(Paper) SBI ASSOCIATE BANKS CLERK RECRUITMENT EXAM Paper - 2015 "Held On 25-01-2015"(REASONING)
(Paper) SBI ASSOCIATE BANKS CLERK RECRUITMENT EXAM Paper - 2015 "Held On 25-01-2015"
::REASONING::
1. L is the daughter of K. L is married to D. B is the son of D. ‘F is married to B.Howis D related to T?
A. Father-in-law
B. Mother-in-law
C. Cannot be determined
D. Father
E. Mother
Directions (Qs. No. 2-7) : Study the following information to answer the given question.B, C, D, E, F, G, H and I are seated in a straight line facing North but not necessarily in the same order. Only two people sit between B and I. B sits at one of the extreme ends of the line. G sits second to the right of I. E sits third to the left of H. H is not an immediate neighbour of G. and F are immediate neighbours of each other. Neither D nor F is an immediate neighbour of H. D does not sit at any of the extreme ends of the line.
2. Who amongst the following sits exactly in the middle of the person who sits thirdfromthe left and the person who sits second from the right?
A. H
B. E
C. D
D. G
E. C
3. What is the position of H with respect to G?
A. Third to the right
B. Second to the right
C. Fifth to the right
D. Fourth to the left
E. Second to the left
4. If all the given people are made to sit in alphabetical order from left to right,thepositions of how many of them will remain unchanged?
A. Three
B. None
C. Two
D. One
E. Four
5. Which of the following is true with respect to E as per the given seating arrangement?
A. E sits to immediate left to G.
B. Bosh I and H are immediate neighbours of E.
C. Only two people sit to the right of E.
D. None of the given options is true.
E. Only one person sit between E and B.
6. Which of the following represents the person seated at the extreme left end oftheline?
A. C
B. B
C. H
D. I
E. F
7. How many persons are seated between D and G?
A. Three
B. Two
C. None
D. Four
E. One
Directions (Qs. No. 8-10).: Study the given information and answerthegiven question.Eight people—K, L, M, N, W, X, Y, Z are sitting around a circular table facing the centre, with equal distances between each other but not necessarily in the same order. K is not an immediate neighbour of W and Z. M sits third to the right of W. L is an immediate neighbour of W. Only two people sit between L and X. Y sits to the immediate right of N.
8. Which of the following pairs represents the immediate neighbours of .M?
A. X, Y
B. Z, Y
C. X, W
D. Z, X
E. N, W
9. What will come in place of’the question mark (?) in the following series based onthegiven arrangement?
NX ZK LY XM ?
A. ZK
B. WL
C. ZY
D. KL
E. KW
10. Who amongst the following sits second to the right of M?
A. N
B. K
C. Z
D. X
E. Y
11. Which of the following statements is true as per the given arrangement?
A. None of the given options is true.
B. M sits to the immediate left of N.
C. X is an immediate neighbour of Z.
D. N sits second to the right of X.
E. L sits second to the right of K.
12. How many people sit between X and W as per the given arrangement?
A. Three
B. More than three
C. None
D. One
E. Two
13. Based on the given arrangement, four of the following five alike in a certain wayandso form a group. Which of the following does not belong to the group?
A. N, L
B. M, N
C. Y, Z
D. L, K
E. K, M
14. If each vowel in the word DOMAINS is changed to next letter in theEnglishalphabetical series and each consonant is changed to previous letter in English alphabetical series and then all alphabets in the word thus formed is arranged in alphabetical orde (from left to right), which of the following will be third from the right end of the new arrangement thus formed?
A. J
B. C
C. P
D. M
E. B
15. Which of the following will come in place of the question mark (2) in thefollowingseries as per English alphabetical order?
AC BE CG ? EK
A. DI
B. DG
C. DJ
D. CF
E. DI
Directions (Qs. No. 16-18) : The question is based on the five three digit numbers given below:
527 749 456 188 863
16. The sum of all the three digits of which of the following two numbers is exactlythesame?
A. 527 and 749
B. 749 and 188
C. 863 and 456
D. 863 and 188
E. 527 and 188
17. Which of the following is the second digit of the third lowest number?
A 6
B. 2
C. 4
D. 8
E. 5
18. If ‘2’ is subtracted from last digit of each of these numbers and ‘l’ is added to the first digit of each of these numbers, which of the following will be the third digit of the second lowest number thus formed?
A. 6
B. 1
C. 5
D. 4
E. 7
Printed Study Material for SBI PO Exam
Buy Printed Study Material for SBI Clerk Exam
Directions (Qs. No. 19-23) : In this question, a relationship between different elements is shown in the statements. The statements are followed by conclusions. Study the conclusions based on the given statement and select the appropriate answer.
