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SSC EXAM REASONING Directions: (Question Nos. 1 to 15) select the related letters/word/number/figure from the given alternatives. 1. Botany : Plants : : Entomology : ? (a) Birds (b) Plants (c) Insects (d) Snakes 2. Parliament : Great Britain : : Congress : ? (a) Japan (b) India (c) USA (d) Netherlands 3. Flow : River : : Stagnant : ? (a) Pool (b) Rain (c) Stream (d) Canal 4. AZBY : DWEV : : HSIR : ? (a) JQKO (b) KPOL (c) KPLO (d) KOLP 5. AKU : ? : : CMW : DNX (a) BGL (b) BLQ (c) BGQ (d) BLV 6. 68 : 130 : : ? : 350 (a) 240 (b) 222 (c) 216 (d) 210 7. 48 : 122 : : 168 : ? (a) 292 (b) 290 (c) 225 (d) 215 8. 11 × 12 × 13 = 234, 24 × 23 × 35 = 658, 31 × 43 × 54 = ? (a) 497 (b) 974 (c) 749 (d) 479 9. 16 (210) 14, 14 (156) 12, 12 (?) 10 (a) 110 (b) 100 (c) 120 (d) 90 10. B2CD, _____, BCD4, B5CD, BC6D (a) B2C2D (b) BC3D (c) B2C3D (d) BCD7 11. 3 : 81 : : 6 : ? (a) 1296 (b) 1269 (c) 1692 (d) 1926 12. YWZX : USVT : : MKNL : ? (a) IGGH (b) IGJH (c) IGJJ (d) IGHH 13. ? : IKMO : : QSUW : YACE (a) ACEG (b) ADEG (c) ACDG (d) ADDG 14. If ABHISHEK = BAIHTGFJ, then HRITIK = ? (a) IQJSJJ (b) QJSJJI (c) SJJJIIQ (d) QXYSDEM 15. Sailor : Ship : : Lawyer : ? (a) Legal (b) Law (c) Court (d) Ruling 16. If ‘eraser’ is called ‘box’, ‘box’ is called ‘pencil’, ‘pencil’ is called ‘sharpener’ and ‘sharpener’ is called ‘bag’, with what will a child writes? (a) Eraser (b) Box (c) Pencil (d) Sharpener nd 17. Four words are given which of them will come at 2 place when all of them are arranged alphabetically as in a dictionary? (a) Bishop (b) Bifocal (c) Bicycle (d) Bitter Vidya Guru Tilak Nagar - 9311566241, Karol Bagh - 8376934679/81, Pitampura - 8376934648, Munirka - 9650549487

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SSC EXAM REASONING 2 18. Choose the word which is different from others (a) shark (b) piranha (c) star fish (d) whale Directions (Q.19 - 20) : Which of the following figures correctly represents the relationship among the three sets? (a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

19. Boys, Girls, Adults 20. Cat, Dog, Animals 21. Find out the set of numbers amongst the four sets of numbers given in the alternatives which is most like the set given in the question. Given set (3, 18, 36) (a) (2, 10, 16) (b) (12, 72, 96) (c) (4, 24, 48) (d) (6, 42, 48) 22. What is my father’s father-in-law’s son’s only sister to me? (a) mother (b) sister (c) aunt (d) grand mother 23. Heavier coins are costlier. Ram’s coin is heavier than Mohan’s and costlier than Ramesh’s. Naresh’s coin is costlier than Ram’s but lighter than Yogesh’s. Ramesh’s coin is costlier than Mohan’s. So who is the owner of the costliest coin? (a) Ram (b) Ramesh (c) Yogesh (d) Naresh 24. If ‘+’ stands for Multiplication, ‘×’ stands for Division,‘–’ stands for Addition and ‘÷’ stands for Subtraction, what would the following equation stand for? 20 – 8 × 4 ÷ 3 + 2 = ? (a) 41 (b) 19 (c) 16 (d) 18 25. MN, NM, MNO, ONM, MNOP, ? (a) NPOM (b) POMN (c) MOPN (d) PONM 26. CVD, CTE, DQE, DMF, EHF, ? (a) ECG (b) FCG (c) EBG (d) FBG 27. It was Sunday on Jan 1, 2006. What was the day of the week Jan 1, 2010? (a) Sunday (b) Saturday (c) Friday (d) Wednesday 28. If RAMESH = AEHMRS, then ANURADHA = ? (a) AHDARUNA (b) AAADHNRU (c) ZMFIZWSZ (d) ADHARUNA 29. If RELATION = 95312965, then MANAGEMENT = ? (a) 4151754552 (b) 13595692 (c) 4151764552 (d) 19569253 30. If SHIVANI = 574, then GANESH = ? (a) 324 (b) 321 (c) 322 (d) 323 31. Find number of rectangles those are not squares in a given figure

