Friday, November 25, 2011

ADVANCED REASONING TEST ONE FOR IBPS 27/11/2011 CWE

1. 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 ? (1) None (2) One(3) Two          (4) Three(5) More than three
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 ?(
1) 19     (2) 17     (3) 23    (4) 29   (5) 27
3. How many meaningful English words can be made with the letters TEBI using each letter only once in each word ?
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1) None (2) One(3) Two (4) Three(5) More than three
4. In a certain code LONG is written as 5123 and GEAR is written as 3748. How is LANE written in that code ?(
1) 5427 (2) 5247(3) 5847(4) 5237(5) None of these
5. ‘BD’ is related to ‘EG’ and ‘MO’ is related to ‘PR’ in the same way as ‘FH’ is related to ……….(
1) JM (2) IL(3) JL (4) IK(5) None of these
6. 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 ?(
1) None (2) One      (3) Two(4) Three(5) More than three
7. In a certain code BREAKDOWN is written as BFSCJMVNC. How is ORGANISED written in that code ?(
1) PSHBMCDRH(2) BHSPMCDRH(3) BHSPOCDRH(4) BHSPNHRDC (5) None of these
8. 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 ?(
1) da         (2) ja     (3) na    (4) Cannot be determined(5) None of these

9. 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) Copper(2) Iron(3) Aluminium(4) Zinc(5) Steel
10. What should come next in the following number series ? 9 8 9 8 7 9 8 7 6 9 8 7 6 5 9 8 7 6 5 4 9 8 7 6 5
(1) 3 (2) 4(3) 2 (4) 1(5) None of these
Qs. 11-17. These questions are based on the following letter/number/symbol arrangement. Study it carefully and answer the questions. H T 6 # E 7 $ K I L % 3 P @ 2 A J ↑ R U 4 �� V D
11. How many such symbols are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately preceded by a number and also immediately followed by a vowel? (1) None(2) One(3) Two(4) Three(5) More than three
12. Which element is fifth to the right of thirteenth from the right end? (1) F (2) ↑ (3) 1 (4) K (5) None of these
13. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following series based on the above arrangement?
T#6 7K$ L3% ? (1) @2A (2) A@2 (3) P2@ (4) 2P@ (5) None of these
14. Which element is third to the left of tenth from the left end? (1) K (2) 3 (3) P (4) $ (5) None of these
15. How many such letters are there in the given arrangement each of which is immediately preceded by a symbol but not immediately followed by a number?(1) None (2) One (3) Two (4) Three (5) More than three
16. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their positions in the given arrangement and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to the group? (1) KL$ (2) P23 (3) 2J@ (4) L3I (5) 4D
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17. If all the numbers are removed from the given arrangement which element will be ninth from the left end?
(1) % (2) L (3) P (4) I (5) None of these

Qs. 18-25. In each question below are four statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the four 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 four statements disregarding commonly known facts. Give answer: (1) if only conclusion I follows. (2) if only conclusion II follows. (3) if either I or II follows. (4) if neither I nor II follows. (5) if both I and II follow.
18. Statements: Some schools are Colleges. Some Colleges are Universities. All Universities are Institutes.
All Institutes are Classes.
Conclusions: I. Some Colleges are Classes. II. All Universities are Classes.
19. Statements: Some umbrellas are raincoats. All raincoats are shirts. No shirt is a blazer. Some blazers are suits.

Conclusions: I. Some shirts are umbrellas. II. Some suits are raincoats.
20.Statements: Some computers are boards. Some boards are chalks. All chalks are bulbs. No bulb is tube-light.
Conclusions: I. Some bulbs are computers. II. No chalk is a tube light.

