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SBI Clerk Mains 2016 
 
 
 
 
Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully 
and answer the questions which follow- 
Eight persons S, T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z live on 8 different 
floors in a building the ground floor is numbered 1 then 
numbered 2 till numbered 8. They like different colours i.e., 
red, pink, orange, blue, grey, green, yellow and purple.  
There are four floors between W’s floor and S’s floor. W 
lives on an odd numbered floor. S like Yellow colur. There 
are two floors between T’s and W’s floor. The one who likes 
Grey colour lives on immediate above the floor on which S 
lives. U lives immediate above Y. The one who likes red 
colour lives on floor numbered one. There is no floor 
between T’s floor and Z’s floor. V does not live immediate 
above or below to W’s floor. Only one person lives between 
the persons who like yellow and purple colours. The one 
who likes pink colour lives immediate above the floor on 
which the person who likes Grey colour. Z likes blue colour 
but does not live below to T. X likes Green colour.  
 
1. On which floor Z lives? 
 (a) Third (b) Fourth (c) Fifth  
 (d) Sixth (e) Seventh 
 
2. How many floors are below the floor on which Y lives? 
 (a) Three (b) Four (c) Five 
 (d) Six (e) Seven  
 
3. Who among the following lives on the second floor? 
 (a) X (b) V  (c) Y 
 (d) U (e) S 
 
4. Which colour is liked by V? 
 (a) Orange (b) Pink (c) Grey  
 (d) Red (e) Purple 
 
5. Which of the following is true with respect to T? 
 (a) T likes Orange colour and lives on 4
th
 floor? 
 (b) T like Pink colour and lives on 8
th
 floor 
 (c) T like Purple colour and lives on 4
th
 floor 
 (d) T like Grey colour and lives on 7
th
 floor 
 (e) T like Red colour and lives on 8
th
 floor 
 
Direction (6-10): Study the following information to 
answer the given question. 
• Eight friends E, F, G, H, L, M, N and O are seated in a 
straight line, facing north, but not necessarily in the 
same order.  
• O sits at the extreme right end of the line. Only four 
people sit between O and G.  
• Both F and M are immediate neighbours of G.  
• Only two people sit between M and L. L is not an 
immediate neighbor of O.  
• N sits second to left of E. 
 
6. What is the position of L with respect to G? 
 (a) Third to the right  (b) To the immediate left  
 (c) Second to the right (d) Fourth to the right 
 (e) Second to the left 
 
7. Based on the given arrangement, which of the 
following is true with respect to N? 
 (a) Only three persons sit between N and O.  
 (b) None of the given options is true. 
 (c) Only one person sits to the right of N. 
 (d) E sits to immediate right of N.  
 (e) Both L and F are immediate neighbours of N 
 
8. Who amongst the following people represents the 
person seated at the extreme left end of the line? 
 (a) E (b) N  (c) L 
 (d) F (e) H 
 
9. How many persons are seated between O and E? 
 (a) Two  (b) Three (c) None  
 (d) Four (e) One 
 
10. Who amongst the following sit exactly between M and 
L? 
 (a) E, N (b) F, O (c) F, G 
 (d) E, G (e) H, N 
 
Directions (11-15): In each question below is given a group 
of letters followed by four combinations of digits/symbols 
numbered (1), (2), (3) and (4). You have to find out which 
of the combinations correctly represents the group of 
letters based on the following coding system and mark the 
number of that combination as the answer. If none of the 
four combinations correctly represents the group of 
letters, mark 5), ie ‘None of these’, as the answer. 
 
 
Conditions: 
1) If the first letter is a consonants and the last letter is a 
vowel their codes are to be interchanged.  
2) If both the first and the last letters is Vowel both are to 
be coded as +. 
3) If both the first and the last letters is Consonant and in 
between there are two or more vowels are to be coded 
as 8. 
4) If the first letter is vowel and the last letter is a 
consonant, both are to be coded as the code for the 
consonant. 
REASONING ABILITY 
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SBI Clerk Mains 2016 
 
 
 
 
Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully 
and answer the questions which follow- 
Eight persons S, T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z live on 8 different 
floors in a building the ground floor is numbered 1 then 
numbered 2 till numbered 8. They like different colours i.e., 
red, pink, orange, blue, grey, green, yellow and purple.  
There are four floors between W’s floor and S’s floor. W 
lives on an odd numbered floor. S like Yellow colur. There 
are two floors between T’s and W’s floor. The one who likes 
Grey colour lives on immediate above the floor on which S 
lives. U lives immediate above Y. The one who likes red 
colour lives on floor numbered one. There is no floor 
between T’s floor and Z’s floor. V does not live immediate 
above or below to W’s floor. Only one person lives between 
the persons who like yellow and purple colours. The one 
who likes pink colour lives immediate above the floor on 
which the person who likes Grey colour. Z likes blue colour 
but does not live below to T. X likes Green colour.  
 
1. On which floor Z lives? 
 (a) Third (b) Fourth (c) Fifth  
 (d) Sixth (e) Seventh 
 
2. How many floors are below the floor on which Y lives? 
 (a) Three (b) Four (c) Five 
 (d) Six (e) Seven  
 
3. Who among the following lives on the second floor? 
 (a) X (b) V  (c) Y 
 (d) U (e) S 
 
4. Which colour is liked by V? 
 (a) Orange (b) Pink (c) Grey  
 (d) Red (e) Purple 
 
5. Which of the following is true with respect to T? 
 (a) T likes Orange colour and lives on 4
th
 floor? 
 (b) T like Pink colour and lives on 8
th
 floor 
 (c) T like Purple colour and lives on 4
th
 floor 
 (d) T like Grey colour and lives on 7
th
 floor 
 (e) T like Red colour and lives on 8
th
 floor 
 
Direction (6-10): Study the following information to 
answer the given question. 
• Eight friends E, F, G, H, L, M, N and O are seated in a 
straight line, facing north, but not necessarily in the 
same order.  
• O sits at the extreme right end of the line. Only four 
people sit between O and G.  
• Both F and M are immediate neighbours of G.  
• Only two people sit between M and L. L is not an 
immediate neighbor of O.  
• N sits second to left of E. 
 
6. What is the position of L with respect to G? 
 (a) Third to the right  (b) To the immediate left  
 (c) Second to the right (d) Fourth to the right 
 (e) Second to the left 
 
7. Based on the given arrangement, which of the 
following is true with respect to N? 
 (a) Only three persons sit between N and O.  
 (b) None of the given options is true. 
 (c) Only one person sits to the right of N. 
 (d) E sits to immediate right of N.  
 (e) Both L and F are immediate neighbours of N 
 
8. Who amongst the following people represents the 
person seated at the extreme left end of the line? 
 (a) E (b) N  (c) L 
 (d) F (e) H 
 
9. How many persons are seated between O and E? 
 (a) Two  (b) Three (c) None  
 (d) Four (e) One 
 
10. Who amongst the following sit exactly between M and 
L? 
 (a) E, N (b) F, O (c) F, G 
 (d) E, G (e) H, N 
 
Directions (11-15): In each question below is given a group 
of letters followed by four combinations of digits/symbols 
numbered (1), (2), (3) and (4). You have to find out which 
of the combinations correctly represents the group of 
letters based on the following coding system and mark the 
number of that combination as the answer. If none of the 
four combinations correctly represents the group of 
letters, mark 5), ie ‘None of these’, as the answer. 
 
