IBPS : Specialist Officers Exam Paper Held On 14.02.2016 (Reasoning)
IBPS : Specialist Officers Exam Paper Held On 14.02.2016 - (Reasoning)
Q1. This questions consists of an information and two statements numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide which of the given statements weaken/s or strengthen/s the information, and decide the appropriate answer.
I. The number of applications for admission in law colleges of country G has
been consistent since the past 5 years.
II. The number of students ready to pay heavy donations to get admission in the
most sought after law-college of country G are consistently increasing for past
three years.
a) Both statements I and statement II are neutral statements.
b) Both statements I and statement II weakens the information.
c) Statement I strengthens the information, while statement II weakens the
information.
d) Statement I weakens the information, while statement II strengthens the
information.
e) Both statement I and statement II strengthen the information.
Q2. . Read the given information and answer the questions.
Patients of lung aliments were mostly prescribed Medicine X which contains only two constituents ‘viz’ agnet and ‘serovil’. However, there were reports that many patients developed severe addiction to it on long term use. Therefore, doctors now prescribe Medicine A to deal with the same because it contains ‘agnet’ and ‘serovil’. Which of the following can be concluded from the given statement?
a) A medicine containing only serovil would not aid in treatment of the
mentioned lung disease at all.
b) Medicine A contains no other constituent other than agnet.
c) Short term usage of Medicine X does not develop its addiction even to a minor
extent.
d) Medicine X is not prescribed to treat any aliment these days.
e) Serovil was the constituent responsible for causing addiction of Medicine X.
Directions (Q3-7): Study the following information to answer the given questions. Twelve people are sitting in two parallel rows containing six people each, in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent persons. In row-1 G, H, I, J, K and L are seated (but not necessarily in the same order) and all of them are facing South. In row-2 S, T, U, V, W and X are seated (but not necessarily in the same order) and all of them are facing North. Therefore; in the given seating arrangement, each member seated in a row faces another member of the other row. The one who faces H sits third to the left of V. V does not sit at any of the extreme ends of the line. S sits second to the left of V. The one facing T sits third to the right of G. T does not sit any of the extreme ends of the line. Only one person sits between G and I. K is neither an immediate neighbour of I nor H. The one facing W sits second to the left of L. L does not face X.
Q3. Who amongst the following sits second to the left of the person who faces T?
a) H
b) I
c) J
d) K
e) L
Q4. Which of the following is true regarding S?
a) Both T and W are immediate neighbours of S.
b) None of the given options is true.
c) Only one person sits between S and U.
d) S sits second to right of X.
e) K is an immediate neighbour of the person who faces S
Q5. Who amongst the following faces L?
a) U
b) S
c) T
d) W
e) V
Q6. Which of the following groups of people represents the people sitting at extreme ends of both the rows?
a) H, I, S, U
b) L, J, X, U
c) J, K, X, W
d) I, L, U, X
e) H, G, S, W
Q7. Which of the following is true with respect to the given information?
a) I faces W.
b) None of the given options is true.
c) G sits exactly between J and I.
d) U is an immediate neighbour of W.
e) H faces one of the immediate neighbours of X.
Directions (8-12): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions. When a word and number arrangement machine is given an input line of words and numbers, it arranges them following a particular rule. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement. (All the numbers are two-digits numbers.)
Input Centre 24 actual 15 require impact 37 96 marine 49 unable 82
Step I 24 centre actual 15 require impact 37 96 marine unable 82 49
Step II 82 24 centre actual 15 require impact 96 marine unable 49 37
Step III 96 82 24 centre actual require impact marine 49 37 15 unable
Step IV Centre 96 82 24 actual require impact marine 49 37 15 unable
Step V marine centre 96 82 24 actual require 49 37 15 unable impact
Step VI require marine centre 96 82 24 49 37 15 unable impact actual
Step VI is the last step of the above arrangement as the intended arrangement is obtained.
As power the rules followed in the given steps, find out the appropriate steps for the given input.
