1. Abhorrent, abominable, detestable, execrable, loathsome, obnoxious, repellent, repugnant, odious, heinous, disgusting
2. Abandon, renounce, maroon, leave in the lurch, forfeit, disown, waive, ditch, abdicate, jilt, forsake, abjure, disown, repudiate
3. Abnormal, aberrant, anomalous, bizarre, eccentric, freak, idiosyncratic, queer, wayward
4. Scurrilous, calumnious, libelous, opprobrious
5. Libel, calumny, defamation, denigration, misrepresentation, obloquy, slander, aspersion, vilification, malign, traduce, smear, besmirch, tarnish, imputation, vituperation, defile
6. Abundant, bountiful, copious, luxuriant, rampant
7. Abuse, assault, execration, invective, vituperation, affront, berate, castigate, inveigh, odium
8. Acclaim, applaud, extol, commend, kudos, laud, eulogize, ovation, esteem, plaudits, acquiescence, endorsement, mandate, ratification
9. Accusations, impeachment, allegation, summons, indictment
10. Acquit, absolve, exonerate, vindicate
11. Bounty, largesse, munificence, philanthropy
12. Commendable, absolve, exemplary, laudable, meritorious, honorable
13. Contemptible, despicable, detestable, disgraceful, loathsome, odious, ignominious, dishonorable, discreditable
14. Condemnable, reprehensible, deplorable
15. Censure, condemnation, culpability, reprimand, recrimination, reproach, denounce
16. Aggressive, antagonistic, bellicose, belligerent, pugnacious, warlike, fractious, quarrelsome, contentious, litigious, militant
17. Irascible, petulant, peevish, dyspeptic, cantankerous, irritable, bilious
18. Agreement, accord, conformity, consensus, harmony, unanimity, compact, treaty, covenant, truce, pact
19. Approbate, comply, accent, concur, approve, acquiesce, concede, accord
20. Alleviate, abate, allay, ameliorate, assuage, mitigate, slake, subdue, temper, relieve, mollify, appease, conciliate, placate, gruntle
21. Alliance, affiliation, coalition, concordat, compact, confederation, consortium
22. Allure, attract, beguile, decoy, entice, lure, magnetize
23. Mitigate, palliate, extenuate
24. Coax, wheedle, inveigle, cajole
25. Amiable, affable, amicable, genial
26. Amorous, carnal, enamored, erotic, lustful, lecherous, licentious, salacious, lascivious, libidinous, lewd, prurient, lubricious, bawdy, erotic
27. Ancient, antediluvian, antiquated, archaic, outmoded, passé, primordial
28. Animosity, acerbity, acrimony, animus, antagonism, antipathy, asperity, malevolence, rancor, vindictiveness, enmity, malice
29. Anonymous, incognito, pseudonym
30. Phlegmatic, sluggish, languid, indolent, listless, lackadaisical
31. Apathy, lassitude, lethargy, debility, languor
32. Apex, acme, apogee, zenith, crest, culmination, summit, pinnacle
33. Apologetic, contrite, penitent, remorseful, rueful
34. Apprentice, novice, tyro, greenhorn
35. Appropriate, apposite, apropos, apt, befitting, felicitous, opportune, pertinent, seasonable, seemly
36. Arbitrary, autocratic, despotic, imperious, tyrannical, totalitarian
37. Arbitrary, capricious, whimsical, erratic, eccentric, mercurial, quirky
38. Ardent, zealous, fervent, impassioned, passionate
39. Arduous, grueling, laborious, Herculean, onerous
40. Altercation, bickering, clash, dispute, feud, squabble, wrangle, quibble, carp, cavil
41. Arrogant, cavalier, haughty, impudent, supercilious, swaggering, presumptuous, snobbish, condescending, insolent
42. Articulate, eloquent, glib, lucid
43. Asperity, abrasiveness, acerbity, acidity, acrimony, churlishness, irascibility, rancor
44. Atrocious, heinous
45. Augury, premonition, forewarning, portent, foreboding, bode, foreshadow, presentiment
46. Ascetic, austere, Spartan, self-denying
47. Frugal, parsimonious, stingy,
48. Banal, clichéd, commonplace, hackneyed, humdrum, platitudinous, stereotyped, trivial, trite
49. Banish, exile, expel, rusticate, outlaw, oust, expatriate, deport
50. Banter, badinage, chaffing, repartee
51. Barbarian, boor
52. Barrage, fusillade, onslaught, bombardment, assault
53. Barrier, embankment, rampart, bulwark, blockade, fortification, palisade
54. Beget, procreate, father
55. Bell, carillon, knell
56. Bemuse, befuddle, bewilder, stupefy, confound, daze, flummox, muddle, mystify
57. Benevolent, altruistic, beneficent, benign, compassionate, philanthropic
58. Berserk, frenzied, frenetic, demented, deranged, maniacal
59. Bizarre, eccentric, freakish, grotesque, outlandish, weird, idiosyncratic
60. Beseech, implore, importune, entreat, supplicate
61. Besiege, beleaguer, pester, badger
62. Bewitch, captivate, enrapture, enchant, enthrall, entrance, mesmerize, ensnare, endear, engaging
63. Biased, bigoted, chauvinistic, jaundiced, partisan, tendentious, patriotic, jingoistic, sectarian
64. Genealogy, lineage, pedigree, race
65. Blasphemous, impious, irreverent, profane, sacrilegious
66. Blatant, barefaced, flagrant, conspicuous, shameless
67. Blaze, conflagration, holocaust, carnage, massacre
68. Boastful, vainglorious, bragging, conceited
69. Boisterous, obstreperous, rowdy, uproarious
70. Burlesque, caricature, travesty, lampoon, parody, sham, pastiche
71. Circuitous, devious, labyrinthine, meandering, oblique, rambling, tortuous, serpentine
72. Dainty, squeamish, fastidious, meticulous
73. Dappled, pied, motley, speckled, variegated
74. Dawdle, dally, loiter
75. Dexterous, agile, nimble, deft, adroit, lithe, limber
76. Devilish, demoniac, diabolic, fiendish, infernal
77. Dingy, murky, drab, seedy, dowdy
78. Discordant, cacophonous, clashing, dissonant, incongruous
79. Dormant, comatose, quiescent, latent, torpid
80. Ephemeral, fugitive, evanescent, fleeting
81. Etiquette, civility, protocol, decorum
82. Exuberant, ebullient, effervescent, vivacious, exultant
83. Fashionable, modish, vogue, contemporary, trendy
84. Flirt, coquette, philanderer
85. Gaunt, emaciated, cadaverous, lanky, haggard
86. Grandiloquent, bombastic, melodramatic, pompous, rhetorical
87. Heresy, unorthodox, heterodox, iconoclast, pagan
88. Hoodwink, cozen, deceive, dupe, hoax
89. Impromptu, extemporized, offhand
90. Impregnable, impenetrable, invincible, unconquerable
91. Insidious, deceptive, treacherous, surreptitious, furtive
92. Lament, dirge, elegy, requiem
93. Melancholy, lugubrious, disconsolate, despondent, somber, dejected, plaintive, lamenting, doleful
94. Paraphernalia, appurtenance, accessories
95. Perfunctory, cursory
96. Pestilence, blight, pandemic, plague, contagion, epidemic
97. Pillage, depredation, marauding, plunder, despoil, ransack, ravage, devastate
98. Prevaricate, tergiversate, equivocate, evasive, elusive
99. Profuse, exuberant, prolific, lavish, abundant
100. Profound, erudite, esoteric, recondite
101. Suspicious, apprehensive, skeptical, dubious, incredulous, wary
102. Sycophantic, flattering, servile
103. Therapeutic, curative, salubrious
104. Tumult, pandemonium, turmoil, chaos, commotion, turbulence, uproar
105. Virtuoso, maestro, prodigy
106. Voracious, ravenous, rapacious, insatiable
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Monday, February 1, 2010
Statements and Conclusions(reasoning)
Directions: In each of the following questions, a statement is given,
followed by two conclusions. Give answer (a) if only conclusion I follows,
(b) if only conclusion II follows (c) if either I or II follows; (d) if
neither I nor II follows and(e) if both I and II follow
1.Statement : Morning walks are good for health
Conclusions: I. All healthy people go for morning walks
II.Evening walks are harmful.
2.Statement : Good voice is a natural gift but one has to keep practising
to improve and excel well in the field of music
Conclusions: I.Natural gifts need nurturing and care
II.Even though your voice is not good, one can keep
practising
3.Statement : The use of non-conventional sources of energy will eliminate
the energy crisis in the world
Conclusions: I.Modern technology is gradually replacing the conventional
sources of energy
II.The excessive exploitation of environment has led to
depletion of conventional sources of energy
4.Statement : Any student who does not behave properly while in the school
brings bad name to himself and also for the school
Conclusions: I.Such student should be removed from the school
II.Stricter discipline does not improve behaviour of the
students.
5.Statement : Smoking is one of those human weaknesses which tend to test
the will power of the smoker to the edge
Conclusions: I. It is very dificult for the smokers to give up smoking
even if they want to do so
II.Human beings have other weaknesses as well
Directions(questions 6 to 10): In each of the following questions, a statement
/group of statements is given followed by some conclusions. Choose the conclusion
which logically follows from the given statements.
6.Statements: 1.All students in my class are bright
2.Manish is not bright
Conclusions:
a)some students are not bright
b)manish must work hard
c)nonbright ones are students
d)manish is not a student of my class
7.Statement : Three fourth of the students of standard VII consisting of 48 boys
and 12 girls know swimming
Conclusions:
a)girls are poor swimmers
b)swimming is compulsory in this school
c)one fourth of the boys do not know swimming
d)the percentage of boys who know swimming is more than that of girls
e)none of these
8. Statement : Most of the politicians are liars. Harish tells lies
Conclusions:
a)Harish is a politician
b)Those who do not tell lies are not politicians
c)Some politicians do not tell lies.
d)you can only benifit by telling lies.
9.Statement : Ability is poor mans wealth
Conclusions:
a)A poor man is always able
b)A poor man has the ability to earn wealth
c)A walthy man is always able
d)A poor man can earn wealth if he has ability
10.Statements: 1.only students can participate in the race
2.some participants in the race are females
3.All female participants in the race are invited for coaching
Conclusions:
a)All participants in the race are invited for coaching
b)All participants in the race are males
c)All students are invited for coaching
d)All participants in the race are students
Directions(questions 11 to 15):In the following questions there are given some
statements followed by conclusions that can be drawn from them.Choose the conclusion
which appeals to you to be the most correct.
11.The Taj is in Agra.Agra is in India.Therefore,Taj is in India
A)true b)probably false c)false d)cant say
12.The presence of calcium in milk makes it white.Rice,too, is white.
Therefore , rice also contains calcium
a)false b)probably true c)true d)cant say
13.Hydrogen is lighter than oxygen.Hydrogen is lighter than helium.Therefore
oxygen is the heaviest of the three gases
a)false b)probably false c)true d)cant say
14.people who are bald are generally of the intellectual type.Arun is bald.Therefore
arun is an intellectual
a)true b)probably true c)false d)cant say
15.Jatin,Kamal, and Navin are three mountaineers.Jatin is kamals brother.kamal is
navins brother.navin is not jatins brother.therefore,navin is jatins sister
a)true b)probably false c)false d)cant say
Diretions(questions 16 to 25):In each question below are given two statemnts followed
by two conclusions numbered I and II.You have to take the given two statements to be
true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read the conclusions
and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements,
disregarding commonly known facts.
