Analytical Reasoning: Series, Coding-Decoding, Directions and Miscellaneous
Analytical Reasoning: Series, Coding-Decoding, Directions and Miscellaneous
Analytical Reasoning 01
Series, Coding-decoding, Directions and Miscellaneous
Number of questions: 40
1. Ravi walks 8 km east, then turn left and walks 6. 6, 21, 66, 201, ?
another 5 km. Then, he turns right and walks (a) 603 (b) 267
8 km and then he turns right and walks 5 km. (c) 606 (d) 506
How far is Ravi from the starting point ?
(a) 12 km (b) 26 km 7. In a certain code language ‘Pak chik lap’
(c) 16 km (d) None of these stands for ‘She is beautiful’, ‘lap chik gan’
stands for ‘beautiful is nice’ and ‘pak chik gan’
2. A walks 2 km north. He turns right and covers stands for ‘is she nice’. What will be the code
a distance of 6 km and now he turns left and for ‘nice is beautiful’?
covers a distance of 6 km. Find the distance (a) lap gan pak (b) lap chik pak
between his starting point and the end point. (c) gan pak lap (d) gan chik lap
(a) 14 km (b) 10 km
(c) 16 km (d) 9 km 8. If ‘FATHER’ is coded as ‘GBUIFS’ then what
would be the code for ‘MOTHER’?
3. One morning, Sonu and Monu were standing (a) NPUIFS (b) NPVIFS
with their back towards each other. If Sonu’s (c) LNSIFS (d) None of these
shadow was exactly to his left, then in which
direction was Monu facing ? 9. Sanjay started from his house, walked 5 km
(a) South (b) North south, then 15 km east and then 25 km
(c) East (d) West towards north. How far was he from his house?
(a) 26 km (b) 36 km
Direction for question 4 and 6: Complete the given (c) 25 km (d) 45 km
series.
10. Sumit started moving towards North and
4. 5, 15, 35, 65 ? walked 5.5 km. After taking a left turn he
(a) 105 (b) 85 walked 3 km then he took another left turn
(c) 95 (d) 125 and walked 1.5 km straight. How far is he
from the starting point?
5. 23, 115, 805, 7245, 79695, ? (a) 15 km (b) 8.5 km
(a) 1036035 (b) 1003035 (c) 5 km (d) 10.5 km
(c) 1103035 (d) 1020630
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11. Two lions and two tigers are playing 18. A starts from his house at 9.00 am. After taking
zipzapzom and are seated at north, east, his bike, he turns right from his house and
south and west of a table. No lion is facing starts moving along a straight road. After
east. Animals opposite to each other are not covering 80 km, he turns left and continues
of same species. One tiger is facing south. for another 20 km. Realizing that he is low on
What directions are the lions facing? petrol, he turns right and goes to nearest
(a) west and south (b) north and south petrol pump which is 20 km away. He then
(c) south and east (d) north and west turns left and rides for another 5 km after which
he reaches his friends house. What is the
Directions for questions 12 and 13: Complete the
shortest distance from his house to the
following series from the given alternatives.
friend’s house?
12. 999, 911, 834, 768, ? (a) 125 km (b) 105 km
(a) 713 (b) 703 (c) 103 km (d) 107 km
(c) 669 (d) 66
19. A person is going towards north, then turns
13. BEH, KNQ , TWZ , CFI , ......... left, then turns 90° in the clockwise direction.
(a) DGJ (b) RLO In which direction is he going now?
(c) LOR (d) LRO (a) North (b) South
14. In a certain code language ‘wind’ is called (c) West (d) East
‘blue’, ‘blue’ is called ‘pilot’, ‘pilot’ is called
‘road’, ‘road’ is called ‘sea’ and ‘sea’ is called Directions for questions 20 and 21: In each of the
‘bull’. Who flies an aircraft? following questions, various terms of an alpha-
(a) sea (b) road numeric series are given with one or two terms
(c) blue (d) wind missing as shown by (?). Choose the missing term
out of the given alternatives.
15. In a certain code language, ‘IDENTITY’ is
coded as ‘JFHRYOAG’, then in the same 20. F35 H63 J99 ? ?
code language ‘POLICY’ is coded as: (a) L143 and N195 (b) L120 and N168
(a) QQMOEH (b) QMOQEH (c) K143 and M195 (d) None of these
(c) QQMOHE (d) QQOMHE
16. If the 1st and the 7th letters in the word 21. D13 H41 L73 ?
‘GENERALIZATION’ are interchanged and (a) R113 (b) P114
also the 2nd and 6th, 3rd and 5th, 8th and (c) Q113 (d) P113
14th, 9th and 13th, 10th and 12th, 4th and 22. If consecutive six letters occurring after Q in
the 11th, then the 6th letter from the left and the English alphabet were moved and placed
11th letter from the right. respectively, are exactly below the consecutive six letters
(a) E, A (b) N, T occurring after I in the English alphabet, then
(c) G, N (d) E, T which letter would be exactly below letter M?
