Important Reasoning Questions

 

 Important Reasoning Questions

Q1. There are twenty people working in an office. The first group of five works between 8.00 A.M. and 2.00 P.M. The second group of ten works between 10.00 A.M. and 4.00 P.M. And the third group of five works between 12 noon and 6.00 P.M. There are three Computers in the office which all the employees frequently use. During which of the following hours the computers are likely to be used most ? 

a) 10.00 A.M. – 12 noon 

b) 12 noon – 2.00 P.M. 

c) 1.00 P.M. – 3.00 P.M. 

d) 2.00 P.M. – 4.00 P.M. 

Q2. Replace sign of interrogation (?) with term from below : 

                            N5V, K7T, ?, E14P, B19N 

a) H9R 

b) H10Q 

c) H10R 

d) I10R

Q3. Replace sign of interrogation (?) with term from below : 

                                0, 6, 24, 60, 120, ? 

a) 210 

b) 214 

c) 216 

d) 196

Q4. Find the odd one 

a) JKST 

b) GHQR 

c) ABKL 

d) DENO

Q5. Rewrite the word VOCALIST in the numeric form by writing its first four letters in the reverse order and then next four letters in the reverse order by substitution I by 8, O by 1, L by 3, T by 2, V by 5, S by 7, A by 9 and C by 6. 

a) 92156873 

b) 96152783 

c) 92516783 

d) 92156783

Q6. D, the son-in-law of B, is the brother-in-law of A who is the brother of C. How is A related to B ? 

a) Brother 

b) Son 

c) Father 

d) Cousin 

Q7. Consider a class of 23 students. The average age of a student in the class is 12 years. If the age of the teacher is also included, then the average age of the class is increased by 7 months. What is the age of the teacher ? 

(a) 24 years 

(b) 26 years 

(c) 23 years 

(d) None of the above

Q8. Suppose there are 6 runners in a race. In how many different orders can these 6 runners finish the race if no ties are allowed ? 

a) 120 

(b) 720 

(c) 6 

(d) None of the above 

Q9. Ramesh saves 25% of his salary. His income is increased by 25% and he increases his expenditure by 10%. Find the percentage increase in his savings. 

(a) 30% 

(b) 50% 

(c) 70% 

(d) None of the above 

Q10. A boy purchased some chocolates for Rs 600. He could have purchased 5 more chocolates if each chocolate was cheaper by Rs 20. The number of chocolates purchased was 

(a) 10 

(b) 15 

(c) 25 

(d) 30

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Directions : (Q. 1 - 2) : Read the information given below to answer these questions. 

i. Kailash, Govind and Harinder are intelligent 

ii. Kailash, Rejesh and Jitendra are hardworking 

iii. Rajesh, Harinder and Jitendra are honest 

iv. Kailash, Govind and Jitendra are ambitious 

Q1. Which of the following persons is neither hardworking nor ambitious ? 

a) Kailash 

b) Govind 

c) Harinder 

d) Rajesh 

Q2. Which of the following persons is neither honest nor hard-working but is ambitious? 

a) Kailash 

b) Govind 

c) Rajesh 

d) Harinder

Q3. Among P, Q, R, S, T and U, P is taller than R and S, but shorter than T and U; and Q is taller than R, S, T and U but not as tall as P. Who amongst them is the tallest ? 

a) P 

b) T 

c) Q 

d) Data Inadequate  

Q4. Shyam, Neena, Sudha, Nikha and Rupesh are sitting around a circle facing towards the centre. Sudha is between Shayam and Rupesh. Neena is to the immediate right of Shyam. Who is to the immediate right of Neena? 

