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Saturday, January 11, 2014

IBPS:Aptitude and Reasoning Questions-

1) In a certain code language ‘pik da pa’ means ‘where are you’; ‘da na ja’ means ‘you may come’ and ‘na ka sa’ means ‘he may go’, which of the following means ‘come’ in that code language ?

a) Da
b) Ja
c) Na
d) Cannot be determined

2) 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) BDF
b) VXZ
c) FIK

d) MOQ

3) What should come next in the following number series?

9 8 9 8 7 98 7 6 9 8 7 6 5 9 8 7 6 5 4 9 8 7 6 53

a) 4
b) 5
c) 7
d) 9

4) Which of the following is the middle digit of the second highest among the following five numbers?

254 319 963 842 6975

a) 1
b) 6
c) 4
d) 9

5) Meeta correctly remembers that her father’s birthday is after 8th July but before 12th July. Her brother correctly remembers that their father’s birthday is after 10th July but before 15th July. On which day of July was definitely their father’s birthday?

a) 10^th
b) 11^th
c) 10^th or 11^th
d) None of these

6) In a class of 50 students M is eighth from top. H is 20th from bottom. How many students are there between M and H?

a) 22
b) 23
c) 24
d) Cannot be determined

7) Among A, B, C, D and F each scoring different marks in the annual examination, D scored less than only F among them. B scored more than A and C but less than D.
Who among them scored least marks among them?

a) A
b) C
c) B
d) None of these

8) 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) Iron
b) Aluminium
c) Zinc
d) Steel

9) How many such pairs of letters are there in the word GUARDIAN each of which has as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet?

a) None
b) One
c) Two
d) Three

10) 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) 19
b) 27
c) 17
d) 32

11) How many meaningful English words can be made with the letters TEBI using each letter only once in each word?

a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) More than three

12) In a certain code LONG is written as 5123 and GEAR is written as 3748. How is LANE written in that code?

a) 5427
b) 5847
c) 5237
d) None

13) ‘BD’ is related to ‘EG’ and ‘MO’ is related to ‘PR’ in the same way as ‘FH’ is related to ……….

a) Jm
b) Jl
c) Il
d) Ik

14) In a certain code BREAKDOWN is written as BFSCJMVNC. How is ORGANISED written in that code?

a) PSHBMCDRH
b) BHSPMCDRH
c) BHSPOCDRH
d) BHSPNHRDC

15) How many such digits are there in the number 58674139 each of which is as far away from the beginning of the number as when the digits within the number are rearranged in descending order?

a) None
b) One
c) Two
d) Three

16) Who is second to the right of F?

a)      M
b)      R
c)      T
d)      Data inadequate

17) 92.5% of 550 =?

a) 506.45
b) 521.65
c) 518.55
d) 508.75

18) 38% of 4500 – 25% of? = 1640

a) 260
b) 270
c) 280
d) 290

19) (?)²+ 15² – 33² = 97

a) 32
b) 34
c) 30
d) None of these

20) 3 (7921 + 178) – 5.5 = √?

a) 1512
b) 1521
c) 1251
d) 1531

21) Which no replaces the question mark?

1 5 13 29 ? 125 253
a) 83
b) 69
c) 61
d) 65

22) In a row of children facing North, Bharat is eleventh from the right end and is third to the right of Samir who is fifteenth from the left end. Total how many children are there in the row ?

a) 29
b) 28
c) 30
d) 27

23) Which number is missing?
45389, ?, 453, 34

a) 34780
b) 8354
c) 4892
d) 3478

24) If in the word CALIBRE, the previous letter in the English alphabet replaces each consonant and each vowel is replaced by the next letter and then the order of letters is reversed, which letter will be third from the right end?

a) A
b) C
c) B
d) K

25) How many such digits are there in the number 57683421, each of which is as far away from the beginning of the number, as they will be when arranged in descending order within the number?

a) One
b) Two
C) Three
d) More than three

26. Praduman is older than Janaki; Shreshtha is older than Chhama; Ravindra is not as old as Shreshtha but is older than Janaki. Chhama is not as old as Janaki. Who is the youngest?

a) Praduman
b) Janaki
c) Shreshtha
d) Chhama

Directions (Q27-31): Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the questions given below-
B # A R 5 8 E % M F 4 J 1 U @ H 2 © 9 T I 6 * W 3 P # K 7 $ Y

