Reasoning Ability Practice Test for SBI PO

REASONING ABILITY PRACTICE TEST

Directions(1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

Kelly, Victor, Cyrus, Hector, Scott, John, Robert, Benjamin, Christopher and Adam, ten sailors are starting their voyage to Different country, i.e, Sydney, Mumbai, Valencia, Mauritius, Brazil, Cape Town, Honduras, Frankfurt, Oslo and Tokyo, but not necessarily in the same order. They like different types of fruits, i.e, Mango, Orange, Papaya, Cherry, Guava, Coconut, Pine apple, Apple, Banana and Kiwi, but not necessarily in the same order.
>> Victor is going to Brazil.
>> Scott likes Guava and is going to Valencia.
>> The person likes Kiwi is going to Tokyo.
>> Robert likes Pine apple and Christopher is going to Oslo.
>> Benjamin is going to Frankfurt.
>> John goes to Mauritius and likes Coconut.
>> Hector likes Cherry and is going to Mumbai.
>> Neither Kelly nor Victor likes Banana.
>> Christopher does not like Kiwi or Orange.
>> Kelly likes neither Mango nor Apple.
>> The person who goes to Sydney likes Papaya.
>> Kelly is going to Cape Town.
>> Cyrus likes Papaya and Benjamin likes Apple.

1.Christopher likes which fruit?
a)Guava
b)Papaya
c)Apple
d)Mango
e)None of these

2.Robert is going to which of the following countries?
a)Honduras
b)Brazil
c)Tokyo
d)Oslo
e)Valencia

3.Which combination is absolutely correct?
a)John - Coconut - Mauritius
b)Robert - Guava - Honduras
c)Adam - Kiwi - Valencia
d)Benjamin - Apple - Sydney
e)Cyrus - Cherry - Sydney

4.Which fruit does Victor like?
a)Banana
b)Mango
c)Orange
d)Apple
e)None of these

5.Which combination is absolutely correct about Kelly?
a)Papaya - Sydney
b)Coconut - Mauritius
c)Orange - Sydney
d)Orange - Cape Town
e)Cherry - Mumbai

Directions(6-10): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
‘We are Indian’ is written as @2E, £3E, #6N
‘Delhi is the capital’ is written as &5I, #2S, ©3E, %7L
‘Love for the country’ is written as $4E, *3R, ©3E, %7Y
‘Makes it large’ is written as ß5S, #2T, $5E

6.‘Indian’ is coded as:
a)@4N
b)#4N
c)#6N
d)%5N
e)None of these

7.'Love' is coded as:
a)$4E
b)@4E
c)%5S
d)$5S
e)Can’t be determined

8.What is the code of ‘Delhi’?
a)$5I
b)@5E
c)#6S
d)&5I
e)None of these

9.‘Large’ is coded as:
a)$5E
b)@6E
c)$6E
d)@5E
e)None of these

10.Code for ‘Country’ is:
a)%7Y
b)$5Y
c)#7I
d)@6Y
e)None of these

Answer key

1.e)
2.a)
3.a)
4.b)
5.d)
6.c)
7.a)
8.d)
9.a)
10.a)

Solution

(1-5):
 

Person	Fruit	Country
Kelly	Orange	Cape Town
Victor	Mango	Brazil
Cyrus	Papaya	Sydney
Hector	Cherry	Mumbai
Scott	Guava	Valencia
John	Coconut	Mauritius
Robert	Pine apple	Honduras
Benjamin	Apple	Frankfurt
Christopher	Banana	Oslo
Adam	Kiwi	Tokyo

(6-10):
  We     are    Indian
    ↓       ↓        ↓
@2E   £3E   #6N
Delhi   is     the   capital
   ↓       ↓       ↓        ↓
 &5I   #2S  ©3E   %7L
Love   for    the   country
   ↓        ↓      ↓         ↓
 $4E    *3R ©3E   %7Y
Makes   it   large
   ↓         ↓     ↓
 ß5S    #2T  $5E
we coded first letter as symbol. The digit(number) is the code of the total number of the letters present in the word and the last letter in the code is the last letter of the word.
eg $4E stands for 'Love'. Here $ is the code for the first letter L, 4 denotes the number of letters in the word and E represents its last letter.