REASONING QUIZ -FOR UPCOMING BANK & OTHER COMPETITIVE EXA,M

Directions (1–7): Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions.

Eight persons from different Public Sector Banks, viz UCO Bank. Syndicate Bank, Canara Bank, PNB, Dena Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce, Indian Bank and Bank of Maharashtra, are sitting in 2 parallel rows containing 4 people each, in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent persons. 

In row 1 A, B, C and D are seated and all of them are facing south. In row 2, P, Q, R and S are seated and all of them are facing north. Therefore, in the given seating arrangement each member seated in a row faces another member of the other row. (All the information given above does not necessarily represent the order of seating as in the final arrangement.)  

C sits second to right of the person from Bank of Maharashtra. R is an immediate neighbour of the person who faces the person from Bank of Maharashtra.

Only one person sits between R and the person from PNB. The immediate neighbour of the person from PNB faces the person from Canara Bank.

The person from UCO bank faces the person from Oriental Bank of Commerce. R is not from Oriental Bank of Commerce. P is not from PNB. P does not face the person from Bank of Maharashtra.

Q faces the person from Dena Bank. The one who faces S sits to the immediate left of A .

B does not sit at any of the extreme ends of the line. The person from Bank of Maharashtra does not face the person from Syndicate Bank.

1). Which of the following is true regarding A?

a) The person from UCO Bank faces A.

b) The person from Bank of Maharashtra is an immediate neighbour of A.

c) A faces the person who sits second to the right of R.

d) A is from Oriental Bank of Commerce.

e) A sits at one of the extreme ends of the line.

2). Who is seated between R and the person from PNB?

a) The person from Oriental Bank of Commerce

b) P

c) Q

d) The person from Syndicate Bank

e) S

3). Who amongst the following sit at extreme ends of the rows?

a) D and the person from PNB

b) The persons from Indian Bank and UCO Bank

c) The persons from Dena Bank and P

d) The persons from Syndicate Bank and D

e) C, Q

4). Who amongst the following faces the person from Bank of Maharashtra?

a) The person from Indian Bank

b) P

c) R

d) The person from Syndicate Bank

e) The person from Canara Bank

5). P is related to Dena Bank in the same way as B is related to PNB based on the given arrangement. Who amongst the following is D related to, following the same pattern?

a) Syndicate Bank 

b) Canara Bank

c) Bank of Maharashtra 

d) Indian Bank

e) Oriental Bank of Commerce

6). Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the given seating arrangement and thus form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group ?

a) Canara Bank 

b) R 

c) Syndicate Bank

d) Q 

e) Oriental Bank of Commerce

7). Who amongst the following is from Syndicate Bank ?

a) C 

b) R 

c) P 

d) D 

e) A

Directions (8 – 12): Study the following information to answer the given questions:

‘time and money’ is written as ‘ma jo ki’

‘manage time well’ is written as ‘pa ru jo’

‘earn more money’ is written as ‘zi ha ma’

‘earn well enough’ is written as ‘si ru ha’.

8). What is the code for ‘earn’?

a) si

b) ru

c) ha

d) ma

e) Cannot be determined

9). Which of the following represents ‘more time’?

a) pa   jo

b) zi  ki

c) ma ki

d) si  jo

e) jo zi

10). What is the code for ‘manage’?

a) ru

b) pa

c) jo

d) ha

e) Either ‘jo’ or ‘ru’

11). Which of the following may represent ‘money matters’?

a) ki   to

b) ma  pa

c) fi ma

d) ha  ma

e) ma jo

12). What does ‘ru’ stand for?

a) well

b) manage

c) time

d) enough

e) Either ‘time’ or ‘enough’

Answers:

1)b    

2)e   

3)d   

4)a   

5)d   

6)d   

7)c   

8)c   

9)e   

10)b   

11)c   

12)a  

Solutions:

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