Reasoning Ability Quiz For SBI PO Prelims 2022- 13th November

Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a circular table in such a way that no two persons sitting together face same direction. Each of them likes a different color, viz Blue, Black, Red, Brown, Purple, Green, White and Pink. (None of the information given in necessarily in the same order.)
C sits third to the left of the one who likes Pink. The one who likes pink faces outside. Only two persons sit between C and H. The one who likes blue sits on the immediate right of H. The one who likes purple sits second to the right of G. G is neither an immediate neighbour of H nor of C. G does not like Pink. Only one person sits between A and the one who likes Purple. D sits on the immediate left of the one who likes Green. G does not like Green. E likes White. E is not an immediate neighbour of A. The one who likes Black is an immediate neighbour of E. The one who likes Brown is an immediate neighbour of F.

Q1. Who amongst the following sits opposite the one who likes Blue?
(a) The one who likes Black
(b) D
(c) A
(d) The one who likes Red
(e) The one who likes Brown

Q2. Who among the following represent the immediate neighbours of the one who likes Purple?
(a) B, F
(b) B, E
(c) C, E
(d) D, F
(e) F, H

Q3. Who among the following sits exactly between H and B?
(a) C
(b) The one who likes White
(c) A
(d) F
(e) The one who likes Red

Q4. Which of the following is true regarding B?
(a) B is one of the immediate neighbours of D.
(b) The one who likes Pink is an immediate neighbour of B.
(c) B sits second to the left of H.
(d) B is an immediate neighbour of the one who likes Blue.
(e) B likes White.

Q5. What is the position of the one who likes Green colour with respect to G?
(a) Second to the left
(b) Third to the right
(c) Fourth to the left
(d) Second to the right
(e) Third to the left

Directions (6-10): Study the following information to answer the given question.
For a certain code,
“First we fail” is written as “fo la bu”,
“Then we learn” is written as “jo la si”,
“First learn for success” is written as “ya si bu go”
“Work for great success” is written as “na ya go ke”.

Q6. What does ‘ke’ stand for?
(a) work
(b) great
(c) For
(d) Success`
(e) Either (a) or (b)

Q7. What is the code for ‘ya’?
(a) work
(b) great
(c) For
(d) Success
(e) Either (c) or (d)

Q8. Which of the following may represents ‘We work for success’?
(a) ya la ke si
(b) jo si go la
(c) la go ke ya
(d) bu ya ke go
(e) none of these

Q9. What does ‘jo’ stand for?
(a) then
(b) great
(c) For
(d) Success
(e) Either (a) or (b)

Q10. Which of the following may represent ‘We Success’?
(a) la ya
(b) la go
(c) ya go
(d) go jo
(e) Either (a) or (b)

Directions (11-15): 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 input and rearrangement.

Input: 45 37 11 23 95 63 79
Step I: 79 45 37 11 23 95 63
Step II: 79 37 45 11 23 95 63
Step III: 79 37 23 45 11 95 63
Step IV: 79 37 23 11 45 95 63
Step V: 79 37 23 11 45 63 95

Step V is the last step of the input. As per the rules followed in the above step, find out the appropriate step for the given output.

Input: 13 69 73 39 89 47 55

Q11. What is difference between the third element from the left in step III and fourth element from the right in step IV?
(a) 33
(b) 34
(c) 45
(d) 46
(e) None of these

Q12. Which element is exactly between the second element from left end and second element from right end in step IV?
(a) 47
(b) 69
(c) 13
(d) 39
(e) Can’t be determined

Q13. In which of the following step the elements “73 47 13 69” found in the same order?
(a) Step I
(b) Step IV
(c) Step III
(d) Step II
(e) no such step

Q14. How many steps will be required to complete the rearrangement?
(a) VI
(b) IV
(c) III
(d) II
(e) V

Q15. Which of the following element would be at the second from the right of the element which is fifth from the right end in step IV?
(a) 13
(b) 39
(c) 55
(d) 69
(e) None of these

Solutions