(a) Rupesh 

(b) Nikh 

(c) Shyam 

(d) Sudha  

Q5. Laveena left her shop for the bus stop 20 min earlier than usual. It takes 10 min to reach the stop. She reached the stop at 10:40 a.m. What time does she leave shop for the bus stop usually ? 

a) 9:00 am 

b) 10:50 am 

c) 10:30 am 

d) 8:45 am

Q6. I am facing east. I turn 100 degree in the clockwise direction and then 145 degree in the anti-clockwise direction. Which direction am I facing now ? 

a) East 

b) North-east 

c) North 

d) South-west 

Q7. Two buses start from the opposite points of a main road, 150 kms apart. The first bus runs for 25 kms and takes a right turn and then runs for 15 kms. It then runs left and runs for another 25 kms. and takes the direction back to reach the main road. In the meantime, due to a minor breakdown, the other bus has run only 35 kms along the main road. What would be the distance between the two buses at this point ? 

a) 65 kms 

b) 75 kms 

c) 80 kms 

d) 85 kms

Q8. In a town, 65% people watched the news on television, 40% read a newspaper and 25% read a newspaper and watched the news on television also. What percent of the people neither watched the news on television nor read a newspaper ? 

a) 5 

b) 10 

c) 15 

d) 20

Q9. If the positions of the third and tenth letters of the word DOCUMENTATION are interchanged, and likewise the positions of the fourth and seventh letters, the second and sixth letters, are also interchanged, which of the of following will be eleventh letter from right end ? 

a) C 

b) I 

c) T 

d) U

Q10. How many 7s immediately preceded by 6 but not immediately followed by 4 are there in the following series? 

                7 4 2 7 6 4 3 6 7 5 3 5 7 8 4 3 7 6 7 2 4 0 6 7 4 3 

a) One 

b) Two 

c) Four 

d) Six

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Q1. Sumit ranked ninth from top and thirty-eighth from the bottom in the class. How many students are there in the class ? 

a) 47 

b)8 

c) 45 

d) 46

Q2. Riya is 7 ranks ahead of Jatin in Class of 39. If Jatin’s rank is 17th from the east, what is Riya’s rank from the start ? 

a) 14th 

b) 15th 

c) 16th 

d) 17th

Q3. Some students are sitting in a row, P is sitting fourteenth from the left and Q is seventh from the right. If there are four students between P and Q, how many students are there in a row ? 

a) 25 

b) 23 

c) 21 

d) None of these 

Q4. Reaching the place of meeting on Tuesday 15 min before 8:30 h. Anuj found himself half an hour earlier than the man who was 40 min late. What was the scheduled time of the meeting ? 

a) 8:00 h 

b) 8:05 h 

c) 8:15 h 

d) 8:45 h

Q5. In the following question, a letter-number series is given with one or more terms missing as shown by (?). Choose the missing term out of the given alternatives? 

2Z5, 7Y7, 14X9, 23W11, 34V13, ? 

a) 27U24 

b) 45U15 

c) 47U15 

d) 47V14 

Q6. The following question consist of two words each that have a certain relationship to each other, followed by four lettered pairs of words. Select the lettered pair that has the same relationship as the original pair of words. 

Visitor : Welcome 

a) Beggar : Hungry 

b) Worship : God 

c) Criminal : Prosecute 

d) Warrior : Conquer 

Q7. In this question, four groups of letters are given. One of these groups is different from the other three. Find the odd one. 

a) MEWGN 

b) PBQTX

c) DRYSN 

d) CGHKV

Q8. If, ‘FIRE’ is coded for a secret message to be Tele printed as ‘E H Q D’, how is the reply ‘DONE’ to relayed ? 

a) D M O E 

b) C N M D 

c) D L N C 

d) D N P E

Q9. In a certain code ‘Hit Bit Mit’ means ‘Git Rit Nit’ , ‘Sit Pit Mit’ means ‘Lit Git Tit’ and ‘Fit Zit Pit’ means ‘DIt Vit Tit’. What does ‘Sit’ stand for in that code language ? 

a) Vit 

b) Dit 

c) Rit 

d) Lit

Q10. In a class of 60, where number of girls are twice that of boys, Kamal ranked seventeenth from the top, if there are 9 girls before Kamal, how many boys are after him in the rank ? 

