Pre Examination Training for SC/ST and Minority Candidates: Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude - Set 5

S.N Question Choice1 Choice 2 Choice 3 Choice 4 Choice 5 Ans Explanation

Directions: (1-5) Please choose the correct option.

1 In a certain code ROSE is written as 473$# 473#$ 374#$ 347#$ None of 3 R = #, O = 4, S = 3, E = $, F = 5, I = *, T = 7 STORE = 374#$
#43$ and FIRST is written as 5*#37. How these
is STORE written in that code?
2 In a certain code SOUTHERN is written JSBCNFK JSBNHPM JSBNCKNF NBSKCJNF None of 3 SOUT -> TUOS -> (+1) -> UVPT HERN -> NREH -> (-1) ->
as UVPTMQDG. How is MARIGOLD S E these MQDG
written in that code?
Similarly MARIGOLD = JSBNCKNF

3 How many such pairs of letters are there More than one five two None of 1 ST, ING, GUI, US
in the word DISTINGUISH, each of which three these
have as many letters between them in
the word as they have between them in
the English alphabet?

4 How many meaningful English words can 1 2 3 4 none 4 ADER = DARE, DEAR and READ
be made from the letters ADER, using
each letter only once in each word?

5 How many meaningful English words can 5 4 3 2 1 5 AIPR = PAIR

be made from the letters AIPR, using
each letter only once in each word?

Direction (6-10):Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
There are eight employees of a bank and all of them are working on eight different designation of a bank viz. CEO, CFO, GM, DGM, AGM, Manager, Junior Manager and junior associate. All
the designations given are to be considered in a given order (as CEO is considered as Senior-most and Junior associate is considered as the Junior-most).Only two persons are senior to B.
One designation lies between B and G. The number of persons junior to G is same as the number of persons senior to C. H is just senior to E, but junior to C. More than four designations lie
between H and F. D is junior to A.

6 How many persons are junior to H? 1 2 3 4 5 1

7 Four of the following five are alike in a A-F B-A H-D G-A E-H 4
certain way and hence they form a
group. Which one of the following does
not belong to that group?
8 How many designation gaps are between 3 5 4 2 1 1
A and D?
9 Who among the following is just senior to G A C D None 2
B?
10 Who among the following is AGM? G A C D None 1
 Direction (11-15)Study the following information and answer the given questions.
Seven people, namely C, D, E, F, G, H and I like different cities namely, Surat, Kolkata, Bangalore, Mumbai, Ranchi, Delhi and PATNA. Each of them studies in either of three schools viz.
DAS, RIS and VCS with atleast two of them in a school. F studies with the one who likes Bangalore in RIS. The one who likes Delhi studies only with H. H does not like Bangalore. C studies
with those who like Surat and PATNA. C does not study with F. E studies only with the one who likes Mumbai. The one who likes Mumbai does not study with the one who likes Delhi. More
than one person studies with D. D does not like PATNA. Both I and the one who likes Ranchi study in the same school but not in DAS. H does not like Ranchi.

11 Which of the following combinations DAS- RIS- DAS- VCS Delhi RIS- 2
represents the school in which E studies Bangalore Bangalore Kolkata Delhi
and the city he likes ?

12 Which of the following cities does G like PATNA Ranchi Mumbai Delhi Surat 4
?
13 Four of the following five arealike in a DF CI HG FE ID 1
certain way as per the given
arrangementand hence form a group.
Which of the tollowing does
not belong to that group
14 Who amongst the following likes Kolkata F H I C D 2
?
15 Which of the following combinations The one The one The one The one who The one 5
represents the combination of people who likes who likes who likes likes PATNA, who likes
studying in VCS ? Delhi and Ranchi and Delhi, Surat and Surat,
Bangalore Mumbai Mumbai Kolkata PATNA
and Kolkata and
Ranchi

