Hello Aspirants,
Welcome to Online Quant Section in AffairsCloud.com. We are starting IBPS Clerk course 2015 and we are creating sample questions in Reasoning section, type of which will be asked in IBPS Clerk Main Exam.
Stratus – IBPS Clerk Course 2015
[flipclock]
Directions (1 – 5): Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
A word and number arrangement machine when given an input of words and numbers, rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of input and steps of rearrangement.
Input: 9 ice 4 west 28 took right 17 best 22 dusk 36 east
Step I: best 36 9 ice 4 west 28 took right 17 22 dusk east
Step II: best 36 west 4 9 ice 28 took right 17 22 dusk east
Step III: best 36 west 4 dusk 28 9 ice took right 17 22 east
Step IV: best 36 west 4 dusk 28 took 9 ice right 17 22 east
Step V: best 36 west 4 dusk 28 took 9 east 22 ice right 17
Step VI: best 36 west 4 dusk 28 took 9 east 22 right 17 ice
This is the final arrangement and step VI is the last step for this input.
- What will the fourth step for an input given below?
Input : 4 cat 8 earn 28 nest kite 22 13 sleep
A) cat 28 sleep 4 earn 22 kite 8 nest 13
B) cat 28 sleep 4 earn 22 8 nest kite 13
C) cat 28 sleep 4 earn 22 nest 8 kite 13
D) cat 28 sleep 22 earn 4 nest 8 kite 13
E) There is no fourth stepC) cat 28 sleep 4 earn 22 nest 8 kite 13
Explanation:
Step I: cat 28 4 8 earn nest kite 22 13 sleep
Step II : cat 28 sleep 4 8 earn nest kite 22 13
Step III : cat 28 sleep 4 earn 22 8 nest kite 13
Step IV : cat 28 sleep 4 earn 22 nest 8 kite 13 - What should be the last step number of the following input?
Input: 9 will 4 24 36 sit put rice 72 can
A) IV
B) V
C) VI
D) VIII
E) None of theseB) V
Explanation:
Step I: can 72 9 will 4 24 36 sit put rice
Step II: can 72 will 4 9 24 36 sit put rice
Step III: can 72 will 4 put 36 9 24 sit rice
Step IV: can 72 will 4 put 36 sit 9 24 rice
Step V: can 72 will 4 put 36 sit 9 rice 24 - in the above question in step IV, which word/number is 4th to the right of one which is 4th from the left?
A) will
B) rice
C) 24
D) 9
E) sitD) 9
Explanation:
4th fom left is 4 and 4 positions to its right is 9. - What should be the third step of the following input?
Input: 47 desert go 56 there often 32 12 16 knife
A) desert 56 there 12 47 go often 32 16 knife
B) desert 56 there 12 go 32 47 often 16 knife
C) desert 56 there 12 go 47 often 32 knife 16
D) desert 56 there 12 go 47 often 32 16 knife
E) None of theseD) desert 56 there 12 go 47 often 32 16 knife
Explanation:
Step I: desert 56 47 go there often 32 12 16 knife
Step II: desert 56 there 12 47 go often 32 16 knife
Step III: desert 56 there 12 go 47 often 32 16 knife - What is the last step of the input given in above question?
A) desert 56 there 12 often 32 go 47 knife 16
B) desert 56 there 12 knife 16 go 47 often 32
C) desert 56 there 12 go 47 often 32 knife 16
D) desert 56 there 12 go 47 often 16 knife 32
E) None of theseD) desert 56 there 12 go 47 often 16 knife 32
Explanation:
There is no need to write all steps for finding the last step.
Directions (Q. 6-10): Study the following information to answer the given questions:
In a certain code language, ‘super word leads to water full’ is written as ‘nip sip bo ki su da’, ‘full enjoy in word’ is written as ‘chi su pit sip’, ‘all water in stand’ is written as ‘ko pit nip kho’, and ‘word leads all cool’ is written as ‘bo su dis kho’.
- What is the code for ‘stand’ ?
A) nip
B) kho
C) pit
D) ko
E) Either pit or koD) ko
Explanation:
stand present in only – ‘all water in stand’ is written as ‘ko pit nip kho’. And also ‘ko’ present in only this one code. - What does ‘chi’ stand for?
A) full
B) leads
C) enjoy
D) cool
E) None of theseC) enjoy
Explanation:
Chi only in – ‘full enjoy in word’ is written as ‘chi su pit sip’. And also enjoy - Which is the code for ‘all enjoy super word’?
A) chi kho ki su
B) su da kho chi
C) bo kho su chi
D) Either (a) or (b)
E) None of theseD) Either (a) or (b)
Explanation:
enjoy – chi
‘all’ present in last two codes so all = kho
‘word’ present in first two and last, from these three codes ‘word’ is ‘su’ - What does ‘ki ko kho da’ stands for?
A) to stand cool enjoy
B) super stand to all
C) all cool stand to
D) full super to cool
E) None of theseB) super stand to all
Explanation:
From 3rd ques., kho = all
‘ko’ is stand from 1st ques.
‘ki’ or ‘da’ is ‘super’ or ‘to’ - Which of the following maybe the code for ‘mostly water in cool’?
A) dis nip wi pit
B) pit nip yo chi
C) wi nip yo kho
D) nip ko dis pit
E) None of theseA) dis nip wi pit
Explanation:
From 1st and 3rd code, water = nip
From 2nd and 3rd code, in = pit
From last code, cool = dis
mostly not present anywhere, and also wi not present in any code
