Cat-E Mental Ability Test Paper A

FACULTY RECRUITMENT TEST
CATEGORY-E
Formal School Education/VI, VII, VIII / Foundation for KVPY,
NSEJS, NTSE, Senior Olympiads, JEE Main & JEE Advanced
Mental Ability Test (MAT)

PAPER – A
Time: 1 Hour Maximum Marks: 40
Name:................................................................................. Marks:
Subject:…………………………...........................................
Instructions
 Attempt all questions.
 PAPER-A has only one part. Each question carries two marks.
 Calculators and log tables are not permitted.
Directions – (Q. 1 – 5) Find out the correct choice to replace the question mark (?).
1. 7, 6, 10, 21.5, 53, ___

(A) 157 (B) 172 (C) 147 (D) 163
2. 3, 1, 11, 25, 83, ____

(A) 241 (B) 245 (C) 343 (D) 166
3. 17, 8, 16, 23, 28, 38, ____

(A) 48 (B) 49 (C) 52 (D) 50
4. 3, 5, 10, 29, 126, ____

(A) 252 (B) 727 (C) 318 (D) 452
5. 19,  57, 57, 57, ___

(A) 57 (B) 285 (C) 114 (D) 171
6. 49, 1, 25, 121, ___

(A) 400 (B) 361 (C) 256 (D) none of these
7. Find the analogy

231 : 18 : : 42 : ?
(A) 6 (B) 8 (C) 18 (D) 12
8. Compute the series

 a  cc  bcb  bcaa  c
(A) abdab (B) dbaab (C) cdaba (D) abccb
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9. There are six members A B C D S K in a family in which there are three ladies and one couple. A is
the mother of C and D is the son of C. Husband of A is B and C is her son while K is her daughter.
The group of ladies is
(A) S K A (B) A B C (C) A S D (D) S A C
10. Daughter of the son of the father of my father’s sister is to me

(A) Niece (B) Sister (C) Aunt (D) Cousin sister
Directions – Each of the questions from 11 to 15 is based on the following statements. Four
alternative answers are given to each question. These alternatives are represented by (A), (B), (C) and
(D). One of these is the correct answer of the question.
Statements – Ram, Shyam, Chand, Pramod and Vinod are five students. Ram is taller than Shyam.
Chand is shorter than Pramod. Ram is shorter than Vinod. Shyam is taller than Pramod.
11. Who is the tallest?

(A) Shyam (B) Pramod (C) Ram (D) Vinod
12. Who is the shortest?

(A) Shyam (B) Ram (C) Vinod (D) Chand
13. Who is next to the tallest?

(A) Chand (B) Ram (C) Pramod (D) Vinod
14. Who is next to the shortest?

(A) Pramod (B) Ram (C) Vinod (D) Chand
15. Who is shorter than Ram but taller than Pramod?

(A) Pramod (B) Chand (C) Shyam (D) Vinod
Directions (questions 16 – 18): The number in each question below is to be codified in the following
code.
Digit 7 2 1 5 3 9 8 6 4
Letter W L M S I N D J B
16. 184632
(A) MDJBSI (B) MDJBIL (C) MDJBWL (D) MDBJIL
17. 879341
(A) DWNIBS (B) DWNBIM (C) DWNIBM (D) NDWBIM
18. 64928
(A) JBNLD (B) JBLND (C) BJNLD (D) DBNLS
Directions (questions 19 to 22): In each of the following questions, some characters are given. These
characters follow a certain trend. Find out this trend and choose the missing character accordingly.
19.
18 24 32
12 14 16
3 ? 4
72 112 128
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5
20.
3 6 8
5 8 4
4 7 ?
(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 9
21.
7 6 6
3 29 5 39 3 7 ? 3
5
2 4 5
(A) 49 (B) 81 (C) 51 (D) 59
22.
4 5 6
2 3 7
1 8 3
21 98 ?
(A) 94 (B) 76 (C) 73 (D) 16
Directions – (Q. 23 – 25) Find out the number that would replace the question mark (?) in each of the
following questions.
23. 20, 32, 45, 59, 74, ?
(A) 95 (B) 90 (C) 85 (D) 79
24. 210, 195, 175, 150, 120, ?
(A) 75 (B) 80 (C) 85 (D) 90
25. 3, 5, 10, 12, 24, 26, ?