21.Statements: All doors are floors. Some floors are tiles. All ties are paints. Some paints are stones.
Conclusions:     I. Some floors are paints. II. Some doors are tiles.
22. Statements: Some leaves are petals. Some petals are flowers. All flowers are fruits. Some fruits are nuts.
Conclusions:     I. Some nuts are flowers. II. No nut is flower.
23. Statements: All pictures are paintings. All paintings are photographs. Some photographs are designs. Some designs are movies.
Conclusions:     I. Some paintings are designs.   II. Some photographs are movies.
24. Statements: Some tablets are capsules. All capsules are syrups. Some syrups are medicines. All medicines are powders.
Conclusions:     I. Some syrups are powders.     II. Some syrups are tablets.
25. Statements: Some rooms are flats. All flats are buildings. Some buildings are bungalows. All bungalows are apartments.
Conclusions:     I. Some flats are bungalows.      II. Some apartments are buildings.

Qs. 26-30. Study the following information carefully to answer these questions.
ALISHA, PRITYLATA, ARCHANA, RITU, MINA, GITU and MANISHA are sitting around a circle facing the centre. ALISHA is third to the left of MANISHA and to the immediate right of RITU. PRITYLATA is second to the left of GITU who is not an immediate neighbour of MINA.
26. Who is the immediate right of PRITYLATA? (1) MINA (2) ARCHANA (3) MANISHA (4) Cannot be determined (5) None of these
27. Who is second to the left of RITU? (1) ALISHA (2) MINA (3) PRITYLATA (4) ARCHANA (5) None of these
28. Which of the following pairs of persons has the first person sitting to the immediate left of second person?
(1) RITU-MINA (2) ALISHA-GITU (3) ARCHANA-PRITYLATA (4) GITU-ARCHANA (5) None of these
29. Which of the following groups has the first person sitting between the other two? (1) MINA-ALISHA-GITU(2) ARCHANA-RITU-GITU(3) MANISHA-PRITYLATA-RITU(4) MANISHA-PRITYLATA-ARCHANA(5) None of these
30. Which of the following is the correct position of RITU with respect of MANISHA? (I) Third to the right (II) Third to the left(III) Fourth to the left(IV) Fourth to the right
(1) (I) only (2) (II) only (3) Both (I) and (II) (4) Both (II) and (IV) (5) Both (I) and (III) 

Qs. 31-37. In each of these questions a group of letters is given followed by four combinations of digits and symbols numbered (1), (2), (3) and (4). The letters are to be coded by the digits/symbols as per the scheme and conditions given below. Serial number of the combination that correctly represents the letter group is your answer. If none of the combinations is correct your answer is (5) i.e. ‘None of these’ .
LETTERS :                   T  L  F   A  R  N  I  G  H  K  E  M   D U
Digit/Symbol Code :     3  9  %  $  2  4 
  6  1   5  #  @   7  8
Conditions:
(i) If the first letter is a vowel and the last letter is a consonant both are to be coded as the code for vowel.
(ii) If the first as well as the last letter is a consonant both are to be coded as ©.
(iii) If the first letter is a consonant and the last letter is a vowel their codes are to be swapped.
31. GTAFKU (1) 63$%58 (2) 63$%56 (3) 83$%58 (4) 83$%56(5) None of these
32. EHMDRA (1) #1@72$ (2) SL@72# (3) #1@72# (4) $1@72$(5) None of these
33. ITDELM (1)
37#9@ (2) @37#9@ (3) 37#9 (4) @37#9(5) None of these
34. FHKERD (1) %15#27 (2) ©15#2© (3) %15#2% (4) 715#2%(5) None of these
35. AHERFU (1)$1#2%$ (2)81#2%8 (3) 81#2%$ (4) $1%2#8(5) None of these
36. NMTARI (1) 4@3$2
(2) @3$24 (3) @3$2 (4) ©@3$2©(5) None of these
37. HTKILF (1) 135
9% (2) %359% (3) ©359© (4) 13591(5) None of these

Qs. 38-42. The symbols @, #, $, % and © are used with different meanings as follows:
‘A @ B’ means ‘A is smaller than B’.
‘A # B’ means ‘A is not smaller than B’.
‘A $ B’ means ‘A is neither smaller than nor greater than B’.
‘A % B’ means ‘A is greater than B’.
‘A © B’ means ‘A is not greater than B’.

