General Instructions

1. This question paper consists of 100 questions based on mental aptitude.

2. All questions carry one mark each.

3. THERE IS NO NEGATIVE MARKING.

4. Since all questions are compulsory, do not try to read through the whole question paper before beginning to answer
it.

5. Begin with the first question and keep trying one question after another.

6. If you do not know the answer to any question, do not spend much time on it and pass on to next one. If time
permits, you can come back to the questions which you have left in the first instance and try them again.

7. Since the time allotted to this question paper is very limited, you should make the best use of it by not spending too
much time on any question.

8. REMEMBER YOU HAVE TO MARK ANSWERS ON A SEPARATE OMR SHEET PROVIDED.

9. Answer to each question is to be indicated by DARKENING the circle having the number of the correct alternative in
OMR sheet from among the ones given for the corresponding question in the booklet.

10. Now turn to the next page and start answering the questions.

11. After the examination, you should hand over the OMR sheet to the Invigilator of the room.

12. The candidate need not return this Question paper booklet and can take it after completion of the examination. No
candidate should leave the examination hall before the end of the examination.

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1. In a certain code CONSTITUTION is written as SNOCUTITNOIT. How is DISTRIBUTION written in that

code?
(A) DISTRTUBTINO (B) TSIDUBIRNOIT
(C) TSIDUIBRNOIT (D) DTTSRIBTINO
2. In a certain code language TEACHER is written as VGCEJGT. How is CHILDREN written in that code?
(A) EJKNFGTO (B) EJKNEGTP (C) EJKNFHTP (D) EJKNFTGP
3. If MERCHANT is NDSBIZOS, then CANCER is
(A) BZMBDQ (B) BBMBDQ (C) DBODFS (D) DZOBFQ
4. IF MENTAL is written LNDFMOSUZBKM, then how would TEST be written in that code?
(A) UVFGTIIV (B) RSCDQRRS (C) SUDFQRSM (D) SUDFRTSU
5. In a certain code, 1 is coded as S, 7 as E, 9 as H, 6 as L, 0 as T and 2 as O. How is 921076 coded in that
code?
(A) HOSTLE (B) HOSTEL (C) HOSLET (D) TOSHEL
6. If paper is called eraser, eraser is called bag, bag is called scale, scale is called pencil and pencil is called
paper what will a person write with?
(A) Pencil (B) Paper (C) Eraser (D) Bag
7. In a certain language, if 1 is coded as A, 2 as B, 3 as C, and so on, how is FLOWER coded in that code?
(A) 6121523518 (B) 6121823515 (C) 6211523518 (D) 6218123515
8. In a certain code, 256 means Boys are good, 637 means Amar is good and 348 means Lata is bad. Which
digit means Amar in that code?
(A) 2 (B) 7 (C) 6 (D) 8
9. In a certain code, XZM means He is bright, TCZO means Every lawn is green and OQCN means Every wall
was green. Which of the following does mean Every lawn is bright in that code?
(A) ZTOM (B) CXZT
(C) XOTZ (D) cannot be determined
10. If any two letters in the word PRISON have as many letters between them in the word as there are in the
English alphabet, they form an alpha-pair. How many such alpha-pairs are there in the word PRISON?
(A) 4 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3
11. How many pairs of letters are there in the word CARROT which have as many letters between them in the
word as in the alphabet?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
12. How many pairs of letter are there in the word DEMARCATION which have as many letters between them
as in the alphabet?
(A) Three (B) Four (C) Five (D) Six
13. In the following number series how many 8’s are there which are exactly divisible by the numbers which are
preceded and followed by it?
824517284842282698454832843183
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

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14. If the first and second letters in the word COMMUNICATIONS were interchanged, also the third and the
fourth letters, the fifth and sixth letters and so on, which letter would be the tenth letter counting from your
right?
(A) N (B) A (C) T (D) U
15. If the first and the fifth letters in the word ORDINARY are interchanged, the second and the sixth, the third
and the seventh and so on what will be the fifth letter from the right end after rearrangement?
(A) R (B) I (C) Y (D) N
16. If with the help of 2nd, 5th , 6th, 7th, 10th, 11th and 12th letter of the word BRAINWASHING a word can be
formed, then write first letter of word, otherwise, write X.
(A) X (B) R (C) W (D) G
17. Which letter will be the midway between the fourteenth letter from the left end and nineteenth letter from
the right end of the following alphabet?
A BC DE FGHIJ KLMNOP QRSTUVWXYZ
(A) I (B) K (C) M (D) G
18. If the last four letters for the word CONCENTRATION are written in the reverse order followed by next
two letters in the reverse order and next three in the reverse order and then followed by the first four in the
reverse order, counting from the end, which letter would be eighth in the new arrangement?
(A) T (B) N (C) E (D) R
19. Find out to sign to be interchanged for making the question correct

