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Test of Reasoning1
Qs. 1-7. In each of the following questions, a series of numbers is given. Below this series, a number is given. You have to make a similar series of numbers from the given pattern and answer the questions that follow: 1. 100 1000 121 1331 144 49 (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) Which of the following numbers will come in place of (C)? (1) 449 (2) 474 (3) 512 (4) 501 (5) 611 2. 97 101 103 107 109 47 (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) Which of the following numbers will come in place of (D)? (1) 67 (2) 63 (3) 59 (4) 69 (5) 61 3. 11 24 50 102 206 9 (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) Which of the following numbers will come in place of (B)? (1) 38 (2) 30 (3) 44 (4) 46 (5) 42 4. 3 4 10 33 136 685 1 (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) Which of the following numbers will come in place of (E)? (1) 1448 (2) 2676 (3) 1978 (4) 2236 (5) 2002 5. 1000 81 512 49 215 343 (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) Which of the following numbers will come in place of (A)? (1) 64 (2) 49 (3) 36 (4) 125 (5) 216 6. 60 62 66 74 90 39 (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) Which of the following numbers will come in place of (E)? (1) 99 (2) 101 (3) 97 (4) 102 (5) 104 7. 62 69 83 104 132 71 (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) Which of the following numbers will come in place of (B)? (1) 78 (2) 113 (3) 98 (4) 100 (5) 92 Qs. 8-10. Which would be the next number in the series? 8. 6 30 7 42 8 ? (1) 56 (2) 64 (3) 48 (4) 60 (5) 62 9. 9 64 25 216 ? (1) 34 (2) 36 (3) 48 (4) 49 (5) 56 10. 8 15 29 57 ? (1) 115 (2) 99 (3) 113 (4) 103 (5) 101 11. 10 100 1000 11 121 ? (1) 1224 (2) 1462 (3) 1331 (4) 1196 (5) 1884 Qs. 12-13. Find out the missing numbers:
4 9 6 4 51 3 5 1 12 ? 2 8
8 4 11 8 52 10 4 9 6 ? 7 3

13.

10

25 16

12.

46 3

(1) 38

(2) 36

(3) 30

(4) 28

(5) 22

(1) 25 (2) 27 (3) 31 (4) 35 (5) 42 Qs. 14-19. Find the odd-man out: 14. (1) PRTS (2) BDFE (3) JLMN (4) VXZY (5) HJLK 15. (1) VUSP (2) HGEB (3) MLJG (4) HGEB (5) QPMJ 16. (1) ACZX (2) CEWU (3) EGVT (4) GITR (5) IKRP 17. (1) PAZ (2) QCY (3) REX (4) SGW (5) TJV 18. (1) ANW (2) DPU (3) GRT (4) JTQ (5) MVO 19. (1) UG15 (2) RJ8 (3) WM10 (4) NH6 (5) UB19 Qs. 20-22. These questions are based on the information given below: Five racers A, B, C, D and E are running in five tracks. The person in track III is first. C is ahead of E but behind A who is behind B. Trackwise, B is not near D or C. D and C have two persons between them in the race. E is to the right of B. The person who is third is in track IV. 20. Who is the last in the race? (1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D (5) E 21. Who is in track number V? (1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D (5) E 22. Who is second in the race? (1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D (5) E Qs. 23-25. The diagram shows the games played by the young persons of a 19 colony. The triangle represents the persons playing badminton, the square is for chess 22 17 18 players and the circle for those who play 14 31 cricket. Each section of the diagram bears 29 the number of persons playing the game or games. Study the diagram and answer the questions that follow: 23. Which game is played by the maximum number of persons? (1) badminton (2) chess (3) cricket (4) Cant say (5) Data insufficient 24. What is the difference in the number of persons who play one game and those who play two games? (1) 19 (2) 25 (3) 31 (4) 27 (5) None of these 25. What is the percentage (approximately) of persons who play cricket? (1) 57.2% (2) 53.3% (3) 48.9% (4) 39.8% (5) 40%

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NON-VERBAL SERIES
Given below are two sets of figures, the Problem Figures and the Answer Figures marked A, B, C, D and E. You have to find out which of the Answer Figures would be the next one in the series of Problem Figures.
PROBLEM FIGURES A 26. ANSWER FIGURES B C D E

27.

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A 40. B C D E

41.

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The second figure (II) in each of the following questions bears a certain relationship with figure I. Find out from A, B, C, D and E the figure to replace question-mark so that IV bears the same relationship with III.

I 56.

II

III

IV ?

57.

58.

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60.

61.

Find the odd-man out:

A 62.

67.

