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Reasoning Ability :

•        Number and Letter series

•        Number and Letter analogy

•        Coding and Decoding

•        Odd man Out

•        VENN DIAGRAMS

•        DIRECTION SENCE

•        BLOOD RELATIONS

Number and Letter series :

1. 7, 21, 22, 66, 67,………………..

(1) 201, (2) 176 (3) 198 (4) 68 (5) 78

2. 48, 43, 39,………….., 34, 33

(1) 38, (2) 35 (3) 37 (4) 36 (5)34

3. 43, 44, 48, 57, 73,………………….

(1) 98, (2) 104 (3) 92 (4) 84 (5) 87

4. 2, 4, 8, 3, 9, 27, 5, 25, 125, …………, …………,…………..

(1) 8, 64, 512 (2) 7, 49, 343 (3) 9, 81, 100 (4) 6, 36, 216 (5) 10, 100, 1000

5. 11, 12, 13, 10, 15, 8,………., 6

(1) 16 (2) 6 (3) 17 (4) 19 (5) 21

6. C, H, M, R, W,………., …………

(1) B, G (2) D, F (3) D, G (4) B, L (5) F, G

7. J L, M O, P R, S U, ………..

(1) W Y (2) V Z (3) V X (4) W C (5) Y V

8. L M N, N O L, P Q J, R S H, …………

(1) T V E (2) U V E (3) T U F (4) T U E (5) U T E

9. T U W, V W Y, X Y A, Z A C,…………

(1) B L M (2) C D J (3) A D F (4) B E C (5) B C E

10. A C D, E F H, ………, O L P, U O T

(1) J I L (2) I J L (3) I J K (4) J L I (5) I I L

Number and Letter analogy :

1. 9:16::49:………

(1) 100 (2) 64 (3) 81(4) 121 (5) 144

2. 64:16::70:………

(1) 18.5 (2) 21 (3) 17.5 (4) 20.5 (5) 19.5

3. 2:32::4:………

(1) 512 (2) 256 (3) 576 (4) 1024 (5) 941

4. 2197:13::729:………

(1) 11(2) 12 (3) 7(4) 9 (5) 3

5. 89:83::……:67

(1) 78(2) 79 (3) 69(4) 74 (5) 71

6. ABA:ECE:: …… : ………

(1) CDC:GEG (2) IDI:OFO (3) NON:MLM(4) EAE:CAE (5) PQP:RPR

7. CG:EI::FJ:………

(1) JK (2) GK (3) LM (4) IG (5) EF

8. L:O::Y:………

(1) D (2) J (3) B (4) F (5) Z

9. JM:QN::CT:………

(1) LM (2) XF (3) ZF (4) UD (5) XG

10. ZUS:MHF::PJN:………

(1) CDZ (2) ZDC (3) EDF (4) CWA (5) WAC

Coding and Decoding :

1. In a certain code language, if the word ‘ PARTNER’ is coded as ‘ OZQSMDQ’, then what is the code for the word ‘ SEGMENT’ in that language?

(1) RDFEDNS (2) RDELDMS (3) RDFLDMS (4) TFHNFOU (5) RDFLMDS

2. In a certain code language, if the word ‘ RECTANGLE’ is coded as ‘ TGEVCPING’, then what is the code for the word ‘ RHOMBUS’ in that language?

(1) TJQODWU (2) TJOQDWV (3) TJQNDWU (4) TJQNUWD (5) TJQOEWU

3. In a certain code language, if the word ‘ REJECTION’ is coded as ‘ SGMIHZPWW’, then what is the code for the word ‘ MECHANIC’ in that language?

(1) NGPTPKIL (2) NGPLFTPK (3) NGFLFTPK (4) NGFKFTPK (5) NGFKTFKP

4. In a certain code language, if the word ‘ SPHERE’ is coded as ‘ EREHPS’, then what is the code for the word

‘EXHIBITION’ in that language?

(1) NOITIBIHXE (2) NOITIDIXEH (3) NOITIBHIEW (4) NOITIBHIWC

(5) NOITIBHEWI

5. In a certain code language, if the word ‘ PLAYER’ is coded as ‘ AELPRY’, then what is the code for the word

‘MANAGER’ in that language?

(1) AAEGMNR (2) AAGEMNR (3) AAEGNMR (4) AEAGMNR (5) AGEMNRE

Odd man Out :

1. RING, BANGLE, SILVER, CHAIN, EAR-TOPS

2. CRICKET, BASEBALL, HOCKEY, FOOTBALL, POLO

3. RIVER, LAKE, POND, SEA, DAM

4. JANUERY, MAY, JULY, AUGUST, NOVEMBER

5. 2704, 1331, 2744, 3375, 4913

6. ZINC, OXYGEN, COPPER, IRON, ALUMINIUM

7. SWIMMING, DIVING, DRIVING, BATHING, FISHING

8. SUGER, SAND, LAVA, STONE, ROCK

9. SCHOOL, COLLEGE, INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY, HOSPITAL

10. ERASE, CANCEL, REMOVE, EXPLORE, DELETE

VENN DIAGRAMS :

Directions for questions 1 to 5: These questions are based on the data given below.

