RBI GRADE ‘B’ OFFICER’S EXAM Held on: 11.10.2009 (Part-II)

Total Questions: 50

41. Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the questions given below:

Y  4  8  A  @  D  F  3  #  R  N  1  M  ©  W  P

δ  J  2  E  5   Z  ★  6  Q  B  7  $  H  U  9  I  K

Which of the following is the seventh to the right of the nineteenth from the right end of the above arrangement ? .

Correct Answer: (3) Z
Solution:7th to the right of 19th from the right end means 12th from the right end, i.e., Z.

42. Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the questions given below:

Y  4  8  A  @  D  F  3  #  R  N  1  M  ©  W  P

δ  J  2  E  5   Z  ★  6  Q  B  7  $  H  U  9  I  K

Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their positions in the above arrangement and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group ?

Correct Answer: (2) JWE
Solution:

43. Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the questions given below:

Y  4  8  A  @  D  F  3  #  R  N  1  M  ©  W  P

δ  J  2  E  5   Z  ★  6  Q  B  7  $  H  U  9  I  K

How many such consonants are there in the above arrangement each of which is immediately preceded by a symbol and immediately followed by a letter ?

Correct Answer: (5) More than three
Solution:

Such combinations are :

44. Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the questions given below:

Y  4  8  A  @  D  F  3  #  R  N  1  M  ©  W  P

δ  J  2  E  5   Z  ★  6  Q  B  7  $  H  U  9  I  K

How many such numbers are there in the above arrangement each of which is immediately preceded by a letter and immediately followed by a symbol ?

Correct Answer: (3) Two
Solution:

Such combinations are :

45. Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the questions given below:

Y  4  8  A  @  D  F  3  #  R  N  1  M  ©  W  P

δ  J  2  E  5   Z  ★  6  Q  B  7  $  H  U  9  I  K

What should come next in the following series based on the above arrangement ?

8@D  #N1   WδJ   5★6

Correct Answer: (1) 7HU
Solution:

46. Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the questions given below:

Y  4  8  A  @  D  F  3  #  R  N  1  M  ©  W  P

δ  J  2  E  5   Z  ★  6  Q  B  7  $  H  U  9  I  K

If all the numbers are dropped from the above arrangement, which of the following will be the fourteenth from the left end ?

Correct Answer: (4) J
Solution:According to question the new sequence would be:

47. In each question below are four statements followed by four conclusions numbered I, II, III and IV. You have to take the four given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the four given statements disregarding commonly known facts. Then decide which of the answers (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) is correct.

Statements:

All belts are rollers.

Some rollers are wheels.

All wheels are mats. Some mats are cars.

Conclusions:

I. Some mats are rollers.

II. Some mats are belts.

III. Some cars are rollers.

IV. Some rollers are belts.

Correct Answer: (3) Only I and IV follow
Solution:(i) All belts are rollers → Universal Affirmative (A-type).
(ii) Some rollers are wheels →Particular Affirmative (I-type).
(iii)No wire is cable → Universal Negative (E-type).
(iv) Some wires are not cables → Particular Negative (O- type)

Some rollers are wheels.

All wheels are mats.

I + A ⇒ I-type of Conclusion
"Some rollers are mats."
Conclusion I is Converse of it.
Conclusion IV is Converse of the first Premise.

48. In each question below are four statements followed by four conclusions numbered I, II, III and IV. You have to take the four given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the four given statements disregarding commonly known facts. Then decide which of the answers (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) is correct.

Statements:

Some tyres are rains.

Some rains are flowers.

All flowers are jungles.

All jungles are tubes.

Conclusions

I. Some jungles are tyres.

II. Some tubes are rains.

III. Some jungles are rains.

IV. Some tubes are flowers.

Correct Answer: (3) Only I, III and IV follow
Solution:(i) All belts are rollers → Universal Affirmative (A-type).
(ii) Some rollers are wheels →Particular Affirmative (I-type).
(iii)No wire is cable → Universal Negative (E-type).
(iv) Some wires are not cables → Particular Negative (O- type)

Some rains are flowers.


All flowers are jungles.
I + A ⇒ I-type of Conclusion
"Some rains are jungles."
Conclusion III is Converse of it.
All flowers are jungles.

All jungles are tubes.
A + A ⇒ A-type of Conclusion
"All flowers are tubes."
Conclusion IV is Converse of
it.
Some rains are jungles.

All jungles are tubes.
I + A ⇒ I-type of Conclusion
"Some rains are tubes."
Conclusion II is Converse of it.

49. In each question below are four statements followed by four conclusions numbered I, II, III and IV. You have to take the four given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the four given statements disregarding commonly known facts. Then decide which of the answers (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) is correct.

Statements:

All desks are chairs.

All chairs are tables.

All tables are boxes.

All boxes are trunks.

Conclusions:

I. Some trunks are tables.

II. All chairs are boxes.

III. Some boxes are desks.

IV. All desks are trunks.

Correct Answer: (4) All follow
Solution:(i) All belts are rollers → Universal Affirmative (A-type).
(ii) Some rollers are wheels →Particular Affirmative (I-type).
(iii)No wire is cable → Universal Negative (E-type).
(iv) Some wires are not cables → Particular Negative (O- type)

All desks are chairs.

All chairs are tables.
A + A ⇒ A-type of Conclusion
"All desks are tables."
All chairs are tables.

All tables are boxes.
A + A ⇒ A-type of Conclusion
"All chairs are boxes."
This is Conclusion II.
All tables are boxes.

All boxes are trunks.
A + A ⇒ A-type of Conclusion
"All tables are trunks."
Conclusion I is Converse of it.
All desks are tables.

All tables are boxes.
A+ A ⇒ A-type of Conclusion
"All desks are boxes."
Conclusion III is Converse of it.
All desks are boxes.

All boxes are trunks.

A+A ⇒ A-type of Conclusion
"All desks are trunks."
This is Conclusion IV.

50. In each question below are four statements followed by four conclusions numbered I, II, III and IV. You have to take the four given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the four given statements disregarding commonly known facts. Then decide which of the answers (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) is correct.

Statements:

Some birds are goats.

Some goats are horses.

Some horses are lions.

Some lions are tigers.

Conclusions:

I. Some tigers are goats.

II. No tiger is goat.

III. Some lions are birds.

IV. No lion is bird.

Correct Answer: (3) Only either I or II and either III or IV follow
Solution:(i) All belts are rollers → Universal Affirmative (A-type).
(ii) Some rollers are wheels →Particular Affirmative (I-type).
(iii)No wire is cable → Universal Negative (E-type).
(iv) Some wires are not cables → Particular Negative (O- type)

All the four Premises are
Particular Affirmative (I-type).
No Conclusion follows from the
two Particular Premises,
Conclusions I and II form
Complementary Pair. Therefore,
either Conclusion I or II follows.
Similarly, Conclusions III and
IV form Complementary Pair.
Therefore, either Conclusion III
or IV follows.