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Question 181

LIC ADO 2022• Reasoning Ability

Direction: Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions.

In a certain code language,

'for the victory sign' is coded as 'si vi th fo', 

‘empty the apartment now’ is coded as ‘no ap th em’

‘now for the finale’ is coded as ‘fi th fo no’

‘for empty sign victory’ is coded as ‘vi si em fo’

What is the code for 'victory'?

  1. AOption (a)

    vi

  2. BOption (b)

    th

  3. COption (c)

    fo

  4. DOption (d)

    si

  5. EOption (e)

    Either vi or si

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Correct answer

Answer: (e)E.

Either vi or si

Why this answer is correct

Given statement:

'for the victory sign' is coded as 'si vi th fo', 

‘empty the apartment now’ is coded as ‘no ap th em’

‘now for the finale’ is coded as ‘fi th fo no’

‘for empty sign victory’ is coded as ‘vi si em fo’

We get:

for - fo

the - th

empty - em

now – no

The codes for ‘apartment’ and ‘finale’ is determined by elimination, i.e. all the other codes in the sentence are determined:

apartment - ap

finale – fi

We can not clearly determine the codes for ‘victory’ and ‘sign’:

victory – vi/si

sign – si/vi

The code for 'Victory' is either vi or si.

Question 182

LIC ADO 2022• Reasoning Ability

Direction: Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions.

In a certain code language,

'for the victory sign' is coded as 'si vi th fo', 

‘empty the apartment now’ is coded as ‘no ap th em’

‘now for the finale’ is coded as ‘fi th fo no’

‘for empty sign victory’ is coded as ‘vi si em fo’

What is the code for 'finale'?

  1. AOption (a)

    ap

  2. BOption (b)

    fi

  3. COption (c)

    th

  4. DOption (d)

    fo

  5. EOption (e)

    no

View answer & explanation

Correct answer

Answer: (b)B.

fi

Why this answer is correct

Given statement:

'for the victory sign' is coded as 'si vi th fo', 

‘empty the apartment now’ is coded as ‘no ap th em’

‘now for the finale’ is coded as ‘fi th fo no’

‘for empty sign victory’ is coded as ‘vi si em fo’

We get:

for - fo

the - th

empty - em

now – no

The codes for ‘apartment’ and ‘finale’ is determined by elimination, i.e. all the other codes in the sentence are determined:

apartment - ap

finale – fi

We can not clearly determine the codes for ‘victory’ and ‘sign’:

victory – vi/si

sign – si/vi

The code for 'Finale' is fi.

Question 183

LIC ADO 2022• Reasoning Ability

Direction: Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions.

In a certain code language,

'for the victory sign' is coded as 'si vi th fo', 

‘empty the apartment now’ is coded as ‘no ap th em’

‘now for the finale’ is coded as ‘fi th fo no’

‘for empty sign victory’ is coded as ‘vi si em fo’

If the code for 'all good for victory' is coded as 'vi fo go al', how will 'the empty sign' be coded as?

  1. AOption (a)

    th em vi

  2. BOption (b)

    si em fo

  3. COption (c)

    si em th

  4. DOption (d)

    fi th fo

  5. EOption (e)

    None of the above

View answer & explanation

Correct answer

Answer: (c)C.

si em th

Why this answer is correct

Given statement:

'for the victory sign' is coded as 'si vi th fo', 

‘empty the apartment now’ is coded as ‘no ap th em’

‘now for the finale’ is coded as ‘fi th fo no’

‘for empty sign victory’ is coded as ‘vi si em fo’

We get:

for - fo

the - th

empty - em

now – no

The codes for ‘apartment’ and ‘finale’ is determined by elimination, i.e. all the other codes in the sentence are determined:

apartment - ap

finale – fi

We can not clearly determine the codes for ‘victory’ and ‘sign’:

victory – vi/si

sign – si/vi

The code for 'the empty sign' is 'si em th'.

