SBI PO PYQ 2024 REASONING ABILITY
Q1–10 of 30(COMMON INFORMATION FOR QUESTION 1-4)
Study the following information carefully and answer the questions.
A certain number of persons sit in a row and face north. F sits fourth to the right of C. Two persons sit between F and K. The number of persons sit between H and F is thrice the number of persons sit between K and E. Five persons sit between C and H and H doesn’t sit to the right of F. E doesn’t sit to the left of F. Two persons sit between R and M who sits second from one of the extreme ends of the row. O sits sixth to the right of K. More than three persons sit between K and B. B sits exactly between H and C. R sits immediately to the right of E. As many persons sit to the right of E as to the left of B.
Q. Who among the following sits sixth to the right of the person who sits tenth to the right of B?
Correct Answer: (d) O
All persons are seated in a row facing north. Final Seating Arrangement (Left to Right):
M – R – E – C – B – H – F – K – O – N – P – Q – L – D – A – S – T
Now, B is taken as the reference point. The person sitting tenth to the right of B is K. From K, when we move six positions to the right, we reach O.
(COMMON INFORMATION FOR QUESTION 1 - 4)
A certain number of persons sit in a row and face north. F sits fourth to the right of C. Two persons sit between F and K. The number of persons sit between H and F is thrice the number of persons sit between K and E. Five persons sit between C and H and H doesn’t sit to the right of F. E doesn’t sit to the left of F. Two persons sit between R and M who sits second from one of the extreme ends of the row. O sits sixth to the right of K. More than three persons sit between K and B. B sits exactly between H and C. R sits immediately to the right of E. As many persons sit to the right of E as to the left of B.
Q. How many persons sit between E and H?
Once the exact positions of E and H are fixed, we simply count the number of persons sitting between them in the row. On counting carefully from E up to H,
we find that sixteen persons are seated in between.
Hence, the correct answer is (e) Sixteen.
(COMMON INFORMATION FOR QUESTION 1 -4)
A certain number of persons sit in a row and face north. F sits fourth to the right of C. Two persons sit between F and K. The number of persons sit between H and F is thrice the number of persons sit between K and E. Five persons sit between C and H and H doesn’t sit to the right of F. E doesn’t sit to the left of F. Two persons sit between R and M who sits second from one of the extreme ends of the row. O sits sixth to the right of K. More than three persons sit between K and B. B sits exactly between H and C. R sits immediately to the right of E. As many persons sit to the right of E as to the left of B.
Q. What is the difference between total numbers of persons sit in this row and total number of persons sit between F and E?
First count the total number of persons sitting in the row, which comes out to be 23. Next, we count the number of persons sitting between F and E, and this number is 4.
Now, we find the difference:
23 − 4 = 19
HENCE CORRECT ANSWER IS (B-19)
(COMMON INFORMATION FOR QUESTION 1 -4)
A certain number of persons sit in a row and face north. F sits fourth to the right of C. Two persons sit between F and K. The number of persons sit between H and F is thrice the number of persons sit between K and E. Five persons sit between C and H and H doesn’t sit to the right of F. E doesn’t sit to the left of F. Two persons sit between R and M who sits second from one of the extreme ends of the row. O sits sixth to the right of K. More than three persons sit between K and B. B sits exactly between H and C. R sits immediately to the right of E. As many persons sit to the right of E as to the left of B.
Q. Which of the following statements is/are true?
I. E sits exactly between K and M
II. Ten persons sit between C and O.
III. B sits eight to the left of K.
Correct Answer: (a) Only I
From the final seating arrangement, E sits exactly between K and M, while the other two statements do not match the actual positions.
(COMMON INFORMATION FOR QUESTIONS 5-7)
In each question below, some statements are given followed by some conclusions. You have to assume everything in the statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Now, decide which of the two given conclusions logically follow from the statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
Q. Statements:
All apple are orange.
Only a few orange are fruit.
Some apple is not red.
Conclusions:
I. All fruit being apple is a possibility.
II. Some red are orange.
- All Apples are inside Oranges.
- Only some Oranges overlap with Fruits.
- Hence, it is possible that all Fruits lie inside Apples (Conclusion I follows).
- There is no information linking Red with Orange, so Conclusion II does not follow.
(COMMON INFORMATION FOR QUESTIONS 5-7)
In each question below, some statements are given followed by some conclusions. You have to assume everything in the statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Now, decide which of the two given conclusions logically follow from the statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
Statements:
Only trains are planes.
Some cars are trains.
All cars are ships.
Conclusions:
I. Some planes being ships is a possibility.
II. All trains can never be cars.
The statement "Only trains are planes" is a restricted universal; it means "All planes are trains," but crucially, planes cannot be anything else (like ships). Therefore, Conclusion I is impossible.
Regarding Conclusion II, since we know all planes must stay within the "train" circle and cannot enter the "car" circle, it is impossible for the entire "train" category to ever merge with "cars."
(COMMON INFORMATION FOR QUESTIONS 5-7)
In each question below, some statements are given followed by some conclusions. You have to assume everything in the statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Now, decide which of the two given conclusions logically follow from the statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
Statements:
No cups are mugs.
Only a few cups are plates.
All mugs are spoons.
Conclusions:
I. No plates being spoons is a possibility.
II. All cups can never be plates.
Conclusion I: Since there is no direct negative relationship established between plates and spoons, they can remain entirely separate. Therefore, the possibility that no plates are spoons is valid.
Conclusion II: The statement "Only a few cups are plates" implies two things: "Some cups are plates" AND "Some cups are NOT plates." Because there is always a part of cups that cannot be plates, "All cups can never be plates" is a certain conclusion.
How many pairs of letters are there in the word ‘NOSTALGIA’, each of which have as many letters between them as they have in English alphabetical series (both forward and backward direction)?
Correct Answer: (b) Three
Word: N O S T A L G I A
Letter pairs where the number of letters between them in the word equals the number of letters between them in the English alphabet (forward or backward)
If we form a five-letter meaningful word using the 3rd, 6th, 7th, 9th and 10th letters from the left end of the word “FABRICATING”, then what would be the fourth letter from the left end of that meaningful word? If no meaningful word is formed, mark the answer as X. If more than one meaningful word is formed, mark the answer as Z.
Correct Answer: (b) I
From the word FABRICATING, the required letters are: 3rd = B, 6th = C, 7th = A, 9th = I, 10th = N
Using the letters B, C, A, I, N, (CABIN) meaningful five-letter English word can be formed.
(COMMON INFORMATION FOR QUESTION 10 - 14)
Read the following passage and answer the given questions. Study the following information and answer the given questions. In a certain code language,
1. Data saved number Manage' is coded as 'ad fg rt yu',
2. Gap full rent saved' is coded as 'aq es ad cx',
3. Number sum ball rent' is coded as 'gt yu ui aq' and
4. Ball full canvas manage' is coded as 'rt gt cd es'.
Q. Which of the following will be the code for "Data sum ball"?
(C) fg ui gt
From the given codes, Data = fg, sum = ui, and ball = gt are identified by matching common words across statements and eliminating overlaps.
Therefore, the correct code for “Data sum ball” is fg ui gt.