New Pattern Reasoning Questions | BOB PO 2017 | 15.04.2017

1. The positions of first and the fourth letters of the word RANKED are interchanged, similarly, the positions of second and fifth letters and third and sixth letters are interchanged. In the new arrangement thus formed, how many letters are there in the English alphabetical series between the alphabets which are at the extreme ends? 

(1) Two (2) Three (3) Four (4) Five (5) More than five 

2. Janak walks 40 m towards the East takes a right turn and walks 30 m. He then takes a left turn and walks 50 m before taking a final left turn and walking 30 m. Towards which direction and how far should Janak walk to reach the point from where he initially started walking? 

(1) 80 m towards West 

(2) 80 m towards East 

(3) 90 m towards East 

(4) 70 m towards West 

(5) 90 m towards West 

3. Q is brother of P. R is brother of P. S is father of R. T is wife of S. How is P related to T? 

(1) Son (2) Daughter (3) Son or Daughter (4) Data inadequate (5) None of these 

4. In a certain code language ‘day and night’ is written as ‘mi ni ta’ and ‘Bold and beautiful’ is written as ‘sa na ni’. How is ‘day’ written in that code language? 

(1) mi (2) ta (3) na (4)either mi or ta (5) None of these 

5. If ‘P’ denotes ‘×’; ‘R’ denotes ‘÷’ ‘M’ denotes ‘–’ and ‘W’ denotes ‘+’, then— 20 R 5 W 12 M 3 P 4 =? 

(1) 4 (2) 16 (3) 28 (4) 52 (5) None of these

Directions (6-10): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions. 

P, Q, R, S, T, U, W and X are sitting around a circular table facing the centre but not necessarily in the same order. X sits third to the right of S. X sits second to the left of Q. Q is not an immediate neighbour of U and P. S and R are immediate neighbours of each other. Only one person sits between S and W. U and X sit opposite each other. 

6. Four of the following five are similar in a certain way based on their position in the seating arrangement. Which of the following does not belong to that group? 

(1) UQ (2) PS (3) RX (4) WT (5) QX 

7. Who amongst the following represent immediate neighbours of T? 

(1) U,Q (2) P,X (3) S,W (4) Q,X (5) P,W 

8. What is the position of R with respect to X in the above arrangement? 

(1) Third to the right 

(2) Second to the left 

(3) Fifth to the right 

(4) Immediate right 

(5) Third to the left 

9. What will come in place of the question mark (?) according to the above seating arrangement? US PX QW SR ?

(1) XT (2) PX (3) XQ (4) WQ (5) PT 

10. Who sits to the immediate right of R? 

(1) U (2) P (3) W (4) S (5) T 

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