Give answer (a) if only conclusion I follows (b) if only conclusion II follows;(c) if
either I or II follows (d) if neither I nor II follows and (e) if both I and II follow
16. Statements : All planets are moons
All moons are stars
Conclusions : I.All moons are planets
II.All planets are stars
17. Statements : All men are dogs
All dogs are cats
Conclusions : I.All men are cats
II.All cats are men
18. Statements : All bags are cakes
All lamps are cakes
Conclusions : I.Some lamp are bags
II.No lamp is bag
19. Statements : Some players are singers
all singers are tall
Conclusions : I.Some players are tall
II.All players are tall
20. Statements : All locks are keys.
No key is a spoon
Conclusions : I. No lock is a spoon
II.No spoon is a lock
21. Statements : All plants are trees
No tree is green
Conclusions : I.Some plants are green
II.Those plants which are not trees are green
22. Statements :No magazine is cap
All caps are cameras
Conclusions :I.No camera is magazine
II.Some caps are magazines
23. Statements : Some books are toys
No toy is red
Conclusions : I.Some books are red
II.some books are not red
24. Statements : No man is a donkey
Rahul is a man
Conclusions : I.Rahul is not a donkey
II.All men are not Rahul
25. Statements :All poles are guns
Some boats are not poles
Conclusiosn : I.All guns are boats
II.Some boats are not guns.
Directions for questions 26-28: Each of these questions has a main statement followed by
four statements labelled A,B ,C amd D.Choose the ordered pair of statements,where the first
statement implies the second and the two statements are logically with the main statement
26. There is a possibility of war, unless the 'kashmir issue' is resolved
A. The 'kashmir issue' is resolved
B. There is no possibility of war
C. There is a possibility of war
D. The kashmir issue is not resolved
a) BC b)CA c)BA d)DB
27. If we have faith in God, then we'll be healthy and wealthy.
A. We are healthy and wealthy
B. Wr are healthy but not wealthy
C. We do not have faith in God
D. WE have faith in God
a)AD and CB c)DB and CA c)DA and BC d)none
28. I'll be stationed at the USA or the UK,only if i get this job.
A. I got this job
B. i did not get this job
C. iam stationed at the UK or the USA
D. iam stationed at neither the USA nor the UK
a)AC and DB b)BD and CA c)BD and AC d)none
Directions for questions 29-31: Each of these questions contains 6 statements followed by
four sets of combination of three statements.Choose the set in which the statements are
logically related.
29. A.Switch is not off
B.All switch are lights
C.Switch is not on
D. All lights are on
E.Off is not on
F.Some switches are on.
a) EAC b)DBC c)FDB d)DEF
30. A.All insects are ants
B.Aunts are relatives
C.Any relative is insect
D.Many flies are insects
E.Some relatives are flies
F. A few ants are flies
a)CDE b)BCD c)FEB d)DAC
31. A.Every sun is a planet
B.No planet is a star
C.Andromeda is sun
D.Many suns are stars
E.Most of the stars are andromeda
F.All planets are not sun
a) ADB b)CDE c)BDF d)ECF
Directions for questions 32 - 34: Each questions given below is a statement followed by four
different statements. Choose the one which is the correct negation of he given statement
32. It will rain only if we offer a sacrifice to god
a) It rained means we offered a sacrifice to god
b) We did not offer a sacrifice to god means it will not rain
c) It rained even when no sacrifice was offered to god
d) We offered a sacrifice to god although it will not rain
33. I will not get good marks unless i revise regularly
a)I did not get good marks because i had not revised regularly
b)I got good marks means i revised regularly
c)I did not revise regularly means i will not get good marks
d)I did not reviese regarly but still i got good marks
34.If i pass the exam, then i will have to face the interview and the group discussion
a)I passed the exam means i will have to face the interview and the group discussion
b)I did not face the intervies or did not face the group discussion,although i passed
the exam
c)I did not pass the exam,still i faced the interview and the group discussion
d)None of these
Directions for questions 35 - 37: Each question consists of six statements followed by options
consisting of three statements put together in a specific order.Choose the option that indicates
a valid argument,that is when the thir statement is a conclusion drawn from the preceding two
statements.
35. A.All hospitals do not have statements
B.No patient is ill
C.Most ill are in hospitals
D.All sick are not ill
E.Some ill are not in hospitals
F.All sick are in hospitals
a)CDF b)BEA c)BCA d)DEF
36. A. All A are B
B.Some E are F
C.No F is B
D.All B are not E
E.Some A are F
F.Many B are F
a)BCD b)CED c)DFB d)AEF
37 A.B is poorer than C,who is richer than F
B.D is richer than E
C.E is poorer than A and F
D.A is richer than C
E.B is poorer than A
F.Fis poorer than D
a)ACD b)AFB c)BFC d)DAE
Directions for questions 38 - 40:In each of the following questions , a statement is followed
by four different statements. Read the statements carefully and choose the one which logically
negates the main statement
38. If Arun is at home, then he will not call you
a)Arun is not at home and he called you
b)Arun is at home and he did not call you
c)Arun is at home and he called you
d)Arun is not at home and he did not call you
39.Either they win the match or they will lose their places in the team
a)They won the match and they did notlose their places in the team also
b)They did not win the match and they did not lose thier places in the team
c)They did not win the match and they lost their plaes in the team
d)They won the match and they lost their places in the team
40.Unless he travels at high speed , he will not be able to reach on time
a)He travelled at high sped and he reached on time
b)He did not travel at high speed and he did not reach on time
c)He did not travel at high speed and he reached on time
d)He travelled at high speed and he did not reach on time.
Blood Relations(Reasoning)
Directions:The questions (1-8) are based on the following statements.
a) Seeta,Rajinder and Surinder are children of Mr. and Mrs.Maudgil
b) Renu,Raja and Sunil are children of Mr. and Mrs.Bhaskar
c) Sunil and Seeta are married and Ashok and Sanjay are their children
d) Geeta and Rakesh are children of Mr. and Mrs.Jain
e) Geeta is married to surinder and has three children named Rita,Sonu
and Raju.
1. How is Rajinder related to Raju?
a)brother b)uncle c)brother in law d)cousin
e)maternal uncle
2.How is Rajinder related to Ashok?
a)brother in law b)father in law c)cousin
d)uncle
e)maternal uncle
3.How is Rakesh related to surinder?
a)brother b)cousin c)uncle d)maternal uncle
e)brother in law
4.How is rakesh related to raju?
a)brother b)cousin c)uncle d)maternal uncle
e)brother in law
5.what is sanjay's surname?
a)bhaskar b)jain c)maudgil d)surinder
e)none of these
6.Renu is sanjay's
a)sister b)sister in law c)cousin d)niece
e)aunt
7.Raju's surname is
a)Jain b)bhaskar c)maudgil d)surinder
e)none of these
8.Sunil and Rakesh are related as
a)brothers b)cousins c)uncle and cousin d)brother in law
e)none of these
Passage (questions 9 to 12):
Amit is the son of Rahul.Sarika,Rahul's sister has a son sonu and a daughter Rita.
Raja is the maternal uncle of sonu.
9. How is Amit related to sonu?
a)Nephew b)Cousin(brother) c)uncle d)brother
e)none of these
10. How is rita related to raja?
a)sister b)daughter c)niece d)aunt
e)none of these
11.How many nephews does raja have?
a)1 b)2 c)3 d)4 e)none
12.What is the relationship of Raja with Rita?
a)uncle b)brother c)maternal uncle d)nephew
e)cant be determined
Directions:Following questions pertains to Ques 13 - 15
There are six persons S1,S2,S3,S4,S5 and S6
S3 is the sister of S6
S2 is the brother of S5's husband
S4 is the father of S1 and grandfather of S6.
There are 2 fathers, one mother and 3 brothers in the family
13. Who is S5's husband?
a)S2 b)S3 c)S1 d)S4 e)S6
14.Who is the mother?
a)S1 b)S2 c)S3 d)S5 e)cannot be determined
15.How many male members are there?
a)1 b)2 c)3 d)4 d)cannot be determined
Passage (Questions 16-20)
Mr and Mrs sharma have two children Asha and Shashi. Shashi married Radha,
daughter of Mrs Mahajan. Suresh , son of Mrs Mahajan married Rita. Sonu and
Rocky are born to Suresh and Rita. Uma and Sudha are the daughters of Shashi
and Radha.
16. What is Sudha's relation to Asha?
a) Sister b)niece c)Aunt d)Daughter
e)none of these
17.How is Sonu related to Mr Mahajan?
a)son in law b)sib c)grandson d)none of these
e)cannot be determined
18.How is Asha related to Radha?
a)mother in law b)aunt c)sister in law d)niece
e)none of the above
19.What is the surname of sonu?
a)Mahajan b)sharma c)shashi d)cannot be detemined
e)none
20.How is suresh related to sudha?
a)brother b)maternal uncle c)uncle d)cousin
e)cannot be determined
Following information pertains to ques 21-25:
-In a family of seven three generations are living together
-The family consists two married couples having two children each
-Gopal is lucky t have two grandchildren
-There are two housewives and both are beautiful
-Gopal who is Manoj's father , is a lawyer and earns the most.
-jyotsna is the sister of a lecturer and herself is a nurse
-Anuradha is married to a lecturer who is Nidhi's son
-Jyothika is the grand daughter of one of the housewives and is a
classical dancer
21. What is Manoj's profession?
a)student b)lecturer c)lawyer d)cannot be determined
e)none of these
22.How many male members are there in the family?
a)2 b)3 c)4 d)cannot be determined e)none of these
23.Which of the following statements is not true?
a)The nurse is sister in law of the housewives
b)Gopal has two grand children
c)Nidhi has a son and a daughter
d)Gopal has two children
e)Anuradha has a son and a daughter
24.Who are the children of Nidhi?
a)jyotsna and manoj b)anuradha and jyotsna c)anuradha and manoj
d)cannot be determined e)none
25.who among the following is one of the married couples?
a)Gopal-jyotika b)Nidhi-Gopal c)Manoj-Jyotika d)cannot be determined
e)none
26.Anil introduces Rohit as the son of the only brother of his fathers wife.How
is Rohit related to Anil?
a)cousin b)uncle c)brother d)father
27.Pointing out to a photograph , a man tells his friend,"she is the daughter of
the only son of my fathers wife.How is the girl in the photograph related to
the man?
a)niece b)daughter c)mother d)none of these
28.X introduces Y saying ,"He is the husband of the granddaughter of the father
of my father".How is Y related to X?
a)brother b)brother in law c)daughter d)datainadequate
Questions 29-31: I)In a family of six persons A,B,C,D,E and F there are two married
couples
II)D is grandmother of A and mother of B
III)C is wife of B and mother of F
IV)F is the grand daughter of E
now answer the following questions based on the above conditions.