 
Conditions: 
1) If the first letter is a consonants and the last letter is a 
vowel their codes are to be interchanged.  
2) If both the first and the last letters is Vowel both are to 
be coded as +. 
3) If both the first and the last letters is Consonant and in 
between there are two or more vowels are to be coded 
as 8. 
4) If the first letter is vowel and the last letter is a 
consonant, both are to be coded as the code for the 
consonant. 
REASONING ABILITY 
 
 
 
             
 
11. EFHKLB 
 (a) @7963* (b) *7963* (c) @7963@ 
 (d) *7S63@ (e) none of these. 
 
12. FTAMIR 
 (a) 7$4812 (b) 7$1842 (c) 7$8882 
 (d) 7$189% (e) none of these. 
 
13. DKPRTB 
 (a) *652$% (b) %652$% (c) +652$+ 
 (d) *652$* (e) none of these 
 
14. UPJTRA 
 (a) 45#$2© (b) ©5#$24 (c) ©5#$2© 
 (d) +5#$2+ (e) none of these 
 
15. HLEKBI 
 (a) 13@6*9 (b) 93@6*1 (c) 13@6*1 
 (d) 93@6*9 (e) None of these 
 
Directions (16-20): Study the following information and 
answer the questions given. 
In a certain code language ‘lu ja ka hu’ means ‘will you meet 
us’, ‘fa ka la ju’ means ‘will today maximum temperature’, 
‘la fu ja ju’ means ‘meet today the temperature’ and ‘ju lu 
na fu’ means ‘temperature of the us’. then 
 
16. What is the code of ‘today’ in this code language? 
 (a) ju (b) la  (c) fa 
 (d) ka (e) cannot be determined 
 
17. What is the code of ‘you’ in this code language? 
 (a) hu (b) lu  (c) ka 
 (d) ja (e) cannot be determined 
 
18. What is the code of ‘you of maximum’? 
 (a) ha hu fu (b)  fa hu na (c) fu lu na 
 (d) hu fa la (e) cannot be determined 
 
19. What is the code of ‘us’ in this code language? 
 (a) hu (b) lu  (c) ja 
 (d) ka (e) cannot be determined 
 
20. What is the code of ‘meet’ in this code language? 
 (a) hu (b) lu  (c) ja 
 (d) ka (e) cannot be determined 
 
Directions (21-25): In the following questions, the symbols 
@, ©, %, $ and ? are used the following meaning as 
illustrated below: 
‘A©B’ means ‘A is smaller than Q’. 
‘A@B’ means ‘A is either smaller than or equal to Q’. 
‘A%B’ means ‘A is greater than Q’. 
‘A $ B’ means ‘A is either greater than or equal to Q’. 
‘A ?B’ means ‘A is equal to Q’.  
Now in each of these questions assuming the given 
statements to be true, find which of the two conclusions I 
and II given below them is/are definitely true? Give answer 
(a) if only Conclusion I is true.  
(b) if only Conclusion II is true.  
(c) if either Conclusions I or II is true.  
(d) if neither Conclusions I nor II is true.  
(e) if both Conclusions I and II are true.  
21. Statements: B © T, T ? M, M % F 
 Conclusions:  I. B © M     II. B © F  
 
22. Statements: M ? R, R % T, T $ K 
 Conclusions:  I. K @ M   II. K © M 
 
23. Statements: W © D, D @ H, H ? N 
 Conclusions:  I. N $ D II. W © N 
 
24. Statements: W @ D, D $ R, R © K  
 Conclusions:  I. R ? W II. R % W 
 
25. Statements: F $ J, J % V, V © N  
 Conclusions:  I. N $ F  II. N % J 
 
Directions (26-30) : Each of the questions below consists 
of a question and two statements numbered I and II. You 
have to decide whether the data provided in the 
statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both 
the statements and answer– 
(a) If the data in statements I alone is sufficient to answer 
the question while the data in statement II are not 
sufficient to answer the question.  
(b) If the data in statement II alone is sufficient to answer 
the question while the data in statement I are not 
sufficient to answer the question.  
(c) If the data in either statement I alone or statement II 
alone are sufficient to answer the question.  
(d) If the data even in both statement I and statement II 
together are not sufficient to answer the question.  
(e) If the data in both statement I and statement II together 
are necessarily to answer the question. 
 
26. Among 6 persons U, V, W, X, Y and Z, who are sitting 
around circle facing to the centre. Who sits immediate 
right of W? 
 Statements:  
I.  X sits second to the left of Y and opposite to U but not 
near to W. 
 II. Only one person is seated between U and V. Y is 
seated near to Z. 
27. How P is related to R? 
 Statements:  
 I. Q is father-in-law of R, who is mother of S. P is 
grandmother of S. 
 II. T is father of P, who is son-in-law of U. U has only 
one grand-daughter R, who is also a grand-daughter of 
T. 
28. Who among P, Q, R, S, T, and U is the tallest? 
 Statements:  
 I.  S and R are taller than P but shorter than U. Q is taller 
than T. 
 II. U is shorter than T but taller than Q and S. while P is 
not tallest. 
 
29. In which direction is Q from of P. 
 Statements:  
 I. Q is towards north of O, which is towards the east of 
P. 
 II. R is towards east of M and P is towards the west of 
T. 
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SBI Clerk Mains 2016 
 
 
 
 
Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully 
and answer the questions which follow- 
Eight persons S, T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z live on 8 different 
floors in a building the ground floor is numbered 1 then 
numbered 2 till numbered 8. They like different colours i.e., 
red, pink, orange, blue, grey, green, yellow and purple.  
There are four floors between W’s floor and S’s floor. W 
lives on an odd numbered floor. S like Yellow colur. There 
are two floors between T’s and W’s floor. The one who likes 
Grey colour lives on immediate above the floor on which S 
lives. U lives immediate above Y. The one who likes red 
colour lives on floor numbered one. There is no floor 
between T’s floor and Z’s floor. V does not live immediate 
above or below to W’s floor. Only one person lives between 
the persons who like yellow and purple colours. The one 
who likes pink colour lives immediate above the floor on 
which the person who likes Grey colour. Z likes blue colour 
but does not live below to T. X likes Green colour.  
 
1. On which floor Z lives? 
 (a) Third (b) Fourth (c) Fifth  
 (d) Sixth (e) Seventh 
 
2. How many floors are below the floor on which Y lives? 
 (a) Three (b) Four (c) Five 
 (d) Six (e) Seven  
 
3. Who among the following lives on the second floor? 
 (a) X (b) V  (c) Y 
 (d) U (e) S 
 
4. Which colour is liked by V? 
 (a) Orange (b) Pink (c) Grey  
 (d) Red (e) Purple 
 
5. Which of the following is true with respect to T? 
 (a) T likes Orange colour and lives on 4
th
 floor? 
 (b) T like Pink colour and lives on 8
th
 floor 
 (c) T like Purple colour and lives on 4
th
 floor 
 (d) T like Grey colour and lives on 7
th
 floor 
 (e) T like Red colour and lives on 8
th
 floor 
 
Direction (6-10): Study the following information to 
answer the given question. 
• Eight friends E, F, G, H, L, M, N and O are seated in a 
straight line, facing north, but not necessarily in the 
same order.  
• O sits at the extreme right end of the line. Only four 
people sit between O and G.  
• Both F and M are immediate neighbours of G.  
• Only two people sit between M and L. L is not an 
immediate neighbor of O.  
• N sits second to left of E. 
 
6. What is the position of L with respect to G? 
 (a) Third to the right  (b) To the immediate left  
 (c) Second to the right (d) Fourth to the right 
 (e) Second to the left 
 
7. Based on the given arrangement, which of the 
following is true with respect to N? 
 (a) Only three persons sit between N and O.  
 (b) None of the given options is true. 
 (c) Only one person sits to the right of N. 
 (d) E sits to immediate right of N.  
 (e) Both L and F are immediate neighbours of N 
 
8. Who amongst the following people represents the 
person seated at the extreme left end of the line? 
 (a) E (b) N  (c) L 
 (d) F (e) H 
 
9. How many persons are seated between O and E? 
 (a) Two  (b) Three (c) None  
 (d) Four (e) One 
 
10. Who amongst the following sit exactly between M and 
L? 
 (a) E, N (b) F, O (c) F, G 
 (d) E, G (e) H, N 
 
Directions (11-15): In each question below is given a group 
of letters followed by four combinations of digits/symbols 
numbered (1), (2), (3) and (4). You have to find out which 
of the combinations correctly represents the group of 
letters based on the following coding system and mark the 
number of that combination as the answer. If none of the 
four combinations correctly represents the group of 
letters, mark 5), ie ‘None of these’, as the answer. 
 
