IBPS Clerk Preliminary Reasoning Test 1

1. In a certain code DIAMOND is written as EJBNPOE. How is ROUTINE written in that code ?

(1) SPVOUJF (2) SUPVJOF (3) SPVUJOF (4) SPVFOJU (5) None of these

 

2. DA is related to IF in the same way as NK is related to

(1) SP (2) PS (3) PR (4) SR (5) TP

 

3. In a certain code language DOME is written as 8943 and MEAL is written as 4321. What group of letters can be formed for the code 38249 ?

(1) EOADM (2) MEDOA (3) EMDAO (4) EDAMO (5) MEADO

 

4. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word ELUSIVE, 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

 

5. If S means ‘-’ , ‘Q’ means ‘X’ , R means ‘’ and P means ‘+’ then___

I P 45 R 2 Q 2 S 4 = ?

(1) 40 (2) 42 (3) 36 (4) 46 (5) 38

 

6. If is possible to make only one meaningful word with the first, third, fifth and the ninth letters of the word CURVATURE which would be the second letter of the word ? If more than one such word can be formed. Give x as the answer. If no such word can be formed.

(1) R (2) D (3) X (4) I (5) K

 

7. The position of how many digit will remain the same if the digits in the number 97215386 are rerranged in the descending order ?

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

 

8. What should come next in the following letter series ?

A D F I K N P S U ?

(1) W (2) X (3) Y (4) Z (5) V

 

9. The position of the first and second digits of the number 45739862 are interchanged. Similarly, the positions of the third and the fourth digits are interchanged and so on. Which of the following will be the sixth digit from the left end, after the rerrangement ?

(1) 6 (2) 8 (3) 9 (4) 2 (5) 7

 

Direction (Q. 10 - 11): In each of the questions below are given four statements numbered I, II and IV . you have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at various from commonly known facts. Real all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements discregarding commonly known facts.

10. Statements :

All plastics are trees

Some trees are buildings.

Some buildings are windows.

Some windows are papers.

Conclusions :

I. Some papers are plastics.

II. Some buildings are papers.

III. No papers is tree.

IV. Some trees are windows.

(1) Only I follows

(2) Only II follows

(3) Only I and IV follows

(4) Only III follows

(5) None follows

 

11. Statements :

All rings are phones.

All phones are spoons.

Some phones are files.

All files are covers.

Conclusions :

I. Some files are rings.

II. Some covers are spoons.

III. Some spoons are phones.

IV. Some rings are covers.

(1) Only II and IV follow

(2) Only I, II and III follow

(3) Only I and II fellow

(4) Only II and III follow

(5) None follows

 

Direction (Q. 12 - 14): Following questions ar e based on the five three digit numbers given below :

562 87 1 438 . 753 384

12. What will be the product of the first and the second digits of the highest number ?

(1) 56 12) 50 (3j 45 (4) 38 (5) 36

 

13. If '2' is subtracted from the first digit in each number and '1 is added to the third digit in each number and then if the positions of the first and third digits in each number are interchanged, then which of the following number will be the second lowest ?

(1) 562 (2) 87 (3) 753 (4) 438 (5) 384

 

14. if the positions of the first and the third digits of each of the numbers are interchanged, which of the following will he the sum of the first and the second digits of the third highest number ?

(1) 9 (2) 7 (31 6 (4) 8 (5) 5

 

Direction (Q. 15 - 20): In each question below is given a group of letters followed by four combinations of digits/symbols numbered (1), (2), (3) and (4). You have to find out which of the combinations correctly represents the group of letters based on the following coding system and the conditions and mark the numbers of that combination as your answer. If none of the four combinations correctly represents the group of letters, give (5) i.e. 'None of these' as your answer.

Letters

C

M

V

T

U

X

F

E

Z

A

S

R

B

W

I

Number/symbol Code

%

5

9

2

8

5

©

7

6

©

3

4

*

1

#

Conditions:

(i) If the first letter is a consonant and the last letter is a vowel, their codes are to be interchanged.

