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SBI Clerk Prelims Memory Based Paper (Held On: 11 Jul 2021 Shift 1) (Previous Year Paper)·Reasoning Ability
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Question 801

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How many such pairs of letters are there in the word ‘SUGGESTION’, each of which has as many letters between them in the word (both forward and backward direction) as they have between them in the English alphabetical series?

  1. AOption (a)

    One

  2. BOption (b)

    Two

  3. COption (c)

    Three

  4. DOption (d)

    Four

  5. EOption (e)

    More than four

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Answer: (d)D.

Four

Why this answer is correct

Forward Pair - GN, ST

Backward Pair - GE, ON

Hence, four such pairs each of which has as many letters between them in the word as they have between them in the English alphabetical series.

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Question 802

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Six boxes - A, B, C, D, E and F and all of them have different weights. Box B is not the heaviest. Box A is lighter than only one Box. Box F is heavier than both C and D. Box D is heavier than B but not heavy as C.  If Box E is the lightest then which of the following box is exactly between the heaviest and the lightest Box? 

  1. AOption (a)

    F

  2. BOption (b)

    B

  3. COption (c)

    C

  4. DOption (d)

    D

  5. EOption (e)

    Both 3 and 4

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Answer: (e)E.

Both 3 and 4

Why this answer is correct

Six boxes - A, B, C, D, E and F

1) Box A is lighter than only one Box.

2) Box E is the lightest.

__ > A > __ > __ > __ > E

3) Box B is not the heaviest.

3) Box F is heavier than both C and D.

  1. Box D is heavier than B but not heavy as C.

F > A > C > D > B > E

The Box is exactly between the heaviest and the lightest Box are : C and D

Hence, the correct answer is both options 3 and 4.

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Question 803

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Direction: Read the following information carefully and answer the question that follow:

There are 6 members of a family in a gathering – P, Q, R, S, T and U.

R is father of S and married to Q. T is sister in law of U who is a female. P is daughter of S. S is not married to T. Q has one daughter and one son.

How S is related to T?

  1. AOption (a)

    Cannot be determined.

  2. BOption (b)

    Brother

  3. COption (c)

    Sister

  4. DOption (d)

    Brother in law

  5. EOption (e)

    Sister in law

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Answer: (b)B.

Brother

Why this answer is correct

According to the given conditions, the family tree will be:

Hence, S is brother of T.

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Question 804

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Direction: Read the following information carefully and answer the question that follow:

There are 6 members of a family in a gathering – P, Q, R, S, T and U.

R is father of S and married to Q. T is sister in law of U who is a female. P is daughter of S. S is not married to T. Q has one daughter and one son.

Who is the grandmother of P?

  1. AOption (a)

    S

  2. BOption (b)

    U

  3. COption (c)

    Q

  4. DOption (d)

    R

  5. EOption (e)

    None of these

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Answer: (c)C.

Q

Why this answer is correct

According to the given conditions, the family tree will be:

Hence, Q is the grandmother of P.

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Question 805

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Direction: Read the following information carefully and answer the question that follow:

There are 6 members of a family in a gathering – P, Q, R, S, T and U.

R is father of S and married to Q. T is sister in law of U who is a female. P is daughter of S. S is not married to T. Q has one daughter and one son.

How P is related to T?

  1. AOption (a)

    Daughter

  2. BOption (b)

    Father

  3. COption (c)

    Sister

  4. DOption (d)

    Niece

  5. EOption (e)

    Sister in law

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Answer: (d)D.

Niece

Why this answer is correct

According to the given conditions, the family tree will be:

Hence, P is the niece of T.

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Question 806

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Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H are sitting around a circle.

All of them are facing the center but not necessarily in the same order. Two people sit between C and D. Three people sit between G and A. D is second to the right of F. Two people sit between H and B. G is not an immediate neighbor of D. H is an immediate neighbor of E.

Who among the following is facing C? 

  1. AOption (a)

    D

  2. BOption (b)

    B

  3. COption (c)

    H

  4. DOption (d)

    E

  5. EOption (e)

    A

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Answer: (c)C.

H

Why this answer is correct

1) D is second to the right of F. 

2) Two people sit between C and D.

3) Three people sit between G and A.

4) G is not an immediate neighbor of D. 

5) Two people sit between H and B.

6) H is an immediate neighbor of E.  (This eliminates the case 2) 

Hence, H is facing C.

