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X MENTAL ABILITY
EXAMPLES (VERBAL)
NUMBER SERIES
1. 15, 18, 23, 30, 39, ?
2. 3, 4, 8, 17, 33, ?
3. 3, 7, 15, 31, 63, ?
4. 5, 11, 24,51, 106, ?
5. 17, 33, 68, 133, 270, ?
6. 7, 9, 16, 25, 41, 66, ?
7. 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, ?
8. 11. 22, 44, 77, 121, ?
9. 13, 35, 57, 79, 911, ?
10. 0, 2, 3, 5, 8, 10, 15, 17, ?, ?

ALPHABETICAL AND ALPHANUMERIC

SERIES
11. a a b _ a a a _ b b a a _ a
1) bab
2) baa
3) bba
4) aab
12. a b _ _ a b b _ a b _ a
1) baab 2) abab 3) abba 4) aabb
13. BDF, CFI, DHL, ?
1) CJM 2) EIM 3) EJO 4) EMI
14. YEB, WFD, UHG, SKI, ?
1) QOL 2) QGL 3) TOL 4) QNL
15. B, X, D, V, F, T, H, ?
1) I 2) R 3) S 4) Q
16. 1H, 3J, 5M, 7Q, ?
1) 9V 2) 9U 3) 11V 4) 9X
17. E1V, H4S, K9P, M16M, ?
 1) Q25K 2) R25J 3) Q25J 4) R36J
18. B4, D16, G49, K121, ?
1) P256 2) P225 3) O225 4) O256

ANALOGY
19. Cobbler : Leather :: Carpenter : ?

a) Furniture c) Hammer
b) Wood d) Chair

20. Milk is to water as Ghee is to ………

a) Vanaspati c) Argemone
b) Mustard oil d) cream

21. Knife : Chopper :: ?

a) Walking : Fitness c) Scissors : Cloth

b) Swim : Float d) Quilt : Blanket

22. SITA : ISAT :: 2457 : ?

a) 4275 b) 2475 c) 4257 d) 4572

23. 5 : 26 :: 9 : ?

a) 80 b) 81 c) 82 d) 30

24. 13 : 38 :: 17 : ?

a) 50 b) 51 c) 52 d) 57

CLASSIFICATION
25. Find the odd one out
a) Door b) Gate c) Chair d) window
26. Find the odd one out
a) Carrot b) Radish c) Garlic d) brinjal
27. Find the odd one out
a) Slay b) Assassinate c) Kill d) attack
28. Find the odd one out
 a) India b) Bhutan c) Nepal d) france
29. Find the odd one out
a) EH b) KN c) PR d) UX
30. Find the odd one out
a) TIN b) END c) ARM d) OWL
31. Find the odd one out
a) 37 b) 47 c) 57 d) 67
32. Find the odd one out
a) 12 b) 48 c) 24 d) 38
33. Find the odd one out
a) 97-85 b) 78-66 c) 19-11 d) 55-43
34. Find the odd one out
a) 1-0 b) 5-24 c) 9-82 d) 14-195

DIRECTION TEST
35. A man is facing North-West. He turns 90° in the clock-wise direction and then 135° in the
anticlockwise direction. Which direction is he facing now?
a) East b) West c) North d) south
36. Sarita walks 10 kilometres towards North. From there, she walks 6 kilometres towards South. Then
she walks 3 kilometres towards East. How far and in which direction is she with reference to her
starting point?
a) 5 kms West c) 7 kms East
b) 5 kms North-East d) 7 kms West
37. From his house, Naresh went 15 kms North. Then he turned West and covered 10 kms. Then, he
turned South and covered 5 kms. Finally, turning to East. He covered 10 kms. In which direction is
he from his house?
a) East b) West c) North d) south
38. A man walks 1 km towards East and then he turns to South and walks 5 km. again he turns to East
and walk 2 kms, after this he turns to North and walks 9 kms. Now, how far he is from his starting
point?
a) 3 kms b) 4 kms c) 5 kms d) 7 kms
39. A, B, C and D are playing a game of Ludo. A, C and D, B are partners. D is to the right of C who is
facing East. Then B is facing
a) North b) South c) East d) West
 CODING DECODING
40. If PAINT is coded as 74128 and EXCEL is coded as 93596, then how would you encode ACCEPT?
a) 455978 b) 547978 c) 554978 d) 735961
41. If D = 4 and COVER = 63, then BASIS = ?
a) 49 b) 50 c) 54 d) 55
42. If ENGLAND is written as 1234526 and FRANCE is written as 785291, how is GREECE coded?
a) 381171 b) 381191 c) 832252 d) 835545
43. If TAP is coded as SZO, then how is FREEZE coded?
a) EQDFYG b) ESDFYF c) GQFDYE d) EQDDYD
44. If in a certain code language, GRASP is coded as BMVNK, which word would be coded as CRANE?
a) FUDQH b) HWFSJ c) GVERI d) XMVIZ
45. In a certain code, SIKKIM is written as THLJJL. How is TRAINING written in that code?
a) SQBHOHOH b) UQBHOHOF c) UQBJOHHO d) UQBJOHOH
46. In a certain code, 15789 is written as XTZAL and 2346 is written as NPSU. How is 23549 written in
that code?
a) NPTUL b) PNTSL c) NPTSL d) NBTSL
47. A train is called ‘bus’, ‘bus’ is called ‘tractor’, ‘tractor’ is called ‘car’, ‘car’ is called ‘scooter’, ‘scooter’
is called ‘bicycle’, ‘bicycle’ is called ‘moped’, which is used to plough ‘field’?
a) Train b) Bus c) Tractor d) car
48. In a certain code, ‘786’ means ‘study very hard’, ‘958’ means ‘hard work pays’ and ‘645’ means
‘study and work’. Which of the following is the code for ‘very’?
a) 8 c) 7
b) 6 d) Can’t be determined
49. In a certain code language, ‘col tip mot’ means ‘singing is appreciable’; ‘mot baj min’ means
‘dancing is good’ and ‘tip nop baj’ means ‘singing and dancing’ which of the following means ‘good’
in that code?
a) Not c) Baj
b) Min d) Can’t be determined

