Bank Of India Exam : Reasoning Solved Questions Paper and Answers Paper

1. If it is possible to make only one meaningful word with the Third, Seventh, Eighth and

Tenth letters of the word COMPATIBILITY, which of the following would be the last letter of

that word? If no such word can be made, give 'X' as your answer and if more than one such

word can be formed, give your answer as 'Y'.

(A) I

(B) B

(D) X

(E) Y

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?

(A) Stem

(B) Tree

(D) Branch

(E) Leaf

3. How many meaningful three letter English words can be formed with the letters AER, using

each letter only once in each word?

(A) None

(B) One

(D) Three

(E) Four

4. In a certain code FINE is written HGPC. How is SLIT written in that code?

(A) UTGR

(B) UTKR

(D) RUGT

(E) None of these

5. If 'Apple' is called 'Orange', 'Orange' is called 'Peach', 'Peach' is called 'Potato', 'Potato' is

called 'Banana', 'Banana' is called 'Papaya' and 'Papaya' is called 'Guava', which of the

following grows underground ?

(A) Potato

(B) Guava

(D) Banana

(E) None of these

6. If the digits in the number 86435192 are arranged in ascending order, what will be the difference between the digits which are second from the right and fourth from the left in the new arrangement ?

(A) One

(B) Two

(D) Four

(E) None

7. Each vowel of the word ADJECTIVE is substituted with the next letter of the English

alphabetical series, and each consonant is substituted with the letter preceding it. How many

vowels are present in the new arrangement ?

(A) None

(B) One

(D) Three

(E) None of these

8. If in a certain language LATE is coded as 8&4$ and HIRE is coded as 7*3$ then how will HAIL

be coded in the same language ?

(A) 7&8*

(B) &7*8

(D) 7&*8

(E) None of these

9. How many such pairs of letters are there in word ENGLISH, each of which has as many

letters between its two letters as there are between them in the English alphabets ?

(A) None

(B) One

(D) Three

(E) More than three

10. In a certain code 'na pa ka so' means 'birds fly very high', 'ri so la pa' means 'birds are very beautiful' and 'ti me ka bo' means 'the parrots could fly'. Which of the following is the code for 'high' in that language ?

(A) na

(B) ka

(D) so

(E) None of these

Directions—(Q. 11–15) In each of the questions below are given three statements followed

by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true

even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read both the conclusions

and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements

disregarding commonly known facts.

Read the statements and the conclusions which follow it and

Give answer—

(A) if only conclusion I is true.

(B) if only conclusion II is true.

(C) if either conclusion I or conclusion II is true.

(D) if neither conclusion I nor conclusion II is true

(E) if both conclusions I and II are true.

11. Statements : All stars are suns.Some suns are planets. All planets are satellites.

Conclusions :

I. Some satellites are stars.

II. No star is a satellite.

12. Statements : All fishes are birds.

All birds are rats.

All rats are cows.

Conclusions :

I. All birds are cows

II. All rats are fishes

13. Statements : All curtains are rods.

Some rods are sheets.

Some sheets are pillows.

Conclusions :

I. Some pillows are rods.

II. Some rods are curtains.

14. Statements : Some walls are windows.

Some windows are doors.

All doors are roofs.

Conclusions :

I. Some doors are walls.

II. No roof is a window.

15. Statements : All switches are plugs.

Some plugs are bulbs.

All bulbs are sockets.

Conclusions :

I. Some sockets are plugs.

II. Some plugs are switches.

Directions—(Q. 16–20) Study the sets of numbers given below and answer the questions,

which follow :

489 – 541 – 654 – 953 – 983

16. If in each number, the first and the last digits are interchanged, which of the following will

be the second highest number ?

(A) 489

(B) 541

(D) 953

(E) 783

17. If in each number, all the three digits are arranged in ascending order, which of the

following will be the lowest number ?

(A) 489

(B) 541

(D) 953

(E) 783

18. Which of the following numbers will be obtained if the first digit of lowest number is

subtracted from the second digit of highest number after adding one to each of the numbers ?

(A) 1

(B) 2

(D) 4

(E) 5

19. If five is subtracted from each of the numbers, which of the following numbers will be the difference between the second digit of second highest number and the second digit of the highest number ?