Input embark 53 palace 16 65 salute obvious 42 achieve 71 heaven 98
Q8. Which element is fourth to the right of the one which is ninth from the right end in Step III of the given input?
a) 16
b) achieve
c) 53
d) salute
e) obvious
Q9. Which element comes exactly between ‘16’ and ‘salute’ in step V of the given input ?
a) Both obvious and heaven
b) Only achieve
c) Both embark and palace
d) Only 65
e) Only 71
Q10. If in the Vth step, ‘16’ interchanges its position with ‘obvious’ and ‘heaven’ also interchanges its position with ‘65’, then which element will be fifth to the right of ‘42’?
a) 16
b) 65
c) obvious
d) 71
e) heaven
Q11. Which of the following combinations represents the first two and last two elements in step VI of the given input?
a) salute, obvious, embark, palace
b) heaven, palace, achieve, obvious
c) palace, heaven, obvious, embark
d) salute, palace, embark, achieve
e) embark, obvious, palace, achieve
Q12. In which step are the elements ‘heaven 98 archive 71’ found in the same order?
a) Fourth
b) Sixth
c) Fifth
d) Third
e) The given order of elements is not found in any step
Directions (13-17): Study the given information carefully to answer the given questions. Eight people P, Q, R, S, W, X, Y and Z live on eight different floors of a building, but not necessarily in the same order. The lowermost floor of the building is numbered one, the one above that is numbered two and so on till the topmost floor is numbered eight. P lives on an even numbered floor above the floor numbered three. Y lives immediately below P. Only three people live between Y and R. Only two people live between W and P as are there between W and Q. Only two people live between Q and Z. S lives immediately above Z.
Q13. Who amongst the following live exactly between Y and W?
a) Only P
b) Only X
c) No one
d) Both P and X
e) Both X and Q
Q14. Who amongst the following lives on the floor numbered five?
a) X
b) Q
c) S
d) R
e) Y
Q15. As power the given arrangement, four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which one of the following does not belong to the group?
a) Q-Two
b) V-Seven
c) R-Five
d) P-Six
e) Z-Three
Q16. On which of the following floor numbers does R live?
a) Seven
b) Six
c) Three
d) Eight
e) Two
Q17. If X and P interchange their places and so do Z and R, then who will live between P and Z as per the new arrangement?
a) Q
b) W
c) R
d) Y
e) Other than those given as options
Directions (Q18-23): Study the following information and answer the questions. Seven friends, namely P, Q, R, S, T, U and V watch seven different movies namely Spectre. Joy, Burnt, Concussion, Frozen, Everly and Legend, not necessarily in the same order, starting from Monday to Sunday (of the same week) T watches a movie on Thursday. Only one person watches movie between T and the one who watches Frozen. P watches movie immediately after the one who watches Frozen. Only three people watch movie between P and the one who watches Burnt. Only two people watch movie between the one who watches Burnt and U. The one who watches Legend watch movie before U, but after Thursday. More than two people watch movie between the one who watches Legend and R. The one who watches spectre watches movie immediately before the one who watches Everly. The one who watches Conclusion watches movie immediately before Q. V does not watch movie on Tuesday.
Q18. Who amongst the following watches Joy?
a) R
b) S
c) P
d) T
e) V
Q19. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which of the following does not belong to that group?
a) R-Tuesday
b) T-Thursday
c) Q-Sunday
d) P-Friday
e) U-Saturday
Q20. Which of the following is true about S?
a) S watches movie immediately after R.
b) S watches Burnt.
c) Only two people watch movie between S and R.
d) All the given statements are true.
e) S watches movie on Sunday.
Q21. Which of the following movies does T watch?
a) Burnt
b) Spectre
c) Everly
d) Concussion
e) Legend
Q22. As per the given arrangement Q is related to the one who watches Burnt in a certain way and R is related to the one who watches Everly in the same way. To which of the following is U related to in the same way?
a) The one who watches Joy.
b) The one who watches concussion.
c) The one who watches Burnt.
d) The one who watches Spectre.
e) The one who watches Legend.
Q23. On which of the following days does V watch a movie?
a) Friday
b) Sunday
c) Wednesday
d) Saturday
e) Monday
Q24. Read the following information and answer the questions. The women of Village X are becoming financially independent after Shakti, an NGO, started assisted the women in mastering art of making organic colours thus helping them to earn a living. Which of the following statements can be inferred from the given statements? (An inference is something by, which you can logically deduced something to be true based on known premises.)
a) In order to master the art of making organic colours, one must seek the
assistance of Shakti only.
b) Organic colours made by the women of village X have captured the interest of
people to some extent.
c) The women of village X have never tried their hand at any art except colour
making.
d) Shakti provides assistance only in the field of organic colour making and
specifically to women.
e) Women of village X have never been assisted by any other NGO in the past.
