Uttranchal Gramin Bank Officer/Clerk Grade Reasoning Practice Paper

Q1. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word SHOULDER each of which has as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet ?
(A) None (2) One (C) Two (D) Three (E) More than three

Q2. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group ?
(A) Brick (B) Cement (C) Sand (D) Mortar (E) Wall
 
Q3. If it is possible to make only one meaningful English word with the first, the fifth, the seventh and the tenth letters of the word STREAMLINE, using each letter once in each word, which of the following is the third letter of that word ? If no such word can be made, give ‘X’ as the answer and if more than one such word can be made, give ‘Y’ as the answer.
(A) L (B) E (C) S (D) X (E) Y
 
Q4. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group ?
(A) Nitrogen (B) Hydrogen (C) Methane (D) Neon (E) Helium
 
Q5. In a certain code BREAKING is written as BFSCFMHJ. How is MOTHERLY written in that code ?
(A) IUPNZMSF (B) IUPNXKQD (C) IUPNFSMZ (D) GSNLZMSF (E) None
 
Q6. Among P, Q, R, S and T each having a different height, Q is taller than S. T is shorter than P. R is taller than Q but shorter than T. Who among them is the tallest ?
(A) S (B) P (C) R (D) Data inadequate (E) None
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Q7. Mohan correctly remembers that his mother’s birthday is before 16th but after 13th August whereas his sister correctly remembers that their mother’s birthday is after 14th but before 18th August. On which day in August was their mother’s birthday definitely ?
(A) 15^th (B) 14^th (C) 14th or 15^th (D) Data inadequate (E) None
 
Q8. In a certain code BEND is written as ‘5%3#’ and NIGHT is written as ‘3@©64’. How is DEBT written in that code ?
(A) #%©4 (B) #@54 (C) #%34 (D) #%54 (E) None
 
Q9. How many such digits are there in the number 5834619 each of which is as far away from the beginning of the number as when the digits are arranged in descending order within the number ?
(A) None (B) One (C) Two (D) Three (E) More than three
 
Q10. If the positions of the first and the fifth digits in the number 85231467 are interchanged, similarly the positions of the second and the sixth digits are interchanged and so on, which of the following will be the second digit from the right end after the rearrangement ?
(A) 2 (B) 5 (C) 3 (D) 1 (E) None

Diections (21-25): In each Q three statements are followed by two conclusion. You have to take all conclusions true even if they very, then decide which of the conclusion follows. Give ans 1 ifI follow, 2 if only II folow, 3 either I or II folow, 4. Neither I nor II follow, 5. if both follows

21. Statements: Some black are blue. No blue are white. Some white which are black are grey.

Conclusions: I. Some grey are blue II. Some white are not black

22. Statements: All villages are cites. All cities are countries. All countries are town.

Conclusions: I. All towns are villages. II. Some cities are not towns.

23. Statements: Some books are poetry. All poetry is philosphy. Some philosphy is psychology.

Conclusion: I. Some books are philosophy. II. Some pshychology is not philosphy.

24. Statements: All children are students. Some students are adults. All adults are workers.

Conclusion: Some students are workers. II. All children are adults.

25. Statements: Some actors are dancers. All dancers are musicians. No musicians are painters.

Conclusion: Some painters are actors. No painters are dancers.

26. Statements: Some baby are boy. No boy are white. Some white which are baby are grey.

Conclusions: I. Some grey are boy II. Some white are not baby

Directions—(Q. 17–22): Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the questions given below—
R 4 P I J M Q 3 % T @ © U K 5 V 1 W $ Y 2 B E 6 # 9 D H 8 G * Z N
 
Q17. Which of the following is the sixth to the left of the fifteenth from the left end of the above arrangement ?
(A) 2 (B) # (C) % (D) $ (E) None
 
Q18. How many such numbers are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately preceded by a consonant and not immediately followed by a letter ?
(A) None (B) One (C) Two (D) Three (E) More than three
 
Q19. How many such symbols are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately followed by a letter but not immediately preceded by a number ?
(A) None (B) One (C) Two (D) Three (E) More than three
 
Q20. How many such consonants are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately preceded by a consonant and immediately followed by a symbol ?
(A) None (B) One (C) Two (D) Three (E) More than three
 
Q21. What should come in the place of question mark (?) in the following series based on the above arrangement ? P J Q T © K 1 $ 2 ?
(A) E # D (B) 6 9 D (C) 6 9 8 (D) 6 # D (E) None
 
Q22. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their positions in the above arrangement and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group ?
(A) W Y 1 (B) Q % M (C) © K @ (D) 9 H 6 (E) G Z 8
 
Directions—(Q. 23–28): P, Q, R, S, T, V and W are seven members of a club. Each of them has a favourite sport from-Chess, Table Tennis, Lawn Tennis, Volleyball, Badminton, Basketball and Carrom, not necessarily in the same order. Each of them also has a specific choice of colour from—Blue, Red, Green, Yellow, Grey, Black and White, not necessarily in the same order. R likes Green and his favourite sport is Badminton. V’s choice of colour is neither Red nor Black. T’s favourite sport is neither Table Tennis nor Basketball. The one who likes Blue does not like Carrom. The one who likes Volleyball does not like Yellow and Grey. Q’s favourite sport is Lawn Tennis and he likes Black. S likes White. W likes Basketball. P likes Volleyball. T likes Blue. The one who likes Basketball does not like Grey.
 
