SBI PO Prelims 2017 - Day- 30 (Revision Test : Reasoning)

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Directions (1-5): Study the information and answer the following questions:

In a certain code language 

“one should take risk” is coded as J@16  H@22  I@23  M#22 ”

“its for your future ” is coded as “V@22  C@9  V#9  S#8”

“forget bullshit thing people” is coded as “L@22  H#20  Z@7  V@7”

“till the selection yours” is coded as “C#8  I#13  H#22  H@15”

Q1.What is the code for ‘think positive’ in the given code language?

(a) H#16  L@22

(b) J#16  L@22

(c) H#20  L@22

(d) H#16  M@22

(e)None of these

Q2.What is the code for ‘maintain speed' in the given code language?

(a) P@13  I#23

(b)O@13  I#23

(c) O@13  J#23

(d) O@13  I@23

(e)None of these

Q3. What is the code for ‘set goals' in the given code language?

(a)I#7  U#8

(b) I@7  U#8

(c) I#7  U@8

(d) I@7  U@8

(e)None of these

Q4.What may be the possible code for ‘success’ in the given code language?

(a) I@8

(b)I#8

(c) J#8

(d) K#8

(e)None of these

Q5.What is the code for ‘qualify’in the given code language?

(a)K#2

(b)K@2

(c)K#4

(d) L#2

(e)None of these

Directions (6-10): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

Seven persons K, L, M, N, O, P and Q live in a seven-storey building, but not necessarily in the same order. The ground floor is numbered 1 and the topmost floor is numbered 7. Each of them has a different phone viz, LG, Oppo, HTC, ZTE, MI and Apple and Sony but not necessarily in the same order.

The person who has HTC phone lives on third floor. Only one person lives between M and the one who has HTC phone. The one who has a MI phone lives immediately above M. Only one person lives between the person who has a MI phone and the one who has a Oppo phone. The number of persons living between M and the person who has a Oppo phone is the same as that between the one who has a MI phone and P. L lives on an odd-numbered floor. Only two persons live between O and the one who has a Sony phone. The person who has a ZTE phone lives on a floor below O but not on floor number two. Only two persons live between K and Q. The one who has a LG phone lives immediately below K. L has a Sony phone.

Q6. How many persons live between Q and L?

(a) One

(b) Two

(c) Three

(d) None

(e) More than three

Q7. Who among the following has a HTC phone?

(a) N

(b) O

(c) P

(d) L

(e) Q

Q8. Who among the following live(s) between N and the one who has a Oppo phone?

(a) Only Q

(b) O,P

(c) P,Q

(d) Only O

(e) None of these.

Q9. Which of the following statements is/are true?

(a) Only two persons live between M and N.

(b) O has a Sony phone.

(c) L live on the topmost floor.

(d) M has an Apple phone.

(e) Other than the given options.

Q10. Which of the following combinations is true?

(a) Floor no. 7 – O – Apple 

(b) Floor no. 1 – M – Oppo 

(c) Floor no. 6 – N – MI 

(d) Floor no. 5 – P – LG 

(e) Other than the given options

Directions (11-12): Below in each question are given two statements I and II. These statement may be either independent causes or may be effects of independent causes. One of these statements may be the effect of the other statement. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choices correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements.

Mark answer

(a) if statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect.

(b) if statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect.

(c) if both the statement I and II are independent causes.

(d) if both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes.

(e) if both the statements are effects of some common cause.

Q11. I. The prices of vegetables have increased substantially during the past few weeks.

II. Government had reduced the prices of petroleum products about a month back.

Q12. I. The health department has advised people to drink boiled and filtered water and maintain hygiene during the monsoon.

II. The health department has instructed the civic hospitals to equip themselves with adequate stock of medicines during monsoon.

Q13. Statement: “Buy pure and natural honey of company X.” – An advertisement in a newspaper.

Assumptions:

I. Artificial honey can be prepared.

II. People do not mind paying more for pure and natural honey.

III. No other company supplies pure honey.

(a) Only I is implicit

(b) Only I and II are implicit

(c) Only I and III are implicit

(d) All are implicit

(e) None of these

Q14. Statement: Should all the school teachers be debarred from giving private tuitions?

Arguments:

I. No. The needy students will be deprived of the expertise of these teachers.

II. Yes. This is an injustice to the unemployed educated people who can earn their living by giving tuitions.

III. Yes. Only then the quality of teaching in schools will improve.

(a) Only I and III are strong

(b) Only I, II and III are strong

(c) Only III  is strong

(d) Only II and III  are strong

(e) None of these

Q15. Statement: Should all the youngsters below 21 years of age be disallowed from going to a beer bar?

Arguments:

I. No. It is not correct to prevent matured youngsters above 18 years of age who can vote, from having fun.

II. Yes. The entry fee to such pubs should also be hiked.

III. No. There is no such curb in western countries.

IV. Yes. This will help in preventing youngsters from getting into bad company and imbibing bad habits.

(a) Only I is strong

(b) Only I and III are strong

(c) Only III and IV are strong

(d) Only I and IV are strong

(e) None is strong

Solutions

Solutions(1-5):

These are the latest pattern of coding-decoding questions. In these questions we are applying following concept:-

S1. Ans.(a)

S2. Ans.(b)

S3. Ans.(a)

S4. Ans.(b)

S5. Ans.(a)

Solution(6-10):

Persons-Floor-Phones

L        7 Sony

K         6  Apple

P         5       LG

O        4 Oppo

Q         3 HTC

N         2 MI

M         1 ZTE

S6. Ans.(c)

S7. Ans.(e)

S8. Ans.(a)

S9. Ans.(c)

S10. Ans.(d)

S11. Ans.(d)

Sol. From the given two statement I and II, it is clear that there is no connection between the two events mentioned in both the statements.

Therefore, both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes.

S12. Ans.(e)

Sol. From the given two statement I and II, it is clear that both statements are effects of a common cause is the fear of outbreak of diseases during monsoon. 

Therefore, both the statements I and II are effects of a common causes.

S13. Ans.(a)

Sol. Assumption I is implicit because of the word “natural” used in the given statement.

Assumption II is not implicit because it is irrelevant.

Assumption III is not implicit because nothing about “the quality of honey of other companies” can be assumed from the given statement.

S14. Ans.(e)

Sol. Argument I is weak because it does not provide a convincing reason.

Argument II is weak because it is vague.

The use of ‘only’ keyword in argument III makes it weak.

S15. Ans.(d)

Sol. Argument I is strong because it states genuine reason.

Argument II is weak because it is vague.

Argument III is weak because it is an argument by giving example.

Argument IV is strong because it provides very convincing reason.

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