(a) 1296

(b) 204

(d) 1024

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SSC EXAM REASONING 3 32. If + means ÷, ÷means –, –means ×, × means +, then 12 + 6 ÷ 3 – 2 × 8 =? (a) – 2 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 8 33. A man is 24 years older than his son. In two years, his age will be twice the age of his son. The present age of his son is: (a) 14 years (b) 18 years (c) 20 years (d) 22 years 34. If + means –, – means ×, ÷ means + and × means ÷, then 15 – 3 + 10 × 5 ÷ 5 =? (a) 5 (b) 22 (c) 48 (d) 52 35. If PERSON = THTWRP, then ENGINE =? (a) IQIMQG (b) GQQIIM (c) INEGNE (d) IMGHDX 36. Among A, B, C, D, E and F, who is the heaviest? I. A and D are heavier than B, E and F but none of them is the heaviest. II. A is heavier than D but lighter than C. (a) Only I required (b) only II required (c) Both required (d) cannot be answer even by using both the statements 37. How many pairs of letters are there in the word INTERNAL, each of which has as many letters between them in the word as they have in the English alphabet? (a) None (b) One (c) Two (d) Three 38. In a row of boys, if A who is tenth from the left and B who is ninth from the right interchange their position, A becomes seventeenth from the left. How many boys are there in the row? (a) 23 (b) 27 (c) 25 (d) 31 39. One morning after sunrise Juhi while going to school met Lalli at Boring road crossing. Lalli's shadow was exactly to the right of Juhi. If they were face to face, which direction was Juhi facing? (a) north (b) south (c) east (d) west 40. Statements: No door is dog. All the dogs are cats. Conclusions: No door is cat. No cat is door. Some cats are dogs. All the cats are dogs. (a) only 2 and 4 (b) only 1 and 3 (c) only 3 and 4 (d) only 3 41. Statements: All green are blue. All blue are white. Conclusions: Some blue are green. Some white are green. Some green are not white. All white are blue. (a) only 1 and 2 (b) only 1 and 3 (c) only 1 and 4 (d) only 2 and 4 42. Statements: All men are vertebrates. Some mammals are vertebrates. Conclusions: All men are mammals. All mammals are men. Some vertebrates are mammals. All vertebrates are men. (a) only 4 (b) only 2 (c) only 3 (d) only 1 Vidya Guru Tilak Nagar - 9311566241, Karol Bagh - 8376934679/81, Pitampura - 8376934648, Munirka - 9650549487

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SSC EXAM REASONING 4 43. An accurate clock shows 8 o'clock in the morning. Through how may degrees will the hour hand rotate when the clock shows 2 o'clock in the afternoon? (a) 144º (b) 150º (c) 168º (d) 180º 44. Choose the correct mirror image of the given figure (X) from amongst the four alternatives.

(X) (a) (b) (c) (d) 45. Choose the correct mirror image of the given figure (X) from amongst the four alternatives.

(X) (a) (b) (c) (d) 46. Choose a figure which would most closely resemble the unfolded form of Figure (Z).

(a) (b) (c) (d) 47. A is the husband of B. E is the daughter of C. A is the father of C. How is B related to E? (a) grand mother (b) mother (c) sister (d) aunt 48. Find out from amongst the four alternatives as to how the pattern would appear when the transparent sheet is folded at the dotted line.

