Verbal Reasoning Previous papers of STATE BANK OF INDIA SPECIALIST OFFICERS EXAMINATION, 2009

Verbal Reasoning Previous papers of STATE BANK OF INDIA SPECIALIST OFFICERS EXAMINATION, 2009

Verbal Reasoning

Held in july 2009

Based on Memory

Exam prep for pre employment tests by SBI. Employment tests of SBI typically include various Types of aptitude tests.

See the test Consisting of  24 Questions of analytical Reasoning

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)Magenta

(B) Purple

(C)Pink

(D) Grey

(E)Blue

2. 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)Sitar

(B) Flute

(C)Violin

(D) Santoor

(E)Sarod

3. In a certain code DOCUMENTS is written as VDPENRSMD. How

is ADVERTISE written in that code?

(A)       FWEBSDRHS

(B)       FWENSSHRD

(C)       BEDFSDRHS

(D)       FWEBSFMLD

(E)       None of these

4. How many meaningful English words can be formed with the letters ELRU using each letter only once in each word?

(A)None

(B) One

(C)Two

(D) Three

(E) More than three

5. In a certain code ‘DOUBT’ is written as ‘53146’ and ‘TEAM’ is written as ‘6972’. How is ABODE written in that code?

(A)74659

(B) 73459

(C)75439

(D) 74359

(E) None of these


6. How many such digits are there in the number 69143875 each of which is as far away from the beginning of the number as when the digits are rearranged in descending order within the number?

(A) None

(B) One

(C) Two

(D) Three

(E) More than three

7. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word STAPLER each of which has as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet?

(A)None

(B) One

(C)Two

(D) Three

(E) More than three

8. Among P,Q,R, S and T each securing different marks. Q  scored higher than only T and P scored higher than S but lower than R. Who among them scored highest marks?

(A)P

(B)S

(C)R

(D)T

(E) None of these

Directions—(Q. 9—12) Study the following arrangement carefully

and answer the questions given below:

7M4P%JV1 K3@ EW2Q

©6TA* 8Z15$FU#9HN

9. Which of the following is the sixth to the left of the nineteenth from the left end of the above arrangement?

(A) $

(B) T

(C) W

(D) A

(F) None of these

10. How many such consonants are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately preceded by a symbol and immediately followed by a number?

(A)None

(B) One

(C)Two

(D) Three

(E) More than three

11. How many such numbers are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately preceded by a consonant and also immediately followed by a consonant?

(A)None

(B) One

(C)Two

(D) Three

(E) More than three



12. If all the symbols are dropped from the above arrangement,

which of the following will be the twelfth from the right end?

(A) Q

(B)6

(C) 2

(D)T

(E) None of these

Directions—(Q. 13—16) In each of the questions below are given three statements followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and III. 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.

13. Statements:

All stores are baskets.

Some baskets are sticks.

All sticks are chains.

Conclusions:

I. Some chains are stores.

II. Some sticks are stores.

III. Some chains are baskets.

(A) None follows

(B) Only I follows

(C) Only II follows

(D) Only III follows

(E) Only I and III follow

14. Statements

Some desks are chairs.

All chairs are ropes.

Some ropes are walls.

Conclusions:

I. Some ropes are desks.

II. Some walls are chairs.

III. Some ropes are chairs.

(A) Only I and II follow

(B) Only I and III follow

(C) Only II and III follow

(D) All I, II and III follow

(E) None of these

15. Statements

All rooms are wires.

All wires are roads.

All roads are cars.

Conclusions:

I. Some cars are rooms.

II. Some roads are rooms.

III. Some cars are wires.

(A) Only I and I follow

(B) Only II and III follow

(C) Only I and III follow

(D) All I, II and III follow

(E) None of these

16. Statements:

All tables are pencils.

No pencil is box.

Some boxes are mats.

Conclusions

I. Some mats are pencils.

II. Some boxes are tables.

Ill. Some mats are tables.

(A)       None follows

(B)       Only I follows

(C)       Only II follows

(D) Only III follows

(E) Only I and II follow

Directions—(Q. 17—22) In the following questions, the symbols *, $, %,@ and © are used with the following meaning as illustrated below

‘P $ Q’ means ‘P is not smaller than Q’.

‘P % Q’ means ‘P is not greater than Q.’

‘P@ Q’ means ‘P is neither smaller than nor equal to Q’.

‘P © Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor equal to Q’.

‘P * Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor smaller than Q’.

Now in each of the following questions assuming the given sta ments to be true, find which of the three conclusions I, II and III given below them is/are definitely true and give your answer accordingly.

17. Statements:

K @ T, T $ B, R * J

Conclusions: I. J * T

II. J©T

III. R©K

(A) Only I is true

(B) Only II is true

(C) Only III is true

(D) Only either I or II and III aretrue

(E) None of these

18. Statements:

D©R, R%F,F@E

Conclusions:

(A) Only I is true

(B) Only II is true

(C) Only III is true

(D) Only I and II are true

(E) None of these

19. Statements:

M * D, D$ T, T @ N

Conclusions: I.  N © D

II  T%M

III N©M

(A)       Only I and II are true

(B)       Only II is true

(C)       Only II and  III are true

(D)       Only I and III are true

(E) All are true

20. Statements:

W$H, H@ M,M%T

Conclusions:

I.T@H

II M%W

III. T@W

(A) None is true

(B) Only I is true

(C) Only II is true

(D) Only III is true

(E) Only II and III are true

21.       Statements:

B%R,R@K,K$N

Conclusions:

I.N© R

II.N %R

III. N© B

(A)None is true

(B)Only III is true

(C) Only I is  true

(D)Only I and II  are true

(E) Only II is true

22.       Statements:

J©D, D* H,H%F

Conclusions:

I.H@J

II. F$D

III. F@J

(A) Only I and I are true

(B) Only I and III are true

(C) Only II and III are true

(D) All are true

(E) None of these

23. In a certain code language, ‘where are you’ is written as ‘pit

ka ta’; ‘are they there’ is written as ‘sa da ka’ and ‘they may come’ is written as ‘da na ja’. How is ‘there’ writen in that code language?

(A)da

(B)sa

(C)ka

(D) Data inadequate

(E) None of these

24. What should come next following letter series?

ABCDEFZYXWVUABC

DEZYXWVUABCDEZY

XWV

(A) U

(B) A

(C) B

(D) Z

(E) None of these

Answers

1.E

2.B

3.A

4.B

5.D

6.A

7 C

8.E

9. C

10.A

11.D

12.B

13.D

14.B

15.D

16.A

17.D

18.D

19.D

20.A

21.C

22.D

23.B

24B