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SBI Clerk Mains 2020 (Memory Based Paper) 
 
 
 
 
 
Directions (1-5): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the given questions. 
 
There are 30 stairs in a house which use to go 1
st
 floor from 
ground floor in such that the bottommost step is 
considered as 1 and the immediate above step is 
considered as 2 and so on till the topmost step is 
considered as 30. There are three persons A, B and C are 
stay at ground floor. Persons from A to C- are stay from 
west to east. They are moving from bottom to top based on 
certain conditions i.e. If A move to step 2 then he d o e sn ’ t 
move on step 1 and step 3(that means A does not move its 
immediate next and immediate back steps) and the same 
for all. All the persons move from the ground floor.  
Conditions:  
I.  A moves only on prime numbered step.  
II.  B moves an interval at least four steps and  
III.  C moves only on the step which is a multiple of 5.  
Note: If A moves on the 1
st
 step it counts as 1
st
 stoppage 
and if A moves on the 30
th
 step it counts as last stoppage 
and same for the all.  
 
No one stops either on bottommost step or topmost step. C 
stops only 5 times. C ’ s 2
nd
 stoppage is 2 steps above of B’ s 
2
nd
 stoppage. A ’ s 3
rd
 stoppage is just below step of B’ s 2
nd
 
stoppage. Both A and B d o n ’ t stop on the same step. Both B 
and C stop on the same step only once and at that step the 
number of steps above B and C is more than the number of 
steps below to the B and C. The number of steps below A ’ s 
1
st
 stoppage is one more than the number of steps above 
the A ’ s last stoppage. Stoppage counts of B and C are equal. 
A ’ s 2
nd
 last stoppage is 2 steps below of B’ s 2
nd
 last 
stoppage. A stoppage three more than the B’ s stoppage. B’ s 
last stoppage is above the step which is a multiple of 9.  
 
1. On which of the following steps A and C stop on the 
same step? 
 (a) Step 25 (b) Step 10 (c) Step 5 
 (d) Step 20 (e) Step 15 
 
2. A ’ s fourth stoppage on which of the following steps? 
 (a) 17 (b) 11 (c) 19 
 (d) None of these (e) 13 
 
3. If all the persons face north then, A ’ s last stoppage is in 
which direction of B’ s last stoppage? 
 (a) North-east (b) North-west (c) South-east 
 (d) South-west (e) None of these 
 
4. The number of steps below C ’ s first stoppage is same 
as the number of steps below A ’ s ___ stoppage. 
 (a) 4
th
  (b) 1
st
  (c) 2
nd
  
 (d) 3
rd
  (e) C a n ’ t be determined 
 
5. What is the average number of the stoppage of A, B and 
C? 
 (a) 6 (b)18 (c) 12   
 (d) 11 (e) 10 
 
Directions (6-8): Each of the questions below consists of 
a question and two statements numbered I, and II given 
below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in 
the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read 
all the statements and answer the following questions. 
(a) If the data in statement I alone are sufficient 
(b) If the data in statement II alone are sufficient 
(c) If the data either in statement I alone or statement II 
alone are sufficient to answer 
(d) If the data given in both I and II together are not 
sufficient 
(e) If the data in both the statements I and II together are 
necessary to answer 
 
6. Seven family members are living in the family of three 
generations. In which only two married couples are in 
the family. The number of females is more to males in 
the family. Who among the following is the 
grandmother of S ’ s niece? 
 Statements:  I.   T is the son in law of Q. P is the 
mother of V who has one sibling. S is 
the daughter of U.  S is unmarried.  
  II. Q has only two children of same 
gender. R is a male member in the 
family. P is not married with Q. U is 
not the mother of P.  
 
7. Rajesh goes from his house to his office. He goes 10m 
in the east direction from his house and reached at 
point Q. Find the direction of his office with respect to 
Point Q? 
 Statements:  I.  From Point Q his goes to 5m north to 
reach point T and after that takes his 
right and goes 7m to reach point R. 
Finally, he takes another his right 
turn and goes 12m and reached his 
office.  
REASONING ABILITY 
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SBI Clerk Mains 2020 (Memory Based Paper) 
 
 
 
 
 
Directions (1-5): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the given questions. 
 
There are 30 stairs in a house which use to go 1
st
 floor from 
ground floor in such that the bottommost step is 
considered as 1 and the immediate above step is 
considered as 2 and so on till the topmost step is 
considered as 30. There are three persons A, B and C are 
stay at ground floor. Persons from A to C- are stay from 
west to east. They are moving from bottom to top based on 
certain conditions i.e. If A move to step 2 then he d o e sn ’ t 
move on step 1 and step 3(that means A does not move its 
immediate next and immediate back steps) and the same 
for all. All the persons move from the ground floor.  
Conditions:  
I.  A moves only on prime numbered step.  
II.  B moves an interval at least four steps and  
III.  C moves only on the step which is a multiple of 5.  
Note: If A moves on the 1
st
 step it counts as 1
st
 stoppage 
and if A moves on the 30
th
 step it counts as last stoppage 
and same for the all.  
 
No one stops either on bottommost step or topmost step. C 
stops only 5 times. C ’ s 2
nd
 stoppage is 2 steps above of B’ s 
2
nd
 stoppage. A ’ s 3
rd
 stoppage is just below step of B’ s 2
nd
 
stoppage. Both A and B d o n ’ t stop on the same step. Both B 
and C stop on the same step only once and at that step the 
number of steps above B and C is more than the number of 
steps below to the B and C. The number of steps below A ’ s 
1
st
 stoppage is one more than the number of steps above 
the A ’ s last stoppage. Stoppage counts of B and C are equal. 
A ’ s 2
nd
 last stoppage is 2 steps below of B’ s 2
nd
 last 
stoppage. A stoppage three more than the B’ s stoppage. B’ s 
last stoppage is above the step which is a multiple of 9.  
 
1. On which of the following steps A and C stop on the 
same step? 
 (a) Step 25 (b) Step 10 (c) Step 5 
 (d) Step 20 (e) Step 15 
 
2. A ’ s fourth stoppage on which of the following steps? 
 (a) 17 (b) 11 (c) 19 
 (d) None of these (e) 13 
 
3. If all the persons face north then, A ’ s last stoppage is in 
which direction of B’ s last stoppage? 
 (a) North-east (b) North-west (c) South-east 
 (d) South-west (e) None of these 
 
4. The number of steps below C ’ s first stoppage is same 
as the number of steps below A ’ s ___ stoppage. 
 (a) 4
th
  (b) 1
st
  (c) 2
nd
  
 (d) 3
rd
  (e) C a n ’ t be determined 
 
5. What is the average number of the stoppage of A, B and 
C? 
 (a) 6 (b)18 (c) 12   
 (d) 11 (e) 10 
 
Directions (6-8): Each of the questions below consists of 
a question and two statements numbered I, and II given 
below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in 
the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read 
all the statements and answer the following questions. 
(a) If the data in statement I alone are sufficient 
(b) If the data in statement II alone are sufficient 
(c) If the data either in statement I alone or statement II 
alone are sufficient to answer 
(d) If the data given in both I and II together are not 
sufficient 
(e) If the data in both the statements I and II together are 
necessary to answer 
 
6. Seven family members are living in the family of three 
generations. In which only two married couples are in 
the family. The number of females is more to males in 
the family. Who among the following is the 
grandmother of S ’ s niece? 
 Statements:  I.   T is the son in law of Q. P is the 
mother of V who has one sibling. S is 
the daughter of U.  S is unmarried.  
  II. Q has only two children of same 
gender. R is a male member in the 
family. P is not married with Q. U is 
not the mother of P.  
 