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Question 807

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Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H are sitting around a circle.

All of them are facing the center but not necessarily in the same order. Two people sit between C and D. Three people sit between G and A. D is second to the right of F. Two people sit between H and B. G is not an immediate neighbor of D. H is an immediate neighbor of E.

What is the position of D with respect to E?

  1. AOption (a)

    Immediate to the right

  2. BOption (b)

    Immediate to the left

  3. COption (c)

    Second to the right

  4. DOption (d)

    Second to the left

  5. EOption (e)

    Fifth to the right

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Answer: (d)D.

Second to the left

Why this answer is correct

1) D is second to the right of F. 

2) Two people sit between C and D.

3) Three people sit between G and A.

4) G is not an immediate neighbor of D. 

 

5) Two people sit between H and B.

6) H is an immediate neighbor of E.  (This eliminates the case 2) 

Hence, D is second to second to the left of E.

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Question 808

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Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H are sitting around a circle.

All of them are facing the center but not necessarily in the same order. Two people sit between C and D. Three people sit between G and A. D is second to the right of F. Two people sit between H and B. G is not an immediate neighbor of D. H is an immediate neighbor of E.

Who among the following is the immediate neighbor of C?

  1. AOption (a)

    B

  2. BOption (b)

    F

  3. COption (c)

    E

  4. DOption (d)

    Both B and E

  5. EOption (e)

    Both B and F

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Answer: (e)E.

Both B and F

Why this answer is correct

1) D is second to the right of F. 

2) Two people sit between C and D.

3) Three people sit between G and A.

4) G is not an immediate neighbor of D. 

5) Two people sit between H and B.

6) H is an immediate neighbor of E.  (This eliminates the case 2) 

Hence, both B and F are immediate neighbor of C.

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Question 809

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Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H are sitting around a circle.

All of them are facing the center but not necessarily in the same order. Two people sit between C and D. Three people sit between G and A. D is second to the right of F. Two people sit between H and B. G is not an immediate neighbor of D. H is an immediate neighbor of E.

Which among the following statement is true?

  1. AOption (a)

    E is an immediate neighbor of C.

  2. BOption (b)

    H is an immediate neighbor of D

  3. COption (c)

    D sits opposite to E

  4. DOption (d)

    C is second to the right of A

  5. EOption (e)

    None of the given statement is true

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Answer: (b)B.

H is an immediate neighbor of D

Why this answer is correct

1) D is second to the right of F. 

2) Two people sit between C and D.

3) Three people sit between G and A.

4) G is not an immediate neighbor of D. 

5) Two people sit between H and B.

6) H is an immediate neighbor of E.  (This eliminates the case 2) 

Hence, H is an immediate neighbor of D is true.

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Question 810

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Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H are sitting around a circle.

All of them are facing the center but not necessarily in the same order. Two people sit between C and D. Three people sit between G and A. D is second to the right of F. Two people sit between H and B. G is not an immediate neighbor of D. H is an immediate neighbor of E.

Four among the five are same in some way and thus form a group. Which among the following is odd one out. 

  1. AOption (a)

    B - D

  2. BOption (b)

    C - H

  3. COption (c)

    F - E

  4. DOption (d)

    A - G

  5. EOption (e)

    F - H

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Correct answer

Answer: (e)E.

F - H

Why this answer is correct

1) D is second to the right of F. 

2) Two people sit between C and D.

3) Three people sit between G and A.

4) G is not an immediate neighbor of D. 

5) Two people sit between H and B.

6) H is an immediate neighbor of E.  (This eliminates the case 2) 

All the given pairs are opposite to each other except F - H. 

Hence, "F - H" is odd one out.

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Question 811

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Directions

In the question below are given two statements followed by two conclusions I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statement:

Some vowels are words.

Only a few words are sentences.

Conclusion:

I. Some words are not sentences.

II. Some vowels are sentences.

  1. AOption (a)

    Only conclusion I follows

  2. BOption (b)

    Only conclusion II follows

  3. COption (c)

    Either conclusion I or II follow. 

  4. DOption (d)

    Neither conclusion I nor II follow. 

  5. EOption (e)

    Both conclusion I and II follows

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Answer: (a)A.

Only conclusion I follows

Why this answer is correct

Minimum possible venn diagram

I. Some words are not sentences. → True (Only a few words are sentences. Means some words are sentences and some words are not sentences) 

II. Some vowels are sentences. → False (This is possible but not definite) 

Hence, Only conclusion I follows.

