Description
This collection helps students to build their analytical skill. Especially those students who are in pre_university level can practice with it to enhance analytical skill. The collection contains wide range of quantitative questions and other aptitude skill testing
Study Set Content:
Questions: 40
Marks: 160
i)
Verbal Reasoning
a)
Completing a series
-
Number series
(2)
-
Letter series
(2)
-
Analog test
(2)
-
Coding and decoding
(1)
-
Arithmetical reasoning
(3)
-
Vocabulary test
(2)
ii)
a)
Facts about Nation
(3)
b)
Facts about Punjab
(3)
c)
Sports
(3)
d)
Health
(3)
e)
Environment
(3)
f)
Media and Entertainment
(3)
iii)
Non-verbal reasoning
a)
Odd one out
(1)
b)
Completion of series
(2)
c)
Analog test
(1)
d)
Completing an incomplete pattern
(1)
e)
Spotting hidden pattern
(1)
f)
Identical and similar pattern
(2)
g)
Lateral inversion
(1)
h)
Folded and unfolded pattern
(1)
GENERAL AWARENESS
AND APTITUDE TEST
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1. COMPLETING A SERIES.
(a) Number Series.
Hints for answering the questions
In these questions the series consists of
numbers(digits). Number series are formed in
many ways
1.
Addition of figures given in row
2.
Subtraction of figures from one another
3.
Division of figures by one another
4.
Multiplication of figures
5.
Logical transportation of figures
6.
Increase/decrease of numbers in a
specific pattern
EXAMPLE:
Write down the number which will complete
the sequence and replace the ?
a.
6, 12, 18, 30, 48, ?
b.
3, 12, 48, 192, ?
c.
48, 24, 72, 36, 108, ?
d.
1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, ?
e.
10, 15, 19, 22, 24, ?
f.
905, 576, 329, 247, ?
g.
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, ?
h.
1, 2, 8, 9, 15, 16, ?
ANSWERS:
a.
78,each term is obtained after adding
two to the previous number
b.
768, multiply each term by 4 to get the
next number
c.
54, divide by 2 and multiply by 3
alternatively.
d.
22, constant difference of 3 in each
subsequent number.
e.
25, decreasing difference of 5,4,3,2,1
between subsequent numbers
f.
82, interval between each pair of
numbers becomes the succeeding term
in series
g.
each term is square of natural number
h.
22, interval is alternatively 1 and 6
Multiple Choice Questions
Find the missing number in the following
series out of four options.
1.
1, 2, 5, 7, 11,______,17
a.
12
b. 13
c.
14
d. 15
2.
1, 8, 27,____,125
a.
37
b. 47
c.
54
d. 64
3.
6, 12, 21, 33,____
a.
38
b. 40
c.
45
d. 48
4.
2, 20,____,110, 182
a.
56
b. 72
c.
90
d. 96
5.
81, 9, 64,____,49, 7
a.
8
b. 9
c.
10
d. 11
6.
15, 20, 30,_____,65
a.
35
b. 40
c.
45
d. 50
7.
18, 30, 48, 72, 96,______
a.
106
b. 115
c.
120
d. 96
8.
12, 32, 72, 152,_______,632
a.
515
b. 613
c.
815
d. 312
9.
1, 2, 3, 5, 7,______,13
a.
8
b. 9
c.
10
d. 11
10. 3, 8, 22, 63, 185,_____
a.
285
b. 295
c.
310
d. 500
11. 4, 5, 7,_____, 19
a.
56
b. 66
c.
11
d. 17
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12. 27, 24, 30, 27, 33,______
a.
48
b. 27
c.
30
d. 24
13. 4, 10, 22, 46,_______
a.
56
b. 66
c.
76
d. 94
14. 4, 1, -8,_______,-20, 29, -32, 43
a.
15
b. 16
c.
17
d. 18
15. 2, -2, 7, 3, 17,_______,32, 13
a.
70
b. 10
c.
9
d. 8
16. 9, 15, 23, 33,_______
a.
44
b. 36
c.
38
d. 45
17. 12, 8, 14, 6,________,4
a.
5
b. 21
c.
24
d. 16
18. 16, 12, 64, 16,_____,20, 256
a.
18
b. 144
c.
20
d. 196
19. 2, 6,_____,120, 720, 5040
a.
12
b. 18
c.
24
d. 60
20. 9, 6, 16, 10, 30, 18,____,34
a.
36
b. 60
c.
58
d. 60
21. 10, 18, 34,_______,130, 258
a.
32
b. 60
c.
68
d. 66
22. 30, 23, 17, 12,________,5
a.
6
b. 7
c.
8
d. 9
23. 285, 253, 221, 189,_______
a.
173
b. 167
c.
157
d. 146
24. 8, 10, 14, 18,_______,34, 50, 66
a.
28
b. 27
c.
26
d. 25
25. 29, 36, 44, 53,_______
a.
55
b. 63
c.
65
d. 69
26. 10, 22, 27,_______,44, 56, 61
a.
32
b. 39
c.
40
d. 42
27. 2, 10, 60, 420, 3360,_________
a.
30240
b. 27840
c.
25140
d. 222240
28. 5, 8, 12, 17, 23,_______,38
a.
26
b. 28
c.
30
d. 29
29. 4, 9, 20, 43, 90,______
a.
180
b. 182
c.