29.What is C to A?
a)mother b)grandmother c)daughter d)granddaughter
30.How many male members are there in the family?
a)cannot be determined b)2 c)3 d)0
31.Who are the two couples?
a)BC and DE b)AC and DB c)cannot be determined d)none of these
32.What will be the daughter of the woman who is the mother of the husband of my
mother to me?
a)mother b)aunt c)grandmother d)niece
33.A woman sees the photograph of a man and saus."this mans sister is my mother in
law". HOw is the womans husband related to the man in the photograph?
a)uncle b)brother c)father d)none of these
34.How is your mothers sisters brothers wifes child related to you?
a)sister b)brother c)cousin d)none of these
Directions(Questions 35-39):
There are six persons A,B,C,D,E and F.C is the sister of F.B is the brother
of E's husband.D is the father of A and grandfather of F.There are two fathers , three
brothers and a mother in the group.
35.Who is the mother?
a)A b)B c)D d)E
36.Who is E's husband?
a)B b)C c)A d)F
37.How many male members are there in the group?
a)one b)two c)three d)four
38.How is F related to E?
a)uncle b)husband c)son d)daughter
39.Which of the following is a group of brothers?
a)ABF b)ABD c)BFC d)BDF
40.A party consists of grandmother,father,mother,four sons and their wives and one
son and two daughters to each of the sons.How many females are there is all?
a)14 b)26 c)18 d)none of these
Coding and Decoding(reasoning)
Directions: Questions 1-6 are based on the following coding patterns: If 'EFGHIK'
are coded letters representing VUTSRQP, choose the right code for the word given
in capital letters from the answer choices(a-e) given under each
1. LIMIT
a)KNRNC b)ORNRG c)JKOKG d)RSTSG e)MHLHS
2. SOUR
a)IFLT b)HLFI c)LIFT d)IHIF e)FLTI
3. POCKET
a)KLXPUC b)KLXUPG c)KLXGUP d)KLXVPG e)KLXPVG
4. GROUP
a)TILFK b)TILEL c)TILGH d)TILHG e)TFGFK
5. HIGH
a) STRS b)RJHR c)GLOG d)RSTR e)SRTS
6. ZERO
a)BUHN b)AVIM c)AVIL d)AUTL e)AVTI
7. If OVER is coded as QYIW and UP as WS, then STAR is coded as
a)UWEV b)UWDV c)UVBS d)UWEW e)UWEX
8.In a certain code DELHI is written as CDKGH and MADRAS is written as IZCWZR,
then how will you code PATNA?
a)OZTMZ b)OZSMB c)QBUMB d)OZTZM e)OZMSZ
9. If FIRE is coded for a secret message to be teleprinted as EHQD how is the reply
DONE to be relayed?
a)DMOE b)CNMD c)DLNC d)DNPE e)DMPE
10. DRIVER = 7
PEDESTRIAN = 11
ACCIDENT = ?
a) 9 b) 8 c)6 d)18 e) 0
Directions(questions 11-15):Based on the following code and key scheme, code and
decode the words/letters written in capital letters
CODE Z A X B Y O T W C M I
KEY B U E T F A I R U L D
11. BEAUTY
a) ZXOCIF b)TXACIF c)ZXOCFI d)ZXOFCI e)ZXCOFI
12. FAILED
a) YOTMXI b)YOTMXD c)YOTMIX d)AIRMXD e) YOTXIM
13. FLAIR
a) YMOTW b)YMUTW c)YMIOW d)YMOIW e)YMWIO
14. TEARFUL
a) BXUWYCM b)IXUMYCM c)BXUWICM d)BXUWMYC e)BXWUYCM
15. If 'HBPQMNOT' stands for 'SUNDAY TO', how will you write 'YOU DO SO' using
the coding scheme used for 'SUNDAY TO' ?
a)NTBQTHT b)NTBQTHB c)NTQBTHB d)NTQBTHT e) NTBQHTB
16. If in a certain language , CALCUTTA is coded as GEPGYXXE, which word would
be coded as FSQFCE?
a) BOMBYA b)BOMBAY c)BOMYAB d)BOBAYM e) BOBAMY
17.If DELHI is coded as 73541 and CALCUTTA as 82589662, how can CALICUT be
coded?
a)5279431 b)5978213 c)8251896 d)8543691 e)547362
18.In a certain code , RIPPLE is written as 613382 and LIFE is written as
8192. How is PILLER written in that code?
a)318826 b_776655 c)786543 d)156724 e)675429
19. If JUNK is written as B5C7B7A11, which one among the following words can be
written as B4C3B7B2?
a)BIND b)BEND c)HANG d)HIND e)NONE
20. In a certain code, '37' means 'which class' and '583' means 'caste and class'.
What is the code for 'caste'?
a) 3 b)7 c) 8 d)either 5 or 3 e)either 5 or 8
Directions : "GOAHEAD" is coded as JRDKHDG and STOP is coded as VWRS, how will
you code/decode the letters given in capitals in question 21-26
21. FIRE
a) URIV b)IUJG c)LUHI d)ILUH e)NONE
22. SHOOT
a)VKRRW b) UMSSX c)JJWUK d)HJSWL e)HUWOK
23.RETURN
a)UHWXUQ b)HJKWER c)HUELUE d)UHWKAL e)UJKALA
24.VWDUW
a) STAIN b)STEPS c)SPORT d)STAND e)START
25. HEAD
a)UHGD b)KHKL c)UJDG d)HULA e)NONE
26. GRZQ
a)OWNS b) DOWN c)DONE d)COME e)SHUT
27. If HJSM means GIRL, what does RNES mean?
a) BOYS b)COWS c)TOYS d)SOFT e)BILL
28. If 'DBMDVUUB' stands for 'CALCUTTA' , how will you code BOMBAY?
a) DQODDX b)CPNCBZ C)DPNCB d)CPMCBX e)CPNVFZ
29. PROMOTION is written in a certain coded message as 'Q S P 89'
a) EFBKYOLO b) EG89 c)DE89 d)DE117 e)EF 89
30. If TEACHER and HIGHLY are written as XWPBRWM and QSNRDZ respectively, how
will you code the word CHARITY?
a)BPRNSBZ b) BRPMSZB c)BRPMSDX d)BRPMSXZ e)HJFHAIEE
31. 'SCHOOL = PNIKKB' and ME=ZY , how will you write 'COOLHOME'?
a) NKKBIKZY b)NKKLIKZY c)PKNIKYZ d)KKKALAIDY e)HHAUELHF
32. If CLIPOSE stands for MTDFBE , how will you code POLICE?
a) FTBHTM b)FBTDME c)FBTDEM D)FTBDMF e)FHAUEE
33.XYMNOPQ is decoded as NBOUIGT code OUTING
a)MNQOXN b)MNOQXN c)MNQOPX d)HJHDFAUE e)MNHEUA
34. LOAD is coded as MPBE and DRIVE as ESJWF. how will you code the word 'LADDER'
a)MDEEFS b)MBEEFS c)NCFFGT d)MBEESP e)OCFFGE
35.GO AT ONCE is coded message received as 'JB SM BQZY' and you are required
to relay the answer in a code saying GO TO GATE. Select the code you will be
using based on the scheme applied in the example here?
a) HP BU PMDF b)JB MK JSMY c)IM CS QMDF d)JB MK JMSY e)JB MB JSMY
36. START=WALKA and BUDPI-XZFMQ, hw will you code 'STUPID'?
a)BASMOE b)WAZNOF c)HFUHEH d)HFAUEK e)HFEUAL
37. If in a certain code , 'bir le nac' means 'green and tasty';'pic nac hor' means
'tomato is green' and 'coc bir hor' means 'food is tasty'. Which of the follwing
means 'tomato is tasty' in that code?
a)bir le hor b)pic hor nac c)hor bir pic d)none e)cannot be predicted
Questions 38 - 40
In a certain code ,'il be pee' means 'roses are blue','sik hee' means 'red flowers'
and 'pee mit hee' means 'flowers are vegetables'
38. How is 'red' written in that code?
a)hee b)sik c)be d)cannot be determined e)none
39.How is 'roses' written in that code?
a)il B)PEE C)BE d)cannot be determined e)none
40.How is 'vegetables are red flowers' written in this code?
a) pee sik mit hee b)sik peehee be c)il sik mit hee d)none
Directions(logical reasoning)
1.Sham travels 7 km north , then turns right and walks 3 km. He again turns to
his righthand side and moves 7 kn forward.how many km is sham away from the
place of his starting the journey?
a)7 km b)3 c)8 d)17
2.Reeta drives to North of her place ofstay A and finds after travelling 25 km
that she has driven in the wrong direction. she then turns to the right and
travels 2 km and then again turns right and drives straigh another 25 km. how
much distance she has now to cover to goback to the point from where she has
started?
a)25 b)2 c)5 d)68
3.Rana travels 10 km north turns left and travels 4 km and then again turns right
and covers another 5km. He then turns to righthand side and travels another 4 km.
how far is he from the point of starting his journey?
a)15 b)8 c)5 d)none
4.Seeta and ram both start from a point towards north.Seeta turns to left after
walking 10 km. Ram turns right after walking the same distance.seeta waits for
some time and then walks another 5 km,whereas ram walks only 3 km. they both then
return to their respective south and walk 15 km forward. how far is seeta from ram?
a)15 b)10 C)8 d)12
5.A taxi driver commenced his journey from a point and drove 10 km towards north
and turned left and drove another 5 km.after waiting to meet one ofhis friends
,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 he now may be>
a)north b)east c)west d)south
6.There is a ring road connecting points A,B,C and D.The road is in a complete
circular form but having several approach roads leading to the centre. exactly in
the centre of the ring road there is a tree which is 20 km from point A on the
circular road.you have taken a round of the circular road starting from point A
and finish at the same point after touching points B,C and D.you then drive 20km
interior towards the tree from point A and from there reach somewhere in between
B and C on the ring road. How much distance you have to travel from the tree to
reach the point between B and C on the ring road?
a)20 b)15 c)79 d)78
7.A tourist drives 10 km towards east and turns to righthand side and takes a
drive of another 3 km .he then drives towards west another 3km . he then turns
to his left and walks another 2km.Afterwards, he turns right and travels 7 km.
how far is he from his starting pint and in which direction?
a)10km east b)8km north c)5 km west d)5km south
8.Rahul walks 30 metres towards south.then turns to his right and starts walking
straight till he completes another 30 meters.then again turning to his left he
walks for 20 meters.he then turns to his left and walks for 30 metres.how far
is he from his initial position?
a)50 b)78 c)23 d)67
9.Vandana drove her car for 30 km due north. then she turned left and drove for
40 km,she then turned left again and drove yet another 30 km.again she turned left
and drove her car 50km.how far do u think she actually drove her car from the initial
position?
a)10 B)5 c)89 d)none
10.Shalloo ran 20 m to the east, then he turned left and walked for 15m then turned
right and went 25 m and then tturned right agian and went 15m . how far was shalloo
from the starting point?
a)45 b)35 c)25 d)15
11.A girl leaves from herhome.She first walks 30m in north west directions and then 30
. in south west direction.next she walks 30m in south east direction.finally,she turns
towards her house.in which direction is she moving?
