Analytical Reasoning Questions & Answers – Paper 1

Q21. Find the missing term in the series : 6, 35, 143, _____

1) 343                          2) 323                          3) 283                          4) None of these

Q22. Find the missing term in the series : 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, ______

1) 36                            2) 38                            3) 34                            4) None of these

Q23. In a certain code language, if the word POWDER is coded as KLDWVI, then how is the word NATION coded in that language?

1) MYGQLM                2) MZHQLM                3) MZGRLM                4) MXHPMN

Q24. Select the alternative that logically follows from the two given statements:

1. I) All books are novels II) All novels are legible

(1) All legible are books                      (2) All books are legible

(3 )Some legible are books                 (4) Both (1) and (2)

Q25. Find the missing term in the following analogy:  16 : 25 :: 169 : _____

1) 256                          2) 196                          3) 225                          4) 144

Q26. A goes on a picnic and meets a woman B who is the sister of A’s wife. How is B related to A?

1) Sister                       2) Sister-in-law                        3) Brother                   4) Brother-in-law

Q27. Find the missing term in the series : BD, EG, HJ, KM, _____

1) NQ                           2) NP                           3) OP                           4) NM

Q28. Six friends A, B, C, D, E and F sit around a circular table, not necessarily in the same  order. If B sits in between A and D and F sits in between A and C then who sits to the immediate left of A?

1) A                              2) B                              3) E                              4) Can’t be determined

Q29. Six people A, B, C, D, E and F sit around a rectangular table, not necessarily in the same  order. Two people sit on each of the longer sides while one sits at each of the shorter side. If B sits opposite to E, A sits opposite to D, E sits in between C and A and F sits in   between A and D, then which two people sit along the shorter side?

1) B and E                    2) A and D                   3) C and F                    4) Can’t be determined

Q30. Five boys A, B, C, D and E sit in a row, not necessarily in the same order. D is equidistant  from B and C and is also equidistant from E and A. If E is equidistant from B and D, then who sits to the immediate left of E?

1) B                              2) D                             3) A                              4) Can’t be determined

Q31. A girl starts walking from her house and travels a distance of 10km to the North. Then she takes a right turn and travels 5km after which she travels 20km South. What is the distance between her house and the final destination? (Approximately)

1) 13km                       2) 11.2km                    3) 12km                       4) None of these

Q32. Find the missing term in the analogy: 9 : 25 :: 169 : _____

1) 196                          2) 256                          3) 289                          4) 184

Q33. What is the least number of cuts required to cut a cube into 24 identical Cubes?

1) 3                              2) 4                              3) 6                              4) 8

Q34. X’s father’s wife’s father’s granddaughter’s uncle will be related to X as

1) Son                          2) Uncle                       3) Nephew                   4) Grandfather

Q35. Pointing to a photograph a woman tells her friend, “He is the son of the only daughter of the father of my mother”. How is the person in the photograph related to the woman?

1) Nephew                               2) Uncle                       3) Brother                   4) Grandfather

Q36. Select the alternative that logically follows from the two given statements:

1. I) All Phones are Mobiles II)No Mobile is a Cam

(1) All Phones are Cams                     (2) Some Phones are Mobiles

(3) No Phone is a Mobile                    (4) None of the above

Q37. In a certain code language, if the word MOMENTUM is coded as EMMMNOTU, then how is the word SUBMARINE coded in that language?

1) AEIBMNRSU            2) ABEMNIRSU            3) USRNMIEBA            4) ABEIMNRSU

Q38. In a survey of 150 readers it has been found that 75 read newspaper A, 90 read newspaper B and 70 read newspaper C. 40 read A and B; 35 read B and C; 30 read A and C and 10 read all the three.  If so how many respondents read none of the newspapers?

1) 30                            2) 20                            3) 10                            4) 0

Q39. In a survey of 150 readers it has been found that 75 read newspaper A, 90 read newspaper B and 70 read newspaper C. 40 read A and B; 35 read B and C;                                                                                                    30 read A and C and 10 read all the three.  If so how many read exactly two newspaper

1) 75                            2) 105                          3) 95                            4) 85

Q40. In a survey of 150 readers it has been found that 75 read newspaper A, 90 read newspaper B and 70 read newspaper C. 40 read A and B; 35 read B and C;                                                                                 30 read A and C and 10 read all the three.  If so how many read exactly one newspaper

1) 35                            2) 55                            3)235                           4) 120

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