Questions 1 to 10 of 30

Questions 1 to 10 of 30

1.Car is to road as train is to

Wheels Rails Surface Locomotive

2.Which is the odd one out?

Hockey Exercise Tennis Football

3.Which city is the odd one out?

London Frankfurt Paris Madrid

4.A forest is to a tree as a tree is to a

Leaf Orchard Jungle Plant

5.A rancher plans to add a post between every two posts of an open-ended (straight) fence. If he currently has 10 posts in the fence, how many does he need to insert?

5 9 10 20

6.

Classified - Internal use

7.Complete the series English, French, Hindi, Arabic

Swahili Language Dialect Africa

8.If you were to add all odd numbers between 1 and 11 (both inclusive), the result would be

Even Odd Impossible to say


10.When Jack, James, Jim and Jane stand by age, Jack being the youngest stands first while James brings up the rear. However, when they stand by height, Jim being the shortest stands first while James comes to the third spot. In both lines Jane remains at the second position. Who is immediately younger than James?

Jack James Jim Jane

11.The day after tomorrow is three days before a Monday. What day is it today?

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

12.


13.Which is the next number is the series? 18, 13, 9, 6, 4, ?

1 2 3 4


15.Ganges is to India as Volga is to

Holland Russia Turkey Mongolia

16.When the figure on the left is folded at the dotted line which shape does it produce?

17.Steam is to water as liquid is to

Ice Solid Vapour Snow


18.

19.Which is the next number in the series? 79, 1012, 1315, 1618, ?

1861 1816 1921 2118

20.If 3 men can dig 6 trenches in 4 days, how many days would it take for 24 trenches to be dug by 4 men?

6 8 12 16

21.

22.Unscramble the following letters and choose the category in which it fits. SATAALURI

Planet Country Animal Language


23.

24.The missing numbers in the below series would be 1:1, 8:4, 9:27, 64:16, 25:125, ?:?, 49:343

36:316 216:36 316:16 316:316

25.

Which of the following cubes is similar to the unfolded cube on the left?

26.18825135 is to rhyme as 1851191514 is to

Played Ration Reason Tuition



ARETH TOLUP NUESV RUNLA

28.

9 10 11 12

29.In a regular pentagon, how many lines are needed to connect each corner with every other corner?

7 8 9 10

30.A cross-section of a cylinder along its length has the shape of a

Circle Oval Rectangle Triangle

1. Rearrange the following letters to make a word and choose the category in which it fits."FADLOFDI"

A. cityB. fruitC. flowerD. vegetableCorrect answer: C. flower (DAFFODIL)Explanation: By rearranging "FADLOFDI", we get "DAFFODIL" which is a flower.

2. Find the answer that best matches the stem pair in the analogy.SEDATIVE :: DROWSINESS

A. epidemic : contagiousnessB. vaccine : virusC. laxative : drugD. anesthetic : numbnessE. therapy : psychosisCorrect answer: D. anesthetic : numbness


Explanation:It is a cause-to-effect relationship. Just as a sedative causes drowsiness, an anesthetic causes numbness.

3. Find the answer that best completes the analogy.FRUGAL : MISERLY :: RASH : ?

A. arrogantB. profligateC. spendthriftD. foolhardyE. politeCorrect answer: foolhardyExplanation: Just like "frugal" is synonymous with "miserly behavior", similarly "foolhardy" is a synonym for "rash".

4. Which one of the sets of letters below can be arranged into a five letter English word.A. a t r u nB. p o d e bC. t e c a rD. m o h a tE. e t l r nCorrect answer:t e c a r (cater)

5. Which is the missing letter?

E C O

B A B

G B N

F B ? Correct answer: LExplanation: Convert each letter to its numerical equivalent in the alphabet e.g. the letter "C" is assigned the number "3". Afterwards, for each row, multiply the numerical equivalents of the first two columns in order to calculate the letter in the third column.

6. Identify the pair, one word from each group, that is closest in meaning (match the column)

Group A Group B

crude top

light raw

stairs ignite

A. crude and rawB. crude and topC. light and igniteD. stairs and topE. light and rawCorrect answer: A. crude and raw


Explanation: crude and raw,imply the same message and can be used as synonyms.1. Which number should come next in this series?

10, 17, 26, 37, ?A. 46B. 52C. 50D. 56Correct answer: C. 50Explanation: Beginning with 3, each number in the series is a square of the succeeding no. plus 1.3^2 +1 = 10 4^2 +1 = 17 5^2 +1 = 26 6^2 +1 = 37 7^2 +1 = 50 (missing no.)

2. Which number should replace the question mark "?"

17 8 5 5

13 7 5 4

6 12 6 3

10 6 4 ?

A. 4B. 5C. 6D. 7Correct answer: A. 4Explanation: For each row the sum of the first two columns is equal to the multiple of the last two columns

3. If 10 people can do a piece of work in 5 days, working 2 hours a day, how long will 2 people take to do the same work, working 5 hours a day?

