SBI _ Reasoning -
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Directions—(Q. 1–5) 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 then
decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship
between these two statements.
Mark answer—
(A) if statement (I) is the cause and statement(II) is
its effect.
(B) if statement (II) is the cause and statement(I) is
its effect.
(C) if both statement (I) and (II) are independent
causes.
(D) if both statements (I) and (II) are effects of
independent causes.
(E) if both statement (I) and (II) are effects of some
common cause.
1. (I)
The government has amended tax laws to
boost exports.
(II) The export sector has
been passing through difficult times due to heavy tax burdens.
Ans : (B)
2. (I)
Budgetary allocation for building a
better railway network e.g. constructing new railway
lines
has increased.
(II) There has been a
substantial drop in the number of passenger opting for air travel.
Ans : (D)
3. (I)
The production of pulses has dropped for
the third consecutive year.
(II) India has decided to
import pulses this year.
Ans : (A)
4. (I)
The Bank has provided a link on its
website to obtain feed-back from customers.
(II) Customers have been
complaining about poor services in the Bank’s branches.
Ans : (B)
5. (I)
Indian citizens are willing to incur the
cost of using environment friendly technology.
(II) Many countries are taking
steps to cut their carbon emissions.
Ans : (E)
Directions—(Q. 6–10) In each question below is given a
group of letters followed by four combinations of digits/symbols lettered (A),
(B), (C) and (D). You have to find out which of the combinations correctly represents
the group of letters based on the coding system and mark the letter of that
combination as your answer. If none of the combinations correctly represents
the group of letters, mark (E) i.e. ‘None of these’ as your answer.
Letter : T A G
R S D
N E V U X P
Digit/Symbol Code : @ 4 9 # % 3 © 5 1 β 7 6
Conditions—
(i) if the first letter is a consonant and the last
letter is a vowel only the first letter may be coded and no code may be given
to the last letter.
(ii) if both the first and last letters are vowels then
both are to be coded as $.
(iii) if the first letter is a vowel and the last letter
is a consonant then the codes are to be interchanged.
6. DESGRT
(A) 35%9#
(B) 35%9#@
(C) @5%9#3
(D) 359%#@
(E) None of these
Ans : (B)
7. NERSPU
(A) @5#%6@
(B) @5#56©
(C) ©5#%6
(D) ©5#%6β
(E) None of these
Ans : (C)
8. XNTPGA
(A) 7©@694
(B) 7©@964
(C) 4©@69
(D) 7©@69
(E) None of these
Ans : (D)
9. ESVNTU
(A) $%1©@$
(B) 5%1©@β
(C) $%1©@β
(D) $%1©β 5
(E) None of these
Ans : (A)
10. UXPTGN
(A) ©76@9β
(B) $76@9©
(C) β 76@9©
(D) β 76@9B
(E) None of these
Ans : (A)
11. 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 the group?
(A) Tornado
(B) Volcano
(C) Storm
(D) Hurricane
(E) Cyclone
Ans : (B)
12. How
many such pairs of letters are there in the word EVAPORATE each of which has as
many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet?
(A) One
(B) Two
(C) Three
(D) Four
(E) More than four
Ans : (E) ( OP, POR,
PORAT, VAPOR, RAT )
13. How
many meaningful four letter English words can be formed with the letters ITED
using
each letter only once in each
word ?
(A) None
(B) One
(C) Two
(D) Three
(E) More than three
Ans : (E) ( TIDE, EDIT,
DIET, DITE, TIED )
Directions—(Q. 14–15) Study the following information
carefully to answer these questions.
A vehicle starts from point P and runs 10 kms towards
North. It takes a right turn and runs 15 kms. It
now moves 6 kms after taking a left turn. It finally
takes a left turn, runs 15 kms and stops at point Q.
14. How
far is point Q with respect to point P?
(A) 16 km
(B) 25 km
(C) 4 km
(D) 0 km
(E) None of these
Ans : (A)
15. Towards
which direction was the vehicle moving before it stopped at point Q?
(A) North
(B) East
(C) South
(D) West
(E) North-West
Ans : (D)
