Reasoning Questions for SBI PO prelims 2019:
Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
Ten persons Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z are sitting in two rows with five persons in each row in such a way that one person in the first row sits exactly opposite and facing a person in the second row. Members of the first row are facing North.
R sits in the first row to the immediate right of Y who sits exactly opposite of Z. S is at the extreme end of the second row and is third to the left of U. Two person sit between Q and T. Q sits opposite of X. W does not sit at the end. S is not immediate neighbor of Z.
Q1. Which of the following pairs of persons are sitting at the two ends of the first row?
Q2. Who is second to the left of R?
Q3. Who is third to the left of Q?
Q4. Z sits exactly between which of the following persons?
Q5. Who sits exactly opposite of R?
Directions (6-10): In each of the questions given below, a group of digits is given followed by four combinations of letters/ symbols numbered (a), (b), (c) and (d). You have to find out which of the four combinations correctly represents the group of digits based on the letter/ symbol codes and the conditions given below. If none of the four combinations represents the group of digits correctly, give (e) ‘None of these’ as the answer.
Condition for coding the group digits:
(i) If the first digit is odd and last digit is even, the codes for the first and the last digits are to be interchanged.
(ii) If the first as well as the last digit is even, both are to be coded by the code for the last digit.
(iii) If the first as well as the last digit is odd, both are to be coded as ‘X’.
Q6. 285961
Q7. 972486
Q8. 834762
Q9. 785291
Q10. 748956
Directions (11-15): These questions are based on the following arrangement. Study it carefully and answer the questions.
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Q11. Which element is sixth to the right of fifteenth from the right end?
Q12. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their positions in the above arrangement and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to the group?
Q13. How many such symbols are there in the above arrangement each of which is immediately followed by a number but not immediately preceded by another number?
Q14. If all the symbols are dropped from the above arrangement which element will be ninth from the left end?
Q15. What will come in place of the question mark in the following series based on the above arrangement?
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