a)north east b)east c)west d)south
12.From his house lokesh went 15kms to the north. then he turned west and covered 10 kms.
then he turned south and covered 5kms.finally,turning to est,he covered 10kma.in what
direction is he from his house?
a)east b)west c)north d)south
13.Kunal walks 10km towards north.from here he walks 6km towards south.then,he walks
3km towards east.how far and in which direction is he with reference to his starting
point?
a)5km west b)7km west c)7km east d)5km north east
14. A man is facing south.he turns 135 degrees in the anti clockwise direction and
then 180 degrees in the clock wise direction. which directon is he facing now?
a)north east b)nort hwest c)south east d)south west
15.A man facing northwest.he turns 90 degrees in the clockwise direction and then
135 degrees in the anti clockwise direction.which direction is he facing now?
a)east b)west c)north d)south
16.A rat runs 20' towards east and turns to right,runs 10' and turns to right,runs 9'
and agian turns to left . runs 5' and then turns to left,runs 12' and finally turns to
left and runs 6'.now,which direction is the rat facing?
a)east b)west c)north D)south
17.A walks 10metres infront. and 10 metres to the right. then everytime turning to his
left walks 5,15 and 15 mtrs respectively. how far is he now from his starting point?
a)5 b)27 c)7 d)2
18.Laxman went 15kms to the west from my house, then turned left and walked 20 kms.He
then turned east and walked 25kms and finally turning left covered 20kms. how far was
he from his house?
a)5 b)10 c)40 d)80
19.Iam facing east.I turn 100 deg in the clockwise direction and the 145 deg in the
anti clockwise direction.Which direction am i facing now?
a)east b)northe ast c)north d)south west
20.Deepa moved a distance of 75 mtrs towards the north. she then turned to the left
and walking for about 25 mtrs , turned left again and walked 80 mts. finally , she
turned to the right at an angle of 45 deg. In which direction was she moving finally>
a)north east b)north west c)south d)south west
Questions 21-24
If you start running from a point towards north and after covering 4kms you turn
to your left and run 5km, and then again turn to your left and run 9km and then turn to
left again and run another 6km and before finishing you take another left and run 1km then
answer questions 21 - 24
21.How many km are you from the place you started?
a)1 b)2 c)3 d)4
22.In which direction will you be running while finishing?
a)east b)west c)north d)south
23.after taking the second turn, in which diretion will you be running?
a)east b)west c)north d)south
24.From the finishing point if you have to reach the point from where you started, in which
direction will u have to run?
a) east b)west c0north d)south
Directions(25-27): Study the given information and answer the following questions
I) there are 6 check posts A,B,C,D,E AND F
II)check post F is 15 kms to the north of D which is 25 kms to the north east of B
III) check post A is 5kms west of E and 15 kms to the south west of C
IV)B,A and E are in straghtline
V)the check posts B and E are 30kms apart from each other
25. which check post is the farthest to the south west of D?
a) A b)B c)C d)D
26.which port is the nearest and to the north east of E?
a)A b)B c)C d)D
27.If a jeep moves from E to F via A,B and D, how much distance it will have to cover?
a)130 b)189 c)289 d)797
Directions(28-32): Ram walks 2km towards north and urn to his right and walks 4km more.
he then turns to his right and walks 4km and turns again to his right and walks
another 4km.Here he meets renu coming from the opposite directions.They both stop here.
28.After taking the first turn, in which direction was Ram going?
a)south b)north c)west d)east
29.If the starting point is marked A and finishing point is marked B,What will be the distance
between these points?
a) 10 b)8 c)6 d)2
30.From which direction was Ram coming?
a)south b)north c)west d)east
31. After taking the second turn, in which direction was Ram walking>
a) west b)north c)south east d)south
32. If ram is to again reach the point from where he started in which direction will he have
to go from where he's standing now?
a)east b)north c)south east d)north east
33.If A is to the south of B and C is to the east of B, in what direction is A with respect to
C?
a)northe east b)northwest c)south east d)south west
34.There are 4 towns P,Q, R and T.Q is to the south west of F,R is to the east of Q and
south east of P,and T is to the north of R in line with QP.In which direction of P is T
located?
a)south east b)north c)north east d)east
35.If south east becomes north,north east becomes west and so on, what will west become?
a)northe east b)north west c)south east d)south west
36. One morning after sunrise,Gopal was standing facing a pole.The shadow of the pole fell
exactly to his right.What direction was he facing?
a)south b)east c)west d)data inadequate
37.One morning after sunrise reeta and kavitha were talking to each otherface to face at
Tilak square.If kavita's shadow was exactly to the right of reeta, which direction kavitha
was facing?
a)north b)south c)east d)data inadequate
38.One morning after sunrise,vikram and shailesh were standing in a lawn with their backs
towards each other.vikrams shadow fell exactly towards left hand side.Which direction
was shailesh facing?
a)easr b)west c)north d)south
39.One evening before sunset two friends sumit and mohit were talking to eash other face
to face.if mohits shadow was exactly to his right side,which direction was sumit facing?
a)north b)south c)west d)none of these
40.A clock is so placed that at 12 noon its minute hand points towards north east.In which
direction does its hour hand point at 1.30 pm?
a)north b)south c)east d)west
series (logical resonimng)
1.D I L Q T Y B G ?
A)H B)I C)0 D)P E)J
2.X U S P N K I ?
A)J B)K C)M D)F E)O
3.D F I M R ?
A)S B)U C)U D)X E)Z
4.B D G I L N ?
A)O B)Q C)S D)U E)Q
5.D I L Q T Y B G ?
A)H B)J C)R C)J E)Q
6.J E Z U P J ?
A)K B)M C)O D)P E)K
7.HV GT FR EP EN ?
A)KL B)LM C)MN D)NO E)CL
8.T U N K H ?
A)F B)L C)S D)E E)R
9.AD EH IL __ QT UX
A)AY B)VB C)CW D)DX E)MP
10. A D C F
C F E H
E H G K
O R ? ?
A)LK B)MN C)ST D)QT E)XY
11.ABC abc DEF __?
A)ghi B)GHI C)ABC D)def
12.mm pp s ?
A)Vv B)vv C)ST D)pp
13.9 15 23 33 ?
A)44 B)36 C)38 D)45
14.12 8 14 6 16 ?
A)18 B)32 C)5 D)4
15.9 6 16 10 30 18 ? 34
A)36 B)60 C)58 D)90
16.68 81 96 ? 132
A)105 B)110 C)130 D)113
17.2 5 9 ? 20 27
A)48 B)12 C)14 D)24
18.30 23 17 12 ? 5
A)6 B)7 C)8 D)9
19.10 18 24 ?? 130 254 258
A)32 B)60 C)68 D)66
20.18 10 6 4 3 ?
A)8 B)4 C)3.5 D)2.5
21.a D g J m P
A)sp B)sP C)sV D)Sv
22.aa bbb cccc ?
A)ddjjj B)dddjj C)ddddd D)DDDDD
23.accce ACCCE ?
A)GJJJK fjjjk B)GIIIK giiik C)GIIIIK ghhhk D)GIIIK GiiiK
24.AI BJ CK ?
A)LM B)GH C)AR D)SE E)DL
25.AM BN EI FJ CO GK DP __
A)PQ B)QR C)QT D)HL E)HO
26.A E J
P T ?
A)U B)V C)R D)W E)X
27.AC EG BD FH IK __
A)LM B)OP C)IJ D)JL E)JK
28.A C F J O ?
A)P B)Q c)U D)V E)L
29.A D E H I L ?
A)MP B)MN C)MO D)MQ E)NM
30.CD HI MN ??
A)QS B)RS C)OP D)PQ E)ST
31.I M Q U X B ?
A)C B)D C)F D)G E)E
32.Z X V T R P ?
A)Q B)R C)S D)M E)N
33.4 9 20 43 90 ?
A)180 B)182 C)179 D)185
34.5 9 16 29 54 103 ?
A)102 B)94 C)103 D)200
35.5 8 12 17 23 ? 38
A)26 B)28 C)30 D)29
36.4 5 7 ? 19
A)8 B)9 C)10 D)11
37.4 10 22 46 ?
A)56 B)66 C)76 D)94
38.2 3 4 25 4 9 16 ---
A)625 B)689 C)79 D)272
39.A H L E
E N T ?
A)U B)V C)W D)O
40.B E I N T ?
A)R B)S C)U D)A E)V
A)H B)I C)0 D)P E)J
2.X U S P N K I ?
A)J B)K C)M D)F E)O
3.D F I M R ?
A)S B)U C)U D)X E)Z
4.B D G I L N ?
A)O B)Q C)S D)U E)Q
5.D I L Q T Y B G ?
A)H B)J C)R C)J E)Q
6.J E Z U P J ?
A)K B)M C)O D)P E)K
7.HV GT FR EP EN ?
A)KL B)LM C)MN D)NO E)CL
8.T U N K H ?
A)F B)L C)S D)E E)R
9.AD EH IL __ QT UX
A)AY B)VB C)CW D)DX E)MP
10. A D C F
C F E H
E H G K
O R ? ?
A)LK B)MN C)ST D)QT E)XY
11.ABC abc DEF __?
A)ghi B)GHI C)ABC D)def
12.mm pp s ?
A)Vv B)vv C)ST D)pp
13.9 15 23 33 ?
A)44 B)36 C)38 D)45
14.12 8 14 6 16 ?
A)18 B)32 C)5 D)4
15.9 6 16 10 30 18 ? 34
A)36 B)60 C)58 D)90
16.68 81 96 ? 132
A)105 B)110 C)130 D)113
17.2 5 9 ? 20 27
A)48 B)12 C)14 D)24
18.30 23 17 12 ? 5
A)6 B)7 C)8 D)9
19.10 18 24 ?? 130 254 258
A)32 B)60 C)68 D)66
20.18 10 6 4 3 ?
A)8 B)4 C)3.5 D)2.5
21.a D g J m P
A)sp B)sP C)sV D)Sv
22.aa bbb cccc ?
A)ddjjj B)dddjj C)ddddd D)DDDDD
23.accce ACCCE ?
A)GJJJK fjjjk B)GIIIK giiik C)GIIIIK ghhhk D)GIIIK GiiiK
24.AI BJ CK ?
A)LM B)GH C)AR D)SE E)DL
25.AM BN EI FJ CO GK DP __
A)PQ B)QR C)QT D)HL E)HO
26.A E J
P T ?
A)U B)V C)R D)W E)X
27.AC EG BD FH IK __
A)LM B)OP C)IJ D)JL E)JK
28.A C F J O ?
A)P B)Q c)U D)V E)L
29.A D E H I L ?
A)MP B)MN C)MO D)MQ E)NM
30.CD HI MN ??
A)QS B)RS C)OP D)PQ E)ST
31.I M Q U X B ?
A)C B)D C)F D)G E)E
32.Z X V T R P ?
A)Q B)R C)S D)M E)N
33.4 9 20 43 90 ?
A)180 B)182 C)179 D)185
34.5 9 16 29 54 103 ?
