IBPS - Reasoning Ability

IBPS REASONING ABILITY

1. Four teams, Team A, B, C and D participated in a tournament. Team C scored the least. Team B scored more than team D but not as much as Team A. Who amongst the four teams scored third highest ?
1. Team A
2. Team B
3. Team C
4. Team D -Answer
5. Cannot be determined

2. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word JOURNEY each of which has as many letters between them in the word (in both forward and backward directions) as they have between them in the English alphabetical order ?
1. None
2. One
3. Two
4. Three –Answer       (JN, EJ, UY)
5. More than three

3. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group, which is the one that does not belong to that group ?
1. Jute
2. Cotton
3. Wool
4. Silk
5. Rayon-Answer

Directions (Q. 4 and 5) Read the following information carefully and answer the questions which follow
If ‘A × B’ means ‘A is to the South of B’.
If ‘A + B’ means ‘A is to the North of B’
If ‘A % B’ means ‘A is to the East of B’
If ‘A – B’ means ‘A is to the West of B’.

4. Which of the following means ‘P is to the East of Q’ ?
1. H % P – S + Q
2. Q + R × S – P
3. P % A – Q + B -Answer
4. Q – Z % S × P
5. None of these

5. In the equation F % Q + R – S, S is in which direction with respect to Q ?
1. East
2. South
3. West
4. South-West
5. South-East-Answer

Directions (Q. 6 - 8) The following questions are based on the five four digit numbers given below -
3475 2791 6458 1826 7534

6. What will be the resultant if the second digit of the highest number is subtracted from the third digit of the second lowest number ?
1. 1 

2. 2 

3. 3 

4. 6 

5. 4-Answer

7. If all the digits in each of the numbers are arranged in descending order from left to right within the number, which of the following will be the sum of all the four digits of the number which is third highest in the new arrangement?
1. 19 

2. 18 

3. 22 

4. 17 -Answer

5. 23

8. If in each number, the first and the last digits are interchanged, which of the following will be the second lowest number ?
1. 3475 

2. 2791 

3. 6458 

4. 1826 

5. 7534-Answer

Directions - (Q. 9 - 13) In each question/set of questions below are statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the statements disregarding commonly known facts. Give Answers -
1. If only conclusion I follows
2. If only conclusion II follows
3. If either conclusion I or conclusion II follows
4. If neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows
5. If both conclusions I and II follow

9. Statements :
All gems are precious
Some gems are stones.
All stones are diamonds
Conclusions :
I. At least some stones are precious
II. All diamonds are precious.

Answer: 1

10. Statements :
All dreams are fantasies.
Some fantasies are pleasant
All pleasant are everlasting
Some everlasting are memories
Conclusions :
I. Some dreams are memories
II. Some fantasies are everlasting
2--Answer

11. Statements :
All black are blue.
All blue are green
All green are emerald
Conclusions :
I. Some emeralds are green
II. All black and blue are green
5-Answer

Directions - (Q. 12 and 13)
Statements :
No design is fashion
All fashions are temporary
Some temporary are permanent

12. Conclusions :
I. Some designs are permanent
II. No fashion is permanent
4-Answer

13. Conclusions :
I. At least some temporary are fashions.
II. At least some temporary are not designs.
5-Answer

Directions - (Q.14 - 17) Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions -Seven trees namely mango, lemon, apple, ashoka, banana, guava and papaya are planted in a straight row, not necessarily in the same order. (Assume as if the trees are facing North)
a. The papaya tree is planted fourth to the right of the lemon tree
b. The Ashoka tree is planted at the extreme right end of the row
c. The mango and guava trees are immediate neighbours of the lemon tree
d. The banana tree is planted immediately next to the mango tree

14. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their position in the above arrangement and so forma group. Which is the one that does not belong to the group ?
1. lemon, mango
2. banana, apple
3. mango, banana
4. guava, lemon
5. apple, ashoka-Answer

