SSC CHSL Reasoning Previous Year

Questions
1. Select the related letter/word/number from the given alternatives.
BEHK : PSVY :: ADGJ : ? Ans. ORUX.

2. Select the related word/letters /number from the given alternatives.

49 : 216 :: 36 : ? Ans. 125.

3. Among five friends; Satish, Kishore, Mohan, Anil and Rajesh, Mohan is the tallest.
Satish is shorter than Kishore but taller than Rajesh. Anil is little shorter than
Kishore but little taller than Satish. Who is taller than Rajesh but shorter than Anil?
Given,
M > K > A > S > R.
Hence, only Satish is taller than Rajesh but shorter than Anil.
Ans. Satish

4. Select the words which cannot be formed using the letters of the given word,
INCONVENIENCE?
Ans. CONSCIENCE.

5. In a certain code language, if DEAN is written as NOKX, how NEED be written in

that code?
D + 10 = N, E + 10 = O, A + 10 = K, N + 10 = X.
Similarly, N + 10 = X, E + 10 = O, D + 10 = N. Ans. XOON

6. EI,JR,LM,_ Ans: XZ

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7. 3,6,9,36,41…? Ans:246

8. One evening after sunset, Reema and Riya were standing under a tree with their
backs facing each other. Reema’s shadow fell towards her right-hand side. Which
direction was Riya facing? _qr_srq_p_rs_r_p

9. 256 289 484

6 5 11
96 85 ?
242

10. Find the odd one out from the following: root, shrub, tree, herb. ANS - Root

11. Find the fourth element. 36:25 :: 100:? ANS – 81

12. 23:8 ∷ 62: ? ANS - 36

13. 2, 10, 30, 58, ? ANS – 106

14. Number of Students studying Subject A is given and Number of Students studying
both the subjects is given, find the number of students studying Subject B.

15. 6, 9, 13.5, ? ANS - 20.25

16. A pineapple costs Rs X each. An apple costs Rs. Y each. Ram spends Rs. 38 on
these fruits. The number of pineapples purchased is?

17. A man has Rs. 480 in various denominations of notes. Some more data given. What
is the total number of notes that he has?

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18. A bus starts from city X. Some leave and some enter. Some more data given. How
many passengers entered the bus in beginning?

19. APJ Abdul Kalam: Wings of Fire:: Mahatma Gandhi : ? My Experiments with
Truth

20. 90 180 270 360? 450

21. I,V,?,L Ans: X Solution: Think Roman Numerals.

22. 6 8 5
15 30 20
84 152 ?
Ans: 100, Solution: ( 6 + 15 )× 4 = 84, (8 + 30) × 4 = 152, (5 + 20) × 4 = 100

23. Which of the following words cannot be formed using the word ‘INVESTIGATION’
(a) INSTIGATION (b) GESTATION (c) VEST (d) STIGMA – STIGMA

24. Arrange the words in the correct order: (A) Tissues (B) Cells (C) Organ System (D)
Body (E) Organ – BAECD

25. You had to arrange a set of words in the sequence in which they occur in the
English dictionary and then choose the correct sequence.

26. If each letter in the English alphabet is assigned odd numerical value beginning
coding A = 1, B = 3 & so on, what will be the total value of the letter of the word
‘SNAKE’? – 95

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27. If the word ‘STOVE’ is written as ‘FNBLK, then how is ‘VOTES’ written in that
code? LBNKF

28. If ‘PAPER’ is written as ‘OZODQ’, then how is ‘PENCIL’ written in that

code? ODMBHK

29. There are five friends – S, K, M, A and R. S is shorter than K, but taller than R. M is
the tallest. A is a little shorter than K and a little taller than S. Who has two
persons taller and two persons shorter than him? A

30. Rajiv is the brother of Atul. Sonia is the sister of Sunil. Atul is the son of Sonia.
How is Rajiv related to Sonia? Son

31. Paddy : Field :: Steel : ?

32. Music : Tune :: Design : ?

33. Alphabet : Letters :: Necklace : ?

34. Laugh : Joke :: ? : Cracker

35. Find odd one out: 358, 240, 385, 853. 240 {all are permutations of 3,5,8}

36. Find odd one out: 143, 279, 286, 374. 279 {1+3=4, 2+6=8, 3+4=7}

37. 545:196::173:? 121 {5+4+5=14, 142 = 196; 1+7+3=11, 112 = 121}

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38. Find the odd one out – Mizoram, Sikkim, Kohima, Manipur. Kohima (city not
state)

39. Put in meaningful order 1. Book 2. Pulp 3. Timber 4. Jungle 5. Paper Ans: Jungle
>> Timber >> Pulp >> Paper >> Book

40. Arrange the following words according to dictionary arrangement. 1. Epitaxy 2.

Episode 3. Epigene 4. Epitome 5. Epilogue Ans: Epigene >> Epilogue >> Episode
>> Epitaxy >> Epitome

