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LOGICAL
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01 NUMBER SERIES

1. 0, 3, 8, 15, ?
(a) 24 (b) 26 (c) 35 (d) none of these.

2. 101, 100, ? , 87, 71, 46

(a) 92 (b) 88 (c) 89 (d) 96

3. 77, 59, 55, 35, 25, ?

(a) 24 (b) 28 (c) 20 (d) 27

4. 36, 34, 30, 28, 24, ?

(a) 23 (b) 26 (c) 20 (d) 22

5. 462, 420, 380, ? , 306

(a) 322 (b) 332 (c) 342 (d) 352

6. 10, 9, 16, 45, 176, ?

(a) 815 (b) 222 (c) 555 (d) 875

7. 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, ?
(a) 49 (b) 60 (c) 30 (d) 36 (e) 48

8. 8, 16, 28, 44, ?

(a) 62 (b) 64 (c) 66 (d) 60

9. 2, 10, 30, 68, ?

(a) 125 (b) 130 (c) 128 (d) 135

10. 3,9,6,36,30?
(a) 900 (b) 800 (c) 950 (d) 400

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ODD MAN OUT

11. 33, 321, 465, 537,573, 590, 600

(a) 321 (b) 465 (c) 573 (d) 590

12. 1, 5, 9, 15, 25, 37, 49

(a) 25
(b) 37 (c) 9 (d) 15

13. 2, 10, 18, 54, 162, 486, 1458

(a) 18
(b) 54 (c) 162 (d) 10

14. 3, 2, 8, 9, 13, 22, 18, 32, 23, 42

(a) 23
(b) 13 (c) 9 (d) 8

15. 1, 4, 8, 16, 31, 64, 127, 256

(a) 31
(b) 16 (c) 8 (d) 6

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02 CODING AND DECODING

1. If MEAT is written as TEAM, the BALE is written as

a. ELAB b. EABL c. EBLA d. EALB

2. If in certain code language ‘COLD’ is written as ‘DPME’ then how will ‘CHINA’ be
written in that language?
a. DHIMB b. DJKMB c. DIJOB d. DUPBM

3. In a certain code language ‘MARCH’ is witten as ‘OCTEJ’, then how will ‘RETURN’ be
written in that language?
a. TFUVSM b. QGSTQM c. TGVWTP d. TGRVSO

4. In a certain code language ‘SHORE’ is written as’QFMPC’, then how will ‘WNKGL’ is
written in the language?
a. NIMPY b. YPMIN c. ULIEJ d. ULIGE

5. If ‘LOFTY’ coded as ‘LPFUY’, then ‘DWARF’ will be written as

a. DXASF b. DXBSG c. DXATF d. DWBSG

6. If in a certain code language ‘HIGH’ is written as ‘8978’ then how will ‘DEAF’ be
written in that language?
a. 5416 b. 4516 c. 4561 d. 4156

7. If in a certain code language ‘PAPER’ is written as ‘16116518’, then how will ‘BRINJL’
be written in that language?
a. 2189141012 b. 2189141021
c. 231891401112 d. 2389411021

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8. If ‘PAINT’ is coded as ‘74128’ and ‘EXCEL’ coded as ‘’93596’, how is ‘ACCEPT’ coded?
a. 455978 b. 459578 c. 457958 d. 459758

9. In a certain code language ‘BRACKET’ is written as ‘9341285’, ‘DEAR’ is written as

‘6843’, then how will ‘TRADE’ be written in that language?
a. 59468 b. 34568 c. 53468 d. 53648

10. If A=1 and AND = 56, then, CAT = ?

a. 60 b. 65 c. 75 d. 55

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03 DIRECTION TEST

1. City C is to the south of City B and City A is to the north of City C. In which direction
City A located in respect of City B?
a. North b. South
c. East d. Cannot be determined

2. City D is to the west of City M. City R is to the south of City D. If City K is to the east
of City R, then in which direction City K located in respect of City D?
a. North b. East
c. North East d. South East

3. Radhika went 15m south from her house, then turned her left and then 20m, then
turning to north she went 30m. In which direction is her home from this point?
a. North b. South West
c. East d. North west

4. A man starts for his office in the north direction. He turns to his left, and then to his
right and again to his right. In which direction will he be facing?
a. South b. West c. East d. North

5. A train runs 120 km in west direction, 30 km in South direction and then 80km in
East direction before reaching the station. In whichdirection the station from the
train’s starting point?
a. South west b. North west
c. South east d. South

6. If Ram’s house is located to the South of Krishna’s house and Govinda’s house is to
the East of Krishna’s house, in what direction is Ram’s house situated with respect
to Govinda’s house?

