Reasoning Quiz For IBPS Clerk Prelims 2023 -10th July

Q1. In a certain code, XUTPOJDB is written as CFGKLQWY and VUMFCBB is written as EFNUXYY. How would ZSOJEDBB be written in that code language?
(a) AHLQVWYY
(b) YYAHVWLQ
(c) HAQVLWYY
(d) AHLQUWYY
(e) None of these

Q2. How many meaningful English words can be formed from the first, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth letters of the given word UNSCRAMBLE using them in different sequence only once?
(a) Three
(b) Two
(c) One
(d) Six
(e) Four

Q3. In a certain code, ‘GRAPH’ is written as ‘JUDSK’. How is ‘CARE’ written in that code?
(a) FZTO
(b) FZUU
(c) FZZD
(d) FDUH
(e) FZDU

Q4. How many such pairs of letters are there in the given word THESAURUS each of which has as many letters between them as in the English alphabet (both forward and backward direction)?
(a) Four
(b) Two
(c) None
(d) One
(e) None of these

Q5. How many such pairs of letters are there in the given word IRREVERENCE each of which has as many letters between them (in both forward and backward direction) in the word as in the English alphabet?
(a) Four
(b) One
(c) Five
(d) Two
(e) None of these

Q6. If it is possible to make only one meaningful English word from the 3rd, 5th, 8th and 9th letters of the given word REGISTRING, using each letter only once, then first letter of that word is your answer. If more than one such word can be formed, your answer is M. If no such word can be formed, your answer is X.
(a) X
(b) S
(c) G
(d) M
(e) N

Q7. How many such pairs of letters are there in the given word ‘SPLENETIC’ each of which has as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet (Both forward and backward direction)?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) More than three
(e) None

Q8. How many such pairs of letters in the given word “BROTHER” which has many letters between them in the word as they have between them in the English alphabet?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) More than three
(e) None

Q9. If FROZEN is coded as GSPYDM and RANDOM is coded as SBOCNL, then how will CLOSED be coded?
(a) DMPDRC
(b) DMPRDC
(c) BMPRDC
(d) BKPDRC
(e) None of the above

Q10. How many meaningful words can be formed using first, second, fifth, seventh and eighth letters of the given word INTERMEDIATE using each letter only once in each word?
(a) None
(b) One
(c) Two
(d) Three
(e) None of these

Solutions

S1. Ans. (a)
Sol. All the letters of the word are changed with their opposite letters according to alphabet series. So, ZSOJEDBB will become AHLQVWYY

S2. Ans. (c)
Sol. 1st, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th letters = U, A, M, B, L
Meaningful word = ALBUM

S3. Ans. (d)
Sol. All the letters are coded by their +3 forward (3rd succeeding letter).
GRAPH = JUDSK
CARE = FDUH

S6. Ans. (d)
Sol. 3rd, 5th, 8th and 9thalphabets are – G, S, I, N
Words that can be formed from these alphabets – SIGN, SING

S10. Ans. (b)
Sol. 1st, 2nd, 5th, 7th and 8th letters of the word = I, N, R, E, D
Meaningful word = Diner