Reasoning Quiz For Bank Mains Exam 2024-04th February

Directions (1-5): A word arrangement machine when given an input of words, rearranges the words following a particular set of rules. An illustration of that is given below.

Input: RAM TYU GTR WTI VFD DGH
Step I: DGH GTR RAM TYU VFD WTI
Step II: DGH GRT AMR TUY DFV ITW
Step III: EHI HSU ZNS UTZ EGW HUX
Step IV: ZNS UTZ HUX HSU EHI EGW
Step V: NSZ TUZ HUX HSU EHI EGW

Step V is the last step of the rearrangement. Following the same set of rules rearrange the input given below and answer the questions based on it.

Input: PQU GRB UTV XQJ WYK SHD

Q1. Which of the following is the last step of the given input?
(a) TUW QRT LXZ KRY EIT CHS
(b) TUW LXZ QRT KRY EIT CHS
(c) TUW QRT LXZ EIT KRY CHS
(d) TUW LXZ QRT KRY CHS EIT
(e) None of these

Q2. Which word is the third from the right end in step III of the given input?
(a) EIT
(b) UTW
(c) QRT
(d) LXZ
(e) None of these

Q3. In which step ‘QRT EIT UTW’ will be found in the same sequence?
(a) Step II
(b) Step IV
(c) Step III
(d) Step V
(e) None of these

Q4. What is the position of ‘QRT’ from right end in the step IV of the given input?
(a) First
(b) Fourth
(c) Fifth
(d) Second
(e) None of these

Q5. Which of the following is the second last step of the given input?
(a) UTW QRT LXZ KRY EIT CHS
(b) TUW QRT LXZ KRY EIT CHS
(c) TUW LXZ QRT KRY CHS EIT
(d) UTW QRT LXZ EIT KRY CHS
(e) None of these

Solutions

Solutions (1-5):
Step I: The words are arranged in the alphabetical order from the left end
Step II: The letters of the words are arranged in alphabetical order within the word.
Step III: The consonants are replaced with the next letter and the vowels are replaced with the previous letter of the English alphabetical series (within each word).
Step IV. The words are arranged in reverse alphabetical order from left end.
Step V: The letters of the word are arranged in alphabetical order within the word.

Input: PQU GRB UTV XQJ WYK SHD
Step I: GRB PQU SHD UTV WYK XQJ
Step II: BGR PQU DHS TUV KWY JQX
Step III: CHS QRT EIT UTW LXZ KRY
Step IV: UTW QRT LXZ KRY EIT CHS
Step V: TUW QRT LXZ KRY EIT CHS

S1. Ans.(a)
S2. Ans.(b)
S3. Ans.(c)
S4. Ans.(c)
S5. Ans.(a)

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