7. Rajesh goes from his house to his office. He goes 10m 
in the east direction from his house and reached at 
point Q. Find the direction of his office with respect to 
Point Q? 
 Statements:  I.  From Point Q his goes to 5m north to 
reach point T and after that takes his 
right and goes 7m to reach point R. 
Finally, he takes another his right 
turn and goes 12m and reached his 
office.  
REASONING ABILITY 
 
 
 
                                                        
  
 
  II.  From Point Q he goes 12m south and 
reach at point V. Now he takes his 
left and goes 7m to reach point W. 
After that he takes his left and goes 
5m to reach his office.  
 
8. Six persons M, N, O, P, Q and R takes their class from 
Monday to Saturday of the same week. No two persons 
takes their class on the same day. Who among the 
following takes his class just after P? 
 Statements: I.  Two persons takes their class 
between M and O. Q takes his class 
just after R.  
  II.  P does not take his class on Monday 
and Saturday. More than one 
p e r so n ’ s take class between O and Q.  
 
9. Statement-The Union health ministry has made 
Aadhaar a compulsory document for tuberculosis 
patients to be able to avail treatment under the 
government's Revised National Tuberculosis Control 
Programme (RNTCP). 
(I) A person cannot take treatment of TB without 
Aadhar card. 
(II) Patients suffering from TB will be unable to get 
cash benefits under a central government 
scheme till they produce their Aadhaar card. 
(III) An individual eligible to receive the benefit 
under the scheme, is hereby, required to furnish 
proof of possession of Aadhaar number or 
undergo Aadhaar authentication. 
(IV) The World Health Organisation(WHO) recently 
said that tuberculosis epidemic in India was 
"larger" than what had been previously 
estimated. 
 Which of the following could be the outcome of the 
given statement? 
 (a) Only II  (b) Only I and III (c) Only II and III 
 (d) Only I (e) None of these 
 
10. Statement-The Captain Amarinder Singh-led 
government in Punjab has announced free education 
for girls in government schools and colleges from 
Nursery to PhD.  
(I) Good social welfare law. It is initially for girls as 
they are comparatively disadvantaged. Hopefully 
it will soon be followed by free education for 
everyone. 
(II) It is gender biased as if a poor or average person 
wants to educate his son for higher education, he 
has to pay higher bills. If, you are introducing a law 
/ scheme / bills under no circumstance it should 
not favour any particular gender, if they are really 
concerned about education. 
(III) Do not differentiate a poor or average person on 
gender. A poor boy or man should also get free 
education as well. 
 Which of the following argument holds strong for the 
given statement? 
 (a)Only II  (b)Only III (c)Only II and III 
 (d)Only I and II (e)All of the above 
 
Direction (11-15): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the given questions. 
 
Six persons are living in a three-story building such as 
ground floor is numbered as 1, above it is floor 2 and so on 
till the topmost floor is numbered as 3. Each of the floors 
has 2 flats in it viz. flat-1 and flat-2. Flat-1 of floor-2 is 
immediately above flat-1 of floor-1 and immediately below 
flat-1 of floor-3 and so on. In the same way flat-2 of floor-2 
is immediately above flat-2 of floor-1 and immediately 
below flat-2 of floor-3 and so on. Flat-1 is in west of flat-2. 
The persons work in different department of the same 
MNC i.e. IT, Operation, HR, Sales, Marketing and Accounts. 
All the data was not necessarily in the same order.  
 
B lives in the east of the one who work in Accounts. The 
person who work in Sales lives just above the floor of the 
one who works in marketing. S lives in flat just above of the 
one who work in operation department but not live on odd 
numbered floor. S does not work in Accounts. C lives in the 
south west of the one who works in marketing.  C is neither 
work in accounts nor HR. Both D and A live in the same flat 
number. D lives above S. R is one of the persons. 
 
11. Who among the following lives in the east of the one 
who work in HR? 
 (a) None of these  
 (b) The one who lives just above the R ’ s flat  
 (c) R 
 (d) D  
 (e) The one who work in Operation 
 
 
 
 
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SBI Clerk Mains 2020 (Memory Based Paper) 
 
 
 
 
 
Directions (1-5): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the given questions. 
 
There are 30 stairs in a house which use to go 1
st
 floor from 
ground floor in such that the bottommost step is 
considered as 1 and the immediate above step is 
considered as 2 and so on till the topmost step is 
considered as 30. There are three persons A, B and C are 
stay at ground floor. Persons from A to C- are stay from 
west to east. They are moving from bottom to top based on 
certain conditions i.e. If A move to step 2 then he d o e sn ’ t 
move on step 1 and step 3(that means A does not move its 
immediate next and immediate back steps) and the same 
for all. All the persons move from the ground floor.  
Conditions:  
I.  A moves only on prime numbered step.  
II.  B moves an interval at least four steps and  
III.  C moves only on the step which is a multiple of 5.  
Note: If A moves on the 1
st
 step it counts as 1
st
 stoppage 
and if A moves on the 30
th
 step it counts as last stoppage 
and same for the all.  
 
No one stops either on bottommost step or topmost step. C 
stops only 5 times. C ’ s 2
nd
 stoppage is 2 steps above of B’ s 
2
nd
 stoppage. A ’ s 3
rd
 stoppage is just below step of B’ s 2
nd
 
stoppage. Both A and B d o n ’ t stop on the same step. Both B 
and C stop on the same step only once and at that step the 
number of steps above B and C is more than the number of 
steps below to the B and C. The number of steps below A ’ s 
1
st
 stoppage is one more than the number of steps above 
the A ’ s last stoppage. Stoppage counts of B and C are equal. 
A ’ s 2
nd
 last stoppage is 2 steps below of B’ s 2
nd
 last 
stoppage. A stoppage three more than the B’ s stoppage. B’ s 
last stoppage is above the step which is a multiple of 9.  
 
1. On which of the following steps A and C stop on the 
same step? 
 (a) Step 25 (b) Step 10 (c) Step 5 
 (d) Step 20 (e) Step 15 
 
2. A ’ s fourth stoppage on which of the following steps? 
 (a) 17 (b) 11 (c) 19 
 (d) None of these (e) 13 
 
3. If all the persons face north then, A ’ s last stoppage is in 
which direction of B’ s last stoppage? 
 (a) North-east (b) North-west (c) South-east 
 (d) South-west (e) None of these 
 
4. The number of steps below C ’ s first stoppage is same 
as the number of steps below A ’ s ___ stoppage. 
 (a) 4
th
  (b) 1
st
  (c) 2
nd
  
 (d) 3
rd
  (e) C a n ’ t be determined 
 
5. What is the average number of the stoppage of A, B and 
C? 
 (a) 6 (b)18 (c) 12   
 (d) 11 (e) 10 
 
Directions (6-8): Each of the questions below consists of 
a question and two statements numbered I, and II given 
below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in 
the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read 
all the statements and answer the following questions. 
(a) If the data in statement I alone are sufficient 
(b) If the data in statement II alone are sufficient 
(c) If the data either in statement I alone or statement II 
alone are sufficient to answer 
(d) If the data given in both I and II together are not 
sufficient 
(e) If the data in both the statements I and II together are 
necessary to answer 
 
6. Seven family members are living in the family of three 
generations. In which only two married couples are in 
the family. The number of females is more to males in 
the family. Who among the following is the 
grandmother of S ’ s niece? 
 Statements:  I.   T is the son in law of Q. P is the 
mother of V who has one sibling. S is 
the daughter of U.  S is unmarried.  
  II. Q has only two children of same 
gender. R is a male member in the 
family. P is not married with Q. U is 
not the mother of P.  
 
