REASONING - MENTAL ABILITY – APTITUDE
1. ‘Captain' is related to a ‘Team' in the same way
as ‘Director' is related to
(1) Supervisor (2) Employee (3) Organisation
(4) Union
2. Find the odd one out of the following options
(1) Aunt (2) Child (3) Father (4) Niece (5)
Relation
3. Pointing to a photograph of Mahesh, Ram said.
"The father of his sister is the husband of my wife's mother". How is
Ram related to Mahesh?
(1) Brother (2) Brother-in-law
(3)
Father-in-law (4)
Data not sufficient (5) None of
these
4. If ‘fork' is called ‘plate', ‘plate' is called
'knife', ‘knife' is called ‘jug', ‘jug' is called ‘glass', ‘glass' is called
‘cup' and ‘cup' is called ‘fork', by what do we cut fruit?
(1) spoon (2) jug (3) glass (4) saucer (5) none of these
5. If ‘a' is substituted by 26,'B' by 25 and so on
up to ‘Z' which is substituted by 1, what will be the sum of the numbers
substituted for the word ‘XRAY'?
(1) 33 (2) 40 (3)
37 (4) 73 (5) None of these
6. In a certain code COIMBATORE is written as
DPJNCBUPSF. How is INDORE written in that code?
(1) JOENQF (2)
JMCPQD (3) JOEPSF
(4) HMCNQD
7. Geeta is elder to Seeta but not to Deepa. Gayatri
is younger than Deepa. No one is elder to Fatima. Who is youngest of them all?
(1) Seeta (2)
Geeta (3) Gayatri (4) Data not sufficient (5) None of these
8. Raman is sitting to the immediate left of Harry
but not next to Kamal. Mahesh is sitting to the right of Kamal. If the four
friends are sitting in a circle who is sitting to the immediate right of Harry?
(1) Mahesh (2) Kamal (3) Raman (4) Harry (5) Cannot
be determined
9. How many three letter meaningful English words
can be formed from the word NOTE beginning with ‘T' and without repeating any
letter?
(1) Three (2)
One (3) Two (4) None (5) None of these
Directions (11-15): Answer question 11 to 15
based on the following sequence:
A $ B # 9 G 3D K « M ? C Q 2 X 7 P 5 U 8 I 4 Y ษ J
11. How many elements in the above arrangement are
both immediately preceded and immediately followed by a number?
(1) One (2) Two (3)
Three (4) Five (5) None of
these
12. Which of the following will be the fifteenth
element from the left end if all the numbers are arranged in descending order
from left to right, keeping the position of the other elements in arrangement
un-changed?
(1) 5 (2) 4 (3) 7 (4) 8 (5)
None of these
13. How many letters in the above arrangement are
immediately followed by a symbol?
(1) Two (2)
Five (3) Four (4) Three (5)
None of these
14. Which of the following will be eighth to the
left of the twelfth from the left end of the arrangement?
(1) # (2) 7 (3)
U (4) 9 (5) None of these
15. Four of the following five are alike in a
certain way based on their position in the above arrangement and so form a
group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
(1) G$M (2) K9Q (3)
?D7 (4) 2MU (5) PCI
16. In a certain code language' In ba pe' means ‘he
has won','le ki ba' means ‘she has lost' and ‘in se pe' means ‘he always won'.
Which word in that language means ‘he'?
(1) in (2) pe (3) se (4) Data not sufficient (5) None of these
17. X is Y's brother. S is T's mother and X's aunt.
How is T related to X?
(1) Sister (2)
Cousin (3) Aunt (4) Cannot be determined
18. If the letters of the word OBSERVANT are
interchanged, such that the first becomes ninth, second becomes eighth, and so
on, and the position of the fifth letter remains unchanged then what will be
the new arrangement of letters?
(1) TNAVERSBO (2) TNVARESBO (3) NTAVERSBO
(4) VANTRESBO (5) None of these
19. If 1 is coded as ล, 5 is coded as %, 6 is coded
as «, 3 is coded as +, 7 is coded as # and 4 is coded as ? What will be the
correct form of the number 435671?
