Union Bank of India Probationary Officers Exam-Reasoning : Solved Paper

Union Bank of India Probationary Officers Exam

Reasoning : Solved Paper

(Held on 7-9-2008)

1. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word GUARDIAN 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

2. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the

onethat does not belong to that group ?

(A) 19

(B) 17

(C) 23

(D) 29

(E) 27

3. How many meaningful English words can be made with the letters TEBI using each

letter only once in each word ?

(A) None

(B) One

(C) Two

(D) Three

(E) More than three

4. In a certain code LONG is written as 5123 and GEAR is written as 3748. How is

LANE written in that code ?

(A) 5427

(B) 5247

(C) 5847

(D) 5237

(E) None of these

5. 'BD' is related to 'EG' and 'MO' is related to 'PR' in the same way as 'FH' is related

to ……….

(A) JM

(B) IL

(C) JL

(D) IK

6. How many such digits are there in the number 58674139 each of which is as far away

from the beginning of the number as when the digits within the number are rearranged in

descending order ?

(A) None

(B) One

(C) Two

(D) Three

(E) More than three

7. In a certain code BREAKDOWN is written as BFSCJMVNC. How is ORGANISED

written in that code ?

(A) PSHBMCDRH

(B) BHSPMCDRH

(C) BHSPOCDRH

(D) BHSPNHRDC

(E) None of these

8. In a certain code language 'pik da pa' means 'where are you'; 'da na ja' means 'you

may come' and 'na ka sa' means 'he may go', which of the following means 'come' in

that code language ?

(A) da

(B) ja

(C) na

(D) Cannot be determined

(E) None of these

9. 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) Copper

(B) Iron

(C) Aluminium

(D) Zinc

(E) Steel

10. What should come next in the following number series ?

9898798769876598765498765

(A) 3

(B) 4

(C) 2

(D) 1

(E) None of these

11. Which of the following is the middle digit of the second highest among the following

five numbers ?

12. Meeta correctly remembers that her father's birthday is after 8th July but before 12th

July. Her brother correctly remembers that their father's birthday is after 10th July but

before 15th July. On which day of July was definitely their father's birthday ?

(A) 10th

(B) 11th

(C) 10th or 11th

(D) Cannot be determined

(E) None of these

13. In a class of 50 students M is eighth from top. H is 20th from bottom. How many

students are there between M and H ?

(A) 22

(B) 23

(C) 24

(D) Cannot be determined

(E) None of these

14. Among A, B, C, D and F each scoring different marks in the annual examination, D

scored less than only F among them. B scored more than A and C but less than D. Who

among them scored least marks among them ?

(A) A

(B) C

(C) B

(D) Data inadequate

(E) None of these

15. 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) B D F

(B) V X Z

(C) F I K

(D) M O Q

(E) L N P

Directions—(Q. 16-22) In each question below are three statements followed by two

conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the three given statements to be true

even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of

the given conclusions logically follows from the three statements disregarding commonly

known facts. Give answers :

(A) If only conclusion I follows.

(B) If only conclusion II follows.

(C) If either conclusion I or II follows.

(D) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.

(E) If both conclusions I and II follow.

Directions—(Q. 23-29) Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the

questions given below—

B#AR58E%MF4J1U@H2©9TI6*W3P#K7$Y

23. Which of the following is the twelfth to the left of the twentieth from the left end of

the above arrangement ?

(A) %

(B) W

(C) $

(D) J

(E) None of these

24. 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 symbol ?

(A) None

(B) One

(C) Two

(D) Three

(E) More than three

25. How many such symbols are there in the above arrangement each of which is

immediately preceded by a letter and also immediately followed by a number ?

(A) None

(B) One

(C) Two

(D) Three

(E) More than three

26. How many such consonants are there in the above arrangement each of which is

immediately preceded by a consonant and also immediately followed by a number ?

27. If all the numbers in the above arrangement are dropped, which of the following will

be the eleventh from the right end ?

(A) U

(B) T

(C) F

(D) H

(E) None of these

28. How many such vowels are there in the above arrangement each of which is either

immediately preceded by a symbol or immediately followed by a symbol or both ?

(A) None

(B) One

(C) Two

(D) Three

(E) Four

29. Four of the following are alike in a certain way based on their positions in the above

arrangement and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group ?

(A) 1 @ 4

(B) © T H

(C) W P 6

(D) # 7 3

(E) 9 2 I

Directions (Q. 30–36)—In each question below is given a group of digits/symbols

followed by four combinations of letters lettered (A), (B), (C) and (D). You have to find

out which of the combinations correctly represents the group of digits/symbols based on

the following letter coding system and mark the letter of that combination as the answer.

If none of the letter combinations correctly represents the group of digits/ symbols, mark

(E) i.e. 'None of these' as the answer.

Digit/Symbol :

4%39$18@©2#56*7d

Letter Code :

PMITRQJFHAEUNBGL

Conditions :

(i) If the first element in the group is a symbol and the last element is a digit, the codes

are to be interchanged.

(ii) If the first element in the group is a digit and the last element is a symbol both are to

be coded as the code for the digit.

(iii) If both the first and the last elements are even digits both are to be coded as 'X'.

(iv) If both the first and the last elements are odd digits, both are to be coded as 'Y'.