BLOOD RELATION
50. A man introduced the boy coming with him as “He is son of the father of my wife’s daughter.” What
is boy’s relationship with man?
a) Son-in-law b) Son c) Father d) brother
51. Pointing out to a lady, Rajan said
“She is the daughter of the woman who is the mother of the husband of my mother.” Who is the
lady to Rajan?
a) Aunt b) Granddaughter c) Daughter d) sister
52. Pointing to a man receiving a trophy at a prize distribution, Ramesh said, “He is the brother of my
uncle’s daughter”. Who is the man to Ramesh?
a) Son b) Brother-in-law c) Uncle d) cousin
53. ‘A’ is the wife of ‘B’ and ‘B’ is the brother of ‘C’. ‘C’ is the son of D how is ‘D’ related to ‘A’?
a) Sister b) Aunt c) Brother d) Father-in-law
54. A + B means A is the sister of B; A − B means A is the brother of B; A × B means A is the daughter of
B. Which of the following shows the relation that “E is the maternal uncle/aunt of D”?
a) D + F × E b) D − F × E c) D × F + E d) D + F − E

VENN DIAGRAM
55. What is the number which is common to only two geometrical figure?

5
2

4 3

6 1

a) 4 b) 2 c) 3 d) 6
56. In the given diagram, which of the following represents the number of children who are naughty as
well as studious?

2 4
3
7

5 6

a) 3 and 6 b) Only 4 c) 2 and 4 d) Only 3

 SYLLOGISM
57. In the question below, two given statements are followed by two conclusions numbered I and II.
Read statements and give answer.
(1) If only conclusion I follows (3) If either conclusion I or II follows
(2) If only conclusion II follows (4) If neither I or II follows
Statement (A) : All students are lazy.
Statement (B) : Some men are students.
Conclusion I : All lazy are men.
Conclusion II : Some men are lazy.
58. Select the set of conclusions which logically follows the given statements.
Statement (A) : All foxes are plates.
Statement (B) : All plates are trees.
Conclusion I : All foxes are trees.
Conclusion II : All trees are foxes.
Conclusion III : Some trees are foxes.
Conclusion IV : Some trees are plates.
a) All conclusions are correct c) Only conclusions II, III and IV follow
b) Only conclusion I, III and IV follow d) None of these

