Reasoning 1

Series, Coding / Decoding, Blood Relations,

Directions & Venn Diagrams

Number of Questions : 45 CEX–0507/20

Directions for questions 1 to 3: Answer the 6. 3, 8, 27, ___, 565

following questions based on the following (a) 112 (b) 144 (c) 140
alphanumeric series. (d) 150 (e) 135

P T 5 M 3 9 B K R 4 D 8 F G 7 6 Y 2 I 7. 6, 15, 35, 77, ___

H P W J N (a) 187 (b) 323 (c) 299
(d) 221 (e) 163
1. Four of the following 5 characters are alike
with respect to their position in the above Directions for questions 8 to 10: In each of the
sequence and form a group. Which is the one following questions, various terms of a letter series
that does not belong to that group? are given, with one or more terms missing. Choose
(a) T (b) M (c) K (d) R (e) D the missing term(s) from the given alternatives.

2. Which character is the 6th to the right of the 8. Y, V, S, P, M, ___

14th character from the left, if the second half (a) G (b) J
of the above series is reversed? (c) L (d) M
(a) Y (b) I (c) B (d) 9 (e) H
9. C, B, A, E, D, Z, G, F, ___
3. If the first half of the above series is reversed (a) N (b) L
and the second half remains same, how many (c) Y (d) T
such letters would you find which are
immediately preceded by a letter and 10. A, Z, X, B, V, T, C, R, ___, ___
immediately followed by a number? (a) M, I (b) O, G
(a) None (b) One (c) Two (c) P, D (d) S, F
(d) Three (e) Four
Directions for questions 11 to 13: In each of the
Directions for questions 4 to 7: Complete the following questions, find the missing number in the
following series. series.

4. 57, 58, 118, 357, ___ 11. 0, 7, 26, 63, 124, ___
(a) 1315 (b) 1075 (c) 1071 (a) 210 (b) 215
(d) 1432 (e) 1236 (c) 211 (d) 224

5. 12, 43, 95, 167, ___ 12. 1, 2, 6, 15, 31, 56, 92, ___
(a) 259 (b) 2511 (c) 3623 (a) 150 (b) 128
(d) 258 (e) 369 (c) 141 (d) 149

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13. 2, 10, 20, 28, 56, ___ 21. If in a certain code PUBLIC is coded as
(a) 64 (b) 66 QTDJLZ, then CHANGE is the code for which
(c) 72 (d) 82 of the following?
(a) DGCLJB (b) BIYPHD
Directions for questions 14 and 15: In each of the (c) BIYHPD (d) BIYPDH
following questions, a series with an odd term is
given. Study the series carefully and find that odd Directions for questions 22 and 23: In column I
term. below some words are given. They have been
translated into a code language and the code
14. 2, 10, 30, 70, 130 equivalent of each word has been given in column II
(a) 2 (b) 10 opposite to it. The codes equivalent to the letters in
(c) 30 (d) 70 a word in column I are not necessarily in the same
order as the letters in the original word. Study the
15. 2, 12, 30, 80, 150 two columns carefully and find out the codes for
(a) 2 (b) 12 different letters and then answer the questions given
(c) 30 (d) 80 below the columns.

16. What will come in place of the question mark Column – I Column – II
(?) in the following sequence? PIOUS SLBKV
B4F, C9L, E25D, G49D, ? HONEST LTBFXZ
(a) K121F (b) K121B BOOK LACL
(c) J81K (d) I81L POWER FSKLQ
CHILD PKEXO
Directions for questions 17 and 18: In each of the
following questions, various terms of a letter series 22. Code for P is
are given, with one term missing. Choose the missing (a) V (b) L (c) S (d) K (e) B
term from the given alternatives.
23. Code for O is
17. DFE, HJI, LNM, ___, TVU (a) L (b) P (c) X (d) O (e) A
(a) OQP (b) PSR
(c) PRQ (d) RSP 24. In a certain code language FRVNT is coded
as CIKGJ. What will be the code for BLJXD in
18. QPO, SRQ, UTS, WVU, ___ that code language?
(a) XVZ (b) ZYA (a) AFELB (b) CMKYE
(c) YXW (d) VWX (c) ZNITY (d) ZOIUX

