SBI Probationary Officers Test-2010: Reasoning Ability (High Level) Question 1-20
1. In a certain code language ‘how many goals scored’ is written as ’5 3 9 7′; ‘many more matches’ is written as ’9 8 2′; and ‘he scored five’ is written as ’1 6 3′. How is ‘goals’ written in that code language?
Choose the right option
[A] 5
[B] 7
[C] 5 or 7
[D] Data inadequate
[E] None of these
2. In a certain code TEMPORAL is written as OLDSMBSP. How is CONSIDER written in that code?
Choose the right option
[A] RMNBSFEJ
[B] BNMRSFEJ
[C] RMNBJEFS
[D] TOPDQDCH
[E] None of these
3. How many meaningful English words can be made with the letters 'DLEI' using each letter only once in each word?
CEA I KG OQM?
Choose the right option
[A] None
[B] One
[c] Two
[D] Three
[E] More than three
4. Among A, B, C, D and E, each having different weight, D is heavier than only A and C is lighter than B and E. Who among them is the heaviest?
Choose the right option
[A] B
[B] E
[C] C
[D] Data inadequate
[E] None of these
5. Each odd digit in the number 5263187 is substituted by the next higher digit and each even digit is substituted by the previous lower digit and the digits so obtained are rearranged in ascending order, which of the following will be the third digit from the left end after the rearrangement?
Choose the right option
[A] 2
[B] 4
[C] 5
[D] 6
[E] None of these
6. Pratap correctly remembers that his mother’s birthday is before twenty-third April but after nineteenth April, whereas his sister correctly remembers that their mother’s birthday is not on or after twenty-second April. On which day in April is definitely their mother’s birthday?
Choose the right option
[A] Twentieth
[B] Twenty-first
[C] Twentieth or twenty-first
[D] Cannot be determined
[E] None of these
7. Ashok started walking towards South. After walking 50 metres he took a right turn and walked 30 metres. He then took a right turn and walked 100 metres. He again took a right turn and walked 30 metres and stopped. How far and in which direction was he from the starting point?
Choose the right option
[A] 50 metres South
[B] 150 metres North
[C] 180 metres East
[D] 50 metres North
[E] None of these
8. If ‘/’ means’+';’-’ means ‘*’; ‘*’ means ‘/’ and’+’ means ‘-’; then
Choose the right option
[A] 20
[B] 28
[C] 8
[D] 2
[E] None of these
9. Town D is towards East of town F. Town B is towards North of town D. Town H is towards South of town B. Towards which direction is town H from town F?
Choose the right option
[A] East
[B] South-East
[C] North-East
[D] Data inadequate
[E] None of these
10. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word SEARCHES each of which has as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet?
Choose the right option
[A] None
[B] One
[C] Two
[D] Three
[E] More than three
Directions (Q. 11-15): In each of the questions below are given four statements followed by four conclusions numbered I, II, III & IV. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.
11. Statements: All cups are bottles. Some bottles are jugs. No jug is plate. Some plates are tables.
Conclusions:
I. Some tables are bottles.
II. Some plates are cups.
III. No table is bottle.
IV. Some jugs are cups.
Choose the right option
[A] Only I follow
[B] Only II follow
[C] Only III follow
[D] Only IV follow
[E] Only either I or III follow
12. Statements: Some chairs are handles. All handles are pots. All pots are mats. Some mats are buses.
Conclusions:
I. Some buses are handles.
II. Some mats are chairs.
III. No bus is handle.
IV. Some mats are handles.
Choose the right option
[A] Only I, II and IV follow
[B] Only I, III and IV follow
[C] Only either I or III and II follow
[D] Only either I or III and IV follow
[E] Only either I or III, II and IV follow
13. Statements: All birds are horses. All horses are tigers. Some tigers are lions. Some lions are monkeys.
Conclusions:
I. Some tigers are horses.
II. Some monkeys are birds.
III. Some tigers are birds.
IV. Some monkeys are horses.
Choose the right option
[A] Only I and III follow
[B] Only I, II and III follow
[C] Only I, III and IV follow
[D] All I, II, III and IV follow
[E] None of these
14. Statements: Some benches are walls. All walls are houses. Some houses are jungles. All jungles are roads.
Conclusions:
I. Some roads are benches.
II. Some jungles are walls.
III. Some houses are benches.
IV. Some roads are houses.
Choose the right option
[A] Only I and II follow
[B] Only I and III follow
[C] Only III and IV follow
[D] Only II, III and IV follow
[E] None of these
15. Statements: Some sticks are lamps. Some flowers are lamps. Some lamps are dresses. All dresses are shirts.
Conclusions:1. In a certain code language ‘how many goals scored’ is written as ’5 3 9 7′; ‘many more matches’ is written as ’9 8 2′; and ‘he scored five’ is written as ’1 6 3′. How is ‘goals’ written in that code language?
Choose the right option
[A] 5
[B] 7
[C] 5 or 7
[D] Data inadequate
[E] None of these
2. In a certain code TEMPORAL is written as OLDSMBSP. How is CONSIDER written in that code?
Choose the right option
[A] RMNBSFEJ
[B] BNMRSFEJ
[C] RMNBJEFS
[D] TOPDQDCH
[E] None of these
3. How many meaningful English words can be made with the letters 'DLEI' using each letter only once in each word?
CEA I KG OQM?
Choose the right option
[A] None
[B] One
[c] Two
[D] Three
[E] More than three
4. Among A, B, C, D and E, each having different weight, D is heavier than only A and C is lighter than B and E. Who among them is the heaviest?