Q25. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word NEUTRAL each of which has as many letters in the word in both forward and backward directions as there are between them in English alphabetical series?
a) Three
b) None
c) Two
d) More than three
e) One
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Q26. Study the given information carefully to answer the given question.
The following are two findings of an internal survey of a catering company ‘Mini Menu’ based in City X.
A) Each year, the profit earned form the orders having multi-cuisine menu is
much higher than that earned form Indian menu.
B) This year, ‘Mini Menu’ had 45% more orders for multi-cuisine menu as compared
to any of the previous year, though the other remained more or less same. Which
of the following can be inferred from the given information?
(An inference is something by which you can logically deduce something to be true based on known premises.)
a) The ingredients used to clock Indian foods are costlier as compared to
those used in other cuisines.
b) This year, ‘Mini Menu’ earned the highest profit as compared to all the
previous years of its service.
c) The numbers of multi-cuisine orders placed within ‘Mini Menu’ this year were
double the number of all other orders.
d) Indian cuisines require much more effort than any other cuisine, thus
becoming the costliest menu for parties.
e) This year the numbers of parties/functions held in city X were much higher as
compared to any other year.
Q27. Read the given information and answer the questions. Although School Z has started providing a number of facilities like free lunch for students, independent class report of each student and yearly picnics, for some years now, parents still prefer to enrol their children in school M over school Z.
Which of the following may not be a reason for the parent’s preference for school M over school Z?
a) School M is the only school in the city which has student friendly class
rooms so that even those sitting at the last benches can clearly hear the
teacher and see the board.
b) School M provides door to door bus service for students, while school Z
provides bus service up to the nearest bus stop which may be within 2 km of the
house of the child.
c) Unlike school Z, school M uses audio visual aids for teaching, which helps
students to understand concepts better and to retain them.
d) School M allows the students to give specific feedback regarding the
teachers, while school Z has surprise inspection every month to assess the
effectiveness of the teacher.
e) School M; unlike school Z, provides locker facilities to students and gives
notes and homework on pen drive, to ensure that students do not have to carry
heavy bags to the school every day.
Q28. If ‘3’ is subtracted for each odd digit and ‘1’ is added to each even digit in the number 8547692, which of the following numbers will appear twice in the new number thus formed?
a) Only 2
b) Both 3 and 7
c) None
d) Both 3 and 5
e) Only 4
Directions (Q29-30): In each of the questions, two/three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II have been given. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from the commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusion logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.
a) If only conclusion I follows
b) If only conclusion II follows
c) If either conclusion I or II follows
d) If neither conclusion I nor II follows
e) If both conclusions follow
Q29. Statements:
Some ideas are clues. Some clues are hints. No hint is a notion.
Conclusions:
I. No idea is a hint.
II. At least some ideas are hints.
Q30. Statements:
All gardens are parks.
All parks are lawns. Some lawns are orchards.
Conclusions:
I. At least some orchards are gardens.
II. All lawns are parks.
Q31. Statements:
All gardens are parks.
All parks are lawns. Some lawns are orchards.
Conclusion:
I. All gardens are lawns.
II. All orchards being parks is a possibility.
Q32. Statements:
No spice is a flavour.
No flavour is a colour.
Conclusions:
I. At least some spices are colours.
II. All spices being colours is a possibility.
Q33. Statements:
Some ideas are clues.
Some clues are hints.
No hints is a notion.
Conclusions:
I. No notion is a clue.
II. At least some ideas are notions.
Directions (Q34-38): In these questions, relationship between different elements is shown in the statements. The statements are followed by conclusions. Study the conclusions based on the given statements and select the appropriate answer.