Directions: (16-20) Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below:-
Following are the conditions for selecting Senior Manager Credit in a bank The candidate must
(i) be a graduate in any discipline with at least 60 per cent marks
(ii) have post-qualification work experience of at least ten years in the Advances Section of a bank.
(iii) be at least 30 years and not more than 40 years as on 1.4.2010
(iv) have secured at least 40 per cent marks in the Group Discussion
(v) have secured at least 50 per cent marks in the Interview
In the case of a candidate who satisfies all the conditions
EXCEPT
(A) at (i) above but has secured at least 50 per cent marks in graduation and at least 60 per cent marks in post- graduation in any discipline the case is to be referred to the General Manager
Advances.
(B) at (ii) above but has total post qualification work experience of at least seven years out of which at least three years as Manager Credit in a bank the case is to be referred to the
Executive Director.
In each question below details of one candidate are given you have to take one of the following courses of action based on the
information provided and the conditions and sub conditions given above and mark the number of that course of action as your answer
You are not to assume anything other than the information provided in each question All these cases are given to you as on 01-04-2010
16 Somya Gupta has secured 50 per cent if the case if the case if the data if the if the 1 (i)≥ 60% in graduation, => yes (60%)
marks in the Interview and 40 per cent is to be is to be are candidate is candidate (ii) Work experience ≥ 10 years, => no
marks in the Group Discussion She has referred to referred to inadequate not to be is to be (iii) 30 ≤ age ≤40 , => yes (33 years) (iv)≥ 40% in Group Discussion, =>
been working the the General to take a selected selected yes (40%)
for the past eight years out of which four Executive Manager decision (v)≥ 50% in Interview, => yes (50%)
years as Manager Credit in a bank after Director Advances
completing her BA degree with 60 per
cent marks.She was born on 12th
September 1978.
17 Rakesh Maskare was born on 8th March if the case if the case if the data if the if the 3 Explanation- start working same as above.
1974. He has been working in a bank for is to be is to be are candidate is candidate
the past twelve years after completing his referred to referred to inadequate not to be is to be
B Com degree with 70 per cent marks He the the General to take a selected
has secured 50 per cent marks in both Executive Manager decision
the Group Discussion and the Interview. Director Advances
selected

18 Pankaj shrivastav was born on 4th if the case if the case if the data if the if the 2 Explanation- start working same as above.
August 1977.He has secured 65 per cent is to be is to be are candidate is candidate
marks in post graduation and 58 per cent referred to referred to inadequate not to be is to be
marks in graduation He has been the the General to take a selected selected
working for past ten years in the Executive Manager decision
Advances Department of the bank after Director Advances
completing his postgraduation He has
secured 45 per cent marks in the Group
Discussion and 50 per cent marks in the
Interview.
19 Sandhya Mehrotra has been working in if the case if the case if the data if the if the 4 Explanation- start working same as above.
the Advances Department of a bank for is to be is to be are candidate is candidate
the past twelve years after completing referred to referred to inadequate not to be is to be
her B Com Degree with 60 per cent the the General to take a selected selected
marks She has secured 50 per cent Executive Manager decision
marks in the Group Discussion and 40 Director Advances
per cent marks in the Interview She was
born on 15th February 1972.

20 Amit Narayan was born on 28th May if the case if the case if the data if the if the 5 Explanation- start working same as above.
1974 He has been working in the is to be is to be are candidate is candidate
Advances department of a bank for the referred to referred to inadequate not to be is to be
past eleven years after completing his B the the General to take a selected selected
Sc Degree with 65 per cent marks He Executive Manager decision
has secured 55 per cent marks in the Director Advances
Group Discussion and 50 per cent marks
in the Interview.
 Directions (Questions 21 to 25): Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions:
Eight friends-Ranjay, Ramesh, Rakesh, Rohit, Rahul, Abhijeet, Abhishek and Anil- are sitting around a circular table, but not necessarily in the same order, Four of them are facing inside
and the other four are facing outside. All eight friends belong to eight different cities-Bhopal, Patna, Kolkata, Delhi, Gwalior, Bengaluru, Chennai and Rajkot-but not necessarily in the same
order.
Abhijeet faces the centre and sits third to the right of Rakesh, Rohit belongs to Kolkata and faces the person who belongs to Bengaluru. Abhishek sits third to the right of Ramesh, who stays
in Bhopal. The person who belongs to Delhi is facing the same direction as the person who belongs to Gwalior. Rahul is sitting between the person who belongs to Kolkata and the one from
Rajkot respectively. Ranjay belongs to Gwalior and Rakesh belongs to Patna. The person who belongs to Chennai is facing outwards and immediate neighbor of the person who belongs to
Rajkot. Anil is the immediate neighbor of the persons who belongs to Gwalior and Chennai. Rahul is on the immediate left of Rohit.

