Reasoning Quiz for Bank Exams 2016 – Set 5

Directions (Q. 1–5) : Study the following information carefully
and answer the given questions :

Eight persons B, D, F, H, J, L, N and P are sitting around a
circular table facing the centre, but not necessarily in the same order. D and
H are immediate neighbours of F. L sits third to the left of B. B is an
immediate neighbour of D. J sits third to the right of P.

1. What is the position of P with respect to the position of
D?

1) Third to the left

2) Third to the right

3) Second to the left

4) Immediate right

5) Second to the right

2. Who among the following sits third to the left of F ?

1) D

2) H

3) B

4) J

5) N

3. Who amongst the following sits exactly between P and N?

1) L

2) H

3) F

4) J

5) D

3. Which of the following pairs represents the immediate neighbours
of L ?

1) BJ

2) FP

3) NP

4) PH

5) JN

5. Starting from B, if all the persons are made to sit in
the alphabetical order in clockwise direction, the positions of how many
(excluding B) will remain unchanged ?

1) One

2) Two

3) Three

4) Four

5) None

Directions (Q. 6–10) : Study the following information
carefully and answer the questions given below :

A word and number arrangement machine when given an input
line of words and numbers rearranges them following a particular rule in each
step. The following is an illustration of input and various steps of rearrangement.
(All the numbers are two-digit numbers).

Input: tide idol
68 46 frost wolf 32 82 radio 96 14 nylon 74 cage

Step I: cage 14
tide idol 68 46 frost wolf 32 82 radio 96 nylon 74

Step II: frost 32
cage 14 tide idol 68 46 wolf 82 radio 96 nylon 74

Step III: idol 46
frost 32 cage 14 tide 68 wolf 82 radio 96 nylon 74

Step IV: nylon 68
idol 46 frost 32 cage 14 tide wolf 82 radio 96 74

Step V: radio 74
nylon 68 idol 46 frost 32 cage 14 tide wolf 82 96

Step VI: tide 82
radio 74 nylon 68 idol 46 frost 32 cage 14 wolf 96

Step VII: wolf 96
tide 82 radio 74 nylon 68 idol 46 frost 32 cage 14

And Step VII is the last step of the rearrangement as the
desired arrangement is obtained.

As per rules followed in the above steps, find out in each
of the questions the appropriate step for the given input.

Input: kind year
67 17 brush urea 31 87 race gift 71 34 out 55

6. Which word/number would be at sixth position from the
right in the Step V?

1) year

2) 17

3) brush

4) urea

5) 67

7. Which step number is the following ouput?

kind 43 gift 31 brush
17 year 67 urea 87 race 71 out 55

1) Step VI

2) Step IV

3) Step III

4) Step II

5) Step V

8. Which word /number would be at the tenth position from the
left in the Step IV ?

1) 67

2) urea

3) 17

4) gift

5) 31

9. How many elements (words/numbers) are there between ‘out’
and ‘brush’ as they appear in the Step VI ?

1) Six

2) Seven

3) Three

4) Five

5) Four

10. Which of the following represents the position of ‘kind’
in the fifth Step?

1) Sixth from the right

2) Fifth from the left

3) Eighth from the left

4) Seventh from the right

5) Seventh from the left