 
Conditions: 
1) If the first letter is a consonants and the last letter is a 
vowel their codes are to be interchanged.  
2) If both the first and the last letters is Vowel both are to 
be coded as +. 
3) If both the first and the last letters is Consonant and in 
between there are two or more vowels are to be coded 
as 8. 
4) If the first letter is vowel and the last letter is a 
consonant, both are to be coded as the code for the 
consonant. 
REASONING ABILITY 
 
 
 
             
 
11. EFHKLB 
 (a) @7963* (b) *7963* (c) @7963@ 
 (d) *7S63@ (e) none of these. 
 
12. FTAMIR 
 (a) 7$4812 (b) 7$1842 (c) 7$8882 
 (d) 7$189% (e) none of these. 
 
13. DKPRTB 
 (a) *652$% (b) %652$% (c) +652$+ 
 (d) *652$* (e) none of these 
 
14. UPJTRA 
 (a) 45#$2© (b) ©5#$24 (c) ©5#$2© 
 (d) +5#$2+ (e) none of these 
 
15. HLEKBI 
 (a) 13@6*9 (b) 93@6*1 (c) 13@6*1 
 (d) 93@6*9 (e) None of these 
 
Directions (16-20): Study the following information and 
answer the questions given. 
In a certain code language ‘lu ja ka hu’ means ‘will you meet 
us’, ‘fa ka la ju’ means ‘will today maximum temperature’, 
‘la fu ja ju’ means ‘meet today the temperature’ and ‘ju lu 
na fu’ means ‘temperature of the us’. then 
 
16. What is the code of ‘today’ in this code language? 
 (a) ju (b) la  (c) fa 
 (d) ka (e) cannot be determined 
 
17. What is the code of ‘you’ in this code language? 
 (a) hu (b) lu  (c) ka 
 (d) ja (e) cannot be determined 
 
18. What is the code of ‘you of maximum’? 
 (a) ha hu fu (b)  fa hu na (c) fu lu na 
 (d) hu fa la (e) cannot be determined 
 
19. What is the code of ‘us’ in this code language? 
 (a) hu (b) lu  (c) ja 
 (d) ka (e) cannot be determined 
 
20. What is the code of ‘meet’ in this code language? 
 (a) hu (b) lu  (c) ja 
 (d) ka (e) cannot be determined 
 
Directions (21-25): In the following questions, the symbols 
@, ©, %, $ and ? are used the following meaning as 
illustrated below: 
‘A©B’ means ‘A is smaller than Q’. 
‘A@B’ means ‘A is either smaller than or equal to Q’. 
‘A%B’ means ‘A is greater than Q’. 
‘A $ B’ means ‘A is either greater than or equal to Q’. 
‘A ?B’ means ‘A is equal to Q’.  
Now in each of these questions assuming the given 
statements to be true, find which of the two conclusions I 
and II given below them is/are definitely true? Give answer 
(a) if only Conclusion I is true.  
(b) if only Conclusion II is true.  
(c) if either Conclusions I or II is true.  
(d) if neither Conclusions I nor II is true.  
(e) if both Conclusions I and II are true.  
21. Statements: B © T, T ? M, M % F 
 Conclusions:  I. B © M     II. B © F  
 
22. Statements: M ? R, R % T, T $ K 
 Conclusions:  I. K @ M   II. K © M 
 
23. Statements: W © D, D @ H, H ? N 
 Conclusions:  I. N $ D II. W © N 
 
24. Statements: W @ D, D $ R, R © K  
 Conclusions:  I. R ? W II. R % W 
 
25. Statements: F $ J, J % V, V © N  
 Conclusions:  I. N $ F  II. N % J 
 
Directions (26-30) : Each of the questions below consists 
of a question and two statements numbered I and II. You 
have to decide whether the data provided in the 
statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both 
the statements and answer– 
(a) If the data in statements I alone is sufficient to answer 
the question while the data in statement II are not 
sufficient to answer the question.  
(b) If the data in statement II alone is sufficient to answer 
the question while the data in statement I are not 
sufficient to answer the question.  
(c) If the data in either statement I alone or statement II 
alone are sufficient to answer the question.  
(d) If the data even in both statement I and statement II 
together are not sufficient to answer the question.  
(e) If the data in both statement I and statement II together 
are necessarily to answer the question. 
 
26. Among 6 persons U, V, W, X, Y and Z, who are sitting 
around circle facing to the centre. Who sits immediate 
right of W? 
 Statements:  
I.  X sits second to the left of Y and opposite to U but not 
near to W. 
 II. Only one person is seated between U and V. Y is 
seated near to Z. 
27. How P is related to R? 
 Statements:  
 I. Q is father-in-law of R, who is mother of S. P is 
grandmother of S. 
 II. T is father of P, who is son-in-law of U. U has only 
one grand-daughter R, who is also a grand-daughter of 
T. 
28. Who among P, Q, R, S, T, and U is the tallest? 
 Statements:  
 I.  S and R are taller than P but shorter than U. Q is taller 
than T. 
 II. U is shorter than T but taller than Q and S. while P is 
not tallest. 
 
29. In which direction is Q from of P. 
 Statements:  
 I. Q is towards north of O, which is towards the east of 
P. 
 II. R is towards east of M and P is towards the west of 
T. 
 
 
 
             
 
30. How many person are sitting in a row? 
 Statements:  
 I. A is on 16
th
 position from the right end of the row. M 
is on 8
th
 position from the left end of the row. 
 II. A is 18
th
 from the left end and 20
th
 from the right end 
of the row. 
 
Directions: (31-35): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the questions given below: 
Six girls – A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting in a row facing North 
and six boys – P, Q, R, S, T and U are sitting in a different 
row facing South, but not necessarily in the same order. 
Each girl in a row is facing exactly one boy from the other 
row. The following information is known about them. 
P sits second to the right of the person who sits opposite B. 
B does not sit at any end of the row. C and D are immediate 
neighbors of B, and one of them sits at an extremes. E sits 
second to the left of D but not opposite R. 
P is a neighbor of R but is not opposite F. Neither Q nor T 
are adjacent to P. T is adjacent to either R or Q but not both. 
U is a neighbor of the person who sits opposite E. 
 
