Reasoning Ability
Q.1) SCD, TEF, UGH, ____, WKL
A. CMN
B. UJI
C. IJT
D. VIJ
Answer: Option Answer - VIJ (There are two alphabetical series here. The first series is with the first letters only: STUVW. The second series involves the remaining letters: CD, EF, GH, IJ, KL.)
Q.2) Find the word that names a necessary part of the underlined word.
purchase
A. trade
B. bank
C. money
D. acquisition
purchase
A. trade
B. bank
C. money
D. acquisition
Answer: Option 0Answer - acquisition (A purchase is an acquisition of something. A purchase may be made by trade (choice a) or with money (choice b), so those are not essential elements. A bank (choice c) may or may not be involved in a purchase.)
Q.3) apples fruit supermarket
novel book ?
A. bookstore
B. shopping
C. vegetable
D. magazine
novel book ?
A. bookstore
B. shopping
C. vegetable
D. magazine
Answer: Option 0Answer - bookstore (The relationship above the line is as follows; apples are a kind of fruit; fruit is sold in a supermarket. Below the line, the relationship is: a novel is a kind of book; books are sold in a bookstore.)
Q.4) Choose the pair that best represents a similar relationship to the one expressed in the original pair of words.
PULSATE : THROB
A. ballet : dancer
B. walk : run
C. tired : sleep
D. examine : scrutinize
PULSATE : THROB
A. ballet : dancer
B. walk : run
C. tired : sleep
D. examine : scrutinize
Answer: Option Answer - examine : scrutinize (Pulsate and throb are synonyms, as are examine and scrutinize.)
Q.5) Statements: People who speak too much against dowry are those who had taken it themselves.
Conclusions: It is easier said than done. People have double standards.
A. Only conclusion I follows
B. Only conclusion II follows
C. Both I and II follow
D. Either I or II follows
Conclusions: It is easier said than done. People have double standards.
A. Only conclusion I follows
B. Only conclusion II follows
C. Both I and II follow
D. Either I or II follows
Answer: Option Answer - Both I and II follow (The statement clearly implies that it is easier to say than to do something and what people say is different from what they do. So, both I and II follow.)
Q.6) Look carefully for the pattern, and then choose which pair of numbers comes next.
6 20 8 14 10 8 12
A. 14 10
B. 2 18
C. 2 14
D. 14 14
6 20 8 14 10 8 12
A. 14 10
B. 2 18
C. 2 14
D. 14 14
Answer: Option Answer - 2 14 (This is an alternating addition and subtraction series. In the first pattern, 2 is added to each number to arrive at the next; in the alternate pattern, 6 is subtracted from each number to arrive at the next.)
Q.7) Statements: Some pens are books. All schools are books. Some colleges are schools.
Conclusions: Some colleges are pens.
Some pens are schools.
Some colleges are books.
A. Only I and II follow
B. Only II and III follow
C. Only I and III follow
D. None of these
Conclusions: Some colleges are pens.
Some pens are schools.
Some colleges are books.
A. Only I and II follow
B. Only II and III follow
C. Only I and III follow
D. None of these
Answer: Option Answer - None of these.
Q.8) Read the below passage carefully and answer the questions:
At a small company, parking spaces are reserved for the top executives: CEO, president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer with the spaces lined up in that order. The parking lot guard can tell at a glance if the cars are parked correctly by looking at the color of the cars. The cars are yellow, green, purple, red, and blue, and the executives names are Alice, Bert, Cheryl, David, and Enid.
* The car in the first space is red.
* A blue car is parked between the red car and the green car.
* The car in the last space is purple.
* The secretary drives a yellow car.
* Alice's car is parked next to David's.
* Enid drives a green car.
* Bert's car is parked between Cheryl's and Enid's.
* David's car is parked in the last space.
Who is the secretary?
A. Bert
B. Enid
C. Alice
D. David
At a small company, parking spaces are reserved for the top executives: CEO, president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer with the spaces lined up in that order. The parking lot guard can tell at a glance if the cars are parked correctly by looking at the color of the cars. The cars are yellow, green, purple, red, and blue, and the executives names are Alice, Bert, Cheryl, David, and Enid.
* The car in the first space is red.
* A blue car is parked between the red car and the green car.
* The car in the last space is purple.
* The secretary drives a yellow car.
* Alice's car is parked next to David's.
* Enid drives a green car.
* Bert's car is parked between Cheryl's and Enid's.
* David's car is parked in the last space.
Who is the secretary?
A. Bert
B. Enid
C. Alice
D. David
Answer: Option Answer - Alice (Cheryl cannot be the secretary, since she's the CEO, nor can Enid, because she drives a green car, and the secretary drives a yellow car. David's, the purple car, is in the last space. Alice is the secretary, because her car is parked next to David's, which is where the secretary's car is parked.)
Q.9) table wood oak
shirt cloth ?
A. cotton
B. dress
C. sewing
D. tree
shirt cloth ?
A. cotton
B. dress
C. sewing
D. tree
Answer: Option Answer - cotton
Q.10) Which word does NOT belong with the others?
A. prosecutor
B. defendant
C. judge
D. trial
A. prosecutor
B. defendant
C. judge
D. trial
Answer: Option Answer - trial (Defendant, prosecutor, and judge are all persons involved in a trial. A trial is not a person.)
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