15. Which trees are planted at the extreme ends of the row ?
1. guava, apple
2. lemon, ashoka
3. guava, ashoka -Answer
4. lemon, papaya
5. guava, papaya

16. Which of the following tree is planted exactly in the middle of the row ?
1. papaya
2. mango
3. banana -Answer
4. lemon
5. apple

17. What is the position of the apple tree with respect to the guava tree ?
1. Second to the right
2. Fourth to the right -Answer
3. Immediate left
4. Third to the right
5. Third to the left3

Directions - ( 18 - 21 ) Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions -
A, B, C, D, F, G, H and J are sitting around a circular table facing the center.
a. D sits exactly between J and F.
b. J sits second to the left of F and second to the right of B.
c. H sits third to the left of G.
d. A is not an immediate neighbour of B.-Answer

18. How many people sit between G and H when counted in an anti-clockwise direction from G ?
1. One
2. Two
3. Three
4. Four -Answer
5. Five

19. If H : F then J : ?
1. B -Answer
2. F
3. H
4. G
5. None of these

20. If all the persons are made to sit in alphabetical order in anti-clock-wise direction, starting from A, the positions of how many (excluding A) will remain unchanged as compared to their original seating positions ?
1. None
2. One -Answer
3. Two
4. Three
5. Four

21. In which of the following pairs is the second person sitting to the immediate left of the first person ?
1. GJ
2. FA
3. CH -Answer
4. AH
5. DF

Directions (Q. 22 - 26) Study the following arrangement of digits and symbols carefully and answer the questions given below -
3 4 2 6 8 7 © 5 4 £ 3 2 9 $ 1 6 5 3 7 # 9 8 6 @ 2 1 4 3 p 9 8 7 2 b 4 3

22. How many 2’s are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately followed by a perfect square ?
(1 is also a perfect square)
1. None
2. One
3. Two -Answer
4. Three
5. Four

23. Which of the following is fifth to the right of the eighteenth from the left end of the above arrangement ?
1. $ 

2. 9 

3. 2 4. @ 

5. 6-Answer

24. How many symbols are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately preceded as well as followed by an even number in the above arrangement ?
1. One
2. Two -Answer
3. Three
4 Four
5. Five

25. If all the digits that are perfect squares are dropped from the above arrangement, which of the following will be the thirteenth (digit/symbol) from the left end of the above arrangement ?(1 is also a perfect square)
1. $         2. 6         3. #         4. 7         5. 5-Answer

26. How many pairs of digits are there in the number highlighted in bold in the above arrangement each of which has as many digits between them (in both forward and backward directions) as they have between them in the numerical series ?
1. One
2. Two
3. Three
4. Four -Answer
5. Five

Directions - (Q. 27 - 30) In each question below is given a group of letters followed by five combinations of number / symbol codes lettered 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. You have to find out which of the combinations correctly represents the group of letters based on the following coding system and the conditions and mark the letter of that combination as your answer -

Letter P I R S E J L O D N X A B C K
Number Symbol code:/ : b 5 4 # 3 8 @ 7 2 1 $ 6 p 9 W
Conditions :
(i) If both the first and the fifth elements are vowels, the codes for both these are to be interchanged.
(ii) If the group of letters contains no vowel, the codes for the first and the last elements are to be interchanged
(iii) If the third element is a vowel and the fourth a consonant, the fourth element is to be coded as the code for the second element.

27. JDRALS
1. 8246@# -Answer
2. 8246#@
3. 8264@#
4. 8@426#
5. 2846@#

28. ORNKEL
1. 314W7@
2. 374W1@
3. 741W3@
4. 341W7@ -Answer
5. 714W3@

29. EPBCOK
1. 7bp93W -Answer
2. 3pb97W
3. 3b9p7W
4. b3p 79W
5. 3bp97W

30. RXISCN
1. $45$91
2. 4$9$51
3. 4$5$91 -Answer
4. 4$$951
5. 4$$519

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CTS - Verbal - 2

CTS – Verbal - 2

Directions for Questions 1-5:

In each of the following questions, some sentences are given which are on the same theme. Decide which sentence is the most preferable with respect to grammar; meaning and usage, suitable for formal writing in English. Find the correct sentence.