31. Who sits opposite C? 
 (a) S (b) P  (c) R 
 (d) Q (e) T 
 
32. Who sits second to the left of R? 
 (a) S (b) T  (c) P 
 (d) Q (e) U 
 
33. If S and D interchange their positions, then who sits to 
the immediate left of D? 
 (a) U (b) R  (c) P 
 (d) T (e) Q 
 
34. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and 
so form a group. Find the one which does not belong to 
that group? 
 (a) U, A (b) P, B (c) D, S 
 (d) C, R (e) D, T 
 
35. Which of the following is true, according to the given 
information? 
 (a) U and C are at the extremes. 
 (b) R sits second to the right of S. 
 (c) T sits to the immediate right of Q.  
 (d) B sits second to the left of A.  
 (e) All the above 
 
Directions (36-37) : Triangle represents (1) and circle 
represents (0). If triangle appears in unit's place then its 
value is 1. If it appears in 10's place its value is doubled to 
2 like that it continues. Questions based on this 
For example: 
 
36. How will you represent ‘13’ in this code language? 
 (a)  
 (b)   
 (c)   
 (d)  
 (e)   
 
37. What will be the code for ? 
 (a) 19 (b) 20  (c) 22 
 (d) 27 (e) 25 
 
Directions (38-40) : Study the following information 
carefully and answer the questions which follow– 
‘P – Q’ means ‘P is father of Q’ 
‘P ÷ Q’ means ‘P is sister of Q’ 
‘P × Q’ means ‘P is mother of Q’ 
‘P + Q’ means ‘P is brother of Q’  
 
38. Which of the following means ‘A is nephew of B’? 
 (a) A + C – B × K  (b) B ÷ H – A + D  
 (c) B ÷ G – A ÷ R  (d) B + T × A ÷ E  
 (e) None of these  
 
39. Which of the following means ‘P is grandfather of J’? 
 (a) J ÷ W – U – P  (b) P × G + J ÷ A 
 (c) P – B ÷ J ÷ R  (d) P – T – J ÷ S  
 (e) None of these  
 
40. How is R related to B in the expression ‘B ÷ C – S + R’?  
 (a) nephew or niece (b) niece   
 (c) nephew   (d) None of these   
 (e) Cannot be determined 
 
Directions (41 – 45): Answer the questions on the basis of 
the information given below. 
A number arrangement machine when given an input of 
words, rearranges them following a particular rule in each 
step. The following is an illustration of input and steps of 
rearrangement. 
Input : 98 Bite 102 Legal 88 54 Mango 21 Cool Zing. 
Step1: Bite 98 Legal 88 54 Mango 21 Cool Zing 102 
Step2: Cool Bite Legal 88 54 Mango 21 Zing 102 98 
Step3: Legal Cool Bite 54 Mango 21 Zing102 98 88 
Step4: Mango Legal Cool Bite 21 Zing 102 98 88 54 
Step5: Zing Mango Legal Cool Bite102 98 88 54 21 
This is the final arrangement and step 5 is the last step for 
this input. As per the rules followed in the above steps, find 
out in each of the following questions the appropriate steps 
for the given input. 
 Input for the questions.  
Input: Kite 19 54 Give 31 Right 72 87 Dream Ace. 
 
41. In step-3, what is position of ‘Ace’ from the left end? 
 (a) Third (b) Fifth (c) Second 
 (d) Sixth (e) First 
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Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully 
and answer the questions which follow- 
Eight persons S, T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z live on 8 different 
floors in a building the ground floor is numbered 1 then 
numbered 2 till numbered 8. They like different colours i.e., 
red, pink, orange, blue, grey, green, yellow and purple.  
There are four floors between W’s floor and S’s floor. W 
lives on an odd numbered floor. S like Yellow colur. There 
are two floors between T’s and W’s floor. The one who likes 
Grey colour lives on immediate above the floor on which S 
lives. U lives immediate above Y. The one who likes red 
colour lives on floor numbered one. There is no floor 
between T’s floor and Z’s floor. V does not live immediate 
above or below to W’s floor. Only one person lives between 
the persons who like yellow and purple colours. The one 
who likes pink colour lives immediate above the floor on 
which the person who likes Grey colour. Z likes blue colour 
but does not live below to T. X likes Green colour.  
 
1. On which floor Z lives? 
 (a) Third (b) Fourth (c) Fifth  
 (d) Sixth (e) Seventh 
 
2. How many floors are below the floor on which Y lives? 
 (a) Three (b) Four (c) Five 
 (d) Six (e) Seven  
 
3. Who among the following lives on the second floor? 
 (a) X (b) V  (c) Y 
 (d) U (e) S 
 
4. Which colour is liked by V? 
 (a) Orange (b) Pink (c) Grey  
 (d) Red (e) Purple 
 
5. Which of the following is true with respect to T? 
 (a) T likes Orange colour and lives on 4
th
 floor? 
 (b) T like Pink colour and lives on 8
th
 floor 
 (c) T like Purple colour and lives on 4
th
 floor 
 (d) T like Grey colour and lives on 7
th
 floor 
 (e) T like Red colour and lives on 8
th
 floor 
 
Direction (6-10): Study the following information to 
answer the given question. 
• Eight friends E, F, G, H, L, M, N and O are seated in a 
straight line, facing north, but not necessarily in the 
same order.  
• O sits at the extreme right end of the line. Only four 
people sit between O and G.  
• Both F and M are immediate neighbours of G.  
• Only two people sit between M and L. L is not an 
immediate neighbor of O.  
• N sits second to left of E. 
 
6. What is the position of L with respect to G? 
 (a) Third to the right  (b) To the immediate left  
 (c) Second to the right (d) Fourth to the right 
 (e) Second to the left 
 
7. Based on the given arrangement, which of the 
following is true with respect to N? 
 (a) Only three persons sit between N and O.  
 (b) None of the given options is true. 
 (c) Only one person sits to the right of N. 
 (d) E sits to immediate right of N.  
 (e) Both L and F are immediate neighbours of N 
 
8. Who amongst the following people represents the 
person seated at the extreme left end of the line? 
 (a) E (b) N  (c) L 
 (d) F (e) H 
 
9. How many persons are seated between O and E? 
 (a) Two  (b) Three (c) None  
 (d) Four (e) One 
 
10. Who amongst the following sit exactly between M and 
L? 
 (a) E, N (b) F, O (c) F, G 
 (d) E, G (e) H, N 
 
Directions (11-15): In each question below is given a group 
of letters followed by four combinations of digits/symbols 
numbered (1), (2), (3) and (4). You have to find out which 
of the combinations correctly represents the group of 
letters based on the following coding system and mark the 
number of that combination as the answer. If none of the 
four combinations correctly represents the group of 
letters, mark 5), ie ‘None of these’, as the answer. 
 
 
Conditions: 
1) If the first letter is a consonants and the last letter is a 
vowel their codes are to be interchanged.  
2) If both the first and the last letters is Vowel both are to 
be coded as +. 
3) If both the first and the last letters is Consonant and in 
between there are two or more vowels are to be coded 
as 8. 
4) If the first letter is vowel and the last letter is a 
consonant, both are to be coded as the code for the 
consonant. 
REASONING ABILITY 
 
 
 
             
 
11. EFHKLB 
 (a) @7963* (b) *7963* (c) @7963@ 
 (d) *7S63@ (e) none of these. 
 
12. FTAMIR 
 (a) 7$4812 (b) 7$1842 (c) 7$8882 
 (d) 7$189% (e) none of these. 
 
13. DKPRTB 
 (a) *652$% (b) %652$% (c) +652$+ 
 (d) *652$* (e) none of these 
 
14. UPJTRA 
 (a) 45#$2© (b) ©5#$24 (c) ©5#$2© 
 (d) +5#$2+ (e) none of these 
 
15. HLEKBI 
 (a) 13@6*9 (b) 93@6*1 (c) 13@6*1 
 (d) 93@6*9 (e) None of these 
 
Directions (16-20): Study the following information and 
answer the questions given. 
In a certain code language ‘lu ja ka hu’ means ‘will you meet 
us’, ‘fa ka la ju’ means ‘will today maximum temperature’, 
‘la fu ja ju’ means ‘meet today the temperature’ and ‘ju lu 
na fu’ means ‘temperature of the us’. then 
 
16. What is the code of ‘today’ in this code language? 
 (a) ju (b) la  (c) fa 
 (d) ka (e) cannot be determined 
 
17. What is the code of ‘you’ in this code language? 
 (a) hu (b) lu  (c) ka 
 (d) ja (e) cannot be determined 
 
18. What is the code of ‘you of maximum’? 
 (a) ha hu fu (b)  fa hu na (c) fu lu na 
 (d) hu fa la (e) cannot be determined 
 
