Reasoning Quiz for SBI PO | IBPS – 179

1-5): Answer these questions referring to the symbol-letter-number sequence given below:
M@9lKQ3#8U2C£1EBG6WH4ZA7SD5$Y

1) What would be the total number of ‘the symbols immediately preceding the letters’ and ‘the numbers followed by the letters’ together in the above sequence if every fifth element disappears from the left end of the sequence, dropping ‘K’ first ?
a) Eight
b) Five
c) Seven
d) Six
e) None of these

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Answer d) Six

2) How many letters and numbers are there in the first twenty elements in the sequence which are either immediately preceded or immediately followed by a symbol?
a) Seven
b) Eight
c) Nine
d) Six
e) None of these

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Answer b) Eight

3) Which of the following indicates the total number of symbols, letters and numbers respectively in the new sequence if the first ten elements are written again in the end (i.e, after Y)?
a) 12, 17, 10
b) 11, 16, 11
c) 10, 16, 12
d) 10, 17, 12
e) None of these

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Answer e) None of these

4) If every sixth part of the sequence is written in the reverse order, what will be 4th to the left of 7th to the right of 11th from the  left?
a) B
b) 2
c) K
d) C
e) None of these

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Answer b) 2

5) What should come in place of the question mark(?) in the following sequence?
?, QU9, 8CK, 213
a) M89
b) l8M
c) 98M
d) l8@
e) None of these

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Answer c) 98M

6-10): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions following it.

A hostel accommodates twelve persons in six rooms. The persons are A, B, C, D, E, F, P, Q, R, S, T and U. The rooms are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. Each room of the hostel is coloured with different colours. Those colours are: blue, green, yellow, beige, pink and white. Each room accommodates only two persons.

A, B, Q, R, T and U are the only males in the group. Females’ rooms are odd-numbered whereas males’ rooms are even-numbered. A and B share a room. C’s roommate is not D. E does not live in 6, which is yellow. Neither room 5 nor room 4 is blue or beige. The pink room has an odd number but it is not room 3. F lives in room 5 with D. P’s roommate is not S. The blue room is even-numbered. R lives in the green room whereas D lives in the white room. S does not live in room 3. T’s room is blue.

6) Who among the following are accommodated in the pink coloured room?
a) E and S
b) C and S
c) P and C
d) Data inadequate
e) None of these

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Answer d) Data inadequate

7) Who among the following are accommodated in room 3?
a) P and C
b) P and E
c) C and E
d) Data inadequate
e) None of these

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Answer d) Data inadequate

8) In which room are A and B accommodated?
a) 2
b) 4
c) 6
d) Data inadequate
e) None of these

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Answer c) 6

9) Which of the following statements is/are definitely true?
I. U is the partner of T.
II. Q is the partner of T.
III. R is the partner of Q.
IV. U is the partner of R.
a) Only I
b) Only II
c) Only III
d) Both I and III
e) None

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Answer e) None

10) Which of the following statements is/are definitely false?
I. A and B are accommodated in the yellow room.
II. Q is accommodated either in the blue room or in the
green room.
III. C is accommodated either in the pink room or in the
beige room.
IV. U is accommodated in room #2.
a) None
b) Only IV
c) Only I and IV
d) Only II and IV
e) All are true

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Answer a) None

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