- Test booklet
- प्रश्न पुस्तिका
- Booklet No.
- 3794342
- Series
- A
SBI Clerk Prelims Paper 9
- Questions
- 100
- Maximum marks
- 100
- Minutes allowed
- 60
Instructions निर्देश
- This booklet has 100 questions in 3 parts: A. English language (30), B. Numerical Ability (35), C. Reasoning Ability (35).
- Each part has its own clock. When it runs out, that part closes and the next opens.
- Each question has 5 options and one right answer. A right answer earns 1 mark. A wrong answer costs 0.25. A question left blank scores nothing.
- Fill one bubble per question on the answer sheet. Unlike a real sheet, you can clear it and change your mind.
Scripting is off, so this page is a printed paper: answer on paper, then open each question’s working.
Part AEnglish language
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Select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
EmptyAnswer and working
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Select the correctly spelt word.
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Answer A
The correct spelling is solitary.
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Select the incorrectly spelt word.
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Answer D
guillotinne is wrong; it is spelt guillotine. The others are correct.
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Select the correctly spelt word.
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Answer D
The correct spelling is commemorative.
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Select the incorrectly spelt word.
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Answer D
glaceir is wrong; it is spelt glacier. The others are correct.
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Select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
ForbidAnswer and working
Answer E
The opposite of forbid is Permit. Interdict is the trap: it means the same, not the opposite.
Source: WordNet 3.1
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Select the word closest in meaning to the given word.
EndangerAnswer and working
Answer A
Endanger (verb) and Threaten share their main meaning. None of the other options does.
Source: WordNet 3.1
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Select the word closest in meaning to the given word.
VolitionAnswer and working
Answer E
Volition (noun) and Will share their main meaning. None of the other options does.
Source: WordNet 3.1
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Select the correctly spelt word.
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Answer B
The correct spelling is excessive.
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Select the one word that can replace the given group of words.
A person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excessAnswer and working
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Select the correctly spelt word.
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Answer B
The correct spelling is additional.
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Select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
ComplexityAnswer and working
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Select the one word that can replace the given group of words.
An assistant subject to the authority or control of anotherAnswer and working
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Select the word closest in meaning to the given word.
UndressAnswer and working
Answer C
Undress (verb) and Strip share their main meaning. None of the other options does.
Source: WordNet 3.1
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Select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
PostwarAnswer and working
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Select the correctly spelt word.
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Answer E
The correct spelling is attribute.
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Select the word closest in meaning to the given word.
AnnulAnswer and working
Answer A
Annul (verb) and Void share their main meaning. None of the other options does.
Source: WordNet 3.1
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Select the word closest in meaning to the given word.
EmbodyAnswer and working
Answer A
Embody (verb) and Incarnate share their main meaning. None of the other options does.
Source: WordNet 3.1
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Select the one word that can replace the given group of words.
The kind of intellectual who converts messages from a code to plain textAnswer and working
Answer B
Decoder: the kind of intellectual who converts messages from a code to plain text.
Source: WordNet 3.1
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Select the correctly spelt word.
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Answer B
The correct spelling is reputable.
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Select the word closest in meaning to the given word.
ObstructAnswer and working
Answer B
Obstruct (verb) and Block share their main meaning. None of the other options does.
Source: WordNet 3.1
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Select the word closest in meaning to the given word.
NotoriousAnswer and working
Answer B
Notorious (adjective) and Infamous share their main meaning. None of the other options does.
Source: WordNet 3.1
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Select the word closest in meaning to the given word.
TreatyAnswer and working
Answer D
Treaty (noun) and Pact share their main meaning. None of the other options does.
Source: WordNet 3.1
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Select the word closest in meaning to the given word.
SeclusionAnswer and working
Answer D
Seclusion (noun) and Privacy share their main meaning. None of the other options does.
Source: WordNet 3.1
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Select the one word that can replace the given group of words.
A baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left handAnswer and working
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Select the one word that can replace the given group of words.
A criminal who illegally sets fire to propertyAnswer and working
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Select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
LeaderAnswer and working
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Select the one word that can replace the given group of words.
Someone who takes the place of another personAnswer and working
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Select the incorrectly spelt word.
Answer and working
Answer C
ellegance is wrong; it is spelt elegance. The others are correct.
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Select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
OptimistAnswer and working
Part BNumerical Ability
Directions for questions 31 to 35
Study the table and answer the questions that follow.