Question 184

LIC ADO 2022• Reasoning Ability

Direction: Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions.

In a certain code language,

'for the victory sign' is coded as 'si vi th fo', 

‘empty the apartment now’ is coded as ‘no ap th em’

‘now for the finale’ is coded as ‘fi th fo no’

‘for empty sign victory’ is coded as ‘vi si em fo’

What is the code for 'apartment'?

  1. AOption (a)

    ap

  2. BOption (b)

    th

  3. COption (c)

    em

  4. DOption (d)

    no

  5. EOption (e)

    fo

View answer & explanation

Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

ap

Why this answer is correct

Given statement:

'for the victory sign' is coded as 'si vi th fo', 

‘empty the apartment now’ is coded as ‘no ap th em’

‘now for the finale’ is coded as ‘fi th fo no’

‘for empty sign victory’ is coded as ‘vi si em fo’

We get:

for - fo

the - th

empty - em

now – no

The codes for ‘apartment’ and ‘finale’ is determined by elimination, i.e. all the other codes in the sentence are determined:

apartment - ap

finale – fi

We can not clearly determine the codes for ‘victory’ and ‘sign’:

victory – vi/si

sign – si/vi

The code for 'apartment' is 'ap'.

Question 185

LIC ADO 2022• Reasoning Ability

If it is possible to make only one meaningful 4 letter English word with the 1st, 3rd, 6th, and 8th letter of the word PROPELLER, which of the following will be the third letter from the left of that word? If no such word can be made give ‘X’ as the answer and if more than one such word can be made give ‘Y’ as the answer.

  1. AOption (a)

    X

  2. BOption (b)

    O

  3. COption (c)

    L

  4. DOption (d)

    Y

  5. EOption (e)

    E

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Correct answer

Answer: (d)D.

Y

Why this answer is correct

Given words: PROPELLER

1st, 3rd, 6th, and 8th letter of the word PROPELLER is: P, O, L, and E

Combining and un-jumbling the letters we get: POLE and LOPE

Since 2 words are possible from the letters.

The answer is Y.

Question 186

LIC ADO 2022• Reasoning Ability

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?

  1. AOption (a)

    ZXV

  2. BOption (b)

    DBZ

  3. COption (c)

    GIK

  4. DOption (d)

    FDB

  5. EOption (e)

    KIG

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Correct answer

Answer: (c)C.

GIK

Why this answer is correct

The pattern for the code is as follows,

As per the English Alphabetical Series,

Z - 2 = X; X - 2 = V

D - 2 = B; B - 2 = Z

G + 2 = I; I + 2 = K

F - 2 = D; D - 2 = B

K - 2 = I; I - 2 = G

'GIK' is the odd one out.

Question 187

LIC ADO 2022• Reasoning Ability

Direction: Study the following information and answer the following questions.

Five persons are working in a bank. Their designations are CEO, CFO, Manager, Clerk, and Peon. The sequence of the posts is as above i.e. CEO is the senior most and Peon is the junior most person. They have a different number of pens. No two persons have the same number of pens.

Two persons are junior to Z. The difference in the number of pens between R and Z is 14 and Z has the least number of pens. The one who is just senior to the one who is Manager has 33 pens. A is just senior to the one who has 45 pens. There is one designation between the Manager and R. A has 11 pens more and 9 pen more than W and Q respectively. One designation lies between the one who has 33 pens and A.

How many total number of pens have by the persons who are on the post of CEO and CFO?

  1. AOption (a)

    64

  2. BOption (b)

    66

  3. COption (c)

    68

  4. DOption (d)

    70

  5. EOption (e)

    72

View answer & explanation

Correct answer

Answer: (c)C.

68

Why this answer is correct

Given:

5 designations - CEO, CFO, Manager, Clerk, and Peon

CEO is the senior most and Peon is the juniormost person. 

They have a different number of pens such that no two persons have the same number of pens.