19. If TRUTH is coded as SUQSTVSUGI, then 25. If TEST is coded as GVHG, then the code for
the code for FALSE will be BOOK will be
(a) EGZBKMRTDF (a) YLLP (b) CPPL
(b) FGZBKNRTDF (c) KOOB (d) YLPL
(c) EGZKMRTDF
(d) EGZBKMRDE 26. If DIMENSION is coded as 14159191451394,
then what will be the code for FUNDAMENTAL
20. If in a certain code SYSTEM is coded as in that language?
LFSTXT, then the code for PENCIL is (a) 12120135141421146
(a) KJBODQ (b) KBJODQ (b) 12120141351414621
(c) KBJDOQ (d) KBJEOQ (c) 122012141351421613
(d) 12120145131414216

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27. In a certain code language COORDINATE is 33. Seeta said, “Mohan’s father is the only son
coded as FDDJHRBBNJ, then in the same of my father.” How is Seeta related to Mohan?
code language CALENDARS is coded as (a) Grandmother (b) Mother
(a) FBXJBHCIL (b) FBXJBIBJL (c) Sister (d) Aunt
(c) FBXJBHBJL (d) FBXIBHBJK
34. Sheena walks a distance of 6 km towards
Directions for questions 28 to 30: Based on the West, then turns to her right and walks 5 km.
given information, answer the following questions. She again turns right and walks 6 km. She
then turns to her left and walks 6 km. How far
28. If ‘A + B’ means ‘A is the mother of B’ and is she from her starting point and in which
‘A × B’ means ‘A is the husband of B’, which direction?
of the following shows ‘P is the father of Q’? (a) 0 km, North (b) 12 km, North
(a) P × M + Q (b) P + M × Q (c) 12 km, South (d) 11 km, North
(c) P + Q (d) Q + P
(e) Q + M × P 35. Pooja travelled 100 km towards South, then
she took two turns of 45° each in clockwise
29. If ‘A @ B’ stands for ‘A is the son of B’, and direction and then she took one turn of 45° in
‘A # B’ stands for ‘B is the sister of A’, then anti-clockwise direction. In which direction
which of the following represents ‘A is the aunt was she travelling finally?
of B’ ? (a) West (b) North
(a) B # C @ A (b) A # C @ B (c) South-east (d) South-west
(c) A @ C # B (d) B @ C # A
(e) C # B @ A 36. Starting from a point ‘M’, Shekhar walked
18 m towards South. Then, he turned to his
30. If ‘P + Q’ means ‘P is the brother of Q’, ‘P × Q’ left and walked 25 m. Again he turned to his
means ‘P is the mother of Q’ and ‘P ÷ Q’ left and walked 18 m. Finally he turned to his
means ‘P is the sister of Q’, which of the left and walked 35 m and reached a point ‘P’.
following would mean ‘R is the maternal uncle How far is Shekhar from the point ‘M’ and in
of S’? which direction?
(a) R × S + P (b) R × P + S (a) 10 m, West (b) 10 m, East
(c) R + P × S (d) R ÷ P + S (c) 10 m, South (d) 15 m, West
(e) R ÷ P ÷ S
37. Manish goes 30 m North, then he turns to his
31. Pointing to a man, a lady says that his father right and walks 40 m, then again he turns to
is the third son of her grandmother. How is his right and walks 20 m. Finally he turns to
the lady related to that man? his right and walks 40 m. How far is he from
(a) Cousin (b) Sister his original position?
(c) Brother (d) Either sister or cousin (a) 20 m (b) 30 m
(c) 10 m (d) 25 m
32. Pointing to a boy, a lady says that his mother
is the only sister of her mother. How is the 38. Mohan walks 10m westwards, then turns left
boy related to that lady? and walks 10m. Again, he turns right and
(a) Nephew (b) Uncle walks 10m. Finally he turns to his right and
(c) Cousin (d) Brother walks straight 50m. In which direction is he
facing now?
(a) South (b) South-west
(c) West (d) North

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39. If ‘A @ B’ stands for ‘A is the son of B’, and Directions for questions 42 to 45: The diagram
‘A # B’ stands for ‘B is the sister of A’, then given below depicts the profile of a sample group
which of the following represents ‘A is the aunt that included 133 MBAs, 145 Indians, 120 Poets
of B’ ? and 129 Smokers. The circle represents the MBAs,
(a) B # C @ A (b) A # C @ B the hexagon represents the Indians, the square
(c) A @ C # B (d) B @ C # A represents the Poets and the triangle represents the
Smokers.
Directions for questions 40 and 41: From among
the given figures (a) to (d), choose the figure that
represents the relationship among three given
classes in each of the questions below.
31
23
21
15
19 17
16
12
(a) (b)

