Bank Clerks Written Exam Previous Year Paper (Reasoning)

Bank Clerks Written Exam Previous Year Paper (Reasoning)

1. ‘Teacher’ is related to ‘school’ in the same way as ‘cook’ is related to ‘___’

(1) Food (2) Kitchen (3) Hostel (4) House (5) Market

Clue: Place of work!

2. Atul walks 20 metres towards South. Turning to the left he walks 30 metres, then turning right he walks 10 metres, then turning right he walks 40 metres, then turning right he walks 30 metres and stops. In what direction is he with respect to his starting point?

(1) South-West (2) West (3) North-West (4) He is at starting point (5) None of these

Clue: Use direction compass rule!

3. What will come in place of question mark (?) in the following series? TG HU VI JW ?

(1) KY (2) KX (3) YK (4) XK (5) None of these

Clue: Write A to Z alphabats. It will be useful to solve many other questions as well.

4. Satish is 15 ranks above Sushil who ranks 28th in a class of 50. What is Satish’s rank from the bottom?

(1) 39 (2) 37 (3) 38 (4) 35 (5) None of these

5. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group. Which one does not belong to the group?

(1) Year (2) Month (3) Day (4) Week (5) Time

Clue: Think about units!

6. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group. Which one does not belong to the group?

(1) Pencil (2) Chalk (3) Notebook (4) Pen (5) Crayon

7. In a row of boys facing North, Amit is 5th to the left of Ashok. Alok is 3rd to the right of Amit. Vilas is 3rd to the left of Ashok. Which of the following describes the position of Vilas?

(1) To the immediate right of Amit
(2) To the immediate left of Alok
(3) To the immediate right of Alok
(4) 3rd to the right of Amit
(5) None of these

Clue: Direction compass once again

8. It is Thursday on 25th of September. What day will it be on the 25th of October in the same year?

(1) Monday (2) Sunday (3) Friday (4) Saturday (5) None of these

9. If ‘A’ is called ‘2’, ‘B’ is called ‘3’, ‘C’ is called ‘5’, ‘D’ is called ‘8’ and so on, then what will be the numerical value of ‘F’?

(1) 18 (2) 16 (3) 17 (4) 20 (5) None of these

10. A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting in a row facing North. A is neighbour of B and D. E is neighbour of C. D is neighbour of C. How many members are there between A and E?

(1) Two (2) One (3) three (4) Four (5) None of these

Clue: direction Compass once again!

11. If in a clock, 12 is replaced by 1, 11 by 2, 10 by 3 and so on, then what will be the time in that clock corresponding to ‘twenty minutes past three in the
usual clock’?

(1) Twenty minutes past eleven
(2) Forty minutes past ten
(3) Forty minutes past eleven
(4) Twenty minutes past ten
(5) None of these

12. If all the numbers divisible by 5 and also those having one of the digits as 5 are removed from the numbers 1 to 50, how many numbers will remain?

(1) 38 (2) 41 (3) 39 (4) 42 (5) None of these

13. If ‘A’ is written as ‘B’ and ‘B’ as ‘A’, ‘C’ as ‘D’ and ‘F’ as ‘E’ and so on, how will the word ‘BRIG’ be written?

(1) AQJH (2) ASJH (3) AQHF (4) AQJF (5) None of these

14. How many pairs of letters are there in the word ‘PRISON’, each of which has as many letters between its two letters in the word as there are between them in the English alphabet?

(1) Two (2) One (3) Four (4) Three (5) More than four

15. How many 5s are there in the following number series each of which is immediately followed by 4 but not immediately preceded by 6?

4 5 6 6 5 6 4 5 5 4 5 5 6 5 4 4 5 6 4 5 6 5 4 5 4

Clue: Write A to Z alphabats and write noumber over them. Like A is 1 and so on… It will be useful to solve many other questions as well.

(1) One (2) Three (3) Four (4) Two (5) None of these

16. If Ramesh’s mother’s brother is Alok’s father’s brother, then Ramesh’s mother is Alok’s ___

(1) Grandmother (2) Aunt (3) Cousin (4) Sister-in-law (5) None of these

17. In a certain code language ‘Ne Pe Le’ means ‘what is this’, ‘Bo Le Se’ means ‘is that okay’ and ‘Se Ni Di’ means ‘that was easy’. What is the code for ‘okay’ in that code language?

(1) Le (2) Se (3) Ne (4) Ni (5) None of these

18. Which of the following letters is as far away from M to the right as D is away from N?

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

(1) X (2) V (3) C (4) Y (5) None of these

19. Among P, Q, R, S and T, T is shorter than S and P. Q is shorter than only P. Who among them is the shortest?

(1) Cannot be determined (2) R (3) T (4) Q (5) None of these

20. In a certain code ‘GIVE’ is written as ‘VIEG’ and ‘OVER’ is written as ‘EVRO’. How will ‘DISK’ be written in that code?

(1) SIDK (2) KISD (3) KDSI (4) SIKD (5) None of these

Answers :
1. (2) 2. (2) 3. (4) 4. (3) 5. (5) 6. (3) 7. (2) 8. (4) 9. (3) 10. (1) 11. (2) 12. (5) 13. (1) 14. (3) 15. (4) 18. (5) 19. (1) 20. (4)