7. Rajesh goes from his house to his office. He goes 10m 
in the east direction from his house and reached at 
point Q. Find the direction of his office with respect to 
Point Q? 
 Statements:  I.  From Point Q his goes to 5m north to 
reach point T and after that takes his 
right and goes 7m to reach point R. 
Finally, he takes another his right 
turn and goes 12m and reached his 
office.  
REASONING ABILITY 
 
 
 
                                                        
  
 
  II.  From Point Q he goes 12m south and 
reach at point V. Now he takes his 
left and goes 7m to reach point W. 
After that he takes his left and goes 
5m to reach his office.  
 
8. Six persons M, N, O, P, Q and R takes their class from 
Monday to Saturday of the same week. No two persons 
takes their class on the same day. Who among the 
following takes his class just after P? 
 Statements: I.  Two persons takes their class 
between M and O. Q takes his class 
just after R.  
  II.  P does not take his class on Monday 
and Saturday. More than one 
p e r so n ’ s take class between O and Q.  
 
9. Statement-The Union health ministry has made 
Aadhaar a compulsory document for tuberculosis 
patients to be able to avail treatment under the 
government's Revised National Tuberculosis Control 
Programme (RNTCP). 
(I) A person cannot take treatment of TB without 
Aadhar card. 
(II) Patients suffering from TB will be unable to get 
cash benefits under a central government 
scheme till they produce their Aadhaar card. 
(III) An individual eligible to receive the benefit 
under the scheme, is hereby, required to furnish 
proof of possession of Aadhaar number or 
undergo Aadhaar authentication. 
(IV) The World Health Organisation(WHO) recently 
said that tuberculosis epidemic in India was 
"larger" than what had been previously 
estimated. 
 Which of the following could be the outcome of the 
given statement? 
 (a) Only II  (b) Only I and III (c) Only II and III 
 (d) Only I (e) None of these 
 
10. Statement-The Captain Amarinder Singh-led 
government in Punjab has announced free education 
for girls in government schools and colleges from 
Nursery to PhD.  
(I) Good social welfare law. It is initially for girls as 
they are comparatively disadvantaged. Hopefully 
it will soon be followed by free education for 
everyone. 
(II) It is gender biased as if a poor or average person 
wants to educate his son for higher education, he 
has to pay higher bills. If, you are introducing a law 
/ scheme / bills under no circumstance it should 
not favour any particular gender, if they are really 
concerned about education. 
(III) Do not differentiate a poor or average person on 
gender. A poor boy or man should also get free 
education as well. 
 Which of the following argument holds strong for the 
given statement? 
 (a)Only II  (b)Only III (c)Only II and III 
 (d)Only I and II (e)All of the above 
 
Direction (11-15): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the given questions. 
 
Six persons are living in a three-story building such as 
ground floor is numbered as 1, above it is floor 2 and so on 
till the topmost floor is numbered as 3. Each of the floors 
has 2 flats in it viz. flat-1 and flat-2. Flat-1 of floor-2 is 
immediately above flat-1 of floor-1 and immediately below 
flat-1 of floor-3 and so on. In the same way flat-2 of floor-2 
is immediately above flat-2 of floor-1 and immediately 
below flat-2 of floor-3 and so on. Flat-1 is in west of flat-2. 
The persons work in different department of the same 
MNC i.e. IT, Operation, HR, Sales, Marketing and Accounts. 
All the data was not necessarily in the same order.  
 
B lives in the east of the one who work in Accounts. The 
person who work in Sales lives just above the floor of the 
one who works in marketing. S lives in flat just above of the 
one who work in operation department but not live on odd 
numbered floor. S does not work in Accounts. C lives in the 
south west of the one who works in marketing.  C is neither 
work in accounts nor HR. Both D and A live in the same flat 
number. D lives above S. R is one of the persons. 
 
11. Who among the following lives in the east of the one 
who work in HR? 
 (a) None of these  
 (b) The one who lives just above the R ’ s flat  
 (c) R 
 (d) D  
 (e) The one who work in Operation 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
  
 
12. Who among the following is working in__________ 
department and lives in the south of A? 
 (a) HR (b) IT (c) Operation 
 (d) Accounts (e) None of these 
 
13. A lives in the flat __ of floor ___? 
 (a) 1-2 (b) 3-1 (c) 2-3 
 (d) 1-3 (e) 2-2 
 
14. B and C working in ___ and ___ respectively? 
 (a) Accounts, Marketing  
 (b) HR, Operation  
 (c) Sales, IT   
 (d) None of these  
 (e) Operation, Sales 
 
15. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and 
so form a group. Find the one who does not belong to 
that group? 
 (a) D  
 (b) The one who works in Sales  
 (c) C 
 (d) The one who works in Operation  
 (e) A 
 
Directions (16-20): In each of the questions given below, 
a group of digits/letter is given followed by four 
combinations of symbols numbered (a), (b), (c) and (d). 
You have to find out which of the four combinations 
correctly represents the group of digits/letters based on 
the symbol codes and the conditions given below. If none 
of the four combinations represents the group of 
digits/letters correctly, give (e) i.e. ‘ No n e of th e se ’ as the 
answer. 
 
Condition for coding the group of elements:  
(i)  If the first letter is Consonant and the last digit is 
perfect square, then both are to be coded as ^.  
(ii)  If the first digit is an odd number and the last letter is 
consonant, then both are to be coded by the code of the 
last element.  
(iii) If the first letter is Vowel and the last element is a digit, 
then the code of first and last elements are to be 
interchanged. 
(iv) If the first digit and the last digit are even number, then 
the obtained code will be written in reversed order. 
 
16. What is the code for “ XB U 7 PS 4 ” ? 
 (a) #^£&+®% (b) *®£@+&% (c) ^®£@+&%^ 
 (d) ^®£@&+^ (e) None of these 
 
17. What is the code for “ 3 P U M 7 9 ” ? 
 (a) @® 8 ? * @ (b) 8 & £ © @^ (c) ^ @8?*@ 
 (d) ^ ® 8?*® (e) None of these 
 
18. What is the code for “ U M BS 9 2 ” ? 
 (a) £%@$? 8 (b) 8 % $ @? £ (c) µ©®+^ £ 
 (d) 8%?$@£ (e) None of these 
 
19. What is the code for “ 2 4 PM 7 U 4 ” ? 
 (a) %£@©&% µ (b) µ%© # 8 ® % (c) µ© # 8 ® % @ 
 (d) µ@® 8 # © % (e) None of these 
 
20. What is the code for “ 5 PX4 9 Y” ? 
 (a) ? & * % ^ ? (b) @& £ % ^ ? (c) ? & %£^@  
 (d) ©&£^%© (e) None of these 
Direction (21-24): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the given questions. 
 