19. What is the code of ‘us’ in this code language? 
 (a) hu (b) lu  (c) ja 
 (d) ka (e) cannot be determined 
 
20. What is the code of ‘meet’ in this code language? 
 (a) hu (b) lu  (c) ja 
 (d) ka (e) cannot be determined 
 
Directions (21-25): In the following questions, the symbols 
@, ©, %, $ and ? are used the following meaning as 
illustrated below: 
‘A©B’ means ‘A is smaller than Q’. 
‘A@B’ means ‘A is either smaller than or equal to Q’. 
‘A%B’ means ‘A is greater than Q’. 
‘A $ B’ means ‘A is either greater than or equal to Q’. 
‘A ?B’ means ‘A is equal to Q’.  
Now in each of these questions assuming the given 
statements to be true, find which of the two conclusions I 
and II given below them is/are definitely true? Give answer 
(a) if only Conclusion I is true.  
(b) if only Conclusion II is true.  
(c) if either Conclusions I or II is true.  
(d) if neither Conclusions I nor II is true.  
(e) if both Conclusions I and II are true.  
21. Statements: B © T, T ? M, M % F 
 Conclusions:  I. B © M     II. B © F  
 
22. Statements: M ? R, R % T, T $ K 
 Conclusions:  I. K @ M   II. K © M 
 
23. Statements: W © D, D @ H, H ? N 
 Conclusions:  I. N $ D II. W © N 
 
24. Statements: W @ D, D $ R, R © K  
 Conclusions:  I. R ? W II. R % W 
 
25. Statements: F $ J, J % V, V © N  
 Conclusions:  I. N $ F  II. N % J 
 
Directions (26-30) : Each of the questions below consists 
of a question and two statements numbered I and II. You 
have to decide whether the data provided in the 
statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both 
the statements and answer– 
(a) If the data in statements I alone is sufficient to answer 
the question while the data in statement II are not 
sufficient to answer the question.  
(b) If the data in statement II alone is sufficient to answer 
the question while the data in statement I are not 
sufficient to answer the question.  
(c) If the data in either statement I alone or statement II 
alone are sufficient to answer the question.  
(d) If the data even in both statement I and statement II 
together are not sufficient to answer the question.  
(e) If the data in both statement I and statement II together 
are necessarily to answer the question. 
 
26. Among 6 persons U, V, W, X, Y and Z, who are sitting 
around circle facing to the centre. Who sits immediate 
right of W? 
 Statements:  
I.  X sits second to the left of Y and opposite to U but not 
near to W. 
 II. Only one person is seated between U and V. Y is 
seated near to Z. 
27. How P is related to R? 
 Statements:  
 I. Q is father-in-law of R, who is mother of S. P is 
grandmother of S. 
 II. T is father of P, who is son-in-law of U. U has only 
one grand-daughter R, who is also a grand-daughter of 
T. 
28. Who among P, Q, R, S, T, and U is the tallest? 
 Statements:  
 I.  S and R are taller than P but shorter than U. Q is taller 
than T. 
 II. U is shorter than T but taller than Q and S. while P is 
not tallest. 
 
29. In which direction is Q from of P. 
 Statements:  
 I. Q is towards north of O, which is towards the east of 
P. 
 II. R is towards east of M and P is towards the west of 
T. 
 
 
 
             
 
30. How many person are sitting in a row? 
 Statements:  
 I. A is on 16
th
 position from the right end of the row. M 
is on 8
th
 position from the left end of the row. 
 II. A is 18
th
 from the left end and 20
th
 from the right end 
of the row. 
 
Directions: (31-35): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the questions given below: 
Six girls – A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting in a row facing North 
and six boys – P, Q, R, S, T and U are sitting in a different 
row facing South, but not necessarily in the same order. 
Each girl in a row is facing exactly one boy from the other 
row. The following information is known about them. 
P sits second to the right of the person who sits opposite B. 
B does not sit at any end of the row. C and D are immediate 
neighbors of B, and one of them sits at an extremes. E sits 
second to the left of D but not opposite R. 
P is a neighbor of R but is not opposite F. Neither Q nor T 
are adjacent to P. T is adjacent to either R or Q but not both. 
U is a neighbor of the person who sits opposite E. 
 
31. Who sits opposite C? 
 (a) S (b) P  (c) R 
 (d) Q (e) T 
 
32. Who sits second to the left of R? 
 (a) S (b) T  (c) P 
 (d) Q (e) U 
 
33. If S and D interchange their positions, then who sits to 
the immediate left of D? 
 (a) U (b) R  (c) P 
 (d) T (e) Q 
 
34. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and 
so form a group. Find the one which does not belong to 
that group? 
 (a) U, A (b) P, B (c) D, S 
 (d) C, R (e) D, T 
 
35. Which of the following is true, according to the given 
information? 
 (a) U and C are at the extremes. 
 (b) R sits second to the right of S. 
 (c) T sits to the immediate right of Q.  
 (d) B sits second to the left of A.  
 (e) All the above 
 
Directions (36-37) : Triangle represents (1) and circle 
represents (0). If triangle appears in unit's place then its 
value is 1. If it appears in 10's place its value is doubled to 
2 like that it continues. Questions based on this 
For example: 
 
36. How will you represent ‘13’ in this code language? 
 (a)  
 (b)   
 (c)   
 (d)  
 (e)   
 
37. What will be the code for ? 
 (a) 19 (b) 20  (c) 22 
 (d) 27 (e) 25 
 
Directions (38-40) : Study the following information 
carefully and answer the questions which follow– 
‘P – Q’ means ‘P is father of Q’ 
‘P ÷ Q’ means ‘P is sister of Q’ 
‘P × Q’ means ‘P is mother of Q’ 
‘P + Q’ means ‘P is brother of Q’  
 
38. Which of the following means ‘A is nephew of B’? 
 (a) A + C – B × K  (b) B ÷ H – A + D  
 (c) B ÷ G – A ÷ R  (d) B + T × A ÷ E  
 (e) None of these  
 
39. Which of the following means ‘P is grandfather of J’? 
 (a) J ÷ W – U – P  (b) P × G + J ÷ A 
 (c) P – B ÷ J ÷ R  (d) P – T – J ÷ S  
 (e) None of these  
 
40. How is R related to B in the expression ‘B ÷ C – S + R’?  
 (a) nephew or niece (b) niece   
 (c) nephew   (d) None of these   
 (e) Cannot be determined 
 
Directions (41 – 45): Answer the questions on the basis of 
the information given below. 
A number arrangement machine when given an input of 
words, rearranges them following a particular rule in each 
step. The following is an illustration of input and steps of 
rearrangement. 
Input : 98 Bite 102 Legal 88 54 Mango 21 Cool Zing. 
Step1: Bite 98 Legal 88 54 Mango 21 Cool Zing 102 
Step2: Cool Bite Legal 88 54 Mango 21 Zing 102 98 
Step3: Legal Cool Bite 54 Mango 21 Zing102 98 88 
Step4: Mango Legal Cool Bite 21 Zing 102 98 88 54 
Step5: Zing Mango Legal Cool Bite102 98 88 54 21 
This is the final arrangement and step 5 is the last step for 
this input. As per the rules followed in the above steps, find 
out in each of the following questions the appropriate steps 
for the given input. 
 Input for the questions.  
Input: Kite 19 54 Give 31 Right 72 87 Dream Ace. 
 
41. In step-3, what is position of ‘Ace’ from the left end? 
 (a) Third (b) Fifth (c) Second 
 (d) Sixth (e) First 
 
 
 
             
 
42. In step-5, how many Letters/Numbers are between 
Dream and 72? 
 (a) Five  (b) Two  (c) Four 
 (d) Six (e) Three 
 
43. ‘Kite Give Dream Ace Right 87 72 54 31 19’ in which of 
the following step? 
 (a) Step-2 (b) Step-4 (c) Step-5 
 (d) There is no such Step 
 (e) Step-3 
 
44. In Step-2, which of the following letter/number is 5
th
 
right of Kite? 
 (a) 31 (b)Give (c)Right     
 (d) 87 (e) 54 
 
45. How many steps would be needed to complete the 
arrangement?  
 (a) Four (b) Two  (c) Seven 
 (d) Six (e) Five 
 
Directions (46-50): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the questions given below: 
P, Q, R, S, T and V are six students studying in a class. Each 
of them has a different height and weight. The tallest is not 
the heaviest. T is taller than only P but lighter than R. Q is 
taller than S and P and heavier than only T and V. P is 
lighter than only S. T is heavier than V. S is taller than V and 
Q is not the tallest. 
 