1.            A) Without your help must try to carry out my task alone.

B) Barring your help I should try to carry out my task alone

C) Besides help from you, I must try to carry out my task alone.

D) Failing your help I must try to carry out my task alone

Ans: D

2.            A) Since the dividend being declared than the notices were prepared for mailing.

B) Scarcely had the dividend been declared than the notices were sent out.

C) They had no sooner declared the dividend when they sent the notices to the stockholders.

D) No sooner than the dividend been prepared for mailing.

E) The company hardly declared the dividend till the notices were prepared for mailing

Ans: D

3.            A) Many works must close owing to lack of fuel, if the strike lasts till the weekend.

B) If the strike lasts for the weekend, owing to lack of fuel many works must close.

C) Owing to lack of fuel, many works must close if the strike lasts over the weekend.

D) Having the strike lasting to the weekend, many works close for lack of fuel.

Ans: C

4.            A) As one travels from Karjat to Khandala, be finds the line most beautifully laid.

B) Travelling from Karjat to Khandala, one finds the line most beautifully laid.

C) While travelling from Karjat to Khandala, one would find the line most beautifully laid

D) If one travels from Karjat to Khandala, he will find the line most beautifully laid

Ans: B

5.            A) Nobody will want to play in his team if he does not treat people kindly

B) If he does not treat people kindly, nobody will play to want his team

C) Nobody will treat people kindly, he does not want to play in this team

D) Nobody will want to treat people, if he does not play in his team kindly.

Ans: A

Directions for Questions 6-10:

In each of the following questions, a paragraph or a sentence has been broken up into different parts. The parts have been scrambled and numbered as given below. Choose the correct order of these parts from the given alternatives.

6.            1) you can take

2) you can't take

3) the boy

4) the village

5) out of the village

6) out of the boy

7) but

A) 1,3,5,7,2,4,6                  B) 1,5,2,6,3,7,4                 C) 1,6,5,3,7,2,4                  D) 1,7,2,4,3,5,6

Ans: A

7.            1) food supply

2) storage, distribution and handling

3) pastoral industry and fishing

4) besides increasing

5) by preventing wastage in

6) the productivity from agriculture

7)can be increased

A) 1,7,5,2,4,3,6                  B) 4,1,6,7,5,3,2                  C) 4,6,3,1,7,5,2                 D) 6,3,5,7,4,1,2

Ans: C

8.            1) in some of the developed countries

2) in the developing countries

3) mostly in the form of beef, pork etc.

4) about 180 kilograms

5) per capita consumption is

6) of grain per capita annually

7) the people

8) five times that amount

9) consume only

A) 1,7,9,4,6,2,5,8,3           B) 2,5,8,2,7,9,4,6,3           C) 7,2,9,4,6,1,5,8,3          D) 5,8,1,2,7,9,4,6,3

Ans: C

9.            1) The African elephant is usually larger

2) being about three and a half metres in hight

3) than the Indian

4) and 6000 kg in weight

5) It has enormous ears

6) which are valued for the ivory

7) and very long tusks

8) that they contain

A) 1,3,2,4,5,7,6,8              B) 1,4,2,3,6,5,8,7              C) 5,3,6,2,7,4,1,8               D) 5,6,2,4,1,3,7,8

Ans: A

10.          1) not only for

2) but also for

3) lumbering

4) construction purposes

5) as an occupation

6) on modern lines

7) the manufacture of wood pulp, paper , resins etc.