Seven boxes are placed one above other in a stack. Each of 
the box are in different colours i.e. Green, Black, Blue, Pink, 
Purple, White and Red. The bottommost box is numbered 
as 1 and just above the box is numbered as 2 and so on the 
topmost box is numbered as 7. All the data was not 
necessarily in the same order.  
Box Q is placed at even numbered. The number of boxes 
placed above the box Q is same as the number of boxes 
placed below the box of Red coloured. Box P is placed just 
above the box which is in Purple coloured. Two boxes 
placed between the boxes of Blue and Purple coloured. 
Purple coloured box is placed at even numbered position. 
Box T is placed just above the box V, which is in Black 
coloured. Box T is placed above the box Q. Box U is placed 
above the box which is in Pink coloured but not placed just 
above. Box U is placed below the box R, which is not in 
Green coloured. One box is placed between the boxes of 
Blue and Green coloured. Box S is not in White coloured. At 
most one box is placed between Box U and the box which 
is of Purple coloured. 
 
21. How many boxes are placed above the box of Black 
coloured? 
 (a) One (b) Four (c) Three 
 (d) Five (e) None 
 
22. How many boxes are placed between box Q and the 
one which is in Red coloured? 
 (a) More than four  
 (b) Four (c) None of these 
 (d) Two (e) One 
 
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SBI Clerk Mains 2020 (Memory Based Paper) 
 
 
 
 
 
Directions (1-5): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the given questions. 
 
There are 30 stairs in a house which use to go 1
st
 floor from 
ground floor in such that the bottommost step is 
considered as 1 and the immediate above step is 
considered as 2 and so on till the topmost step is 
considered as 30. There are three persons A, B and C are 
stay at ground floor. Persons from A to C- are stay from 
west to east. They are moving from bottom to top based on 
certain conditions i.e. If A move to step 2 then he d o e sn ’ t 
move on step 1 and step 3(that means A does not move its 
immediate next and immediate back steps) and the same 
for all. All the persons move from the ground floor.  
Conditions:  
I.  A moves only on prime numbered step.  
II.  B moves an interval at least four steps and  
III.  C moves only on the step which is a multiple of 5.  
Note: If A moves on the 1
st
 step it counts as 1
st
 stoppage 
and if A moves on the 30
th
 step it counts as last stoppage 
and same for the all.  
 
No one stops either on bottommost step or topmost step. C 
stops only 5 times. C ’ s 2
nd
 stoppage is 2 steps above of B’ s 
2
nd
 stoppage. A ’ s 3
rd
 stoppage is just below step of B’ s 2
nd
 
stoppage. Both A and B d o n ’ t stop on the same step. Both B 
and C stop on the same step only once and at that step the 
number of steps above B and C is more than the number of 
steps below to the B and C. The number of steps below A ’ s 
1
st
 stoppage is one more than the number of steps above 
the A ’ s last stoppage. Stoppage counts of B and C are equal. 
A ’ s 2
nd
 last stoppage is 2 steps below of B’ s 2
nd
 last 
stoppage. A stoppage three more than the B’ s stoppage. B’ s 
last stoppage is above the step which is a multiple of 9.  
 
1. On which of the following steps A and C stop on the 
same step? 
 (a) Step 25 (b) Step 10 (c) Step 5 
 (d) Step 20 (e) Step 15 
 
2. A ’ s fourth stoppage on which of the following steps? 
 (a) 17 (b) 11 (c) 19 
 (d) None of these (e) 13 
 
3. If all the persons face north then, A ’ s last stoppage is in 
which direction of B’ s last stoppage? 
 (a) North-east (b) North-west (c) South-east 
 (d) South-west (e) None of these 
 
4. The number of steps below C ’ s first stoppage is same 
as the number of steps below A ’ s ___ stoppage. 
 (a) 4
th
  (b) 1
st
  (c) 2
nd
  
 (d) 3
rd
  (e) C a n ’ t be determined 
 
5. What is the average number of the stoppage of A, B and 
C? 
 (a) 6 (b)18 (c) 12   
 (d) 11 (e) 10 
 
Directions (6-8): Each of the questions below consists of 
a question and two statements numbered I, and II given 
below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in 
the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read 
all the statements and answer the following questions. 
(a) If the data in statement I alone are sufficient 
(b) If the data in statement II alone are sufficient 
(c) If the data either in statement I alone or statement II 
alone are sufficient to answer 
(d) If the data given in both I and II together are not 
sufficient 
(e) If the data in both the statements I and II together are 
necessary to answer 
 
6. Seven family members are living in the family of three 
generations. In which only two married couples are in 
the family. The number of females is more to males in 
the family. Who among the following is the 
grandmother of S ’ s niece? 
 Statements:  I.   T is the son in law of Q. P is the 
mother of V who has one sibling. S is 
the daughter of U.  S is unmarried.  
  II. Q has only two children of same 
gender. R is a male member in the 
family. P is not married with Q. U is 
not the mother of P.  
 
7. Rajesh goes from his house to his office. He goes 10m 
in the east direction from his house and reached at 
point Q. Find the direction of his office with respect to 
Point Q? 
 Statements:  I.  From Point Q his goes to 5m north to 
reach point T and after that takes his 
right and goes 7m to reach point R. 
Finally, he takes another his right 
turn and goes 12m and reached his 
office.  
REASONING ABILITY 
 
 
 
                                                        
  
 
  II.  From Point Q he goes 12m south and 
reach at point V. Now he takes his 
left and goes 7m to reach point W. 
After that he takes his left and goes 
5m to reach his office.  
 
8. Six persons M, N, O, P, Q and R takes their class from 
Monday to Saturday of the same week. No two persons 
takes their class on the same day. Who among the 
following takes his class just after P? 
 Statements: I.  Two persons takes their class 
between M and O. Q takes his class 
just after R.  
  II.  P does not take his class on Monday 
and Saturday. More than one 
p e r so n ’ s take class between O and Q.  
 
9. Statement-The Union health ministry has made 
Aadhaar a compulsory document for tuberculosis 
patients to be able to avail treatment under the 
government's Revised National Tuberculosis Control 
Programme (RNTCP). 
(I) A person cannot take treatment of TB without 
Aadhar card. 
(II) Patients suffering from TB will be unable to get 
cash benefits under a central government 
scheme till they produce their Aadhaar card. 
(III) An individual eligible to receive the benefit 
under the scheme, is hereby, required to furnish 
proof of possession of Aadhaar number or 
undergo Aadhaar authentication. 
(IV) The World Health Organisation(WHO) recently 
said that tuberculosis epidemic in India was 
"larger" than what had been previously 
estimated. 
 Which of the following could be the outcome of the 
given statement? 
 (a) Only II  (b) Only I and III (c) Only II and III 
 (d) Only I (e) None of these 
 
10. Statement-The Captain Amarinder Singh-led 
government in Punjab has announced free education 
for girls in government schools and colleges from 
Nursery to PhD.  
(I) Good social welfare law. It is initially for girls as 
they are comparatively disadvantaged. Hopefully 
it will soon be followed by free education for 
everyone. 
(II) It is gender biased as if a poor or average person 
wants to educate his son for higher education, he 
has to pay higher bills. If, you are introducing a law 
/ scheme / bills under no circumstance it should 
not favour any particular gender, if they are really 
concerned about education. 
(III) Do not differentiate a poor or average person on 
gender. A poor boy or man should also get free 
education as well. 
 Which of the following argument holds strong for the 
given statement? 
 (a)Only II  (b)Only III (c)Only II and III 
 (d)Only I and II (e)All of the above 
 
Direction (11-15): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the given questions. 
 