In a class of 150 students, 45 take Hindi, 65 take Science and 10 take both Hindi and Science.

1. How many take only Hindi?

(1) 35 (2) 55 (3) 10 (4) 45 (5) 25

2. How many students take at least one subject?

(1) 90 (2) 10 (3) 40 (4) 100 (5) 45

3. How many students only Science?

(1) 45 (2) 10 (3) 65 (4) 35 (5) 55

4. How many students do not take any of the two subjects?

(1) 100 (2)50 (3) 10 (4) 80 (5) 70

5. How many students take at most one subject?

(1) 35 (2) 10 (3) 140 (4) 130 (5) 55

Directions for questions 6 to 10: These questions are based on the data given below.

In a survey, it was found that 80 people in a locality like only Cricket. 45% of the people like only Tennis. 5 % of the people liked both Cricket and Tennis. 10 % of the people liked neither Cricket nor Tennis.

6. How many people like exactly one game?

(1) 170 (2)90 (3) 180 (4) 150 (5) 200

7. How many people like at least one game?

(1) 20 (2)200 (3) 180 (4) 190 (5) 90

8. How many people were surveyed in the locality?

(1) 90 (2)210(3) 180 (4) 200 (5) 100

9. How many people do not like any of the two games?

(1) 10 (2)30 (3) 40 (4) 20 (5) 50

10. How many people like only tennis?

(1) 100 (2)300 (3) 180 (4)120 (5) 90

DIRECTION SENCE :

1. A person travels a distance of 5 m towards the East from his house, he then travels a distance of 8 m towards the North and then travels a distance of 4m towards the East and finally 12 m towards North. What is his vertical distance form his house ?

(1) 20 m (2) 22 m (3) 26 m (4) 18 m (5) None of these

2. Navin walks 10 m south from his house, turns left and walks 23 m, again turns left and walks 40m, then turns right and walks 5 m to reach his school. In which direction is the school from his house?

(1) South-east (2) North-east (3) South (4) East (5) None of these

3. A person starts from his house and travels 6 m towards the west, he then travelled 4 m towards his left and then travels 8 m towards West and 3 m towards South. Finally he turns right and travels 5 m. What is the horizontal distance he has travelled from his house ?

(1) 29 m (2) 19 m (3) 18 m (4) 23 m (5) None of these

4. At my house I am facing east, then I turn left and go 10 m, then I turn right and go 5 m, and then I go 5 m towards the south and from there 5 m towards the West. In which direction am I from my house ?

(1) South (2) West (3) North (4) East (5) None of these

5. Rahul travels 6 m towards the East, he then right and travels 8 m. What is the distance between the initial and final positions of Rahul?

(1) 12 m (2) 13 m (3) 14 m (4) 10 m (5) None of these

BLOOD RELATIONS :

1. Arun’s father’s brother’s father is Dipen. How is Dipen related to Arun?

Ans : grandfather

2. A lady pointing to a man in a photograph says, "The sister of the son of this man is my mother-in-law." How is the husband of the lady related to the man in the photograph?

Ans : maternal grand son

3. Introducing a man, a woman says, "He is the only son of my mother's mother." How is the man related to the woman ?

Ans : maternal uncle

4. Introducing Mousumi, Rahul says that her mother is the only daughter of my mother. How is Rahul related to Mousumi ?

Ans : mother

5. Pointing to Amit, Sumit said, "She is the wife of the only son of my father's father." How is Amit related to Sumit?

Ans : mother

6. Gargi says, "Rohit's grand father is the only son of my father." How is Gargi related to Rohit ?

Ans : grand mother

7. Pointing to a lady in photograph, Charlee said, "Her mother is the only daughter of my mother's mother." How is Charlee related to the lady?

Ans : brother

8. How is my mother’s mother-in-law’s only son related to me?

Ans : father

9. Pointing to a lady in the photograph Sahil said, "She is the daughter of the daughter of the only son of my grand father." How is the lady related to Sahil ?

Ans : niece

10. Biren’s father’s wife’s mother is Champa, whose only child is Bhaskar. How is Bhaskar related to Biren’s brother?

Ans : mother

11. How is Anil’s mother’s husband’s mother’s grand-daughter related to Anil?

Ans : sister

12. Pointing a woman, Rakesh says, "The only son of her mother is my father." How is Rakesh related to the woman ?

Ans : nephew

13. Pointing to Ruma, Aditya says, "She is the only daughter of my father-in-law." How is Ruma related to Aditya ?

Ans : wife

14. How is my father’s brother’s only sibling related to me?

Ans : father

15. How is my brother’s grandfather’s only son’s only child related to me?

Ans : cousin