Reasoning for SBI Clerk/Syndicate Bank

1. How many meaningful words can be formed with the third, sixth, ninth and tenth letters of the word biological, using each letter only once in each word?

1) One

2) Two

3) Three

4) None of these

5) More than three

2. The position of how many digits in the number 68417392 will remain unchanged after the digits within the number are rearranged in descending order? (from left to right)

1) None                  

2) One                    

3) Two        

4) Three                 

5) More than three

3. In a certain code ‘within’ is written as ‘$#­↑#@’ and ‘grow’ is written as ‘©59$’. How would ‘wing’ be written in that code?        

1) $ 9 ­ ↑ ©              

2) # ↑­ © @            

3) ©  ­↑  5 @        

4) $ # @ ©            

5) None of these

4. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word introduce each of which has as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet? (In both forward and backward directions)        

1) None                  

2) One                    

3) Two        

4) Three                 

5) More than three

5. In a certain code ‘lucky’ is written as ‘xjbtk’ and ‘brown’ is written as ‘mvnqa’. How is ‘stock’ written in that code?        

1) rspbm             

2) cspxm             

3) rsnbj        

4) cunbl             

5) None of these

Directions (Q. 6-10): Study the following arrangement of numbers, letters and symbols carefully and answer the questions given below.

G 9 4 P H K E $ 7 F R I U # W C 3 M I 8 B Q Y 5 @ N ∋ 2 V J

6. 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?        

1) P 9 K                  

2) 7 E R                 

3) ∋ V @        

4) 8 M Q               

5) None of these

7. If the positions of the last twenty elements in the above arrangement are reversed, which of the following will be sixteenth from the left end?        

1) N        

2) 5         

3) Y        

4) @       

5) None of these

8. Which of the following is sixth to the left of nineteenth element from the right end?        

1) K        

2) H        

3) E         

4) $         

5) None of these

9. How many such consonants are there in the above arrangement, each of which is either immediately followed by a symbol or immediately preceded by a vowel or both?        

1) None                  

2) One                    

3) Two       

4) Three                 

5) More than three

10. How many such numbers are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately preceded by a consonant and immediately followed by a symbol?     

1) None  

2) One    

3) Two   

4) Three     

5) More than three

Answers:

1. 2
2. 3
3. 4
4. 3
5. 5
6. 3
7. 4
8. 1
9. 3
10. 2