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a. North East b. North West

c. South East d. South West

7. Neeraj wants to go to school from his house. First of all he goes to the crossing,
from here he turns to right and reaches the bus stand. Bus stand is opposite to the
library. In which direction is school locate?
a. North b. East
c. Cannot be determined d. West

8. Raman starts from point P and walks towards South and stops at point Q. he now
takes a right turn followed by a left turn and stops at point R. He finally takes a left
turn and stops at point S. If he walks 5km before taking each turn, towards which
direction will Raman have to walk from point S to reach point Q?
a. North b. South c. West d. East

9. Mahu goes 40km North, turns right and goes 80km, turns right again and goes 30
km. In the end he turns right again and goes 80km. How far is he from his starting
point if he goes straight ahead another 50km and turns left to go his last 10km?
a. 30 km b. 20km c. 40km d. 50km

10. ‘K’ walked 5m towards North, took a left turn and walked for 10m. He then took a
right turn and walked for 20 m and again took right turn and walked 10m. How far
he is from the starting point?
a. 20m b. 15m c. 25m d. 30m

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04 SEATING ARRANGEMENT

1. In a college party, 5 girls are sitting in a row. P is to the left of M and to the right of
O. R is sitting to the right of N but to the left of O, who is sitting in the middle?
a. O b. R c. P d. M

2. Five boys A, B, C D and E are sitting in a row. A is to the right of B and E is to the left
of B but to the right of C. A is to the left of D. Who is second from the left end?
a. D b. A c. E d. B

3. There are five different houses, A to E, in a row. A is to the right of B and E is to the
left of C and right of A, B is to the right of D. Which of the houses is in the middle?
a. A b. B c. C d. D

4. Six persons A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting in two rows, three in each row. E is not at
the end of any row.
D is second to the left of F
C, the neighbour of E, is sitting diagonally opposite to D. B is the neighbour of F.
Which of the following are in one of the two rows?
a. D, B and F b. C, E and B
c. A, E and F d. F, B and C

5. There are 5 books A, B, C, D and E. Book C lies above D. Book E is below A, D is above
A and B is below E. Which book is at the bottom?
a. E b. B c. A d. C

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6. Six persons sitting around a circular table. Ajay is facing Hemant who is sitting to
the left of Arvind and right of Sanjay. Suman is to the right of Arvind. Manoj is facing
Arvind. If Hemant and Manoj, Arvind and Sanjay mutually exchange their positions,
who is now sitting to the right of Manoj?
a. Arvind b. Ajay c. Suman d. None of the thes

7. 5 people A, B, C, D and E are seated about a round table. Every chair is spaced
equidistant from adjacent chairs.
C is seated next to A
A is seated two seats from D B is not seated next to A
Which of the following must be true.
I. D is seated next to B
II. E is seated next to A
Select the correct answer from the codes given below.
a. Only I b. Only II
c. Both I and II d. Neither I nor 2

8. There are six houses in a row. Mr. Lal has Mr. Bhasin and Mr. Sachdev as neighbours.
Mr. Bhatia has Mr. Gupta and Mr. Sharma as neighbours. Mr. Gupta’s house is not next
to Mr. Bhasin or Mr. Sachdeva and Mr. Sharma does not live next to Mr. Sachdeva.
Who are Mr. Bhasin’s next door neighbours?
a. Mr. Lal and Mr. Bhasin b. Mr. Lal and Mr. Sachdeva
c. Mr.Sharma and Mr. Lal d. Only Mr. Lal

9. Radha, Sheela, Mahima and Seeta are sitting along a rectangular table. Radha is
to right of Sheela. Mahima is to the left of Sita. Which of the persons given in the
options are sitting opposite to each other.
a. Sheela , Seeta b. Radha, Seeta
c. Radha, Sheela d. Mahima Radha