A)102 B)94 C)103 D)200
35.5 8 12 17 23 ? 38
A)26 B)28 C)30 D)29
36.4 5 7 ? 19
A)8 B)9 C)10 D)11
37.4 10 22 46 ?
A)56 B)66 C)76 D)94
38.2 3 4 25 4 9 16 ---
A)625 B)689 C)79 D)272
39.A H L E
E N T ?
A)U B)V C)W D)O
40.B E I N T ?
A)R B)S C)U D)A E)V
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Gensral Aptitude Questions with answers
1.If 2x-y=4 then 6x-3y=?
(a)15
(b)12
(c)18
(d)10
Ans. (b)
2.If x=y=2z and xyz=256 then what is the value of x?
(a)12
(b)8
(c)16
(d)6
Ans. (b)
3. (1/10)18 - (1/10)20 = ?
(a) 99/1020
(b) 99/10
(c) 0.9
(d) none of these
Ans. (a)
4.Pipe A can fill in 20 minutes and Pipe B in 30 mins
and Pipe C can
empty the same in 40 mins.If all of them work
together, find the time
taken to fill the tank
(a) 17 1/7 mins
(b) 20 mins
(c) 8 mins
(d) none of these
Ans. (a)
5. Thirty men take 20 days to complete a job working 9
hours a day.How
many hour a day should 40 men work to complete the
job?
(a) 8 hrs
(b) 7 1/2 hrs
(c) 7 hrs
(d) 9 hrs
Ans. (b)
6. Find the smallest number in a GP whose sum is 38
and product 1728
(a) 12
(b) 20
(c) 8
(d) none of these
Ans. (c)
7. A boat travels 20 kms upstream in 6 hrs and 18 kms
downstream in 4
hrs.Find the speed of the boat in still water and the
speed of the
water current?
(a) 1/2 kmph
(b) 7/12 kmph
(c) 5 kmph
(d) none of these
Ans. (b)
8. A goat is tied to one corner of a square plot of
side 12m by a rope
7m long.Find the area it can graze?
(a) 38.5 sq.m
(b) 155 sq.m
(c) 144 sq.m
(d) 19.25 sq.m
Ans. (a)
9. Mr. Shah decided to walk down the escalator of a
tube station. He
found that if he walks down 26 steps, he requires 30
seconds to
reach the bottom. However, if he steps down 34 stairs
he would only
require 18 seconds to get to the bottom. If the time
is measured from
the moment the top step begins to descend to the
time he steps off
the last step at the bottom, find out the height of
the stair way in
steps?
Ans.46 steps.
10. The average age of 10 members of a committee is
the same as it was
4 years ago, because an old member has been replaced
by a young
member. Find how much younger is the new member ?
Ans.40 years.
11. Three containers A, B and C have volumes a, b, and
c respectively;
and container A is full of water while the other two
are empty. If
from container A water is poured into container B
which becomes 1/3
full, and into container C which becomes 1/2 full, how
much water is
left in container A?
12. ABCE is an isosceles trapezoid and ACDE is a
rectangle. AB = 10
and EC = 20. What is the length of AE?
Ans. AE = 10.
13. In the given figure, PA and PB are tangents to the
circle at A and
B respectively and the chord BC is parallel to
tangent PA. If AC = 6
cm, and length of the tangent AP is 9 cm, then what
is the length of
the chord BC?
Ans. BC = 4 cm.
15 Three cards are drawn at random from an ordinary
pack of cards.
Find the probability that they will consist of a king,
a queen and an ace.
Ans. 64/2210.
16. A number of cats got together and decided to kill
between them
999919 mice. Every cat killed an equal number of
mice. Each cat
killed more mice than there were cats. How many cats
do you think
there were ?
Ans. 991.
17. If Log2 x - 5 Log x + 6 = 0, then what would the
value / values of
x be?
Ans. x = e2 or e3.
18. The square of a two digit number is divided by
half the number.
After 36 is added to the quotient, this sum is then
divided by 2.
The digits of the resulting number are the same as
those in the
original number, but they are in reverse order. The
ten's place of
the original number is equal to twice the difference
between its
digits. What is the number?
Ans. 46
19.Can you tender a one rupee note in such a manner
that there shall
be total 50 coins but none of them would be 2 paise
coins.?
Ans. 45 one paisa coins, 2 five paise coins, 2 ten
paise coins, and 1
twenty-five paise coins.
20.A monkey starts climbing up a tree 20ft. tall. Each
hour, it hops
3ft. and slips back 2ft. How much time would it take
the monkey to
reach the top?
Ans.18 hours.
21. What is the missing number in this series? 8 2
14 6 11 ? 14 6 18 12
Ans. 9
22. A certain type of mixture is prepared by mixing
brand A at Rs.9 a
kg. with brand B at Rs.4 a kg. If the mixture is worth
Rs.7 a kg., how
many kgs. of brand A are needed to make 40kgs. of
the mixture?
Ans. Brand A needed is 24kgs.
23. A wizard named Nepo says "I am only three times my
son's age. My
father is 40 years more than twice my age. Together
the three of us
are a mere 1240 years old." How old is Nepo?
Ans. 360 years old.
24. One dog tells the other that there are two dogs in
front of me.
The other one also shouts that he too had two behind
him. How many are
they?
Ans. Three.
25. A man ate 100 bananas in five days, each day
eating 6 more than
the previous day. How many bananas did he eat on the
first day?
Ans. Eight.
26. If it takes five minutes to boil one egg, how long
will it take to
boil four eggs?
Ans. Five minutes.
27. The minute hand of a clock overtakes the hour hand
at intervals of
64 minutes of correct time. How much a day does the
clock gain or lose?
Ans. 32 8/11 minutes.
28. Solve for x and y: 1/x - 1/y = 1/3, 1/x2 + 1/y2
= 5/9.
Ans. x = 3/2 or -3 and y = 3 or -3/2.
29. Daal is now being sold at Rs. 20 a kg. During last
month its rate
was Rs. 16 per kg. By how much percent should a family
reduce its
consumption so as to keep the expenditure fixed?
Ans. 20 %.
30. Find the least value of 3x + 4y if x2y3 = 6.
Ans. 10.
31. Can you find out what day of the week was January
12, 1979?
Ans. Friday.
32. A garrison of 3300 men has provisions for 32 days,
when given at a
rate of 850 grams per head. At the end of 7 days a
reinforcement
arrives and it was found that now the provisions will
last 8 days
less, when given at the rate of 825 grams per head.
How, many more men
can it feed?
Ans. 1700 men.
33. From 5 different green balls, four different blue
balls and three
different red balls, how many combinations of balls
can be chosen
taking at least one green and one blue ball?
Ans. 3720.
34. Three pipes, A, B, & C are attached to a tank. A &
B can fill it
in 20 & 30 minutes respectively while C can empty it
in 15 minutes.
If A, B & C are kept open successively for 1 minute
each, how soon
will the tank be filled?
Ans. 167 minutes.
35. A person walking 5/6 of his usual rate is 40
minutes late. What is
his usual time? Ans. 3 hours 20 minutes.
36.For a motorist there are three ways going from City
A to City C. By
way of bridge the distance is 20 miles and toll is
$0.75. A tunnel
between the two cities is a distance of 10 miles and
toll is $1.00 for
the vehicle and driver and $0.10 for each passenger. A
two-lane
highway without toll goes east for 30 miles to city B
and then 20
miles in a northwest direction to City C.
1. Which is the shortest route from B to C
(a) Directly on toll free highway to City C
(b) The bridge
(c) The Tunnel
(d) The bridge or the tunnel
(e) The bridge only if traffic is heavy on the toll
free highway
Ans. (a)
2. The most economical way of going from City A to
City B, in terms of
toll and distance is to use the
(a) tunnel
(b) bridge
(c) bridge or tunnel
(d) toll free highway
(e) bridge and highway
Ans. (a)
3. Jim usually drives alone from City C to City A
every working day.
His firm deducts a percentage of employee pay for
lateness. Which
factor would most influence his choice of the bridge
or the tunnel ?
(a) Whether his wife goes with him
(b) scenic beauty on the route
(c) Traffic conditions on the road, bridge and tunnel
(d) saving $0.25 in tolls
(e) price of gasoline consumed in covering additional
10 miles on the
bridge
Ans. (a)
4. In choosing between the use of the bridge and the
tunnel the chief
factor(s) would be:
I. Traffic and road conditions
II. Number of passengers in the car
III. Location of one's homes in the center or
outskirts of one of the
cities
IV. Desire to save $0.25
(a) I only
(b) II only
(c) II and III only
(d) III and IV only
(e) I and II only
Ans. (a)
37.The letters A, B, C, D, E, F and G, not necessarily
in that order,
stand for seven consecutive integers from 1 to 10
D is 3 less than A
B is the middle term
F is as much less than B as C is greater than D
G is greater than F
1. The fifth integer is
(a) A
(b) C
(c) D
(d) E
(e) F
Ans. (a)
2. A is as much greater than F as which integer is
less than G
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Ans. (a)
3. If A = 7, the sum of E and G is
(a) 8
(b) 10
(c) 12
(d) 14
(e) 16
Ans. (a)
4. A - F = ?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
(e) Cannot be determined
Ans. (a)
5. An integer T is as much greater than C as C is
greater than E. T
can be written as A + E. What is D?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
(e) Cannot be determined
Ans. (a)
6. The greatest possible value of C is how much
greater than the
smallest possible value of D?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
(e) 6
Ans. (a)
38.
1. All G's are H's
2. All G's are J's or K's
3. All J's and K's are G's
4. All L's are K's
5. All N's are M's
6. No M's are G's
1. If no P's are K's, which of the following must be
true?
(a) All P's are J's
(b) No P is a G
(c) No P is an H
(d) If any P is an H it is a G
(e) If any P is a G it is a J
Ans. (a)
2. Which of the following can be logically deduced
from the conditions
stated?
(a) No M's are H's
(b) No M's that are not N's are H's
(c) No H's are M's
(d) Some M's are H's
(e) All M's are H's
Ans. (a)
3. Which of the following is inconsistent with one or
more of the
conditions?
(a) All H's are G's
(b) All H's that are not G's are M's
(c) Some H's are both M's and G's
(d) No M's are H's
(e) All M's are H's
Ans. (a)
4. The statement "No L's are J's" is
I. Logically deducible from the conditions stated
II. Consistent with but not deducible from the
conditions stated
III. Deducible from the stated conditions together
with the additional
statement "No J's are K's"
(a) I only
(b) II only
(c) III only
(d) II and III only
(e) Neither I, II nor III
Ans. (a)
39.In country X, democratic, conservative and justice
parties have
fought three civil wars in twenty years. TO restore
stability an
agreement is reached to rotate the top offices
President, Prime
Minister and Army Chief among the parties so that each
party controls
one and only one office at all times. The three top
office holders
must each have two deputies, one from each of the
other parties. Each
deputy must choose a staff composed of equally members
of his or her
chiefs party and member of the third party.
1. When Justice party holds one of the top offices,
which of the
following cannot be true
(a) Some of the staff members within that office are
justice party members
(b) Some of the staff members within that office are
democratic party
members
(c) Two of the deputies within the other offices are
justice party members
(d) Two of the deputies within the other offices are
conservative
party members
(e) Some of the staff members within the other offices
are justice
party members.