8) owing to the great demand for timber

9) has developed

A) 3,9,6,5,8,1,4,2,7           B) 3,8,9,5,6,1,7,2,4          C) 3,5,9,6,8,1,4,2,7          D) 5,3,9,6,8,1,7,2,4

Ans: C

Directions for Questions 11-12:

Read each sentence to find if there is any grammatical error in it. If there is any error, it will be only one part of the sentence.  The number or alphabet of that part is your answer.(Disregard punctuation errors if any)

11. I never have / visited / or intend to visit / foreign countries /       

               A                    B                   C                             D

Ans: C (intending)

12. The clothes / were neatly / hanged /on the cloth line.    

                 A                     B                      C                D

Ans:C (hung)

Directions for Questions 13-15:

One of the four sentences given in each question is grammatically wrong . Find the incorrect sentence.

13.          A)  Our followers are but a handful.

B)  Neither he nor I was there.

C)  Many a glorious deeds were done.

D) Everyone of the boys loves to ride.

Ans: C

14.          A)  She had finished her work when I met her.

B)  Do you believe in God?

C)  He cut his hand with a knife.

D)  He challenged me for a duel.

Ans: D

15.          A)  Sumit is my elder brother.

B)  He is two years younger to me.

C)  He is the eldest man of this village.

D) Ravi is five years older than me.

Ans: C

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CTS - Verbal - 1

CTS – Verbal -1

Directions for Questions 1-5: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow on the basis of the information provided in the passage.

Outside, the rain continued to run down the screened windows of Mrs. Sennett's little Cape Cod cottage. The long weeds and grass that composed the front yard dripped against the blurred background of the bay, where the water was almost the color of the grass. Mrs. Sennett's five charges were vigorously playing house in the dining room. (In the wintertime, Mrs. Sennett was housekeeper for a Mr. Curley, in Boston, and during the summers the Curley children boarded with her on the Cape.) My expression must have changed. "Are those children making too much noise?" Mrs. Sennett demanded, a sort of wave going over her that might mark the beginning of her getting up out of her chair. I shook my head no, and gave her a little push on the shoulder to keep her seated. Mrs. Sennett was almost stone-deaf and had been for a long time, but she could read lips. You could talk to her without making any sound yourself, if you wanted to, and she more than kept up her side of the conversation in a loud, rusty voice that dropped weirdly every now and then into a whisper. She adored talking.

To look at Mrs. Sennett made me think of eighteenth-century England and its literary figures. Her hair must have been sadly thin, because she always wore, indoors and out, either a hat or a sort of turban, and sometimes she wore both. The rims of her eyes were dark; she looked very ill. Mrs. Sennett and I continued talking. She said she really didn't think she'd stay with the children another winter. Their father wanted her to, but it was too much for her. She wanted to stay right here in the cottage. The afternoon was getting along, and I finally left because I knew that at four o'clock Mrs. Sennett's "sit down" was over and she started to get supper.

At six o'clock, from my nearby cottage, I saw Theresa coming through the rain with a shawl over her head. She was bringing me a six-inch-square piece of spice cake , still hot from the oven and kept warm between two soup plates. A few days later I learned from the twins, who brought over gifts of firewood and blackberries, that their father was coming the next morning, bringing their aunt and her husband and their cousin. Mrs. Sennett had promised to take them all on a picnic at the pond some pleasant day. On the fourth day of their visit, Xavier arrived with a note. It was from Mrs. Sennett, written in blue ink, in a large, serene, ornamented hand, on linen-finish paper:. . . Tomorrow is the last day Mr. Curley has and the Children all wanted the Picnic so much. The Men can walk to the Pond but it is too far for the Children. I see your Friend has a car and I hate to ask this but could you possibly drive us to the Pond tomorrow morning? . . .Very sincerely yours, Carmen Sennett.