MATHEMATICAL REASONING
59. If × stands for ‘addition’, ÷ stands for ‘subtraction’, + stands for ‘multiplication’ and – stands for
‘division’, then 20 × 8 ÷ 8 – 4 + 2 has the value equal to
a) 80 b) 25 c) 24 d) 5
60. If A means ‘plus’, B means ‘minus’, C means ‘divided by’ and D means ‘multiplied by’, then
18 A 12 C 6 D 2 B 5 equals
a) 15 b) 25 c) 25 d) 17
61. If × stands for − , ÷ stands for + , + stands for ÷ , and − stands for × , which one of the following
equations is correct?
a) 15 – 5 ÷ 5 × 20 + 10 = 6 c) 6 × 2 + 3 ÷ 12 – 3 = 15
b) 8 ÷ 10 – 3 + 5 × 6 = 8 d) 3 ÷ 7 – 5 × 10 + 3 = 10
62. If × stands for ‘addition’, < stands for ‘subtraction’, + stands for ‘division’, > stands for
‘multiplication’, − stands for ‘equal to’, ÷ stands for ‘greater than’ and = stands for ‘less than’, state
which of the following is true?
a) 3 × 2 < 4 ÷ 16 > 2 + 4 c) 3 × 4 > 2 – 9 + 3 < 3
b) 5 > 2 + 2 = 10 < 4 × 8 d) 5 × 3 < 7 ÷ 8 + 4 × 1
 RANKING TEST
63. In a row of trees, one tree is 11th from either end of the row. How many trees are there in the row?
a) 22 b) 23 c) 21 d) 12
64. Roshan ranked 11th from the top and thirty one from the bottom in a class. How many students are
there in the class?
a) 42 b) 43 c) 41 d) 40
65. In a row of boys, Suresh is seventh from the left and Rohit is twelfth from the right. If they
interchange their positions, Suresh becomes twenty-second from the left. How many boys are there
in a row?
a) 19 c) 33
b) 31 d) Cannot be found

NUMBER AND ALPHABET TEST

66. In the series given below, how many 5’s are there which are immediately followed by 3 but not
immediately preceded by 7?
8953253855687335775365335738
a) One b) Two c) Three d) Four
67. In a series 6 4 1 2 2 8 7 4 2 1 5 3 8 6 2 1 7 1 4 1 3 2 8 6
How many pairs of alternate numbers have a difference of 2?
a) One b) Two c) Three d) Four
68. In the following number sequence, how many such even numbers are there which are exactly
divisible by its immediate preceding number but not exactly divisible by its immediate following
number?
a) One b) Two c) Three d) Four
69. Arrange the given words in alphabetical order and tick one that comes first.
a) Nation b) Native c) Night d) Nature
70. Arrange the given words in alphabetical order and tick one that comes last.
a) Restrict b) Rocket c) Random d) Rajasthan
71. How many meaningful words can be formed with the letters E, A, M, L?
a) 1 b) 3 c) 4 d) 2
72. If a meaningful word can be formed by rearranging the letters L, A, C, U, A, S the first letter of the
word so formed is the answer. If no such word is formed then answer is N.
 a) C b) L c) A d) N

ANALYTICAL REASONING
Directions (69. to 71.) : Read the following statements and answer the questions given below :
Raman, Suman and Nayan play football, hockey and cricket. Raman, Rohan and Nayan play hockey,
cricket and basketball. Raman, Suman, Mayank and Nayan play football and cricket.
73. Which game is played by all the boys?
a) Hockey b) Cricket c) Football d) Basket ball
74. Who does not play football?
a) Rohan b) Raman c) Nayan d) Mayank
75. Which of the following two boys play all the games?
a) Nayan, Raman c) Rohan, Nayan
b) Mayank, Rohan d) Suman, Mayank
76. Ravi is not wearing white and Ajay is not wearing blue. Ravi and Sohan wear different colours.
Sachin alone wears red. What is Sohan’s colour, if all four are wearing different colours?
a) Red b) Blue c) White d) Can’t say
77. In a cricket season, India defeated Australia twice, West Indies defeated India twice, Austarlia
defeated West Indies twice, India defeated New Zealand twice and West Indies defeated New
Zealand twice. Which country has lost most number of times?
a) India b) Australia c) New Zealand d) West Indies

CALENDER, CLOCK AND TIME

78. What is the number of odd days in a leap year?
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
79. What was the day on 26th Jan., 1950, when 1st Republic Day of India was celebrated?
a) Monday b) Tuesday c) Thursday d) friday
80. If the day after tomorrow is Sunday, what was the day-before-yesterday?
a) Thursday b) Friday c) Wednesday d) saturday
81. If the next date after 3rd Monday in a month is 16th, what will be the date on day before 5th
Monday?
a) 27 b) 28 c) 29 d) 30
82. How many times in 12 hours the hands of a clock will be at right angle?
a) 12 b) 22 c) 18 d) 24
83. How many times do the hands of a clock coincide in a day?
a) 24 b) 22 c) 21 d) 20
84. A clock is set right at 5 am. The clock loses 16 minutes in 24 hours. What will be the right time when
the clock indicates 10 pm on the 4th day?
a) 11:15 pm b) 11 pm c) 12 pm d) 12:30 pm
85. At what time between 5:30 and 6 o’clock will the hands of a clock be at right angle?
3 c) 40 minutes past 5
a) 44 minutes past 5
11 d) 45 minutes past 5
7
b) 43 minutes past 5
11