179
d. 185
30. 5, 9, 16, 29, 54, 103,________
a.
102
b. 294
c.
203
d. 200
Key
1
b
11
c
21
d
2
d
12
c
22
c
3
d
13
d
23
c
4
a
14
a
24
c
5
a
15
d
25
b
6
c
16
d
26
b
7
d
17
d
27
a
8
d
18
b
28
c
9
c
19
d
29
d
10
d
20
c
30
d
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LETTER SERIES
Letter series contain only letters of the
alphabet placed in a specific pattern . They may
consist of terms with one , two , several letters.
In such series the successive elements are
obtained from the previous element according to
a definite rule.
Example: U,B,I,P,________
Answer : If you study the pattern carefully
you will find that every seventh letter is taken
alphabetically. After U the letters VWXYZA are
omitted and B is taken. After B , CDEFGH are
omitted and I is taken. After I , JKLMNO are
omitted and P is taken to follow the same pattern
naturally. After P, QRSTUV should be omitted
and W will be the next letter in the series.
Multiple Choice Questions
Each of the term in the questions belong to
letter series. One of the term in questions belong
to letter series. One of the terms of the series is
missing. Find the missing term from amongst the
four alternatives.
1.
J,L,N,P,R,T,________
a.
V
b. X
c.
Y
d. Z
2.
C,F,I,L,O,R,_________
a.
V
b. U
c.
W
d. X
3.
B,F,J,N,R,V,_________
a.
X
b. Y
c.
Z
d. C
4.
E,J,O,T,Y,D,_________
a.
J
b. K
c.
I
d. F
5.
AD, EH, IL, ____, QT, UX
a.
MP
b. MN
c.
MO
d. MQ
6.
B, I, P, W, D, K,_________
a.
Q
b. R
c.
S
d. T
7.
AZ, BY, CX, D________
a.
E
b. W
c.
R
d. V
8.
A, C, F, J, O,____________
a.
U
b. C
c.
D
d. F
9.
C, J, P, U, Y,____________
a.
C
b. D
c.
B
d. A
10. AZ, BY, CX, DW, ______
a.
EX
b. EU
c.
EY
d. EV
11. aa HI cc, cc JK ee, ee LM gg, ____
a.
ff NO ii
b. gg NO ii
c.
gg ON ee
d. ee ON ii
12. aBEf, bCFg, cDGh, _______
a.
dEGi
b. dHIg
c.
dEHi
d. dHEi
13. A, C, B, E, C, G, D,___ ____
a.
M,N
b. L,M
c.
I,E
d. G,H
14. CD, GH, KL, OP, ST, ________
a.
RS
b. QR
c.
GH
d. WX
15. WZI, EHJ, XAK, _____, YBM, GJN
a.
ZCO
b. IFL
c.
FFL
d. FIL
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16. BHL, DJN, FLP, ___________
a.
HNR
b. HOS
c.
IOS
d. INR
17. B,E,I,N,T,___________
a.
R
b. U
c.
S
d. A
18. BC, FG, JK, _________, RS, VW
a.
LM
b. OP
c.
QR
d. NO
19. XD, WC, _________, YA
a.
XY
b. CD
c.
ZB
d. WV
20. AI, BJ, CK, _________
a.
LM
b. DL
c.
GH
d. SE
21. AM, BN, EI, FJ, CO, DP, GK, ________
a.
HL
b. P Q
c.
QR
d. HG
22. Z,W,S,P,L,I,E,___________
a.
F
b. G
c.
B
d. K
23. BD, EH, IM, NS, ______
a.
UY
b. UZ
c.
TY
d. TZ
24. AC, EG, BD, FH, IK, _________
a.
JL
b. OP
c.
IJ
d. JK
25. m NN o PP q _________
a.
rr
b. RR
c.
ss
d. QQ
26. CGKOS, AEIMQ, EIMQ___,
a.
W
b. X
c.
V
d. U
27. AGMS, agms, _______________
a.
ABCD
abcd
b.
abcd
ABCD
c.
BHNT
bhnt
d.
bhnt
BHNT
28. aa, bbb, cccc, ______________
a.
ddd
b. ddddd
c.
dddd
d. DDDD
29. ACF acf G_______
a.
IL gil
b. JL gil
c.
IL gjl
d. LL gli
30. aB bB cD dD _________
a.
ef
b. gH
c.
fG
d. eF
Key
1
a
11
b
21
a
2
b
12
c
22
b
3
c
13
c
23
d
4
c
14
d
24
a
5
a
15
d
25
b
6
b
16
a
26
d
7
b
17
d
27
c
8
a
18
d
28
b
9
c
19
c
29
a
10
d
20
b
30
d
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ANALOGY TEST
Analogies Test your ability to see the
relationship between types of relationships and
recognize which relationship are similar.
Hints for Answering Questions:
1.
Establish the relationship
Before you see the available answers try and
establish what is the relationship between given
pair.
Example:
Author : Book
a.
Poem : poet
b.
Ring : goldsmith
c.
Carpenter : hammer
d.
Composer : song
The relationship is that author creates a book.
Take the keyword
‘create’
and try to fit this in
all given choices
Poem
‘create’
poet
wrong
Ring
‘create’
Goldsmith
wrong
Carpenter
‘create’
hammer
wrong
Composer
‘create’
song
right
So ‘d’ is the correct answer.