Now,

  1. Two persons are junior to Z. It means Z is a Manager.

  2. The one who is just senior to the one who is Manager has 33 pens. It means CFO has 33 pens.

  3. One designation lies between the one who has 33 pens and A. It means A is Clerk.

PostsPersonsNumber of Pens
CEO
CFO33
ManagerZ
ClerkA
Peon

 

  1. A is just senior to the one who has 45 pens. It means Peon has 45 pens.

  2. There is one designation between the Manager and R. It means R can be either CEO or Peon.

Case I

PostsPersonsNumber of Pens
CEOR
CFO33
ManagerZ
ClerkA
Peon45

 

Case II

PostsPersonsNumber of Pens
CEO
CFO33
ManagerZ
ClerkA
PeonR45

 

  1. A has 11 pens more and 9 pens more than W and Q respectively. It means A = W+11 and A = Q+9. W+11 = Q+9. Q-W = 2. Q has more pens than W. In case I, Q has 45 pens and W has 33 pens. But 45-33 is not equal to 2. So, the case I get eliminated. In case II, again there are two possibilities:

Possibility I - W have 33 pens. So Q will have 35 pens and A will have 44 pens.

Possibility II - Q has 33 pens so W will have 31 pens and A will have 42 pens.

Case II (a)

PostsPersonsNumber of Pens
CEOQ35
CFOW33
ManagerZ
ClerkA44
PeonR45

 

Case II (b)

PostsPersonsNumber of Pens
CEOW31
CFOQ33
ManagerZ
ClerkA42
PeonR45

 

  1. The difference in the number of pens between R and Z is 14 and Z has the least number of pens. So, R – 14 = Z. Z has 45-14 =31 pens. But no two persons can have the same number of pens. So, case II (b) gets eliminated as W also has 31 pens in it. 

The final arrangement is -

PostsPersonsNumber of Pens
CEOQ35
CFOW33
ManagerZ31
ClerkA44
PeonR45

 

The total number of pens by the persons who are on the post of CEO and CFO is 35 + 33 = 68.

Hence, The correct answer is 68.

Question 188

LIC ADO 2022• Reasoning Ability

Direction: Study the following information and answer the following questions.

Five persons are working in a bank. Their designations are CEO, CFO, Manager, Clerk, and Peon. The sequence of the posts is as above i.e. CEO is the senior most and Peon is the junior most person. They have a different number of pens. No two persons have the same number of pens.

Two persons are junior to Z. The difference in the number of pens between R and Z is 14 and Z has the least number of pens. The one who is just senior to the one who is Manager has 33 pens. A is just senior to the one who has 45 pens. There is one designation between the Manager and R. A has 11 pens more and 9 pen more than W and Q respectively. One designation lies between the one who has 33 pens and A.

Find the correct Sequence from the following?

  1. AOption (a)

    Manager-A-44

  2. BOption (b)

    CEO-Q-35

  3. COption (c)

    CFO-R-45

  4. DOption (d)

    Clerk-Z-49

  5. EOption (e)

    Peon-W-38

View answer & explanation

Correct answer

Answer: (b)B.

CEO-Q-35

Why this answer is correct

Given:

5 designations - CEO, CFO, Manager, Clerk, and Peon

CEO is the senior most and Peon is the juniormost person. 

They have a different number of pens such that no two persons have the same number of pens.