Six persons are living in a three-story building such as 
ground floor is numbered as 1, above it is floor 2 and so on 
till the topmost floor is numbered as 3. Each of the floors 
has 2 flats in it viz. flat-1 and flat-2. Flat-1 of floor-2 is 
immediately above flat-1 of floor-1 and immediately below 
flat-1 of floor-3 and so on. In the same way flat-2 of floor-2 
is immediately above flat-2 of floor-1 and immediately 
below flat-2 of floor-3 and so on. Flat-1 is in west of flat-2. 
The persons work in different department of the same 
MNC i.e. IT, Operation, HR, Sales, Marketing and Accounts. 
All the data was not necessarily in the same order.  
 
B lives in the east of the one who work in Accounts. The 
person who work in Sales lives just above the floor of the 
one who works in marketing. S lives in flat just above of the 
one who work in operation department but not live on odd 
numbered floor. S does not work in Accounts. C lives in the 
south west of the one who works in marketing.  C is neither 
work in accounts nor HR. Both D and A live in the same flat 
number. D lives above S. R is one of the persons. 
 
11. Who among the following lives in the east of the one 
who work in HR? 
 (a) None of these  
 (b) The one who lives just above the R ’ s flat  
 (c) R 
 (d) D  
 (e) The one who work in Operation 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
  
 
12. Who among the following is working in__________ 
department and lives in the south of A? 
 (a) HR (b) IT (c) Operation 
 (d) Accounts (e) None of these 
 
13. A lives in the flat __ of floor ___? 
 (a) 1-2 (b) 3-1 (c) 2-3 
 (d) 1-3 (e) 2-2 
 
14. B and C working in ___ and ___ respectively? 
 (a) Accounts, Marketing  
 (b) HR, Operation  
 (c) Sales, IT   
 (d) None of these  
 (e) Operation, Sales 
 
15. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and 
so form a group. Find the one who does not belong to 
that group? 
 (a) D  
 (b) The one who works in Sales  
 (c) C 
 (d) The one who works in Operation  
 (e) A 
 
Directions (16-20): In each of the questions given below, 
a group of digits/letter is given followed by four 
combinations of symbols numbered (a), (b), (c) and (d). 
You have to find out which of the four combinations 
correctly represents the group of digits/letters based on 
the symbol codes and the conditions given below. If none 
of the four combinations represents the group of 
digits/letters correctly, give (e) i.e. ‘ No n e of th e se ’ as the 
answer. 
 
Condition for coding the group of elements:  
(i)  If the first letter is Consonant and the last digit is 
perfect square, then both are to be coded as ^.  
(ii)  If the first digit is an odd number and the last letter is 
consonant, then both are to be coded by the code of the 
last element.  
(iii) If the first letter is Vowel and the last element is a digit, 
then the code of first and last elements are to be 
interchanged. 
(iv) If the first digit and the last digit are even number, then 
the obtained code will be written in reversed order. 
 
16. What is the code for “ XB U 7 PS 4 ” ? 
 (a) #^£&+®% (b) *®£@+&% (c) ^®£@+&%^ 
 (d) ^®£@&+^ (e) None of these 
 
17. What is the code for “ 3 P U M 7 9 ” ? 
 (a) @® 8 ? * @ (b) 8 & £ © @^ (c) ^ @8?*@ 
 (d) ^ ® 8?*® (e) None of these 
 
18. What is the code for “ U M BS 9 2 ” ? 
 (a) £%@$? 8 (b) 8 % $ @? £ (c) µ©®+^ £ 
 (d) 8%?$@£ (e) None of these 
 
19. What is the code for “ 2 4 PM 7 U 4 ” ? 
 (a) %£@©&% µ (b) µ%© # 8 ® % (c) µ© # 8 ® % @ 
 (d) µ@® 8 # © % (e) None of these 
 
20. What is the code for “ 5 PX4 9 Y” ? 
 (a) ? & * % ^ ? (b) @& £ % ^ ? (c) ? & %£^@  
 (d) ©&£^%© (e) None of these 
Direction (21-24): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the given questions. 
 
Seven boxes are placed one above other in a stack. Each of 
the box are in different colours i.e. Green, Black, Blue, Pink, 
Purple, White and Red. The bottommost box is numbered 
as 1 and just above the box is numbered as 2 and so on the 
topmost box is numbered as 7. All the data was not 
necessarily in the same order.  
Box Q is placed at even numbered. The number of boxes 
placed above the box Q is same as the number of boxes 
placed below the box of Red coloured. Box P is placed just 
above the box which is in Purple coloured. Two boxes 
placed between the boxes of Blue and Purple coloured. 
Purple coloured box is placed at even numbered position. 
Box T is placed just above the box V, which is in Black 
coloured. Box T is placed above the box Q. Box U is placed 
above the box which is in Pink coloured but not placed just 
above. Box U is placed below the box R, which is not in 
Green coloured. One box is placed between the boxes of 
Blue and Green coloured. Box S is not in White coloured. At 
most one box is placed between Box U and the box which 
is of Purple coloured. 
 
21. How many boxes are placed above the box of Black 
coloured? 
 (a) One (b) Four (c) Three 
 (d) Five (e) None 
 
22. How many boxes are placed between box Q and the 
one which is in Red coloured? 
 (a) More than four  
 (b) Four (c) None of these 
 (d) Two (e) One 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
  
 
23. Which of the following is true as per the given 
information? 
I.  Box P is placed 3
rd
 from the topmost position 
II.  The number of boxes placed between U and V is 
same as between S and P 
III.  Box Q is placed at the bottommost position 
 (a) Only I (b) Both II and III (c) Only II 
 (d) Both I and III (e) Only III 
 
24. Which of the following box is in Blue coloured? 
 (a) Q (b) R (c) U 
 (d) None of these (e) T 
 
Direction (25-27): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the given questions. 
Q E U * K $ 4 Y 7 A 6 P & R # 3 % T @ 3 1 5 S I O 9 9 J L 
STEP I. The letters which are immediately preceded and 
immediately followed by a symbol are arranged 
between 1 and 5 in the reverse alphabetical order.  
STEP II. The number immediately followed by the letter 
are arranged in the end of the series in ascending 
order. 
STEP III. The letter which are immediately followed by 
number are interchanged its position with each 
other. 
(STEP II is applied after STEP I and STEP III is applied after 
STEP II) 
 
25. Which of the following element is 4
th
 to the right of 9
th
 
from the left end in step-2? 
 (a) %  (b) 3  (c) T  
 (d) None of these (e) @  
 
26. Which among the following are the elements of the 
series which are eleven position from the left end and 
fifth position from the right end respectively in step-
III? 
 (a) 34 (b) #L (c) PJ 
 (d) A5 (e) #6 
 
