RBI Assistant Exam (Held on 29-4-2012) of Reasoning-I: Previous year Question paper

RBI Assistant Exam Previous year Question paper of Reasoning

1) How many meaningful English words can be formed with the letters PCYO using all the letters, but each letter only once in each word?

1) None

2) One 

3) Two

4) Three 

5) More than three

Ans 2

2) The positions of the first and fifth letter of the word SUITABLE are interchanged. Similarly, the positions of second and sixth letter, third and seventh letter, and fourth and eighth letter are interchanged. In the New arrangement, how many letters are there in the English alphabetical series between the alphabet which is third from the left end and the alphabet which is second from the right end?

1) None 

2) One 

3) Two

4) Four 

5) More than four

Ans 3

Directions (Q.3-4): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions which follow.

Among A,B,C,D and E, each scored different marks in an examination. only one person scored more than C. E scored more than A but less than D. D did not score the highest marks. The one who scored the second lowest scored 71% marks. C scored 92% marks.

3) Who among the following is most likely to have scored 87% marks?

1) A 

2) B 

3) D

4) E 

5) Either A or D

Ans 3

4) Which of the following percentages is most likely to be B's percentage in the exam?

1) 68% 

2) 71% 

3) 84%

4) 76% 

5) 97%

Ans 5

Directions (Q.5-7): The following questions are based on the alphabetical series given below.

M J L I T Q S R K U F H C B D E A V P O G N

5) What will come in place of question(?) mark in the following series based on the above alphabetical series?

N PO BDE

1) UKR 

2) SRKU 

3) RKUF

4) QSRK 

5) FUK

Ans 2

6) If in a certain code, 'BIND' is coded as 'CLGB' and 'HELD' is coded as 'FDJB'

based on the series given above How will 'FORK' be coded in the same code language?

1) HGKU 

2) UPKR 

3) KPSR

4) UPSR 

5) UGSR

Ans 4

7) 'HC' is related to 'KQ' in a certain way. Similarly, 'OG' is related to 'AB' in the same way. To which of the following is 'RK' related following the same pattern?

1) TJ 

2) SI 

3) TI

4) HD 

5) IM

Ans 1

8) Each vowel of the word SAVOURY is changed to the next letter in the English alphabetical series and each consonant is changed to the previous letter in the English alphabetical series. If the new alphabets thus formed are arranged in alphabetical order (from left to right), which of the following will be fifth from the right?

1) U 

2) R 

3) Q

4) P

5) X

Ans 3

9) How many such pairs of letter are there in the word PACKETS, each of which has as many letters between them in the word (in both forward and backward directions) as they have between them in the English alphabetical series?

1) One 

2) Two 

3) Three

4) Four 

5) More than four

Ans 2

10) Point P is 10m to the West of Point A. Point B is 2m to the South of Point P. Point Q is 6m to the East of Point B. Point C is 2m to the North of Point Q. Which of the following three points fall in a straight line?

1) A,C,P 

2) B, C,P 

3) Q,C,A

4) A,B,Q 

5) A,B,C

Ans 1

Directions (Q. 11-15): In these questions, relationship between different elements is shown in the statement. The statements are following by two conclusions. Give answer

1)  if only conclusion I is true

2)  if only conclusion II is true

3)  if either conclusion I or II is true

4)  if neither conclusion I nor II is true

5)  if both conclusions I and II are true

11) Statements: H I = J. K L 

Conclusions: I. K < H II. L > I

Ans 1

12) Statements: S > C O; P < C Conclusions: I. O < P II. S > p

Ans 2 

13) Statements: A = B C; A > R 

Conclusions: I. B > R II. R < C

Ans 5

14) Statements: D > E F; J < F 

Conclusions: I. D > J II. E < J

Ans 4 

15) Statements: P < Q > T; R Q 

Conclusions: I. R > P II. T < R

Ans 5

Directions (Q. 16-20): Study the following information to answer the given questions.

Eight People are sitting in two parallel rows containing four people each in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent persons. In row 1, A,B C and D are sitting (but not necessarily in the same order) and all of them are facing North. In row 2, P, Q, R and S are sitting (but not necessarily in the same order)

and all of them are facing South. Therefore, in the given section arrangement, each member sitting in a row faces another member of the other row. S sits second to left of Q. A faces the immediate neighbour of S. Only one person

sits between A and C. P does not face A. B is not an immediate neighbour of A. 

16) Which of the following is true regarding D?

1) D sits an one of the extreme ends of the line.

2) A sits on the immediate left D.

3) Q faces D.

4) C is an immediate neighbour of D.

5) No immediate neighbour of D faces R.

Ans 4

17) Who among the following faces C?

1) P 

2) Q 

3) R

4) S 

5) Cannot be determined

Ans 1

18) Who among the following sits on the immediate right of the person who faces C?

1) P 

2) Q 

3) R

4) S 

5) Cannot be determined

Ans 2

19) 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?

1) A 

2) Q 

3) R

4) B 

5) S

Ans 5

20) Who among the following faces R?

1) A

2) B 

3) C

4) D 

5) Cannot be determined

Ans 1

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