REASONING APTITUDE
1. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
(1) 169 (2) 125 (3) 216
(4) 27 (5) 343
2. Pointing to a boy Meena said, “Ramesh is the son of my father-in-law’s only son. How is the Ramesh related to Meena?
(1) Nephew (2) Son (3) Brother
(4) Cannot be determine (5) None of these
3. If it is possible to make only one meaningful word with the first, the fourth, the sixth and the tenth letters of the word MANAGEMENT. Which of the following will be the first letter of the word? If no such word can be made, give ‘N’ as the answer and If more than one such words can be made give Y as the answer.
(1) E (2)M (3) N (4) T (5) Y
4. In a row of children, Janki is third to the right of Akansha, who is ninth from the left end of the row. What is Akansha position from the right end of the row?
(1) 12th (2) 13th (3) 14th
(4) Data inadequate (5) None of these
5. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word APOCALYPTIC, each of which has as many letters between them in the word as they have between them in English Alphabet?
(1) None (2) One (3) Two
(4) Three (5) More than Three
Directions (6-10): In each of the questions below are given four statements followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and III. You have to take the three statement to be true even if they seems to beat variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusion logically follows from the three statements disregarding commonly known facts.
6. Statements: Some leaves are flowers. No flower is fruit. Some fruit are trees. Some trees are plants.
Conclusion: I. Some leaves are plants.
II. All leaves are either plants or fruits.
III. All plants are either trees or fruits.
(1) only I follows (2) both II and III follows
(3) only III follows (4) All follow
(5) None follow
7. Statements: All dogs are cats. All cats are rats. Some rats are snakes.
Conclusions: I. Some cats are snakes.
II. Some snakes are dogs.
III. some rats are dogs
(1) only I follows (2) only III follows
(3) only II follows (4) both I and III follows
(5) All follows
8. Statements: Some mobiles are television. Some televisions are computer. All computers are laptops. All laptops are machines.
Conclusions: I. Some computers are mobiles.
II. Some laptops are television.
III. All computers are machines.
(1) None follows (2) both I and II follow
(3) both II and III follows (4) both I and III follows
(5) None of these
9. Statements: Some fans are coolers. Some coolers are AC. Some AC are refrigerator. All refrigerator are machines.
Conclusions: I. Some machines are AC.
II. Some AC are fans.
III. No AC are fans
(1) None follows (2) only I follows
(3) either II or III follows
(4) only I and either II or III follows
(5) All follow
10. Statements: All newspaper are magazines. All magazines are books. Some books are papers. Some papers are booklets.
Conclusions: I. Some booklets are newspapers.
II. All newspapers are books.
III. some papers are newspapers.
(1) both I and II follow (2) only I follow
(3) only II follow (4) All follow
(5) None of these
Directions (11-15): These questions are based on the following arrangement.
F 7 6 I G * $ L M 3 K C @ A R M 1 4 D % J # 2 9 P Q 3
11. If all the symbols are dropped from the given arrangement, which of the following will be fourth to the right of tenth from the left end?
(1) R (2) 1 (3) 4 (4) D (5) A
12. How many such symbols are there in the given arrangement each of which is either immediately followed or immediately preceded by a consonant but not both?
(1) None (2) One (3) Two
(4) Three (5) More than three
13. If the position of ten elements from the right end is reversed which of the following will be fifth to the right of thirteenth from the right?
(1) % (2) D (3) P
(4) Q (5) None of these
14. How many such consonants are there in the given arrangement each of which is immediately preceded by a vowel and also immediately followed by another consonant?
(1) None (2) One (3) Two
(4) Three (5) More than three
15. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way on the basis of their positions in the given arrangements and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to the group?
(1) LK3 (2) D#J (3) @MA
(4) I$* (5) R41
Directions (16-18): In the following questions the symbols
@, #, %, $, * are used with different meanings as follows
P@Q means P is not smaller than Q.
P#Q means P is not greater than Q.
P%Q means P is neither smaller than nor equal to Q.
P$Q means P is neither greater than nor equal to Q.
P*Q means P is neither greater than nor smaller than Q.
16. Statements: A#K, K@Z, Z%B, B*D
Conclusion: I. D$K II. B$A III. B@A
(1) only I and either II or III follow
(2) only I follows (3) either II and III follow
(4) both I and II follows (5) None of these
17. Statements: W@V, V#S, S$A, A@B
Conclusions: I. A%V II. S$B III. B@V
(1) both I and II follow (2) both II and III follow
(3) both I and III follow (4) All I, II and III follow
(5) None of these
18. Statements: M@L, K#L, K$N, N%O
Conclusions: I. M%K II. L@N III. K$O
(1) only I follows (2) only II follows
(3) both II and III follows (4) both I and II follow
(5) None of these
Direction (19-20): Study the following information carefully to answer these questions.