 

After the picnic, Mrs. Sennett's presents to me were numberless. It was almost time for the children to go back to school in South Boston. Mrs. Sennett insisted that she was not going; their father was coming down again to get them and she was just going to stay. He would have to get another housekeeper. She said this over and over to me, loudly, and her turbans and kerchiefs grew more and more distrait. One evening, Mary came to call on me and we sat on an old table in the back yard to watch the sunset. "Papa came today," she said, "and we've got to go back day after tomorrow. ""Is Mrs. Sennett going to stay here? ""She said at supper she was. She said this time she really was, because she'd said that last year and came back, but now she means it ."I said, "Oh dear," scarcely knowing which side I was on. "It was awful at supper. I cried and cried."

"Did Theresa cry?"

"Oh, we all cried. Papa cried, too. We always do."

"But don't you think Mrs. Sennett needs a rest?"

"Yes, but I think she'll come, though. Papa told her he'd cry every single night at supper if she didn't,

and then we all did." The next day I heard that Mrs. Sennett was going back with them just to "help settle."

She came over the following morning to say goodbye, supported by all five children. She was wearing her traveling hat of black satin and black straw, with sequins. High and somber, above her ravaged face, it had quite a Spanish grandee air. "This isn't really goodbye," she said. "I'll be back as soon as I get these bad, noisy children off my hands. "But the children hung on to her skirt and tugged at her sleeves, shaking their heads frantically, silently saying, "No! No! No!"  To her with their puckered-up mouths.

Following are some questions on this passage:

1.       According to the narrator, Mrs. Sennett wears a hat because she:

A.      is often outside.

B.      wants to look like a literary figure.

C.      has thin hair.

D.      has unique taste in clothing.

Answer: C

2. Considering the events of the entire passage, it is most reasonable to infer that Mrs. Sennett calls the children bad because she:

A. is bothered by the noise they are making.

B. doesn't like them hanging on her skirt.

C. doesn't want to reveal her affection for them.

D. is angry that they never do what she tells them.

Answer: C

3. What is the main insight suggested by the conversation in lines 39--45?

A. The Curley family cries to manipulate Mrs. Sennett into doing what they want.

B. The narrator regrets that she is not going to Boston and is a little jealous of Mrs. Sennett.

C. Mrs. Sennett is happy to leave the Curley family because they are always whining and crying.

D. Mrs. Sennett intends to return to the Cape soon because she has discovered that they have been manipulating and taking advantage of her.

Answer: A

 

4. Given the evidence provided throughout the passage, the children probably silently mouth the word "no" because:

A. Mrs. Sennett has just called them bad, noisy children, and they are defending themselves.

B. they do not want to leave the Cape before the summer is over and are protesting.

C. they are letting the narrator know that Mrs. Sennett is thinking about returning to the Cape.

D. they are continuing their battle against Mrs. Sennett's intention to return to the Cape.

Answer: D

5. At what point does Mr. Curley cry at the supper table?

A. Before Mary and the narrator sit and watch the sunset

B. Before Mrs. Sennett tells the narrator she doubts she will stay another winter with the children

C. Before the children spend a rainy afternoon playing house in the dining room

D. After the narrator learns that Mrs. Sennett will return to Boston

Answer: A

Directions for Questions 6-7:

Read the passage and answer the questions that follow on the basis of the information provided in the passage.

 

From the 197 million square miles, which make up the surface of the globe, 71 per cent is covered by the interconnecting bodies of marine water; the Pacific Ocean alone covers half the Earth and averages near 14,000 feet in depth. The portions which rise above sea level are the continents-Eurasia, Africa; North America, South America, Australia, and Antarctica. The submerged borders of the continental masses are the continental shelves, beyond which lie the deep-sea basins.

The ocean are deepest not in the center but in some elongated furrows, or long narrow troughs, called deeps. These profound troughs have a peripheral arrangement, notably around the borders of the pacific and Indian oceans. The position of the deeps, like the highest mountains, is of recent origin, since otherwise they would have been filled with waste from the lands. This is further strengthened by the observation that the deeps are quite often, where world-shaking earthquakes occur. To cite an example, the "tidal wave" that in April, 1946, caused widespread destruction along Pacific coasts resulted from a strong earthquake on the floor of the Aleutian Deep.

