State Bank of India reasoning exam questions and answers

Section - Reasoning ability :

1.Accident is related to Carefulness in the same way as Disease is related to

(b) Treatment

(c) Medicine

(d)Doctor

2. Aflatoxin is related to Food poisoning in the same way as Histamine is related to

(a) Allergy

(b) Headache

(c) Anthrax

(d) Inhabited

3. Ostrich is related to Antelope in the same way as Egret is related to

(a) Cow

(b) Buffalo

(c) Camel

(d) Zebra

4. Hong Kong is related to China in the same way as Vatican is related to..?…

(a) Canada

(b) Mexico

(c) North America

(d) Rome

5. Forfeit related to Surrender in the same way as Remit is related to

(b) Confiscate

(c) Exempt

(d) Refrain

Directions (questins 6 to 10): Each of the questions below consists of a question and
two statements marked I and II given below it. You have to decide whether the data
provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements
and give answer
(a) If the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in
statement II alone are not sufficient to answer the question.
(b) If the data in statements I alone are not sufficient to answer the question, while the
data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question.
(c) If the data either in statement I or in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the
question.
(d) If the data even in both the statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer the
question.
(e) If the data in both statements I and II together are needed to answer the question.

6. What does ‘Ne’ stands for in the code language?

I. ‘Na Ni Nok Ne’ means ‘I will tell you’ and ‘Ni Nok Ne Nam’ means ‘he will tell you’
in that code language.

II. ‘Ni Ne Mo Nam’ means ‘will he call you’ and ‘Ne Mok Sac Ni’ means ‘how will you
go’ in that code language.

7. Who amongst P, Q, R, S, T and U is the tallest?

I. P is taller that R and T but not as tall as U, who is taller than Q and S.

II. R is the third in height in the ascending order and not as tall as U, P and Q, Q being
taller than P but not the tallest.

8. Who among A, B, C, D, E & F read the book last?

I. F, who gave the book to B after reading, was third to read the same.

II. C, who read the book after A, was the third person to read the book before it reached
E.

9. Who is paternal uncle of Pavan?

II. Prithvi is brother of Indrajith, who is husband of Poornima, who is mother of Ganga,
who is sister of Pavan.

10. What is Milan’s rank in the class of 44 students?

I. Ramesh, whose rank is 17th in the class, is ahead of Shyam by 6 ranks, Shyam being 7
ranks ahead of Milan.

II. Suketu is 26 ranks ahead of Milan and Shyamala is 6 ranks behind Milan while Savita
stands exactly in the middle of Shyamala and Suketu in ranks, her rank being 17.

Directions (questions 11 to 15): Read the following information and answer the
questions given below.

(i) A, B, C, D, E, F and G are seven members standing in a row (not necessarily in the
same order) facing north.

(ii) C and B have as many members between them as G and C have between them.

(iii) D, who is 3rd from the extreme left, is 3rd to the left of E.

(iv) A and D are neighbors and F and C are neighbors.

11. Which of the following statements may be false?

(a) A is the 3rd to the left of F

(b) D is 3rd to the left of E

(c) F is 3rd the right of A

(d) B is 3rd to the left of C

(e) None of these

12. Which of the following statements is true?

(a) C and E are neighbors

(b) E is to the immediate left of F

(c) C is to the immediate left of D

(e) None of these

13. Who is at the extreme right?

(a) Data inadequate

(b) G

(c) B

(d) E

(e) None of these

14. Which of the following given two pairs of neighbors?

(a) A, C and D, C

(b) A, B and E, G

(c) D, C and E, F

(d) C, F and C, E

(e)None of these

15. What is the position of F?

(a) Immediate to the right of E.

(b) Third to the left of G

(c) Immediate to the left of C

(d) 5th to the right of B

(e)None of these

16. Four of the following five groups of letters are alike in some way while one is
different. Find out which one is different.

(a) ISLOJ

(b) LUOQM
(c) AKDGB

(d) FPILG

(e) NXQTO

17. In the sequence given below the sum of the two digits which immediately precede the
digit ‘4′ exceeds the sum of the two digits which immediately follow the digit 4 and sum
of the two digits which immediately follow the digit 6 exceeds the sum of the two digits
which immediately precede the digit 6. How many such 4’s and 6’s together are there?

54462635642843766483

(a) 4

(b) 6

(c) 3

(d) 5

(e)None of these

18. Below are given six three-digit numbers. The digits comprise of numeric and letters.
The letter indicates its serial order in the English alphabet. What will be the middle digit
of the 4th number when the numbers are arranged in the descending order after
interchanging numeric in each number without altering the place of letter in the number?

19F, 2H9, 98B, D76, 7A6, 61E

(a) 8

(b) 9

(c) 6

(d) 7

(e)None of these

Directions (questions19 to 20): In a code language any letter which is immediately after
or before a vowel in the English alphabet is substituted by that vowel and any vowel i.e.
A, E, I, O and U is substituted by the letter immediately following that vowel in the
English alphabet.

19. How can the word FEVERISH be written in that code language?
(a) EDVDRJSI

(b) EFUFRHSI

(c) EFUFRJSI

(d) EDUFRJSI

(e)None of these

20. How can the word CONFEDERATION be written in that code language?

(a) CPOGFEDRBUTPO

(b) CPOEFEFRBUJPO

(c) CNOEFEFRBUHNO

(d) CONFFDERATION

(e)None of these

21. If each of the vowels i.e. A, E, I, O, & U along with the 3rd letter to its right in the
alphabet are taken out and arranged one after the other in the same order followed by the
remaining letters of the alphabet, which of the following will be 5th to the left of the 19th
letter from the left in the new arrangement?

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

(a) G

(b) H

(c) J

(d) W

(e)none of these

22. How many pairs of letters are there in the word SPONTANEOUS which have
number of letters between them in the word one less than the number of letters between
them in English alphabet?

(a) five

(b) one
(c) four

(d) Two

(e) Three

23. Four of the following five have similar relationship and hence form a group. Which
one does not belong to the group?

(a) BROTHER : DORVEHT

(b) ENGLISH : GGNNSIJ

(c) ANOTHER : CONVEHT

(d) BETWEEN : DTEZEEP

(e)HUSBAND:JSUDNAF

24.
Which pair of the letters in the word BEAUTIFUL has the same relationship between its
letters with respect to their position in the English alphabet as the pair EA in that word
has between its letters?

(a) IB

(b) LF

(c) IE

(d) FL

(e) TL

25. Which of the following relates to FLOWER in the same way as RTERBN relates to
SECTOR?

(a) RWLGPF

(b) EOFKUQ

(c) EOFMXS

(d) RWLEPD

(e)RWLEND
1. Ans(a)Lack of second results in the first
2. Ans(a)First causes the second
3. Ans(b)Both live together to derive benefits from each other
4. Ans (d) Hong Kong is a city in china. Similarly, Vatican is a city in Rome
5. Ans(d)The words in each pair are synonyms
6. Ans (d)
7. Ans(c)
8. Ans (d)
9. Ans (b)
10. Ans (c)
11. Ans (d)
12. Ans (d)
13. Ans (a)
14. Ans (c)
15. Ans (e)
16. Ans (b)
17. Ans (a)
18. Ans (e)
19. Ans (c)
20. Ans (b)
21. Ans (a)
22. Ans (a)
23. Ans (d)
24. Ans (c)
25. Ans (e)