Reasoning Questions

Q1. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word INTEREST each of which has as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabetical series?

(a)None 

(b)One 

(c)Two 

(d)Three 

(e)More than three

S1.Ans.(e)
Sol.  

Q2. How many meaningful English words can be formed with the letters ABTI using all the letters, and each letter only once in each word?

(a) One 

(b) Two 

(c) Three 

(d) None 

(e) None of these

S2.Ans.(a)
Sol. ABTI=BAIT

Directions (3-4): Study the following information carefully and answer the given question:

There are six letter O,R,U,D,N and A which are arranged in a particular manner such that A is placed fourth to the left of N. O is not placed immediately next to either A or N. Both letters R and U are placed immediately next to O. D is not at the left end of the row.

Q3. Which of the following pairs sits at the extreme ends of the row?

(a)OD 

(b)AD 

(c)NA 

(d)DN 

(e) None of these

S3.Ans.(b) 
Sol. A R O U N D or A U O R N D

Q4. Which of the following meaningful words will be formed after arrangement?

(a)DAROUN 

(b)ARDOUN 

(c)AROUND 

(d)ARUNOD 

(e) None of these

S4.Ans.(c) 
Sol. Meaningful word is AROUND

Q5. In a row of 25 persons, Ronaldo is twelfth from the right. If there are five persons between Ronaldo and Rivaldo, who is on the right side of Ronaldo, what is the position of Rivaldo from the left?

(a) 21 

(b) 19 

(c) 20 

(d) 18 

(e) None of these

S5.Ans.(c) 
Sol. here Ronaldo is 12th from the right , i.e. 14th from the left. therefore, the position of Rivaldo is 14+5+1=20th from the left.

Directions (6-10):Answer the following questions referring to the symbol-letter-number sequence given below:

X N 5 C Z 2 $ P*A B 1 Q 3 Y N O 9 L 6 M 4 ~ F 7 I

Q6. Which of the following is exactly midway between the tenth element from the right and fifth element from the left end?

(a) A 

(b) B 

(c) 1 

(d)*

(e)None of these

Q7. How many letters are there in the above sequence which are immediately preceded by a number and immediately followed by a consonant?

(a) None 

(b) one 

(c) Two 

(d) Three 

(e) None of these

Q8. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following sequence?

?, 2AC, *Q$, 1NA

(a)5$X 

(b)CPN 

(c)ZP5 

(d)5$Q 

(e) None of these

Q9. Which of the following is the eleventh element to the right of the second element from the left end in the above sequence?

(a)9 

(b)1 

(c)M 

(d)4 

(e) None of these

Q10. If both the halves of the above sequence are written in reverse order, which will be the sixth element to the right of the sixteenth element from the right end?

(a)4 

(b)~ 

(c)O 

(d)N 

(e) None of these

Solution (6-10):

S6.Ans.(b)
Sol.

S7.Ans.(c)
Sol.  5CZ ,3YN

S8.Ans.(a)
Sol.5$X

S9.Ans.(e)
Sol. R=11th
     L=2nd
_________
    L=13th =Q

S10.Ans.(b)
Sol.

Directions (11-15): study the following information and answer the questions given.

In a certain code language ‘lu si pi de’ means ‘get your out us’, ‘re pi ve go’ means ‘get comfort life zone’, ‘ve fu si go’ means ‘out comfort the zone’ and ‘go lu na fu’ means ‘zone of the us’. Then-

Q11. What is the code of ‘comfort’ in this code language?

(a) go 

(b) ve 

(c) re 

(d) pi 

(e) cannot be determined

Q12. What is the code of ‘your’ in this code language?

(a) de 

(b) lu 

(c) pi 

(d) si 

(e) cannot be determined

Q13. What is the code of ‘your of life’?

(a) ha de fu 

(b) re de na 

(c) fu lu na 

(d) de re ve 

(e) cannot be determined

Q14. What is the code of ‘us’ in this code language?

(a) de 

(b) lu 

(c) si 

(d) pi 

(e) cannot be determined

Q15. What is the code of ‘out’ in this code language?

(a) de 

(b) lu 

(c) si 

(d) pi 

(e) cannot be determined

Solution (11-15):

S11.Ans. (b)
Sol.

S12.Ans.(a)
Sol.

S13.Ans.(b)
Sol.

S14.Ans.(b)
Sol.

S15.Ans.(c)
Sol.