 

The topography of the ocean floors is none too well known, since in great areas the available soundings are hundreds or even thousands of miles apart. However, the floor of the Atlantic is through the use of the recently perfected method of submarine topography becoming fairly well known as a result of special surveys since 1920. A broad, well-defined ridge-the Mid-Atlantic ridge-

runs north and south between Africa and the two Americas and numerous other major irregularities diversify the Atlantic floor. Closely spaced soundings show that many parts of the oceanic floors are as rugged as mountainous regions of the continents.

During World War II great strides were made in mapping submarine surfaces, particularly in many parts of the vast Pacific basin. Most of the continents stand on an average of 2870 feet above sea level. North America averages 2300 feet; Europe averages only 1150 feet; and Asia, the highest of the larger continental subdivisions, averages 3200 feet. Mount Everest, which is the highest point in the globe, is 29,000 feet above the sea; and as the greatest known depth in the sea is over 35,000 feet, the maximum relief (that is, the difference in altitude between the lowest and highest points) exceeds 64,000 feet, or exceeds 12 miles. The continental masses and the deep-sea basins are relief features of the first order; the deeps, ridges, and volcanic cones that diversify the sea floor, as well as the plains, plateaus, and mountains of the continents, are relief features of the second order. The lands are unendingly subject to a complex of activities summarized in the term erosion, which first sculptures them in great detail and then tends to reduce them ultimately to sea level. The modeling of the landscape by weather, running water, and other agents is apparent to the keenly observant eye and causes thinking people to speculate on what must be the final result of the ceaseless wearing down of the lands. Much before there was any recognizable science as geology, Shakespeare wrote "the revolution of the times makes mountains level."

6. The peripheral furrows or deeps are found

A. only in the pacific and Indian oceans

B. near earthquakes

C. near the shore in the center of the ocean

D. to be 14,000 feet in depth in the pacific.

Ans : C

7. We may conclude from this passage that earth quakes

A. occur more frequently in newly formed land or sea formations

B. Are caused by the weight of the water

C. Cause erosion occur in the deeps

D. Will ultimately "make mountains level".

Ans : A

Directions for Questions 8-12:

Read each sentence to find if there is any grammatical error in it. If there is any error, it will be only one part of the sentence. The number or alphabet of that part is your answer.( Disregard punctuation errors if any)

8. The firm show / began / when we arrived / in the hall/no error

               A                   B                       C                         D                E

Ans: B   (begun)

9. No sooner the news appeared in the paper/ than / there was a rush / in the counter/ no error

                               A                                                     B                    C                            D                      E

Ans: A   (As soon as)

10. Unlike the other/ rich men of his community/ he does not look/ down upon the poor/ no error

                     A                                   B                                          C                                  D                           E

Ans: E

11. His supporters are / not as enthusiastic / and co-operative as / that of his opponent's/ no error

                        A                              B                                    C                                      D                               E

Ans: D (those)

12. Our company can / no longer afford/ over-manned unit as/ our profit has lower/ no error

                       A                           B                                   C                                     D                            E

 Ans: D (is)

 

CTS - Reasoning

CTS _ Reasoning

Reasoning section (20 Questions – 20 mins)

Directions for Questions 1-4: In each questions below are given two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read the conclusion and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.

Give answer (A) if only conclusion I follow; (B) if only conclusion II follows; (C) if either I or II follows;

(D) if neither I nor II follows and (E) if both I and II follow.

1. Statements : Some shirts are biscuits

No biscuit is book

Conclusions :      I Some shirts are books

II. Some books are biscuits

Ans: D.

2. Statements : No women can vote

Some women are politicians

Conclusions :      I Male politicians can vote

II. Some politicians can vote

Ans: D

3. Statements : No man is a donkey

Rahul is a man

Conclusions :      I Rahul is not a donkey.

