REASONING ABILITY FOR UPCOMING BANK & OTHER COMPETITIVE EXAM

Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
L, M, N, O, P, Q, R and S are sitting in a straight line, but not necessarily in the same order. Some of them are not facing north.
(Note: Facing the same direction means if one person faces north then the other person also faces north and if one person faces south then the other person also faces south. Facing the opposite direction means if one person faces north then, the other person faces south and vice-versa)
Only three persons sit between P and M. Both O and L face the same direction and O sits third to the right of L. P is not an immediate neighbor of L or O. R sit on the immediate left of M, who faces north. Q sits on the immediate right of N. Neither L nor O is an immediate neighbor of N. Both the immediate neighbours of M face opposite directions. R and Q both face the same direction. S sits second to the right of R. P is not facing the same direction as N is facing. N sits at the one of the extreme ends of the line. Both R and Q face the same direction as S. Only three persons sit between R and N.

Q1. How many persons are not facing north?
(a) Two
(b) Three
(c) Four
(d) Five
(e) None of the above

Q2. Who among the following sit at the extreme ends of the line?
(a) P, N
(b) S, N
(c) S, P
(d) M, N
(e) None of the above

Q3. Who among the following sits exactly between O and the one who is third to the right of P?
(a) S
(b) M
(c) Q
(d) L
(e) None of the above

Q4. Who among the following is on the immediate left of S?
(a) P
(b) M
(c) Q
(d) L
(e) None of the above

Q5. Which of the following statements is true?
(a) Only two persons sit between N and M.
(b) Only three persons sit between Q and R.
(c) S faces the same direction as M.
(d) L is third to the right of O.
(e) None of the above

Directions (6-10): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
In a certain code language ‘always give right advice’ is written as ‘ti pa she zo’, ‘some experts have advice’ is written as 'psk zo sh la’, ‘experts are always right’ is written as ‘psk ka pa she’ and ‘seniors have always idea’ is written as ‘nos sh qa she’.

Q06. What does the code ‘qa’ stand for?
(a) always
(b) idea
(c) right
(d) seniors
(e) Can’t be determined

Q07. In the given code language, if ‘seniors’ is coded as ‘nos’ then what will ‘give some idea’ be coded as?
(a) ti la qa
(b) she ti qa
(c) ti la nos
(d) ti sh nos
(e) None of the above

Q08. What will be the code for ‘experts’?
(a) zo
(b) psk
(c) she
(d) Can’t be determined
(e) None of the above

Q09. What will be the possible code for ‘seniors advice’?
(a) nos zo
(b) psk zo
(c) qa zo
(d) Either (a) or (c)
(e) None of the above

Q10. What is the code for ‘always’?
(a) pa
(b) she
(c) zo
(d) sh
(e) None of the above

ANSWER

S1. Ans.(c)

S2. Ans.(a)

S3. Ans.(b)

S4. Ans.(d)

S5. Ans.(a)

Sol(06-10):

Advice – zo

expert – psk

always – she

right – pa

have – sh

give – ti

some – la

are – ka

senior/idea – nos/qa

S06. Ans.(e)

S07. Ans.(a)

S08. Ans.(b)

S09. Ans.(d)

S10. Ans.(b)