Saplings planted by five villages, in two successive years Village Year 1 Year 2 Village P 240 216 Village Q 620 651 Village R 580 464 Village S 460 690 Village T 520 468 -
Which one grew the most in percentage terms from Year 1 to Year 2?
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Answer C
Growth: Village P −10%, Village Q 5%, Village R −20%, Village S 50%, Village T −10%. The highest is Village S.
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Village P’s Year 2 figure is what percent of Village T’s Year 2 figure?
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Answer E
216 ÷ 468 × 100 = 46.15%.
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What is the average Year 2 figure of the five?
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Answer E
Sum of Year 2 = 2,489. ÷ 5 = 497.8.
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What is the total for Village P over the two years?
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Answer B
240 + 216 = 456.
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By what percent did Village T’s figure change from Year 1 to Year 2?
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Answer E
Change = 468 − 520 = −52. On Year 1: −52 ÷ 520 × 100 = 10% decrease.
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What is the simple interest on ₹17,500 at 6% per annum for 5 years?
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Answer D
SI = P × R × T / 100 = 17,500 × 6 × 5 / 100 = ₹5,250.
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A boat covers 48 km downstream in 4 hours and 16 km upstream in 4 hours. What is the speed of the boat in still water?
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Answer E
Downstream speed = 48 ÷ 4 = 12 km/h; upstream = 16 ÷ 4 = 4 km/h. Boat = (12 + 4) ÷ 2 = 8 km/h.
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The fare for a journey goes from ₹440 to ₹704. What is the percentage increase?
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Answer E
Change = ₹264. On the original value: 264 ÷ 440 × 100 = 60%, a 60% increase. Dividing by the new value, 704, is the usual slip.
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The average of 7 numbers is 30. When one number is removed, the average of the rest is 27. Which number was removed?
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Answer E
Total of 7 = 7 × 30 = 210. Total of 6 = 6 × 27 = 162. Removed = 210 − 162 = 48.
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What is the fourth proportional to 2, 5 and 54?
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Answer B
2 : 5 = 54 : x, so x = 5 × 54 ÷ 2 = 135.
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A shopkeeper marks an article 30% above its cost price and allows a discount of 15%. If the article was sold for ₹3,094, what was its cost price?
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Answer D
SP = CP × 1.3 × 0.85 = CP × 1.11. So CP = 3,094 ÷ 1.11 = ₹2,800.
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A bus goes from Pune to Nashik at 60 km/h and returns by the same road at 100 km/h. What is its average speed for the whole journey?
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Answer D
For equal distances, average speed = 2xy/(x + y) = 2 × 60 × 100 ÷ 160 = 75 km/h. The plain average, 80, ignores that the slower leg takes longer.
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Solve both equations and compare x and y.
I. x² + 13x + 40 = 0
II. y² + y − 56 = 0Answer and working
Answer E
I gives x = −8 or −5. II gives y = −8 or 7. Some x are bigger and some smaller than some y, so no single relation holds: x = y or no relation can be established.
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Solve both equations and compare x and y.
I. x² − 5x + 4 = 0
II. y² + 2y − 15 = 0Answer and working
Answer E
I gives x = 1 or 4. II gives y = −5 or 3. Some x are bigger and some smaller than some y, so no single relation holds: x = y or no relation can be established.
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Solve both equations and compare x and y.
I. x² + 8x − 9 = 0
II. y² + 11y + 18 = 0Answer and working
Answer E
I gives x = −9 or 1. II gives y = −9 or −2. Some x are bigger and some smaller than some y, so no single relation holds: x = y or no relation can be established.
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Simplify: 1⁄3 + 5⁄12 + 1⁄10
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Answer B
Over the common denominator 60: the sum is 17⁄20. Adding tops and bottoms separately (8/28) is the trap.
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Which number replaces the question mark? 2, 6, 15, ?, 56, 92
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Answer D
The rule: the differences are squares: 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49. The missing term is 31.
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The present ages of Asha and her elder brother are in the ratio 6 : 7. After 10 years, the ratio will be 8 : 9. What is Asha’s present age?
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Answer D
Ages 6x and 7x. (6x + 10) : (7x + 10) = 8 : 9 gives x = 5. Asha is 6 × 5 = 30 years.