II.All men are not Rahul

Ans: A

4. Statements : All poles are guns

Some boats are not ploes

Conclusions :      I All guns are boats

II. Some boats are not guns

Ans: D

Directions for Questions 5-6: In each questions below are given two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read the conclusion and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.

5. Statements: All rats are cows

No cow is white.

Conclusions:       I No white is rat.

II. No rat is white

III. Some whites are rats

IV All cows are rats

A) None follows               B) Only I and IV follow.                  C) Only II and IV follow. D) Only IV follow

E) None of these

Ans: E

6. Statements: All apples are brinjals

All brinjals are ladyfingers

All ladyfingers are oranges

Conclusions:       I. Some oranges are brinjals        II. All brinjals are apples               

III. some apples are oranges       IV. All ladyfingers are apples

A) None follows               B) All follow        C) Only I and III follow    D) Either I or III follows

E) None of these

Ans: A.

Directions(7-15): In each of the following questions one word is different from the rest. Find out the word which does not belong to the group

7.            (A) Ginger          (B) Tomato        (C) Carrot            (D) Beet               (E) Potato

Ans : B

8.            (A) BFD                                 (B) NRP                (C) HLG                                 (D) QUS                (E) UYW

Ans : (C)

9.            (A) ML                  (B) TS                    (C) FG                   (D) PO                   (E) XW

Ans : (C)

10.          (A) Cheese         (B) Butter            (C) Ghee              (D) Milk                (E) Curd

Ans : (D)

11.          (A) GTSH             (B) BYXC               (C) EUTF              (D) LONM            (E) KPIR

Ans : (E)

12.          (A) PQ                   (B) CD                   (C) MN                                 (D) DF                   (E) RS

Ans : (D)

13.          (A) FLOCK            (B) CROWD         (C) HERD              (D) SWARM        (E) TEAM

Ans : (E)

14.          (A) 64                    (B) 54                    (C) 42                    (D) 31                    (E) 20

Ans: D

15.          A) mania              B) pneumonia   C) Influenza        D) Cholera

Ans: A

16. Five children are sitting in a row. S is sitting next to P but not T. K is sitting next to R who is sitting on the extreme left and T is not sitting next to K. Who are sitting adjacent to S?

A) K and P           B) R and P            C) Only P             D) P and T            E) Insufficient Information.

Ans: D

17. In the Olympic Games, the flags of six nations were flown on the masts in the following way. The flag of America was to the left of Indian tricolor and to the right of the flag of France. The flag of Australia was on the right of the Indian flag but was to the left of the flag of Japan, which was to the left of the flag of China. Find the two flags which are in the center.

A) India and Australia     B) America and India      C) Japan and Australia    D) America and Australia

Ans: A

18. One boy can eat 100 chocolates in half a minute, and another can eat half as many in twice the length of time. How many chocolates can both boys eat in 15 seconds?

Ans: 62.5 chocolates.

19. Potatoes are made up of 99% water and 1% “potato matter.” Jack bought 100 pounds of

potatoes and left them outside in the sun for a while. When he returned, he discovered that the potatoes had dehydrated and were now only made up of 98% water. How much did the potatoes now weigh?

Ans: 50 pounds.

Assuming the percentages are by weight - ie, 99% of the weight of a potato is water. 
Now - initial amount of water = (99%) * 100 lbs = 99 lbs. 
Let the weight evaporated be = x lbs. 
So, new weight = 100 - x lbs, out of which 98% is water. 
So, new amount of water = (98%) * (100 - x lbs) = ( 98 - 0.98x )lbs 

Difference between them is x (since it is the weight evaporated) 

So, 99 - (98 - 0.98x) = x 
=> 1 = 0.02x 
=> x = 1/0.02 
=> x = 50 

So, weight lost = 50lbs 
weight of potatoes now = 100-50 = 50lbs

20. You own a pet store. If you put in one canary per cage, you have one canary too many. If you put in two canaries per cage, you have one cage too many. How many canaries and cages do you have?

Ans: four canaries and three cages.

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