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 Answer:
(1) if only Conclusion I is true. (2) if only Conclusion II is true. (3) if either Conclusion I or Conclusion II is true. (4) if neither conclusion I nor conclusion II is true. (5) if both Conclusions I and II are true.
38. Statements: F # H, H % K, K $ R, R © M Conclusions: I. F % RII. F # M
39. Statements: L @ D, D © P, P # V, V % G Conclusions: I. P % L II. G @ P
40. Statements: E % W, W © Q, Q $ T T @ H Conclusions: I. H # W II. H # E
41.Statements:  J © T, T @ H, H % I, I $ L Conclusions: I. L © H II. J © I
42. Statements: R @ Q, Q % P, P © V, V # M Conclusions: I. R @ P II. R # P

Qs. 43-45. Study the following information carefully and answer these questions:
‘P × Q’ means ‘P is wife of Q’.
‘P ÷ Q’ means ‘P is father of Q’.
‘P + Q’ means ‘P is son of Q’.
‘P – Q’ means ‘P is sister of Q’.
43. In H + I ÷ L, how is L related to H? (1) Brother (2) Sister (3) Cousin (4) Brother or Sister (5) None of these
44. Which of the following represents ‘S is mother of T’? (1) S × M ÷ H – T (2) S × M + H – T (3) M × S ÷ H – T (4) M × S ÷ H + T (5) None of these
45. In J – F + R × B, how is R related to J? (1) Father (2) Mother (3) Paternal Aunt (4) Cannot be determined(5) None of these

Qs. 46-50. Study the following information carefully to answer these questions.
AMBEY, BILLO, CHIKU, DEEPAK, EAKTA, FATIMA & GITA are members of a sports club and have liking for different games viz Carrom, Table Tennis, Badminton, Bridge, Hockey, Football and Lawn Tennis but not necessary in the same order. Each one of them has a liking for different musical instrument viz.,Sitar, Guitar, Harmonium, Flute, Tabla, Banjo and Santoor not necessarily in the same order.
BILLO likes Carrom and Banjo. EAKTA likes to play Bridge but not Harmonium or Tabla. The one which plays Hockey plays Sitar. FATIMA plays Guitar but not Table Tennis or Lawn Tennis. AMBEY plays Badminton and Flute. The one who plays Lawn Tennis does not play Tabla. CHIKU plays Harmonium and GITA plays Hockey.
46. Who plays Santoor? (1) DEEPAK (2) AMBEY (3) EAKTA (4) DEEPAK or EAKTA (5) None of these
47. DEEPAK plays which game? (1) Table Tennis (2) Lawn Tennis (3) Foot Ball (4) Cannot be determined (5) None of these
48. Which of the following combinations of gameperson-musical instrument is definitely correct?
(1) Badminton—BILLO—Flute (2) Table Tennis—EAKTA—Santoor (3) Lawn Tennis—DEEPAK—Tabla (4) Table Tennis—CHIKU—Tabla (5) None of these
49. Who plays Football? (1) CHIKU (2) DEEPAK (3) GITA (4) FATIMA (5) None of these
50. Who plays Table Tennis? (1) CHIKU (2) FATIMA (3) DEEPAK (4) Cannot be determined (5) None of these

ANSWER: 1. (4)  2. (5) All the rest are prime numbers. 3. (2) B I T E 4. (1)  5. (4)  6. (3)  7. (2)  8. (2)  9. (5) All the rest are pure metals. 10. (2) 98 987 9876 98765 987654 98765 4              11. (2) 12. (5) 13. (5) 14. (4) 15. (4) 16. (5) 17. (1) 18. (5) 19.(1) 20. (2)21.(1) 22. (3) 23.(4) 24. (5) 25. (2) 26. (3) 27. (5) 28. (4) 29. (2) 30. (5)31. (4) 32. (1) 33. (3) 34. (2) 35. (5) 36. (2) 37. (3) 38. (1) 39. (5) 40. (4) 41. (4) 42. (3) 43. (4) 44. (1) 45. (2) 46. (3) 47. (1) 48. (5) 49. (4) 50. (3)

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