(X) (a) (b) (c) (d) 49. A man is facing west turns through 45° clockwise, again 180° clockwise and then turns through 270° anti clockwise. Which direction is he facing now? (a) south west (b) north (c) north west (d) south 50. In a class of 120 students , girls are twice that of boys, Rahul ranked 19th from the top. If there are 12 girls ahead of Rahul, how many boys are after him in rank? (a) 13 (b) 77 (c) 12 (d) 33 Detailed Answers & Explanations

1. (C) 11. (A) 21. (C) 31. (C) 41. (A)

2. (C) 12. (B) 22. (A) 32. (C) 42. (C)

3. (A) 13. (A) 23. (C) 33. (D) 43. (D)

4. (C) 14. (A) 24. (C) 34. (C) 44. (D)

SHORT ANSWER 5. (D) 6. (B) 7. (B) 15. (C) 16. (D) 17. (B) 25. (D) 26. (C) 27. (C) 35. (A) 36. (A) 37. (D) 45. (D) 46. (B) 47. (A)

8. (D) 18. (D) 28. (B) 38. (C) 48. (D)

9. (A) 19. (A) 29. (A) 39. (B) 49. (A)

10. 20. 30. 40. 50.

(B) (B) (A) (D) (D)

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SSC EXAM REASONING 5 1. (C) 2. (C) 3. (A) 4. (C) AZBY : DWEV : : HSIR : ? AZBY :- 2nd letter is opposite of 1st letter and 3rd letter is next letter of 1st letter and 4th letter is opposite letter of 3rd letter Now gap between 1st letter of word and 1st letter of its code is 2 If we do same with HSIR we will get KPLO 5. (D) AKU : ? : : CMW : DNX CMW : DNX :- C+1 = D , M+1 = N , W+1 = X If we do same with AKU we will get BLV 6. (B) 68 : 130 : : ? : 350 68 = 43 + 4 130 = 53 + 5 350 = 73 + 7 So , answer will be 63 + 6 = 216 + 6 = 222 7. (B) 48 : 122 : : 168 : ? 48 = 72 – 1 122 = 112 + 1 122 = (7 + 4)2 + 1 168 = 132 – 1 290 = (13 + 4)2 + 1 8. (D) 11 × 12 × 13 = 234 , 24 × 23 × 35 = 658 , 31 × 43 × 54 = ? 1+1 = 2 1+2 = 3 1+3 = 4 So , answer will be (3 + 1)(4 + 3)(5 + 4) = 479 9. (A) 16 (210) 14 , 14 (156) 12 , 12 (?) 10 (16 – 1) × 14 = 210 (14 – 1) × 12 = 156 (12 – 1) × 10 = 110 10. (B) B2CD, _____, BCD4, B5CD, BC6D BCD is same in every term or element Digit moves one place to the right and numbers increasing by 1 So , answer will BC3D 11. (A) 34 = 81 So , answer will be 64 = 1296 12. (B) 13. (A) ? : IKMO : : QSUW : YACE There is gap of 7 between corresponding alphabets So , answer will be ACEG 14. (A) ABHISHEK = BAIHTGFJ A+1 = B , B – 1 = A , H + 1 = I , I – 1 = H , S + 1 = T , H – 1 = G , E + 1 = F , K – 1 = J According to same pattern , HRITIK will be coded as IQJSJJ Vidya Guru Tilak Nagar - 9311566241, Karol Bagh - 8376934679/81, Pitampura - 8376934648, Munirka - 9650549487

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SSC EXAM REASONING 15. (C) 16. (D) pencil should be the answer but according to question pencil now is coded as sharpener 17. (B) 18. (D) except D all are fishes 19. (A) 20. (B) 21. (C) 22. (A)

Son Sister Mother

23. 24. 25. 26.

27.

28. 29.