46. How many of them are heavier than T? 
 (a) One   (b) Two  
 (c) Three   (d) Five 
 (e) None of these  
 
47. How many of them are shorter than Q? 
 (a) Two  (b) Four 
 (c) Three   (d) Five 
 (e) None of these  
 
48. Who among them is the tallest? 
 (a) V  (b) P 
 (c) T   (d) R 
 (e) None of these   
 
49. Who, among them is third from top if arranged in 
descending order of height? 
 (a) Q   (b) V 
 (c) S   (d) Data inadequate 
 (e) None of these  
 
50. Who among them is the lightest? 
 (a) V   (b) T 
 (c) P   (d) R 
(e) None of these 
 
 
 
 
Directions (51-55): What will come in place of the question 
mark (?) in the following number series? 
 
51. 7      151       223       259       277       ? 
 (a) 268 (b) 295 (c) 286 
 (d) 259 (e) None of these  
 
52. 27 30.2 23.8 33.4 20.6 ? 
 (a) 30.2 (b) 36.6 (c) 39.8 
 (d) 17.4 (e) None of these  
 
53. 5 4 6 15 56 ? 
 (a) 280 (b) 275 (c) 270 
 (d) 265 (e) 285 
 
54. 7 10 21 52 121 ? 
 (a) 256  (b) 270 (c) 254 
 (d) 252 (e) None of these ° 
 
55. 5         3           4         ?   38 
 (a) 8.5 (b) 6  (c) 7.5 
 (d) 8 (e) 10 
 
56. Distance between A and B is 24 km a boat travels from 
A to B and comes back in 6 hour. The speed of boat in 
still water is thrice the speed of stream. Find the speed 
of boat. 
 (a) 3 km/hr  (b) 11 km/hr (c) 7 km/hr 
 (d) 12 km/hr (e) 9 km/hr 
 
57. A rectangular grassy plot is 112 m by 78 m. It has a 
gravel path 2.5 m wide all round it on the inside. Find 
the cost of area of the path which has the cost of 
constructing it at Rs. 2 per square metre? 
 (a) Rs. 1500  (b) Rs. 1600 (c) Rs. 1750 
 (d) Rs. 1850  (e) None of these  
 
58. Find length of BC ? ? CDB= ? DAB=90
°
 
 
 (a) 24  (b) 26  (c) 22 
 (d) 28 (e) 27 
 
59. Circumference of circle is 44 meter. Find the area of 
triangle ?(in ?? 2
) (Given- one angle of triangle is 45
°
) 
 
QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE 
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SBI Clerk Mains 2016 
 
 
 
 
Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully 
and answer the questions which follow- 
Eight persons S, T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z live on 8 different 
floors in a building the ground floor is numbered 1 then 
numbered 2 till numbered 8. They like different colours i.e., 
red, pink, orange, blue, grey, green, yellow and purple.  
There are four floors between W’s floor and S’s floor. W 
lives on an odd numbered floor. S like Yellow colur. There 
are two floors between T’s and W’s floor. The one who likes 
Grey colour lives on immediate above the floor on which S 
lives. U lives immediate above Y. The one who likes red 
colour lives on floor numbered one. There is no floor 
between T’s floor and Z’s floor. V does not live immediate 
above or below to W’s floor. Only one person lives between 
the persons who like yellow and purple colours. The one 
who likes pink colour lives immediate above the floor on 
which the person who likes Grey colour. Z likes blue colour 
but does not live below to T. X likes Green colour.  
 
1. On which floor Z lives? 
 (a) Third (b) Fourth (c) Fifth  
 (d) Sixth (e) Seventh 
 
2. How many floors are below the floor on which Y lives? 
 (a) Three (b) Four (c) Five 
 (d) Six (e) Seven  
 
3. Who among the following lives on the second floor? 
 (a) X (b) V  (c) Y 
 (d) U (e) S 
 
4. Which colour is liked by V? 
 (a) Orange (b) Pink (c) Grey  
 (d) Red (e) Purple 
 
5. Which of the following is true with respect to T? 
 (a) T likes Orange colour and lives on 4
th
 floor? 
 (b) T like Pink colour and lives on 8
th
 floor 
 (c) T like Purple colour and lives on 4
th
 floor 
 (d) T like Grey colour and lives on 7
th
 floor 
 (e) T like Red colour and lives on 8
th
 floor 
 
Direction (6-10): Study the following information to 
answer the given question. 
• Eight friends E, F, G, H, L, M, N and O are seated in a 
straight line, facing north, but not necessarily in the 
same order.  
• O sits at the extreme right end of the line. Only four 
people sit between O and G.  
• Both F and M are immediate neighbours of G.  
• Only two people sit between M and L. L is not an 
immediate neighbor of O.  
• N sits second to left of E. 
 
6. What is the position of L with respect to G? 
 (a) Third to the right  (b) To the immediate left  
 (c) Second to the right (d) Fourth to the right 
 (e) Second to the left 
 
7. Based on the given arrangement, which of the 
following is true with respect to N? 
 (a) Only three persons sit between N and O.  
 (b) None of the given options is true. 
 (c) Only one person sits to the right of N. 
 (d) E sits to immediate right of N.  
 (e) Both L and F are immediate neighbours of N 
 
8. Who amongst the following people represents the 
person seated at the extreme left end of the line? 
 (a) E (b) N  (c) L 
 (d) F (e) H 
 
9. How many persons are seated between O and E? 
 (a) Two  (b) Three (c) None  
 (d) Four (e) One 
 
10. Who amongst the following sit exactly between M and 
L? 
 (a) E, N (b) F, O (c) F, G 
 (d) E, G (e) H, N 
 
Directions (11-15): In each question below is given a group 
of letters followed by four combinations of digits/symbols 
numbered (1), (2), (3) and (4). You have to find out which 
of the combinations correctly represents the group of 
letters based on the following coding system and mark the 
number of that combination as the answer. If none of the 
four combinations correctly represents the group of 
letters, mark 5), ie ‘None of these’, as the answer. 
 
 
Conditions: 
1) If the first letter is a consonants and the last letter is a 
vowel their codes are to be interchanged.  
2) If both the first and the last letters is Vowel both are to 
be coded as +. 
3) If both the first and the last letters is Consonant and in 
between there are two or more vowels are to be coded 
as 8. 
4) If the first letter is vowel and the last letter is a 
consonant, both are to be coded as the code for the 
consonant. 
REASONING ABILITY 
 
 
 
             
 
11. EFHKLB 
 (a) @7963* (b) *7963* (c) @7963@ 
 (d) *7S63@ (e) none of these. 
 
12. FTAMIR 
 (a) 7$4812 (b) 7$1842 (c) 7$8882 
 (d) 7$189% (e) none of these. 
 
13. DKPRTB 
 (a) *652$% (b) %652$% (c) +652$+ 
 (d) *652$* (e) none of these 
 
14. UPJTRA 
 (a) 45#$2© (b) ©5#$24 (c) ©5#$2© 
 (d) +5#$2+ (e) none of these 
 
15. HLEKBI 
 (a) 13@6*9 (b) 93@6*1 (c) 13@6*1 
 (d) 93@6*9 (e) None of these 
 
Directions (16-20): Study the following information and 
answer the questions given. 
In a certain code language ‘lu ja ka hu’ means ‘will you meet 
us’, ‘fa ka la ju’ means ‘will today maximum temperature’, 
‘la fu ja ju’ means ‘meet today the temperature’ and ‘ju lu 
na fu’ means ‘temperature of the us’. then 
 