27) Which of the following is the twelfth to the left of the twentieth from the left end of the above arrangement ?

a) %
b) W
c) M
d) 4

28) How many such numbers are there in the above arrangement each of which is immediately preceded by a consonant and also immediately followed by a symbol?

a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) None of these

29) How many such symbols are there in the above arrangement each of which is immediately preceded by a letter and also immediately followed by a number?

a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) More than three

30) How many such consonants are there in the above arrangement each of which is immediately preceded by a consonant and also immediately followed by a number?

a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) None of these

31) If all the numbers in the above arrangement are dropped, which of the following will be the eleventh from the right end?

a) U
b) T
c) F
d) H

Directions (Q32-36): In each question below are three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the three given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the three statements disregarding commonly known facts. Give answers :
(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 I and II follow.

32) Statements: This world is neither good nor evil; each man manufactures a world for himself.

Conclusions: I. some people find this world quite good.
II. Some people find this world quite bad.

33) Statements: The eligibility for admission to the course is minimum second class Master’s degree. However, the candidates who have appeared for the final year examination of Master’s degree can also apply.

Conclusions: I. all candidates who have yet to get their Master’s degree will be there in the list of selected candidates.

II. All candidates having obtained second class Master’s degree will be there in the list of selected candidates

34) Statements: Any student who does not behave properly while in the school brings bad name to himself and also for the school.

Conclusions: I. Such student should be removed from the school.

II. Stricter discipline does not improve behavior of the students.

35)Statements: A Corporate General Manager asked four managers to either submit their resignations by

the next day or face termination orders from service. Three of them had submitted their resignations by that evening.

Conclusions: I. the next day, the remaining manager would also resign.

II. The General Manager would terminate his services the next day.

36) Statement: Only good singers are invited in the conference. No one without sweet voice is a good singer.

Conclusions: I. All invited singers in the conference have sweet voice.

II. Those singers who do not have sweet voice are not invited in the conference.

Directions (37-41): In each question below is given a group of digits/symbols followed by four

combinations of letters lettered (A), (B), (C) and (D). You have to find out which of the combinations correctly represents the group of digits/symbols based on the following letter coding system and mark the letter of that combination as the answer. If none of the letter combinations correctly represents the group of digits/ symbols, mark (E) i.e.”˜None of these’ as the answer.

37) Digit/Symbol : 4 % 3 9 $ 1 8 @ © 2 # 5 6 * 7 d
Letter Code : P M I T R Q J F H A E U N B G L

Conditions : (i) If the first element in the group is a symbol and the last element is a digit, the codes are to be interchanged. (ii) If the first element in the group is a digit and the last element is a symbol both are to be coded as the code for the digit.(iii) If both the first and the last elements are even digits both are to be coded as ”˜X’.(iv) If both the first and the last elements are odd digits, both are to be coded as ”˜Y’. 4%@93* PMFTIB

a)      PMFTIP
b)      BMFTIB
c)      XMFTIX
d)      None of these

38) $1896©

a)      RQJTNH
b)      HQJTNR
c)      RQJTNR
d)      YQJTNY

39) 8732@9

a)      TGIAFJ
b)      YGIAFY
c)      JGIAFT
d)      XGIAFX

40) 7#$%35

a)      GERMIU
b)      UERMIG
c)      GERMIG
d)      XERMIX

41) 2*#836

a)      YBEJIY
b)      ABEJIN
c)      NBEJIA
d)      XBEJIX

Directions (42-46): In the following questions, the symbols @, ©, %, $ and d are used with the following meanings illustrated.

‘P % Q’ means ‘P is greater than Q’.’
P d Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor smaller than Q’.
‘P @ Q’ means ‘P is smaller than Q’.
‘P © Q’ means ‘P is either smaller than or equal to Q’.
‘P $ Q’ means ‘P is either greater than or equal to Q’.

In each of the following questions assuming the given statements to be true, find out which of the two conclusions I and II given below them is/are definitely true.
Give answers : (A) If only conclusion I is true.

(B) If only conclusion II is true.
(C) If either conclusion I or conclusion II is true.
(D) If neither conclusion I nor conclusion II is true
(E) if both conclusions I and II are true.

42) Statements: M @ J, J © R, R d K
Conclusions: I. K d J II. K % J