Directions—(Q. 37–43) In the following questions, the symbols @, ©, %, $ and d are

used with the following meanings illustrated.

'P % Q' means 'P is greater than Q'.

'P d Q' means 'P is neither greater than nor smaller than Q'.

'P @ Q' means 'P is smaller than Q'.

'P © Q' means 'P is either smaller than or equal to Q'.

'P $ Q' means 'P is either greater than or equal to Q'.

In each of the following questions assuming the given statements to be true, find out

which of the two conclusions I and II given below them is/are definitely true. Give

answers :

(A) If only conclusion I is true.

(B) If only conclusion II is true.

(C) If either conclusion I or conclusion II is true.

(D) If neither conclusion I nor conclusion II is true.

(E) If both conclusions I and II are true.

Directions—(Q. 44–49) Study the following information and answer the questions given

below—

M, N, P, R, T, W, F and H are sitting around a circle facing at the centre. P is third to the

left of M and second to the right of T. N is second to the right of P. R is second to the

right of W who is second to the right of M. F is not an immediate neighbour of P.

45. Who is to the immediate right of H ?

(A) R

(B) F

(C) M

(D) Data inadequate

(E) None of these

49. In which of the following is the first person sitting in between the second and the

Directions—(Q. 50–55) In each of the following questions, two rows of numbers are

given. The resultant number in each row is to be worked out separately based on the

following rules and the questions below the rows of numbers are to be answered. The

operations of numbers progress from the left to the right.

Rules :

(i) If an odd number is followed by another composite odd number, they are to be added.

(ii) If an even number is followed by an odd number they are to be added.

(iii) If an even number is followed by a number which is the perfect square, the even

number is to be subtracted from the perfect square.

(iv) If an odd number is followed by a prime odd number, the first number is to be

divided by the second number.

(v) If an odd number is followed by an even number the second one is to be subtracted

from the first number.

50. 15 8 21

p 3 27

If 'p' is the resultant of the first row, what will be the resultant of the second row ?

(A) 58

(B) 76

(C) 27

(D) 82

(E) None of these

51. 12 64 17

20 m 16

If 'm' is the resultant of the first row, what will be the resultant of the second row ?

(A) 69

(B) 85

(C) 101

(D) 121

(E) None of these

52. 85 17 35

16 19 r

If 'r' is the resultant of the first row, what will be the resultant of the second row ?

(A) 175

(B) – 5

(C) 75

(D) 210

53. 24 15 3

d 6 15

If 'd' is the resultant of the first row, what will be the resultant of the second row ?

(A) 37

(B) 8

(C) 22

(D) 29

(E) None of these

54. 28 49 15

h 3 12

If 'h' is the resultant of the first row, what will be the resultant of the second row ?

(A) 13

(B) 15

(C) 19

(D) 27

(E) None of these

55. 36 15 3

12 3 n

If 'n' is the resultant of the first row, what will be the resultant of the second row ?

(A) 15 / 17

(B) 32

(C) 12 / 17

(D) 36

(E) None of these

Directions—(Q. 56–60) Below in each question are given two statements I and II. These

statements may be either independent causes or may be effects of independent causes or a

common cause. One of these statements may be the effect of the other statement. Read

both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the

relationship between these two statements. Mark answers :

(A) If statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect.

(B) If statement II is the cause and statement I is effect.

(C) If both the statements I and II are independent causes.

(D) If both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes.

(E) If both the statements I and II are effects of some common cause.

56. I. This year, the cut off percentage for admission to junior colleges have increased

over the last year.

II. This year performance of students in Xth final exam was considerably higher than the

previous year.

57. I. The conditions of most of the national highways are very bad.

II. Govt. has now sanctioned a huge amount of money to maintain the national highways.

58. I. Many students of the local school have failed in English Language paper in the

annual examination.

II. Many students of the local school have failed in Mathematics paper in the annual

examination.

59. I. Rain and thunder showers bashed the city during the past three days.

II. Many people stayed indoor during the past three days.

60. I. There has been a considerable increase in the sale of fat free food articles.

II. Now people have become more conscious about their health condition and food

habits.

Answers with Hints

1. (D)

2. (E) All the rest are prime numbers.

3. (B) B I T E

4. (A) 5. (D) 6. (C) 7. (B) 8. (B)

9. (E) All the rest are pure metals.

10. (B) 98 987 9876 98765 987654 98765 4

11. (D) 963, 8 4 2, 697, 319, 254

12. (B) 13. (A) 14. (D) 15. (C)

16. (A) 17. (B) 18. (D) 19. (E)

20. (E) 21. (C) 22. (A)

23. (A) 20th from the left end is T and 12th to the left of T is %.

24. (C) H 2 © and K 7 $

25. (A)

26. (B) M F 4

27. (D) After dropping all the numbers.

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11th from the right end is H.

28. (D) # A, E % and U @

29. (E) 30. (B) 31. (A) 32. (D) 33. (C) 34. (E)

35. (D) 36. (A) 37. (C) 38. (E) 39. (A)

40. (D) 41. (B)

42. (A) 43. (B) 44. (A) 45. (E) 46. (D) 47. (D) 48. (C)

49. (A) 50. (A) 51. (E) 52. (B) 53. (C) 54. (D) 55. (A)