Reasoning Questions for IBPS clerk mains 2016

Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
L, M, N, O, P, Q, R and S are sitting in a straight line, but not necessarily in the same order. Some of them are not facing north.
(Note: Facing the same direction means if one person faces north then the other person also faces north and if one person faces south then the other person also faces south. Facing the opposite direction means if one person faces north then, the other person faces south and vice-versa)
Only three persons sit between P and M. Both O and L face the same direction and O sits third to the right of L. P is not an immediate neighbor of L or O. R sit on the immediate left of M, who faces north. Q sits on the immediate right of N. Neither L nor O is an immediate neighbor of N. Both the immediate neighbours of M face opposite directions. R and Q both face the same direction. S sits second to the right of R. P is not facing the same direction as N is facing. N sits at the one of the extreme ends of the line. Both R and Q face the same direction as S. Only three persons sit between R and N.

Q1. How many persons are not facing north?
(a) Two
(b) Three
(c) Four
(d) Five
(e) None of the above

Q2. Who among the following sit at the extreme ends of the line?
(a) P, N
(b) S, N
(c) S, P
(d) M, N
(e) None of the above

Q3. Who among the following sits exactly between O and the one who is third to the right of P?
(a) S
(b) M
(c) Q
(d) L
(e) None of the above

Q4. Who among the following is on the immediate left of S?
(a) P
(b) M
(c) Q
(d) L
(e) None of the above

Q5. Which of the following statements is true?
(a) Only two persons sit between N and M.
(b) Only three persons sit between Q and R.
(c) S faces the same direction as M.
(d) L is third to the right of O.
(e) None of the above

Directions (6-10): Study the given information carefully and answer the given questions:
When a word and number arrangement machine is given an input line of words and numbers, it arranges them following a particular rule. The following is an illustration of an input and its rearrangement (All of the numbers are two-digit numbers):
Input: 32 expert care 27 38 rain none 43 24 goal
Step I: care expert 27 38 rain none 43 24 goal 32
Step II: expert care 27 38 rain none 43 goal 32 24
Step III: goal expert care 27 38 rain none 32 24 43
Step IV: none goal expert care 38 rain 32 24 43 27
Step V: rain none goal expert care 32 24 43 27 38
And Step V is the last step of the above arrangement as the intended arrangement is obtained.
As per the rules followed in the given steps, find out the appropriate steps for the given input.
Input: rules find 42 52 east 19 there main 21 35 dear 63

Q6. In step III, which element appears between ‘rules’ and ‘35’?
(a) Both ‘19’ and ‘there’
(b) Only ‘there’
(c) ‘19’, ‘there’ and ‘main’
(d) Both ‘19’ and ‘main’
(e) None of the above

Q7. What is the position of ‘dear’ to the left of ‘35’ in Step IV?
(a) Sixth
(b) Fifth
(c) Seventh
(d) Eighth
(e) None of the above

Q8. How many elements are there between ‘main’ and ‘42’ in the last step?
(a) Three
(b) Four
(c) Five
(d) Six
(e) None of the above

Q9. Which is the fourth element to the left of the seventh element from the left end in the second-last step?
(a) main
(b) rules
(c) 19
(d) 52
(e) None of the above

Q10. How many steps will be required to complete the arrangement?
(a) Six
(b) Seven
(c) Five
(d) Eight
(e) None of the above

Directions (11-15): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
In a certain code language ‘always give right advice’ is written as ‘ti pa she zo’, ‘some experts have advice’ is written as ‘psk zo sh la’, ‘experts are always right’ is written as ‘psk ka pa she’ and ‘seniors have always idea’ is written as ‘nos sh qa she’.

Q11. What does the code ‘qa’ stand for?
(a) always
(b) idea
(c) right
(d) seniors
(e) Can’t be determined

Q12. In the given code language, if ‘seniors’ is coded as ‘nos’ then what will ‘give some idea’ be coded as?
(a) ti la qa
(b) she ti qa
(c) ti la nos
(d) ti sh nos
(e) None of the above

Q13. What will be the code for ‘experts’?
(a) zo
(b) psk
(c) she
(d) Can’t be determined
(e) None of the above

Q14. What will be the possible code for ‘seniors advice’?
(a) nos zo
(b) psk zo
(c) qa zo
(d) Either (a) or (c)
(e) None of the above

Q15. What is the code for ‘always’?
(a) pa
(b) she
(c) zo
(d) sh
(e) None of the above