Reasoning questions asked in IBPS PO Mains 2016

Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

J,K,L,M,S,T,U and V are eight employees of an organization and they will attend a meeting in the four months (March, June, October & November). The meeting held in each month on 13^th and 22^nd date. Only two meetings held in a month.
No person can attend the meeting after L. M does not attend the meeting in the month of 31 days. S and U attends meeting after M on date 22^nd of different months, while J & k attends before M and K attends after J in the same month. V does not attend the meeting in the month in which either S attends or L attends. 

Q1. How many people attends meeting between S and L?

(a)1

(b)2

(c)3

(d)4

(e)None of these

Q2. Four of the following follow a same pattern find the one which does not follow?

(a) J - March

(b) S - 13
(c) U – October 

(d)U - 22

(e)T – November 

Q3. Who attends meeting in November?

(a) T,L

(b)M,T

(c)S,T

(d)S,U

(e)none of these

Q4. Who attends meeting immediately after M?

(a) U

(b) S

(c) V

(d) T

(e) L

Q5. S attends meeting in the month of____.

(a) June

(b) October

(c) November

(d) March 

(e) None of these

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

In a certain code language,

Give solution for problem - #E4, $R3, *M7, @N8

Pure first sale great - @E4, $T5, #T5, *E4

Pet sensed ghostly form - *T3, $M4, @D6, #Y7

Spa guards picked flake - #S6, *D6, $E5, @A3

Q6. What is the code for ‘solution’?

(a) #E4

(b) $R3 

(c) *M7

(d) @N8

(e) Cannot be determined

Q7. Which of the following code can be coded for ‘FRIENDS’?

(a) #S7

(b) $R7 

(c) $S7

(d) @S6

(e) Cannot be determined

Q8. What is the code for ‘search from page’?

(a) *E4 @H6 $M4

(b) $R3 *E4 @D5

(c) *M7 @H5 #E4

(d) @N8 $M4 @H5

(e) Cannot be determined

 Q9. What is the code for ‘Gross’?

(a) #S5

(b) $S3 

(c) *S7

(d) #N5

(e) Cannot be determined

 Q10. What is the code for ‘Payment’?

(a) #T4

(b) $T7

(c) *T7

(d) @N7

(e) Cannot be determined

Solutions

(1-5)

 

S1. Ans.(c)

Sol. 3 people attends meeting between S and L. 

S2. Ans. (b)

Sol. S attends meeting on 22nd , In the pattern each name given with date or month in which he or she appear for the meeting. 

S3. Ans. (a)

Sol. Clearly , T and L attends meeting in the month of November. 

S4. Ans. (b)

Sol. S attends immediately after m.

S5. Ans. (a)

Sol. S attends meeting in the month of june. 

(6-10)

Every symbol represents the first letter of each word in the following manner

# - G

@ - S

$ - F

* - P

Every Letter in the code represents the last letter of the respective word.

Every number represent the total number of letters in the word.

S6. Ans.(d)

S7. Ans.(c)

S8. Ans.(a)

S9. Ans.(a)

S10. Ans.(c)