Reasoning Quiz For Clerk Exam (IBPS, SBI Associate)

Directions (Q. 1-5): 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 mark the number of that combination as the answer. If none of the four combinations correctly represents the group of letters, mark 5), ie ‘None of these’, as the answer.

Conditions:

1) If the first and the last letters are consonants, both are to be coded as the code for the first letter.

2) If the first letter is a consonant and the last letter is as vowel their codes are to be interchanged.

3) If both the first and the last letters are vowels, both are to be coded as the last letter.

1.  TABDRE

      1) 93#2@7        2) 73#@29 3) 93#@27

      4) 73#@27       5) None of these

2.  QHFKAN

       1) 4©$134         2) 4©$138 3) £©$134

       4) 4©1$34         5) None of these

3.  IAJEPI

      1) A%367$         2) %367%A 3) %367A%

      4) 6%367A 5) None of these

4.  NRJTBP

        1) £26#9@ 2) £%269£ 3) £962#©

        4) £269#£ 5) None of these

5.  JATHQE

       1) 739©46         2) 639©47 3) 639©46

       4) 739©47    5) None of these

Directions (Q. 6-10): Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?

6.       1) Kinship        2) Diversity 3) Sameness

          4) Conformity        5) Similarity

7.       1) Refute 2) Confute 3) Crunch

          4) Concur 5) Quash

8.  How many such pairs of letters are there in the word SURRENDER, 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) None of these

9.  In a certain code HCKVJ is the code for FAITH and TKIJV is the code for RIGHT. In the same code language ETQYP is th e code for  wh ich of the following?

     1) BROWN        2) CREAM 3) CROWN

     4) AMONG        5) None of these

10.  What will come next in the given alphabetical series?

        XVU WUT VTS          USR ?

      1) TRQ       2) RST       3) SRQ  

      4) TUV       5) None of these

Answer :-

1. 2; Condition (2) applies

2. 1; Condition (1) applies

3. 3; Condition (3) applies

4. 4; Condition (1) applies

5. 1; Condition (2) applies

6. 2; Except ‘diversity’ all are synonyms.

7. 4; Except ‘concur’ all are synonyms.

8. 3;

9. 3;    

Similarly,  

 

So,   

10. 1; Each corresponding letter moves one 

letter backward in the alphabet.