A 68.
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A
63.
G Q P P F R J R

Qs. 69-70. In which answer figure is the question figure embedded?

65.

66.
71-75. In each of the following questions, the three things given are related to one another in a definite manner. You have to match them with (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) depicting the same relationship.

Qs. 67-68. Which of the answer figures would complete the question figure?

n M

64.

M n g g

A 69.

70.

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71. Thames : England : Europe
A.

20-22.

I B

II

III D

IV

72. Nile : Africa : Asia

B.

A C E
C.

73. Eagle : Bird : Crow

74. Hindus : Brahmins : Rajputs D. 75. Ganga : Chambal : Narbada

E.

20. 21. 22. 23.

ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS

1. (3) The series is 102; 103; 112; 113, hence this one would be 72; 73; 82; 83; 92; 93 ..... 2. (1) It is a series of prime numbers, 47; 53; 59; 61; 67; 71. 3. (5) Each number is 2 + 2 of the preceding number. The series would be 9; 20; 42; 86 .... 4. (2) The series is 1 + 1; 2 + 2; 3 + 3; 4 + 4, i.e., 1 1+ 1 = 2; 2 2 + 2 = 6; 6 3 + 3 = 21; 21 4 + 4 = 88; 88 5 + 5 = 445 and 445 6 + 6 = 2676. 5. (3) The series is 103; 92; 83; 72 ... the next one would be 73; 62; 53; 42; 33; 22 .... 6. (2) Go on adding 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 ... to numbers, hence the series would be 39 +2; 41 +4; 45 + 8; 53 + 16; 69 + 32 = 101. 7. (5) Go on adding 7, 14, 21, 35 ... to numbers, hence we get 71 + 7; 78 + 14; 92 + 21; 113 + 28; 141 + 35 ... 8. (1) The series is, 6; 6 5; 7; 7 6; 8; 8 7 .... 9. (4) The series is, 32; 43; 52; 63; 72; 83 ...., hence 49. 10. (3) Each number is 2 1 of the preceding number, hence 57 2 1 = 113. 11. (3) The series is 10; 102; 103; 11; 112; 113. 12. (4) The arrangement is (1 12) + (2 8) = 12 + 16 = 28. 13. (1) The arrangement is (9 6)2 + (7 3)2 = 9 + 16 = 25. 14. (3) 15. (5) 16. (2) Same letters from beginning and the end, e.g., A C (1 and 3), Z (1 and 3). 17. (5) The first letters are P, Q, R, S and T, the second one A, C, E, G and ought to be I, the third one ZYXWV. 18. (3) Same as above, the first one A, D, G, J and M, the second one N, P, R, T, V and the third one W, U, (ought to be S), Q and O. 19. (1) Give value to letters according to their place in the alphabetical order. Deduct the value of the second one from the first one, i.e. U21 G7, ought to be 14.

(5) (3) (2) (2) Chess, 22 + 17 + 14 + 29 = 82 Cricket, 17 + 14 + 18 + 31 = 80 and Badminton, 19 + 22 + 17 + 18 = 76. 24. (2) One game, 19 + 29 + 31 = 79; Two games, 22 + 18 + 14 = 54, 79 54 = 25. 25. (2) Total number, 150. Cricket players 80. Percentage
80 100 150

For answering the next type of questions, study each figure given in the question very carefully, individually, as well as in relationship with the other ones. Here are some guidelines to help you. (i) The movement of the figures is usually clockwise, anti-clockwise, right-left, up-down, diagonally or along certain points. (ii) The movement may not cover the space in a uniform way. The steps may vary, one quarter or half extra may be covered in each next figure, e.g. the black dot in question no. 29 covers an extra half with each step. (iii) The figures may rotate, turn upside down, tilt or swing or may grow bigger or get smaller, e.g. the triangle gets bigger and smaller and the circle smaller, bigger and yet bigger in question no. 27. (iv) Some figures may disappear and new ones may be added. The figures removed may reappear after sometime, e.g. question no. 38. (v) Some thing may be added or dropped in the series according to a certain pattern. e.g. in question no. 35 and 40, a small section is added. 26. D 27. C 28. A 29. E 30. C 31. C 32. E 33. B 34. A 35. E 36. C 37. A 38. C 39. C 40. D 41. D 42. B 43. E 44. A 45. C 46. A 47. E 48. C 49. B 50. A 51. D 52. D 53. B 54. D 55. C 56. D 57. A 58. A 59. C 60. E 61. A 62. D 63. C 64. B 65. E 66. E 67. B 68. D 69. C 70. B 71. B 72. A 73. E 74. C 75. D

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