10  10  10  10  10  10
(A)  and  (B)  and  (C)  and  (D)  and 

20. If ‘+’ means ‘x’, ‘x’ means, ‘–’, ‘’ means ‘+’ and ‘–’ means ‘’ , then

175  25  5  20  3  10  ?
(A) 160 (B) 77 (C) 2370 (D) 240

21. If ‘x’ means ‘’ , ‘–’ means ‘x’, ‘’ means ‘+’ and ‘+’ means ‘–’ then what will be the value of

 2 15 18  8  6  ?
(A) 8 (B) 4 (C) 2 (D) 0
22. If ‘x’ means ‘+’, ‘–’ means ‘  ’, ‘  ’ means ‘–’ and ‘+’ means ‘×’, then which of the following equations is
true.
(A) 16  5  10  4  3  19 (B) 16  5  10  4  3  9
(C) 16  5  10  4  3  9 (D) 16  5 10  4  3  12
23. If L denoted  , M denotes x, P denotes + and Q denotes –, then which of the following statements is true?
3 173
(A) 32P8L 16 Q 4   (B) 6M18 Q 26 L 13 P 7 
2 13
38
(C) 11M34 L17 Q 8 L3  (D) 9P 9 L9 Q 9 M9  71
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24. If ‘20 – 10’ means 200, ‘8  4’ means 12, ‘6 × 2’ means 4 and ‘12 + 3’ means 4, then 100 – 10 × 1000 
1000 + 100 × 10 = ?
(A) 1090 (B) 0 (C) 1900 (D) 20

25. If > denote +, < denotes –, + denotes  ,  denotes x, – denotes =, x denotes > and = denotes <, choose the
correct statement in the following questions.

(A) 14 > 18 + 9 = 16 + 4 > 1 (B) 4 > 3  8 < 1 – 6 + 2 > 24

(C) 3 < 6  4 > 25 = 8 + 4 > 1 (D) 12 < 9  3 < 6 × 25 + 5 > 6

Directions for Q.26 & 27: Read the given information carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Ratan, Anil, Pinku and Gaurav are brothers of Rakhi, Sangeeta, Pooja and Saroj, not necessarily in that order. Each
boy has one sister and the names of bothers and sisters do not begin with the same letter. Pinku and Gaurav are not
Saroj’s or Sangeeta’s brothers. Saroj is not Ratan’s sister.
26. Pooja’s brother is
(A) Ratan (B) Anil (C) Pinku (D) Gaurav
27. Which of the following are brother and sister?
(A) Ratan and Pooja (B) Anil and Saroj
(C) Pinku and Sangeeta (D) Gaurav and Rakhi
Directions for Q.28 to 30: Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it.
I. There are five friends. II. They are standing in a row facing south
III. Jayesh is to the immediate right of Alok IV. Pramod is between Bhagat and Subodh
V. Subodh is between Jayesh and Pramod.
28. Who is at the extreme left end?
(A) Alok (B) Bhagat (C) Subodh (D) Data inadequat
29. Who is in the middle?
(A) Bhagat (B) Jayesh (C) pramod (D) Subodh
30. To find answers of the above two questions, which of the given statements can be dispensed with?
(A) None (B) V Only (C) III Only (D) II Only
Directions for Q.31 & 32: A total of nine cards consisting of four kings, four queens and one Joker were there
with Sujith, Ajay and Sanjay.
I. Ajay had two cards, Sujith had three cards, and Sanjay had four cards.
II. The man with the most cards did not have the joker.
III. Everyone has at least one king.
31. Who had the Joker?
(A) Ajay (B) Sanjay (C) Sujith (D) Ajay or Sujith
32. Who can have three queens?
(A) Ajay (B) Sanjay (C) Sujith (D) Sanjay or Sujith

