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Q1. Three of the following four are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
Correct answer : 2
Q2. Telephone : Cable :: Radio : ?
Correct answer : 4
Q3. What will be the 8th term of the following series? 1,2,3,5,8......
Correct answer : 1
Q4. There are five books A, B, C, D and E placed on a table. If A is placed below E, C is placed above D, B is placed below A and D is placed above E, then which of the following books touches the surface of the table?
Correct answer : 2
Q5. Three ladies X, Y and Z marry three men A, B and C. X is married to A, Y is not married to an engineer, Z is not married to a doctor, C is not a doctor and A is a lawyer. Then which of the following statements is correct?
Correct answer : 4
Q6. In a certain code language, 'come again' is written as 'ho na', 'come over here' is written as 'pa na ta' and 'over and above' is written as 'ki ta ja'. Hos is 'here' written in that code language?
Correct answer : 1
Q7. A thief steals a case and 5 persons witness that they have seen him stealing. The thief says that he will bring 50 persons who will say that they have not seen him stealing. Which of the following statements is correct?
Correct answer : 1
Q8. Three of the following four are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that doe not belong to that group?
Correct answer : 3
Q9. A coin is placed on a plain paper. How many coins of the same size can be placed around it so that each of the coins touches its adjacent ones?
Correct answer : 3
Q10. If A is the son of Q, Q and Y are sisters, Z is the mother of Y, P is the son of Z, then which of the following statements is correct?
Correct answer : 1
Q11. Avinash is Ravi's eldest brother. Ravi is younger to Ajay. Ravi and Ajay are not brothers. Which of the following statements is difinitely true?
Correct answer : 4
Q12. Pick the odd number out of this series of numbers: 0, 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, 28, 37, 45
Correct answer : 3
Q13. If PINK is written as NGLI, how will IRON be written?
Correct answer : 1
Q14. Gita: "Naresh became a better boxer since he started meditation." "Impossible" said Radha, " a boxer's most important asset is his aggression" What Radha intends to say?
Correct answer : 2
Q15. Three of the following four are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
Correct answer : 4
Q16. EFGH : DEFG : : OPQR : ?
Correct answer : 2
Q17. If CGZ is coded as XTA, then DFP should be coded as .....
Correct answer : 3
Q18. Complete the following series: 2,5,7,11,14,19,23,29,.....,41,41
Correct answer : 2
Q19. Those who have binoculars can be members of "Bird Watchers Club". Some members of the club have camers. Those who have cameras can take part in the photo exhibition. Which of the following conclusions can be drawn from the above statements?
Correct answer : 4
Q20. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word IMPORTANCE, each of which has as many letters between them in the word as they have between them in the word as they have between them in the English alphabet?
Correct answer : 4
Q21. In a school, out of 40 staff members, 30 are males. Some of the female teachers can sing while no male can sing. The principal invited six persons to a party by drawing lots. It was found that no member in the party could sing. Which of the following conclusions can be definitely drawn?
Correct answer : 4
Q22. Two stores A and B mark the price of an item identically. A allows 3 successive discounts of 10% each. B allows 10% discount on the list price and a subsequent discount of 19%. Under the circumstances, which of the following is true?
Correct answer : 3
Q23. STATEMENT: The Sarpanch of the village called a meeting of all the heads of the families to discuss the problem of acute shortage of drinking water in the village. ASSUMPTIONS: (1) The Sarpanch had earlier called such meetings to discuss about various problems. (2) Most of the heads of families may attend the meeting called by the Sarpanch.
Correct answer : 4
Q24. Mohan walked 25 metres towards South, took a right turn and walked 15 metres. He then took a left turn and walked 25 metres. Which direction is he now from his starting point?
Correct answer : 3
Q25. (A) All teachers are creative. (B) All creative men are sentimental. What can be inferFF0000 from the above two statements?
Correct answer : 2
Q26. A man is waiting for a bus on routes 10, 17 and 25. The bus on route 10 comes every 10 min, but on route 17 comes every 20 min, and bus on route 25 comes every 40 min. After the man reaches the stop, a bus just leaves the stop. What is the minimum time for which he has to wait to get a bus?
Correct answer : 4
Q27. The next number in the series 0, 7, 26, 63 is
Correct answer : 1
Q28. Fill the series: 0.5, 1, 2.5, 5, ?
Correct answer : 3
Q29. If A, B, C, D are numbers in increasing order and D, B, E are numbers in decreasing order, then which one of the following sequences need neither be in a decreasing nor in an increasing order?
Correct answer : 3
Q30. Three of the four are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
Correct answer : 2
Q31. In a certain code BROUGHT is written as PSCTVJI. How is hearing written in that code?