Now,

  1. Two persons are junior to Z. It means Z is a Manager.

  2. The one who is just senior to the one who is Manager has 33 pens. It means CFO has 33 pens.

  3. One designation lies between the one who has 33 pens and A. It means A is Clerk.

PostsPersonsNumber of Pens
CEO
CFO33
ManagerZ
ClerkA
Peon

 

  1. A is just senior to the one who has 45 pens. It means Peon has 45 pens.

  2. There is one designation between the Manager and R. It means R can be either CEO or Peon.

Case I

PostsPersonsNumber of Pens
CEOR
CFO33
ManagerZ
ClerkA
Peon45

 

Case II

PostsPersonsNumber of Pens
CEO
CFO33
ManagerZ
ClerkA
PeonR45

 

  1. A has 11 pens more and 9 pens more than W and Q respectively. It means A = W+11 and A = Q+9. W+11 = Q+9. Q-W = 2. Q has more pens than W. In case I, Q has 45 pens and W has 33 pens. But 45-33 is not equal to 2. So, the case I get eliminated. In case II, again there are two possibilities:

Possibility I - W have 33 pens. So Q will have 35 pens and A will have 44 pens.

Possibility II - Q has 33 pens so W will have 31 pens and A will have 42 pens.

Case II (a)

PostsPersonsNumber of Pens
CEOQ35
CFOW33
ManagerZ
ClerkA44
PeonR45

 

Case II (b)

PostsPersonsNumber of Pens
CEOW31
CFOQ33
ManagerZ
ClerkA42
PeonR45

 

  1. The difference in the number of pens between R and Z is 14 and Z has the least number of pens. So, R – 14 = Z. Z has 45-14 =31 pens. But no two persons can have the same number of pens. So, case II (b) gets eliminated as W also has 31 pens in it. 

The final arrangement is -

PostsPersonsNumber of Pens
CEOQ35
CFOW33
ManagerZ31
ClerkA44
PeonR45

 

Hence, The correct answer is CEO-Q-35.

Question 189

LIC ADO 2022• Reasoning Ability

Direction: Study the following information and answer the following questions.

Five persons are working in a bank. Their designations are CEO, CFO, Manager, Clerk, and Peon. The sequence of the posts is as above i.e. CEO is the senior most and Peon is the junior most person. They have a different number of pens. No two persons have the same number of pens.

Two persons are junior to Z. The difference in the number of pens between R and Z is 14 and Z has the least number of pens. The one who is just senior to the one who is Manager has 33 pens. A is just senior to the one who has 45 pens. There is one designation between the Manager and R. A has 11 pens more and 9 pen more than W and Q respectively. One designation lies between the one who has 33 pens and A.

How many post are between the person R and Q?

  1. AOption (a)

    One 

  2. BOption (b)

    Two

  3. COption (c)

    Three

  4. DOption (d)

    Four

  5. EOption (e)

    None

View answer & explanation

Correct answer

Answer: (c)C.

Three

Why this answer is correct

Given:

5 designations - CEO, CFO, Manager, Clerk, and Peon

CEO is the senior most and Peon is the juniormost person. 

They have a different number of pens such that no two persons have the same number of pens.

Now,

  1. Two persons are junior to Z. It means Z is a Manager.

  2. The one who is just senior to the one who is Manager has 33 pens. It means CFO has 33 pens.

  3. One designation lies between the one who has 33 pens and A. It means A is Clerk.

PostsPersonsNumber of Pens
CEO
CFO33
ManagerZ
ClerkA
Peon

 

  1. A is just senior to the one who has 45 pens. It means Peon has 45 pens.

  2. There is one designation between the Manager and R. It means R can be either CEO or Peon.

Case I

PostsPersonsNumber of Pens
CEOR
CFO33
ManagerZ
ClerkA
Peon45

 

Case II

PostsPersonsNumber of Pens
CEO
CFO33
ManagerZ
ClerkA
PeonR45

 

  1. A has 11 pens more and 9 pens more than W and Q respectively. It means A = W+11 and A = Q+9. W+11 = Q+9. Q-W = 2. Q has more pens than W. In case I, Q has 45 pens and W has 33 pens. But 45-33 is not equal to 2. So, the case I get eliminated. In case II, again there are two possibilities:

Possibility I - W have 33 pens. So Q will have 35 pens and A will have 44 pens.

Possibility II - Q has 33 pens so W will have 31 pens and A will have 42 pens.