27. How many symbols are immediately followed by 
numbers in step-III? 
 (a) one (b) Three (c) Four 
 (d) Five (e) Two 
 
Directions (28-32): A word and number arrangement 
machine when given an input line of words and numbers 
rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. 
The following is an illustration of an input and 
rearrangement. 
Input:  notice 65 other 92 under 46 direct 71 allow 21 
service 88 
Step I: allow notice 65 other 92 under 46 direct 71 service 
88 22 
Step II: other allow notice 92 under 46 direct 71 service 88 
22 66 
Step III: under other allow notice 92 46 direct service 88 
22 66 72 
Step IV: direct under other allow notice 92 service 88 22 
66 72 45 
Step V: notice direct under other allow 92 service 22 66 72 
45 87 
Step VI: service notice direct under other allow 22 66 72 
45 87 91 
And Step VI is the last step of the rearrangement of the 
above input. 
As per the rules followed in the above steps, find out in 
each of the following questions the appropriate step for the 
given input. 
Input:  public 86 interest 95 exit 67 such 43 upper 64 
large 18 
 
28. In which step the elements ‘ 8 6 such 64’ found in the 
same order? 
 (a) Step IV (b) Step II (c) Step III 
 (d) Step V (e) Both (a) and (c) 
 
29. In step III, which of the following word/number would 
be at 4
th
 to the left of the element which is 5
th
 from the 
right end? 
 (a) exit  (b) such  (c) public  
 (d) 86  (e) 64 
 
30. How many steps required completing the above 
arrangement? 
 (a) Three (b) Four (c) Six 
 (d) Seven (e) Five 
 
31. Which of the following is the penultimate step? 
(a)  public large upper interest exit such 86 44 68 96 
19 65 
(b) large upper interest exit public 86 such 64 44 68 
96 19 
(c) large upper interest such 64 44  exit public 86 68 
96 19 
(d) public large upper interest exit 86 such 44 68 96 
17 63 
(e) None of these 
 
32. In step VI, ‘ p u bli c ’ is related to ‘ 6 3 ’ and ‘ u p p e r ’ is 
related to ‘ 9 6 ’ . In the same way ‘ e x i t’ is related to? 
 (a) 44 (b) 85 (c) 63 
 (d) 17  (e) None of these  
 
 
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SBI Clerk Mains 2020 (Memory Based Paper) 
 
 
 
 
 
Directions (1-5): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the given questions. 
 
There are 30 stairs in a house which use to go 1
st
 floor from 
ground floor in such that the bottommost step is 
considered as 1 and the immediate above step is 
considered as 2 and so on till the topmost step is 
considered as 30. There are three persons A, B and C are 
stay at ground floor. Persons from A to C- are stay from 
west to east. They are moving from bottom to top based on 
certain conditions i.e. If A move to step 2 then he d o e sn ’ t 
move on step 1 and step 3(that means A does not move its 
immediate next and immediate back steps) and the same 
for all. All the persons move from the ground floor.  
Conditions:  
I.  A moves only on prime numbered step.  
II.  B moves an interval at least four steps and  
III.  C moves only on the step which is a multiple of 5.  
Note: If A moves on the 1
st
 step it counts as 1
st
 stoppage 
and if A moves on the 30
th
 step it counts as last stoppage 
and same for the all.  
 
No one stops either on bottommost step or topmost step. C 
stops only 5 times. C ’ s 2
nd
 stoppage is 2 steps above of B’ s 
2
nd
 stoppage. A ’ s 3
rd
 stoppage is just below step of B’ s 2
nd
 
stoppage. Both A and B d o n ’ t stop on the same step. Both B 
and C stop on the same step only once and at that step the 
number of steps above B and C is more than the number of 
steps below to the B and C. The number of steps below A ’ s 
1
st
 stoppage is one more than the number of steps above 
the A ’ s last stoppage. Stoppage counts of B and C are equal. 
A ’ s 2
nd
 last stoppage is 2 steps below of B’ s 2
nd
 last 
stoppage. A stoppage three more than the B’ s stoppage. B’ s 
last stoppage is above the step which is a multiple of 9.  
 
1. On which of the following steps A and C stop on the 
same step? 
 (a) Step 25 (b) Step 10 (c) Step 5 
 (d) Step 20 (e) Step 15 
 
2. A ’ s fourth stoppage on which of the following steps? 
 (a) 17 (b) 11 (c) 19 
 (d) None of these (e) 13 
 
3. If all the persons face north then, A ’ s last stoppage is in 
which direction of B’ s last stoppage? 
 (a) North-east (b) North-west (c) South-east 
 (d) South-west (e) None of these 
 
4. The number of steps below C ’ s first stoppage is same 
as the number of steps below A ’ s ___ stoppage. 
 (a) 4
th
  (b) 1
st
  (c) 2
nd
  
 (d) 3
rd
  (e) C a n ’ t be determined 
 
5. What is the average number of the stoppage of A, B and 
C? 
 (a) 6 (b)18 (c) 12   
 (d) 11 (e) 10 
 
Directions (6-8): Each of the questions below consists of 
a question and two statements numbered I, and II given 
below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in 
the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read 
all the statements and answer the following questions. 
(a) If the data in statement I alone are sufficient 
(b) If the data in statement II alone are sufficient 
(c) If the data either in statement I alone or statement II 
alone are sufficient to answer 
(d) If the data given in both I and II together are not 
sufficient 
(e) If the data in both the statements I and II together are 
necessary to answer 
 
6. Seven family members are living in the family of three 
generations. In which only two married couples are in 
the family. The number of females is more to males in 
the family. Who among the following is the 
grandmother of S ’ s niece? 
 Statements:  I.   T is the son in law of Q. P is the 
mother of V who has one sibling. S is 
the daughter of U.  S is unmarried.  
  II. Q has only two children of same 
gender. R is a male member in the 
family. P is not married with Q. U is 
not the mother of P.  
 
7. Rajesh goes from his house to his office. He goes 10m 
in the east direction from his house and reached at 
point Q. Find the direction of his office with respect to 
Point Q? 
 Statements:  I.  From Point Q his goes to 5m north to 
reach point T and after that takes his 
right and goes 7m to reach point R. 
Finally, he takes another his right 
turn and goes 12m and reached his 
office.  
REASONING ABILITY 
 
 
 
                                                        
  
 
  II.  From Point Q he goes 12m south and 
reach at point V. Now he takes his 
left and goes 7m to reach point W. 
After that he takes his left and goes 
5m to reach his office.  
 
8. Six persons M, N, O, P, Q and R takes their class from 
Monday to Saturday of the same week. No two persons 
takes their class on the same day. Who among the 
following takes his class just after P? 
 Statements: I.  Two persons takes their class 
between M and O. Q takes his class 
just after R.  
  II.  P does not take his class on Monday 
and Saturday. More than one 
p e r so n ’ s take class between O and Q.  
 