Ans. (a)
2. When the democratic party holds presidency, the
staff of the prime
minister's deputies are composed
I. One-fourth of democratic party members
II. One-half of justice party members and one-fourth
of conservative
party members
III. One-half of conservative party members and
one-fourth of justice
party members.
(a) I only
(b) I and II only
(c) II or III but not both
(d) I and II or I and III
(e) None of these
Ans. (a)
3. Which of the following is allowable under the rules
as stated:
(a) More than half of the staff within a given office
belonging to a
single party
(b) Half of the staff within a given office belonging
to a single party
(c) Any person having a member of the same party as
his or her
immediate superior
(d) Half the total number of staff members in all
three offices
belonging to a single party
(e) Half the staff members in a given office belonging
to parties
different from the party of the top office holder in
that office.
Ans. (a)
4. The office of the Army Chief passes from
Conservative to Justice
party. Which of the following must be fired.
(a) The democratic deputy and all staff members
belonging to Justice party
(b) Justice party deputy and all his or hers staff
members
(c) Justice party deputy and half of his Conservative
staff members in
the chief of staff office
(d) The Conservative deputy and all of his or her
staff members
belonging to Conservative party
(e) No deputies and all staff members belonging to
conservative parties.
Ans. (a)
40.In recommendations to the board of trustees a
tuition increase of
$500 per year, the president of the university said
"There were no
student demonstrations over the previous increases of
$300 last year
and $200 the year before". If the president's
statement is accurate
then which of the following can be validly inferred
from the
information given:
I. Most students in previous years felt that the
increases were
justified because of increased operating costs.
II. Student apathy was responsible for the failure of
students to
protest the previous tuition increases.
III. Students are not likely to demonstrate over new
tuition increases.
(a) I only
(b) II only
(c) I or II but not both
(d) I, II and III
(e) None
Ans. (a)
41. The office staff of XYZ corporation presently
consists of three
bookeepers--A, B, C and 5 secretaries D, E, F, G, H.
The management is
planning to open a new office in another city using 2
bookeepers and 3
secretaries of the present staff . To do so they plan
to seperate
certain individuals who don't function well together.
The following
guidelines were established to set up the new office
I. Bookeepers A and C are constantly finding fault
with one another
and should not be sent together to the new office as a
team
II. C and E function well alone but not as a team ,
they should be
seperated
III. D and G have not been on speaking terms and
shouldn't go together
IV Since D and F have been competing for promotion
they shouldn't be a
team
1.If A is to be moved as one of the bookeepers,which
of the following
cannot be a possible working unit.
A.ABDEH
B.ABDGH
C.ABEFH
D.ABEGH
Ans.B
2.If C and F are moved to the new office,how many
combinations are
possible
A.1
B.2
C.3
D.4
Ans.A
3.If C is sent to the new office,which member of the
staff cannot go
with C
A.B
B.D
C.F
D.G
Ans.B
4.Under the guidelines developed,which of the
following must go to the
new office
A.B
B.D
C.E
D.G
Ans.A
5.If D goes to the new office,which of the following
is/are true
I.C cannot go
II.A cannot go
III.H must also go
A.I only
B.II only
C.I and II only
D.I and III only
Ans.D
42.After months of talent searching for an
administrative assistant to
the president of the college the field of applicants
has been narrowed
down to 5--A, B, C, D, E .It was announced that the
finalist would be
chosen after a series of all-day group personal
interviews were
held.The examining committee agreed upon the following
procedure
I.The interviews will be held once a week
II.3 candidates will appear at any all-day interview
session
III.Each candidate will appear at least once
IV.If it becomes necessary to call applicants for
additonal
interviews, no more 1 such applicant should be asked
to appear the
next week
V.Because of a detail in the written applications,it
was agreed that
whenever candidate B appears, A should also be
present.
VI.Because of travel difficulties it was agreed that C
will appear for
only 1 interview.
1.At the first interview the following candidates
appear A,B,D.Which
of the follwing combinations can be called for the
interview to be
held next week.
A.BCD
B.CDE
C.ABE
D.ABC
Ans.B
2.Which of the following is a possible sequence of
combinations for
interviews in 2 successive weeks
A.ABC;BDE
B.ABD;ABE
C.ADE;ABC
D.BDE;ACD
Ans.C
3.If A ,B and D appear for the interview and D is
called for
additional interview the following week,which 2
candidates may be
asked to appear with D?
I. A
II B
III.C
IV.E
A.I and II
B.I and III only
C.II and III only
D.III and IV only
Ans.D
4.Which of the following correctly state(s) the
procedure followed by
the search committee
I.After the second interview all applicants have
appeared at least once
II.The committee sees each applicant a second time
III.If a third session,it is possible for all
applicants to appear at
least twice
A.I only
B.II only
C.III only
D.Both I and II
Ans.A
43. A certain city is served by subway lines A,B and C
and numbers 1 2
and 3
When it snows , morning service on B is delayed
When it rains or snows , service on A, 2 and 3 are
delayed both in the
morning and afternoon
When temp. falls below 30 degrees farenheit afternoon
service is
cancelled in either the A line or the 3 line,
but not both.
When the temperature rises over 90 degrees farenheit,
the afternoon
service is cancelled in either the line C or the
3 line but not both.
When the service on the A line is delayed or
cancelled, service on the
C line which connects the A line, is delayed.
When service on the 3 line is cancelled, service on
the B line which
connects the 3 line is delayed.
Q1. On Jan 10th, with the temperature at 15 degree
farenheit, it
snows all day. On how many lines will service be
affected, including both morning and afternoon.
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 5
Ans. D
Q2. On Aug 15th with the temperature at 97 degrees
farenheit it begins
to rain at 1 PM. What is the minimum number
of lines on which service will be affected?
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 5
Ans. C
Q3. On which of the following occasions would service
be on the
greatest number of lines disrupted.
(A) A snowy afternoon with the temperature at 45
degree farenheit
(B) A snowy morning with the temperature at 45 degree
farenheit
(C) A rainy afternoon with the temperature at 45
degree farenheit
(D) A rainy afternoon with the temperature at 95
degree farenheit
Ans. B
44. In a certain society, there are two marriage
groups, red and
brown. No marriage is permitted within a group. On
marriage, males
become part of their wives groups; women remain in
their own group.
Children belong to the same group as their parents.
Widowers and
divorced males revert to the group of their birth.
Marriage to more
than one person at the same time and marriage to a
direct descendant
are forbidden
Q1. A brown female could have had
I. A grandfather born Red
II. A grandmother born Red
III Two grandfathers born Brown
(A) I only
(B) III only
(C) I, II and III
(D) I and II only
Ans. D
Q2. A male born into the brown group may have
(A) An uncle in either group
(B) A brown daughter
(C) A brown son
(D) A son-in-law born into red group
Ans. A
Q3. Which of the following is not permitted under the
rules as stated.
(A) A brown male marrying his father's sister
(B) A red female marrying her mother's brother
(C) A widower marrying his wife's sister
(D) A widow marrying her divorced daughter's
ex-husband
Ans. B
Q4. If widowers and divorced males retained their
group they had upon
marrying which of the following would be permissible (
Assume that no
previous marriage occurred)
(A) A woman marrying her dead sister's husband
(B) A woman marrying her divorced daughter's
ex-husband
(C) A widower marrying his brother's daughter
(D) A woman marrying her mother's brother who is a
widower.
Ans. D
Q5. I. All G's are H's
II. All G's are J's or K's
III All J's and K's are G's
IV All L's are K's
V All N's are M's
VI No M's are G's
45. There are six steps that lead from the first to
the second floor.
No two people can be on the same step
Mr. A is two steps below Mr. C
Mr. B is a step next to Mr. D
Only one step is vacant ( No one standing on that step
)
Denote the first step by step 1 and second step by
step 2 etc.
1. If Mr. A is on the first step, Which of the
following is true?
(a) Mr. B is on the second step
(b) Mr. C is on the fourth step.
(c) A person Mr. E, could be on the third step
(d) Mr. D is on higher step than Mr. C.
Ans: (d)
2. If Mr. E was on the third step & Mr. B was on a
higher step than
Mr. E which step must be vacant
(a) step 1
(b) step 2
(c) step 4
(d) step 5
(e) step 6
Ans: (a)
3. If Mr. B was on step 1, which step could A be on?
(a) 2&e only
(b) 3&5 only
(c) 3&4 only
(d) 4&5 only
(e) 2&4 only
Ans: (c)
4. If there were two steps between the step that A was
standing and
the step that B was standing on, and A was on a higher
step than D , A
must be on step
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
(e) 6
Ans: (c)
5. Which of the following is false
i. B&D can be both on odd-numbered steps in one
configuration
ii. In a particular configuration A and C must either
both an odd
numbered steps or both an even-numbered steps
iii. A person E can be on a step next to the vacant
step.
(a) i only
(b) ii only
(c) iii only
(d) both i and iii
Ans: (c)
46. Six swimmers A, B, C, D, E, F compete in a race.
The outcome is as
follows.
i. B does not win.
ii. Only two swimmers separate E & D
iii. A is behind D & E
iv. B is ahead of E , with one swimmer intervening
v. F is a head of D
1. Who stood fifth in the race ?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Ans: (e)
2. How many swimmers seperate A and F ?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
(e) cannot be determined
Ans: (d)
3. The swimmer between C & E is
(a) none
(b) F
(c) D
(d) B
(e) A
Ans: (a)
4. If the end of the race, swimmer D is disqualified
by the Judges
then swimmer B finishes in which place
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
(e) 5
Ans: (b)
47. Five houses lettered A,B,C,D, & E are built in a
row next to each
other. The houses are lined up in the order A,B,C,D, &
E. Each of the
five houses has a colored chimney. The roof and
chimney of each
housemust be painted as follows.
i. The roof must be painted either green,red ,or
yellow.
ii. The chimney must be painted either white, black,
or red.
iii. No house may have the same color chimney as the
color of roof.
iv. No house may use any of the same colors that the
every next house
uses.
v. House E has a green roof.
vi. House B has a red roof and a black chimney
1. Which of the following is true ?
(a) At least two houses have black chimney.
(b) At least two houses have red roofs.
(c) At least two houses have white chimneys
(d) At least two houses have green roofs
(e) At least two houses have yellow roofs
Ans: (c)
2. Which must be false ?
(a) House A has a yellow roof
(b) House A & C have different color chimney
(c) House D has a black chimney
(d) House E has a white chimney
(e) House B&D have the same color roof.
Ans: (b)
3. If house C has a yellow roof. Which must be true.
(a) House E has a white chimney
(b) House E has a black chimney
(c) House E has a red chimney
(d) House D has a red chimney
(e) House C has a black chimney
Ans: (a)
4. Which possible combinations of roof & chimney can
house
I. A red roof 7 a black chimney
II. A yellow roof & a red chimney
III. A yellow roof & a black chimney
(a) I only
(b) II only
(c) III only
(d) I & II only
(e) I&II&III
Ans: (e)
48. Find x+2y
(i). x+y=10
(ii). 2x+4y=20
Ans: (b)
49. Is angle BAC is a right angle
(i) AB=2BC
(2) BC=1.5AC
Ans: (e)
50. Is x greater than y
(i) x=2k
(ii) k=2y
Ans: (e)
(a)15
(b)12
(c)18
(d)10
Ans. (b)
2.If x=y=2z and xyz=256 then what is the value of x?