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Question 812

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Directions

In the question below are given two statements followed by two conclusions I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statement:

All numbers are natural.

Only a few numbers are prime.

Conclusion:

I. No prime is number.

II. Some prime are natural.

  1. AOption (a)

    Both conclusion I and II follows

  2. BOption (b)

    Only conclusion II follows

  3. COption (c)

    Only conclusion I follows

  4. DOption (d)

    Neither conclusion I nor II follows

  5. EOption (e)

    Either conclusion I or II follows

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Answer: (b)B.

Only conclusion II follows

Why this answer is correct

Minimum possible venn diagram 

I. No prime is number. → False (It is definitely false) 

II. Some prime are natural. → True (numbers which are prime are definitely natural) 

Hence, Only conclusion II follows.

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Question 813

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Direction: In the question below are given two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statement:

Only a few cups are buckets.

No bucket is a jug.

Conclusion:

I. Some cups are not bucket.

II. Some cups are not jug.

  1. AOption (a)

    Only I follows

  2. BOption (b)

    Only II follows

  3. COption (c)

    Either I or II follows

  4. DOption (d)

    Neither I nor II follows

  5. EOption (e)

    Both I and II follow

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Answer: (e)E.

Both I and II follow

Why this answer is correct

The least possible diagram for the given statements is as follows

Conclusions:

I. Some cups are not bucket. → True (It is clearly mentioned in statement that only few cups are buckets that means some cups are definitely not bucket)

II. Some cups are not jug. → True (Part of cups which is bucket is definitely not jug)

Hence, both I and II follows.

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Question 814

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Direction: Read the given information carefully and answer the questions asked below.

Eight friends A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting in a row with equal distances between each other, but not necessarily in the same order.

All of them are facing north direction. Two people sit between E and C. E sits at one of the extreme ends. A sits second to the right of C. B sits fourth to the left of F. F is not an immediate neighbor of C. H sits third to the left of D. D does not sit at extreme ends.

Who among the following sits immediately to the right of F?

  1. AOption (a)

    A

  2. BOption (b)

    G

  3. COption (c)

    D

  4. DOption (d)

    E

  5. EOption (e)

    C

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Correct answer

Answer: (b)B.

G

Why this answer is correct

  1. Two people sit between E and C.

  2. E sits at one of the extreme ends.

  3. A sits second to the right of C.

  4. B sits fourth to the left of F.

  5. F is not an immediate neighbor of C. (This eliminates case 2)

  6. H sits third to the left of D.

  7. D does not sit at extreme ends.

Hence, ‘G’ sits immediately to the right of F.

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Question 815

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Direction: Read the given information carefully and answer the questions asked below.

Eight friends A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting in a row with equal distances between each other, but not necessarily in the same order.

All of them are facing north direction. Two people sit between E and C. E sits at one of the extreme ends. A sits second to the right of C. B sits fourth to the left of F. F is not an immediate neighbor of C. H sits third to the left of D. D does not sit at extreme ends.

How many people sit between C and B?

  1. AOption (a)

    One

  2. BOption (b)

    Two

  3. COption (c)

    Three

  4. DOption (d)

    Four

  5. EOption (e)

    None

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Correct answer

Answer: (e)E.

None

Why this answer is correct

  1. Two people sit between E and C.

  2. E sits at one of the extreme ends.

  3. A sits second to the right of C.

  4. B sits fourth to the left of F.

  5. F is not an immediate neighbor of C. (This eliminates case 2)

  6. H sits third to the left of D.

  7. D does not sit at extreme ends.

Hence, no one sits between C and B.

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Question 816

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Direction: Read the given information carefully and answer the questions asked below.

Eight friends A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting in a row with equal distances between each other, but not necessarily in the same order.

All of them are facing north direction. Two people sit between E and C. E sits at one of the extreme ends. A sits second to the right of C. B sits fourth to the left of F. F is not an immediate neighbor of C. H sits third to the left of D. D does not sit at extreme ends.

If all the persons are made to sit in alphabetical order from left to right, how many will remain unchanged as compared to their original seating position?

  1. AOption (a)

    One

  2. BOption (b)

    Two

  3. COption (c)

    Three

  4. DOption (d)

    None

  5. EOption (e)

    More than three

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Correct answer

Answer: (d)D.

