SBI PO Main : Reasoning Questions

Directions (1-5): A given arrangement machine , when given a particular input, rearranges it following a particular rule in each step . The following is the illustration of the input and the steps of arrangement:


Input: Ran Om Ada Pra Jit Kash Rsh

  • Step I: Pra Ada Om Rsh Kash Jit Ran
  • Step II: Rsh Om Ada Ran Jit Kash Pra
  • Step III: Rsh Kash Ada Ran Jit Om Pra
  • Step IV: Rsh Kash Jit Ran Ada Om Pra
  • Step V: Ran Jit Kash Pra Om Ada Rsh. And so on goes the machine. Study the logic and answer the questions that follow.

1. Given the following input, what would be step VI of the input?Input: Anand Roop Chaudhary Lives At Deputy Para.

  • 1) Lives Deputy Para At Roop Chaudhary Anand
  • 2) Lives Deputy At Para Chaudhary Roop Anand
  • 3) Deputy Lives Para At Chaudhary Roop Anand
  • 4) Lives Deputy Para At Chaudhary Roop Anand
  • 5) None of these

Ans: (1)


2. In which step the arrangement be same as the input?

  • 1) VII    
  • 2) VIII   
  • 3) IX    
  • 4) Can't be possible    
  • 5) None of these

Ans: (5)

In step X arrangement will be same as the input


3. Given the following 

Input : Ranjit and Sanjit aree reading very seriously

What Step will be the  following  arrangement?

Arrangement: are and reading seriously Sanjit very Ranjit

  • 1) VII   
  • 2) VI    
  • 3) VIII   
  • 4) I    
  • 5) None of these

Ans: (1)


4. If step VII of a given input be ' Ajit Madhav and Sanjit are good friends ', what is the step III of that input?

  • 1) Madhav are good and friends Sanjit Ajit
  • 2) Madhav good are Ajit friends and Sanjit
  • 3) Sanjit good are friends and Madhav Ajit
  • 4) Sanjit are good friends Madhav and Ajit
  • 5) None of these

Ans: (3)


5.If step VI of a given input be ' Ashok and Pranab are preparing for banks', what would be the input?

  • 1) preparing for banks Ashok Pranab and are
  • 2) banks preparing for Ashok Pranab and are
  • 3) for banks preparing Pranab Ashok and are
  • 4) banks for preparing Ashok Pranab and are
  • 5) None of these

Ans: (4)  


Solutions for (1-5):

Input to step I: the first word becomes Last, the econd and third words are interchanged, fourth word becomes first , fifth and sixth words areinterchanged and seventh word becomes fourth.

From Step I to Step II: Same as input to step I.

From Step II to Step III: the second and the sixth words interchange places.

From Step III to Step IV: The third and the fifth words interchange places.

These steps are repeated there after. For conveience, we plot the movement of each word in each step by the numbers assigned to them in the input, i.e.  Ran- 1, Om-2, Ada-3, Pra-4, Jit-5, Kash-6, Rsh-7.


Then We have

INPUT  : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Step I:  4 3 2 7 6 5 1

Step II: 7 2 3 1 5 6 4

Step III: 7 6 3 1 5 2 4

Step IV: 7 6 5 1 3 2 4

Step V: 1 5 6 4 2 3 7

Step VI: 4 6 5 7 3 2 1

Step VII: 4 2 5 7 3 6 1

Step VIII: 4 2 3 7 5 6 1

Step IX : 7 3 2 1 6 5 4

Step X: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7


Directions (6-10): A given arrangement machine, when given a particular input, rearranges it following a particular rule in each step . The following is the illustration of the input and the steps of arrangement:


Input    : 17, 19, 23, 7, 32, 26, 13

  • Step I   : 24, 26, 30, 14, 39, 33, 20
  • Step II  : 196, 256, 400, 16, 841, 529, 100
  • Step III : 55, 61, 73, 25, 100, 82, 43
  • Step IV : 289, 361, 529, 49, 1024, 676, 169
  • Step V  : 256, 324, 484, 36, 961, 625, 144
  • Step VI : 26, 28, 32, 16, 41, 35, 22. Step VI is the last step.

6. The third Step of a given input is

52, 58, 70, 19, 103, 85, 49

What will be Step IV of the input?

  • 1) 289, 361, 529, 25, 1027, 784, 196.
  • 2) 256, 324, 484, 25, 1089, 729, 225.
  • 3) 256, 324, 529, 25, 1027, 784, 196
  • 4) 289, 361, 529, 25, 1027, 784, 196
  • 5) None of these

Ans: (2)


7. What would be Step III for the following input?

11, 12, 16, 21, 31, 24, 18.

  • 1) 36, 39, 51, 65, 95, 74, 56.
  • 2) 36, 39, 51, 66, 96, 75, 57.
  • 3) 37, 40, 52, 67, 97, 76, 58.
  • 4) 38, 41, 53, 69, 98, 77, 59.
  • 5) None of these

Ans: (3) 


8. Step IV of a given input is

25, 81, 100, 324, 441, 729, 256.

What will be the input?

  • 1) 6, 10, 12, 19, 22, 28, 17.
  • 2) 5, 9, 11, 18, 21, 27, 16.
  • 3) 4, 8, 10, 17, 20, 26, 15.
  • 4) 7, 11, 13, 20, 23, 29, 18.
  • 5) None of these

Ans: (5)


9. In How Many steps would the following  arrangement yielded by the given input?

input: 6, 10, 12, 19, 22, 28, 17.

Arrangement: 22, 34, 40, 61, 70, 88, 55

  • 1) 2      
  • 2) 5     
  • 3) 4      
  • 4) 3      
  • 5) None of these

Ans: (4)


10. Step IV of a given input is

25, 81, 100, 324, 441, 729, 256.

