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Test of Reasoning
Solved Paper of Oriental Insurance Company A.A.O. Exam. held on January 27, 2002
Qs. 1-5. In every of these questions there are three words in the first line and two words and a blank (?) in the second line followed by four alternatives under the two lines. There is some relationship among the words in the first line. A similar relationship obtains between the two words in the second line and one of the alternatives given under it. Find that alternative in each question and mark your answer on the answer-sheet. 1. Lamplighttorch Rosefragrance? (1) joy (2) thorns (3) smell (4) champa 2. Paragraphsentenceword Treefruit? (1) leaf (2) root (3) bark (4) seed 3. Bullcalfcow Horsecolt? (1) animal (2) mare (3) pet (4) pony 4. Gunsworddagger Pistolknife? (1) spear (2) rifle (3) bow (4) cannon 5. Shipaeroplaneboat Carballoon? (1) driver (2) goods (3) truck (4) wagon Qs. 6-10. In each of the following questions two words marked A and B are missing which are given as one of the four alternatives under it. There is some relationship between the word and the word to come in place of A on the left of the sign (: :). The same relationship obtains between the word and the word to come in place of B to the right of the sign (: :). The two words to take the places of A and B are given as one of the four alternatives under it. Find the correct alternative in each case and mark it on the answer-sheet as instructed. 6. penicillin : A : : B : disease (1) A. life B. death (2) A. medicine B. bronchitis (3) A. life B. bronchitis (4) A. medicine B. death 7. A : light : : B : sun (1) A. darkness B. night (2) A. curtain B. cloud (3) A. heavy B. heat (4) A. morning B. evening 8. A : canine : : B : bovine (1) A. dog B. lion (2) A. cow B. calf (3) A. wolf B. bull (4) A. dog B. cat 9. A : ugly : : peace : B (1) A. homely B. friendly (2) A. pretty B. treaty (3) A. homely B. strike (4) A. pretty B. war 10. A : power : : carriage : B (1) A. handle B. horse (2) A. electricity B. handle (3) A. motor B. horse (4) A. driver B. motor Qs. 11-15. Below are given five diagrams marked A, B, C, D and E in each of which: (square) stands for Tactful

(circle) stands for Industrious (triangle) stands for Sincere (rectangle) stands for Optimistic

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Three persons P, Q and R are identified to be having some or all the above characteristics which are not the same for all the three and may be different for the same person in different questions. You have to examine each diagram and see if it can accommodate all the three persons with all the characteristics mentioned against each. The diagram(s) satisfying these conditions will be the answer to that question as given in one of the four alternatives in the question. Mark it on the answersheet as instructed. 11. PTactful, Industrious, Sincere, Optimistic QSincere, Optimistic RTactful, Sincere, Optimistic (1) A, B (2) B, D (3) A, C (4) C, D 12. PTactful, Industrious, Optimistic QIndustrious, Sincere, Optimistic RTactful, Industrious, Sincere (1) C, E (2) C, D (3) A, D (4) B, C 13. PTactful, Industrious QIndustrious, Sincere RIndustrious, Optimistic (1) A, C, D (2) A, D, E (3) B, C, D (4) C, D, E 14. PTactful, Industrious, Sincere, Optimistic QTactful, Industrious, Optimistic RIndustrious, Sincere, Optimistic (1) A, C (2) A, D (3) B, C (4) A, B 15. PTactful, Optimistic QIndustrious, Sincere RTactful, Industrious, Optimistic (1) B, C, D (2) A, B, D (3) A, B, C (4) C, D, E 16. If A + C = 25, B + C = 23, A + B = 28 and A + D = 2C, then (1) B > D > C > A (2) A > C > D > B (3) B > A > C > D (4) A > B > C > D 17. Three hundred candidates have applied for a job. Twenty of these are over-age and thirty-five are unqualified. What is the minimum possible number of ineligible candidates? (1) 15 (2) 20 (3) 35 (4) 55 18. In a queue A is 26th from the back while B is 16th from the front and C is mid-way between the two. If there be 10 persons ahead of C, what position does he occupy from the back? (1) 20th (2) 21st (3) 22nd (4) 23rd 19. Ramesh is to the right of Kamla while Mahesh is to the left of Shyam. If Mary is to the left of Kamla and Ahmad is between Mary and Shyam, who is on the extreme right? (1) Kamla (2) Mahesh (3) Ramesh (4) Shyam 20. If the sum of the ages of A and B is more than the sum of the ages of C and D and the sum of the ages of A and D is equal to that of the ages of B and C, then which one of the following statements is definitely true? (1) A is older than C (2) A is older than D (3) A is older than B (4) C is older than D 21. I am facing South. I turn through an angle of 135 in the anti-clockwise direction and then turn through an angle of 270 in the clockwise direction and finally I turn through 45 in the anti-clockwise direction. Which direction am I facing now? (1) East (2) West (3) North (4) South 22. A, B, C and D play a game of cards. A says to B, If I give you five cards, you will have as many as C has and if C takes two cards from me, he will have as many as D has. If A has twice as many cards as D has and B and C together have three cards more than what D has, how many cards has B got? (1) 5 (2) 10 (3) 12 (4) 24 23. In an office there are as many four-legged chairs and as many four-legged tables as workers and as many threelegged stools as four-legged almirahs. If the number of stools be one more than the number of workers and the total number of legs be 585, the number of workers is: (1) 34 (2) 17 (3) 16 (4) cannot be found 24. A bus covers 120 km with an average speed of 40 km/hr. On the return journey it covers the same distance with an average speed of 60 km/h. What is the average speed for the entire journey? (1) 48 km/hr (2) 50 km/hr (3) 52 km/hr (4) 54 km/hr 25. Raju can do some work in 40 days. Raman is 60% more efficient than Raju. How many days are required for Raman to complete the work? (1) 16 (2) 24 (3) 25 (4) 64 Qs. 26-30. From amongst seven women, A, B, C, D, E, F, G and eight men P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W some teams are to be selected under the conditions given below. Of these fifteen persons A, B, E, R, S, U are doctors, C, D, P, Q are lawyers and the rest are teachers. A, D and T have to be together. B and P have to go together. T cannot go with V. C and Q have to be together. P cannot go with G. E and U have to go together. V and W have to be together.