(1) ? + % « # ล (2)
? + % ล # « (3) ? + « % # ล (4) ล # « % + ? (5) None of these
20. Which of the following have the same
relationship as BREAD:DBARE?
(1) SWORN: NSOWR
(2) FUNDS: FSDUN (3) GLAZE : EGZAL (4)
LOWER: RLEWO (5) None of these
Directions (21-25): Read the following
information and attempt the given questions:
Six executive Aman, Bindu, Deepa, Jitu, Kamal and
Priyanka have to advertise four products i.e. soap, watches, computers and
chocolates on 3 different channels, i.e. Go, Come and Fun either alone or in
pairs. An executive can visit only one channel and advertise only one product.
No more than two executives can advertise on a channel.
(i) Bindu and Jitu both visit the same channel but
advertise different products.
(ii) Aman who visits ‘Go' advertises neither soap
nor computers.
(iii) Kamal does not advertise chocolates.
(iv) No girl advertises soap.
(v) The two executives who advertise chocolates
visit Spice
21. Who advertises watches?
(1) Deepa (2) Kamal (3) Aman (4) Priyanka (5)
None of these
22. Which of the following Channel-product pairs
in definitely incorrect?
(1) Go-watch
(2) Come-computer (3) Go-soap (4) Come-soap (5) Come-watch
23. Which channel does Kamal visit?
(1) Go (2)
Fun (3) Come (4) Cannot be determined (5) None of these
24. If Bipasha advertises computers which of the
following must be true?
(1) Jitu
advertises soap (2) Jitu advertises
watches (3) Kamal advertises computers (4)
Kamal works for Fun
25. What will Jitu advertise?
(1) Chocolates (2) Watches (3) Computers or watches (4) Cannot be determined (5)
None of these
26. Swaroop and Simple want to attend a seminar
together between 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday. Simple cannot leave till after her
lunch break which begins at 1.30 p.m. Swaroop is free after her meeting which
ends at noon. For how many hours can the two of them attend the seminar?
(1) 3 ½ hours (2) 2 ½ hours (3) 4 ½ hours (4)
Cannot be determined (5)
None of these
27. How many pairs of letters are there in the word
ANSWER each of which has as many letters between them in the word as there are
in the English language?
(1) One (2) Two (3) Four (4)
Three (5) None of these
28. Find the odd one out
(1) 2 (2) 7 (3) 11 (4)
13 (5) 9
29. If all the letters in the word MERCIFUL are
rearranged in alphabetical order and substituted by the alphabet preceding them
in the English alphabet what will be the new arrangement of letters?
(1) BDHEKLQT (2) BDEHKLQT (3) BDEHLKQT (4)
BDEJMLQT (5) None of these
30. Out of 38 families in a housing society 5
subscribe to Hindi news-papers alone, 12 subscribe to both Hindi and Marathi
newspapers. Find the number of Maranthi news-paper subscribers.
(1) 9 (2) 21 (3) 17 (4) Cannot be determined (5)
None of these
Directions (31-35): Below are given letters and
their numeric codes. Below that are given some conditions to be followed while
codifying the given letter groups in each question. Study them and find out the
correct numeric coded form of the given letter group in each question. If none
of the coded forms is correct, your answer will be (5) i.e. ‘None of these'.
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Letters
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M
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Q
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I
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N
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E
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Y
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U
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G
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R
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Numeric Codes
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2
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5
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3
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7
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1
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8
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4
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6
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9
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Conditions:
(i) If the first
and last letters are vowels both are to be coded as ล.
(ii) If the
second letter is a vowel and the third letter is a consonant a single code is
to be used and both are to be coded jointly as %.
(iii) If the
first letter is a consonant and the last letter is a vowel both are to be coded
as?