2.
Sequence of items is important
Like in above example person ie ‘Author’
comes first and the item ie ‘Book’ comes second.
So in the answer also the person comes second.
The only answer that satisfy this condition is (d).
Following types of relationship are possible.
a) Purpose relationship
b) Cause and effect relationship
c) Part and whole relationship
d) Part and part relationship
e) Action and object relationship
f)
Synonym and antonym relationship
g) Place relationship
h) Degree relationship
i)
Characteristic relationship
j)
Sequence relationship
k) Numerical relationship
l)
Association relationship
Multiple Choice Questions
In each of the questions below, a related pair
of words(in capital letters) is given. Select the
lettered pair out of four pair of words (in capital
letters) is given. Select the lettered pair out of
four pair of words that expresses the relationship
that is most similar to that of the capitalized pair.
1) SCISSORS:CLOTH ::
a) Axe:Wood
b) Stone : Grinder
c) Knife: Stone
d) Gun: Hunt
2) FOOD:HUNGER ::
a) Axe:Wood
b) Stone : Grinder
c) Knife: Stone
d) Gun: Hunt
3) BIRD : NEST ::
a) dog : doghouse
b) squirrel : tree
c) beaver : dam
d) cat : litter box
e) book : library
4)
DALMATIAN : DOG ::
a) Nightingale : bird
b) horse : pony
c) shark : great white
d) ant : insect
e) stock : savings
5) DOCTOR : HOSPITAL ::
a) sports fan : stadium
b) cow : farm
c) professor : college
d) criminal : jail
e) food : grocery store
6)
CUB : BEAR ::
a) piano : orchestra
b) puppy : dog
c) cat : kitten
d) eagle : predator
e) fork : utensil
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7) NOODLES : FLOUR ::
a) snacks : breakfast
b) Tomato : gravy
c) beans : coffee
d) thread : cotton
8) INK:PAPER ::
a) Pen: pencil
b) Paint: painting
c) Chalk: blackboard
d) Carbon paper: ballpoint
9) ROCKGARDEN:CHANDIGARH ::
a) Delhi: RedFort
b) Film Studio:Pune
c) Chicago: USA
d) India: Asia
10) LIGHT : CANDLE ::
a) Exercise:Strength
b) Heat:Coil
c) Power:Battery
d) Automobile:Engine
11) VOLCANO:LAVA ::
a) Death:Sorrow
b) Rock:Sand
c) Delta:River
d) Fault:Earthquake
12) SCALES : FISH ::
a) Lady : Dress
b) Skin : Man
c) Tree: Leaves
d) Bird: Feather
13) PETAL : FLOWER ::
a) salt : pepper
b) tire : bicycle
c) base : ball
d) sandals : shoes
e) puppy : dog
14) BRISTLE : BRUSH
a) arm : leg
b) stage : curtain
c) recline : chair
d) key : piano
e) art : sculpture
15) WOOL : WARMTH
a) spring : elasticity
b) marketing : advertising
c) person : success
d) radio : broadcast
16) ODOMETER : DISTANCE
a) scale : weight
b) length : width
c) inch : foot
d) mileage : speed
e) area : size
17) WRITER : PEN
a) pencil : eraser
b) ball pen : notebook
c) typewriter : paper
d) blacksmith : hammer
e) gun : hunter
18) PEDAL : BICYCLE
a) inch : yardstick
b) walk : skip
c) tire : automobile
d) buckle : belt
e) oar : boat
19) RIBS : LUNGS
a) ball : sphere
b) hand : finger
c) shell : nut
d) coat : tie
20) BIRD : CAGE
a) animal : zoo
b) thief : prison
c) antique : museum
d) crime : punishment
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21) WAR : DESTRUCTION
a) fire : burn
b) court : justice
c) water : drown
d) food : hunger
22) YEN : CURRENCY
a) brass : metal
b) flower : fragrance
c) paper : book
d) karnataka : state
23) BINDING : BOOK
a) criminal : gang
b) display : museum
c) artist : carpenter
d) nail : hammer
e) frame : picture
24) EXPLORE : DISCOVER
a) read : skim
b) research : learn
c) write : print
d) think : relate
e) sleep : wake
25) COTTON : BALE
a) butter : churn
b) wine : ferment
c) paper : ream
d) curd : cheese
e) beef : steak
26) STOOL : BENCH
a) chair : table
b) carpenter : chair
c) foot rule : yardstick
d) glass : cup
27) LAWN : GRASS
a) wool : sheep
b) skin : goat
c) fur : animal skin
d) rice : farm
28) WAITRESS : RESTAURANT
a) doctor : diagnosis
b) actor : role
c) driver : truck
d) teacher : school
e) author : book
29) FINCH : BIRD
a) frog : toad
b) elephant : reptile
c) Dalmatian : dog
d) collie : marsupial
e) ant : ladybug
30) RAIN : DRIZZLE
a) swim :dive
b) hop : shuffle
c) juggle : bounce d) walk : run
e) run : jog
31) EGG : OMELETTE
a) dam : river
b) student : classroom
c) clay : pottery
d) onion : salad
32) TAILOR : SUIT
a) scheme : agent
b) edit : manuscript
c) revise : writer
d) mention : opinion
e) architect : building
Key
1
a
11
d
22
d
2
a
12
b
23
e
3
b
13
b
24
b
4
a
14
d
25
c
5
c
15
a
26
c
6
b
16
a
27
c
7
d
17
d
28
d
8
c
18
e
29
c
9
b
19
c
30
e
10
c
20
b
31
c
21
a
32
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CODING DECODING
What is Coding Decoding :
A ‘Code’ is a system of conveying a message
through signals. It is a method of sending a
message between sender and the receiver in
such a way that only the sender and the receiver
can know its meaning. However ‘Coding’ is done
according a certain pattern in the mind of the
sender. Therefore, its meaning can be deciphered
by a third person. Only if he carefully studies this
pattern. This process is called ‘Decoding’. This
capability is important in many fields of application.