D$E means D is wife of E
D#E means D is son of E
D%E means D is father of E
D*E means D is sister of E
19. Which of the following expressions represents the relationship ‘P is brother of H’?
(1) H*P%K (2) P*H%K (3) H#K%P
(4) H*K%P (5) None of these
20. In H*P#Q%L, how is H related to L?
(1) Cousin (2) Brother (3) Sister
(4) Cannot be determined (5) None of these
Directions (21-25): Each of the following question is based on the following information.
A,B,C,D,E,F and G are seven kids playing in the garden. They are wearing caps of different colours –red, blue, orange, green, pink, yellow and brown. Out of seven three are girls, No girl is wearing either red, yellow, or brown. D’s sister F is wearing pink, while he is wearing brown. A is wearing blue, while his sister B is not wearing green. E is wearing yellow, while his best friend G is a boy.
21. What colour B is wearing?
(1) green (2) pink (3) brown
(4) red (5) None of these
22. What colour is G wearing?
(1) red (2) Blue (3) orange
(4) green (5) None of these
23. What colour is C wearing?
(1) Red (2) green (3) orange
(4) pink (5) none of these
24. What colours are the sister of A and D wearing?
(1) pink & green (2) pink & yellow
(3) orange & green (4) orange and brown
(5) None of these
25. Which group is denoting only girls?
(1) BCE (2) BEF (3) BCF
(4) None (5) None of these
Directions (26-30): Study the following information carefully to answer these question .
I. Sonia, Sakshi, Monika, Nupur, Pallavi, Ankita and Neha are sitting in a circle and playing Antakshari.
II. Monika, who is the neighbour of Nupur, is not the neighbour of Ankita.
III. Pallavi is second to the left of Ankita.
IV. Monika is second to the left of Neha, who is the neighbour of Salshi
26. Which of the following is true?
(1) Pallavi is the neighbour of Neha and Sonia.
(2) Sakshi is the neighbour of Neha and Sonia
(3) Ankita is the neighbour of Nupur and Sakshi
(4) Sonia is the neighbour of Anikta and Monika
(5) None of these
27. Which of the following pair has the second person sitting to the right of the first person?
(1) Ankita Sakshi (2) Monika Pallavi (3) Pallavi Neha
(4) Monika Ankita (5) None of these
28. Which of the following pair has the first person sitting third to the left of the second person?
(1) Ankita sakshi (2) Neha Sonia (3) Neha Ankita
(4) Monika Sonia (5) None of these
29. Who is the immediate right of Neha?
(1) Sakshi (2) Ankita (3) Pallavi
(5) Sonia (5) None of these
30. What is the position of Sonia?
(1) to the immediate right of Ankita
(2) second to the left of Sakshi
(3) to the immediate right of Pallavi
(4) only between Sakshi and Ankita
(5) None of these
Directions (31-35): In arrangement a machines when given an input of words, rearrange them following a particular rule
Input: This chapter would give you basic concepts
Step 1: basic this chapter would give you concepts
Step 2: basic chapter this would give you concepts
Step 3: basic chapter concepts this would give you
Step 4: basic chapter concept give this would you
study the logic and answer the question that follow
31. Input: “do not imitate others work”
Which of the following will be the step 3 for the given
input?
(1) do others not imitate work
(2) do imitate not others work
(3) work do others imitate
(4) do not others work imitate
(5) there will be no 3rd step
32. Input: “adequate safety arrangement are must for kids”
Which of the following will be 2nd last step for the given input?
(1) adequate are arrangement for kids safety must
(2) adequate are arrangement for kids must safety
(3) adequate are safety arrangement must for kids
(4) adequate safety are arrangements must for kids
(5) None of these
33. Input: “Marcus Brauchli gives inaccurate information”. How many steps are required to rearrange the above input properly
(1) 3 (2) 4 (3) 5
(4) 2 (5) None of these
34. Input: “most Indian leaders cannot even visualize free India”. Which of the following will be last step of above Input?
(1) most Indian even leaders cannot visualize free
India
(2) cannot even free India Indian most leaders
visualize
(3) cannot even free India most Indian leaders
visualize
(4) cannot even free India Indian leaders most
visualize
(5) None of these
35. Step IV: “it is figure anti-establishment from media”. Which of the following is the input of the above mentioned step
(1) it is figure from anti-establishment media
(2) media it is figure from anti-establishment
(3) it is anti-establishment media from
(4) cannot be determined
(5) None of these
Directions (36-40): In each of the questions given below, which one of the five figures on the right should come after the problem figures on the left, if the sequence were continued.
ANSWERS
1). 1
2). 2
3). 5
4). 4
5). 5
6). 5
7). 2
8). 3
9). 4
10). 3
11). 2
12). 5
13). 3
14). 2
15). 3
16). 2
17). 5
18). 2
19). 1
20). 3
21). 5
22). 1
23). 2
24). 4
25). 3
26). 1
27). 5
28). 1
29). 3
30). 3
31). 5
32). 1
33). 2
34). 4
35). 5
36). 4
37). 3
38). 5
39). 2
40). 5
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