41. Represent World India and Delhi in a Venn diagram.

42. Find the odd one out. (a) Mizoram (b) Sikkim (c) Kohima (d) Manipur

43. Arrange in a meaningful order. 1. Book 2. Pulp 3. Timber 4. Jungle 5. Paper

44. Arrange as per dictionary. 1. Epitaxy 2. Episode 3. Epigene 4. Epitome 5. Epilogue

45. Find the odd one out. (New York/Los Angeles/Sydney/Washington). Ans. Sydney.

46. Represent in a Venn Diagram: Graduate, Doctor, Professor.

47. In a group of equal number of cows and hens, the total number of legs was 28 less
than four times the number of heads. The number of hens was? 14

48. Given that P is the husband of Q and given that R is the mother of S and Q, what is
R to P? Mother

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49. The average age of 19 boys in a class is 21 years. If the teacher’s age is included,
then the average rises to 22 years. Then what is the age of the teacher? 41 years

50. FAG, GAF, HAI, IAH, ____

Ans. JAK.
Solution: Let’s looks at the first term:
F + 1 = G, G + 1 = H, H + 1 = I
Hence, next letter would be I + 1 = J.
Let’s looks at the second term:
It’s always ‘A’.
Let’s looks at the third term:
It will be J + 1 = K.

51. ELFA, GLHA, ILJA, _____, MLNA

Ans. KLLA.
Solution:
First letters: E + 2 = G, G + 2 = I, I + 2 = K, K + 2 = M.
Second letters: L.
Third letters: F + 2 = H, H + 2 = J, J + 2 = L, L + 2 = N
Fourth letters: A.

52. Represent atmosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere in a Venn diagram

53. Find the odd one out in 149, 121, 199, 157? 121 (the only perfect square)

54. 1331 : 11 :: 13824 : ? 24

55. 1 analogy question based on series of letters

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56. 1 analogy question based on GK (emperors)

57. 1 classification question whose answer was Anger

58. fill in the blanks type alphabet series

59. Matrix question on missing numbers

60. Matrix question based on word formation

61. Direct question on directions & distance. “Left home, went X km south, then
turned right….” type.

62. QRU:RQF::GIE:?IGV

63. Find the odd one out {Violin, Guitar, Flute, Sarangi}? Flute

64. Two number based classification – one was moderate.

65. Two questions on alphabet-based analogies

66. One fill in the blank type alphabet series

67. One regular alphabet series

68. Two number series

69. If HAMMER is coded as MAHERM then how will METRO be coded? TEMOR
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70. A person gets out of his house and walks 12 kms west then takes a right walks 8
kms. Then takes a left walks 12 kms. Then takes a right walks 8 kms. Then takes a
left and walks 8 kms, takes another left and walks 8 kms. How far is he from his
starting point.

71. Pointing to a picture, a boy said that this is my paternal grandfather’s daughter’s
sister in law. How is she related to the boy? Mother/Aunt

72. Matrix question–> [90 3 81]. 2 more rows.

73. Pattern: square root of (90-81) = 3

74. Matrix word formation question –> Find code for MIND

75. Venn Diagram on GIRLS, POLITICIANS, SINGERS

76. Find odd one out: 7343, 6216, 8511. Ans. 8511.

77. Find odd one out: FT, KP, IR. Ans. FT.

78. Complete the series: 7, 13, 27, 53, ? Ans. 107.

79. A is to the West of C and B is to the North-east of A. If B is equidistant from both A

and C, B is in which direction w.r.t. to C? Ans. North-west.

80. Nikhil is Tara’s Father in Law, Rahul is husband of Tara. If X is Rahul’s brother,
how is X related to Nikhil?

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81. Find the missing number in the matrix: [3 4 12, 6 9 54, 8 ? 72]. Ans. 9.

82. Represent Stationery, Pen and Rubber in a Venn Diagram.

83. If north changes to east then what will be the direction of someone moving
towards south?

84. Complete the series: 64, 100, 169, 289, ?

85. ST : LC :: PQ : ?

86. Word matrix to find code for the word, PIZZA.

87. Complete the letter series having multiple blanks.

88. Missing number in a Matrix?

[9 8 162]
[8 11 174]
[6 9 ?]

89. India : tiger :: Nepal : ?

90. Alphabetical series B, D, H, P, ?

91. Represent Moon, Earth and Planet in a Venn diagram.

92. Marathon : race :: hibernation : ? – Sleep

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 93. Number Series - 58, 52, 46, 40, ? Ans. 34.