a) 3 

b) 12 

c) 7 

d) 23

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Q1. If TOUR is coded as 1234, CLEAR as 56784 and SPARE as 90847, then SCULPTURE will be coded as : 

a) 983602358 

b) 953601347 

c) 963601354 

d) None of these

Q2. Choose one word from the given alternative, which cannot be formed from the letters of the word CONSULTATION? 

a) CONSTANT 

b) NATION 

c) SALUTE 

d) STATION

Q3. Find the next term in the following series :- 

                                                4, 8, 11, 22, 25 

a) 26 

b) 50 

c) 28 

d) 53

Q4. Find out the missing letter : 

    R     U     X     A     D     ? 

a) E 

b) F 

c) G 

d) H

Q5. Laxmi travels 8 mt towards the east. She then takes a left turn and travels 3 m. She takes another left and travels 5 m before taking a final left turn. Towards which direction is Laxmi facing ? 

a) West 

b) East 

c) North 

d) South

Q6. In a class of 20 students. Alisha’s rank is 15th from the top. Manav is 4 ranks above Alisha. What is Manav’s rank from the bottom ? 

a) 10th 

b) 11th 

c) 9 th 

d) 9 th

Q7. Pointing to a photograph, a woman says, “This man’s son’s sister is my mother-in-law”. How is the woman’s husband related to the in the photograph ? 

a) Grandson 

b) Son 

c) Son-in-law 

d) None of these

Q8. Find the missing term. 

                4, 16, 36, …., 100 

a) 56 

b) 64 

c) 48 

d) 52 

Q9. Find ‘ ? ’ 

7         9         6 

8         6         7 

3         5         ? 

168     270     126 

a) 5 

b) 4 

c) 3 

d) 6 

Q10. How many 6’s are there in the following series of numbers which are preceded by 7 but not immediately followed by 

9 ? 6 7 9 5 6 9 7 6 8 7 6 7 8 6 9 4 6 7 7 6 9 5 7 6 3 

a) 2 

b) 3 

c) 4 

d) 5

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Q1. In the series 3, 11, 23, 39, 59, ….., the next term will be : 

a) 63 

b) 73 

c) 83 

d) 93

Q2. Haemoglobin : Iron :: Chlorophyll : ? 

a) Copper 

b) Magnesium 

c) Cobalt 

d) Calcium

Q3. Country : President :: State : ? 

a) Chief Minister

b) Prime Minister 

c) Speaker 

d) Governor

Q4. Match is related to victory in the same way as examination is related to? 

a) Write 

b) Appear 

c) Success 

d) Attempt

Q5. 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? 

a) Snake 

b) Crocodile 

c) Frog 

d) Lizard 

Q6. ABC : BCD :: PQR : ? 

a) QRS 

b) RQS 

c) SRQ 

d) QSR 

Q7. If ‘sky’ is star, ‘star’ is cloud, ‘cloud’ is ‘earth’, earth is tree and ‘tree’ is book, then where do the birds fly ? 

a) Cloud 

b) Sky 

c) Star 

d) Data inadequate

Q8. In a certain cod, MONKEY is written as XDJMNL. How is TIGER written in that code ? 

a) QDFHS 

b) QEDGS 

c) QSHFD 

d) None of the above

Q9. In a certain code language ‘si po re’ means ‘book is thick’ , ‘ti na re’ means ‘bag is heavy’, ‘ka si’ means ‘interesting book’ and ‘de ti’ means ‘that dog’. Which of the following means ‘that is interesting’ in that code language ? 

a) Ka re na 

b) De si re 

c) Ti po ka 

d) Ka de re 

Q10. Deepa starts walking North-wards and after a while she turns to her right. After walking some distance, she turns to her left and walks a distance of one kilometer. She then turns to her left again. In which direction is she moving now ? 

a) North 

b) West 

c) South 

d) East 

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Q1. A person walks 10 m in front and 10 m to the right. They every time turning to his left walks 5, 15 and 15 m respectively. How far is he now from his starting point?