42. Total number of Indians who are not MBAs or

Poets or Smokers is
(a) 21 (b) 19 (c) 17
(d) 25 (e) 29
(c) (d)
43. The number of MBA-Poets who are not
40. Parrots, Birds, Mice Smokers is
(a) 97 (b) 19 (c) 40
41. Fish, Salmon, Living beings in water (d) 52 (e) 56

44. The number of Poets who are Indian MBAs is

(a) 15 (b) 21 (c) 44
(d) 59 (e) 36

45. The number of people having exactly two

attributes exceeds those having exactly three
attributes by
(a) 0 (b) 15 (c) 21
(d) 7 (e) 2

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 Answers and Explanations
1 c 2 a 3 c 4 d 5 b 6 a 7 e 8 b 9 c 10 c
11 b 12 c 13 a 14 a 15 c 16 b 17 c 18 c 19 a 20 a
21 d 22 c 23 a 24 a 25 a 26 d 27 c 28 a 29 d 30 c
31 d 32 c 33 d 34 d 35 d 36 a 37 c 38 d 39 d 40 c
41 a 42 b 43 c 44 e 45 a

1. c K is the only alphabet which is preceded and followed 9. c +2 +2

by alphabets.
C B A E D Z G F Y
2. a After reversing the second half of the series, the +2 +2
alphanumeric series becomes
P, T, 5, M, 3, 9, B, K, R, 4, D, 8, N, J, W, P, H, I, 2, Y, 6, 7, –1 –1
G, F 10. c This is an alternate series consisting of 3-series.
∴ The character 6th to the righ of the 14th character
from the left is ‘Y’. –4 –4

3. c After reversing the first half of the series, we get – A Z X B V T C R P D

8, D, 4, R, K, B, 9, 3, M, 5, T, P, F, G, 7, 6, Y, 2, I, H, P, W, +1 +1 +1
J, N
Hence, there are two letters B and G which are –4 –4
immediately preceded by a letter and immediately Hence, the missing letters are P, D.
followed by a number.
11. b Terms of the series are one less than cube of the
4. d 57, 57 × 1 + 1, 58 × 2 + 2, 118 × 3 + 3 consecutive natural numbers.
∴ Last term is 357 × 4 + 4 = 1432. Hence, next term = 63 – 1 = 215.

5. b P rim e n um b ers 12. c The difference between the two consecutive numbers
is square of the consecutive natural number.
Hence, next term = 92 + 49 = 141.
1 2 4 3 9 5 16 7 2 5 11
13. a Terms of the series are changing as follows.
2, 2 + 8, 10 × 2, 20 + 8, 28 × 2, 56 + 8 i.e. 64
S q ua re s
14. a +8 +20 +40 +60
6. a x2 +2 x3 +3 x4 +4 x 5 +5 2← →10← →30← →70← →80
Instead of 8, it should be 10 as the difference between
3 8 27 ? 5 65 the first two terms. Therefore, odd term should be 2.
= 27 × 4 + 4
= 112. 15. c The given series can be rewritten as follows:
13 + 1 × 1, 23 + 2 × 2, 33 + 3 × 3, 43 + 4 × 4, 53 + 5 × 5.
7. e x2 +3 x2 +5 x2 +7 x2 + 9 So, 2, 12, 36, 80, 150.
Hence, 30 is the wrong number.
6 15 35 77 ?
77 × 2 + 9 16. b Position numbers of first letter of each term are
= 163. consecutive prime numbers starting from 2 in the first
term. Numbers in each term are squares of consecutive
8. b Y V S P M J prime numbers and position number of last letter of
each term is summation of position number of first
–3 –3 –3 –3 –3 letter and number in that term.
Hence, required term K121B.

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17. c +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 Similarly,
B(2) + 25(Y) = 27
+3 +3 +3 +3
D F E HJ I L N M P R Q T V U O(15) + 12(L) = 27
O(15) + 12(L) = 27
+1 +1 +1 +1 +1 K(11) + 16(P) = 27
So, the code will be YLLP.

18. c +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1
26. d The word is reversed and then the position numbers
17 16 15 19 18 17 21 20 19 23 22 21 25 24 23 are written as the codes for those alphabets.
Q P O, S R Q, U T S, W V U, Y X W Hence, code for FUNDAMENTAL will be
12120145131414216.