(a)12
(b)8
(c)16
(d)6
Ans. (b)
3. (1/10)18 - (1/10)20 = ?
(a) 99/1020
(b) 99/10
(c) 0.9
(d) none of these
Ans. (a)
4.Pipe A can fill in 20 minutes and Pipe B in 30 mins
and Pipe C can
empty the same in 40 mins.If all of them work
together, find the time
taken to fill the tank
(a) 17 1/7 mins
(b) 20 mins
(c) 8 mins
(d) none of these
Ans. (a)
5. Thirty men take 20 days to complete a job working 9
hours a day.How
many hour a day should 40 men work to complete the
job?
(a) 8 hrs
(b) 7 1/2 hrs
(c) 7 hrs
(d) 9 hrs
Ans. (b)
6. Find the smallest number in a GP whose sum is 38
and product 1728
(a) 12
(b) 20
(c) 8
(d) none of these
Ans. (c)
7. A boat travels 20 kms upstream in 6 hrs and 18 kms
downstream in 4
hrs.Find the speed of the boat in still water and the
speed of the
water current?
(a) 1/2 kmph
(b) 7/12 kmph
(c) 5 kmph
(d) none of these
Ans. (b)
8. A goat is tied to one corner of a square plot of
side 12m by a rope
7m long.Find the area it can graze?
(a) 38.5 sq.m
(b) 155 sq.m
(c) 144 sq.m
(d) 19.25 sq.m
Ans. (a)
9. Mr. Shah decided to walk down the escalator of a
tube station. He
found that if he walks down 26 steps, he requires 30
seconds to
reach the bottom. However, if he steps down 34 stairs
he would only
require 18 seconds to get to the bottom. If the time
is measured from
the moment the top step begins to descend to the
time he steps off
the last step at the bottom, find out the height of
the stair way in
steps?
Ans.46 steps.
10. The average age of 10 members of a committee is
the same as it was
4 years ago, because an old member has been replaced
by a young
member. Find how much younger is the new member ?
Ans.40 years.
11. Three containers A, B and C have volumes a, b, and
c respectively;
and container A is full of water while the other two
are empty. If
from container A water is poured into container B
which becomes 1/3
full, and into container C which becomes 1/2 full, how
much water is
left in container A?
12. ABCE is an isosceles trapezoid and ACDE is a
rectangle. AB = 10
and EC = 20. What is the length of AE?
Ans. AE = 10.
13. In the given figure, PA and PB are tangents to the
circle at A and
B respectively and the chord BC is parallel to
tangent PA. If AC = 6
cm, and length of the tangent AP is 9 cm, then what
is the length of
the chord BC?
Ans. BC = 4 cm.
15 Three cards are drawn at random from an ordinary
pack of cards.
Find the probability that they will consist of a king,
a queen and an ace.
Ans. 64/2210.
16. A number of cats got together and decided to kill
between them
999919 mice. Every cat killed an equal number of
mice. Each cat
killed more mice than there were cats. How many cats
do you think
there were ?
Ans. 991.
17. If Log2 x - 5 Log x + 6 = 0, then what would the
value / values of
x be?
Ans. x = e2 or e3.
18. The square of a two digit number is divided by
half the number.
After 36 is added to the quotient, this sum is then
divided by 2.
The digits of the resulting number are the same as
those in the
original number, but they are in reverse order. The
ten's place of
the original number is equal to twice the difference
between its
digits. What is the number?
Ans. 46
19.Can you tender a one rupee note in such a manner
that there shall
be total 50 coins but none of them would be 2 paise
coins.?
Ans. 45 one paisa coins, 2 five paise coins, 2 ten
paise coins, and 1
twenty-five paise coins.
20.A monkey starts climbing up a tree 20ft. tall. Each
hour, it hops
3ft. and slips back 2ft. How much time would it take
the monkey to
reach the top?
Ans.18 hours.
21. What is the missing number in this series? 8 2
14 6 11 ? 14 6 18 12
Ans. 9
22. A certain type of mixture is prepared by mixing
brand A at Rs.9 a
kg. with brand B at Rs.4 a kg. If the mixture is worth
Rs.7 a kg., how
many kgs. of brand A are needed to make 40kgs. of
the mixture?
Ans. Brand A needed is 24kgs.
23. A wizard named Nepo says "I am only three times my
son's age. My
father is 40 years more than twice my age. Together
the three of us
are a mere 1240 years old." How old is Nepo?
Ans. 360 years old.
24. One dog tells the other that there are two dogs in
front of me.
The other one also shouts that he too had two behind
him. How many are
they?
Ans. Three.
25. A man ate 100 bananas in five days, each day
eating 6 more than
the previous day. How many bananas did he eat on the
first day?
Ans. Eight.
26. If it takes five minutes to boil one egg, how long
will it take to
boil four eggs?
Ans. Five minutes.
27. The minute hand of a clock overtakes the hour hand
at intervals of
64 minutes of correct time. How much a day does the
clock gain or lose?
Ans. 32 8/11 minutes.
28. Solve for x and y: 1/x - 1/y = 1/3, 1/x2 + 1/y2
= 5/9.
Ans. x = 3/2 or -3 and y = 3 or -3/2.
29. Daal is now being sold at Rs. 20 a kg. During last
month its rate
was Rs. 16 per kg. By how much percent should a family
reduce its
consumption so as to keep the expenditure fixed?
Ans. 20 %.
30. Find the least value of 3x + 4y if x2y3 = 6.
Ans. 10.
31. Can you find out what day of the week was January
12, 1979?
Ans. Friday.
32. A garrison of 3300 men has provisions for 32 days,
when given at a
rate of 850 grams per head. At the end of 7 days a
reinforcement
arrives and it was found that now the provisions will
last 8 days
less, when given at the rate of 825 grams per head.
How, many more men
can it feed?
Ans. 1700 men.
33. From 5 different green balls, four different blue
balls and three
different red balls, how many combinations of balls
can be chosen
taking at least one green and one blue ball?
Ans. 3720.
34. Three pipes, A, B, & C are attached to a tank. A &
B can fill it
in 20 & 30 minutes respectively while C can empty it
in 15 minutes.
If A, B & C are kept open successively for 1 minute
each, how soon
will the tank be filled?
Ans. 167 minutes.
35. A person walking 5/6 of his usual rate is 40
minutes late. What is
his usual time? Ans. 3 hours 20 minutes.
36.For a motorist there are three ways going from City
A to City C. By
way of bridge the distance is 20 miles and toll is
$0.75. A tunnel
between the two cities is a distance of 10 miles and
toll is $1.00 for
the vehicle and driver and $0.10 for each passenger. A
two-lane
highway without toll goes east for 30 miles to city B
and then 20
miles in a northwest direction to City C.
1. Which is the shortest route from B to C
(a) Directly on toll free highway to City C
(b) The bridge
(c) The Tunnel
(d) The bridge or the tunnel
(e) The bridge only if traffic is heavy on the toll
free highway
Ans. (a)
2. The most economical way of going from City A to
City B, in terms of
toll and distance is to use the
(a) tunnel
(b) bridge
(c) bridge or tunnel
(d) toll free highway
(e) bridge and highway
Ans. (a)
3. Jim usually drives alone from City C to City A
every working day.
His firm deducts a percentage of employee pay for
lateness. Which
factor would most influence his choice of the bridge
or the tunnel ?
(a) Whether his wife goes with him
(b) scenic beauty on the route
(c) Traffic conditions on the road, bridge and tunnel
(d) saving $0.25 in tolls
(e) price of gasoline consumed in covering additional
10 miles on the
bridge
Ans. (a)
4. In choosing between the use of the bridge and the
tunnel the chief
factor(s) would be:
I. Traffic and road conditions
II. Number of passengers in the car
III. Location of one's homes in the center or
outskirts of one of the
cities
IV. Desire to save $0.25
(a) I only
(b) II only
(c) II and III only
(d) III and IV only
(e) I and II only
Ans. (a)
37.The letters A, B, C, D, E, F and G, not necessarily
in that order,
stand for seven consecutive integers from 1 to 10
D is 3 less than A
B is the middle term
F is as much less than B as C is greater than D
G is greater than F
1. The fifth integer is
(a) A
(b) C
(c) D
(d) E
(e) F
Ans. (a)
2. A is as much greater than F as which integer is
less than G
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Ans. (a)
3. If A = 7, the sum of E and G is
(a) 8
(b) 10
(c) 12
(d) 14
(e) 16
Ans. (a)
4. A - F = ?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
(e) Cannot be determined
Ans. (a)
5. An integer T is as much greater than C as C is
greater than E. T
can be written as A + E. What is D?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
(e) Cannot be determined
Ans. (a)
6. The greatest possible value of C is how much
greater than the
smallest possible value of D?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
(e) 6
Ans. (a)
38.
1. All G's are H's
2. All G's are J's or K's
3. All J's and K's are G's
4. All L's are K's
5. All N's are M's
6. No M's are G's
1. If no P's are K's, which of the following must be
true?
(a) All P's are J's
(b) No P is a G
(c) No P is an H
(d) If any P is an H it is a G
(e) If any P is a G it is a J
Ans. (a)
2. Which of the following can be logically deduced
from the conditions
stated?
(a) No M's are H's
(b) No M's that are not N's are H's
(c) No H's are M's
(d) Some M's are H's
(e) All M's are H's
Ans. (a)
3. Which of the following is inconsistent with one or
more of the
conditions?
(a) All H's are G's
(b) All H's that are not G's are M's
(c) Some H's are both M's and G's
(d) No M's are H's
(e) All M's are H's
Ans. (a)
4. The statement "No L's are J's" is
I. Logically deducible from the conditions stated
II. Consistent with but not deducible from the
conditions stated
III. Deducible from the stated conditions together
with the additional
statement "No J's are K's"
(a) I only
(b) II only
(c) III only
(d) II and III only
(e) Neither I, II nor III
Ans. (a)
39.In country X, democratic, conservative and justice
parties have
fought three civil wars in twenty years. TO restore
stability an
agreement is reached to rotate the top offices
President, Prime
Minister and Army Chief among the parties so that each
party controls
one and only one office at all times. The three top
office holders
must each have two deputies, one from each of the
other parties. Each
deputy must choose a staff composed of equally members
of his or her
chiefs party and member of the third party.
1. When Justice party holds one of the top offices,
which of the
following cannot be true
(a) Some of the staff members within that office are
justice party members
(b) Some of the staff members within that office are
democratic party
members
(c) Two of the deputies within the other offices are
justice party members
(d) Two of the deputies within the other offices are
conservative
party members
(e) Some of the staff members within the other offices
are justice
party members.