A. 8B. 5C. 10D. 12Correct answer: C. 10Explanation: People 1 / ( no. of days x time in hours)

1. Which of the following cubes can you build by assembling the parts given below?

A.


B.

C.

D.

E.

Correct answer: CExplanation: Close examination reveals that it has the individual colors of the unit cube in the right numbers organized in a fashion that is feasible from the given parts.

2. If you begin to fold along the dotted line, which of the following figures would follow the figure given below?

A.

B.

C.

D.

Correct answer: CExplanation: It is deducible by imagining, folding the given figure along the dotted line.

3. Which of the figures will you consider fit to continue the series below?


A.

B.

C.

Correct answer: A

Explanation: Consider the direction chart and analyze the problem. The middle leaf of the first figure of the question points 'North'. The middle leaf of second figure points 'South-West', while that of the third figure points to the 'East'. The middle leaf of the fourth figure points 'North-West', so in order to continue the series the middle leaf of the next figure should point 'South'. Hence A is the correct answer.

1. At a conference, 12 members shook hands with each other before & after the meeting. How many total number of hand shakes occurred?

A. 100B. 132C. 145D. 144E. 121Correct answer: 132Explanation: The first person shook hands with 11 remaining people, the second person also shook hands with 11 people, but we count 10, as the hand shake with the first person has already been counted. Then add 9 for the third person, 8 for the fourth one & proceeding in this fashion we get: 11 + 10 + 9 + 8 + 7 + 6 + 5 + 4 + 3 + 2


+ 1 = 66. Hence 66 hand shakes took place before & 66 after the meeting, for a total of 132.

2. The day after the day after tomorrow is four days before Monday. What day is it today?A. A. MondayB. B. TuesdayC. C. WednesdayD. D. ThursdayE. E. FridayCorrect answer: A. MondayExplanation:Four days before Monday is Thursday, simply because four days after Thursday is Monday. Besides, day after the day after tomorrow is Thursday only if present day is Monday.

3. A fisherman has 5 fishes (namely A, B, C,D, E) each having a different weight.A. (i) A weighs twice as much as B.B. (ii) B weighs four and a half times as much as C.C. (iii)C weighs half as much as D.D. (iv) D weighs half as much as E.E. (v) E weighs less than A but more than C.Which of the following is the lightest?

F. (i) AG. (ii) BH. (iii)CI. (iv) DJ. (v) ECorrect answer: (iii) CExplanation: On logical interpretation of the given statements one can arrive at the following conclusion: A>B>E>D>C in order of decreasing weight. Hence C is the lightest of all the given fishes.

4. In the above problem, E is lighter in weight than which of the following pairs?

A. (i) B,DB. (ii)D,CC. (iii)A,DD. (iv)B,CE. (v)A,BCorrect answer:(v) A,BExplanation: On logical interpretation of the given statements one can arrive at the following conclusion: A>B>E>D>C in order of decreasing weight. Hence, it can be seen that E is the lighter than A and B.

5. 6121135 is to flame as 21215120 is to ?A. A. voiceB. B. baldC. C. bloatD. D. castleCorrect answer: C. bloatExplanation: 6,12,1,13,5 each number in the break up signifies the corresponding letter in the alphabet. (viz. 6->f, 12->l...etc.)Similarly 2,12,15,1,20 which signifies bloat.


6. Forest is to tree as tree is to ?A. A. plantB. B. leafC. C. branchD. D. mangroveCorrect answer: B. leafExplanation: As forest houses several trees, a tree has many leaves. Branches is a close choice but it is incorrect as all tress do not have branches.

1. Which of the figures can be used to continue the series given below?

A.

B.

C.

D.

E.

Correct answer: DExplanation: In the given series, a figure is followed by the combination of itself and its vertical inversion. Thus D. is the right choice.

2. Which of the figures, you think best fits the series below?


A.

B.

C.

D.

Correct answer: AExplanation: The base figure rotates at an angle of 900 in the clockwise direction. Hence choice A is the best fit.

3. Which of the figures can be used to continue the series given below?

A.

B.

C.

D.

Correct answer: CExplanation: The base figure rotates at an angle of 450 in the anti-clockwise direction. Hence choice C is the perfect match.


4. If in a certain code language BOSTON can be written as SNSNSN, then how would you write CALIFORNIA in the same code language?

1. OAOAOA

2. LONLON

3. LOILOILOI

4. LONLONLONCorrect answer: 3. LOILOILOIExplanation: The letters present in 3rd, 6th, 9th...etc (multiples of 3) positions are repeated thrice.

5. If NEW YORK can be encrypted as PGYAQTM, how can you code the word CHARLOTTE?

1. EICSNPVVG

2. EJCTNQVVG

3. EICTNPVVF

4. EJCSMPVVGCorrect answer: 2. EJCTNQVVGExplanation: Each letter in the original word is forwarded two places (+2) in the alphabetical order, to get the encrypted word.


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