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- Select the option that is related to the third word in the same way as the second word is related to the first word.BEAT : CFBU :: FOOT : ? Answer: C. GPPU Answer: (C) GPPU Each letter moves one place forward: B→C, E→F, A→B, T→U. So F→G, O→P, O→P, T→U = GPPU. 1
- Select the option that is related to the third word in the same way as the second word is related to the first word.Cobbler : Leather :: Carpenter : ? Answer: A. Wood Answer: (A) Wood A cobbler works with leather (his raw material); a carpenter works with wood. Furniture is the product and... 1
- Three of the following four words are alike in a certain way and one is different. Select the odd one out. Answer: D. Cylinder Answer: (D) Cylinder Triangle, square and pentagon are two-dimensional plane figures (polygons). A cylinder is a three-d... 1
- Select the number that will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following series.2, 5, 10, 17, 26, ? Answer: C. 37 Answer: (C) 37 Differences are 3, 5, 7, 9, so the next difference is 11: 26 + 11 = 37 . (Also n² + 1 for n = 1 to 6.) 1
- Select the letter that will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following series.Z, W, S, N, ? Answer: B. H Answer: (B) H Positions: Z = 26, W = 23, S = 19, N = 14. Gaps are −3, −4, −5, so next is −6: 14 − 6 = 8 = H. 1
- Select the number that will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following series.2, 3, 10, 15, 26, 35, ? Answer: D. 50 Answer: (D) 50 Terms are n² + 1 for odd n and n² - 1 for even n: 1²+1, 2²-1, 3²+1, 4²-1, 5²+1, 6²-1 . Next: 7² + 1 = 50 . 1
- In a certain code language, MONEY is written as NLMVB. How will WATER be written in that language? Answer: A. DZGVI Answer: (A) DZGVI Each letter is replaced by its opposite letter in the alphabet (A↔Z, B↔Y, …; position p becomes 27 − p):... 1
- In a certain code language, MOTHER is written as OQVJGT. How will SISTER be written in that language? Answer: C. UKUVGT Answer: (C) UKUVGT Each letter moves two places forward: M→O, O→Q, T→V, H→J, E→G, R→T. So S→U, I→K, S→U, T→V, E→G, R→T = U... 1
- In a certain code language, ‘pit nat sor’ means ‘good morning friends’, ‘sor kel pit’ means ‘friends are good’ and ‘nat dum’ means ‘morning walk’. What is the code for ‘are’? Answer: B. kel Answer: (B) kel Sentences 1 and 2 share the words ‘good’ and ‘friends’ and the codes ‘pit’ and ‘sor’. The only word left in s... 1
- A woman introduces a man as “the son of my mother's only brother”. How is the man related to the woman? Answer: C. Cousin Answer: (C) Cousin Her mother's only brother is her maternal uncle. The uncle's son is her cousin. Convention: only the re... 1
- X is the husband of Y. Z is the daughter of X. W is the brother of Y. How is W related to Z? Answer: D. Maternal uncle Answer: (D) Maternal uncle Y is Z's mother (wife of Z's father X). W is the brother of Z's mother, i.e. Z's matern... 1
- Aman starts from point P and walks 5 m towards the east. He then turns left and walks 12 m. How far is he from point P? Answer: A. 13 m Answer: (A) 13 m East 5 m and then left (north) 12 m form a right angle. Distance = √(5² + 12²) = √(169) = 13 m. 1
- Sunita walks 10 km towards the south, turns left and walks 4 km, turns left again and walks 7 km, and then turns right and walks 2 km. In which direction is she now from her starting point? Answer: B. South-East Answer: (B) South-East Start (0, 0). South 10 → (0, −10). Left of south is east: 4 km → (4, −10). Left of east is nort... 1
- In a class, Rohan is 9th from the top and 26th from the bottom. How many students are there in the class? Answer: D. 34 Answer: (D) 34 Total = rank from top + rank from bottom - 1 = 9 + 26 - 1 = 34 . 1
- P, Q, R, S and T are sitting in a row facing north. R sits at the extreme left end. T sits second to the right of R. Q sits to the immediate right of T. S does not sit at any extreme end. Who sits at the extreme right end? Answer: B. P Answer: (B) P Number seats 1–5 from the left. R = 1, T = 3 (second to the right of R), Q = 4. S is not at an end, so S = 2. The... 1
- Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming the statements to be true, decide which of the conclusions logically follow(s).Statements: Some cats are dogs. All dogs are rats.Conclusions: I. Some cats are rats. II. All rats are dogs. Answer: A. Only conclusion I follows Answer: (A) Only conclusion I follows The cats that are dogs are also rats, so some cats are rats (I fo... 1
- Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming the statements to be true, decide which of the conclusions logically follow(s).Statements: No bat is a ball. Some balls are wickets.Conclusions: I. Some wickets are not bats. II. No wicket… Answer: C. Only conclusion I follows Answer: (C) Only conclusion I follows The wickets that are balls can never be bats, so some wickets are... 1
- In a class of 50 students, 28 play cricket, 22 play football and 8 play neither game. How many students play both games? Answer: C. 8 Answer: (C) 8 Students playing at least one game = 50 - 8 = 42 . Both = 28 + 22 - 42 = 8 . 1
- Select the number that will replace the question mark (?) in the following table.6420853993? Answer: B. 72 Answer: (B) 72 Third number = difference of the squares: 6² - 4² = 20 , 8² - 5² = 39 . So 9² - 3² = 81 - 9 = 72 . 1
- Select the option that gives the most logical and meaningful order of the following words.1. Seed 2. Fruit 3. Plant 4. Flower 5. Sapling Answer: D. 1, 5, 3, 4, 2 Answer: (D) 1, 5, 3, 4, 2 A seed grows into a sapling, the sapling becomes a plant, the plant bears flowers and flo... 1
- If A means ‘+’, B means ‘−’, C means ‘×’ and D means ‘÷’, then what is the value of 18 D 3 C 4 A 6 B 5? Answer: C. 25 Answer: (C) 25 Replace the letters: 18 ÷ 3 × 4 + 6 - 5 . BODMAS: 18 ÷ 3 = 6 , 6 × 4 = 24 , 24 + 6 - 5 = 25 . 1
- Find the value of \(\frac{0.6 \times 0.6 \times 0.6 + 0.4 \times 0.4 \times 0.4}{0.6 \times 0.6 - 0.6 \times 0.4 + 0.4 \times 0.4}\). Answer: C. 1 Answer: (C) 1 Use a³ + b³/a² - ab + b² = a + b . With a = 0.6, b = 0.4 : value = 0.6 + 0.4 = 1 . 1
- What is the least number which, when divided by 12, 15, 20 and 54, leaves a remainder of 8 in each case? Answer: A. 548 Answer: (A) 548 LCM(12, 15, 20, 54) = 540. Required number = 540 + 8 = 548 . 1
- In an election between two candidates, the winner got 58% of the valid votes and won by 1,920 votes. What was the total number of valid votes? Answer: B. 12,000 Answer: (B) 12,000 Loser got 42%. Margin = 58% - 42% = 16% of valid votes = 1920 . Total = 1920/0.16 = 12000 . 1