REASONING
1. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to the group?
(1) Clove (2) Cinnamon (3) Pepper (4) Cardamom (5) Apricot
2. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word EXPERIMENT each of which have as many letters between them in the word as they have in the
English alphabet?
(1) None (2) One (3) Two (4) Three (5) More than three
3. How many meaningful English words can be made from the letters EOPR, using each letter only once?
(1) None (2) One (3) Two (4) Three (5) More than three
4. Pointing to a photograph Rasika said “He is the grandson of my grandmother’s only son”. How is the boy in photograph related to Rasika?
(1) Son (2) Nephew (3) Brother (4) Cannot be determined (5) None of these
5. In a certain code ‘open the door’ is written as ‘ka te jo’, ‘door is closed’ is written as ‘jo pa ma’ and ‘this is good’ is written as ‘la ra pa’. What is the code
for ‘closed’?
(1) ma (2) pa (3) jo (4) ka (5) None of these
Q. 6-10. These questions are based on the following letter/number/symbol arrangement. Study it carefully and answer the questions.
7 D 5 # A B 1 % K $ 4 E J F 3 C 2 H I @ L 6 Q U © 9 M T 8 W
6. How many such symbols are there in the above arrangement each of which is immediately preceded by a vowel and also immediately followed by a number?
(1) None (2) One (3) Two (4) Three (5) Four
7. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way on the basis of their positions in the above arrangement and so form a group. Which is the one
that does not belong to the group?
(1) K41 (2) CHF (3) #B5 (4) M8© (5) LQI
8. Which of the following pairs of elements has the second element, immediately followed by the first element?
(1) 5# (2) MT (3) $4 (4) 3F (5) @L
9. How many such numbers are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately followed by a symbol and also immediately preceded
by a consonant?
(1) None (2) One (3) Two (4) Three (5) More than three
10. What will come in place of question mark (?) in the following series based on the above arrangement?
A#D $K1 3FE ?
(1) @I2 (2) CHI (3) H2@ (4) HIL (5) None of these
Q. 11-15. In each of the questions below are given four statements followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and III. You have to take the given
statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given
conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.
Statements:
11. Some shoes are socks.
All socks are towels.
All towels are bed sheets.
No bed sheet is blanket.
Conclusions:
I. No towel is blanket.
II. Some shoes are towels.
III. Some shoes are bed sheets.
(1) Only I and II follow (2) Only II and III follow
(3) Only I and III follow (4) All follow
(5) None of these
Statements:
12. Some fruits are flowers.
Some flowers are buds.
No bud is leaf.
All leaves are plants.
Conclusions:
I. No plant is bud.
II. Some plants are flowers.
III. Some buds are fruits.
(1) None follows (2) Only I follows
(3) Only II and III follow (4) Only III follows
(5) None of these
Statements:
13. Some pearls are gems.
Some gems are diamonds.
All diamonds are rings.
All rings are bangles.
Conclusions:
I. Some bangles are rings.
II. All rings are diamonds.
III. All diamonds are bangles.
(1) Only I follows (2) Only I and II follow
(3) Only I and III follow (4) All follow
(5) None of these
Statements:
14. All chairs are tables.
All tables are telephones.
All telephones are cell phones.
No cell phone is computer.
Conclusions:
I. All cell phones are tables.
II. Some chairs are computers.
III. No chair is computer.
(1) Only I follows
(2) Only II follows
(3) Only III follows
(4) Only either II or III follow
(5) None of these
Statements:
15. Some rocks are hills.
All hills are mountains.
All mountains are rivers.
No river is canal.
Conclusions:
I. All rocks are rivers.
II. Some hills are canals.
III. Some rivers are canals.
(1) Only I follows (2) Only II and III follow
(3) Only I and III follow (4) Only II follows
(5) None follows
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