Case II (a)

PostsPersonsNumber of Pens
CEOQ35
CFOW33
ManagerZ
ClerkA44
PeonR45

 

Case II (b)

PostsPersonsNumber of Pens
CEOW31
CFOQ33
ManagerZ
ClerkA42
PeonR45

 

  1. The difference in the number of pens between R and Z is 14 and Z has the least number of pens. So, R – 14 = Z. Z has 45-14 =31 pens. But no two persons can have the same number of pens. So, case II (b) gets eliminated as W also has 31 pens in it. 

The final arrangement is -

PostsPersonsNumber of Pens
CEOQ35
CFOW33
ManagerZ31
ClerkA44
PeonR45

 

Hence, The correct answer is Three.

Question 190

LIC ADO 2022• Reasoning Ability

Direction: Study the following information and answer the following questions.

Five persons are working in a bank. Their designations are CEO, CFO, Manager, Clerk, and Peon. The sequence of the posts is as above i.e. CEO is the senior most and Peon is the junior most person. They have a different number of pens. No two persons have the same number of pens.

Two persons are junior to Z. The difference in the number of pens between R and Z is 14 and Z has the least number of pens. The one who is just senior to the one who is Manager has 33 pens. A is just senior to the one who has 45 pens. There is one designation between the Manager and R. A has 11 pens more and 9 pen more than W and Q respectively. One designation lies between the one who has 33 pens and A.

Who is on the post of CFO?

  1. AOption (a)

    Q

  2. BOption (b)

    Z

  3. COption (c)

    A

  4. DOption (d)

    W

  5. EOption (e)

    R

View answer & explanation

Correct answer

Answer: (d)D.

W

Why this answer is correct

Given:

5 designations - CEO, CFO, Manager, Clerk, and Peon

CEO is the senior most and Peon is the juniormost person. 

They have a different number of pens such that no two persons have the same number of pens.

Now,

  1. Two persons are junior to Z. It means Z is a Manager.

  2. The one who is just senior to the one who is Manager has 33 pens. It means CFO has 33 pens.

  3. One designation lies between the one who has 33 pens and A. It means A is Clerk.

PostsPersonsNumber of Pens
CEO
CFO33
ManagerZ
ClerkA
Peon

 

  1. A is just senior to the one who has 45 pens. It means Peon has 45 pens.

  2. There is one designation between the Manager and R. It means R can be either CEO or Peon.

Case I

PostsPersonsNumber of Pens
CEOR
CFO33
ManagerZ
ClerkA
Peon45

 

Case II

PostsPersonsNumber of Pens
CEO
CFO33
ManagerZ
ClerkA
PeonR45

 

  1. A has 11 pens more and 9 pens more than W and Q respectively. It means A = W+11 and A = Q+9. W+11 = Q+9. Q-W = 2. Q has more pens than W. In case I, Q has 45 pens and W has 33 pens. But 45-33 is not equal to 2. So, the case I get eliminated. In case II, again there are two possibilities:

Possibility I - W have 33 pens. So Q will have 35 pens and A will have 44 pens.

Possibility II - Q has 33 pens so W will have 31 pens and A will have 42 pens.

Case II (a)

PostsPersonsNumber of Pens
CEOQ35
CFOW33
ManagerZ
ClerkA44
PeonR45

 

Case II (b)

PostsPersonsNumber of Pens
CEOW31
CFOQ33
ManagerZ
ClerkA42
PeonR45

 

  1. The difference in the number of pens between R and Z is 14 and Z has the least number of pens. So, R – 14 = Z. Z has 45-14 =31 pens. But no two persons can have the same number of pens. So, case II (b) gets eliminated as W also has 31 pens in it. 

The final arrangement is -

PostsPersonsNumber of Pens
CEOQ35
CFOW33
ManagerZ31
ClerkA44
PeonR45

 

Hence, The correct answer is W.