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Directions for Q. 33 & 37: In a school, there were five teachers. A and B were teaching Hindi and English C and B
were teaching English and Geography. D and A were teaching Mathematics and Hindi. E and B were teaching
History and French.
33. Who among the teachers was teaching maximum number of subjects?
(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D
34. More than two teachers were teaching which subject?
(A) History (B) Hindi (C) French (D) Geography
35. Who among the teachers was teaching less than two subjects?
(A) A (B) B (C) D (D) There is no such teacher
36. Which of the following pairs was teaching both Geography and Hindi?
(A) A and B (B) B and C (C) C and A (D) None of these
37. D, B and A were teaching which of the following subjects?
(A) English only (B) Hindi and English
(C) Hindi only (D) English and Geography
38. Going 40m to South of her house, Manisha turns left and goes another 10m. Then, turning to the North, she
goes 20m and then starts walking to her house. In which direction is she walking now?
(A) North-west (B) North (C) South-east (D) East
39. One evening before sunset two friends Amit and Sunil were talking to each other face to face. If Sunil’s
shadow was exactly to his left side, which direction was Amit facing?
(A) North (B) South
(C) West (D) Data inadequate
40. A watch reads 10:30. if the minute hand points of East in which direction does the hour hand point?
(A) North-East (B) South-East (C) South-West (D) West
41. Aadi stand on his head and his face pointing North wards, in what direction will his left hand point-
(A) East (B) West (C) North (D) South
42. Z was standing with his face pointing to the South-East direction. Z walked 15km and then turned North
wards and walked another 12 km. How far was he then from the starting point?
(A) 12 kms (B) 10 kms (C) 9 kms (D) 5 km
43. If you stand on your head with your face pointing Southward, in what direction will your right hand point?
(A) East (B) West (C) North (D) South
44. The time on the watch is quarter to three. If the minute hand points to North-East, in which direction does
the hour hand point?
(A) North-West (B) South-West (C) South-East (D) North-East
45. A watch reads 4 : 30. If the minute hand points to East, in which direction does the hour hand point?
(A) North-East (B) South-East (C) North-West (D) North

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46. I run along the sides of a square field ABCD where C is to the Northeast of A and D is to the Southeast of
B. Starting from A in anti clockwise direction, in which direction shall I be running after crossing B?
(A) North (B) South (C) East (D) West
47. A, B, C and D are playing cards. A and B are partners. D faces towards North. If A faces towards, West then
who faces towards South?
(A) C (B) B
(C) D (D) Insufficient information to predict
Directions for Q.48 & 55: In the following questions choose the missing word in place of sign? On the basis of
the relationship between the words given on the left right side of sign:
48. 3 : 24 : : 5 : ?
(A) 125 (B) 122 (C) 42 (D) 27
49. 11 : 1331 : : 12 : ?
(A) 1782 (B) 1728 (C) 1792 (D) 1772
50. ROPE : RUPI : : TIME : ?
(A) TJMF (B) TEMA (C) TIMI (D) TOMI
51. Bird : Fly : : Snake : ?
(A) Timid (B) Clatter (C) Crawl (D) Hole
52. Fruit : Banana : : Mammal : ?
(A) Snake (B) Whale (C) Sparrow (D) Shark
53. Disease is related to Pathology in the same way as Planet is related to
(A) Sun (B) Satellite (C) Astrology (D) Astronomy
54. Epidemic is related to Disease in the same way as Flood is related to _______.
(A) Water (B) Rain (C) River (D) Ocean
55. Dog is related to Puppy in the same way as Donkey is related to
(A) Foal (B) Colt (C) Calf (D) Faol
56. Choose the odd one from the given four choices
(A) 64 (B) 96 (C) 121 (D) 144
57. Choose the odd one from the given four choices
(A) 232 (B) 362 (C) 661 (D) 284
58. Choose the odd one from the given four choices
(A) 6 : 16 (B) 7 : 19 (C) 10 : 27 (D) 11 : 31
59. Choose the odd one from the given four choices
(A) PSVX (B) JMPS (C) ORUX (D) CFIL

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60. Choose the odd one from the given four choices
(A) KnQr (B) MpSt (C) NqTu (D) OqUr
61. Which does not belong to that group?
(A) July (B) May (C) June (D) March
62. Which does not belong to that group?
(A) 12 (B) 13 (C) 15 (D) 18
Directions for Q.63 to 72: Find the missing term(s)
63. 94, 166, 258, ?, 4912
(A) 3610 (B) 1644 (C) 1026 (D) 516
64. 84, 64, 46, 30, ?
(A) 14 (B) 16 (C) 18 (D) 20
65. 0, 7, 26, ?, 124, 215
(A) 51 (B) 37 (C) 63 (D) 16
66. 9, 11, 15, 23, ?
(A) 25 (B) 21 (C) 39 (D) 31
67. 1, 4, 13, 40, ?
(A) 125 (B) 94 (C) 108 (D) 121
68. 8, 11, 15, 22, 33, 51, ? , 127, 203
(A) 80 (B) 53 (C) 58 (D) 69
69. 2, 3, 6, 15, 42, ?
(A) 48 (B) 123 (C) 94 (D) 60
70. ?, PSVYB, EHKNQ, TWZCF, ILORU
(A) BEHKN (B) ADGJM (C) ZCFIL (D) IMPSV
71. F3X, H7U, J15R, L31O, ?
(A) M63L (B) N63L (C) N61L (D) N65K
72. LRX, DJP, VBH, NTZ, ?
(A) ELS (B) FMR (C) GKS (D) FLR