94. Find odd one out: 243, 729, 81, 9. – 243 (all others are have 3 as their common
factor)

95. Find odd one out: Mare, Cub, Horse, Pony. – Cub

96. Rupee : India :: Taka : ? – Bangladesh

97. Find the odd one out: 12, 24, 48, 80. – 80 is odd as all are multiple of 12

98. Complete the series: 3, 6, 11, 20, ? – 37

99. Democracy : India :: Communism : ? – China

100. Find the odd one out: 1, 2, 3, 5. Ans. 1.

101. QAR, RAS, SAT, TAU, _____. Ans. UAV.

102. Play is to Actor as Concert is to? Ans. Musician.

103. Yard is to inch as quart is to? Ans. Ounce.

104. 96 : 54 : 89 : ? – 81

105. What will come in place of question mark?

13 F 14
6 ? 3

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106. Taj Mahal : Agra :: Old fort : ? – Delhi

107. Find the odd one out, BSF/ Indian air force/ CISF/ ITBP?

108. Choose the odd one out: (Yellow, White, Red, and Violet). Ans. White.

109. College : Student :: Hospital : ? – Patient

110. Country : President :: State : ? – Governor

111. Today is Varun’s birthday. One year from today he will be twice as old as he was
12 years ago. How old is he now?

112. If 18th October, 2011 is a Sunday, what will be the day on 11 September, 2012?

113. What will come in place of the question mark? 6 : 108 :: 11 : ?

114. What will come in place of the question mark? Saniya Mirza (Not exact): Tennis ∷
Dhyan Chand : ?

115. Hockey:stick ∷ cricket: ? – Bat

116. 6:23 ∷ 43: ? – 171

117. 11, 121, 1331, ? – 14641

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 118. Venn Diagram: women, trainer and pilot? – 3 circle interconnected with each
other

119. A person initially facing west turns 45° clockwise and again turns to 180°
anticlockwise. Find in which direction he will be when he turns 90° to his right?
– South-west

120. If 4 September 2008 was Tuesday then what will 9 October 2008 be? – Saturday

121. Girl walks to east 10 km, turns to left and walks 20 km towards school, direction
of school with respect to home? – North east

122. 8:30 ∷ 6: ?

123. A man had 20 cows. All but nine died. How many was he left with? – 9

124. Venn diagram of society, friends and enemy.

125. Find the odd one out {Qutub Minar, Lotus Temple, India Gate, Gateway of
India} Gateway of India (in Mumbai, rest in Delhi)

126. 432 : 9 :: 534 : ? 12 {4+3+2=9, 5+3+4=12}

127. 4, 10, 33, 136,? 685

Solution:
4 × 2 + 2 = 10
10 × 3 + 3 = 33

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 33 × 4 + 4 = 136
136 × 5 + 5 = 685

128. Find the missing term ‘x’

3 4 25
6 2 40
4 5 x
Ans: 41
Solution:
32 + 42 = 25
62 + 22 = 40
42 + 52 = 41

129. Find the odd one out: 8, 729, 27, 125

Ans: 27 (Rest are perfect cubes)

130. Represent the following in a Venn diagram (Kitchen, Utensils, and Glass).

131. What will come in place of the question mark?

4 18 48 ? 180

132. 2 × 2 × 1 = 4,
3 × 3 × 2 = 18,
4 × 4 × 3 = 48,
5 × 5 × 4 = 100,
6 × 6 × 5 = 180.
Ans. 100.
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 133. Analogies: 42: 36 ∷ 52: ?

134. Analogies: Gold: Goldsmith:: Leather: ?

135. Analogies: Car: Garage:: Aero plane: ?

136. Odd One Out: Eyes, Mouth, Nose, Body. Body.

137. Represent the following in a Venn diagram (Keyboard, Mouse, Input devices,
Output devices, Computer).

138. A person starts and walks 10m in south-east, then turns 90° anticlockwise and
walks another 10 m, then turns 90° clockwise and walks 10m more. Which
direction is he facing now?

139. Pointing to a lady Kamya said that she is the mother of my Grandfathers’ only
Son, how is Kamya related to the lady?

140. Series: 1, 1, 2, 6, 24, ?, 72.

1 × 1 = 1,
1 × 2 = 2,
2 × 3 = 6,
6 × 4 = 24,
24 × 5 = 120,
120 × 6 = 720.
120.

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 141. Find the odd number out. 18,48,150,180
Ans: 150
Solution:
33-32=18
43-42=48
63-62=180

142. A denotes +, B denotes –

143. 122 197 290 ?

112 + 1 = 122,
(11 + 3)2 + 1 = 197
(11 + 3 + 3)2 + 1 = 290
(11 + 3 + 3 + 3)2 + 1 = 401.
Ans. 401.

144. A person was initially facing the west. He then turned 90 degree anticlockwise,
walked some distance in that direction and then again turned 90 degrees
anticlockwise. Which direction is he facing now?

145. Odd one out based on prime numbers.

146. Interchange the symbols and solve in: 17 – 15 * 5 =250

147. Complete the Series: 4,13,40,121,? – 364

148. Five Point someone: Chetan Bhagat :: Swami and His Friends: ? – RK Narayan

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 149. Analogy based on chronological order of Presidents.

150. Dissemble :Feign :: Divulge : ? – Conceal

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