The ‘Coding- Decoding’ test is set up to
judge the candidate’s ability to decipher the
pattern which goes behind a coded message or
statement. There are many types of coding:
A. LETTER CODING
In such questions, code values are assigned
to a word in terms of the alphabets. There are
following types of letter coding.
Type 1 :
In this category, one word is coded
according to a particular pattern and the candidate
is asked to give the code letters for another word
following the same pattern of coding.
Ex.
The word MAN is coded as NBO.
Which of the following should be the code
for SKY?
Sol.
The first letter of the code
N
comes after
M
. the first letter of the word in question. Similarly,
the second letter
B
comes next to
A
of the
question, and the third letter of code
O
comes
after
N
of the main word. Following this pattern
we can say that
TLZ
is coded as
SKY
.
LETTER AND NUMERICAL CODING
In these questions either numerical values
are assigned to a word or alphabetical code values
are assigned to the numbers. The candidate is
required to analyze the code according to the
directions.
Ex.
In a given code SISTER is coded as
535301. UNCLE as 84670 and BOY as 129. How
is RUSTIC written in the code ?
(a) 633185
(b)
185336
(c)
363815
(d)
581363
(e) None
Sol.
In this code the alphabets are coded as
follows
S I S T E R U N C L E B O Y
5 3 5 3 0 1 8 4 6 7 0 1 2 9
If we apply this method , the code comes out
to be 185336
Multiple Choice Questions
1) In a certain coding system MOTHER is
coded as PQWJHT, how will you code
SISTER?
a) VKUVHT
b) VKVVHU
c) VKVVHT
d) VKVVHS
2) In a certain coding system PRICE is coded
as SVNIL, how will you code COST?
a) F SXY
b) FSWY
c) FTWZ
d) FSXZ
3) In a certain coding system FLOWER is
written as SEXOMF, how will you code
GARDEN?
a) OEERBH
b) OFESBH
c) OEESBG
d) OEERBG
4) In a certain coding system TRAIN is written
as GIZRM, how will you code FIGURE?
a) USTGKV
b) VTYXTC
c) URTFIV
d) VKGTSV
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5) If SINGLE can be given a code number of
66, what code number can be given to
WINKLE?
a) 76
b) 66
c) 78
d) 74
6) If REASON is called as 5 and BELIEVED
as 7, what is the code number for
GOVERNMENT?
a) 10
b) 8
c) 9
d) 6
7) If PRATAP could be given a code number
1618120116, what code number can be given
to NAVIN?
a) 73957614
b) 24639125
c) 14122914
d) 19274651
8) If CENTURION is coded as 325791465, and
RANK as 18510, what will the figure 78510
represent?
a) TANK
b) BANK
c) TAKE
d) SANK
9) If WORK is coded as 4567 and MAN 328,
then WOMAN is coded as
a) 45328
b) 43528
c) 32845
d) 35428
10) If spider is written as PSDIRE, how would
COMMON be written in that code
a) OCOMMO
b) OCMMNO
c) OCMOMN
d) OCMMON
11) If (a) ‘gnr tag zog qmp’ stands for ‘Seoul
Olympic organizing Committee’, (b) ‘hyto gnr
emf’ stands for, ‘Summer Olympic Games,
and (c) ‘esm sdr hyto’ stands for ‘Modern
Games History’, What would ‘summer ’
stands for?
a) gnr
b) hyto
c) emf
d) zog
12) In a certain language ‘526’ means ‘sky is
blue’, ‘24’ means ‘blue colour’ and ‘436’
means ‘colour in fun’. Which digit in that
language means ‘fun’?
a) 2
b) 3
c) 4
d) 6
13) If a rectangle is called a circle, a circle a
point, a point a triangle, a triangle a square,
then wheel is a:
a) rectangle
b) circle
c) point
d) triangle
14) If the letters is PRABA are coded as 27595
and THILAK are coded as 368451, how can
BHARATHI be coded?
a) 96575368
b) 57686535
c) 96855368
d) 37536689
15) If JAILAPPAS is coded as AIJAPLASP,
ECONOMICS will be coded as:
a) COEMONCSI
b) COEOMNCSI
c) OECMONSCI
d) OECOMNCIS
Key (Coding and Decoding)
1.
c
9.
a
2.
d
10.
b
3.
d
11.
c
4.
c
12.
b
5.
d
13.
c
6.
c
14.
a
7.
c
15.
b
8.
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ARITHMETICAL REASONING
Hints for Answering Questions:
The section tests the basic calculation skills
such as addition, subtraction, multiplication,
division, calculation of percentages, average etc.
The questions of ‘age’ and direction are also
included in this test. The candidate must know
the basics of geometry to solve the direction
problems.
1) Rajesh walks 7 km to the north then turns
left and walks 3 km. Then takes another left
and continue walking this time another 7 km
forward. How much distance in km is he
away from the starting point.
a) 10km
b) 6km
c) 3km
d) 2km
2) Balwant had 17 sheep. A storm in the village
killed all but 7 sheep .How many was he left
with?
a) 10
b) 6
c) 7
d) 9
3) What is the smallest number of ducks that
can swim in this formation- two ducks in
front of a duck two ducks behind a duck and
a duck between two ducks?
a) 3
b) 5
c) 7
d) 9
4) What is the product of all the numbers in the
dial of a telephone?
a) 1,58,480
b) 1,59,450
c) 1,59,480
d) None of those
5) A group of 1200 persons consisting of
captains and soldiers is travelling in a train.
For every 15 soldiers there is one captain.
The number of captains in the group is
a) 85
b) 80
c) 75
d) 70
6) Aruna cut a cake into two halves and cuts
one half into smaller pieces of equal size.
Each of the small pieces is twenty grams in
weight. If she has seven pieces of the cake
in all with her, how heavy was the original
cake?
a) 120 grams
b) 140 grams
c) 240 grams
d) 280 grams
7) First bunch of bananas has ¼ again as many
bananas as a second bunch. If the second
bunch has 3 bananas less than the first bunch,
then the number of bananas in the first bunch
is
a) 9
b) 10
c) 12
d) 15
8) At the end of a business conference the ten
people present all shake hands with each
other once. How many handshakes will there
be altogether?
a) 20
b) 45
c) 55
d) 90
9) A student got twice as many sums wrong as
he got right. If he attempted 48 sums in all,
how many did he solve correctly.
a) 12
b) 16
c) 18
d) 24
10) There were 28 people at last week’s board
meeting. If the ratio of men to women was
4:3, how many women were at the meeting?
a) 16
b) 12
c) 7
d) 4
11) At a certain corporation, the ratio of clerical
workers to executives is 7 to 2. If a combined
total of 81 clerical workers and executive
workers for that corporation, how many
clerical workers are there?
a) 9
b) 14
c) 18
d) 63
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12) Last Year, there were 720 crimes committed
in the ninth precinct. These crimes involved
theft, rape, and drugs in the ration of 4:2:3,
How many crimes involved drugs?
a) 80
b) 160
c) 240
d) 320
13) A unit price is a ratio that compares the price
of an item to its unit of measurement. To
determine which product is the better buy,
calculate each one’s unit price. Which of
these five boxes of Klean-O Detergent is
the best buy?
a) Travel-size: Rs. 100 for 5 Kg.
b) Small: Rs. 200 for 11 KG.
c) Regular: Rs. 400 for 22 Kg.
d) Large: Rs. 700 for 40 Kg.
14) Rimmy pulse rate is 19 beats every 15
seconds. What is her rate in beats per minute?
a) 76
b) 60
c) 57
d) 45
15) If you write down all the numbers from 1 to
100, then how many times do you write 3?
a) 11
b) 18
c) 20
d) 21
16) The total number of digits used in numbering
the pages of a book having 366 pages is
a) 732
b) 990
c) 1098
d) 1305
17) In a garden, there are 10 rows and 12
coloumns of mango trees. The distance
between two trees is 2 meters and a distance
of one meter is left from all sides of the
boundary of the garden. The length of the
garden is
a) 20 m
b) 22m
c) 24m
d) 26m
18) A farmer built a fence around his square plot.
He used 27 fence poles on each side of the
square. How many poles did he need
altogether?
a) 100
b) 104
c) 108
d) None of these
19) An enterprising businessman earns an
income of Re.1 on the first day of his
business. On every subsequent day, he earns
on income which is just double of that made
on the previous day. One the 10
th
day of
business, his income is
a) Rs. 2
9
b) Rs. 2
10
c) Rs. 10
d) Rs. 10
2
20) In a family, the father took
¼
of the cake
and he had 3 times as much as each of the
other members had. The total number of
family members are
a) 3
b) 7
c) 10
d) 12
21) Three friends had dinner at a restaurant.
When the bill was received, Amita Paid 2/3
as much as Veena paid and Veena paid 1/3
as much as Tanya paid. What fraction of the
bill did Veena pay?
a) 1/3
b) 3/11
c) 12/31
d) 5/8
22) Find the number which when added to itself
13 times, gives 112.
a) 7
b) 8
c) 9
d) 11
23) A monkey climbs 30 feet at the beginning of
each hour and rests for a while when he slips
back 20 feet before he again starts climbing
in the beginning of the next hour. If he begins
his ascent at 8.00 a.m., at what time will he
first touch a flag at 120 feet from the ground?
a) 4 p.m.
b) 5 p.m.
c) 6 p.m.
d) None of these
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24) In a city, 40% of the adults are illiterate while
85% of the children are literate. If the ratio
of the adults to that of the children is 2:3,
then what percent of the population is literate?
a) 20%
b) 25%
c) 50%
d) 75%
25) If every 2 out of 3 readymade shirts need
alterations in the sleeves, and every 4 out of
5 need in the body, how many alterations will
be required for 60 shirts?
a) 24
b) 123
c) 133
d) 143
26) If a clock takes seven seconds to strikes
seven, how long will it take to strike ten?
a) 7 seconds
b) 9 seconds
c) 10 seconds
d) None of these
Directions:
Mr and Mrs. Sharma have two
children Asha and Shahsi.Shashi married Radha,
daughter of Mrs. Mahajan. Suresh, son of Mrs.
