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(Paper) SBI Clerk ( ASSISTNAT ) ONLINE EXAM Paper - 2015 "Held On 08-02-2015"(REASONING)

(Paper) SBI Clerk ( ASSISTNAT ) ONLINE EXAM Paper - 2015 "Held On 08-02-2015"

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Directions (1 – 5) : Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the questions given below :

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1. How many such letters are there in the given arrangement, each of which is immediately followed by an odd number and also immediately preceded by a consonant?

(1) One
(2) Three
(3) None
(4) Two
(5) More than three

2. How many such symbols are there in the given arrangement each of which is immediately followed by a letter and also immediately preceded by a number?

(1) Two
(2) Three
(3) More than three
(4) None
(5) One

3. If all the symbols are dropped from the given arrangement then which will be thirteenth element from the right end of the given arrangement ?

(1) 2
(2) 5
(3) N
(4) 6
(5) L

4. What will come in place of question mark (?) in the given series based on the given arrangement?

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(1) C * #
(2) 9 7 #
(3) U 9 *
(4) C * 7
(5) C 9 *

5. Which of the following is eleventh element to the left of the tenth element from the right end of the given arrangement?

(1) 4
(2) @
(3) L
(4) Ω
(5) R

6. If each vowel in the word DONATES is changed to next letter in the English alphabetical series and each consonant is changed to previous letter in the English alphabetical series and then all alphabets in the word thus formed are arranged in alphabetical order (from left to right), which of the following will be second from the right end of the new arrangement thus formed?

(1) M
(2) R
(3) P
(4) F
(5) S

Directions (7 – 11) : In these questions two or 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 conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

7. Statements :

All harmoniums are instruments.
All instruments are flutes.

Conclusions :

I. All flutes are instruments.
II. All harmoniums are flutes.

(1) Either Conclusion I or H follows
(2) Neither Conclusion I nor H follows
(3) Both Conclusions I and II follow
(4) Only Conclusion I follows
(5) Olnly Conclusion II follows

8. Statements :

All cups are books.
All books are shirts.

Conclusions

I. Some cups are not shirts.
II. Some shirts are cups.

(1) Either Conclusion I or II follows
(2) Neither Conclusion I nor II follows
(3) Both Conclusions I and II follow
(4) Only Conclusion I follows
(5) Olnly Conclusion II follows

9. Statements :

Some mountains are hillocks.
Some mountains are rivers.
Some mountains are valleys.

Conclusions :

I. All mountains are either hillocks or rivers or valleys.
II. No valley is rivers.

(1) Either Conclusion I or II follows
(2) Neither Conclusion I nor II follows
(3) Both Conclusions I and II follow
(4) Only Conclusion I follows
(5) Olnly Conclusion II follows

10. Statements :

Some tapes are discs.
Some discs are cassettes.
All cassettes are songs.

Conclusions :

I. Some songs are discs.
II. Some cassettes are tapes.

(1) Either conclusion i or II follows
(2) Neither Conclusion I nor II follows
(3) Both Conclusions I and II follow
(4) Only Conclusion I follows
(5) Olnly Conclusion II follows

11. Statements :

All benches are cots.
No cot is lamp.
Some lamps are candles.

Conclusions :

I. Some cots are benches.
II. No lamp is bench.

(1) Either Conclusion I or II follows
(2) Neither Conclusion I nor II follows
(3) Both Conclusions I and II follow
(4) Only Conclusion I follows
(5) Olnly Conclusion II follows

Directions (12-14) : Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below : Among five bags – M, N. 0, P and Q – each has a different weight. 0 is lighter than only three other bags. M is heavier than Q but lighter than P. P is not the heaviest.

12. Who amongst the following is third heaviest ?

(1) M
(2) P
(3) Either M or N
(4) N
(5) Cannot be determined

13. Which of the following is the lightest?

(1) P
(2) O
(3) Q
(4) N
(5) Cannot be determined

14. Who among the following is the heaviest?

(I) M
(2) N
(3) O
(4) P
(5) Q

Directions (15 – 20) : Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below :

Nine persons – B, M, K, H, T, R, D, W and A are sitting around a circle facing at the centre. R is third to the right of B. H is second to the right of A who is second to the right of R K is third to the right of T who is not an immediate neighbour of H. D is second to the left of T. M is fourth to the right of W.

15. Who among the following are the immediate neighbours of B ?

(1) T, H
(2) D, W
(3) W, T
(4) D, T
(5) D, H

16. Who is to the immediate left of W?

(1) R
(2) T
(3) B
(4) M
(5) None of these

17. Who is third to the left of M ?

(1) B
(2) W
(3) K
(4) T
(5) None of these

18. Who is third to the left of H ?

(1) A
(2) T
(3) K
(4) R
(5) None of these

19. Who is to the immediate left of D ?

(1) H
(2) M
(3) B
(4) T
(5) None of these

20. In which of the following combinations is the third person sitting in between the first and the second persons ?

(1) W T R
(2) B D T
(3) M H D
(4) K A M
(5) W K R

Directions (21-25) : In each of these questions, a relationship between different elements is shown in the statements. The statements are followed by Conclusions numbered I and II. Study the conclusions based on the given statement and select the appropriate answer.

21. Statement : A > L = T < R ≤ H > K

Conclusion I : H > L
Conclusion II : K > T