9. Statement-The Union health ministry has made 
Aadhaar a compulsory document for tuberculosis 
patients to be able to avail treatment under the 
government's Revised National Tuberculosis Control 
Programme (RNTCP). 
(I) A person cannot take treatment of TB without 
Aadhar card. 
(II) Patients suffering from TB will be unable to get 
cash benefits under a central government 
scheme till they produce their Aadhaar card. 
(III) An individual eligible to receive the benefit 
under the scheme, is hereby, required to furnish 
proof of possession of Aadhaar number or 
undergo Aadhaar authentication. 
(IV) The World Health Organisation(WHO) recently 
said that tuberculosis epidemic in India was 
"larger" than what had been previously 
estimated. 
 Which of the following could be the outcome of the 
given statement? 
 (a) Only II  (b) Only I and III (c) Only II and III 
 (d) Only I (e) None of these 
 
10. Statement-The Captain Amarinder Singh-led 
government in Punjab has announced free education 
for girls in government schools and colleges from 
Nursery to PhD.  
(I) Good social welfare law. It is initially for girls as 
they are comparatively disadvantaged. Hopefully 
it will soon be followed by free education for 
everyone. 
(II) It is gender biased as if a poor or average person 
wants to educate his son for higher education, he 
has to pay higher bills. If, you are introducing a law 
/ scheme / bills under no circumstance it should 
not favour any particular gender, if they are really 
concerned about education. 
(III) Do not differentiate a poor or average person on 
gender. A poor boy or man should also get free 
education as well. 
 Which of the following argument holds strong for the 
given statement? 
 (a)Only II  (b)Only III (c)Only II and III 
 (d)Only I and II (e)All of the above 
 
Direction (11-15): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the given questions. 
 
Six persons are living in a three-story building such as 
ground floor is numbered as 1, above it is floor 2 and so on 
till the topmost floor is numbered as 3. Each of the floors 
has 2 flats in it viz. flat-1 and flat-2. Flat-1 of floor-2 is 
immediately above flat-1 of floor-1 and immediately below 
flat-1 of floor-3 and so on. In the same way flat-2 of floor-2 
is immediately above flat-2 of floor-1 and immediately 
below flat-2 of floor-3 and so on. Flat-1 is in west of flat-2. 
The persons work in different department of the same 
MNC i.e. IT, Operation, HR, Sales, Marketing and Accounts. 
All the data was not necessarily in the same order.  
 
B lives in the east of the one who work in Accounts. The 
person who work in Sales lives just above the floor of the 
one who works in marketing. S lives in flat just above of the 
one who work in operation department but not live on odd 
numbered floor. S does not work in Accounts. C lives in the 
south west of the one who works in marketing.  C is neither 
work in accounts nor HR. Both D and A live in the same flat 
number. D lives above S. R is one of the persons. 
 
11. Who among the following lives in the east of the one 
who work in HR? 
 (a) None of these  
 (b) The one who lives just above the R ’ s flat  
 (c) R 
 (d) D  
 (e) The one who work in Operation 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
  
 
12. Who among the following is working in__________ 
department and lives in the south of A? 
 (a) HR (b) IT (c) Operation 
 (d) Accounts (e) None of these 
 
13. A lives in the flat __ of floor ___? 
 (a) 1-2 (b) 3-1 (c) 2-3 
 (d) 1-3 (e) 2-2 
 
14. B and C working in ___ and ___ respectively? 
 (a) Accounts, Marketing  
 (b) HR, Operation  
 (c) Sales, IT   
 (d) None of these  
 (e) Operation, Sales 
 
15. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and 
so form a group. Find the one who does not belong to 
that group? 
 (a) D  
 (b) The one who works in Sales  
 (c) C 
 (d) The one who works in Operation  
 (e) A 
 
Directions (16-20): In each of the questions given below, 
a group of digits/letter is given followed by four 
combinations of symbols numbered (a), (b), (c) and (d). 
You have to find out which of the four combinations 
correctly represents the group of digits/letters based on 
the symbol codes and the conditions given below. If none 
of the four combinations represents the group of 
digits/letters correctly, give (e) i.e. ‘ No n e of th e se ’ as the 
answer. 
 
Condition for coding the group of elements:  
(i)  If the first letter is Consonant and the last digit is 
perfect square, then both are to be coded as ^.  
(ii)  If the first digit is an odd number and the last letter is 
consonant, then both are to be coded by the code of the 
last element.  
(iii) If the first letter is Vowel and the last element is a digit, 
then the code of first and last elements are to be 
interchanged. 
(iv) If the first digit and the last digit are even number, then 
the obtained code will be written in reversed order. 
 
16. What is the code for “ XB U 7 PS 4 ” ? 
 (a) #^£&+®% (b) *®£@+&% (c) ^®£@+&%^ 
 (d) ^®£@&+^ (e) None of these 
 
17. What is the code for “ 3 P U M 7 9 ” ? 
 (a) @® 8 ? * @ (b) 8 & £ © @^ (c) ^ @8?*@ 
 (d) ^ ® 8?*® (e) None of these 
 
18. What is the code for “ U M BS 9 2 ” ? 
 (a) £%@$? 8 (b) 8 % $ @? £ (c) µ©®+^ £ 
 (d) 8%?$@£ (e) None of these 
 
19. What is the code for “ 2 4 PM 7 U 4 ” ? 
 (a) %£@©&% µ (b) µ%© # 8 ® % (c) µ© # 8 ® % @ 
 (d) µ@® 8 # © % (e) None of these 
 
20. What is the code for “ 5 PX4 9 Y” ? 
 (a) ? & * % ^ ? (b) @& £ % ^ ? (c) ? & %£^@  
 (d) ©&£^%© (e) None of these 
Direction (21-24): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the given questions. 
 
Seven boxes are placed one above other in a stack. Each of 
the box are in different colours i.e. Green, Black, Blue, Pink, 
Purple, White and Red. The bottommost box is numbered 
as 1 and just above the box is numbered as 2 and so on the 
topmost box is numbered as 7. All the data was not 
necessarily in the same order.  
Box Q is placed at even numbered. The number of boxes 
placed above the box Q is same as the number of boxes 
placed below the box of Red coloured. Box P is placed just 
above the box which is in Purple coloured. Two boxes 
placed between the boxes of Blue and Purple coloured. 
Purple coloured box is placed at even numbered position. 
Box T is placed just above the box V, which is in Black 
coloured. Box T is placed above the box Q. Box U is placed 
above the box which is in Pink coloured but not placed just 
above. Box U is placed below the box R, which is not in 
Green coloured. One box is placed between the boxes of 
Blue and Green coloured. Box S is not in White coloured. At 
most one box is placed between Box U and the box which 
is of Purple coloured. 
 
