Punjab National Bank (Management Trainee)

PREVIOUS PAPER Held on: 11-01-2009 (Based on memory)

Test-I: Reasoning

Q.1. If each vowel ofthe word WEBPAGE is substituted with the next letter of the English alphabetical series, and each consonant is substituted with the letter preceding it,which of the following letters will appear thrice? 1)G 2) F 3) Q 4) V 5) None of these
Q.2.How many meaningful four-letter English words can be formed with the letters TPSI using each letter only once in each word? 1)One 2) Two 3) Three 4) Four 5) More than four
Q.3.Nitin correctly remembers that Nidhi's birthday is before Friday but after Tuesday. Derek correctly remembers that Nidhi's birthday is after Wednesday but before Saturday. On which of the following days does Nidhi's birthday definitely fall ? 1)Monday 2) Tuesday 3) Wednesday 4) Thursday 5) Cannot be determined
Q.4 How many such pairs of letters are there in the word DOCUMENTARY each of which has as many letters between them in the word as there are between them in the English alphabet? 1)None 2) One 3) two 4) Three 5) More than three
Q.5.Raman starts from point P and walks towards South and stops at point Q. He now takes a right turn followed by a left turn and stops at point R. He finally takes a left turn and stops at point S. If he walks 5 km before taking each turn towards which direction will Raman have to walk from point S to reach point Q? 1)North 2) South 3) West 4) East 5) North West
Q.6.If the digits of the number 26839514 are arranged in desscending order, the position of how many digits will remain unchanged? 1)One 2) Two 3) Three 4)Four 5) None
Q.7.In a certain code KITE is written as %2$# and STUD is . written as @$57, How is DESK written in that code? 1)8'%©# 2) ©8%# 3) #7%@ 4)7#@% 5) None of these
Q.8.The following groups of alphabets form a certain pattern with regard to their position in the English alphabetical series. Based upon the pattern, which of the following five alternatives shall replace the question mark? XDH, VGJ, TJL, RMN, ? 1) OOP 2) PPP 3) SNO 4)QLM 5) None of these
Q.9.What should come next in the following letter series? b a c b a cd b a c deb a cd e fb a c d 1)c 2)d 3)e 4)f 5) g
Q.10. Among six friends L, M, N, P, Q and S, each having a different height, N is taller than Q and P but shorter than M. P is taller than only Q while S is shorter than only L. Which of the following pairs represents the tallest and the shortest among the five friends? 1)M,P 2)L,Q 3)P,Q 4) Cannot be determined 5) None ofthese
Directions (Q. 11-15): In each of the questions below are given four statements followed by four conclusions numbered I, II, III and IV. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.
Q.11. Statements: All snakes are eagles. Some eagles are rabbits. All rabbits are birds, Some birds arc animals . Conclusions: I Some animals are snakes. Il Some birds are snakes, III Some birds are eagles. IV. All birds are rabbits. 1) None follows 2) Only II follows 3) Only III follows 4) Both II and III follow 5) None of these
Q.12.Statements: Some cameras are calculators . Some calculators are diaries. All notebooks are diaries. All diaries are computers. Conclusions: I Some notebooks are calculators. Il, Some calculators are computers . III All notebooks are computers. IV. Some diaries are cameras . 1) None follows 2) Only II follows 3) Only III follows 4) Both II and III follow 5) None of these
Q.13.Statements: All planets are stars. All stars are asteroids. All asteroids are moons. Some moons are rocks. Conclusions: I All asteroids are planets. II All asteroids are stars. Ill, All moons are stars. IV. Some rocks are stars. 1)None follows 2)Only I follows 3)Only II follows 4)Only either I or II follows 5)None of these
Q.14.Statements: Some bats are toys. Some toys are plastics. Some plastics are mirrors. No mirror is glass. Conclusions: ]I Some toys are mirrors. Il, Some plastics are glasses. Ill, Some bats are mirrors. IV. No glass is plastic. 1)Only III follows 2)Only either II or IV follows 3)Only either I or III fo Ilows 4)Only either III or IV follows 5)None of these
Q.15.Statements: All graduates are advocates. Some advocates are judges. All judges are lawyers. Some lawyers are doctors. Conclusions: I Some doctors are advocates. II All graduates are judges. IlI Some doctors are graduates. IV. Some lawyers are advocates. 1) None follows 2) Only I follows 3) Only II follows 4) Either III or IV follows 5) None of these Directions (Q. 16-20): Study the following information carefully to answer these questions.
P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and Ware sitting around a circular table, facing the centre. P sits third to the right of W and third to the left of Q. S sits second to the right of T. V sits second to the left of R. T is not the neighbour of Q while U is neither a neighbour of T nor of W. Q.16.Who sits second to the left of V? 1)R 2)P 3)U 4)T 5) None ofthese Q.17.Who sits between U and P? 1) S 2)R 3)V 4)Q 5) None of these Q.18.Starting from P's position, ifall the eight are arranged in alphabetical order in clockwise direction, the seating position of how many members (excluding P) would not change? 1) None 2) One 3)Two 4) Three 5) Four Q.19.Which of the following pairs has only one person sitting between them, if the counting is done in the clockwise direction? 1)T, V 2)V,Q 3)W, P 4) R, P 5) None of these Q.20.Four of the following are alike in a certain way based on their positions in the seating arrangement and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group? 1)W,T 2)P,U 3)S,Q 4)R,P 5) P, Q
Directions (Q. 21-25): In each ofthese questions a group ofletters is given followed by four combinations of number! symbol numbered 1),2),3) & 4). Letters are to be coded as per the scheme and conditions given below. You have to find out the serial number of the combination which represents the letter group. The serial number of that combination is your answer. If none of the combinations is correct, your answer IS 5), ie 'None of these'.
Letters : E Q B K N P LIT C S F H W A Digit / Symbol Code :5*$2©#49@6 Conditions: (i)If the first letter is a consonant and the last a vowel, both are to be coded as the code for the vowel. (ii) If the first letter is a vowel and the last a consonant, the codes for the two arc to be interchanged. (iii) If both the first and the last letters are consonants, both are to be coded as '5'. (iv) If there are more than two vowels in the group of letters, all vowels are to be coded as '£'.
Q.21.KAWIPL 1)2379#4 2)5379#5 3)4379#2 4)2379#2 5) None of these
Q.22.IQCPWF 1)9*6#78 2)9*6#79 3)8*6#75 4)8*6#79 5) None ofthese
Q.23.TCKAPE 1)@623#@ 2)@623#5 3)5623#5 4)5623#@ 5) None of these
Q.24.IKBQFA 1)92$8*3 2)923$*8 3)92*83$ 4)£2$8*£ 5) None of these
Q.25.lBTNAE I) £$@©££ 2) $9@©35 3)$@9©35 4) £©$©££ 5) None of these

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