SBI PO Prelim 2015 – Reasoning Ability

Reasoning Ability

1. In a row of 40 children, R is 11th from the right and there are 15 children between R and M. What is M’s position from the left and of the row?
a) 14th b) 15th c) 13th d) Can’t be determined e) None of these

2. In a certain code language ‘how many are there’ is written as ‘ka na ta da’ and ‘many are
welcome here’ is written as ‘na pa ni ka’. How is ‘how’ written in that code language?
a) ta b) da c) ta or da d) Data inadequate e) None of these

3. If the positions of the1st and the 5th digits of the number 83591427 are interchanged, similarly the positions of the 2nd and the 6th digits are interchanged and so on then which of the following will be the 2nd digit from the right end after the rearrangement?
a) 5 b) 3 c) 9 d) 2 e) None of these

4. How many such pairs of letters are there in the words ADJUSTING 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

5. How many meaningful English words can be formed with the letters LBAE using each letter only once in each word?
a) None b) One c) Two d) Three e) More than three

6. In a certain code BUILDER is written as JVCKSFE. How is SEALING written in that code?
a) BTFKHOJ b) JOHKBFT c) TFBKHOJ d) BFTKJOH e) None of these

7. If ‘R’ denotes ‘÷’, ‘T’ denotes ‘⎯’, ‘M’ denotes ‘+’ and ‘W’ denotes ‘×’, then
27 T 15 R 3 W 4 M 6 = ?
a) 7 b) 13 c) ⎯23 d) 1 e) None of these

8. In a certain code WAVE is written as ‘5%3*’ and WINS is written as ‘59@©’. How is SANE
written in that code?
a) ©9@* b) *%©@ c) ©@%* d) ©%@* e) None of these

9. Which of the following is the middle digit of the 3rd highest among the five three digit numbers
given below?
368 931 472 715 647
a) 6 b) 3 c) 7 d) 1 e) 4

10. Among P, Q, R, S and T each having a different height, Q is shorter than only T and S is shorter than P and Q. Who among them is the shortest?
a) R b) S c) P d) Data inadequate e) None of these