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Reasoning Ability for UCO Bank LBO

UCO Bank LBO sets 45 Reasoning Ability questions for 60 marks in the Online Examination, so it is worth planning your preparation around the topics below.

45 questions60 marks5 topics

How to approach Reasoning Ability in UCO Bank LBO

The puzzles and seating arrangements carry the most marks and take the most time, so the skill is choosing which set to attempt and which to leave. Clear the quick scoring topics — inequality, syllogism, coding-decoding, blood relations — first, then spend the remaining time on one or two puzzles you can actually finish.

Weightage in the paper

How much Reasoning Ability is worth in each UCO Bank LBO stage, from the official pattern.

StageQuestionsMarksTimeShare
Online Examination45601 hr29%

Reasoning Ability syllabus for UCO Bank LBO

Every topic in the official syllabus. The linked ones open a set of solved questions you can practise straight away.

  • Puzzles and seating arrangement
  • Syllogism and inequality
  • Coding-decoding and alphanumeric series
  • Blood relations and directions
  • Computer aptitude: fundamentals, MS Office, internet and security

Sample Reasoning Ability questions with solutions

Written to the UCO Bank LBO pattern, with the answer key and the method behind it — a look at how the section is actually set before you drill the full topic sets.

Inequality · solved example

Statements: D = E ≤ F > C ≥ A Conclusions: I. C < F II. F > E Which conclusion(s) definitely follow?

  • Only I followsCorrect
  • Only II follows
  • Both I and II follow
  • Neither I nor II follows
  • Either I or II follows

Solution

Reading the chain, conclusion I is true and conclusion II is not necessarily true. Hence: only i follows.

Circular seating arrangement · solved example

Six friends L, M, N, O, X and Y sit around a circular table facing the centre. L sits opposite M. N sits opposite O. X sits opposite Y. N sits immediately clockwise of L, and X sits immediately clockwise of N.

Who sits immediately clockwise of X?

  • L
  • MCorrect
  • N
  • O
  • Y

Solution

With the clockwise order L, N, X, M, O, Y, the seat immediately clockwise of X (seat 3) is seat 4, which is M.

Scheduling puzzle · solved example

Six people P, Q, R, S, T and U have birthdays in six different months of the same year: January, March, May, July, September and November. S has the earliest birthday. P's birthday is in March. U's birthday falls immediately after P's. R has the latest birthday. T's birthday falls immediately before R's. Q's birthday falls between U's and T's.

Whose birthday falls immediately before Q's?

  • P
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • UCorrect

Solution

Q's birthday is in July, and the month immediately before it, May, belongs to U. So U's birthday falls immediately before Q's.

Coding-decoding · solved example

In a certain code, each letter is moved 2 places forward in the alphabet. How is "ROAD" written in that code?

  • WTFI
  • TQCFCorrect
  • PMYB
  • SPBE
  • URDG

Solution

Moving every letter of ROAD 2 places forward gives TQCF.

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Practise Reasoning Ability

Untimed drills with the method shown after every question — the step between learning a topic and sitting it under a clock.

Sit Reasoning Ability under a real clock

Reasoning Ability shows up in every UCO Bank LBO mock test, in the same interface, with sectional locking and negative marking.

  • UCO Bank LBO: 28-question practice mock

    28 questions | 28 min

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Frequently asked questions

How many Reasoning Ability questions are asked in UCO Bank LBO?

UCO Bank LBO Recurring recruitment sets 45 Reasoning Ability questions for 60 marks in the Online Examination.

Is there negative marking for Reasoning Ability in UCO Bank LBO?

Yes. UCO Bank LBO deducts one fourth of a mark for each wrong answer, Reasoning Ability included, so unsure guesses cost you. One fourth of a mark is deducted for each wrong answer. Unanswered questions carry no penalty.

Which Reasoning Ability topics matter most for UCO Bank LBO?

The UCO Bank LBO syllabus lists Puzzles and seating arrangement, Syllogism and inequality, Coding-decoding and alphanumeric series, Blood relations and directions, Computer aptitude: fundamentals, MS Office, internet and security. Weight your revision towards the ones you are weakest on and confirm the emphasis against the paper analysis for recent cycles.

How can I practise Reasoning Ability for UCO Bank LBO free?

Every Reasoning Ability question on this site is free and written to the exam pattern. Use the topic drills for instant-feedback practice, the daily quiz to keep the section warm, and the UCO Bank LBO mock tests to sit it under a real clock with negative marking.