In a row of 10 students, Arun is 5th from the left. What is his position from the right?
Answer: A
Total students = 10. Position from right = Total - Position from left + 1 = 10 - 5 + 1 = 6
Q.2Easy
Pointing to a man, Priya says 'His mother is my mother's daughter'. How is the man related to Priya?
Answer: B
Mother's daughter = Priya. So the man's mother is Priya, making him Priya's son.
Q.3Easy
All squares are rectangles. All rectangles are quadrilaterals. Therefore, all squares are quadrilaterals. What type of reasoning is this?
Answer: A
This follows the logical chain from general to specific, which is deductive reasoning (syllogism).
Q.4Easy
If BOOK is coded as 2-15-15-11, how is LOOK coded?
Answer: A
Each letter is replaced by its position in the alphabet. L=12, O=15, O=15, K=11.
Q.5Easy
In a series: 2, 5, 10, 17, 26, ? What is the next number?
Answer: B
Differences are 3, 5, 7, 9, 11. Pattern is n² + 1. Next: 6² + 1 = 37
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Q.6Easy
Sword is to Warrior as Pen is to ?
Answer: B
A sword is a tool used by a warrior. Similarly, a pen is a tool used by a writer.
Q.7Medium
Five friends A, B, C, D, E sit in a row. A sits next to B. C sits next to D. E sits at one end. Who sits in the middle?
Answer: D
Multiple arrangements satisfy the given conditions, so the middle person cannot be uniquely determined.
Q.8Easy
Ramesh walks 10 km north, then 5 km east, then 10 km south. How far is he from the starting point?
Answer: A
He ends up 5 km east of his starting position. Net displacement = 5 km
Q.9Medium
If TIGER is coded as 65918 and LION is coded as 3452, how is GRIN coded?
Answer: D
T=6, I=5, G=9, E=8, R=1, L=3, O=4, N=2. G=9, R=1, I=5, N=2. But check: GRIN = G-R-I-N. Need position mapping from TIGER/LION. G=9, R=1, I=5, but N=8 from TIGER mapping. Answer is 6958.
Q.10Medium
Six people sit around a circular table. Meera sits opposite to Neha. Priya sits two seats to the left of Meera. Where does Priya sit relative to Neha?
Answer: C
In circular arrangement with 6 seats, if Meera and Neha are opposite (3 seats apart), and Priya is 2 seats to Meera's left, then Priya is 2 seats to Neha's right.
Q.11Medium
X's mother is Y's sister. Y is Z's mother. How is X related to Z?
Answer: C
X's mother = Y's sister. Y = Z's mother. So X is the sibling of Z's mother, making X the uncle/aunt of Z.
Q.12Medium
Some students are athletes. All athletes are disciplined. No undisciplined person is a student. Based on this, which conclusion is valid?
Answer: B
From the premises: Some students → athletes → disciplined. Therefore, at least some disciplined people are students.
Q.13Easy
In a series: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ? What is the next number?
Answer: B
This is the Fibonacci sequence where each number is the sum of the previous two. 13 + 8 = 21
Q.14Medium
CLOCK is to TIME as THERMOMETER is to ?
Answer: B
A clock measures time. A thermometer measures temperature. The relationship is instrument to quantity it measures.
Q.15Medium
In a classroom, 7 students stand in a line. Vikram is 4th from the left. Shreya is 3 positions to the right of Vikram. What is Shreya's position from the left?
Answer: B
Vikram is 4th from left. Shreya is 3 positions to his right: 4 + 3 = 7th position
Q.16Medium
Pointing to a woman, Amit says 'She is the daughter of my mother's brother'. How is Amit related to that woman?
Answer: A
Mother's brother = Uncle. His daughter = Cousin. So the woman is Amit's cousin.
Q.17Medium
If in a code language, MAKE becomes PDNH, what does TAKE become?
Four people A, B, C, D are standing. A is taller than B, C is taller than D, A is shorter than C. Who is the tallest?
Answer: C
Order: B < A < C and D < C. Therefore, C is the tallest.
Q.19Hard
In a series: 100, 99, 97, 94, 90, ? What is the next number?
Answer: A
Differences: -1, -2, -3, -4, -5. Next difference is -5, so 90 - 5 = 85
Q.20Hard
Seven boxes A, B, C, D, E, F, G are arranged such that: D is heavier than A but lighter than C. B is heavier than C. E is the heaviest. F is lighter than A. G is between A and C in weight. Which box is the second heaviest?
Answer: A
From conditions: E is heaviest. F < A < G < D < C < B. Therefore B is second heaviest.
