REASONING 1. . If the following alphabets were written in the reverse order, which would be the fourth letter to the right of the fifteenth letter from the left? A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z a. G b. H c. I d. S e. None of these 2. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which one does not belong to that group? a. Ears b. Hands c. Fingers d. Eyes e. Legs 3. How many 4’s immediately preceded by 5 but not immediately followed by 7 are there in the following series of numbers? 5 4 8 7 4 9 5 4 7 7 4 5 5 4 6 5 4 7 5 4 7 3 2 4 7 a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5 e. None of these 4. If the first and second letters in the word ‘COMMUNICATIONS’ were interchanged, also the third and the fourth letters, the fifth and the sixth letters and so on, which letter would be the tenth letter counting from your right? a. U b. A c. T d. N e. None of these 5. Lokesh remembers that his brother Laxman’s birthday falls after 20th of August but before 28th of August, while Rita remember that Laxman’s birthday falls before 22nd of August but after 12th of August. On what date Laxman’s birthday falls? a. 20th August b. 21st August c. 22nd August d. Cannot be determined e. None of these 6. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which one does not belong to that group? a. 12 b. 13 c. 15 d. 18 e. 26 7. In a certain code ‘BELOW’ is written as ‘FCKVN’. How is ‘GIVEN’ written in that code? a. JHWMD b. HJUMD c. JHMUD d. JHUMD e. None of these 8. In a certain code ‘2 5 6’ means ‘Red Colour Chalk’, ‘ 5 8 9’ means ‘Green Colour Flower’ and ‘ 2 4 5’ means ‘White Colour Chalk’. What digit in the code means ‘White’? a. 2 b. 4 c. 5 d. Cannot be determined e. None of these 9. If the following words were rearranged in alphabetical order as in a dictionary, which will come in the middle? a. Plane b. Plain c. Plenty d. Player e. Place 10. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which one does not belong to that group? a. Bud b. Branch c. Leaf d. Root e. Plant 11. ‘Needle’ is related to ‘Clock’ as ‘Wheel’ is related to…? a. Drive b. Vehicle c. Circular d. Move e. Road 12. Two letters in the word ‘PRESENCE’ have as many letters between them in the word as there are between them in the alphabet and in the same order. Which one of the two letters comes earlier in the alphabet? a. C b. E c. R d. P e. None of these 13. Rakesh is standing at a point. He walks 20 m towards the East and further 10 m towards the South; then he walks 35 m towards the West; and further 5 m towards the East. What is the straight distance in meters between his starting point and the point where he reached last? a. 0 b. 5 c. 10 d. Cannot be determined e. None of these 14. Which of the following pairs of letters should come in the place of question mark?. in the twin letter series given below? BY IQ NK QG ? a. RF b. TF c. RE d. SE e. None of these 15. If + means /, / means -, - means x and x means + then 48 + 16 / 4 – 2 x 8 = ? a. 3 b. 6 c. -28 d. 112 e. None of these 16. In a certain code ‘PLANT’ is written as ‘$@2*c’ and ‘YIELD’ is written as ‘β64@%’. How is ‘DELAY’ written in that code ? a. β4*2% b. β4@2% c. %42@β d. %4@2β e. None of these 17. D said, “A’s father is the only brother of my sister’s son.” How is A’s father related to D ? a. Cousin b. Nephew c. Aunt d. Data Inadequate e. None of these 18. If the positions of the first and the second digit within each number are interchanged, which of the following will be the second highest number ? a. 632 b. 783 c. 576 d. 895 e. 394 19. If ‘A’ is coded as 1, ‘B’ as 3, ‘C’ as 5 and so on, which of the following is the numerical value of the word ‘FAZED’ ? a. 81 b. 79 c. 77 d. 80 e. None of these 20. Q types faster than R but not as fast as V.T types faster than R S types faster than V. Who amongst the five of them types the fastest ? a. V b. T c. S d. Data Inadequate e. None of these 21. If it is possible to make only one meaningful word with the Third, Seventh, Eighth and Tenth letters of the word COMPATIBILITY, which of the following would be the last letter of that word ? If no such word can be made, give ‘X’ as your answer and if more than one such word can be formed, give your answer as ‘Y’. a. I b. B c. L d. X e. Y 22. 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 ? a. Stem B. Tree C. Root D. Branch E. Leaf 23. How many meaningful three letter English words can be formed with the letters AER, using each letter only once in each word ? a. None B. One C. Two D. Three E. Four 24. In a certain code FINE is written HGPC. How is SLIT written in that code ? a. UTGR B. UTKR C. TUGR D. RUGT E. None of these 25. If ‘Apple’ is called ‘Orange’, ‘Orange’ is called ‘Peach’, ‘Peach’ is called otato’, ‘Potato’ is called ‘Banana’, ‘Banana’ is called ‘Papaya’ and ‘Papaya’ is called ‘Guava’, which of the following grows underground ? a. Potato B. Guava C. Apple D. Banana E. None of these 26. If the digits in the number 86435192 are arranged in ascending order, what will be the difference between the digits which are second from the right and fourth from the left in the new arrangement ? a. One B. Two C. Three D. Four E. None 27. Each vowel of the word ADJECTIVE is substituted with the next letter of the English