31. ENIMY
(1) 1%28 (2) ?732? (3) 17328
(4) ?7328 (5) None of these
32. GENIR
(1) ?173? (2) 6%39 (3) 6%79 (4)
61739 (5) None of these
33. QUERI
(1) 5%93 (2) ?413? (3) ?4139
(4) ?419? (5) None of these
34. EINUM
(1) 1%72 (2) 0%42 (3) 1374? (4)
1%43 (5) None of these
35. UNGRE
(1) ล769 ล (2) 4769 ล (3) 47691 (4)
ล7691 (5) None of these
Directions (36-40): In each question below are
two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take
the two given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from
commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically
follows from the two statements disregarding commonly known facts.
Give answer
(1) if only conclusion I follows.
Give answer
(2) if only conclusion II follows.
Give answer
(3) if either conclusion I or II follows.
Give answer
(4) if neither conclusion I nor II follows.
Give answer
(5) if both conclusions I or II follow.
36. Statements: Some
pencils are lead. All lead are ink
Conclusions:
I.
Some ink are pencils.
II.
All ink are lead.
37. Statements: Some
ovens are refrigerator. Some refrigerators are ACs.
Conclusions:
I.
Some ACs are ovens.
II.
No. AC is oven.
38. Statements: All
planes are birds. All birds are clouds.
Conclusions:
I.
Some planes are clouds.
II.
Some clouds are birds.
39. Statements: Some
sweets are salt. No salt in spice.
Conclusions:
I..
Some sweets are spice.
II.
No spice is salt.
40. Statements: Some
papers are plastics. All papers are clothes.
Conclusions:
I.
Some plastics are clothes.
II.
Some plastics are papers.
Directions
(41-45): Each of the following questions below consists a question and two
statements numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide if the data
provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both
statements and:
Give answer
(1) if the data in statements I alone is sufficient to answer the question
while the data in statement II is not sufficient to answer the question.
Give answer
(2) if the data in statement II alone is sufficient to answer the
question, while the data in statement I alone is not sufficient to answer the
question.
Give answer
(3) if the data either in statement I alone or in statement II alone is
sufficient to answer the question.
Give answer
(4) if the data in both the statements I and II are not sufficient to
answer the question.
Give answer
(5) if the data in both the statements I and II together are necessary to
answer the question.
41.
How is ‘cricket' written in a code language?
I.
‘Dinesh play cricket' is written as ‘do si ha'.
II.
‘play cricket now' is written as ‘ha si ma'.
42.
Who is the oldest among L, M, N, O,P?
I.
P is older than M and N but not O.
II.
L is older than O.
43.
When is Rahul's birthday?
I.
Rahul and Shivani are twins.
II.
Rahul was born on the last day of February in a leap year.
44.
What is the strength of the class?
I.
Shekhar stood 28 ranks below the top ranker and Mahesh who stood 5 ranks below
him stood last.
II.
Jayesh was 9 ranks below Ramesh who stood 27th from the top.
45.
How far does Shruti live from the school?
I.
Shruti has to cycle 3 kms. To her friend Mina's house which is 4 kms. From thee
school.
II.
Gitanjali lives exactly opposite the school and walks 2 kms. to reach Shruti's
house.
Directions
(46-50): The following questions are based on the five three digit numbers
given below:
972 526 487 359
251
46. If the
positions of the firs and second digits are interchanged which of the following
will be third if they are arranged in ascending order?
(1)
359 (2) 972 (3) 526 (4) 487 (5)
251
47. If 2 is
added to the sum of the digits of each of the above numbers how many will be
multiples of 5?
(1)
None (2) One (3) Two (4) Three (5)
None of these
48. If 1 is
subtracted from the last digit of each of the above numbers the sum of the
digits of how many of them are prime numbers?
(1)
None (2) Two (3) One (4) Three (5)
All five
49. If the
digits in each of the above numbers are written in reverse order which will be
the second highest number?
(1)
251 (2) 359 (3) 487 (4) 526 (5)
972
50. If the
positions of the digits of each of the numbers are interchanged such that the
first becomes second, second becomes third and third becomes firs, which, of
the following will be the highest?
(1)
972 (2) 526 (3) 487 (4) 251 (5) 359
Answer Key for
Mental Aptitude Reasoning
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