Choose the right option
[A] B
[B] E
[C] C
[D] Data inadequate
[E] None of these
5. Each odd digit in the number 5263187 is substituted by the next higher digit and each even digit is substituted by the previous lower digit and the digits so obtained are rearranged in ascending order, which of the following will be the third digit from the left end after the rearrangement?
Choose the right option
[A] 2
[B] 4
[C] 5
[D] 6
[E] None of these
6. Pratap correctly remembers that his mother’s birthday is before twenty-third April but after nineteenth April, whereas his sister correctly remembers that their mother’s birthday is not on or after twenty-second April. On which day in April is definitely their mother’s birthday?
Choose the right option
[A] Twentieth
[B] Twenty-first
[C] Twentieth or twenty-first
[D] Cannot be determined
[E] None of these
7. Ashok started walking towards South. After walking 50 metres he took a right turn and walked 30 metres. He then took a right turn and walked 100 metres. He again took a right turn and walked 30 metres and stopped. How far and in which direction was he from the starting point?
Choose the right option
[A] 50 metres South
[B] 150 metres North
[C] 180 metres East
[D] 50 metres North
[E] None of these
8. If ‘/’ means’+';’-’ means ‘*’; ‘*’ means ‘/’ and’+’ means ‘-’; then
Choose the right option
[A] 20
[B] 28
[C] 8
[D] 2
[E] None of these
9. Town D is towards East of town F. Town B is towards North of town D. Town H is towards South of town B. Towards which direction is town H from town F?
Choose the right option
[A] East
[B] South-East
[C] North-East
[D] Data inadequate
[E] None of these
10. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word SEARCHES each of which has as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet?
Choose the right option
[A] None
[B] One
[C] Two
[D] Three
[E] More than three
Directions (Q. 11-15): In each of the questions below are given four statements followed by four conclusions numbered I, II, III & IV. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.
11. Statements: All cups are bottles. Some bottles are jugs. No jug is plate. Some plates are tables.
Conclusions:
I. Some tables are bottles.
II. Some plates are cups.
III. No table is bottle.
IV. Some jugs are cups.
Choose the right option
[A] Only I follow
[B] Only II follow
[C] Only III follow
[D] Only IV follow
[E] Only either I or III follow
12. Statements: Some chairs are handles. All handles are pots. All pots are mats. Some mats are buses.
Conclusions:
I. Some buses are handles.
II. Some mats are chairs.
III. No bus is handle.
IV. Some mats are handles.
Choose the right option
[A] Only I, II and IV follow
[B] Only I, III and IV follow
[C] Only either I or III and II follow
[D] Only either I or III and IV follow
[E] Only either I or III, II and IV follow
13. Statements: All birds are horses. All horses are tigers. Some tigers are lions. Some lions are monkeys.
Conclusions:
I. Some tigers are horses.
II. Some monkeys are birds.
III. Some tigers are birds.
IV. Some monkeys are horses.
Choose the right option
[A] Only I and III follow
[B] Only I, II and III follow
[C] Only I, III and IV follow
[D] All I, II, III and IV follow
[E] None of these
14. Statements: Some benches are walls. All walls are houses. Some houses are jungles. All jungles are roads.
Conclusions:
I. Some roads are benches.
II. Some jungles are walls.
III. Some houses are benches.
IV. Some roads are houses.
Choose the right option
[A] Only I and II follow
[B] Only I and III follow
[C] Only III and IV follow
[D] Only II, III and IV follow
[E] None of these
15. Statements: Some sticks are lamps. Some flowers are lamps. Some lamps are dresses. All dresses are shirts.
I. Some shirts are sticks.
II. Some shirts are flowers.
III. Some flowers are sticks.
IV. Some dresses are sticks.
Choose the right option
[A] None follow
[B] Only I follow
[C] Only II follow
[D] Only III follow
[E] Only IV follow
Directions (Q. 16-20): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below: A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are eight employees of an organization working in three departments, viz Personnel, Administration and Marketing with not more than three of them in any department. Each of them has a different choice of sports from football, cricket, volleyball, badminton, lawn tennis, basketball, hockey and table tennis, not necessarily in the same order.D works in Administration and does not like either football or cricket. F works in Personnel with only A, who likes table tennis. E and H do not work in the same department as D. C likes hockey and does not work in Marketing. G does not work in Administration and does not like either cricket or badminton. One of those who work in Administration likes football. The one who likes volleyball works in Personnel. None of those who work in Administration likes either badminton or lawn tennis. H does not like cricket.
16. Which of the following groups of employees work in Administration department?
Choose the right option
[A] EGH
[B] AF
[C] BCD
[D] BGD
[E] Data inadequate
17. In which department does E work?
Choose the right option
[A] Personnel
[B] Marketing
[C] Administration
[D] Data inadequate
[E] None of these
18.Which of the following combinations of employee-department-favourite sport is correct?
Choose the right option
[A] E -Administration – Cricket
[B] F – Personnel – Lawn Tennis
[c] H – Marketing – Lawn Tennis
[D] B -Administration – Table Tennis
[E] None of these
19. What is E’s favourite sport?
Choose the right option
[A] Cricket
[B] Badminton
[C] Basketball
[D] Lawn Tennis
[E] None of these
20. What is G’s favourite sport?
Choose the right option
[A] Cricket
[B] Badminton
[C] Basketball
[D] Lawn Tennis
[E] None of these