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Directions for Q. 73 to 77: Fill the blanks in the following question from the choice given below:
1
234
98765
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17
26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37
50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64
81 80 79 78 77 76 75 74 73 72 71 70 69 68 67 66 65
82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
73. 56443022 : 131415 : : 18344060 : ?
(A) 604132 (B) 595857 (C) 717273 (D) 606162
74. 20212223 : 23294555 : : 20324258 : ?
(A) 32425872 (B) 20191817 (C) 29455575 (D) 58575655
75. 10242846: 46454443 : : 48527886: ?
(A) 47464544 (B) 14203242 (C) 86878889 (D) 42414039

76. 151933 : 425774 : : 132131 : ?

(A) 435675 (B) 445576 (C) 455477 (D) 304554
77. 3812 : 3614 : : 284753 : ?
(A) 284654 (B) 282930 (C) 295556 (D) 284555
78. In the word PROSPEROUS. If there appears only one letter which is not repeated twice, write that letter, if
there are more than one such letters, then write T, otherwise write X.
(A) E (B) U (C) T (D) X
79. If you count 21 letters in the English alphabet from the end and 20 letters from the beginning which letter
will appear exactly in the middle of the sequence thus formed?
(A) M (B) N (C) L (D) O
80. Which letter of the English Alphabet ‘ABC …. XYZ’ is the eighth letter to the right of the letter which is
twelfth from the left?
(A) D (B) E (C) S (D) T
81. In a row, Surendra is twelfth from the left and Sanjay is Eighteenth from the right. They interchange their
positions. Now Sanjay is twenty sixth from right. How many person are there in the row?
(A) 29 (B) 43 (C) 37 (D) 38
82. Two letters in the word LEMON have as many letters between them in word as in the alphabets. Which one
of the two letters comes earlier in the alphabet?
(A) N (B) E (C) L (D) O

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83. If cloud is called white, white is called rain, rain is called green, green is called air, air is called blue, and
blue is called water, where do the birds fly in?
(A) Air (B) Cloud (C) White (D) Blue
84. If table is called window, window is called chair, chair is called door and door is called sofa, then which one
of following do we sit on?
(A) Chair (B) window (C) door (D) sofa
85. Ina certain code language, pul ta nop means fruit is good, nop ko tir means tree is tall and pul ho sop means
eat good food. Which of the following does mean fruit in that language?
(A) pul (B) ta (C) nop (D) data inadequate
86. In a certain code language, Pat Zoo Sim means Eat Good mangoes. Pus Sim Tim’ means Mangoes and
Sweets and Tim Zoo Kit means Purchase Good Sweets. Which word in the language means Good?
(A) Zoo (B) Pus (C) Sim (D) Tim
87. In a certain code 721 means good college life, 526 means you are good and 257 means life are good. Which
digit stands for you in that code?
(A) 6 (B) 5 (C) 7 (D) Cannot be determined
88. If FOX is coded as 45, what will be the code number for BOX?
(A) 41 (B) 49 (C) 55 (D) 60
Direction (Q. 89-93) Which set of letters when placed at the gaps sequentially shall complete the series?
89. a b c a b c a b ca a b a b c

(A) abccb (B) cacbc (C) aabcb (D) aabac

90. a b c b c ac a ba b cb c a

(A) acbca (B) cacbc (C) cabca (D) cabac

91. bc c a c c a  b a b b c b c a

(A) acbca (B) bacab (C) abaaa (D) baabc

92. a b c b  c a c  a b a  b c b  c a

(A) abbca (B) abcab (C) bcaac (D) bbcaa

93. a b d  d a  d b c b  d c

(A) bbcca (B) aabbc (C) caabb (D) ccbaa

Directions: (Q. 94 to 100) Find the missing terms(s):

94. Y, W, U, S, Q, ?
(A) A (B) P (C) O (D) B
95. A, H, N, S, W, ?
(A) A (B) Y (C) B (D) Z

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96. AG, LR, WC, HN, ?

(A) SX (B) RY (C) SY (D) TX
97. AF, EJ, IN, OT,?
(A) UX (B) UY (C) UN (D) UZ
98. KTE, SBM, AJU, IRC,?
(A) KZQ (B) ZRL (C) QZK (D) LYJ
99. B-4, D-16, F-36.?
(A) G-49 (B) H-64 (C) J-100 (D) H-81
100. Q1F, S2E, U6D, W21C,?
(A) Y66B (B) Y44B (C) Y88B (D) Z88B

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