(Paper) SBI Clerk EXAM Paper - 2011 ::REASONING ABILITY::
(Paper) SBI Clerk EXAM Paper - 2011
::REASONING ABILITY::
1. How many meaningful English words can be formed with the letters ADIC using eachletter only once in each word?
A. None
B. One
C. Two
D. Three
E. More than three
2. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group, which is the one tat does not belong to that group?
A. Violin
B. Harp
C. Guitar
D. Flute
E. Sitar
3. If it is possible to make only one meaningful word with the first, fourth, fifth andtenth letters of the word Television, which of the following would be the second letter of thatword from the right end? If no such word can be made, give ‘X’ as your answer and if more thanone such word can be formed, give your answer as ‘Y’.
A. X
B. L
C. N
D. E
E. Y
4. In a certain code TRUMP is written SUTQN. How is FIRED written in that code?
A GJQEF
B. JGEQF
C. JQGEF
D. JGQFE
E. JGQEF
5. In a certain language ‘give me more’ is coded as ‘7 3 5’, ‘she has more’ is coded as’9 7 1′ and ‘she asked me gently’ is coded as ‘6 3 2 1′. Which of the following is the code for’give’ in that language?
A. 5
B. 7
C. 6
D. 9
E. 1
6. If each of the vowels in the word GOLIATHS is changed to the next letter in theEnglish alphabetical series and each consonant is changed to the previous letter in the Englishalphabetical series, and then the alphabets so formed are arranged in alphabetical order fromleft to right, which of the following will be sixth from the left of the new arrangement thusformed?
A. S
B. P
C. G
D. J
E. F
7. In a certain language ‘WEAK’ is coded as ‘4$β7’. How will ‘KEWRA’ be coded in thesame code?
A. 7 4 $ β #
B. β 7 $ 8 #
C. # β 9 7 4
D. $ β 7 9 4
E. 4 7 8 β $
8. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word FORMATIOn each of which has asmany letters between them in the word (in both forward and backward directions) as they havebetween them in the English alphabetical order?
A. None
B. One
C. Two
D. Three
E. More than three
9. If the digits in the number 79246358 are arranged in descending order from left toright, what will be the difference between the difits which are third from the right andsecond from the left in the new arrangement?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5
10. ‘Music’ is related to ‘Notes’ in the same way as ‘Language’ is relatedto………………
A. Sentences
B. Combination
C. Grammar
D.Alphabets
E. Syntax
Q. 11-15: Read the following information carefully and answer the questions which follow:
If ‘P * Q’ means ‘P is the mother of Q’.
If ‘P × Q’ means ‘P is the father of Q’.
If ‘P + Q’ means ‘P is the sister of Q’.
If ‘P — Q’ means P is the brother of Q’.
If ‘P > Q’ means ‘P is the son of Q’.
If ‘P < Q’ means ‘P is the daughter of Q’.
11. In the expression ‘A × B + R > S’ how is S related to A?
A. Daughter-in-law
B. Daugher
C. Wife
D. Sister
E. Cannot be determined
12. Which of the following means P is the father of S?
A. P × < R * S
B. R × P < Q – S
C. R + S > Q + P
D. S + Q – R * P
E. Cannot be determined
13. In the expression ‘P + Q > A — B’ how is P related to B?
A. Daughter
B. Son
C. Niece
D. Newphew
E. Cannot be determined
14. Which of the following means D is the aunt of C?
A D > B * A C
B. D + B — C * A
C. D — B — A × C
D. D + B × A × C
E. None of these
15. In the expression ‘W > X < Y * Z’ how is W related to Z?
A. Nephew
B. Uncle
C. Son
D. Brother-in-law
E. None of these
Q. 16-20: In each question below are given three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given contusions logically follows from statements disregarding commonly known facts.
A. if only conclusion I follows.
B. if only conclusion H follows.
C. if either conclusion I or conclusion II follows.
D. if neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows.
E. if both conclusions I and II follow.
16. Statements: All medicines are tablets. Some tablets are tonics.Some tonics are bitter.
Conclusions:
I. Some tablets are bitter.
II. No medicines is a tonic,
17. Statements: All incomes are salaries. Some salaries are perks. Someperks are tangible.
Conclusions:
I. Some incomes are tangible.
II. At least some perks are salaries.
18. Statements: All roses are red. Some red are colour. All colour arepaints.
Conclusions:
I. Some red are paints.
II. All red are roses.
19. Statements: Some casual are formal. All formal are expensive. Allexpensive are elegant.
Conclusions:
I. All formal are elegant.
II. Some casual are expensive.
20. Statements: All towns are cities. All cities are urban. Some urbanare rural.
Conclusions:
I. Some towns are rural.
II. All rural are towns.
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Q. 21-25: The following questions are based on five words given below:
RAT ONE BUT AND SAW
(The new eords formed after performing the mentioned operations may or may not necessarily be meaningful English words.)
21. If in each of the given words, each alphabet is changed to the next letter in toEnglish alphabetical series, in how many words thus sformed have the consonants changed tovowels?
A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Four
E. Five
22. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word highlighted in bold, each ofwhich has as many letters between them in the word (in botrh forward and backward directions) asthey have between them in the English alphabetical order?
A None
B. One
C. Two
D. Tlire
E. Four
23. If in the given every words only consonents are changed with their successive lettersand vowels are kept same then in how many words the vowel same or different will come twice ormore than two times?
A None
B. One
C. Two
D. Three
E. Four
24. If the first letter of every words is changed with successive letter then how manymeaningful word will be formed.
A. One
B. two
C. three
D. four
E. five
25. If the given words are arranged alphabetically from left to right then which one ofthe following will be fourth from left.
A. RAT
B. ONE
C. BUT
D. AND
E. SAW
Q. 26-29: Study the information carefully and answer the questions.
Five friends P Q R S and T travel from Goa individually for the five cities ie. Chennai, Kolkata, Delhi, Hydrabad and Manglore by different means of transport ie., bus, train, aeroplane, car and boat.One who traveled for Delhi did not use boat. R traveled for Manglore by car and S traveled by boat. Q traveled by aeroplane for Kolkata and T traveled by train. Delhi and Chennai in not connected with bus roate with Goa.
26. Which combination of place and transport of the following is true.
A. Kolkata-bus
B. Delhi-aeroplane
C. Manglore -train
D. Chennai-boat
E. Hydrabad-car
27. Q : Kolkata Similarly, S : ?
A. Hydrabad
B. Chennai
C. Manglore
D. Delhi
E. Can not be determined
28. Who of the following traveled for Delhi?
A.T
B. R
C. S
D. P
E. Q
29. Which combination of the following is true for P.
A. traveled by bus for Kolkata
B. traveled by train for Delhi
C. traveled by boat for Chennai
D. traveled by bus for Hydrabad
E. None of these
30. 5 traveld for…………….. by……………
A. Hydrabad, train
B. Chennai, boat
C. Chennai, train
D. Delhi, boat
E. Delhi, train
Q. 31.40: In each of the questions given below which one of the five answer figures on the right should come after the problem figures on the left, if the sequence were continued?