Mahajan marries Rita. Sonu and Rocky are born
to Suresh and Rita. Uma and Sudha are the
daughters of Shashi and Radha.
27) What is the surname of Sonu?
a) Mahajan
b) Sharma
c) Shashi
d) None of these
28) How is Suresh related to Sudha?
a) brother
b) maternal uncle
c) uncle
d) cousin
29) What is Sudha’s relation to Asha?
a) sister
b) niece
c) aunt
d) daughter
30) How is Sonu related to Mr. Mahajan?
a) son-in-law
b) grandson
c) son
d) none of these
31) Rita drives to the north of her place of stay
at A and after traveling 25 km finds that she
has driven in the wrong directions. She then
turns to her right and travels 2 km and then
she again turns to the right and drives straight
another 25 km. How much distance has she
now to cover to go back to the starting point?
a) 25 km
b) 2km
c) 4km
d) 40 km
32) Rana travels 10 km to the north, turns left
and travels 4 km and then again turns right
and covers another 5 km and then turns right
and travels another 4 km. How far is he from
the right starting point?
a) 15 km
b) 4 km
c) 5 km
d) 10 km
33) A taxi driver commenced his journey from a
point and drove 10 km towards north and
turned to his left and drove another 5 km.
After waiting to meet a friend here, he turned
to his right and continued to drive another 10
km. He has covered a distance of 25 km so
far, but in which direction would he be now?
a) North
b) East
c) South
d) West
34) A tourist drives 10 km towards east and turns
to the right hand and drives 3 km. Then he
drives towards west (turning to his right) 3
km. He then turns to his left and drives 2
km. Finally he turns to his right and travels 7
km. How far is he from his starting point and
in which direction would he be?
a) 10 km, East
b) 9 km, North
c) 8 km, West
d) 5 km, West
35) Of the 30 Officers on traffic duty, 20% didn’t
work on Friday. How many officers worked
on Friday?
a) 6
b) 10
c) 12
d) 24
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36) After running 1½ miles on Wednesday, a
runner had covered 75% of her planned
route. How many miles did she plan to run
that day?
a) 2
b) 2¼
c) 2½
d) 2¾
37) Mr. Rakesh makes his special blends of
coffee by mixing espresso beans with
Colombian beans in the ratio of 4 to 5. How
many K.g. of espresso beans does he need
to make 18 K.g. of his special blend?
a) 4
b) 5
c) 8
d) 9
38) A recipe calls for 3 cups of sugar and 8 cups
of flour. If only 6 cups of flour are used, how
many cups of sugar should be used?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 2¼
d) 4
39) The average of eight different numbers is 5.
If 1 is added to the largest number, what is
the resulting average of the eight numbers?
a) 5.1
b) 5.125
c) 5.25
d) 5.5
40) Lieutenant James made an average of 3
arrests per week for 4 weeks. How many
arrests does she need to make in the fifth
week to raise her average to 4 arrests per
week?
a) 4
b) 5
c) 8
d) 7
41) The average of 3 unique numbers is 50. If
the lowest number is 30, what is the sum of
the other two numbers?
a) 100
b) 110
c) 120
d) 150
42) A is 3 years younger than C but one year
older than D. D is one year older than B but
4 years younger than C. C is 15 years old.
What is the age of B in years?
a) 10
b) 11
c) 12
d) 13
43) Today is Varun’s birthday. One year from
today he will be twice as old as he was 12
years ago. How old is Varun today?
a) 20 years
b) 22 years
c) 25 years
d) 27 years.
44) A is 3 years older to B and 3 years younger
to C, while B and D are twins. How many
years older is C to D?
a) 2
b) 3
c) 6
d) 12
45) 12 year old Manick is three times as old as
his brother Rahul. How old will Manick be
when he is twice as old as Rahul?
a) 14 years
b) 16 years
c) 18 years
d) 20 years.
46) A woman says, “If you reverse my own age,
the figures represent my husband’s age. He
is, of course, senior to me and the difference
between our ages is one-eleventh of their
sum.” The woman’s age is
a) 23 years
b) 34 years
c) 45 years
d) None of these.
47) In a town, 65% people watched the news on
television, 40% read a newspaper and 25%
read a newspaper and watched the news on
television also. What percent of the people
neither watched the news on television nor
read a newspaper?
a) 5
b) 10
c) 15
d) 20
48) Raj starts from his office facing west and
walks 100 metres straight then takes a right
turn and walks 100 metres. Further he takes
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a left turn and walks 50 metres. In which
direction is Raj now from the starting point?
a) North-East
b) South-West
c) North
d) North-West
49) Mohan starts from his house and walks 4
km. straight. He then turns towards his right
and walks 2 kms. He turns again to his right
and walks 2 kms. If he is North West now,
then in which direction did he start in the
beginning?
a) North
b) South
c) North-West
d) West
50) A number consists of two digits. The digit at
the ten’s place is two times the digit at the
one’s place. The number, formed by
reversing the digits is 27 less than the original
number. Then the original number is
a) 49
b) 94
c) 63
d) 36
51) A number consists of two digits of which the
ten’s digit exceeds the one’s digit by 6. The
number itself is equal to ten times the sum of
digits. Then the number is
a) 42
b) 60
c) 15
d) 51
52) A number consists of two digits. The digit at
the ten’s place is two times the digit at the
one’s place. The number formed by reversing
the digits is 36 less than the original number.
