Reasoning Quiz for IBPS| IPPB – 238

1)The positions of first and the fourth letters of the word RANKED are interchanged, similarly, the positions of second and fifth letters and third and sixth letters are interchanged. In the new arrangement thus formed, how many letters are there in the English alphabetical series between the alphabets which are at the extreme ends?
(1) Two
(2) Three
(3) Four
(4) Five
(5) More than five

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Answer 1)two
After the exchange the word will be KEDRAN. Number of letters between K and N are two

2)Janak walks 40 m towards the East takes a right turn and walks 30 m. He then takes a left turn and walks 50 m before taking a final left turn and walking 30 m. Towards which direction and how far should Janak walk to reach the point from where he initially started walking?
(1) 80 m towards West
(2) 80 m towards East
(3) 90 m towards East
(4) 70 m towards West
(5) 90 m towards West

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Answer 5)90m towards west
Janak will have to walk 90 m towards west.

3)Q is brother of P. R is brother of P. S is father of R. T is wife of S. How is P related to T?
(1) Son
(2) Daughter
(3) Son or Daughter
(4) Data inadequate
(5) None of these

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Answer3) son or daughter
P, Q and R are children of S and T. Since gender of P is not given, P is either son or daughter of T.

4)In a certain code language ‘day and night’ is written as ‘mi ni ta’ and ‘Bold and beautiful’ is written as ‘sa na ni’. How is ‘day’ written in that code language?
(1) mi
(2) ta
(3) na
(4) mi or ta
(5) None of these

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Answer 4)mi or ta
Comparing both statements, ‘and’ is coded as ‘ni’ and the code for ‘day’ will be either ‘mi’ or ‘ta’.

5)If ‘P’ denotes ‘×’; ‘R’ denotes ‘÷’ ‘M’ denotes ‘–’ and ‘W’ denotes ‘+’, then—

20 R 5 W 12 M 3 P 4 = ?
(1) 4
(2) 16
(3) 28
(4) 52
(5) None of these

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Answer 1)4
20 R 5 W 12 M 3 P 4 = 20 ÷ 5 + 12 – 3 × 4 = 4

P, Q, R, S, T, V and W are sitting around a circle facing the centre. V is second to left of P and second to right of W. T is third to the right of Q and is not an immediate neighbour of V. S is third to the right of R.

6)Who is to the immediate left of S?
(1) V
(2) T
(3) Q
(4) W
(5) None of these

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Answer 4) W is to immediate left of S

7) Who is third to the left of V?
(1) T
(2) S
(3) W
(4) R
(5) None of these

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Answer 1) T is 3rd to the left of P

8)In which of the following groups the first person is sitting between the second and third persons?
(1) RPQ
(2) TWS
(3) QPR
(4) QVS
(5) None of these

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Answer 5) None

9)Who is second to the right of Q?
(1) R
(2) W
(3) T
(4) S
(5) None of these

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Answer 1) R is second to right of Q

10) Who is to the immediate right of R?
(1) W
(2) T
(3) P
(4) Data inadequate
(5) None of these

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Answer 2) T is to the immediate right of R