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F and R have to go together. V cannot go with D or R. 26. If the team is to consist of two male doctors, two lawyers and two teachers, the members of the team are: (1) CFGQRS (2) CFQRSU (3) CDRSVW (4) CFQRVW 27. If the team consists of three doctors, two lawyers and three teachers, the members of the team are: (1) CEGQSUVW (2) CEFQRUVW (3) ABDFGPRT (4) ABDPSTVW 28. If the team has seven members of whom two are lawyers, two female teachers and the rest are doctors, the team consists of: (1) CDFGPRS (2) BEFGPQR (3) ABFGPQR (4) CEFGQRU 29. If the team consists of three doctors, three lawyers and two male teachers, the members of the team are: (1) ABCDFPTU (2) BCEPQUVW (3) BCEFGPQR (4) CDEPRSVW 30. If the team consists of one lady doctor, one male lawyer and two male teachers, the members of the team are: (1) APVW (2) BPVW (3) EPVW (4) BPTW Qs. 31-40. Below are given some data on an examination in which Papers I and II were compulsory for all while in the third paper the candidate had the option to appear for any one of the three disciplines of Mechanical, Electrical and Civil Engineering. Study the data carefully and then answer the questions given below it. Total no. of candidates 10868 Passed in all papers 2250 Passed in at least two papers 6801 Failed in Paper I 5194 Failed in Paper II 4011 Failed in Mechanical Engineering 1495 Failed in Electrical Engineering 1225 Failed in Civil Engineering 1492 Disciplinewise break-up of those who failed in all the papers: Mechanical Engineering 242 Electrical Engineering 210 Civil Engineering 280 31. How many passed in at least one paper? (1) 4067 (2) 5674 (3) 8618 (4) 10136 32. How many passed in one paper only? (1) 3335 (2) 4067
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(3) 5674 (4) 8618 33. If 893 passed in Paper I only, how many passed in Paper I and at least one more paper? (1) 1607 (2) 3424 (3) 4781 (4) 5908 34. If 1262 passed in Paper III only, how many passed in Paper I and Paper II? (1) 1663 (2) 2925 (3) 3657 (4) 4389 35. If of the 3530 candidates who appeared in Mechanical Engineering 315 passed in this subject only, how many passed in Mechanical Engineering and at least one more subject? (1) 1303 (2) 1720 (3) 2035 (4) 2452 36. How many passed in any two papers but failed to clear the examination? (1) 4551 (2) 4781 (3) 5394 (4) 5677 37. If 2020 candidates failed in paper I but passed in the other two papers, how many failed to clear the examination because of having failed in either of the other two papers? (1) 1720 (2) 2531 (3) 4551 (4) 5781 38. If 530 Electrical Engineering candidates passed in Paper I or Paper II but not in both, how many of these candidates failed because of having failed in Electrical Engineering only? (1) 485 (2) 493 (3) 695 (4) 1015 39. If of the 4084 candidates who appeared in Civil Engineering 830 could clear the examination, how many failed because of having failed either in Paper I or Paper II or in both? (1) 1077 (2) 1238 (3) 1309 (4) 1762 40. If 3144 candidates failed either in Paper I or in Paper II but not in both and passed in Paper III, how many failed in the third paper only? (1) 3657 (2) 2250 (3) 1503 (4) 1407 Qs. 41-45. A pile of cubes of equal size is arranged as shown in the figure. The flat tops of the pile are coloured black while all the upright sides are coloured white. The bottom of the pile is not coloured at all.