(A) 52 (B) 30 (C) 28 (D) 48
Directions – (Q. 26 – 27) Find out the missing term in each of the following questions.
26. EDBA, KJHG, QPNM, ?

(A) KIGH (B) QOMK (C) WVTS (D) ZXVU
27. ced, ihg, lkm,……, uts

(A) npo (B) orq (C) oqp (D) qro
Directions – (Q. 28 – 29) Some letters are missing in the following letter-series. The missing letters are
given in the proper sequence as one of the alternatives among the four given below. Find the correct
alternative.
28. a  bbc  aab  cca  bbcc

(A) bacb (B) acba (C) abba (D) caba
29. ab  aa  bbb  aaa  bbba

(A) abba (B) baab (C) aaab (D) abab
30. Vijay, Narain, Sukumar, Ravi and Bipin are taking part in a car race. Vijay is ahead of Sukumar but
behind Bipin. Bipin is ahead of Vijay but behind Ravi. Narain is in the middle. Who is ahead of all?
(A) Vijay (B) Sukumar (C) Bipin (D) Ravi
31. Five girls are standing in a row facing North. Nila is between Liji and Vidya. Pushpa is just next to Liji
to the left. Liji is second from the left. Malti is at one end of the row. Who is at the other end of the
row?
(A) Nila (B) Liji (C) Vidya (D) Pushpa
32. Lalit goes to east 8 km and turning to South-West he goes 8 km. After this he turns to North-West and
goes 8 km. Now in which direction is he from the starting point?
(A) North-East (B) South-East (C) West (D) East
33. Five people are sitting in a circle facing to the centre and are playing cards. Mukund is to the left of
Rajesh. Vijay is between Anil and Nagesh and is to the right of Anil. Who is sitting to the right of
Nagesh?
(A) Vijay (B) Rajesh (C) Anil (D) Mukund
34. Find the odd one

(A) 23 (B) 35 (C) 72 (D) 43
35. Find the missing number

15 12 17
16 12 23
11 ? 57
(A) 12 (B) 27 (C) 14 (D) 36
Directions (36  40): Each problem contain a question and two statements, Statement  I and II giving certain
data.
Choose (A): If Statement I alone is sufficient and Statement II alone is not sufficient.
Choose (B): If Statement II alone is sufficient and Statement I alone is not sufficient.
Choose (C): If Statement I and II together are sufficient but neither Statement alone is sufficient to answer
the question.
Choose (D): If each Statement alone is sufficient to answer the question.
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36. If 7 May of the year x is Tuesday
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Statement I: 21 January of the year x is Wednesday.
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Statement II: 8 March of the year x is Friday.
37. If P is a real number, then is P odd?

Statement I: 5P is odd
Statement II: 6P is even
38. How many sons does Sanjay have?

Statement I: Other then Pappu, Sanjay’s eldest son, all the other children have the same number of
brothers.
Statement II: Pappu, Sanjay’s eldest son has one more sister than each of his other siblings.
39. What was the month in which Jack got married.

Statement I: The month following the month in which Jack got married had 31 days.
Statement II: The most recent month that had 30 days prior to the month of Jack’s marriage was 4
months ago.
40. Is x > 1?
2
Statement I: x = 9
2
Statement II: x = 1

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FACULTY RECRUITMENT TEST

Mental Ability Test (MAT)

1. 7, 6, 10, 21.5, 53, ___

2. 3, 1, 11, 25, 83, ____

3. 17, 8, 16, 23, 28, 38, ____

4. 3, 5, 10, 29, 126, ____

5. 19,  57, 57, 57, ___

6. 49, 1, 25, 121, ___

7. Find the analogy

8. Compute the series

10. Daughter of the son of the father of my father’s sister is to me

11. Who is the tallest?

12. Who is the shortest?

13. Who is next to the tallest?

14. Who is next to the shortest?

15. Who is shorter than Ram but taller than Pramod?

(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 9

25. 3, 5, 10, 12, 24, 26, ?

26. EDBA, KJHG, QPNM, ?

27. ced, ihg, lkm,……, uts

28. a  bbc  aab  cca  bbcc

29. ab  aa  bbb  aaa  bbba

(A) North-East (B) South-East (C) West (D) East

34. Find the odd one

35. Find the missing number

(A) 12 (B) 27 (C) 14 (D) 36

37. If P is a real number, then is P odd?

38. How many sons does Sanjay have?

39. What was the month in which Jack got married.

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