(ii) If the second as well as fourth letter is a consonant, each one is to be coded as the code for the letter'M'.

(iii) If both the first and the last letters are vowels, then each one is to be coded as '£'.

 

15. FETMBU

(1) 2758*© (2) ©*7258 (3) ©725*8 (4) 8725*© (5) None of these

 

16. WZMISB

(1) *65#31 (2) 165#3* (3) 1563*# (4) 15*#63 (5) None of these

 

17. WRCTBV

(1) 95%5*1 (2) 165#3* (3) 1563*# (4) 15*#63 (5) None of these

 

18. SZIETA

(1) 36#72© (2) @6723# (3) 36#7@2 (4) @6#723 (5) None of these

 

19. CXAETA

(1) %$@74© (2) %$7@4© (3) %$47@© (4) %$©47@ (5) None of these

 

20. EXWIRA

(1) 7$1#4@ (2) $1#4 (3) @$1#47 (4) 14# (5) None of these

 

Direction (Q. 21 - 25): Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the questions given below:

N C 4 A 3 7 © S V . Q E 8 2 @ * Z 9 F W U M 1 5 1 & + S K L Y

21. How many such consonants are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately preceded by a letter and immediately by a letter and immediately followed by a vowel ?

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

 

22. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their positions in the above arrangement and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong the that group ?

(1) 4 3 S (2) C A © (3) @ Z I (4) & $ Y (5) S Q 8

 

23. Which of the following is the second to the left of the tenth from the right end of the above arrangement ?

(1) W (2) F (3) U (4) M (5) None of these

 

24. How many such numbers are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately preceded by a number and not immediately followed by a letter ?

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

 

25. If all the symbols are letters from the above arrangement are dropped, which of the following will be the sixth from the right er i of the above arrangement ?

(1) 9 (2) 8 (3) 4 (4) 7 (5) 3

 

Direction (Q. 26 - 30): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below :

A s opkeeper placed eight varieties u. 3th pieces of different colours viz. brown, pink, green, white, blue, violet, black and yellow, in a row such that blue cloth is placed fifth from the left end. Green is placed to the extreme right. White cloth is to the second to the left of blue. Violet cloth is exactly in between blue and while. Black is sixth to the left of green and fourth to the left of brown. Pink is not the third to the right of violet.

26. Which colour cloth is placed fifth to the left of yellow ?

(1) Violet (2) Brown (3) Green (4) White (5) None of these

 

27. Which of the following is definitely true ?

(1) Green cloth is second to the right of yellow.

(2) White cloth is placed fifth to the left of brown.

(3) White cloth is placed exactly in between violet and black.

(4) Pink cloth occupies second position from the left end.

(5) All are true.

 

28. Which colour cloth is third to the left of Brown ?

(1) Yellow (2) Blue (3) Green (4) White (5) Pink

 

29. Which of the following is the correct position of Yellow with respect to Pink ?

(1) Sixth to the right

(2) Sixth to the left

(3) Fifth to the right

(4) Fourth to the left

(5) Fifth to the left

 

30. In which of the following is the first colour placed in between the second and .the third co- , lours?

(1) Pink, Violet arid White

(2) Blue, Brown and Yellow

(3) Brown, Blue and Yellow

(4) Blue, Black and White,

(5) Yellow, Green and Blue

Answers :

1. (3)  2. (1)  3. (4)   4. (3)  5. (2)   6. (3)    7. (4)   8. (2)   9. (3)   10. (5)   11. (4)   12. (1)   13. (4)    14. (4)

15. (4)    16. (2)    17. (2)    18. (4)   19. (1)    20. (2)    21. (2)    22. (5)    23. (1)   24. (3)    25. (4)   26. (5)

27. (3)  28. (4)    29. (1)    30. (3)