alphabetical series, and each consonant is substituted with the letter preceding it. How many vowels are present in the new arrangement ? a. None B. One C. Two D. Three E. None of these 28. If in a certain language LATE is coded as 8&4$ and HIRE is coded as 7*3$ then how will HAIL be coded in the same language ? a. 7&8* B. &7*8 C. 7*&8 D. 7&*8 E. None of these 29. How many such pairs of letters are there in word ENGLISH, each of hich has as many letters between its two letters as there are between them in the English alphabets ? a. None B. One C. Two D. Three E. More than three 30. In a certain code ‘na pa ka so’ means ‘birds fly very high’, ‘ri so la pa’ means ‘birds are very beautiful’ and ‘ti me ka bo’ means ‘the parrots could fly’. Which of the following is the code for ‘high’ in that language ? a. na b. ka c. bo d. so e. None of these Directions—Q. 31–35. In each of the questions below are given three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read both the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts. Read the statements and the conclusions which follow it and Give answer— a if only conclusion I is true. b. if only conclusion II is true. c. if either conclusion I or conclusion II is true. d. if neither conclusion I nor conclusion II is true e. if both conclusions I and II are true. 31. Statements : All stars are suns. Some suns are planets. All planets are satellites. Conclusions : I. Some satellites are stars. II. No star is a satellite. 32. Statements : All fishes are birds. All birds are rats. All rats are cows. Conclusions : I. All birds are cows II. All rats are fishes 33. Statements : All curtains are rods. Some rods are sheets. Some sheets are pillows. Conclusions : I. Some pillows are rods. II. Some rods are curtains. 34. Statements : Some walls are windows. Some windows are doors. All doors are roofs. Conclusions : I. Some doors are walls. II. No roof is a window. 35. Statements : All switches are plugs. Some plugs are bulbs. All bulbs are sockets. Conclusions : I. Some sockets are plugs. II. Some plugs are switches. Directions—Q. 36–40. Study the sets of numbers given below and answer the questions, which follow : 489 – 541 – 654 – 953 – 983 36. If in each number, the first and the last digits are interchanged, which of the following will be the second highest number ? a. 489 b. 541 c. 654 d. 953 e. 783 37. If in each number, all the three digits are arranged in ascending order, which of the following will be the lowest number ? a. 489 b. 541 c. 654 d. 953 e. 783 38. Which of the following numbers will be obtained if the first digit of lowest number is subtracted from the second digit of highest number after adding one to each of the numbers ? a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4 e. 5 39. If five is subtracted from each of the numbers, which of the following numbers will be the difference between the second digit of second highest number and the second digit of the highest number ? a. Zero b. 3 c. 1 d. 4 e. 2 40. If in each number the first and the second digits are interchanged, which will be the third highest number ? a. 489 b. 541 c. 654 d. 953 e. 783 Directions—Q. 41–45. Read the following information carefully and answer the questions, which follow : ‘A – B’ means ‘A is father of B’ ‘A + B’ means ‘A is daughter of B’ ‘A ÷ B’ means ‘A is son of B’ ‘A × B’ means ‘A is wife of B’ 41. Which of the following means P is grandson of S ? a. P + Q – S b. P ÷ Q × S c. P ÷ Q + S d. P × Q ÷ S e. None of these 42. How is P related to T in the expression ‘P + S – T’ ? a. Sister b. Wife c. Son d. Daughter e. None of these 43. In the expression ‘P + Q × T’ how is T related to P ? a. Mother b. Father c. Son d. Brother e. None of these 44. Which of the following means T is wife of P ? a. P × S ÷ T b. P ÷ S × T c. P – S ÷ T d. P + T ÷ S e. None of these 45. In the expression ‘P × Q – T’ how is T related to P ? a. Daughter b. Sister c. Mother d. Can’t be determined e. None of these Directions—Q. 46–50. In each of these questions a group of letters is given followed by four combinations of number/symbollettered A., B., C. & D.. Letters are to be coded as per the scheme and conditions given below. You have to find out the serial letter of the combination, which represents the letter group. Serial letter of that combination is your answer. If none of the combinations is correct, your answer is E. i.e. None of these : Letters# Q M S I N G D K A L P R B J E Number/ Symbol# 7 @ 4 # % $ 6 1 2 £ 5 * 9 8 3 Conditions : i. If the first letter is a consonant and the last a vowel, both are to be coded as the code of the vowel. ii. If the first letter is a vowel and the last a consonant, the codes for the first and the last are to be interchanged. iii. If no vowel is present in the group of letters, the second and the fifth letters are to be coded as ©. 46. BKGQJN a. 9©$7©% b. ©9$7%© c. 91$78% d. %1$789 e. None of these 47. IJBRLG a. #89*£$ b. #89*£# c. $89*£# d. $89*£$ e. None of these 48. BARNIS a. 92*#%4 b. 924#*% c. 92*#%9 d. 42*#%4 e. None of these 49. EGAKRL a. #£$21* b. £$21*3 c. £$21*# d. #£$21# e. None of these 50. DMBNIA a. 6@9%#2 b. 2@9%#6 c. 2@9%#2 d. 2©9%#2 e. None of these
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