Reasoning Quiz – IBPS Clerk 2014

1. Pointing to a
woman, Jagdeep said, “She is the daughter of my grandfather’s only
daughter”.
How is Jagdeep
related to the woman?
(a) Brother
(b) Cousin
(c) Uncle
(d) Can’t say

(e) None of these
2. Four of the
following five are alike so form a group. Which one that doesn’t belong to that

group?
(a) Jasmine
(b) Rose
(c) Dahlia
(d) Marigold
 (e) Lotus
3. Four of the
following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one
that
does not belong to group?
(a) 24
(b) 35
(c) 48
(d) 65
(e) 15
4. ‘Book’ is related
to ‘Price’ in the same way ‘Bus’ is related to-
(a) Price
(b) Money
(c) Ticket
(d) Fare
(e) Charge
5. In a row of 40
students facing north Manpreet is 6th to the left of Rohan. If Rohan is 30th
from left end of the row, what Manpreet’s rank from the right end of the row?
(a) 16
(b) 15
(c) 17
(d) 18
(e) None
6. In a certain code
‘DESCRIBE’ is written as ‘DTFEFCJS’ How will ‘COMPANIE’ be written in that
code?
(a) QNPDFJOB
(b) QNDPFJOB
(c) QNPDJFOB
(d) QNPDFJBO
(e) None of these
7. In a certain code
“PAID” is written as %#*$, PINE is written as %*©)@. How is DEAP
written in
that code?
(a) @©#%
(b) $@#%
(c) @$#%
(d) $©#%
(e) None of these
8. If Orange is
called butter, butter is called Guava, Guava is called Banana, Banana is called
Soap,
Soap is called ink, ink is
called pink. Which of the following is used for washing cloths?
(a) ink
(b) Banana
(c) pink
(d) butter
(e) None
9. In a certain code
‘BAKE’ is written as 5176 and ‘FIRE’ is written as 3146. How is FEAR written in

that code?
(a) 3564
(b) 3614
(c) 3574
(d) 3654
(e) None
10. How many such
pairs of letters are there in the word ‘EDUCATION’ each of which as many
letters between them in the word, as they
have in the English alphabet?
(a) None
(b) one
(c) two
(d) three
(e) more than three
Directions: (11 – 15):
These questions are based on the following letter/number/symbol
arrangement. Study it carefully and answer
the questions.
7 0 5 # A B1 % K $ 4
E J F 3

2 H I @ L 6 Q U © 9 M T 8 W
11. How many such
symbols are there in the above arrangement each of which is immediately
preceded by a vowel and also immediately
followed by a number?
(a) None
(b) one
(c) two
(d) three
(e) more than three
12. Four of the five
are alike in a certain way on the basis of their positions in the above
arrangement and so form a group. Which is
the one that does not belong to that group?
(a) K41
(b) ★HF
(c) #B5
(d) M8©
(e) LQI
13. Which of the
following pairs of elements has the second element immediately followed by the

first element?
(a) 5#
(b) MT
(c) $4
(d) 3F
(e) @L
14. How many such
numbers are there in the above arrangement each of which is immediately
followed by a symbol and also immediately
preceded by a consonant?
(a) None
(b) one
(c) two
(d) three
(e) more than three
15. What will come in
place of question mark (?) in the following series based on the above
arrangement?
A#D $K1 3FE ?
(a) @I2
(b) ★HI
(c) H2@
(d) HIL
(e) None of these
Answers:
1-b
2-e
3-d
4-d
5-c
6-a
7-b
8-a
9-b
10-e
11-b
12-c
13-d
14-d

15-a