Give answer
a) If only conclusions I is true.
b) If neither conclusions I nor II is true
c) If both conclusions are true
d) If only conclusion II is true
e) If either conclusions I or II is true
34. Statements:
U > Y ≥ W ≤ K ; W = X ≥ Z
Conclusions:
I. U > K
II. Z ≤ K
Q35. Statements:
G ≥ H > J ≤ K ; H > M ; J > U
Conclusions:
I. H > U
II. M < G
Q36. Statements:
L ≤ K > J ≥ U ; J ≤ T ≤ R
Conclusion:
I. T > L
II. U ≤ R
Q37. Statements:
P ≥ Q ≥ W = S ≥ L ; Y ≥ S
Conclusions:
I. P > Y
II. Y = P
Q38. Statements:
G ≥ H > J ≤ K ; H > M ; J > U
Conclusions:
I. M < K
II. K > U
Directions (Q39-43): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
Eight friends, J, K, L, M, N, O, P and Q are sitting around a square table in such a way that four of them sit at four corners while four sit in the middle of each of the four sides. The ones who sit in middle of the sides face the centre while those who sit at the four corners fact outside (i.e. opposite to the centre.) L sits third to the right of M. M sits in middle of one of the sides of the table. Only three people sit between L and Q. Only One person sits between Q and P. N is one of the immediate neighbours of P. Only three people sit between N and K. J sits second to the right of K.
Q39. How many people sit between J and P when counted from the right of P?
a) Two
b) One
c) None
d) Three
e) Four
Q40. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
a) Q
b) O
c) P
d) L
e) K
Q41. Which of the following is true regarding O?
a) O sits at middle of the one of the sides.
b) Both M and K are immediate neighbours of O.
c) N sits second to left of O.
d) Only three people sit between O and J.
e) None of the given options is true.
Q42. What is the position of L with respect to P?
a) Second to the right
b) Fourth to the right
c) Third to the left
d) Fourth to the left
e) Second to the left
Q43. Who sits second to the left of Q?
a) P
b) O
c) K
d) J
e) N
Directions (Q44-48): Study the given information carefully to answer the given questions.
In a certain code language.
‘ban all animal products’ is written as ‘tp fm ax bz’
‘animal hunting is wrong’ is written as ‘ke hw tp cu’
‘all are wrong answers’ is written as ‘dy ni bz hw’
‘products are well known’ is written as ‘fm gr sl dy’
Q44. What does the code ‘sl’ stand for in the given code language?
a) either ‘well’ or ‘known’
b) products
c) either ‘hike’ or ‘people’
d) are
e) profit
Q45. What will be the possible code for ‘wrong products received’ in the given code language?
a) tp dy gr
b) fm zu hw
c) gr fm tp
d) fm hw ni
e) ni zu fm
Q46. In the given code language, if ‘busy’ is coded as ‘ot’ then how will ‘is busy hunting’ be coded as?
a) cu ot hw
b) tp ke ot
c) ot hw tp
d) ot ke hw
e) ot cu ke
Q47. What will be the code for ‘animal’ in the given code language?
a) cu
b) hw
c) tp
d) fm
e) Other than those given as options
Q48. What is the code for ‘all’ in the given code language?
a) hw
b) ax
c) bz
d) ni
e) dy
Directions (Q49-50): The following questions consist of a questions and two statements numbered I and II given below it. You have decide whether data given in the statements are sufficient to answer the questions. Read both the statements and Give answer
a) If the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the questions,
while the data in statement II alone are not sufficient to answer the questions
b) If the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the questions,
while the data in statement I alone not sufficient to answer the question
c) If the data either in statement I alone or in statement II alone are
sufficient to answer the question
d) If the data even in both statements together are not sufficient to answer the
question
e) if the data in both statements together are necessary to answer the question
Q49. How far is point R from point T?
I. Point R is 5 m to the north of point M. Point U is 4 m to the east of
point R. Point T is to the west of point R such that point U, R and T form a
straight line of 6 m.
II. Point Z is to the south of point T. Point U is 6 m to the east of point T.
Point M is 2 m to the East of Point Z. Point R is 5 m to the North of Point M.
Point R lies on the line formed by joining points T and U.
Q50. How many people and standing in a straight line?
(Note all are facing North)
I. R stands third from the left end of the line. Only one person stands
between R and U. V stands second to the right of U. V stands at one of the
extreme ends of the line.
II. M stands at exactly the centre of the line. Only two people stand between M
and J. Only three people stand between J and U. Only one person stands between U
and V.