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Find the wrong number in the series: 18, 37, 25, 32, 33, 27, 39, 22
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Answer B
The rule: two series alternate: 18, 25, 32 … rising by 7, and 37, 32, 27 … falling by 5. The term in place of 33 should be 32, so the wrong number is 33.
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Which number replaces the question mark? 5, 6, ?, 45, 184, 925
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Answer C
The rule: each term is the previous × 1 + 1, × 2 + 2, × 3 + 3, and so on. The missing term is 14.
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Solve both equations and compare x and y.
I. x² − 3x − 54 = 0
II. y² + 8y = 0Answer and working
Answer E
I gives x = −6 or 9. II gives y = −8 or 0. Some x are bigger and some smaller than some y, so no single relation holds: x = y or no relation can be established.
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What is √484 + √576 − √529?
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Answer D
22 + 24 − 23 = 23.
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Find the wrong number in the series: 17, 49, 24, 51, 31, 45, 38, 43
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Answer D
The rule: two series alternate: 17, 24, 31 … rising by 7, and 49, 47, 45 … falling by 2. The term in place of 51 should be 47, so the wrong number is 51.
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A shopkeeper marks his goods 40% above the cost price and allows a discount of 10%. What is his profit or loss percent?
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Answer C
Take CP = 100. Marked price = 140. After 10% off: 140 × 90/100 = 126. So 26% profit.
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₹80,000 amounts to ₹1,15,200 in 2 years at compound interest, compounded annually. What is the rate of interest?
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Answer E
(1 + R/100)² = 1,15,200/80,000 = 1.44, so 1 + R/100 = 1.2 and R = 20%. Dividing the interest equally between the years (simple interest) gives a wrong answer.
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Ramesh can finish a piece of work in 9 days and Suresh can finish it in 18 days. Working together, how long will they take?
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Answer B
In one day they do 1/9 + 1/18 = 1/6 of the work. Time = 9 × 18 ÷ (9 + 18) = 6 days.
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55 litres of a mixture contains milk and water in the ratio 3 : 2. How much water must be added to make the ratio 3 : 5?
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Answer D
Milk = 33 l, water = 22 l. For 3 : 5, water must be 33 × 5/3 = 55 l. Add 55 − 22 = 33 litres.
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What is √441 + √256 − √400?
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Answer A
21 + 16 − 20 = 17.
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A bag holds 3 red, 2 blue and 1 green balls. Two balls are drawn at random without replacement. What is the probability that both are red?
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Answer B
Ways to pick 2 red: 3. Ways to pick any 2: 15. Probability = 1⁄5.
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What is the value of 68² − 42²?
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Answer D
a² − b² = (a + b)(a − b) = 110 × 26 = 2,860.
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The monthly rent of a shop goes from ₹220 to ₹88. What is the percentage decrease?
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Answer D
Change = ₹132. On the original value: 132 ÷ 220 × 100 = 60%, a 60% decrease. Dividing by the new value, 88, is the usual slip.
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Solve both equations and compare x and y.
I. x² − 11x + 30 = 0
II. y² − 4 = 0Answer and working
Answer A
I gives x = 5 or 6. II gives y = −2 or 2. Every x is greater than every y: x > y.
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Find the wrong number in the series: 16, 25, 36, 49, 70, 81, 100
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Answer E
The rule: the terms are 4², 5², 6² …. The term in place of 70 should be 64, so the wrong number is 70.
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What is the value of 75² − 36²?
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Answer E
a² − b² = (a + b)(a − b) = 111 × 39 = 4,329.
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A train 280 m long crosses a platform 200 m long in 32 seconds. What is the speed of the train?
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Answer A
It must cover its own length and the platform: 280 + 200 = 480 m in 32 s, so 15 m/s = 15 × 18/5 = 54 km/h.
Part CReasoning Ability
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Statements:
(1) Some clocks are coins.
(2) All clocks are tables.Conclusions:
Take the statements to be true, however odd they sound. Which conclusion follows?
(I) Some tables are not clocks.
(II) All clocks are coins.Answer and working
Answer D
Conclusion I need not hold: every one of the tables may be clocks. Conclusion II need not hold: some clocks may lie outside coins. So: Neither conclusion follows.
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In a class, Lata ranks 24th from the top and 7th from the bottom. How many students are in the class?
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Answer E
Lata is counted in both ranks, so the total is 24 + 7 − 1 = 30.