21 Which of the following friends belongs to Ranjay Rohit Anil Abhishek Rahul 3 Given:
Bengaluru? 8 friends from eight different cities
Sitting around a circular table
4 friends – facing inside
4 friends – facing outside
Solution:- Just Some tips
In questions, where the seating arrangement is a circle, then the following points
should be kept in mind.
22 Who are immediate neighbors of Ramesh Rahul and Anil and Abhishek Rohit and 3 Always start filling the position from the bottom-most position
if phrase to the right is used then the position should be filled in anti clock-wise
Ranjay? and Rohit Ramesh and Rahul Abhijeet
direction
Rakesh If the phrase to the left is used then clockwise direction.
Clue: 1 Abhijeet focus the centre – sits 3rd to the right of Rakesh.
Question – 21
Friends from Bangalore → Anil → 3
Question –2 2
Immediate neighbor of Ranjay → 3
Anil & Ramesh
Question –2 3
True pair – 2 Anil – Bangalore
Question –2 4
Position of Ramesh with respect to Rahul → 5
Here Rahul is facing outside, the position of Ramesh can be consider in two
directions
→Clock wise: 5th to the right → not in options
23 Which of the following pairs is true? Ranjay- Anil- Rohit-Delhi Abjijeet- Abhishek- 2 →Anti clock wise: 3rd to the left
Bhopal Bengaluru Delhi Patna Question – 25
Interchange (Rohit & Anil) & (Abhijeet Rakesh) and find position of Ranjay with
respect to Rakesh.
→Here, only position is interchanged
→The direction faced are fixed to positions
24 What is the position of Ramesh with Third to Fourth to Fifth to the Second to Third to 5 Now position of Ranjay wrt Rakesh
→Clock wise: 3rd to left
respect to Rahul? the right the left right the right the left
→Anti clock wise: 5th to right → not in option
Ranjay is 3rd to left of Rakesh → 1
25 If Rohit and Anil interchange their Third to Third to the Second to Immediate None of 1
positions and similarly Abhijeet and the left right the left left these
Rakesh interchange their positions then
what is the position of Ranjay with
respect to Rakesh?

26 AB, CF, EJ, ?, IR FM FL GJ GN None of 4 The first letter of the pair increases by two, a=while the second letter
these increases in steps of 4
A(+2) => C(+2) => E(+2) =>G(+2) =>I
B(+4) => F(+4) => J(+4) => N(+4) => R

27 AZWD, CXUF, ?, GTQJ EVSH ETUH EVIP FVRI ETTO 1 The first and last letter moves 2 steps forward.
The second and third letter moves 2 steps backward.
Hence, the required answer is EVSH.

28 George is fifth from the left and Peter is 21 22 23 24 None of 4 Clearly, George lies towards the left end while Peter lies towards
twelfth from the right end in a row of these the right end of the row. So, when Peter shifts towards George,
children. If Peter shifts by three places he shifts 3 places to the left. Thus, Peter is now 15th from the
towards Geroge, he becomes tenth from right end. But, Peter is 10th from the left end. So, Number of
the left end. How many children are there children in the row = (14 + 1 + 9) = 24.
in the row?

29 How many such digits are there in the 1 2 3 4 None of 4 Original number = 926357721
number “926357721” each of which as these Modified number = 122356779
far away from the beginning of the So four digits (2,3,5,7) are still in the same position even after
numbers as when the digits are rearrangement.
rearranged in ascending order?
30 If in a code, MIND becomes KGLB and BGYEPYK BGYPYEK GLPEYKB LKBGYPK None of 1 Each letter in the word is moved two steps backward to obtain
ARGUE becomes YPESC, then what will these the corresponding letter of the code
DIAGRAM be in that code?