16. What is the code of ‘today’ in this code language? 
 (a) ju (b) la  (c) fa 
 (d) ka (e) cannot be determined 
 
17. What is the code of ‘you’ in this code language? 
 (a) hu (b) lu  (c) ka 
 (d) ja (e) cannot be determined 
 
18. What is the code of ‘you of maximum’? 
 (a) ha hu fu (b)  fa hu na (c) fu lu na 
 (d) hu fa la (e) cannot be determined 
 
19. What is the code of ‘us’ in this code language? 
 (a) hu (b) lu  (c) ja 
 (d) ka (e) cannot be determined 
 
20. What is the code of ‘meet’ in this code language? 
 (a) hu (b) lu  (c) ja 
 (d) ka (e) cannot be determined 
 
Directions (21-25): In the following questions, the symbols 
@, ©, %, $ and ? are used the following meaning as 
illustrated below: 
‘A©B’ means ‘A is smaller than Q’. 
‘A@B’ means ‘A is either smaller than or equal to Q’. 
‘A%B’ means ‘A is greater than Q’. 
‘A $ B’ means ‘A is either greater than or equal to Q’. 
‘A ?B’ means ‘A is equal to Q’.  
Now in each of these questions assuming the given 
statements to be true, find which of the two conclusions I 
and II given below them is/are definitely true? Give answer 
(a) if only Conclusion I is true.  
(b) if only Conclusion II is true.  
(c) if either Conclusions I or II is true.  
(d) if neither Conclusions I nor II is true.  
(e) if both Conclusions I and II are true.  
21. Statements: B © T, T ? M, M % F 
 Conclusions:  I. B © M     II. B © F  
 
22. Statements: M ? R, R % T, T $ K 
 Conclusions:  I. K @ M   II. K © M 
 
23. Statements: W © D, D @ H, H ? N 
 Conclusions:  I. N $ D II. W © N 
 
24. Statements: W @ D, D $ R, R © K  
 Conclusions:  I. R ? W II. R % W 
 
25. Statements: F $ J, J % V, V © N  
 Conclusions:  I. N $ F  II. N % J 
 
Directions (26-30) : Each of the questions below consists 
of a question and two statements numbered I and II. You 
have to decide whether the data provided in the 
statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both 
the statements and answer– 
(a) If the data in statements I alone is sufficient to answer 
the question while the data in statement II are not 
sufficient to answer the question.  
(b) If the data in statement II alone is sufficient to answer 
the question while the data in statement I are not 
sufficient to answer the question.  
(c) If the data in either statement I alone or statement II 
alone are sufficient to answer the question.  
(d) If the data even in both statement I and statement II 
together are not sufficient to answer the question.  
(e) If the data in both statement I and statement II together 
are necessarily to answer the question. 
 
26. Among 6 persons U, V, W, X, Y and Z, who are sitting 
around circle facing to the centre. Who sits immediate 
right of W? 
 Statements:  
I.  X sits second to the left of Y and opposite to U but not 
near to W. 
 II. Only one person is seated between U and V. Y is 
seated near to Z. 
27. How P is related to R? 
 Statements:  
 I. Q is father-in-law of R, who is mother of S. P is 
grandmother of S. 
 II. T is father of P, who is son-in-law of U. U has only 
one grand-daughter R, who is also a grand-daughter of 
T. 
28. Who among P, Q, R, S, T, and U is the tallest? 
 Statements:  
 I.  S and R are taller than P but shorter than U. Q is taller 
than T. 
 II. U is shorter than T but taller than Q and S. while P is 
not tallest. 
 
29. In which direction is Q from of P. 
 Statements:  
 I. Q is towards north of O, which is towards the east of 
P. 
 II. R is towards east of M and P is towards the west of 
T. 
 
 
 
             
 
30. How many person are sitting in a row? 
 Statements:  
 I. A is on 16
th
 position from the right end of the row. M 
is on 8
th
 position from the left end of the row. 
 II. A is 18
th
 from the left end and 20
th
 from the right end 
of the row. 
 
Directions: (31-35): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the questions given below: 
Six girls – A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting in a row facing North 
and six boys – P, Q, R, S, T and U are sitting in a different 
row facing South, but not necessarily in the same order. 
Each girl in a row is facing exactly one boy from the other 
row. The following information is known about them. 
P sits second to the right of the person who sits opposite B. 
B does not sit at any end of the row. C and D are immediate 
neighbors of B, and one of them sits at an extremes. E sits 
second to the left of D but not opposite R. 
P is a neighbor of R but is not opposite F. Neither Q nor T 
are adjacent to P. T is adjacent to either R or Q but not both. 
U is a neighbor of the person who sits opposite E. 
 
31. Who sits opposite C? 
 (a) S (b) P  (c) R 
 (d) Q (e) T 
 
32. Who sits second to the left of R? 
 (a) S (b) T  (c) P 
 (d) Q (e) U 
 
33. If S and D interchange their positions, then who sits to 
the immediate left of D? 
 (a) U (b) R  (c) P 
 (d) T (e) Q 
 
34. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and 
so form a group. Find the one which does not belong to 
that group? 
 (a) U, A (b) P, B (c) D, S 
 (d) C, R (e) D, T 
 
35. Which of the following is true, according to the given 
information? 
 (a) U and C are at the extremes. 
 (b) R sits second to the right of S. 
 (c) T sits to the immediate right of Q.  
 (d) B sits second to the left of A.  
 (e) All the above 
 
Directions (36-37) : Triangle represents (1) and circle 
represents (0). If triangle appears in unit's place then its 
value is 1. If it appears in 10's place its value is doubled to 
2 like that it continues. Questions based on this 
For example: 
 
36. How will you represent ‘13’ in this code language? 
 (a)  
 (b)   
 (c)   
 (d)  
 (e)   
 
37. What will be the code for ? 
 (a) 19 (b) 20  (c) 22 
 (d) 27 (e) 25 
 
Directions (38-40) : Study the following information 
carefully and answer the questions which follow– 
‘P – Q’ means ‘P is father of Q’ 
‘P ÷ Q’ means ‘P is sister of Q’ 
‘P × Q’ means ‘P is mother of Q’ 
‘P + Q’ means ‘P is brother of Q’  
 
38. Which of the following means ‘A is nephew of B’? 
 (a) A + C – B × K  (b) B ÷ H – A + D  
 (c) B ÷ G – A ÷ R  (d) B + T × A ÷ E  
 (e) None of these  
 
39. Which of the following means ‘P is grandfather of J’? 
 (a) J ÷ W – U – P  (b) P × G + J ÷ A 
 (c) P – B ÷ J ÷ R  (d) P – T – J ÷ S  
 (e) None of these  
 
40. How is R related to B in the expression ‘B ÷ C – S + R’?  
 (a) nephew or niece (b) niece   
 (c) nephew   (d) None of these   
 (e) Cannot be determined 
 
Directions (41 – 45): Answer the questions on the basis of 
the information given below. 
A number arrangement machine when given an input of 
words, rearranges them following a particular rule in each 
step. The following is an illustration of input and steps of 
rearrangement. 
Input : 98 Bite 102 Legal 88 54 Mango 21 Cool Zing. 
Step1: Bite 98 Legal 88 54 Mango 21 Cool Zing 102 
Step2: Cool Bite Legal 88 54 Mango 21 Zing 102 98 
Step3: Legal Cool Bite 54 Mango 21 Zing102 98 88 
Step4: Mango Legal Cool Bite 21 Zing 102 98 88 54 
Step5: Zing Mango Legal Cool Bite102 98 88 54 21 
This is the final arrangement and step 5 is the last step for 
this input. As per the rules followed in the above steps, find 
out in each of the following questions the appropriate steps 
for the given input. 
 Input for the questions.  
Input: Kite 19 54 Give 31 Right 72 87 Dream Ace. 
 
