Latest SBI Clerk Reasoning Ability Solved Exam Paper 2009

*Directions : – *Select the related letters / word / number / figure from
the given alternatives

*1
Editor : Magazine

*(a) Movie (b) Scene

(c) Drama (d) Director

*2 Hinduism , Christianity , Islam : Religion

*(a) Ear , Nose , Eyesight : Vision (b) Plus , Minus , Multiple :
division

(c) Winter , Spring , Summer : Season (d) Humid , Hot , Tundra : Region

*3
WOLF : FLOW :: WARD : ?

*(a) BROW (b) DRAW

(c) CRAW (d) SLAW

4 GRAIN : TIZRM :: BRAIN : ?

(a) XRIKL (b) YIZRM(c) OPRST (d) ASQMI

*5 CUT : BDTVSU :: TIP : ?

*(a) UVHJOQ (b) SUHJOQ

(c) USJHQO (d) SUJHOQ

*Q-6 19 : 59 :: 17 : ?

*(a) 51 (b) 53

(c) 55 (d) 57

*Q-7 14 : 20 :: 16 : ?

*(a) 23 (b) 48

(c) 10 (d) 42

*Q-8 100 : 102 :: 100000 : ?

*(a) 105 (b) 104

(c) 1003 (d) 1004

*DIRECTIONS :* (QUESTIONS 9 to 13) select the one which is
different from the other three .

*Q-9

*(a) Mile (b) Centimeter

(c) Litre (d) Yard

*Q-10

*(a) High – Up (b) Past – Present

(c) Often – Seldom (d) Fresh – Stale

*Q-11

*(a) 11 – 127 (b) 9 – 85

(c) 7 – 53 (d) 5 – 29

*Q-12

*(a) 26 Z (b) 24 X

(c) 22 V (d) 20 S

*Q-13

*(a) 8 , 64 , 112 (b) 36 , 6 , 206

(c) 48 , 4 , 202 (d) 9 , 27 , 263

*Q-14 In the following series of numerals , which digit has maximum
frequency ?

*846734378344563464348

(a) 8 (b) 6

(c) 4 (d) 3

*Q-15 If the day after tomorrow is Friday , what day will the third
day after tomorrow be

*(a) Saturday (b) Monday

(c) Sunday (d) Friday

*Q-16 If the ratio of the area of two squares is 16 : 1 , then the
ratio of their perimeter is

*(a) 4 : 1 (b) 16 : 1

(c) 1 : 3 (d) 3 : 4

*Q-17 The shade of 18 ft high pole is 20 ft. . Find the length of
shade of 27 ft long pole .

*(a) 36 ft (b) 30 ft

(c) 34 ft (d) 40 ft

*Q-18 A scores more runs than B but less than C . D scores more than B
but less than A . Who is the lowest scorer ?

*(a) A (b) B

(c) C (d) D

*Q-19 In the alphabets from A to Z , which is the third letter to the
right of the letter which is midway between K & S ?

*(a) R (b) Q

(c) P (d) O

*Q-20 If first November falls on Monday , then what day will the 25th
November be ?

*(a) Tuesday (b) Thursday

(c) Wednesday (d) Friday

*Q-21 The length of room is twice its breadth . If the area of the
room is 242 sq meters , then find out its breadth

*(a) 11 (b) 10

(c) 12 (d) 9

*Q-22 If the product of two numbers is 10 & their sum is 7 , then the
larger of the two number is -

*(a) – 2 (b) 2

(c) 5 (d) 3

*Q-23 Which letter is used only in one of the given words ?

*Speak , Reap , Shark

(a) S (b) P

(c) K (d) H

*Q-24 A tortoise covers one kilometer in 4 hours . It takes rest for
20 minutes after every kilometer .How much time does it takes for the
tortoise
to cover 3.5 kilometers ?

*(a) 14 hours (b) 13

(c) 15 (d) 12

*Q-25 Of which of the following words , which one will be at the 3rd
position in the dictionary ?

*1. socks 2. Shocks

3. Sharp 4. snooker

(a) 4 (b) 3

(c) 2 (d) 1

*ANSWER*

1 2 3 4 5
c c b b b

6 7 8 9 10
b d a c a

11 12 13 14 15
a  d  a  c   c

16 17 18 19 20
a  b  b  a  b

21 22 23 24 25
a  c  d  c  a

with warm regards

Harish Sati
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)
Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-110068

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