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Previous Question Papers of Bank PO : Reasoning Practice Set - 5

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1. In a certain code GUEST is written as 53@$2 and MEAN
is written as 6@4#. How
is SAME written in that code?

(A) 4$6@
(B) $46@

(C) $36@
(D) 5$6@

(E) None of these.

2. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word
CHRONICLE 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

(E) More than three

3.If it is possible to make only one
meaningful English word with the first, the fifth, the ninth and the tenth
letters of the word SEQUENTIAL, which of the following will be the second
letter of that word? If no such word can be formed, give ‘X’ as the answer and
if more than one such word can be formed, give ‘Y’ as the answer.

(A) S
(B) A

(C) E
(D) X

(E) Y

4. In a certain code SHOULDER is written as
VPITQDCK. How is MORNINGS written in that code?

(A) OSPNRFMH

(B) NPSORFMH

(C) OSPNHMFR

(D) OSPNSFEM

(E) None of these

5. If ÷ means x, + means ÷, - means + and x
means - ; then

20 -16 + 4 X 3 ÷ 2 =?

(A) 16
(B) 30

(C) 18
(D) 24

(E) None of these

6. How many such pairs of digits are there in the number
254983 each of which has as many digits between them in the number as when the
digits are rearranged in descending order within the number?

(A) None
(B) One

(C)Two
(D) Three

(E) More than three

7. Sushil walked 15 metre towards South, took a left
turn and walked 20 metre, again he took a left turn and walked 15 metre. How
far and in which direction is he from the starting point?

(A) 20 metre, West

(B) 20 metre, East

(C) 50 metre, West

(D) 50 metre, East

(E) Data inadequate

8. Pointing to a boy in a photograph Sudhir said,” He
is the son of my maternal grandfather’s only child.” How is the boy related to Sudhir?

(A) Self

(B) Brother

(C) Cousin Brother

(D) Data inadequate

(E) None of these

9. In a certain code language,’ no more food’ is
written as ‘ta ka da’ ‘more than that’ is written as ‘sa pa ka’. How is ‘that’
written in that language?

(A) sa

(B) ka

(C) sa or
pa

(D) Data inadequate

(E) None of
these

10. D is brother of K, M is sister of K.R is father of D
and S is mother of M. How is K related to R?

(A) Son

(B) Daughter

(C) Son or
daughter

(D) Data inadequate

(E) None of
these

ANSWER:

1. (B) GUEST = 53@$2

and MEAN = 6@4#

Therefore, SAME = $46@

2. (D)

C H R O N I C L E

C-E,C-H and N-O

3. (E) The first, fifth, ninth and tenth letters of
the word SEQUENTIAL

and S,E,A and L respectively. The words formed with
these letters are SEAL and SALE.

4. (A)

5. (C)
? = 20-16+4*3/2

=20+16/4-3*2

=20+4-6

=18

6. (E) 2 5 4 9 8 3

9 8 5 4 3 2

5-4, 5-9, 4-8, 9-8, 2-4, and 2-8

7. (B)

8. (D)

Only child of
maternal grand father is the mother of Sudhir and the son of the mother is
either himself or his brother.