IOB Indian Overseas Bank 2009 PO Exam Reasoning solved question papers
TEST REASONING ABILITY
Q.1.Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
a)Black-Answer
b)Yellow
c)Red
d)reen
e)Violet
Q.2.How many such pairs of letters are there in the word FOREIGN each of which has as manyletters between them in the word as in the English alphabet?
a)None
b)One
c)TwoAnswer
d)Three
e)More than three
Q.3.Each vowel in the word JOURNEY is replaced by the previous letter in the English alphabet andeach consonant is replaced by the next letter in the English alphabet, then the substituted lettersare arrang
ed in alphabetical order. Which of the following will be the fifth from the left end?
a)D
b)K
c)O
d)T
e)None of theseAnswer
Q.4.How many such digits are there in the number 5846937 each of which is as far away from thebeginning of the number as when the digits are arranged in ascending order within the number?
a)None
b)One
c)TwoAnswer
d)Three
e)More than three
Q.5.In a certain code language, ‘food is good ’ is written as ‘ ho na ta’, ‘ eat food regularly ’ is written as‘ sa ta la ’ and ‘ keep good health ’ is written as ‘ da na ja ’. How is ‘eat’ written in that code language?
a)sa
b)la
c)sa or laAnswer
d)Data inadequate
e)None of these
Q.6.In a row of thirty boys, R is fourth from the right end and W is tenth from the left end. How manyboys are there between R and W?
a)15
b)16Answer
c)17
d)Cannot be determined
e)None of these
q.7.Among A, B, C, D and E each having a different weight, D is heavier than A and E and B is lighter than C. Who amongthem is the heaviest?
a)D
b)B
c)C
d)Data inadequateAnswer
e)None of these
Q.8.In a certain code CORDIAL is written as ‘ SPDCMBJ ’. How is SOMEDAY written in that code?
a)NPTDEBZ
b)NPTFZBE
c)TPNDZBE
d)NPTDZBEAnswer
e)None of these
Q.9.How many meaningful English words can be made with the letters EMLIusing each letter onlyonce in each word?
a)One
b)TwoAnswer
c)Three
d)Four
e)More than four
Q.10.Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one thatdoes not belong to that group?
a)45
b)51
c)39
d)93
e)85Answer
Q.11.What should come next in the following letter series?
A Z A B Y AB C X A B C D W A B C D E V A B C D E
a)U
b)T
c)A
d)G
e)None of theseAnswer
Q.12.If ‘P’ denotes ‘multiplied by’; ‘R’ denotes ‘added to’; T’ denotes ‘subtracted from’ and ‘W denotes ‘divided by’, then —— 64 W 4 P 8 T 6 R 4 =?
a)96
b)2
c)130
d)126-Answer
e)None of these
Q.13.If it is possible to make only one meaningful English word with the first, the sixth, the eighth andthe ninth letters of the word HOARDINGS , which of the following will be the third letter of thatword?
If no such word can be made, give ‘X’ as the answer and if more than one such word canbe made, give Y as the answer.
a)G-Answer
b)I
c)S
d)X
e)Y
Q.14.In a certain code DOES is written as ‘ 5$3% ’ and SITE is written as ‘ %4#3 ’. How is EDIT writtenin that code?
a)354#Answer
b)3#54
c)3$4#
d)35$#
e)None of these
Q.15.D is brother of B. M is brother of B. K is father of M. T is wife of K. How is B related to T?
a)Son
b)Daughter
c)Son or DaughterAnswer
d)Data inadequate
e)None of thes