What will be the input?

  • 1) 6, 10, 12, 19, 22, 28, 17.
  • 2) 5, 9, 11, 18, 21, 278, 16.
  • 3) 7, 11, 13, 20, 23, 29, 18.
  • 4) 4, 8, 10, 17, 20, 26, 15.
  • 5) None of these

Ans: (5)


Solutions for (6-10): 

Here the rule followed is:

Step I: Add 7 to each number of the input.

Step II: Substract 10 from each number of the input and square it.

Step III:Multiply each number of the INPUT by 3 and add 4 to it.

Step IV: Square each number of the INPUT.

Step V: Substract each number of thge input and square it.

Step Vi: Add 9 to each number of the input


Directions (11-15): Read the following information carefully and then answer the questions given below:

  • (1) A labrador , an Alsatian, a terrier and greyhound win the top four prizes in a dog race. Their owenrs are A, B, C and D , not necessarily in that order. their dog's name are P, Q, R and S, not necessarily in that order.
  • (2) C's dog neither wins first nor second prize.
  • (3) the terrier wins the first prize.
  • (4) S wins second prize.
  • (5) the Labrador is P.
  • (6) B's Dog, the grayhound, wins fourth prize.
  • (7) D's dog is Q.
11. The first prize is won by
  • 1) A's dog    
  • 2) D's dog     
  • 3) S       
  • 4) P       
  • 5) R
Ans: (2) 

Once statement (6) idetifies the fourth prize winner and you determine that C's dog therefore wins third prize, it follows that since S wins third prize, it follows that since S wins second prize, D's Q wins the first prize.


12. C's dog
  • 1) is the terrier    
  • 2) is the Alsatian       
  • 3) is the Labrador     
  • 4) wins the second prize     
  • 5) is Q
Ans: (3)

follow the reasoning process in answer


13. R ?
  • 1) is owned by B      
  • 2) is owned by A      
  • 3) is an Alstian      
  • 4) is a  terrier            
  • 5) wins third prize
Ans: (1)

using the information we can compile the following chart;

     PRIZE    BREED      OWNER    NAME
      1         Terrier          D          Q
      2         Alsatian         A          S
      3         Labrador        C          P
      4         Greyhound     B          R


14.In which of the following statements are the dogs correctly  listed in  the ascending order of their prizes?
I. A's Dog, the Labrador
II. P, C's dog, the Alsatian
III. R, the Labrador, A's dog
  • 1) I only    
  • 2)  II only     
  • 3) III only     
  • 4) II and III only     
  • 5) I and II only
Ans: (1)

15. on the basis of statements (1), (3), (4), (5) and (6) only , which of the following may be deduced?
I. S is the boxer
II. The greyyard is Qor R.
III. P wins third prize.
  • 1) I only     
  • 2) II only      
  • 3) III only     
  • 4) I, II and III only      
  • 5)Data insufficient
Ans: (4)

Directions (16-20): In these questions symbols @, $, #, &, % are used with different meanings as follows.
  • P @ Q  means P is smaller than Q
  • P # Q   means P is either Smaller than or equal to Q
  • P $ Q   means P is greater than Q
  • P % Q  means P is either greater than or equal to Q
  • P & Q  means P is neither greater than nor smaller than Q
In each of the following questions assuming the given statements to be true, find out which of the two conclusions I and II given below them is /are definitely true.

Give answer (1) if only conclusion I is true.
Give answer (2) if only conclusion II is true.
Give answer (3) if either conclusion I or II is true.
Give answer (4) if neither conclusion I nor II is true.
Give answer (5) if both conclusions I and II is true

16 statements: H # Q,   Q @ F,  L $ F
Conclusions: 
I. L $ H
II. H # F

Ans: (1)

17 statements: J $ T,   T @ V,  V # M
Conclusions: 
I. T # M
II. J % M

Ans: (4)

18. statements: U # D,   D @ R,  R % T
Conclusions: 
I. U @ R
II. T $ D

Ans: (1)

19. statements: M & L,   L $ K,  K @ R
Conclusions: 
I. M & R
II. M @ R

Ans: (4)

20. statements: J @ N,   N % W,  W $ V
Conclusions: 
I. J % V
II. J @ W

Ans: (4)


21. In a certain code language , ils ne paar means ' I will cry', bal fhi tan means 'she is married' and pi le prop means 'we are happy'. How will one say 'she is happy'in this language?
  • 1) pit fhi tan    
  • 2) ils prop le    
  • 3) bal fhi prop    
  • 4) paar bal ils    
  • 5) tan le ils
Ans: (5)

22 If MUMBAI is assigned a value of 5, COCHIN a value of 7 and CHENNAI a value of 9, then what would be the value of CALCUTTA?
  • 1) 11        
  • 2) 8      
  • 3) 9      
  • 4) 12       
  • 5) 7
Ans: (3)

23. Among A, B, C, D and E. each having a different weight, D is not lighter than B and E is not heavier than A. C is not the heaviest. Who among them is the lightest ?
  • (1) D     
  • (2) B     
  • (3) E   
  • (4) Data inadequate    
  • (5) None of these
Ans: (4)

24.Each consonant in the word BISCU1T is replaced by the next letter in the English aiphabet and each vowel is replaced by the previous letter in the English aiphabet and the letters so obtained are rearranged in alphabetical order, which of the following will be the third from the left end after the rearrangement?
  • (1)C 
  • (2)D   
  • (3) H   
  • (4) T  
  • (5) None of these
Ans: (3)

25. In a row of forty children. Q is fourteenth from the left end and there are sixteen children between Q and M. What is M's Position from the right end of the row ?
  • (1) 11th       
  • (2) 1Oth        
  • (3) 30th     
  • (4) Data inadequate     
  • (5) None of these
Ans: (2)