Q23. What is V’s choice of colour ? (A) Black (B) Grey (C) Yellow (D) Data inadequate,(E) None
 

Q24. What is T’s favourite sport ? (A) Basketball (B) Volleyball (C) Chess (D) Data inadequate, (E) None
 

Q25. Whose favourite sport is Carrom? (A) S (B) R (C) W (D) Data inadequate, (E) None
 

Q26. Whose favourite sport is basketball ? (A) S (B) T (C) W (D) R (E) Data inadequate
 

Q27. What is W’s choice of colour ? (A) Green (B) White (C) Black (D) Data inadequate, (E) None
 

Q28. Which of the following combinations of sport and colour is correct ?
(A) Table Tennis, Yellow (B) Volleyball, Red (C) Volleyball, Grey (D) Chess, Black (E) Carrom, Green
 
Directions—(Q. 29–34): In each question below is given a group of letters followed by four combinations of digits/symbols lettered (A), (B), (C) and (D). You have to find out which of the combinations correctly represents the group of letters based on the following coding system. If none of the combinations correctly represents the group of letters, give answer (E) i.e. ‘None’.
Letter : R K A D E M W T I V U B F H P 

Digit/Symbol : 2 δ 3 * 1 8 # 4 $ 5 © 9 6 @ 7 
Conditions :
(i) If the first letter is a vowel and the last letter is a consonant, the codes for the first and the last letters are to be interchanged.
(ii) If the first letter is a consonant and the last letter is a vowel, both are to be coded as ‘?’.
(iii) If both the first and the last letters are consonants, both are to be coded as the code for the last letter.
 
Q29. AMPERI (A) 38712$ (B) $87123 (C) 387123 (D) 37812$ (E) None
Q30. RTVUBH (A) 245©9@ (B) @45©92 (C) @45©9@ (D) ?45©9? (E) None
Q31. BEFKMA (A) 916δ83 (B) ?16δ8? (C) 316δ89 (D) 316δ83 (E) None
Q32. EWPKIH (A) 1#7δ$@ (B) ?#7δ$? (C) 17#δ$@ (D) @#7δ$1 (E) None
Q33. RTDAVB (A) 94*352 (B) 24*352 (C) ?4*35? (D) 24*359 (E) None
Q34. HEUPKI (A) @1©7δ$ (B) $1©7δ$ (C) @1©7δ@ (D) ?1©7δ? (E) None
 
Directions—(Q. 35–40): In the following questions, the symbols @, ©, %, δ and # are used with the following meaning as illustrated below :
‘P % Q’ means ‘P is not greater than Q’. ‘P δ Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor smaller than Q’.
‘P # Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor equal to Q’. ‘P © Q’ means ‘P is not smaller than Q’.
‘P @ Q’ means ‘P is neither smaller than nor equal to Q’.
Now in each of the following questions assuming the given statements to be true, find which of the two conclusions I and II given below them is/are definitely true ? Give answer—
(A) If only Conclusion I is true (B) If only Conclusion II is true (C) If either Conclusion I or II is true
(D) If neither Conclusion I nor II is true. (E) If both Conclusions I and II are true
 
Q35. Statements : R © T, T @ M, M δ D Conclusions : I. D # T II. M # T
Q36. Statements : B @ N, N % R, R © F Conclusions : I. B @ F II. N # F
Q37. Statements : D # T, T @ R, R © M Conclusions : I. M # D II. M # T
Q38. Statements : K δ H, H % F, F # J Conclusions : I. F © K II. J © H
Q39. Statements : W @ G, N © G, N % V Conclusions : I. W @ N II. V © G
Q40. Statements : T © Y, Y % M, M @ R Conclusions : I. R # Y II. T δ M
 
Directions—(Q. 41–45): a, b, c, d, e and f are sitting around a circle facing at the centre. f is third to the right of b who is second to the right of e. c is third to the left of e. a is not an immediate neighbour of f.
 
Q41. Who is to the immediate right of f ? (A) c (B) d (C) e (D) b (E) None
Q42. Who is to the immediate left of c ? (A) b (B) f (C) b or f (D) Data inadequate (E) None
Q43. Who is second to the right of c ? (A) a (B) e (C) d (D) Data inadequate (E) None
Q44. Who is to the immediate right of a ? (A) e (B) d (C) c (D) Data inadequate (E) None
Q45. Who are the immediate neighbours of e ? (A) ab (B) df (C) bd (D) af (E) None
 
Directions—(Q. 46–50): Each of the questions below consists of a question and two statements numbered 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 II alone are not sufficient to answer the Q.
(B) If the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in I alone are not sufficient to answer the Q.
(C) If the data either in statement I alone or in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question.
(D) If the data given in both the statements I & II together are not sufficient to answer the question, and
(E) If the data in both the statements I & II together are necessary to answer the question.
 
Q46. How many daughters does M have ?
I. N and P are sisters of K. II. M is father of K.
 
Q47. On which day of the week did Mohan visit temple ?
I. Mohan visited the temple one day after his sister’s visit to temple. II. Mohan’s sister visited the temple before Sunday.
 
Q48. What does ‘ja’ mean in a code language ?
I. ‘ja pa na’ means ‘go home now’ in that code language. II. ‘na da ta’ means ‘come back home’ in that code language.
 
Q49. Among M, N, T, P and R each having different weight, who is the heaviest ?
I. T is heavier than P and M but lighter than N who is not the heaviest. II. M is lighter than P.
 
Q50. How is D related to T ?
I. D’s brother is father of T’s sister. II. T’s brother is son of D’s brother.

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