31 In a certain code language, 'how can you na ja sa ka pa 1 From the given information :
go' is written as 'ja da ka pa', 'can you how can you go = ja da ka pa....(1)
come here' is written as 'na ka sa ja' and can you come here = na ka sa ja...(2)
'come and go' is written as 'ra pa sa'. come and go = ra pa sa....(3)
How is 'here' written in that code ? from (1)&(2), can you = ja ka...(4)
from (2)&(3), come = sa...(5)
Using (4)&(5) in (2), we get here = na.
(32-36)Study the following information
carefully and answer the given questions
8 students- A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are having different age.
They like different colors. Only 2 persons are taller than G,who likes red. Only 1 person is shorter than the one who likes blue. G is taller than D, who likes green. A likes neither brown nor
blue. One of the person likes black. E likes mustard. C is taller than H but he is not the second tallest. H is shorter than one who likes purple. H likes white but he is neither tallest nor
shortest. Only 4 persons are taller than B. Atleast 2 persons are taller than the one who likes purple, who is not C. One who likes brown is taller as well as shorter than atleast 2 persons. A
does not like black.
32 Who likes purple? A B C F None of 1
these

33 How many persons are taller than one 5 1 2 3 None of 5

who likes black? these

34 If C is related to Red and G is related to Mustard Black Purple Green None of 3

Brown. In the these
same way, E is related to?

35 How many persons are shorter than A 0 1 2 3 None of 2

but taller than one these
who likes white?

36 Who likes brown? C A B G None of 3

these

37 2, 7, 17, 32, ?, 77 43 50 52 55 47 3 The difference between adjacent number increases in steps of 5,

2(+5)==> 7
7(+10)==> 17
17(+15)==> 32
32(+20)==> 52
52(+25)==> 77

38 Deepak said to Nitin,” That boy playing Son Brother Cousin Nephew Brother-in- 2 Father’s wife—Mother; mother’s daughter—sister; Deepak’s
football is the younger of the law sister’s younger brother—Deepak’s younger brother. So, the boy
two brothers of the daughter of my is Deepak’s brother or himself.
father’s wife.” How is the boy
playing football related to Deepak?

39 Sonu is fifteenth from the front in a 33 34 35 36 None of 3 Number of boys in front of Sonu = 14. Number of boys behind
column of boys. There were these Sonu = (14 * 3) = 42. So, Total number of boys in the column =(14
thrice as many behind him as there were + 1 + 42) = 57. In a column of 57 boys, the seventh boy from theend is
in front. How many boys clearly 51st from the start. Thus, we have to find the
are there between Sonu and the seventh number of boys between the 15th and the 51st boy, which is
boy from the end of the clearly 35(51 - 15 -1).
column?
40 The word bandwidth is also used to width of amount of number of all of these none of 2 Bandwidth refers to the amount of data that can be transmitted in a fixed
mean ________? the data data the these amount of time. For digital devices, the bandwidth is usually expressed in
cable transferred computers bits per second(bps) or bytes per second.
on a
particular
network
41 Which of the following is the first layer of Device Operating Language System Applicatio 2 An operating system is a system software that manages computer hardware
software loaded into computer memory Driver System Translator Utilities n and software resources and provides common services for computer
when it starts up? Software programs.

42 Monitors, printers, disk drives, keyboard, Storage Hardware Software Firmware All of the 2 Monitors, printers, disk drives, keyboard, mouse are Hardware devices.
mouse are included in which of the Device Above Hardware devices refer to the physical components .Computer hardware is
following categories? any physical device used in or with your machine, whereas software is a
collection of code installed onto your computer’s hard drive.

43 Outlook express is a e-mail scheduler address all of these None of 4 It is an e-mail, calendaring and contact management client from Microsoft
client book these
44 How many MB is equal to 1 GB? 10MB 100000MB 20000 MB 1024 MBNone of 4 1 GB=1024 MB
these
45 What is the full form of DBMS? Database Desktop Database Durable None of 3 DBMS=Database Management System
Maintain Marketing Manageme Management these
System System nt System System

46 An email attachment is referred to as? The body The A The address none of 3 An email attachment is the file that is sent with the mail
of the address of document of the these
email the sender that is sent receiver
with an
email

47 A software program that add functionality Utility function specialized manufacture Compilin 1 Utility programs, commonly referred to as just "utilities," are software
to your computer or help your computer program program program r program g programs that add functionality to your computer or help your computer
perform better is called as program perform specific tasks

48 Which one of the following is not an e- Hotmail Gmail Bing Yahoo mail Outlook 3 Bing is Microsoft's search Engine
mail service provider?

49 What is Loading Operating System into Loading Saving Storing Booting Starting 4 Booting is a startup sequence that starts the operating system of a
main memory called? computer by loading it in memory.

50 Full form of URL? Universal Universal Universal Uniform Uniform 4 URL=Uniform Resource Locator
Research Resource Research Resource Research
List List Locator Locator Locator