17. A man travels towards east from his house (a) T (b) V
and travels a distance of 9 m. He then travels (c) U (d) S
a distance of 14 m southwards and there after
travels towards the east for a distance of 6 m 23. In a certain code language, ‘POWERFUL’ is
and finally travels southward for a distance of coded as ‘OPEWFRLU’, then in the same
10 m. Now, how far is he from his house? code language ‘PROSPERITY’ is coded as:
(a) RPOSEPIRYT (b) RPSOPEIRYT
(a) 27 m (b) 3 89 m (c) RPSOEPIRYT (d) PRSOEPIRYT
(c) 79 m (d) 2 89 m
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24. If COW is coded 31523, then the code for 30. Which is to the immediate left of C?
HORSE is (a) I (b) E
(a) 81815195 (b) 81518195 (c) D (d) None of these
(c) 81517195 (d) 81516195
31. Which of the following is on the bottom-left
25. Find the choice that would replace the position?
question mark in the given letter series (a) F (b) H
ZAK, YDL, XGM, ? (c) C (d) None of these
(a) WJN (b) AJN
(c) WKN (d) AKN 32. Jatin started from his house and walked for
30 m north. Then, he walks for 40 m west
26. Choose the correct letter that follows in the and then he walks for 60 m south and reaches
series A, D, I, P, __ point P. What is the distance between the
(a) Q (b) S point P and his house?
(c) U (d) Y (a) 50 m (b) 70 m
(c) 65 m (d) None of these
27. In a certain code language ‘red’ is called
‘rage’, ‘rage’ is called ‘passion’, ‘passion’ is 33. A watch shows the time as 2:45. At this time
called ‘bike’, ‘bike’ is called ‘honda’ and the minute hand of the watch points towards
‘honda’ is called ‘craze’. What is the code for South-west, then in which direction the minute
‘honda passion’? hand will point when the time in the same
(a) red bike (b) red rage watch is 6:15?
(c) red passion (d) craze bike (a) North-east (b) East
(c) South-west (d) North
28. In a certain code language
“MULTIPLICATION” is coded as 34. In a certain code language EQUAL is coded
“UMTLPIILACITNO” . What should be the code as JUXCM. What would be the code of
for “DIVISION”? STUDY in the same code language?
(a) IDIVISON (b) IDVIISNO (a) XYZFY (b) XYXFY
(c) IDIVISNO (d) IDIVSINO (c) XXXFZ (d) YXYFZ
29. In a certain code language RELATION is 35. In a certain code language WINDOWS is
coded as SGOEYOVV. What should be the coded as DRMWLDH. What will be the code
code for MATERIAL? of GREAVES in the same code language?
(a) NCWIWMKT (b) NCWIXOHT (a) TIVZFVI (b) TIVZEVH
(c) NCWIWOHT (d) NBWJWOHU (c) TIVYEVH (d) None of these
Directions for questions 30 and 31: Place the 36. In a certain code language CYBERSHOT is
alphabets A to I into the given 3 × 3 box. E is to the coded as XWEVPVSMW. What will be the
immediate right of C, but not next to D. A is to the code for CONDITION in the same code
immediate right of G which is immediately above B, language?
which is to the immediate right of F. I is immediately (a) XMQWKWRMQ (b) XMQXGWRMQ
above D. (c) XMQWGWRMQ (d) None of these
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37. Kailash started walking towards south and 39. There are four friends Salim, Sunil, Sanjay
walks for 50 m. Then he turns to his left and and Govind. Salim weighs more than Sunil.
walks for 35 m. then he turns to his right and Both Govind and Sanjay weighs less than
walks for 40 m. Finally, he turns to his right Sunil. Who is the lightest among them?
and walks for 60 m. How far he is from his (a) Sanjay (b) Govind
original position? (c) Salim (d) Either (a) or (b)
(a) 95 m (b) 90.40 m
(c) 93.40 m (d) 89 m 40. A cube having dimensions 4 × 4 × 4 cms is
painted yellow on its outer faces and is divided
38. If North-west becomes South and South into several smaller cubes of 1 × 1 × 1 cm.
becomes North-east, then which of the given What is the total number of smaller cubes
direction would become South-east? which do not have any yellow colored face?
(a) South-west (b) North-east (a) 16 (b) 18
(c) West (d) North (c) 24 (d) 8
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