Bihar School Librarian Eligibility Test
Comprehensive Reasoning Question Bank (100 Questions & Answers)
Coding-Decoding
Q1. If 'ROSE' is coded as 'SPTF', how is 'MIND' coded?
Correct Answer: NJOE
Logic/Explanation: Each letter is shifted forward by +1 positions.
Q2. If 'TAP' is coded as 'PAT', and 'BAT' is coded as 'TAB', how is 'KIND' coded?
Correct Answer: DNIK
Logic/Explanation: The letters of the word are written in reverse order.
Q3. If 'A'=1, 'BANANA' = 33, what is the value of 'ORANGE'?
Correct Answer: 60
Logic/Explanation: The value is the sum of the positional values of all letters (A=1, B=2, ..., Z=26).
Q4. If 'WATER' is coded as 'XBUFS', how is 'TIGER' coded?
Correct Answer: UJHFS
Logic/Explanation: Each letter is shifted forward by +1 (+1 positional value).
Q5. If 'ROSE' is coded as 'TQUG', how is 'MIND' coded?
Correct Answer: OKPF
Logic/Explanation: Each letter is shifted forward by +2 positions.
Q6. If 'TAP' is coded as 'PAT', and 'BAT' is coded as 'TAB', how is 'KIND' coded?
Correct Answer: DNIK
Logic/Explanation: The letters of the word are written in reverse order.
Q7. If 'A'=1, 'BANANA' = 33, what is the value of 'ORANGE'?
Correct Answer: 60
Logic/Explanation: The value is the sum of the positional values of all letters (A=1, B=2, ..., Z=26).
Q8. If 'WATER' is coded as 'XBUFS', how is 'TIGER' coded?
Correct Answer: UJHFS
Logic/Explanation: Each letter is shifted forward by +1 (+1 positional value).
Q9. If 'ROSE' is coded as 'URVH', how is 'MIND' coded?
Correct Answer: PLQG
Logic/Explanation: Each letter is shifted forward by +3 positions.
Q10. If 'TAP' is coded as 'PAT', and 'BAT' is coded as 'TAB', how is 'KIND' coded?
Correct Answer: DNIK
Logic/Explanation: The letters of the word are written in reverse order.
Q11. If 'A'=1, 'BANANA' = 33 what is the value of 'ORANGE'?
Correct Answer: 60
Logic/Explanation: The value is the sum of the positional values of all letters (A=1, B=2, ..., Z=26).
Q12. If 'WATER' is coded as 'XBUFS', how is 'TIGER' coded?
Correct Answer: UJHFS
Logic/Explanation: Each letter is shifted forward by +1 (+1 positional value).
Q13. If 'ROSE' is coded as 'VSWI', how is 'MIND' coded?
Correct Answer: QMRH
Logic/Explanation: Each letter is shifted forward by +4 positions.
Q14. If 'TAP' is coded as 'PAT', and 'BAT' is coded as 'TAB', how is 'KIND' coded?
Correct Answer: DNIK
Logic/Explanation: The letters of the word are written in reverse order.
Q15. If 'A'=1, 'BANANA' = 33 what is the value of 'ORANGE'?
Correct Answer: 60
Logic/Explanation: The value is the sum of the positional values of all letters (A=1, B=2, ..., Z=26).
Q16. If 'WATER' is coded as 'XBUFS', how is 'TIGER' coded?
Correct Answer: UJHFS
Logic/Explanation: Each letter is shifted forward by +1 (+1 positional value).
Q17. If 'ROSE' is coded as 'WTXJ', how is 'MIND' coded?
Correct Answer: RNSI
Logic/Explanation: Each letter is shifted forward by +5 positions.
Q18. If 'TAP' is coded as 'PAT', and 'BAT' is coded as 'TAB', how is 'KIND' coded?
Correct Answer: DNIK
Logic/Explanation: The letters of the word are written in reverse order.
Q19. If 'A'=1, 'BANANA' = 33, what is the value of 'ORANGE'?
Correct Answer: 60
Logic/Explanation: The value is the sum of the positional values of all letters (A=1, B=2, ..., Z=26).
Q20. If 'WATER' is coded as 'XBUFS', how is 'TIGER' coded?
