Reasoning Quiz - 3

Q.1-5.The questions are based on the following set of numbers.

842 679 385 286 378

Q.1. If all the numbers are arranged in descending order, what will be the difference between the second digit of third number and first digit of second number?

(1) 2 (2) 1 (3) 3 (4) 4 (5) None of these

Q.2. If one is subtracted from the first and second digits of each number. What will be difference between the first digit of the highest number and the first digit of the lowest number?

(1) 2 (2) 3 (3) 4 (4) 5 (5) None of these

Q.3. If in each number the first and the second digits are interchanged, which number will be the second highest number?

(1) 842 (2) 679 (3) 378 (4) 286 (5) None of these

Q.4. If in each number, the first digit is replaced by the third digit, second digit is replaced by the first digit and third digit is replaced by the second digit then which number will be the second highest?

(1) 378 (2) 679 (3) 286 (4) 842 (5) None of these

Q.5. If in each number all the digits are arranged in ascending order, which number will be the second lowest?

(1) 842 (2) 679 (3) 385 (4) 378 (5) None of these

Q.6-10. In each question below is given a group of digits/symbols followed by four combinations of letters numbered (1), (2), (3) and (4). You have to find out which of the combinations correctly represents the group of digits/symbols based on the following coding system and the conditions that follow and mark the number of that combination as your answer. If none of the combinations correctly represents the group of digits/symbols, mark (5), ie 'None of these', as your answer.

Digit / Symbol: 

5 @ 3 © 9 8 % 0 1 4 2 $ # 7 6 *

Letter Code: 

P I M A E G F C H B D N R Q T U 

Conditions: 

(i) If the first unit is an even digit and the last unit is an odd digit, both are to be coded as the code for the even digit. 

(ii) If the first unit is a symbol and the last unit is an odd digit, their codes are to be interchanged. 

(iii) If the first unit is an even digit and the last unit is a symbol, both are to be coded as the code for the symbol. 

(iv) If both the first and the last units are odd digits, both are to be coded as S. 

Q.6. 9@3743

1) SIMQBM (2) SBQMIS (3) SIMQMS (4) SIMQBS (5) None of these 

Q.7. 29©$#% 

(1) FEANRD (2) FEANRH  (3) FEANRF (4) HEANRF  (5) None of these

Q.8. *497@4 

(1) UQBEIB (2) UBQEIA  (3) ZBQEIZ (4) UBQEIU  (5) None of these

Q.9. % 286$3 

(1) FDGTNM (2) MDGTNF (3) MGDTNM (4) WGTNZF (5) None of these

Q.10. 64#*@5

(1) TBURIT (2) PBRUIP (3) TBRUIP (4) TBRUIT (5) None of these

EXPLANATION:-

Q.1.(1) 842 679 385 378 286 

            

            8 – 6 = 2

Q.2.(5) 732 569 275 176 268

            7 – 1 = 6

Q.3.(4) 482 769 835 826 738

Q.4.(1) 378

            284 976 538 628 837

Q.5.(5) 286

            248 679 358 268 378

Q.6.(4) 9 @ 3 7 4 3 Condition (iv)

            S I M Q B S

Q.7.(3) 2 9 © $ # % Condition (iii)

            F E A N R F

Q.8.(1) * 4 7 9 @ 4

            U Q B E I B

Q.9.(2) % 2 8 6 $ 3 Condition (ii)

            M D G T N F

Q.10.(4) 6 4 # * @ 5 Condition (i)

              T B R U I T