(A) Zero

(B) 3

(D) 4

(E) 2

20. If in each number the first and the second digits are interchanged, which will be the third highest number ?

(A) 489

(B) 541

(D) 953

(E) 783

Directions—(Q. 21–25) Read the following information carefully and answer the questions,

which follow :

'A – B' means 'A is father of B'

'A + B' means 'A is daughter of B'

'A ÷ B' means 'A is son of B'

'A × B' means 'A is wife of B'

21. Which of the following means P is grandson of S ?

(A) P + Q – S

(B) P ÷ Q × S

(D) P × Q ÷ S

(E) None of these

22. How is P related to T in the expression 'P + S – T' ?

(A) Sister

(B) Wife

(D) Daughter

(E) None of these

23. In the expression 'P + Q × T' how is T related to P ?

(A) Mother

(B) Father

(D) Brother

(E) None of these

24. Which of the following means T is wife of P ?

(A) P × S ÷ T

(B) P ÷ S × T

(D) P + T ÷ S

(E) None of these

25. In the expression 'P × Q – T' how is T related to P ?

(A) Daughter

(B) Sister

(D) Can't be determined

(E) None of these

Directions—(Q. 26–30) In each of these questions a group of letters is given followed by

four combinations of number/symbol lettered (A), (B), (C) & (D). Letters are to be coded as

per the scheme and conditions given below. You have to find out the serial letter of the

combination, which represents the letter group. Serial letter of that combination is your

answer. If none of the combinations is correct, your answer is (E) i.e. None of these :

Letters# Q M S I N G D K A L P R B J E

Number/ Symbol# 7 @ 4 # % $ 6 1 2 £ 5 * 9 8 3

Conditions :

(i) If the first letter is a consonant and the last a vowel, both are to be coded as the code of

the vowel.

(ii) If the first letter is a vowel and the last a consonant, the codes for the first and the last

are to be interchanged.

(iii) If no vowel is present in the group of letters, the second and the fifth letters are to be

26. BKGQJN

(A) 9©$7©%

(B) ©9$7%©

(D) %1$789

(E) None of these

27. IJBRLG

(A) #89*£$

(B) #89*£#

(D) $89*£$

(E) None of these

28. BARNIS

(A) 92*#%4

(B) 924#*%

(D) 42*#%4

(E) None of these

29. EGAKRL

(A) #£$21*

(B) £$21*3

(D) #£$21#

(E) None of these

30. DMBNIA

(A) 6@9%#2

(B) 2@9%#6

(D) 2©9%#2

(E) None of these

Directions—(Q. 31–35) Study the following information carefully to answer these questions.

Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H work for three different companies namely X, Y and Z.

Not more than three persons work for a company. There are only two ladies in the group who

have different specializations and work for different companies. Of the group of friends, two

have specialization in each HR, Finance and Marketing. One member is an engineer and one is

a doctor. H is an HR specialist and works with a Marketing specialist B who does not work for

company Y. C is an engineer and his sister works in company Z. D is a specialist in HR working

in company X while her friend G is a finance specialist and works for company Z. No two

persons having the same specialization work together. Marketing specialist F works for

company Y and his friend A who is a Finance expert works for company X in which only two

specialists work. No lady is a marketing specialist or a doctor.

31. For which of the following companies does C work ?

(A) Y

(B) X

(D) Data inadequate

(E) None of these

32. Which of the following represents the pair working in the same company ?

(A) D and C

(B) A and B

(D) H and F

(E) None of these

33. Which of the following combination is correct ?

(A) C–Z-Engineer

(B) E–X–Doctor

(D) C–Y–Engineer

(E) None of these

34. Who amongst the friends is a doctor ?

(A) H

(B) E

(D) Either E or C

(E) None of these

35. Which of the following pairs represents the two ladies in the group ?

(A) A and D

(B) B and D

(D) Data inadequate

(E) None of these

Answers:

1.(B) 2.(B) 3.(D) 4.(E) 5.(D) 6.(D) 7.(C) 8.(D) 9.(E) 10.(A)
11.(C) 12.(A) 13.(B) 14.(D) 15.(E) 16.(C) 17.(B) 18.(A) 19.(B) 20.(D)
21.(C) 22.(A) 23.(B) 24.(E) 25.(D) 26.(A) 27.(C) 28.(E) 29.(B) 30.(C)
31.(A) 32.(E) 33.(D) 34.(B) 35.(C)

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