Reasoning Materials - PA Exam
Directions (questions 1
to 5): Read the following information and answer the questions given below.
(i) A, B, C, D, E, F
and G are seven members standing in a row (not necessarily in the same order)
facing north.
(ii) C and B have as
many members between them as G and C have between them.
(iii) D, who is 3rd
from the extreme left, is 3rd to the left of E.
(iv) A and D are
neighbors and F and C are neighbors.
1. Which of the following statements may be false?
(a) A is the 3rd to the
left of F
(b) D is 3rd to the
left of E
(c) F is 3rd the right
of A
(d) B is 3rd to the
left of C
(e) None of these
Ans (d)
2. Which of the following statements is true?
(a) C and E are
neighbors
(b) E is to the
immediate left of F
(c) C is to the
immediate left of D
(d) A is to the
immediate left of D
(e) None of these
Ans
(d)
3. Who is at
the extreme right?
(a) Data inadequate
(b) G
(c) B
(d) E
(e) None of these
Ans
(a)
4. Which of the following given two pairs of neighbors?
(a) A, C and D, C
(b) A, B and E, G
(c) D, C and E, F
(d) C, F and C, E
(e) None of these
Ans
(c)
5. What is
the position of F?
(a) Immediate to the
right of E.
(b) Third to the left
of G
(c) Immediate to the
left of C
(d) 5th to the right of
B
(e) None of these
Ans (e)
6. Four of the following five groups of letters are
alike in some way while one is different. Find out which one is different.
(a) ISLOJ
(b) LUOQM
(c) AKDGB
(d) FPILG
(e) NXQTO
Ans
(b)
7. In the sequence
given below the sum of the two digits which immediately precede the digit ‘4′
exceeds the sum of the two digits which immediately follow the digit 4 and sum
of the two digits which immediately follow the digit 6 exceeds the sum of the two
digits which immediately precede the digit 6. How many such 4’s and 6’s
together are there?
5 4 4 6 2 6 3 5 6 4 2 8
4 3 7 6 6 4 8 3
(a) 4
(b) 6
(c) 3
(d) 5
(e) None of these
Ans
(a)
8. Below are given six
three-digit numbers. The digits comprise of numeric and letters. The letter
indicates its serial order in the English alphabet. What will be the middle
digit of the 4th number when the numbers are arranged in the descending order
after interchanging numeric in each number without altering the place of letter
in the number?
19F, 2H9, 98B, D76,
7A6, 61E
(a) 8
(b) 9
(c) 6
(d) 7
(e) None of these
Ans
(e)
Directions (Q.9 &
10): In a code language any letter which is immediately after or before a vowel
in the English alphabet is substituted by that vowel and any vowel i.e. A, E,
I, O and U is substituted by the letter immediately following that vowel in the
English alphabet.
9. How can the word FEVERISH be written in that code
language?
(a) EDVDRJSI
(b) EFUFRHSI
(c) EFUFRJSI
(d) EDUFRJSI
(e) None of these
Ans
(c)
10. How can the word CONFEDERATION be written in
that code language?
(a) CPOGFEDRBUTPO
(b) CPOEFEFRBUJPO
(c) CNOEFEFRBUHNO
(d) CONFFDERATION
(e) None of these
Ans
(b)
11. If each of the
vowels i.e. A, E, I, O, & U along with the 3rd letter to its right in the
alphabet are taken out and arranged one after the other in the same order
followed by the remaining letters of the alphabet, which of the following will
be 5th to the left of the 19th letter from the left in the new arrangement? A B
C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
(a) G
(b) H
(c) J
(d) W
(e) none of these
Ans
(a)
12. How many pairs of
letters are there in the word SPONTANEOUS which have number of letters between
them in the word one less than the number of letters between them in English
alphabet?
(a) five
(b) one
(c) four
(d) Two
(e) Three
Ans
(a)
13. Four of the following five have similar
relationship and hence form a group. Which one does not belong to the group?
(a) BROTHER : DORVEHT
(b) ENGLISH : GGNNSIJ
(c) ANOTHER : CONVEHT
(d) BETWEEN : DTEZEEP
(e) HUSBAND : JSUDNAF
Ans (d)
14. Which pair of the letters in the word
BEAUTIFUL has the same relationship between its letters with respect to their
position in the English alphabet as the pair EA in that word has between its
letters?
(a) IB
(b) LF
(c) IE
(d) FL
(e) TL
Ans
(c)
15. Which of
the following relates to FLOWER in the same way as RTERBN relates to SECTOR?
(a) RWLGPF
(b) EOFKUQ
(c) EOFMXS
(d) RWLEPD
(e) RWLEND
Ans
(e)
16. If
arranged properly which one of the following is not a river in India.
(a) ANUMAY
(b) IHSOK
(c) TABROC
(d) ADAMRAN
(e)None of these
Ans (c)
It is CORBAT. It is a National Park
17. If the
following words are arranged in a natural sequence, which word would be the
first.
(a) Night
(b) Negative
(c) Neighbour
(d) Near
(e) None of these
Ans
(d)
18. In an office having 55 employees men out number
the women by 15. How many women are working in that office.
(a) 30
(b) 20
(c) 40
(d) 50
(e) None of these
Ans
(b)
19. Reaching a place of
appointment on Friday I found that I was two days earlier than the scheduled
day. If I had reached on the following Wednesday how many days late would I
have been.
(a) one day
(b) two days
(c) three days
(d) four days
(e) None of these
Ans
(c)
20. Reena traveled from point A to a distance of 10
feet east at point B. She then turned right and walked 3 feet. Again she turned
right and walked 14 feet. How far is she from the starting point.
(a) 4 feet
(b) 5 feet
(c) 24 feet
(d) 25 feet
(e) None of these
Ans
(a)
Directions (Questions
21 to 25):- One of the words given in the alternatives cannot be formed by
using the letters given in the question. Find out that word.
21. ENCOURAGE
(a) ANGER
(b) GREEN
(c) USAGE
(d) COURAGE
(d) None of these
Ans
(c) There is no alphabet ‘S’ in the question
22. CONCENTRATE
(a) CENTRE
(b) CONCERN
(c) TREAT
(d) REASON
(e) None of these
Ans
(d)
23. INTRANSIGENT
(a) STAIN
(b) TRAIN
(c) RESIGN
(d) TRACE
(e) None of these
Ans
(d)
24. MAGNETIC
(a) MENACE
(b) GAIN
(c) NAME
(d) GAME
(e) None of these
Ans
(a)
25.
ENTHUSIASM
(a) MITE
(b) ASSIST
(c) ATHENS
(d) SENT
(e) None of these
Ans
(b)
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