Correct answer : 1
Q32. There are 5 bus stops A, B, C, D, and E at equal intervals. C is not the middle stop. A and E are not terminal stops. C comes twice as many stops before D in upward journey as B comes after A. D is the first stop in downward journey. Give the correct sequence of the stops in downward journey.
Correct answer : 1
Q33. Examine the following STATEMENTS: (1) Lady's Finger is tastier than Cabbage. (2) Cauliflower is tastier than Lady's Finger. (3) Cabbage is not tastier than peas. The conclusion that can be drawn from these statements is that
Correct answer : 4
Q34. "Water flows through a pipeline at a steady rate. At a point on the pipeline, water is withdrawn continuously through a branch line". Consider the following STATEMENTS: (1) Pipe line beyond the branch line will not be full. (2) Flow velocity in the main line will be less after the branch line than before it. (3) Flow velocity in the main line beyond the branch line will become unsteady. Of these statements,
Correct answer : 2
Q35. If 'M' denotes '+', 'K' denotes '-', 'R' denotes '+' and 'T' denotes 'x', then 12 T 8 M 12 R 16 K 14 =
Correct answer : 3
Q36. A, B, C, D, E, and F, not necessarily in that order, are sitting on six chairs regularly placed around a round table. It is observed that A is between D and F, C is opposite D, D and E are not on neighbouring chairs. The person sitting opposite B is
Correct answer : 4
Q37. Suresh is now half of his father's age. After 20 years, his father will be one and half times older than Suresh. The present age of Suresh is ......
Correct answer : 2
Q38. Study the following arrangement of alphabets and answer the question given: D U B C A B E D C A B U D C B A E D B C A D E B A U C D A E B . How many such pairs of alphabets are there in the series of alphabets given in BOLD in the above arrangement each of which has as many letters between them (in both forward and backward directions) as they have between them in the English alphabetical series?
Correct answer : 1
Q39. In a department of a university 100 students were admitted. Of the admitted students 90 per cent students appeaFF0000 and passed in the final examination held two years later Out of the passing students 1/5 passed in first division and 1/5 of the students who passed obtained a second division. In the final exam how many students passed in the third division?
Correct answer : 3
Q40. Examine the following: Ashok is older than Suresh. Raju is older than Ashok and Vivek is not older than Suresh. Which one of the following statements must necessarily be true? (1) Vivek as old as Ashok (2) Vivek is as old as Raju (3) Vivek is as old as Suresh (4) Suresh is younger to Vivek.
Correct answer : 3
Q41. In a group of six women there are four table tennis players, four post graduates in Economics, one post graduate in Commerce and three bank employees. Vimala and Kamala are among the bank employees while Amala and Komala are unemployed. Komala and Nirmala are among the table tennis players. Amala, Kamala, Komala and Nirmala are post graduates in Economics of whom two are bank employees. If Shy;amala is a post graduate in commerce who among the following is both a table tennis player and a bank employee?
Correct answer : 1
Q42. In the question below is given three statements followed by three conclusions numbeFF0000 (1),(2) and (3). You have to take the three given statements to be true even if they seem to at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.STATEMENTS: Some desks are benches. Some benches are rooms. Some rooms are walls. CONCLUSIONS: (1) Some walls are benches (2) Some rooms are desks. (3) Some desks are walls.
Correct answer : 1
Q43. Which of the following is the middle digit of the second highest number among the following four numbers given below: 512 839 475 748
Correct answer : 3
Q44. If CALCUTTA is 7, 3, 9, 7, 23, 14, 14, 3, BANGALORE will be ...
Correct answer : 1
Q45. In a class of forty eight students Anuj is nineteenth from the top and Jeevan is twelfth from the bottom.. How many students are there between Jeevan and Anuj?
Correct answer : 1
Q46. 19 boys turn out for hockey. Of these 11 are wearing hockey shirts and 14 are wearing hockey pants. There are no boys without one or the other. The number of boys wearing full uniform is ......
Correct answer : 4
Q47. In an objective test there are 60 questions. Each question carries four alternative answers, only one of which is correct. Suppose A and B are two candidates both of whom know correct answers to 30 questions. A answers only 30 questions while B answers all 60 questions choosing answers at random for those he does not know the answers of. If each question carries a mark of 1 and no negative markes are awarded, the markes obtained by B are expected to be larger than those obtained by A by .....
Correct answer : 1
Q48. If you are the ninth person in the queue starting from either end, the number of persons in the queue is
Correct answer : 3
Q49. A father is now three times as old as his son. Five years back, he was four times as old as his son. The age of the son is
Correct answer : 2
Q50. How mahy such pairs of letters are there in word ENABLING, each of which has as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet?