NATIONAL TALENT SEARCH EXAMINATION-2019-20, TELANGANA

MEN TAL APTITUDE TEST (MAT)_PAPER & HINTS & SOLUTION

Directions:
Questions (1 to 5) :
In the Number series given below, one Number is missing. Each series is followed by 4 alternatives (1), (2),
(3), (4). One of them is the right answer. Identify and indicate it as per the “Instructions”.

1. 6, 28, 120, 496, ……

(1) 1035 (2) 2016 (3) 2019 (4) 1234
Sol. (2)

6  4  4  28

28  4  8  120

120  4  16  496

496  4  32  1984  32  2016

2. 1, 5, 15, 34, 65, ……

(1) 111 (2) 76 (3) 87 (4) 104
Sol. (1)
Concept of difference of difference

65  46  111

3. 1, 43, 161, 407, ….

(1) 745 (2) 614 (3) 829 (4) 725
Sol. (3)

O3  12  1

33  42  27  16  43

53  6 2  125  36  161

7 3  82  343  64  407

93  102  729  100  829

4. 7, 31, 211, 2311, ……
(1) 2 (2) 18641 (3) 20141 (4) 30031
Sol. (4)

7  5  4  31

31  7  6  211

211  11  10  2311

2311  13  12  30031

5. 5, 23, 72, ……
(1) 181 (2) 175 (3) 96 (4) 124
Sol. (Bonus)

Directions
Questions (6 to 10): In each of the following Questions, a letter series is given in which some letters are
missing. The missing letters are given in the proper sequence as one of the alternative. Find the correct
alternative.

6. - - aba - - ba - ab
(1) abbba (2) abbab (3) baabb (4) bbaba
Sol. (2)

_ _a b a _ _b a _ a b

aba|bab|aba|bab

7. ab - - - b - bbaa -
(1) abaab (2) abbab (3) baaab (4) babba
Sol. (3)

ab___b_bbaa_

abb|aab|abb|aab

abab

8. - baa - aab - a - a
(1) aabb (2) aaba (3) abab (4) baab
Sol. (3)

_baa_aab_a_a

ab|aab|aab|aab|a

abab

9. - - babbbaa - a - -
(1) ababb (2) baaab (3) bbaba (4) babbb
Sol. (4)
__babbbaa_a__
baba|bbba|ababb
10. - op- mo = n - pnmop -
(1) mnpmon (2) mpnmop (3) mnompn (4) mnpomn
Sol. (1)

_o p_m o_n_ _p n m o p_

mopn|mofn|mopn|mopn|

Directions:
Questions ( 11 to 15) : In the following alphabet series, a term is missing as shown by Question mark (?).
Choose the missing term from options.

11. eac, gce, ieg, ?

(1) jhi (2) jgi (3) kgi (4) khi
Sol. (3)
Differnce of place value of letters are =2 to next pair of letters.

First letters of each pairs.

Ex. e = 5, g = 7, i = p, k = 11.

So answer is kgi.

12. ejo, tyd, ins, xch, ?

(1) nrw (2) mrw (3) msx (4) nsx
Sol. (2)

Difference of adjacent letters is equal to 5 so answer is mrw.

13. 2Z5, 7Y7, 14X9, 23W11, 34V13,?

(1) 27U24 (2) 47U15 (3) 45U15 (4) 47U14
Sol. (2)

14. 2A11, 4D13, 12G17, ?

(1) 36I19 (2) 48J21 (3) 36J21 (4) 48J23
Sol. (4)

15. C4X, F9U, 116R, ?

(1) K25P (2) L25P (3) L25O (4) L27P
Sol. (3)
Directions:
Questions (16 to 20) : Observe the diagram carefully and then answer the following Questions. Here,
rectanble represents males, triangle represents the people who did PhD, circle represents Urban and square
represents civil servants.

16. How many urban male civil servants are there?

(1) 8 (2) 26 (3) 11 (4) 39
Sol. (1)

17. How many female PhD are there?

(1) 39 (2) 11 (3) 15 (4) 26

Sol. (3)

18. How many urban male PhD civil servants are there?
(1) 10 (2) 8 (3) 13 (4) None of therse
Sol. (4)

19. How many urban female civil servants are there?

(1) 3 (2) 2 (3) 7 (4) 15
Sol. (2)

20. How many urban male PhD are there?

(1) 15 (2) 13 (3) 39 (4) None of these
Sol. (2)

Directions:
Questions (21 to 25) : In each of the following Questions, the two expressions on either side of sign (=) will
have the same value. If two terms on either side or on the same side are interchanged, the correct terms to
be interchanged have been given as one of the alternatives under the expressions. Find the correct
alternative in each case.

21. 5 + 3  6  4 + 2 = 4  3  10  2 + 7
(1) 4, 7 (2) 5, 7 (3) 6, 4 (4) 6, 10
Sol. (3)

22. 7  2  3 + 8 + 4 = 5+ 6  2  24 + 3
(1) 2, 6 (2) 6, 5 (3) 3, 24 (4) 7, 6
Sol. (4)

23. 15 + 3  4 – 8  2 = 8  5 + 16  2 – 1
(1) 3, 5 (2) 15, 5 (3) 15, 16 (4) 3, 1
Sol. (1)
25. 8  2  (–11) + 9 = 6  2 – 5 + 4  2
(1) 5, 9 (2) 8, 5 (3) 9, 6 (4) 11, 5
Sol. (Bonus)

Directions:
Questions (26 to 30) : In this type of Question, a figure or a matrix is given in which some numbers are filled
according to a rule. A place is left blank with Question mark. Find out which number will replace the Question
mark (?) from given options.

26.

(1) 28 (2) 25 (3) 18 (4) 22

Sol. (2)

6  4  8  18  2  20

7  9  8  24  2  26

 5  6  12  23  2  25

27.

(1) 29 (2) 42 (3) 36 (4) 28

Sol. (1)

7  6  3  45

5  4  6  26

7  3  8  21  8  29

28.

(1) 186 (2) 175 (3) 158 (4) 211

Sol. (3)

92  82  7 2  6 2  23

92  52  6 2  4 2  81  25  36  16  158
29.

(1) 441 (2) 324 (3) 462 (4) 361

Sol. (4)

2
3  4  49

2
10  9   361

30.

(1) 5 (2) 4 (3) 8 (4) 6

Sol. (2)

Directions:
Questions (31 to 35) : Arrange the words given below in a meaningful sequence and choose correct answer
from the 4 options.

31. 1. Key, 2. Door, 3. Lock, 4. Room, 5. Switch on.

(1) 5, 1, 2, 4, 3 (2) 4, 2, 1, 5, 3
(3) 1, 3, 2, 4, 5 (4) 1, 2, 3, 5, 4
Sol. (3)

32. 1. Word, 2. Paragraph, 3. Sentence, 4. Letters, 5. Phrase.

(1) 4, 1, 5, 2, 3 (2) 4, 1, 3, 5, 2
(3) 4, 2, 5, 1, 3 (4) 4, 1, 5, 3, 2
Sol. (2)

33. 1 Police, 2. Punishment, 3. Crime, 4. Judge, 5. Judgement.

(1) 3, 1, 2, 4, 5 (2) 3, 1, 2, 5, 4
(3) 3, 1, 4, 2, 5 (4) 3, 1, 4, 5, 2
Sol. (4)

34. 1. Family, 2. Community, 3. Member, 4. Locality, 5. Country.

(1) 3, 1, 2, 4, 5 (2) 3, 1, 2, 5, 4
(3) 3, 1, 4, 2, 5 (4) 3, 1, 4, 5, 2
Sol. (3)

35. 1. Poverty, 2. Population, 3. Death, 4. Unemployment, 5. Disease.

(1) 2, 3, 4, 5, 1 (2) 3, 4, 2, 5, 1
(3) 2, 4, 1, 5, 3 (4) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Sol. (3)
Directions :
Questions (36 to 40) : Find out the relationship between the first two words and choose the word from the
given alternative, which bears the same relationship to the third word, as the first two bear.

36. Funk : Vitamins :: Curie : ?

(1) Uranium (2) Radium (3) Radioactivity (4) Photography
Sol. (3)

37. Virology : Virus :: Semantics : ?

(1) Amoeba (2) Language (3) Nature (4) Society
Sol. (2)

38. Pituitary : Brain :: Thymus : ?

(1) larynx (2) Spinal Cord (3) Throat (4) Chest
Sol. (4)

39. Vine : Grapes :: Poppy : ?

(1) Opium (2) Tabacco (3) Pears (4) Pineapple
Sol. (1)

40. Karnataka : Gold :: Madhya Pradesh : ?

(1) Diamond (2) Iron (3) Copper (4) Gems
Sol. (3)

Directions:
Questions (41 to 45) : In these Questions, one word is coded according to a particular pattern and the
candidate is asked to give the code letters for the another word following the same pattern.

41. In a certain code, LAWN is written as JCUP. How will SLIT be coded in that code?
(1) QNGV (2) QJGV (3) QNVG (4) NJGV
Sol. (1)
 ALIT  QNGV

42. In a given code, SISTER is coded as 535301. UNCLE as 84670 and BOY as 129. How is RUSTIC
written in the code?
(1) 633185 (2) 185336 (3) 363815 (4) 581363
Sol. (2)

43. In a certain code, LONG is written as 5123 and GEAR is written as 3748. How is LANE written in that
code?
(1) 5427 (2) 5247 (3) 5847 (4) 5237
Sol. (1)

LONG  5123 GEAR  3748

L5 G3
O 1 E7
N 2 A4
G 3 R8

LONG  5427
44. In a certain code, READ is written as #5%6 and PAID is written as $%46. How is RIPE written in that
code?
(1) #4$5 (2) #6$5 (3) $4#5 (4) $4#6
Sol. (1)

READ  #5%6 PAID  $%46

R# P $
E5 A%
A% I 4
D6 D6

45. In a code, CORNER is written as GSVRIV. How can CENTRAL be written in that code?
(1) DFOUSBM (2) GIRXVEP (3) GNFJKER (4) None of these
Sol. (2)

 CENTRAL  GIR  VEP

Directions:
Questions (46 to 49) : In each of the following Questions, four words are given. Which one of them will come
in the third position, if all of them are arranged alphabetically as in a dictionary?

46. 1. Bishop 2. Bifocal

3. Bicycle 4. Bitter
(1) Bishop (2) Bicycle (3) Bifocal (4) Bitter
Sol. (1)

47. 1. Parasite 2. Party

3. Petal 4. Paste
(1) Party (2) Paste (3) Parasite (4) Petal
Sol. (2)

48. 1. Research 2. Rational

3. Round 3. Rustic
(1) Rational (2) Research (3) Round (4) Rustic
Sol. (3)

49. 1. Nature 2. Native

3. Narrate 4. Diastole
(1) Native (2) Nature (3) Narrate (4) Diastole
Sol. (1)

Directions :
Questions (50 to 55) : From the given five groups of letters, four of them are similar to each other in some
manner, while one is different and this is to be choosen from the four alternative answers.

50. DE, PQ, TU, MO, FG

(1) DE (2) PQ (3) TU (4) MO
Sol. (4)

MO

51. XW, FG, ML, PO, TS

(1) XW (2) FG (3) ML (4) PO
Sol. (2)
Difference of each pair of letters is equal to 1. So answer is FG because here difference is -1.

52. BD, MP, NQ, HK, TW

(1) BD (2) MP (3) NQ (4) HK
Sol. (1)

In BD difference of B and D is equal to -2 but rest of other difference are -3. So BD is odd.

53. AE, AI, IO, EI, OU

(1) AE (2) AI (3) IO (4) EI
Sol. (2)

AE, IO, EI, OU are consecutive vowels but AI is non consecutive vowel, so answer is AI.

54. KP, MN, HR, GT, EV

(1) KP (2) MN (3) HR (4) GT
Sol. (3)

Sum of number of plphabet are 27 except option (c).

55. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday

(1) Monday (2) Tuesday (3) Thursday (4) Saturday
Sol. (1)

Monday = 1 Tuesday = 2
Thursday = 4 Saturday = 6
All even days except Monday.
Directions:
Questions (56 to 60) :

56. Which of the following diagrams indicates the best relation between Hockey, Football and Cricket?
57. Which of the following diagrams indicates the best relation between Iron, Lead and Nitrogen?

(1) (2) (3) (4)

Sol. (2)

58. Which of the following diagrams indicates the best relation between Moon, Sun and Earth?

(1) (2) (3) (4)

Sol. (3)

59. Which of the following diagrams indicates the best relationship between Hospita, Nurse and Patient?

(1) (2) (3) (4)

Sol. (3)

60. Which of the following diagrams indicates the best relationship between Mercury, Zinc and Metal?

(1) (2) (3) (4)

Sol. (2)

Directions:
Questions (61 to 65)
These Questions are based on analytical reasoning.

