dent 65 ustdtxhn

Step III: 65 73 81 36 edit 42 dent ustdtxhnrthu

Step IV: 42 65 73 81 36 dent ustdtxhnrthudehu

Step V: 36 42 65 73 81 ustdtxhnrthudehuedou

Logic:

Words: The words are arranged in reverse as per the dictionary order and the words are coded by the vowels are replaced by the next letter while consonants are replaced by previous letter.

Numbers: The numbers are arranged in ascending order from left to right.

6) Answer: e)

7) Answer: d)

8) Answer: b)

9) Answer: d)

10) Answer: c)

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