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41. How many cubes are there in the pile? (1) 52 (2) 56 (3) 60 (4) 64 42. How many cubes are without any colour? (1) 0 (2) 6 (3) 10 (4) 12 43. How many cubes are coloured on one face only? (1) 6 (2) 12 (3) 20 (4) 24 44. How many cubes are coloured white on two faces each? (1) 6 (2) 18 (3) 26 (4) 30 45. How many cubes are coloured white on one face each and do not have any other coloured face? (1) 20 (2) 28 (3) 26 (4) 36 Qs. 46-50. In each of the following questions three words are given which are related in some way. The same relationship obtains among the three words in one of the four alternatives given under it. Find the correct alternative in each case and mark your answer on the answer-sheet as instructed. 46. Carnivorous, tiger, wolf (1) cat, cow, milk (2) mango, banana, fruit (3) student, boy, girl (4) worker, master, manager 47. Solar system, earth, planet (1) orange, fruit, citrus (2) poem, poetry, music (3) page, book, word (4) seed, fruit, plant 48. Nurse, woman, doctor (1) maid, wife, mother (2) soldier, army, engineer (3) patient, attendant, staff (4) knife, scissors, doctor 49. Researcher, historian, scholar (1) teacher, professor, lecturer (2) history, story, book (3) epic, novel, book (4) teacher, graduate, poet 50. Book, novel, drama (1) wheat, rice, cereals (2) mother, sister, aunt (3) boy, girl, student (4) captain, major, sepoy 51. If PROUD is written as CLMNF and WHITE is written as BGPQY, what may stand for THOUGHT in the same code? (1) Q G M N C G Q (2) Q G N M D G Q (3) Q G M N D G Q (4) Q G N M F G Q 52. If DELIVER is written as SDWHMDE, how is SEPARATE written in the same code? (1) F S B Q B O F R (2) F U B S B Q F T (3) D S Z Q Z O D R (4) D U Z S Z Q D T 53. If QUESTION is written as FGPLMDRT and MOVEMENT is written as NRYPNPTM, what may stand for ADEQUATE in the same code? (1) R L P F G R M P (2) S H P F G S M P (3) D T F P R G P M (4) G N P F G S M P 54. If BRIEF is written as DPKCH, how is CLUSTER written in the same code? (1) E J S U R G P (2) A N S U R G P (3) E J W U R G P (4) E J W Q V C T 55. If NATION is written as ANGVBA, how is PRESERVE written in the same code? (1) C D P G P D J P (2) B D Q E Q D H Q (3) D F S G S F J S (4) C E R F R E I R 56. If CLOUD is written as AROIZ, how will BREATH be written in that code? (1) B L Y C J V (2) Z L C C M G (3) A S D Z U G (4) G U B F S C 57. If NUMBER is written as PSOZGP, how will BLOOD be written in that code? (1) Z J M M B (2) Z N M Q B (3) D J Q M F (4) D N Q Q F 58. If PROHIBIT is wrtten as ILSRYRGK, how will SISTER be written in that code? (1) G Q G F U H (2) R H G V I H (3) I V G H R H (4) T J T U F S 59. If TRUTH is written as IFGSG, how will ROAST be written in that code? (1) L Z H G I (2) Q P Z R S (3) S P B T U (4) Z H I L G 60. If QUEST is written as FVHGJ, how is CLAIM written in that code? (1) Z R N X O (2) Z O N X R (3) N O Z R X (4) O Z R N X