None

Why this answer is correct

  1. Two people sit between E and C.

  2. E sits at one of the extreme ends.

  3. A sits second to the right of C.

  4. B sits fourth to the left of F.

  5. F is not an immediate neighbour of C. (This eliminates case 2)

  6. H sits third to the left of D.

  7. D does not sit at extreme ends.

After rearrangement: 

All of them change their position as compared to their original seating position.

Hence, none unchanged as compared to their original seating position.

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Question 817

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Direction: Read the given information carefully and answer the questions asked below.

Eight friends A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting in a row with equal distances between each other, but not necessarily in the same order.

All of them are facing north direction. Two people sit between E and C. E sits at one of the extreme ends. A sits second to the right of C. B sits fourth to the left of F. F is not an immediate neighbor of C. H sits third to the left of D. D does not sit at extreme ends.

Four among five are the same in a certain way. Find the one who does not belong to the group?

  1. AOption (a)

    E - G

  2. BOption (b)

    B - A

  3. COption (c)

    D - C

  4. DOption (d)

    F - H

  5. EOption (e)

    A - F

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Correct answer

Answer: (e)E.

A - F

Why this answer is correct

  1. Two people sit between E and C.

  2. E sits at one of the extreme ends.

  3. A sits second to the right of C.

  4. B sits fourth to the left of F.

  5. F is not an immediate neighbor of C. (This eliminates case 2)

  6. H sits third to the left of D.

  7. D does not sit at extreme ends.

 

E → First from the left end, G → First from the right end

B → Third from the left end, A → Third from the right end

D → Fifth from the left end, C → Fifth from the right end

F → seventh from the left end, H → seventh from the right end

A → Sixth from the left end, F→ Second from the right end

Hence, ‘A - F’ does not belong to the group.

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Question 818

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Direction: Read the given information carefully and answer the questions asked below.

Eight friends A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting in a row with equal distances between each other, but not necessarily in the same order.

All of them are facing north direction. Two people sit between E and C. E sits at one of the extreme ends. A sits second to the right of C. B sits fourth to the left of F. F is not an immediate neighbor of C. H sits third to the left of D. D does not sit at extreme ends.

Who among the following sits second from the left end?

  1. AOption (a)

    B

  2. BOption (b)

    C

  3. COption (c)

    H

  4. DOption (d)

    F

  5. EOption (e)

    A

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Correct answer

Answer: (c)C.

H

Why this answer is correct

  1. Two people sit between E and C.

  2. E sits at one of the extreme ends.

  3. A sits second to the right of C.

  4. B sits fourth to the left of F.

  5. F is not an immediate neighbor of C. (This eliminates case 2)

  6. H sits third to the left of D.

  7. D does not sit at extreme ends.

Hence, H sits second from the left end.

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Question 819

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Direction: Study the following information carefully and answer the given question. 

Sahil starts from Point A and walks 8 m in south and reaches point B, then turns towards his left and walks 4 m and reaches Point C, from point C he turns his right and walks 5 m and reaches Point D. From D he turns 8 m towards left and reaches to E. From E he again turns left and walk 5 m reaches to F again turn right and walk 4 m to reach point G. Finally he again turns to his left and walks 8 m and reaches Point H.

What is the distance between A and H and H is in which direction with respect to A?

  1. AOption (a)

    16 m, East

  2. BOption (b)

    12 m, West

  3. COption (c)

    16 m, West

  4. DOption (d)

    24 m, North East

  5. EOption (e)

    12 m, South East

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

16 m, East

Why this answer is correct

Hence, H is 16 m in the East direction with respect to A.

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Question 820

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Direction: Study the following information carefully and answer the given question. 

Sahil starts from Point A and walks 8 m in south and reaches point B, then turns towards his left and walks 4 m and reaches Point C, from point C he turns his right and walks 5 m and reaches Point D. From D he turns 8 m towards left and reaches to E. From E he again turns left and walk 5 m reaches to F again turn right and walk 4 m to reach point G. Finally he again turns to his left and walks 8 m and reaches Point H.

Point E is in which direction with respect to C?

  1. AOption (a)

    South

  2. BOption (b)

    South East

  3. COption (c)

    North West

  4. DOption (d)

    North

  5. EOption (e)

    North East

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Correct answer

Answer: (b)B.

South East

Why this answer is correct

Hence, E is in South East direction with respect to C.

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