Correct Answer: UJHFS
Logic/Explanation: Each letter is shifted forward by +1 (+1 positional value).
Blood Relations
Q21. Pointing to a photograph, a man said, 'I have no brother or sister but that man's father is my father's son.' Whose photograph was it?
Correct Answer: His son's photograph
Logic/Explanation: 'My father's son' with no brother or sister means the speaker himself. So, the man's father is the speaker himself. Thus, it's his son's photo.
Q22. Introducing a girl, Vipin said, 'She is the daughter of the only sister of my father.' How is Vipin related to the girl?
Correct Answer: Cousin
Logic/Explanation: Only sister of Vipin's father is Vipin's paternal aunt (Bua). Her daughter is Vipin's cousin.
Q23. If A is the brother of B, B is the sister of C, and C is the father of D, how is A related to D?
Correct Answer: Paternal Uncle
Logic/Explanation: C is the father of D, and A is the brother of C (since A is brother of B and B is sister of C). So A is D's father's brother, which is paternal uncle.
Q24. A and B are a married couple. X and Y are brothers. X is the brother of A. How is Y related to B?
Correct Answer: Brother-in-law
Logic/Explanation: X and Y are brothers, and X is the brother of A, so Y is also the brother of A. Since A is married to B, A's brother Y is B's brother-in-law.
Q25. Pointing to a photograph, a man said, 'I have no brother or sister but that man's father is my father's son.' Whose photograph was it?
Correct Answer: His son's photograph
Logic/Explanation: 'My father's son' with no brother or sister means the speaker himself. So, the man's father is the speaker himself. Thus, it's his son's photo.
Q26. Introducing a girl, Vipin said, 'She is the daughter of the only sister of my father.' How is Vipin related to the girl?
Correct Answer: Cousin
Logic/Explanation: Only sister of Vipin's father is Vipin's paternal aunt (Bua). Her daughter is Vipin's cousin.
Q27. If A is the brother of B, B is the sister of C, and C is the father of D, how is A related to D?
Correct Answer: Paternal Uncle
Logic/Explanation: C is the father of D, and A is the brother of C (since A is brother of B and B is sister of C). So A is D's father's brother, which is paternal uncle.
Q28. A and B are a married couple. X and Y are brothers. X is the brother of A. How is Y related to B?
Correct Answer: Brother-in-law
Logic/Explanation: X and Y are brothers, and X is the brother of A, so Y is also the brother of A. Since A is married to B, A's brother Y is B's brother-in-law.
Q29. Pointing to a photograph, a man said, 'I have no brother or sister but that man's father is my father's son.' Whose photograph was it?
Correct Answer: His son's photograph
Logic/Explanation: 'My father's son' with no brother or sister means the speaker himself. So, the man's father is the speaker himself. Thus, it's his son's photo.
Q30. Introducing a girl, Vipin said, 'She is the daughter of the only sister of my father.' How is Vipin related to the girl?
Correct Answer: Cousin
Logic/Explanation: Only sister of Vipin's father is Vipin's paternal aunt (Bua). Her daughter is Vipin's cousin.
Q31. If A is the brother of B, B is the sister of C, and C is the father of D, how is A related to D?
Correct Answer: Paternal Uncle
Logic/Explanation: C is the father of D, and A is the brother of C (since A is brother of B and B is sister of C). So A is D's father's brother, which is paternal uncle.
Q32. A and B are a married couple. X and Y are brothers. X is the brother of A. How is Y related to B?
Correct Answer: Brother-in-law
Logic/Explanation: X and Y are brothers, and X is the brother of A, so Y is also the brother of A. Since A is married to B, A's brother Y is B's brother-in-law.
Q33. Pointing to a photograph, a man said, 'I have no brother or sister but that man's father is my father's son.' Whose photograph was it?
Correct Answer: His son's photograph
Logic/Explanation: 'My father's son' with no brother or sister means the speaker himself. So, the man's father is the speaker himself. Thus, it's his son's photo.
Q34. Introducing a girl, Vipin said, 'She is the daughter of the only sister of my father.' How is Vipin related to the girl?
Correct Answer: Cousin
Logic/Explanation: Only sister of Vipin's father is Vipin's paternal aunt (Bua). Her daughter is Vipin's cousin.