Ans. (a)
2. When the democratic party holds presidency, the
staff of the prime
minister's deputies are composed
I. One-fourth of democratic party members
II. One-half of justice party members and one-fourth
of conservative
party members
III. One-half of conservative party members and
one-fourth of justice
party members.
(a) I only
(b) I and II only
(c) II or III but not both
(d) I and II or I and III
(e) None of these
Ans. (a)
3. Which of the following is allowable under the rules
as stated:
(a) More than half of the staff within a given office
belonging to a
single party
(b) Half of the staff within a given office belonging
to a single party
(c) Any person having a member of the same party as
his or her
immediate superior
(d) Half the total number of staff members in all
three offices
belonging to a single party
(e) Half the staff members in a given office belonging
to parties
different from the party of the top office holder in
that office.
Ans. (a)
4. The office of the Army Chief passes from
Conservative to Justice
party. Which of the following must be fired.
(a) The democratic deputy and all staff members
belonging to Justice party
(b) Justice party deputy and all his or hers staff
members
(c) Justice party deputy and half of his Conservative
staff members in
the chief of staff office
(d) The Conservative deputy and all of his or her
staff members
belonging to Conservative party
(e) No deputies and all staff members belonging to
conservative parties.
Ans. (a)
40.In recommendations to the board of trustees a
tuition increase of
$500 per year, the president of the university said
"There were no
student demonstrations over the previous increases of
$300 last year
and $200 the year before". If the president's
statement is accurate
then which of the following can be validly inferred
from the
information given:
I. Most students in previous years felt that the
increases were
justified because of increased operating costs.
II. Student apathy was responsible for the failure of
students to
protest the previous tuition increases.
III. Students are not likely to demonstrate over new
tuition increases.
(a) I only
(b) II only
(c) I or II but not both
(d) I, II and III
(e) None
Ans. (a)
41. The office staff of XYZ corporation presently
consists of three
bookeepers--A, B, C and 5 secretaries D, E, F, G, H.
The management is
planning to open a new office in another city using 2
bookeepers and 3
secretaries of the present staff . To do so they plan
to seperate
certain individuals who don't function well together.
The following
guidelines were established to set up the new office
I. Bookeepers A and C are constantly finding fault
with one another
and should not be sent together to the new office as a
team
II. C and E function well alone but not as a team ,
they should be
seperated
III. D and G have not been on speaking terms and
shouldn't go together
IV Since D and F have been competing for promotion
they shouldn't be a
team
1.If A is to be moved as one of the bookeepers,which
of the following
cannot be a possible working unit.
A.ABDEH
B.ABDGH
C.ABEFH
D.ABEGH
Ans.B
2.If C and F are moved to the new office,how many
combinations are
possible
A.1
B.2
C.3
D.4
Ans.A
3.If C is sent to the new office,which member of the
staff cannot go
with C
A.B
B.D
C.F
D.G
Ans.B
4.Under the guidelines developed,which of the
following must go to the
new office
A.B
B.D
C.E
D.G
Ans.A
5.If D goes to the new office,which of the following
is/are true
I.C cannot go
II.A cannot go
III.H must also go
A.I only
B.II only
C.I and II only
D.I and III only
Ans.D
42.After months of talent searching for an
administrative assistant to
the president of the college the field of applicants
has been narrowed
down to 5--A, B, C, D, E .It was announced that the
finalist would be
chosen after a series of all-day group personal
interviews were
held.The examining committee agreed upon the following
procedure
I.The interviews will be held once a week
II.3 candidates will appear at any all-day interview
session
III.Each candidate will appear at least once
IV.If it becomes necessary to call applicants for
additonal
interviews, no more 1 such applicant should be asked
to appear the
next week
V.Because of a detail in the written applications,it
was agreed that
whenever candidate B appears, A should also be
present.
VI.Because of travel difficulties it was agreed that C
will appear for
only 1 interview.
1.At the first interview the following candidates
appear A,B,D.Which
of the follwing combinations can be called for the
interview to be
held next week.
A.BCD
B.CDE
C.ABE
D.ABC
Ans.B
2.Which of the following is a possible sequence of
combinations for
interviews in 2 successive weeks
A.ABC;BDE
B.ABD;ABE
C.ADE;ABC
D.BDE;ACD
Ans.C
3.If A ,B and D appear for the interview and D is
called for
additional interview the following week,which 2
candidates may be
asked to appear with D?
I. A
II B
III.C
IV.E
A.I and II
B.I and III only
C.II and III only
D.III and IV only
Ans.D
4.Which of the following correctly state(s) the
procedure followed by
the search committee
I.After the second interview all applicants have
appeared at least once
II.The committee sees each applicant a second time
III.If a third session,it is possible for all
applicants to appear at
least twice
A.I only
B.II only
C.III only
D.Both I and II
Ans.A
43. A certain city is served by subway lines A,B and C
and numbers 1 2
and 3
When it snows , morning service on B is delayed
When it rains or snows , service on A, 2 and 3 are
delayed both in the
morning and afternoon
When temp. falls below 30 degrees farenheit afternoon
service is
cancelled in either the A line or the 3 line,
but not both.
When the temperature rises over 90 degrees farenheit,
the afternoon
service is cancelled in either the line C or the
3 line but not both.
When the service on the A line is delayed or
cancelled, service on the
C line which connects the A line, is delayed.
When service on the 3 line is cancelled, service on
the B line which
connects the 3 line is delayed.
Q1. On Jan 10th, with the temperature at 15 degree
farenheit, it
snows all day. On how many lines will service be
affected, including both morning and afternoon.
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 5
Ans. D
Q2. On Aug 15th with the temperature at 97 degrees
farenheit it begins
to rain at 1 PM. What is the minimum number
of lines on which service will be affected?
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 5
Ans. C
Q3. On which of the following occasions would service
be on the
greatest number of lines disrupted.
(A) A snowy afternoon with the temperature at 45
degree farenheit
(B) A snowy morning with the temperature at 45 degree
farenheit
(C) A rainy afternoon with the temperature at 45
degree farenheit
(D) A rainy afternoon with the temperature at 95
degree farenheit
Ans. B
44. In a certain society, there are two marriage
groups, red and
brown. No marriage is permitted within a group. On
marriage, males
become part of their wives groups; women remain in
their own group.
Children belong to the same group as their parents.
Widowers and
divorced males revert to the group of their birth.
Marriage to more
than one person at the same time and marriage to a
direct descendant
are forbidden
Q1. A brown female could have had
I. A grandfather born Red
II. A grandmother born Red
III Two grandfathers born Brown
(A) I only
(B) III only
(C) I, II and III
(D) I and II only
Ans. D
Q2. A male born into the brown group may have
(A) An uncle in either group
(B) A brown daughter
(C) A brown son
(D) A son-in-law born into red group
Ans. A
Q3. Which of the following is not permitted under the
rules as stated.
(A) A brown male marrying his father's sister
(B) A red female marrying her mother's brother
(C) A widower marrying his wife's sister
(D) A widow marrying her divorced daughter's
ex-husband
Ans. B
Q4. If widowers and divorced males retained their
group they had upon
marrying which of the following would be permissible (
Assume that no
previous marriage occurred)
(A) A woman marrying her dead sister's husband
(B) A woman marrying her divorced daughter's
ex-husband
(C) A widower marrying his brother's daughter
(D) A woman marrying her mother's brother who is a
widower.
Ans. D
Q5. I. All G's are H's
II. All G's are J's or K's
III All J's and K's are G's
IV All L's are K's
V All N's are M's
VI No M's are G's
45. There are six steps that lead from the first to
the second floor.
No two people can be on the same step
Mr. A is two steps below Mr. C
Mr. B is a step next to Mr. D
Only one step is vacant ( No one standing on that step
)
Denote the first step by step 1 and second step by
step 2 etc.
1. If Mr. A is on the first step, Which of the
following is true?
(a) Mr. B is on the second step
(b) Mr. C is on the fourth step.
(c) A person Mr. E, could be on the third step
(d) Mr. D is on higher step than Mr. C.
Ans: (d)
2. If Mr. E was on the third step & Mr. B was on a
higher step than
Mr. E which step must be vacant
(a) step 1
(b) step 2
(c) step 4
(d) step 5
(e) step 6
Ans: (a)
3. If Mr. B was on step 1, which step could A be on?
(a) 2&e only
(b) 3&5 only
(c) 3&4 only
(d) 4&5 only
(e) 2&4 only
Ans: (c)
4. If there were two steps between the step that A was
standing and
the step that B was standing on, and A was on a higher
step than D , A
must be on step
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
(e) 6
Ans: (c)
5. Which of the following is false
i. B&D can be both on odd-numbered steps in one
configuration
ii. In a particular configuration A and C must either
both an odd
numbered steps or both an even-numbered steps
iii. A person E can be on a step next to the vacant
step.
(a) i only
(b) ii only
(c) iii only
(d) both i and iii
Ans: (c)
46. Six swimmers A, B, C, D, E, F compete in a race.
The outcome is as
follows.
i. B does not win.
ii. Only two swimmers separate E & D
iii. A is behind D & E
iv. B is ahead of E , with one swimmer intervening
v. F is a head of D
1. Who stood fifth in the race ?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Ans: (e)
2. How many swimmers seperate A and F ?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
(e) cannot be determined
Ans: (d)
3. The swimmer between C & E is
(a) none
(b) F
(c) D
(d) B
(e) A
Ans: (a)
4. If the end of the race, swimmer D is disqualified
by the Judges
then swimmer B finishes in which place
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
(e) 5
Ans: (b)
47. Five houses lettered A,B,C,D, & E are built in a
row next to each
other. The houses are lined up in the order A,B,C,D, &
E. Each of the
five houses has a colored chimney. The roof and
chimney of each
housemust be painted as follows.
i. The roof must be painted either green,red ,or
yellow.
ii. The chimney must be painted either white, black,
or red.
iii. No house may have the same color chimney as the
color of roof.
iv. No house may use any of the same colors that the
every next house
uses.
v. House E has a green roof.
vi. House B has a red roof and a black chimney
1. Which of the following is true ?
(a) At least two houses have black chimney.
(b) At least two houses have red roofs.
(c) At least two houses have white chimneys
(d) At least two houses have green roofs
(e) At least two houses have yellow roofs
Ans: (c)
2. Which must be false ?
(a) House A has a yellow roof
(b) House A & C have different color chimney
(c) House D has a black chimney
(d) House E has a white chimney
(e) House B&D have the same color roof.
Ans: (b)
3. If house C has a yellow roof. Which must be true.
(a) House E has a white chimney
(b) House E has a black chimney
(c) House E has a red chimney
(d) House D has a red chimney
(e) House C has a black chimney
Ans: (a)
4. Which possible combinations of roof & chimney can
house
I. A red roof 7 a black chimney
II. A yellow roof & a red chimney
III. A yellow roof & a black chimney
(a) I only
(b) II only
(c) III only
(d) I & II only
(e) I&II&III
Ans: (e)
48. Find x+2y
(i). x+y=10
(ii). 2x+4y=20
Ans: (b)
49. Is angle BAC is a right angle
(i) AB=2BC
(2) BC=1.5AC
Ans: (e)
50. Is x greater than y
(i) x=2k
(ii) k=2y
Ans: (e)
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