(Download) Andhra Bank Clerk Exam Solved Paper (Reasoning) Held on: 15-05-2011

Q.1 ‘Create’ is related to ‘Destroy’ in the same way as ‘Purchase’ is related to ‘_______________’.
(1) Goods
(2) Buy
(3) Market
(4) Sell
(5) Money

Q.2. The positions of first and fourth letters of the word CLAIMS are interchanged, similarly, the positions of second and fifth letters and third and sixth letters are interchanged. In the new arrangement thus formed, how many letters are there between the letter which is second from the right and the letter which is second from the left, in the English alphabetical order?
(1) None
(2) One
(3) Two
(4) Three
(5) More than three

Q.3. How many meaningful English words cab be formed with the letters AHS using all he letters but each letter only once in each word?
(1) None
(2) One
(3) Two
(4) Three
(5) More than three

Q.4. In a certain code ‘in for a nice’ is written as ‘a in for nice surprise’ and ‘obtained a new useful report’ is written as ‘a obtained useful new report’. How will ‘entry denied in the university’ be written in the same code?
(1) university in entry denied the
(2) entry in university the denied
(3) entry in the university denied
(4) entry in the denied university the
(5) entry in university denied the

Q.5. Which of the following will come in the place of question mark (?) according to the English alphabetical series? AD CF EH ? IL
(1) GL
(2) GJ (3) JM
(4) GK
(5) IK

Q.6. 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?
(1) Drop
(2) Slip
(3) Bounce
(4) Topple
(5) Fall

Q.7-8. Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions. Among M, R, L, N and J each scoring different marks in an examination, R scored more than M, N scored less than L but more than J. J scored than R.

Q.7. Who amongst them scored the least marks?
(1) R
(2) M
(3) J
(4) N (5) L

Q.8. Who amongst them scored the least marks?
(1) R
(2) M
(3) J
(4) N
(5) L

Q.9. In each vowel of the PERTAIN is changed to the next letter in the English alphabetical series and each consonant is changed to the previous letter in the English alphabetical series and then the alphabets thus formed are arranged in alphabetical order from left to right, which of the following will be third from the left?
(1) O
(2) Q
(3) N
(4) B
(5) J

Q.10. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word THINGS, each of which has as many letters between them in the word (in both forward and backward directions) as they have between than in the English alphabetical order?
(1) One
(2) Tow
(3) Three
(4) Four
(5) Five