a) 5 m 

b) 10 m 

c) 15 m 

d) 20 m

Q2. If 23 x 46 = 4; 34 x 98 = 6; 12 x 56 = 15; then 32 x 68 = ? 

a) 2 

b) 5

c) 8 

d) 18

Q3. An insect crawls at a rate of 3 mts/min up a vertical pole of a height of 15 mts. Every minute, it slides down through 1 mt. How long will it take to touch the top ? 

a) 7 min 

b) 10 min 

c) 12 min 

d) 7 ½ min

Q4. The positions of how many digits in the number 5314687 will remain unchanged after the digits are rearranged in ascending order within the number? 

a) 1 

b) 2 

c) 3 

d) 4

Q5. In a certain code BOARD is written as 51324 and SIDE is written as 9647. How is BASE written in that code ? 

a) 5397 

b) 5937 

c) 5691 

d) 5297 

Q6. Select the related letters from the given alternatives. ASK : YQI :: NUT : ? 

a) LRS 

b) RSL 

c) SLR 

d) LSR

Q7. Madhu is 18th from the left-end, Sandhu is 11th from the right end of row of 40 children. How many children are there between Madhu and Sandhu in the row? 

a) 9 

b) 10 

c) 12 

d) 11

Q8. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following number series? 

13     20     14     19     15     ? 

a) 16 

b) 18 

c) 21 

d) 17 

Q9. Pointing to Sita, Ravi said, “She is the daughter of the only child of my father”. How is Ravi’s wife related to Sita?

a) Mother 

b) Aunt 

c) Daughter 

d) Sister 

Q10. Calendar : Dates :: Dictionary : ? 

a) Vacubulory 

b) Language 

c) Words 

d) Book 

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Q1. Pointing towards a person, a man said to a woman, “His mother is the only daughter of your father.” How is the woman related to that person?

(a) Sister 

(b) Daughter 

(c) Mother 

(d) Wife 

Q2. If, 1112 = 25 1113 = 36 1114 = 47 Then, 1117 = ? 

(a) 700 

(b) 710 

(c) 100 

(d) 110 

Q3. A man walks 3 km northwards and then turns left and goes 2 km. He again goes left and walks 3 km. He turns right and walks straight. In which direction is he walking now? 

(a) East 

(b) West 

(c) North 

(d) South 

Q4. Of the six members of a panel sitting in a row X is to the left of Q but on the right of P. Y is in the right of Q but is on the left of Z, Z is to the left of R. Find the members who are at the extreme? 

(a) QZ 

(b) XZ 

(c) PR 

(d) QY 

Q5. Below are given two statements followed by possible conclusion drawn from them. Which of them is valid Statements: All teachers are wise. Some teachers are artists. Conclusions : 

(a) All artists are wise. 

(b) Some artists are wise. 

(c) No artists are wise 

(d) All teachers are artists 

Q6. Select the correct option on the basis of information given below: Preeti scored more than Rahul, Yamuna scored as much as Divya. Lokita scored less than Manju. Rahul scored more than Yamuna. Manju scored less than Divya. Who scored the lowest? 

(a) Manju 

(b) Yamuna 

(c) Lokita 

(d) Rahul 

Q7. How many times in a day are the two hands of a clock mutually perpendicular to each other? 

a) 12 

b) 24 

c) 44

d) 48

Q8. Given the sequence of terms: BY, DW, FU, HS, ? which comes next ? 

a) JQ 

b) MN 

c) JT 

d) MP

Q9. In a row of girls, Krishna is 15th from the front and 10th from the back. How many girls are there in the row ? 

a) 25 

b) 24 

c) 26 

d) Cannot be determined

Q10. Five girls are sitting a circle. Geeta is between Reema and Seema. Namita is on the left of Kanika. Reema is on the left of Namita. Who is sitting immediately on the left of Seema ? 

a) Kanika 

b) Namita 

c) Geeta 

d) Reema

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