21. How many boxes are placed above the box of Black 
coloured? 
 (a) One (b) Four (c) Three 
 (d) Five (e) None 
 
22. How many boxes are placed between box Q and the 
one which is in Red coloured? 
 (a) More than four  
 (b) Four (c) None of these 
 (d) Two (e) One 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
  
 
23. Which of the following is true as per the given 
information? 
I.  Box P is placed 3
rd
 from the topmost position 
II.  The number of boxes placed between U and V is 
same as between S and P 
III.  Box Q is placed at the bottommost position 
 (a) Only I (b) Both II and III (c) Only II 
 (d) Both I and III (e) Only III 
 
24. Which of the following box is in Blue coloured? 
 (a) Q (b) R (c) U 
 (d) None of these (e) T 
 
Direction (25-27): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the given questions. 
Q E U * K $ 4 Y 7 A 6 P & R # 3 % T @ 3 1 5 S I O 9 9 J L 
STEP I. The letters which are immediately preceded and 
immediately followed by a symbol are arranged 
between 1 and 5 in the reverse alphabetical order.  
STEP II. The number immediately followed by the letter 
are arranged in the end of the series in ascending 
order. 
STEP III. The letter which are immediately followed by 
number are interchanged its position with each 
other. 
(STEP II is applied after STEP I and STEP III is applied after 
STEP II) 
 
25. Which of the following element is 4
th
 to the right of 9
th
 
from the left end in step-2? 
 (a) %  (b) 3  (c) T  
 (d) None of these (e) @  
 
26. Which among the following are the elements of the 
series which are eleven position from the left end and 
fifth position from the right end respectively in step-
III? 
 (a) 34 (b) #L (c) PJ 
 (d) A5 (e) #6 
 
27. How many symbols are immediately followed by 
numbers in step-III? 
 (a) one (b) Three (c) Four 
 (d) Five (e) Two 
 
Directions (28-32): A word and number arrangement 
machine when given an input line of words and numbers 
rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. 
The following is an illustration of an input and 
rearrangement. 
Input:  notice 65 other 92 under 46 direct 71 allow 21 
service 88 
Step I: allow notice 65 other 92 under 46 direct 71 service 
88 22 
Step II: other allow notice 92 under 46 direct 71 service 88 
22 66 
Step III: under other allow notice 92 46 direct service 88 
22 66 72 
Step IV: direct under other allow notice 92 service 88 22 
66 72 45 
Step V: notice direct under other allow 92 service 22 66 72 
45 87 
Step VI: service notice direct under other allow 22 66 72 
45 87 91 
And Step VI is the last step of the rearrangement of the 
above input. 
As per the rules followed in the above steps, find out in 
each of the following questions the appropriate step for the 
given input. 
Input:  public 86 interest 95 exit 67 such 43 upper 64 
large 18 
 
28. In which step the elements ‘ 8 6 such 64’ found in the 
same order? 
 (a) Step IV (b) Step II (c) Step III 
 (d) Step V (e) Both (a) and (c) 
 
29. In step III, which of the following word/number would 
be at 4
th
 to the left of the element which is 5
th
 from the 
right end? 
 (a) exit  (b) such  (c) public  
 (d) 86  (e) 64 
 
30. How many steps required completing the above 
arrangement? 
 (a) Three (b) Four (c) Six 
 (d) Seven (e) Five 
 
31. Which of the following is the penultimate step? 
(a)  public large upper interest exit such 86 44 68 96 
19 65 
(b) large upper interest exit public 86 such 64 44 68 
96 19 
(c) large upper interest such 64 44  exit public 86 68 
96 19 
(d) public large upper interest exit 86 such 44 68 96 
17 63 
(e) None of these 
 
32. In step VI, ‘ p u bli c ’ is related to ‘ 6 3 ’ and ‘ u p p e r ’ is 
related to ‘ 9 6 ’ . In the same way ‘ e x i t’ is related to? 
 (a) 44 (b) 85 (c) 63 
 (d) 17  (e) None of these  
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
  
 
Direction (33-34): In making decisions about important 
questions, it is desirable to be able to distinguish between 
‘ st r o n g ’ arguments and ‘ we a k’ arguments. ' S tr o n g ’ 
arguments are those which are important and directly 
related to the question. ‘ W e a k’ arguments are those which 
are of minor importance and also may not be directly 
related to the question or may be related to a trivial aspect 
of the question. Each question below is followed by two 
arguments numbered as I and II. You have to decide which 
of the arguments a strong argument is and which a weak 
argument is.  
Give answer - 
(a) if only Argument I is strong   
(b) if only Argument II is strong   
(c) if either Argument I or II is strong  
(d) if neither Argument I nor II is strong   
(e) if both Argument I and II are strong  
 
33. Statement: Should the provision to dissolve the 
assembly prematurely be amended ?  
 Arguments:  
I.  Yes, on many occasions the provision has been 
used by ruling governments to fulfill their vested 
interests.  
II.  No, to fulfil the constitutional obligations and 
norms, it sometimes becomes the need of the hour 
to dissolve the assembly prematurely.  
 
34. Statement:  Should only reputed NG O ’ s be authorized 
to distribute the commodities to the 
public under the programme of Public 
Distribution System (PDS)?  
  
 Arguments:  
I.  Yes, the move will be helpful to implement the 
programme more effectively and will keep a tab on 
various problems like black marketing of the 
commodities supplied under PDS.  
II.  Yes, NG O ’ s have helped government on many 
occasions 
 
35. In the question below is given a statement followed by 
three courses of action numbered I, II, and III. A course 
of action is a step or administrative decision to be 
taken for improvement, follow up or further action in 
regard to the problem, policy etc. On the basis of the 
information given in the statement, you have to 
assume everything in the statement to be true, then 
decide which of the suggested courses of action 
logically follow (s) for pursuing.  
  
 Statement:  Many school buses have fitted CNG Kit 
without obeying the safety guidelines 
properly. This results into some instances 
of these buses catching fire due to short 
circuit and endangering the lives of the 
school children.  
 Courses of action:  
I.  The regional transport authority should 
immediately carry out checks of all the school 
buses fitted with CNG Kit.  
II.  The management of all the schools should stop 
hiring buses fitted with CNG Kit.  
III.  The Government should issue a notification 
banning school buses for use of CNG Kit.  
 (a) Only I follows  
 (b) Only II follows   
 (c) Only III follows  
 (d) I and III follow  
 (e) None of these  
 
Direction (36): Study the following information carefully 
and answer the given questions. 
894#S3D8T#I@EP!956$WJF*&BH3T@7E&2^N5K 
 
36. If in a given arrangement, groups of letters that 
immediately preceded by a number and immediately 
followed by a symbol are removed along with that 
symbol and number, then which of the following 
element is 7th from the right end and 9th from the left 
end respectively? 
 (a) @B (b) DB (c) B@ 
 (d) HE (e) I2 
 
Direction (37-41): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the given questions. 
 
Twelve persons are sitting in a boat containing 6 persons 
in each of the longer side of the boat in such a way that 
there is an equal distance between adjacent persons. 6 
persons of one longer side of the boat face north and 6 
persons of another longer side of the boat face south 
direction. Persons sit at the both side of the boat d o e sn ’ t 
face to each other. Seating of the persons are in such a way 
that one person sits behind the other person. At most two 
persons ahead of B. The number of persons north of B is 
equal to the number of persons south of U on the different 
sides of the boat. Q sits exactly in between A and U. The 
number of persons south of Q is equal to the number of 
persons north of R on the different sides of the boat. There 
are as many persons ahead of R as same as behind of T on 
the same side of the boat. Three persons sit between U and 
A. No on sits south of S. One person sits between T and S. C 
sits behind of E and ahead of P. F is ahead of D. S faces the 
north and another side of the boat is right of S.  
 
37. How many persons ahead of the one who is just behind 
of P? 
 (a) Five (b) Three (c) Four 
 (d) One (e) Two