Reasoning Quiz - (Machine Input & Puzzle)

Directions for questions 1 to 5: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.

A word and number arrangement machine when given an input line of words and numbers rearranges them following a particular rule. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement.

Input : 52 peak 91 snow freeze 46 cold 15 high 31 73 trek
Step I : 15 52 peak snow freeze 46 cold high 31 73 trek 91
Step II : 15 31 52 peak snow freeze 46 cold high trek 73 91
Step III : 15 31 46 peak snow freeze cold high trek 52 73 91
Step IV : 15 31 46 cold peak snow freeze high trek 52 73 91
Step V : 15 31 46 cold freeze peak snow high trek 52 73 91
Step VI : 15 31 46 cold freeze high peak snow trek 52 73 91

Step VI is the last step of the rearrangement. As per the rules followed in the above steps, find out in each of the following questions the appropriate steps for the given input.

Input for the questions:

Input: 67 hot sun 19 best 83 ice 49 ace 77 cut 37

Question.1. How many steps would be needed to complete the arrangement?
1) X
2) VIII
3) IX
4) VII
5) None of these

Question.2. Which step number would be the following output?
19 37 49 ace best hot sun ice cut 67 77 83
1) II
2) VI
3) V
4) IV
5) None of these

Question.3. Which of the following would be the Step I?
1) 19 37 49 hot sun best ice ace cut 67 77 83
2) 83 67 hot sun best ice 49 ace 77 cut 37 19
3) 19 67 ace best hot sun ice 49 77 cut 37 83
4) 19 67 hot sun best ice 49 ace 77 cut 37 83
5) None of these

Question.4. Which of the following would be the final arrangement?
1) 67 77 83 ace best cut hot ice sun 19 37 49
2) 19 37 49 ace best cut hot ice sun 67 77 83
3) 19 37 49 67 77 83 ace best cut hot ice sun
4) 19 37 49 ace ice best cut hot sun 67 77 83
5) None of these

Question.5. In Step IV, which of the following word/number would be on 7th position from the right?
1) sun
2) best
3) 67
4) cut
5) None of these

Directions for questions 6 to 11: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.

Representative from eight different Banks viz. A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting at a circular table facing the centre but not necessarily in the same order. Each one of them is from a different Bank viz. UCO Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce, Bank of Maharashtra, Canara Bank, Syndicate Bank, Punjab National Bank, Bank of India and Dena Bank.

F is sitting second to the right of the representative from Canara Bank. Representative from Bank of India is an immediate neighbour of the representative from Canara Bank. Two people are sitting between the representative of Bank of India and B. C and E are immediate neighbours of each other. Neither C nor E is an immediate neighbour of either B or the representative from Canara Bank. Representative from Bank of Maharashtra is sitting second to the right of D. D is neither the representative of Canara Bank nor Bank of India. G and the representative from UCO Bank are immediate neighbours of each other. B is not the representative of UCO Bank. Only one person is sitting between C and the representative from Oriental Bank of Commerce.

H is sitting third to left of the representative from Dena Bank. Representative from Punjab National Bank is sitting second to left of the representative from Syndicate Bank.

Question.6. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the given arrangement and thus form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
1) H – UCO Bank
2) A – Canara Bank
3) D – Bank of Maharashtra
4) E – Syndicate Bank
5) F – Punjab National Bank

Question.7. Which of the following is true with respect to the given seating arrangement?
1) B is the representative from Bank of Maharashtra
2) C is sitting second to right of H
3) The representative from Dena Bank is sitting to the immediate left of the representative from UCO Bank
4) A is sitting second to right of the representative from Bank of India
5) The representatives from Bank of Maharashtra and Syndicate Bank are immediate neighbours of each other

Question.8. Who amongst the following are sitting exactly between B and the representative from Bank of India?
1) A and the representative from UCO Bank
2) F and G
3) H and the representative from Bank of Maharashtra
4) H and G
5) Representatives from Syndicate Bank and Oriental Bank of Commerce

Question.9. Who amongst the following is the representative from Oriental Bank of Commerce?
1) A
2) C
3) H
4) G
5) D

Question.10. Who amongst the following is sitting second to left of B?
1) C
2) H
3) The representative from Canara Bank
4) The representative from Punjab National Bank
5) G

Solutions:

Solutions for 1 to 5: There are six numbers and six words in the input. The three numbers are placed in the beginning and the remaining three numbers are placed in the last. The numbers are rearranged in ascending order. The six words are rearranged in alphabetical order in the middle.

Input : 67 hot sun 19 best 83 ice 49 ace 77 cut 37
Step I : 19 67 hot sun best ice 49 ace 77 cut 37 83
Step II : 19 37 67 hot sun best ice 49 ace cut 77 83
Step III : 19 37 49 hot sun best ice ace cut 67 77 83
Step IV : 19 37 49 ace hot sun best ice cut 67 77 83
Step V : 19 37 49 ace best hot sun ice cut 67 77 83
Step VI : 19 37 49 ace best cut hot sun ice 67 77 83
Step VII : 19 37 49 ace best cut hot ice sun 67 77 83
Seven steps are needed to complete the arrangement.

Answer.1. 4
Answer.2. 3
Answer.3. 4
Answer.4. 2
Answer.5. 1

Solutions for 6 to 10: