Banking Pathway: Reasoning Quiz

1. If all the letters of English alphabet are written in reverse order which of the following will be third to the right of eighth from the left?

1) Q 

2) P 

3) R 

4) T 

5) None of these

2. The house of Reena is to the east of Sumer’s house and the house of Mitali is to the north of Reena’s house. The house of Purnima is to the east of Mitali’s house. In which direction is Sumer’s house with respect to Purnima’s house?

1) South-West 

2) South-East 

3) North-East 

4) North-West 

5) None of these

3. In a certain code language the letters immediate next to vowels are replaced with D, all other consonants with preceding letters and the vowels are replaced with Z. How will the word STANDING be written in that code language?

1) RSZMCZMF 

2) TSZMCZFM 

3) RSZMCZDF 

4) TUZOCZFM 

5) None of these

4. The last day of the November is the birthday of Sunita. If the month starts with Wednesday what day will be the birthday of Sunita?

1) Wednesday 

2) Friday 

3) Tuesday 

4) Saturday 

5) Thursday

5. The positions of how many digits in the number 7354612 will remain unchanged after the digits within the numbers are rearranged in descending order from left to right?

1) None 

2) One 

3) Two 

4) Three 

5) More than Three

Directions (Q. 6-10): Each of the questions below consists of a question and two statements numbered I and II given below it: You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements and Give answer—

1) if the data in Statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in Statement II alone are not sufficient to answer the question.

2) if the data in Statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in Statement I alone are not sufficient to answer the question.

3) if the data in Statement I alone or in Statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question.

4) if the data, in both the Statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question.

5) if the data in both the Statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question.

6. Who among G, H, I, J and K, each having a different height is the shortest?

I. I, who is taller than K is not the tallest.

II. K, who is not as tall as H, is not the shortest.

7. What does ‘Pe’ mean in the code language?

I. ‘Lo Ne Pe’ means ‘They Were Angry’ and ‘Ti Ne Pe’ means ‘They Were Happy’ in that code language.

II. ‘Ni Wa Se Pe’ means ‘They Are Coming Here’ and ‘To Wa Se Ni’ means ‘Are We Coming Here’ in that code language.

8. How is Kailash related to Neela?

I. Reema, Neela’s mother, is sister of Omkar, Kailash’s father.

II. Sohan’s aunt is sister of Neela and Sohan’s brother is father of Kailash.

9. Who among A, B, C, D and E, each having different age, is the youngest?

I. D, the 2nd oldest among them is older than A.

II. B is not as old as C and A is not the youngest.

10. What is Nilesh’s rank in the class of 40?

I. Shobha, who is 11 ranks ahead of Nilesh is 17th from the last in the class.

II. Sixth rank holder Ramesh is 3 ranks ahead of Kisan, who is five ranks below Nilesh in the class.

Answers:

1. 2

Third to the right of eight from the left means 11th from left.

Since English alphabetical series is reversed, hence

we can calculate the letter at 11th position in reversed

English alphabet series as given below :

11th position form left (in reversed English alphabet)

= (26 + 1 - 11=) 16th from the right ie P.

2. 1

 It is clear from the above diagram that Sumer’s house is in South-West direction with respect to Purnima’s house.

3. 1

According to question the new arrangement of alphabets would be as follow:

Therefore,

4. 5

There are 30 days in the month of November.

1st November is Wednesday

Other Wednesdays are as follows

1 + 7 = 8th

8 + 7 = 15th

15 + 7 = 22nd

22 + 7 = 29th

Therefore 30th is Thursday.

5. 4

7 3 5 4 6 1 2

7 6 5 4 3 2 1

6. 4

From statement (i) and (ii) by individually and even by adding both we can’t give the answer.

7. 2

By statement (ii) alone we can give the answer.

8. 1

9. 4

10. 3

By both the statements individually we can give the answer.