27. c Position number of each letter is multiplied by 2.

19. a In this pattern of coding, every letter of the word is
coded by its preceding as well as its succeeding letter C(3) → F(6)
in that order. O(15) → D(26 + 4)
Hence, code for FALSE = EGZBKMRTDF. O(15) → D(26 + 4)
R(18) → J(26 + 10)
20. a The word is reversed and each odd-positioned letter
of the word is coded by its preceding letter, while D(4) → H(8)
each even-positioned letter of the word is coded by I(9) → R(18)
its succeeding letters. N(14) → B(26 + 2)
Hence, code for PENCIL is KJBODQ A(1) → B(2)
21. d As, P + 1 → Q Similarly, B + 1 → C T(20) → N(26 + 14)
U–1 →T I–1 → H E(5) → J(10)
B+2 → D Y+2 →A Similarly,
L–2 → J P–2 → N C(3) → F(6)
I+3 →L D+3 →G A(1) → B(2)
C–3 →Z H–3 → E
L(12) → X(24)
Hence, CHANGE is the code for BIYPDH.
E(5) → J(10)
For questions 22 and 23: N(14) → B(26 + 2)
The best way to solve this question is find out the common D(4) → H(8)
letters and their respective codes and then use the elimination A(1) → B(2)
method.
On comparing R(18) → J(26 + 10)
i. BOOK, PIOUS and POWER, we get the code for O = L. S(19) → L(26 + 12)
ii. PIOUS and POWER, we get code for P = S
iii. HONEST and POWER, we get code for E = F 28. a P×M+Q
iv. HONEST and CHILD, we get code for H = X P × M ⇒ P is husband of M
v. POWER and PIOUS and using the method of elimination, M + Q ⇒ M is mother of Q.
we get that K cannot be the code for R. Therefore, the ⇒ P is father of Q
code for R = Q.
29. d B @ C ≠ A.
22. c B @ C ⇒ B is son of C.
C ≠ A ⇒ A is sister of C
23. a ⇒ A is aunt of B.

24. a Position number of each letter is halved i.e. F(6) is 30. c R+P×S
coded as C(3), B(2) as A(1) and so on. R + P ⇒ R is brother of P.
Hence, code for ‘BLJXD’ will be ‘AFELB’. P × S ⇒ P is mother of S
⇒ R is maternal uncle of S.
25. a Sum of the positions of the letters must be 27,
i.e. T + G = 20 + 7 = 27
E + V = 5 + 22 = 27
S + H = 19 + 8 = 27
T + G = 20 + 7 = 27

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 36. a P M 35 m
31. d G ra nd m o th er
Y
X 18 m 18 m
(Th ird so n) Fa th er

25 m
L ad y M an Hence, P is (35 – 25) = 10m to the West of M.

From the diagram, it is clear that the lady is either

cousin or sister of the man. 37. c
40 m

32. c From the question, lady’s mother and boy’s mother are 20 m
30 m
sisters. Therefore, the lady and the boy are cousins. (E nd )

33. d From the question, the only son of Seeta’s father is E 40 m

Seeta’s brother. Therefore, Mohan, son of Seeta’s S
brother is Seeta’s nephew or Seeta is aunt of Mohan. (Start)
Therefore, Manish is (30 – 20) = 10m away from this
34. d starting point.
(E nd )
D
38. d The movement is shown below:
E nd
6 km
6 km
B C Start
10 m
50 m
5 km
10 m
A O (Start)
6 km 10 m
OABCD is the path taken by Sheena.
Therefore, Mohan is facing North direction now.
∴ Required distance = OD = OC + CD = AB + CD
= 5 + 6 = 11 km towards North.
39. d B @ C # A.
B @ C ⇒ B is son of C.
35. d Sta rting p oint C # A ⇒ A is sister of C
1 00 km ⇒ A is aunt of B.
S o uth
40. c The alone circle is for mice while the inner circle is for
parrots.
W
4 5°
4 5° 41. a The outermost circle shows living beings in water and
the innermost shows salmon.

S o uth-w e st 42. b 43. c 44. e

2 tu rns in clockw ise 45. a 79 – 79 = 0

1 tu rn in an ticlockw ise

Finally, Pooja was travelling towards the South-west.

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