41. In step-3, what is position of ‘Ace’ from the left end? 
 (a) Third (b) Fifth (c) Second 
 (d) Sixth (e) First 
 
 
 
             
 
42. In step-5, how many Letters/Numbers are between 
Dream and 72? 
 (a) Five  (b) Two  (c) Four 
 (d) Six (e) Three 
 
43. ‘Kite Give Dream Ace Right 87 72 54 31 19’ in which of 
the following step? 
 (a) Step-2 (b) Step-4 (c) Step-5 
 (d) There is no such Step 
 (e) Step-3 
 
44. In Step-2, which of the following letter/number is 5
th
 
right of Kite? 
 (a) 31 (b)Give (c)Right     
 (d) 87 (e) 54 
 
45. How many steps would be needed to complete the 
arrangement?  
 (a) Four (b) Two  (c) Seven 
 (d) Six (e) Five 
 
Directions (46-50): Study the following information 
carefully and answer the questions given below: 
P, Q, R, S, T and V are six students studying in a class. Each 
of them has a different height and weight. The tallest is not 
the heaviest. T is taller than only P but lighter than R. Q is 
taller than S and P and heavier than only T and V. P is 
lighter than only S. T is heavier than V. S is taller than V and 
Q is not the tallest. 
 
46. How many of them are heavier than T? 
 (a) One   (b) Two  
 (c) Three   (d) Five 
 (e) None of these  
 
47. How many of them are shorter than Q? 
 (a) Two  (b) Four 
 (c) Three   (d) Five 
 (e) None of these  
 
48. Who among them is the tallest? 
 (a) V  (b) P 
 (c) T   (d) R 
 (e) None of these   
 
49. Who, among them is third from top if arranged in 
descending order of height? 
 (a) Q   (b) V 
 (c) S   (d) Data inadequate 
 (e) None of these  
 
50. Who among them is the lightest? 
 (a) V   (b) T 
 (c) P   (d) R 
(e) None of these 
 
 
 
 
Directions (51-55): What will come in place of the question 
mark (?) in the following number series? 
 
51. 7      151       223       259       277       ? 
 (a) 268 (b) 295 (c) 286 
 (d) 259 (e) None of these  
 
52. 27 30.2 23.8 33.4 20.6 ? 
 (a) 30.2 (b) 36.6 (c) 39.8 
 (d) 17.4 (e) None of these  
 
53. 5 4 6 15 56 ? 
 (a) 280 (b) 275 (c) 270 
 (d) 265 (e) 285 
 
54. 7 10 21 52 121 ? 
 (a) 256  (b) 270 (c) 254 
 (d) 252 (e) None of these ° 
 
55. 5         3           4         ?   38 
 (a) 8.5 (b) 6  (c) 7.5 
 (d) 8 (e) 10 
 
56. Distance between A and B is 24 km a boat travels from 
A to B and comes back in 6 hour. The speed of boat in 
still water is thrice the speed of stream. Find the speed 
of boat. 
 (a) 3 km/hr  (b) 11 km/hr (c) 7 km/hr 
 (d) 12 km/hr (e) 9 km/hr 
 
57. A rectangular grassy plot is 112 m by 78 m. It has a 
gravel path 2.5 m wide all round it on the inside. Find 
the cost of area of the path which has the cost of 
constructing it at Rs. 2 per square metre? 
 (a) Rs. 1500  (b) Rs. 1600 (c) Rs. 1750 
 (d) Rs. 1850  (e) None of these  
 
58. Find length of BC ? ? CDB= ? DAB=90
°
 
 
 (a) 24  (b) 26  (c) 22 
 (d) 28 (e) 27 
 
59. Circumference of circle is 44 meter. Find the area of 
triangle ?(in ?? 2
) (Given- one angle of triangle is 45
°
) 
 
QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE 
 
 
 
             
 
 (a) 49 (b) 49v2 (c) 98v2  
 (d) 98 (e) None of these  
 
60. Find the area of shaded portion ? 
 
 (a) 154  (b) 196 (c) 156 
 (d) 198 (e) None of these 
 
61. A bag contains 4 red, 5 yellow and 6 green balls. 3 balls 
are drawn randomly.  
 What is the probability that the balls drawn contain no 
yellow ball? 
 (a) 
24
91
  (b) 
33
91
  (c) 
12
65
 
 (d) 
17
182
 (e) None of these  
 
Directions (62 – 66) : In each of these questions, two 
equations (I) and (II) are given. You have to solve both the 
equations and give answer.  
(a) if x > y  (b) if x ? y  (c) if x < y  
(d) if x ? y   
(e) if x = y or no relation can be established between ‘x’ and 
y.  
 
62. I. 4x + 7y = 42   II. 3x – 11y = – l  
 
63. I. 9x
2
 – 29x + 22 = 0  II. y
2
 – 7y + 12 = 0 
 
64. I. 3x
2
 – 4x – 32 = 0  II. 2y
2
 – 17y + 36 = 0 
 
65. I. 3x
2
 – 19x – 14 = 0 II. 2y
2
 + 5y + 3 = 0  
 
66. I. x
2
 + 14x + 49 = 0  II. y
2
 + 9y = 0 
 
Directions (67-71): Read the following graph carefully and 
answer the questions given below. 
Number of employees and their salaries (in thousands per 
month) in different banks. 
  
 
67. What is the average salary of employees of PNB? 
 (a) Rs. 26125  (b) Rs. 24525  
 (c) Rs. 23186  (d) Rs. 25625  
 (e) None of these 
68. Which bank has the lowest number of employees? 
 (a) SBI (b) PNB (c) OBC  
 (d) PNB and OBC  (e) None of these 
 
69. What is the respective ratio between the total salary of 
Rs. 15000 salaried employees to the total salary of Rs. 
35000 salaried employees? 
 (a) 1 : 3 (b) 2 : 3 (c) 1 : 1  
 (d) 4 : 1 (e) 2 : 7 
 
70. The number of employees of OBC drawing salary Rs. 
20000 is approximately what percent of the number of 
employees of SBI drawing salary Rs. 30000 month? 
 (a) 75% (b) 33
1
2
 (c) 16
2
3
 
 (d) 80% (e) 66 
2
3
% 
 
71. Total salary of Rs. 20000 salaried employees is what 
percent of the total salary of 25000 salaried 
employees?  
 (a) 92 (b) 90  (c) 94  
 (d) 86 (e) None of these 
 
Directions (72-76): Study the table carefully to answer the 
questions that follow. 
Number of animals in grasslands of four different countries 
in five different years 
 
 
72. What is the average of the number of tigers in the 
grassland of Sri Lanka over all the years together? 
 (a) 386  (b) 389   (c) 369 
 (d) 276 (e) None of these  
 
73. What is the difference between the total number of 
lions and bears in the grassland of England in the year 
2005 and the number of tigers in the grassland of 
South Africa in the year 1995? 
 (a) 597  (b) 558   (c) 677 
 (d) 668 (e) None of these  
 
74. The total number of animals together in the grassland 
of China in the year 1990 is approximately what per 
cent of the total number of bears in the grassland of Sri 
Lanka over all the years together? 
 (a) 44%  (b) 56%   (c) 41% 
 (d) 47% (e) 51% 
 
75. If 35 per cent of the total number of animals in the 
grassland of China in the year 2010 died due to an 
epidemic, how many animals remained in the 
grassland of China in the year 2010? 
 (a) 976  (b) 952   (c) 986 
 (d) 962 (e) None of these