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Statements:
(1) Some fans are bags.
(2) Some bags are roads.
(3) No roads are planes.Conclusions:
Take the statements to be true, however odd they sound. Which conclusion follows?
(I) No planes are roads.
(II) No planes are bags.Answer and working
Answer A
Conclusion I holds in every diagram the statements allow. Conclusion II need not hold: planes and bags may overlap. So: Only conclusion I follows.
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Statements:
(1) All rivers are shirts.
(2) No trees are shirts.Conclusions:
Take the statements to be true, however odd they sound. Which conclusion follows?
(I) Some trees are not shirts.
(II) All trees are shirts.Answer and working
Answer A
Conclusion I holds in every diagram the statements allow. Conclusion II need not hold: some trees may lie outside shirts. So: Only conclusion I follows.
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If ‘+’ means ‘×’, ‘−’ means ‘÷’, ‘×’ means ‘+’, ‘÷’ means ‘−’, what is the value of 2 × 9 + 7 ÷ 16 − 2?
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Answer B
Replace the signs: 2 + 9 × 7 − 16 ÷ 2. Division and multiplication first, then addition and subtraction: 57.
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Which number replaces the question mark? 9, 18, 36, 72, ?, 288
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Answer A
The rule: each term is the previous × 2. The missing term is 144.
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In a certain code, KNIFE is written as LMJEF. How is SISTER written in that code?
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Answer C
From KNIFE → LMJEF: letters in odd places move 1 forward, letters in even places move 1 back. Applied to SISTER: THTSFQ.
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Statements:
(1) No phones are roads.
(2) Some bottles are not phones.
(3) All tables are bottles.Conclusions:
Take the statements to be true, however odd they sound. Which conclusion follows?
(I) No tables are bottles.
(II) No tables are roads.Answer and working
Answer D
Conclusion I need not hold: tables and bottles may overlap. Conclusion II need not hold: tables and roads may overlap. So: Neither conclusion follows.
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If ‘+’ means ‘÷’, ‘−’ means ‘+’, ‘×’ means ‘−’, ‘÷’ means ‘×’, what is the value of 55 ÷ 2 + 11 × 5 − 2?
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Answer C
Replace the signs: 55 × 2 ÷ 11 − 5 + 2. Division and multiplication first, then addition and subtraction: 7.
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In a certain code, ROAD is written as PMYB. How is BRIDGE written in that code?
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Answer C
From ROAD → PMYB: each letter moves 2 places back. Applied to BRIDGE: ZPGBEC.
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Which number replaces the question mark? 2, 3, 8, 27, 112, ?
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Answer B
The rule: each term is the previous × 1 + 1, × 2 + 2, × 3 + 3, and so on. The missing term is 565.
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Statement: P ≥ M ≥ U ≥ Y ≥ H
Conclusions: I. M > Y II. M = YAnswer and working
Answer C
M and Y: the chain gives M ≥ Y, so M > Y is not definitely true. M and Y: the chain gives M ≥ Y, so M = Y is not definitely true. Together the two cover every possibility the chain allows. So: Either conclusion I or II follows.
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In a certain code, FLOWER is written as HJQUGP. How is HOUSE written in that code?
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Answer A
From FLOWER → HJQUGP: letters in odd places move 2 forward, letters in even places move 2 back. Applied to HOUSE: JMWQG.
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C is the brother of L. H is the daughter of C. How is H related to L?
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Answer D
Follow the links out from L: C is L’s brother; H is C’s daughter. So H is L’s niece.
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Statement: U ≤ L > H > V ≤ C
Conclusions: I. V < L II. H ≥ UAnswer and working
Answer A
V and L: the chain gives V < L, so V < L is definitely true. H and U: the signs between them point both ways, so no relation can be fixed, so H ≥ U is not definitely true. So: Only conclusion I follows.
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Statements:
(1) All flowers are birds.
(2) Some flowers are not books.Conclusions:
Take the statements to be true, however odd they sound. Which conclusion follows?
(I) Some birds are not books.
(II) All birds are flowers.Answer and working
Answer A
Conclusion I holds in every diagram the statements allow. Conclusion II need not hold: some birds may lie outside flowers. So: Only conclusion I follows.
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In the English alphabet, which letter is 3rd to the left of the 8th letter from the right?
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Answer E
The 8th letter from the right is S (position 19). 3 places to the left: position 16, which is P.