10. Some friends are sitting at an Octagonal place. Each person is sitting at one corner
facing the centre Mahima is sitting slantly in front of Ram. Ram is to the right of
Sushma. Ravi is sitting beside Sushma and infront of Giridhar. Giridhar is to the left
of Chandra. Savitri is not to the right of Mahima but is infront of Shalini. Who is
sitting to the right of Shalini?
a. Ravi b. Mahima c. Giridhar d. Ram

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05 BLOOD RELATION

1. B is the father of Q. B has only two children Q is the brother of R. R is the daughter
of P. A is the granddaughter of P and S is the father of A. How is S related to Q?
a. Son b. Son in law
c. Brother d. Brother in law

2. D is K’s brother. M is K’s sister. T is R’s father who is M’s brother, F is K’s mother.
Atleast how many sons do T and F have?
a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. Data inadequate.

Directions (Q.No. 3 to 5) Read the following information carefully to answer the question
that follow.
There are six children taking part in an essay competition, namely A, B, C, D, E and F. A
and E are brothers. F and D are the sisters of E. C is the only son of A’s uncle. B and D are
the daughters of the brother of C’s father.

3. How is D related to A?
a. Uncle b. Sister c. Niece d. Cousin

4. How many male competitors are there?

a. 6 b. 5 c. 4 d. 3

5. How many female competitors are there?

a. 5 b. 4 c. 3 d. 2

6. If Neena says “Anita’s father Raman is the only son of my father in law, Mahipal”,
then how is Bindu, who is the sister of Anita, related to Mahipal?
a. Niece b. Daughter c. Wife d. Granddaughter

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7. Pointing towards a photograph, Binod said, “she is the daughter of my wife’s

mother’s only daughter”. How is Binod related to the girl in the photograph?
a. Cousin b. Uncle
c. Father d. Cannot be determined

8. Pointing towards a girl Arun said “She is the only daughter of my grandfather’s son.”
How is girl related to Arun.
a. Daughter b. Sister
c. Cousin d. Data Inadequate

Directions (Q.No. 9 to 10) Read the following information carefully to answer the question
that follow.
(i) p + q means “ p is the father of q”
(ii) p – q means “p is the mother of q”
(iii) p x q means “p is the brother of q”
(iv) p $ q means “p is the sister of q”

9. Which of the following means “H is paternal grandfather of T”

a. H + J + T b. TxK+H
c. H+JxT d. H–J+T

10. Which of the following means “M” is the maternal uncle of ‘T’
a. M $ K – T b. MxK–T
c. MxK+T d. M$K+T

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06 SYLLOGISM

Directions (Q. Nos. 1-10) In each of the questions below are given two statements followed
by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the two given statements to be
true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and decide which
of the given conclusion(s) logically follow(s) from the two given statements, disregarding
commonly known facts.

Give Answer
a. If only Conclusion I follows
b. If only Conclusion II follows
c. If either I or II follows
d. If neither I nor II follows
e. If both I and II follows

1. Statement : All stars are planets All planets are galaxies

Conclusion: I. All galaxies are planets
II. All stars are galaxies

1. Statement : Some exams are tests. No exam is a question

Conclusion: I. No question is a test
II. Some tests are exams.

2. Statement : All pens are inks No ink is an eraser

Conclusion: I. No pen is an eraser
II. Some erasers are pens

3. Statement: No month is a year No year is a second

Conclusion: I. All months are seconds.
II. No second is month

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4. Statement: All pens are papers Some papers are blades

All blades are knives
Conclusion: I. Some Knives are papers
II. Some blades are pens

5. Statement : All fans are televisions. Some televisions are channels Some channels
are radios.
Conclusion: I. Some fans are channels
II. Some radios are televisions.

6. Statement: Some scooters are trucks All trucks are trains

Conclusion: I. Some scooters are trains
II. No truck is a scooter

7. Statement: All seats are hot All belts are hot

Conclusion: I. All seats are belt
II. All hots are either seats or belts.

8. Statement: Some gears are wheels. All wheels are brakes

Conclusion: I. No brake is gear
II. Some brakes are gears

9. Statement: All cars are balls All balls are tables

Conclusion: I. Some tables are balls
II. Some tables are cars.

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