Father-in-law Father Me

So , answer is my Mother (C) yogesh > naresh > ram > ramesh > mohan (C) 20 + 8 ÷ 4 – 3 × 2 According to BODMAS answer will be 16 (D) 2nd, 4th, 6th and so on terms are just reverse order of previous term So , answer will be PONM (C) CVD, CTE, DQE, DMF, EHF, ? Gap between 2nd term of each element is increasing by 1 So , middle term of answer will be B Now C , C , D , D , E So , 1st term of answer will be E D,E,E,F,F According to pattern 3rd term of answer will be G Answer is EBG (C) On 31st December, 2005 it was Saturday. Number of odd days from the year 2006 to the year 2009 = (1 + 1 + 2 + 1) = 5 days. On 31st December 2009, it was Thursday. Thus, on 1st Jan, 2010 it is Friday. (B) arrange all letters in a word in alphabetically order (A) sum of digit of rank from (A to Z) M = 13, 1+3=4 A = 1, 1 N = 14, 1+4=5 A = 1, 1 G = 7, 7 E = 5, 5 M = 13, 1+3=4 E = 5, 5

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SSC EXAM REASONING 7 N = 14, 1+4=5 T = 20, 2+0=2 Answer is 4151754542 30. (A) Sum of ranks(A to Z) of each alphabet × (number of alphabets in a word) Answer will be 54 × 6 = 324 31. (C) number of rectangles those are not squares(X) = number of total rectangles – number of squares X = (13 + 23 + 33………..+83) – (12 + 22 + 32…………..+82) = 1092 32. (C) 12 ÷ 6 – 3 × 2 + 8 According to BODMAS answer will be 4 33. (D) present age of son = S Present age of man = M S + 24 = M ------------ (1) 2(S + 2) = M + 2 -------------(2) By solving both the equation we will get, S = 22 34. (C) 15 × 3 – 10 ÷ 5 + 5 According to BODMAS Answer is 48 35. (A) PERSON = THTWRP T–P = 4 H–E = 3 T–R = 2 W–S = 4 R–O = 3 P–N = 2 So , according to same pattern ENGINE will be IQIMQG 36. (A) From I :- C > (A,D) > (B,E,F) From 1st only we get to know that C is heaviest 37. (D) There are three pairs of letters, each of which has as many letters between them in the word as they have in the English alphabet.

I N T E R N A L 38. (C) A is 10th from left end & B is 9th from the right end. If they interchange their position now A becomes 17th from left & he will also at place of B so he will be 9th from right end Required answer = 17 + 9 – 1= 25 39. (B) In the morning sunrises in the east. N

S So in morning the shadow falls towards the west. Now Lalli's shadow falls to the right of the Juhi. Hence Juhi is facing South. Vidya Guru Tilak Nagar - 9311566241, Karol Bagh - 8376934679/81, Pitampura - 8376934648, Munirka - 9650549487

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SSC EXAM REASONING 40. (D)

Cats

Dogs

Door

Only (3) follows. 41. (A)

White

Blue

Green 42. (C)

Men

Men Mammals

(or)

Vertebrates

Mammals Vertebrates

Only (3) Follows.  360   6   = 180º. 43. (D) Angle traced by the hour hand in 6 hours =   12  44. (D) 45. (D) 46. (B) 47. (A)

Husband

Father C

Grand Mother Daughter

E So , answer is Grand Mother

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SSC EXAM REASONING 48. (D) 49. (A) B

45°

270° 180° O

D C Clearly, the man initially faces in the direction OA. On moving 45° clockwise, he faces in the direction OB. On further moving 180° clockwise, he faces in the direction OC. Finally, on moving 270° anti– clockwise, he faces in the direction OD, Which is South–west. 50. (D) Let no. of boys = x so no. of girls = 2x So x + 2x = 120 3x = 120 or x = 40 So no. of boys = 40 & no. of girls = 80 Rahul is 19th from top, it means there are 18 students ahead of him. It is given that there are 12 girls ahead of Rahul so it implies that there are 6 boys ahead of Rahul so he is also a boy so up to him there are 7 boys so after him there will be = 40 – 7 = 33

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