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Imran walks 7 km towards the east. He turns right and walks 3 km. He turns left and walks 3 km. In which direction is he from the starting point?
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Answer B
Taking east and north as positive: he ends 10 km east and 3 km south of the start, which is to the South-east.
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W is the daughter of J. J is the daughter of U. How is W related to U?
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Answer D
Follow the links out from U: J is U’s daughter; W is J’s daughter. So W is U’s granddaughter.
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Statements:
(1) No bottles are doors.
(2) Some coins are doors.
(3) Some coins are tables.Conclusions:
Take the statements to be true, however odd they sound. Which conclusion follows?
(I) Some tables are doors.
(II) No coins are bottles.Answer and working
Answer D
Conclusion I need not hold: tables and doors need not overlap at all. Conclusion II need not hold: coins and bottles may overlap. So: Neither conclusion follows.
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Deepak walks 10 km towards the north. He turns right and walks 2 km. He turns right and walks 13 km. Which direction is he facing now?
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Answer A
Each right turn is a quarter turn clockwise, each left anticlockwise. The last leg runs South.
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In a class, Neha ranks 18th from the top and 21st from the bottom. How many students are in the class?
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Answer A
Neha is counted in both ranks, so the total is 18 + 21 − 1 = 38.
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Statement: J = Y < X < C < T
Conclusions: I. Y ≥ T II. X = TAnswer and working
Answer D
Y and T: the chain gives Y < T, so Y ≥ T is not definitely true. X and T: the chain gives X < T, so X = T is not definitely true. So: Neither conclusion follows.
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In a certain code, KNIFE is written as NQLIH. How is BRICK written in that code?
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Answer A
From KNIFE → NQLIH: each letter moves 3 places forward. Applied to BRICK: EULFN.
Directions for questions 90 to 94
Six friends, Arun, Bina, Chetan, Divya, Esha and Farhan, sit in a row facing north. Esha sits second to the left of Chetan. Arun sits third to the right of Chetan. Arun sits second to the right of Bina. Arun and Divya sit next to each other.-
How many people sit between Divya and Esha?
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Answer D
Only one order fits every clue, from the left: Esha, Farhan, Chetan, Bina, Divya, Arun. Between them: 3.
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Which pair sits at the two ends of the row?
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Answer A
Only one order fits every clue, from the left: Esha, Farhan, Chetan, Bina, Divya, Arun. Esha and Arun.
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Who sits at the extreme left end?
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Answer A
Only one order fits every clue, from the left: Esha, Farhan, Chetan, Bina, Divya, Arun. Esha.
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Who sits second to the right of Esha?
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Answer D
Only one order fits every clue, from the left: Esha, Farhan, Chetan, Bina, Divya, Arun. Chetan.
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Who sits at the extreme right end?
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Answer E
Only one order fits every clue, from the left: Esha, Farhan, Chetan, Bina, Divya, Arun. Arun.
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In the English alphabet, which letter is 7th to the left of the 10th letter from the left?
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Answer C
The 10th letter from the left is J (position 10). 7 places to the left: position 3, which is C.
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Statement: G = E < R > W ≥ V
Conclusions: I. E ≥ W II. G < RAnswer and working
Answer B
E and W: the signs between them point both ways, so no relation can be fixed, so E ≥ W is not definitely true. G and R: the chain gives G < R, so G < R is definitely true. So: Only conclusion II follows.
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Deepak walks 7 km towards the south. He turns left and walks 8 km. He turns right and walks 8 km. How far is he from the starting point in a straight line?
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Answer A
Taking east and north as positive: he ends 8 km east and 15 km south of the start. Straight-line distance = √(8² + 15²) = 17 km.
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L is the brother of S. T is the son of L. S is the husband of W. How is T related to W?
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Answer A
Follow the links out from W: S is W’s husband; L is S’s brother; T is L’s son. So T is W’s nephew.
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Which one does not belong with the others?
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Answer E
In the others the second number is n³ of the first; 5 : 128 breaks it. The odd one is 5 : 128.
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Statement: N > V < L ≤ B > C
Conclusions: I. V = C II. B < NAnswer and working
Answer D
V and C: the signs between them point both ways, so no relation can be fixed, so V = C is not definitely true. B and N: the signs between them point both ways, so no relation can be fixed, so B < N is not definitely true. So: Neither conclusion follows.