Then the original number is
a) 84
b) 63
c) 48
d) 42
53) A boy is now one-third as old as his father
Twelve years hence he will be half as old as
his father. Then the present age of the boy is
a) 10 years
b) 11 years
c) 12 years
d) 13 years
54) 5 years ago, the age of a man was 7 times
the age of his son. The age of the man will
be 3 times the age of his son in five years
from now. How old is the man now?
a) 30 years
b) 40 years
c) 50 years
d) 60 years
55) A said to B,” I am 15 years older than you.
After 5 years my age will be double of your
age.” Then the present age of A is
a) 10 years
b) 15 years
c) 20 years
d) 25 years
56) The present age of Ram is 20 years and of
his father is 40 years. How many years ago
the age of his father was three times of his
age?
a) 10 years
b) 8 years
c) 6 years
d) 4 years
57) The age of Deepak and Vikas are in the ratio
7:5. Ten years hence, the ratio of their ages
will be 9:7. Then the present age of Deepak
is
a) 20 years
b) 25 years
c) 30 years
d) 35 years.
Key
1
c
16 b
31 b
46 c
2
c
17 b
32 a
47 d
3
a
18 b
33 a
48 d
4
d
19 a
34 d
49 d
5
c
20 c
35 d
50 c
6
c
21 b
36 a
51 b
7
d
22 b
37 c
52 a
8
b
23 c
38 c
53 c
9
b
24 d
39 b
54 b
10 b
25 c
40 c
55 d
11 d
26 d
41 c
56 a
12 c
27 a
42 a
57 d
13 d
28 b
43 c
14 a
29 b
44 c
15 c
30 b
45 b
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LOGICAL VENN DIAGRAMS
This Section deals with questions which aim
at analyzing a candidate’s ability to relate a
certain given group of items and illustrate it
diagrammatically. In these tests a relationship is
to be established between two or more items
represented by diagrams. The items represented
by the diagrams may be individual, a particular
group/class of people etc.
Example:
You are required to choose from the five
diagrams the one that best illustrates the
relationship among the three given classes in the
questions that follow.
A
B
C
D
E
Questions
1.
Criminals, Pickpocketers, Terrorists
2.
Dogs, Friendly Animals, Cats
3.
Food, Curd, Spoons
Answers
1.
E
2.
D
3.
C
Explanation:
1.
Both Pickpocketers and Terrosist fall under
the class of criminals. There is a possibility
that some of pickpocketers can be terrorists
and some of terrorists can be pickpocketers
2.
Both dogs and cats can be wild as well as
friendly animals, so we can infer that although
both fall under separate classes some cats
and some dogs may be friendly
3.
Curd is covered under the class Food.
However spoon is a separate class and has
no relation with them.
Hints for Answering Questions:
To tackle questions on logical diagrams
following hints will be helpful
1.
These tests are based on the concept of class.
A class is a group of items, all having
something in common. Hence a class of
MAMMALS will be all those members of
animal kingdom who are MAMMALS and
REPTILES will be not included in this class.
2.
Classes can contain classes. A class may
contain or be contained with another.
Example: FATHERS will be contained in the
larger group of MALES. But not all MALES
will be FATHERS.
3.
One class may be partially contained in
another
Example:
HUSBANDS and BROTHERS. All
BROTHERS are not HUSBANDS and all
HUSBANDS are not BROTHERS. The Partial
relationship is as depicted in figure.
So a relationship can be of three basic types
1.
Complete Exclusion
2.
Complete Inclusion
3.
Partial Inclusion
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These three cases represent possible
relationships between two classes if more classes
are added it would result in more possible
relationships. A class could be represented by
any shape (circle, square, triangle etc ).
Directions:
Select the diagram that best
represents the relation of terms given in question
1-10:
A
B
C
D
E
1.
Animals, Cows, Dogs
2.
Cousins, Males, Nephews
3.
Women, Story teller, Liars
4.
Doctors, Surgeons, Musicians
5.
Students, Females, MBA entr ance
candidates
6.
Bedroom, Sitting room, Dwelling
7.
Civil Engineers, Boiler Engineers, Engineers
8.
People, Doctors, Cows
9.
Typewriter, Reading material, Magazines
10. Policemen, Magistrates, Human beings
11. Mule, Father Book
12. Family, Spouse, Husbands
13. Doctors, Human beings, Cows
14. Social workers, Alcoholics, Teatotallers
15. Females, Mothers, Nurses
16. Dogs, Rabbits, Rats
17. Females, Mothers, Sisters – a
18. Beef, Mutton, Eggs
19. Students, Married people, Human beings – a
20. Husbands, Brothers, Males – c
Directions:
Study the following diagram
carefully and answer the questions the follow:
Government employees
Urban people
Graduates
Teachers
21. Which of the following statements is true?
a) all urbans are graduates
b) all graduates are urbans
c) all the urban government employees are
graduates
d) all teachers are urban people
22. Choose the correct statement?
a) there are some urban teachers who are
government employees as well as
graduates
b) no teacher is a government employee
c) all graduates are government employee
d) all government employees are urban
people
23. Mark the correct statement?
a) all nonurban teachers are government
employee
b) all urban government employees are
teachers
c) there are some nonurban graduates who
are neither teachers nor government
employees
d) all urban government employees are
graduates
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24. Which of the following statement is not true?
a) some government employees are rural
b) all teachers are urban
c) teachers
who
are
government
employees are that
d) all govt. employees are urban people.