61. Find the minimum number of straight lines required to make the given figure.
(1) 16 (2) 17 (3) 18 (4) 19
Sol. (2)

62. The number of triangles in the figure.

(1) 12 (2) 13 (3) 14 (4) 15

Sol. (3)
63. Find the number of straight lines required to make the given figure.

(1) 13 (2) 15 (3) 17 (4) 19

Sol. (1)

64. The number of triangles in the given figure.

(1) 22 (2) 24 (3) 26 (4) 28

Sol. (1)

65. The number of triangles in the given figure.

(1) 8 (2) 10 (3) 12 (4) 14

Sol. (4)

Directions:
Questions (66 to 70) : Each of the following questions consists of a set of three figures X, Y and Z showing a
Sequence of folding of a piece of paper. Figure (Z) shows the manner in which the folded paper has been cut.
These three figures are followed by four answer figures from which you have to choose a figure which would
mostly closely resemble the unfolded form of figure (Z).

66.

(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4

Sol. (1)
67.

(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4

Sol. (3)

68.

(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4

Sol. (4)

69.

(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4

Sol. (2)

70.

(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4

Sol. (3)
Directions:
Questions (71 to 75): In each of the following questions, choose the correct mirror images of the given fig.
(X) from amongst the four alternative (1), (2), (3), (4) given along with it. Mirror is placed right to each figure.

71.

(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4

Sol. (4)

72.

(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4

Sol. (4)

73.

(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4

Sol. (1)

74.

(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4

Sol. (1)
75.

(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4

Sol. (2)

Directions: Questions (76 to 80) :

The reflection of an object as seen in water is called its water image. It is the inverted image. Find the water
image of the figure (X) from the four alternative answers.

76.

(1) (a) (2) (b) (3) (c) (4) (d)

Sol. (4)

77.

(1) (a) (2) (b) (3) (c) (4) (d)

Sol. (3)
78.

(1) (a) (2) (b) (3) (c) (4) (d)

Sol. (2)

79.

(1) (a) (2) (b) (3) (c) (4) (d)

Sol. (2)

80.

(1) (a) (2) (b) (3) (c) (4) (d)

Sol. (2)
Directions:
Questions (81 to 85) : In each of the following questions choose the figure which is different them the rext

81.

(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4

Sol. (3)

82.

(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4

Sol. (4)

83.

(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4

Sol. (3)

84.

(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4

Sol. (3)

85.

(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4

Sol. (2)

Directions:
Questions (86 to 90):

86. How many points will be on the face opposite to face, which contains 2 points?

(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4

Sol. (4)
 (1) 4 (2)1 (3) 2 (4) 5
Sol. (2)

88. Two positions of a dice are shown below. When number ‘1’ is on the top, what number will be at the
bottom?

(1) 3 (2) 5 (3) 2 (4) 6

Sol. (2)

89. Here 4 positions of a cube are shown. Which sign will be opposite to ‘+’?

(1) % (2) - (3) x (4) $

Sol. (3)

90. The position of a cube are shown below. Which letter will be on the face opposite to face with A?

(1) D (2) B (3) C (4) F

Sol. (1)

Directions: (Questions 91 to 95) : Each of the following questions consists of five figures marked A,B,C,D
and E called the problem figures; marked 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 called the answer figures. Select a figure which will
continue the same series as established by the five figures.

91.

(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4

Sol. (2)
92.

(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4

Sol. (3)

93.

(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4

Sol. (3)

94.

(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4

Sol. (3)

95.

(1) 1 (2) 3 (3) 2 (4) 5

Sol. (2)
Directions : Questions 96 to 100 : Each of the following questions consists of two sets of figures. Thesre is
a definite relationship between figures A and B. Establish a similar relationship between figures C and D by
selecting suitable figure the answer set
96.

(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4

Sol. (1)
97.

(1) 2 (2) 3 (3) 5 (4) 4

Sol. (3)
98.

(1) 5 (2) 3 (3) 4 (4) 1

Sol. (1)
99.

(1) 4 (2) 4 (3) 2 (4) 3

Sol. (2)
100.

(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4

Sol. (2)