19. Statements : C<0 ≥ M > P = T > S
Conclusion I : S < 0
Conclusion II : T < C
A. Either conclusion I or II is true
B. Neither conclusion I nor II is true
C. Both conclusion I and II are true
D. Only conclusion I is true
E. Only conclusion II is true
20. Statements : S < T ≥ 0 = R ; T < V
Conclusion I : R ≤ S
Conclusion II : T ≥ R
A. Either conclusion I or II is true
B. Neither conclusion I nor II is true
C. Both conclusion I and II are true
D. Only conclusion I is true
E. Only conclusion II is true
21. Statements : Z = M < T ≥ F > U
Conclusion I : Z < F
Conclusion II : U < M
A. Either conclusion I or II is true
B. Neither conclusion I nor II is true
C. Both conclusion I and II are true
D. Only conclusion I is true
E. Only conclusion II is true
22. Statements : S < T ≥ O = R ; T < V
Conclusion I : V > S
Conclusion II : R < V
A. Either conclusion I or II is true
B. Neither conclusion I nor II is true
C. Both conclusion I and II are true
D. Only conclusion I is true
E. Only conclusion II is true
23. Statements : M < A ≤ L = V < b ≥ T
Conclusion I : B > A
Conclusion II : T ≤ M
A. Either conclusion I or II is true
B. Neither conclusion I nor II is true
C. Both conclusion I and II arc true
D. Only conclusion I is true
E. Only conclusion II is true
24. In a certain code, `DEVOTE’ is coded as `GBYLWB’ and ‘MOSTLY’ is coded as‘PI,VQ0V’.How will TENURE be coded in the same code?
A. RUBWBQ
B. WBQRUB
C. WHQXUH
D. XUHWHQ
E. WQBURB
Directions (Qs. No. 25-29) : In this question two/ three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and It 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 the given conclusions logically follow from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.
25. Statements : All suns are moons. Some suns are planets.
Conclusion I : All moons are suns.
Conclusion II : At least some moons are planets.
A. Either conclusion I or II is true
B. Neither conclusion I nor II is true
C. Both conclusion I and II are true
D. Only conclusion I is true
E. Only conclusion II is true
26. Statements : All dancers are artists. No artist is a racer.
Conclusion I : No dancer is a racer.
Conclusion II : At least some dancers are racers.
A. Either conclusion I or II is true
B. Neither conclusion I nor II is true
C. Both conclusion I and II are true
D. Only conclusion I is true
E. Only conclusion II is true
27. Statements : Some rails are trains. Some rails are locals.
Conclusion I : At least some trains are locals.
Conclusion II : No train is a local.
A. Either conclusion I or H is true
B. Neither conclusion I nor II is true
C. Both conclusion I and II are true
D. Only conclusion I is true
E. Only conclusion II is true
28. Statements : Some jars are cans. No can is a box.
Conclusion I : No jar is a box.
Conclusion II : Some jars are boxes.
A. Either conclusion 1 or II is true
B. Neither conclusion I nor II is true
C. Both conclusion I and II are true
D. Only conclusion I is true
E. Only conclusion II is true
29. Statements : All solutions are problems. All questionsaresolutions.
Conclusion I : No question is a problem.
Conclusion II : All questions are problems.
A. Either conclusion I or II is true
B. Neither conclusion I nor II is true
C. Both conclusion I and II are true
D. Only conclusion I is true
E. Only conclusion II is true
Directions (Qs. No. 30-34) : Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the. question.B S * 4 M @ K % 9 + A L $ R 3 U 5 H & # Z V 2 Ω W 7 Q X 6 € F G E.
30. If all the symbols are dropped from the arrangement then which will be twelfthelementfrom the right end of the given arrangement?
A. 5
B. R
C. U
D. H
E. A
31. Four of the following five alike in a certain way based on their positions in thegiven arrangement and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to the group?
A. R3H5
B. S*@M
C. X€FQ
D. #ZΩ2
E. %9LA
32. How many such numbers are there in the given arrangement, each of which is immediately followed by a letter and also immediately preceded by a symbol?
A. One
B. None
C. Two
D. Three
E. More than three
33. Which of the following is fourteenth to the left of the nineteenth from the leftendof the given arrangement?
A. 6
B. M
C. 4
D. X
E. @
34. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following series basedonthe given arrangement?
BS* 4@K 9L$ U#Z ?
A. 7FG
B. WXF
C. W€F
D. W6G
E. Ω6F
Directions (Qs. No. 35-40) : Study the given information and answer the given question. In a certain code language,’go to the park’ is written as ‘et ge ud hu’ `park full of children’ is written as ‘bo ud dr cx’ the play of children’ is written as ‘dr hu cx kl’ to play full time’ is written as `sy et bo kl’ (All the codes are two letter codes)
35. Which of the following possibly means ‘study time’ in the given code language?
A. pa ct
B. sy kl
C. sy pa
D. dr et
E. sy bo
36. What does `kl’ stand for in the given code language?
A. play
B. None of the given options
C. to
D. go
E. full
37. In the given code language, what does ‘cx’ stand for?
A. either ‘or or ‘children’
B. park
C. play
D. full
E. either ‘play’ or ‘park’
38. In the given code language, what is the code for ‘park’?
A. et
B. dr
C. ge
D. bo
E. ud
39. What is the code for ‘the’ in the given code language?
A. hu
B. cx
C. dr
D. et
E. ge
40. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word ‘BANGLE’, each of which has as many letters between them in the word (in both forward and backward directions) as they have between them in the English alphabetical series?
A. More than three
B. Two
C. One
D. Three
E. None