Directions:
In the following diagram there
are three intersecting circles each representing
certain sections of people. Different regions are
marked a-g. Read the statements in question and
choose the letter of the region which correctly
represents the statements?
A
a
A
f
A
c
A
e
A
g
A
d
A
b
Russians
Singers
Artists
25. Russians who are artists but not singers.
a) b
b) c
c) b
d) g
26. Artists who are neither Russians nor singers.
a) g
b) c
c) f
d) b
27. Russians who are singers but not artists.
a) a
b) b
c) c
d) d
28. Russians who are artists as well as singers.
a) a
b) b
c) c
d) d
Rural people
Urban People
Post Graduates
Professors
29. Which one of the following statement is true?
a) all urbans are post graduates
b) all post graduates are urbans
c) all professors are urban people
d) all rural people are professors
30. Choose the correct statement?
a) There are some professors who are rural
people
b) No professor is urban
c) All post graduates are rural
d) All post graduates are urban
31. Which of the following statement is true?
a) all rural people are professors.
b) There are some rural people who are
post graduates and professors
c) All rural people are post graduates
d) All professors are rural but not post
graduates
32. Mark the correct statement
a) all urban people are post graduates
b) all rural people are professors
c) some professors are rural but not urban
d) some urban people a re not post
graduates
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Questions 33-36
A
a
A
f
A
c
A
e
A
g
A
d
A
b
College students
Singers
Artists
33. College students who are artists but not
singers are represented by:
a) a
b) b
c) f
d) e
34. Artists who are neither college students nor
singers are represented by?
a) b
b) e
c) c
d) f
35. College students who are singers but not
artists are represented by?
a) a
b) b
c) d
d) c
36. College students who are artists as well as
singers are represented by?
a) c
b) f
c) b
d) a
Questions 37-40
37. Graduates, hard working and honest rural
people are indicated?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
38. Rural people who are hard working and
graduates but not honest are indicated by?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
39. Urban graduates who are neither hard
working nor honest are represented by?
a) 5
b) 7
c) 10
d) 11
40. Rural graduates who are neither honest nor
hard working are indicated by
a) 2
b) 4
c) 6
d) 9
Directions:
There are four intersecting
circles in the following diagram, each representing
people who can read and write English, Hindi,
Urdu and Punjabi.
A = 40
C = 2A
E= 1/2 A
G = 2E
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
English
Hindi
Urdu
Punjabi
41. People who can read and write Hindi, Urdu,
and Punjabi are represented by?
a) A
b) D
c) K
d) E
42. People who can read and write all the
languages can be represented by?
a) L
b) J
c) M
d) K
1
2
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
12
10
11
Hard
working
Rural
Graduates
Honest
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1
e
15 e
29 c
43 d
2
b
16 d
30 a
44 d
3
c
17 a
31 b
45 b
4
d
18 b
32 d
46 a
5
c
19 a
33 b
47 c
6
e
20 c
34 d
48 c
7
e
21 d
35 c
49 d
8
d
22 a
36 a
50 b
9
d
23 c
37 a
51 a
10 e
24 d
38 b
52 c
11 e
25 c
39 b
53 c
12 d
26 c
40 c
54 d
13 c
27 d
41 c
55 d
14 e
28 c
42 c
43. People who can read and write all the
languages except Urdu are represented by?
a) K
b) M
c) B
d) I
44. People who cannot read and write English,
Hindi and Punjabi are represented by?
a) L
b) K
c) C
d) E
45. People who cannot read and write Urdu and
Punjabi, but are conversant with English and
Hindi both, are represented by?
a) M
b) B
c) J
d) K
46. People who do not know English and Hindi
but are familiar with Urdu and Punjabi both
are represented by?
a) F
b) G
c) E
d) K
47. Which language is known by maximum
number of people as per the above diagram?
a) Punjabi
b) English
c) Hindi
d) Urdu
48. How many people know only Urdu?
a) 40
b) 10
c) 20
d) 60
49. How many people know Urdu or Punjabi?
a) 40
b) 20
c) 80
d) 60
50. How many people can read and write any
one language excepting Punjabi?
a) 120
b) 140
c) 100
d) 160
Questions 51-55
Directions:
Three circles representing
GRADUATES, CLERKS and GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES are intersecting one another. They
intersecting one another. The intersections are
marked A,B,C,e,f,g, and h. Which part best
represents the statements in questions.
A
h
A
g
A
f
A
e
Graduates
Govt.
Employees
Clerks
B
A
C
51. Some Clerks are graduates
a) e
b) h
c) g
d) f
52. Some clerks are government employees
a) e
b) h
c) g
d) f
53. Some graduates are government employees
but not as clerks
a) h
b) g
c) f
d) e
54. Clerks who are graduates as well as in
government service.
a) e
b) f
c) g
d) h
55. Some graduates are clerks not working in
government departments
a) f
b) g
c) h
d) e