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ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS 1. (4) Two of the things have a common quality, light/ fragrance. 2. (4) One is a base for the other. 3. (2) They have the pair and their youngone relationship. 4. (1) The relationship is that of shoot : cut : pierce. 5. (3) Like aeroplane, balloon flies in air, car and truck have the same relationship as boat and ship. 6. (2) They have the general category and specific item relationship. 7. (2) One obstructs the full brightness of the other. 8. (3) They have the species and the particular creature relationship. 9. (4) The words are opposites. 10. (3) One drives the other. 11. (2) 12. (1) 13. (4) 14. (1) 15. (3) 16. (4) A = 15; B = 13; C = 10; D = 5. 17. (3) Twenty out of the thirty five unqualified could be over-age. 18. (2) 19. (3) The arrangement is (L) Mahesh : Shyam : Ahmad : Mary : Kamla : Ramesh. (R)
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ArrangementNo colour = 10; W = 20; W + B = 6; W + W = 10; W + W + B = 8; W + W + W + B = 2. Total = 56 41. (2) 42. (3) 43. (3) 44. (2) 45. (1) 46. (2) Two of the given items are members of the third one. 47. (1) Earth is a planet which is a member of solar system, orange is a citrus fruit. 48. (1) One is or could be common in the other two. 49. (3) Same as above. 50. (3) Novel and drama, both are books, just as boy and girl both are student. 51-60. It is always better to write the alphabets and number them. This helps in finding out the sequence. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Q R S T U V W X Y Z 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 51. (3) Match common letter codes. 52. (1) Write the words in reverse order and see what arrangement of code follows, R, V, L ... next letter and in the rest, the preceding letter. DELIVERREVILED SEPARATEETARAPES SDWHMDE FSBQBOFR 53. (2) Same as question no. 51. 54. (4) One letter is skipped, left then right. 55. (4) Write the alphabets as given below, codes are above or below each letter. 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 56. (1) 3, C 12, L 15, O 21, U 4, D X O L F W Same numbers from Z (YZ)A (PQ)R (MN)O (GH)I (XY)Z Skip two letters Hence 2, B 18, R 5, E 1, A 20, T 8, H Y I V Z G S (ZA)B (JK)L (WX)Y (AB)C (HI)J (TU)V 57. (3) Same as 54. 58. (2) Take the first letter to the end and the code is number of the letter starting from Z. R O H I B I T P I S T E R S 18 15 8 9 2 9 20 16 9 19 20 5 18 20 I L S R Y R G K R H G V I H 59. (1) Exactly like question no. 58. 60. (4) The code pattern is the same as in question no. 58, UE S T Q LA IMC F VH G J OZRNX Note:- For these questions if you find the number system complicated, you can write the alphabets backwards. ABCD EFGHI J KLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ ZYXWVUTSRQPONML KJ IHGFE DCBA

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South 21. (2) 22. (1) A has 24, B has 5, C has 10 and D has 12. 23. (1) Chairs 34 4 = 136 legs; Tables 34 4 = 136 legs Workers 34 2 = 64 legs; Stools 35 3 = 105 legs Almirahs 35 4 = 140 legs. Total 585 legs 24. (1) 120 km in 3 hours @ 40 kph 120 km in 2 hours @ 60 kph i.e. 240 km in 5 hours = 48 km per hour 25. (2) 26. (1) 27. (1) 28. (4) 29. (4) 30. (2) 31. (4) 10868 (242 + 210 + 280) 32. (2) 10868 6801 (Passed in atleast two papers) 33. (3) 10868 5194 (Failed in paper I) = 5674 (Passed in paper I) 5674 893 (Passed in Paper I only) = 4781 34. (3) Passed in paper III 10868 (1495 + 1225 + 1492) = 6656 6656 1262 (only III) = 5394 2250 (All papers) = 3144 (Engineering + I/II) Passed in two papers 6801 3144 = 3657 35. (2) 3530 (1495 + 315) = 1720 36. (1) 6801 (Passed in two papers or more) 2250 (Passed) = 4551 37. (3) 6801 2020 = 4551 38. (1) Total Electrical Engineers who failed 1225 210 failed in all subjects 1225 210 = 1015 1015 530 (who failed in Electrical Engineering only) = 485 39. (4) Appeared 4084. Passed 830, Failed 4084 830 = 3254 Failed in Civil Engineering 1492 3254 1492 = 1762

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