- Test booklet
- प्रश्न पुस्तिका
- Booklet No.
- 3549868
- Series
- A
SBI PO Prelims Paper 10
- Questions
- 100
- Maximum marks
- 100
- Minutes allowed
- 60
Instructions निर्देश
- This booklet has 100 questions in 3 parts: A. English Language (40), B. Quantitative Aptitude (30), C. Reasoning Ability (30).
- 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.
GutlessAnswer and working
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Select the one word that can replace the given group of words.
Someone with an assured and ingratiating mannerAnswer and working
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Select the correctly spelt word.
Answer and working
Answer D
The correct spelling is apprehension.
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Select the word closest in meaning to the given word.
AfireAnswer and working
Answer B
Afire (adjective) and Ablaze 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.
GargantuanAnswer and working
Answer E
Gargantuan (adjective) and Giant 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.
ComicalAnswer and working
Answer B
Comical (adjective) and Funny 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.
Someone who supplies members or employeesAnswer and working
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Select the word closest in meaning to the given word.
SootheAnswer and working
Answer B
Soothe (verb) and Comfort 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.
AdmirationAnswer and working
Answer E
Admiration (noun) and Esteem 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.
One who lives in solitudeAnswer and working
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Select the word closest in meaning to the given word.
ReapAnswer and working
Answer E
Reap (verb) and Harvest share their main meaning. None of the other options does.
Source: WordNet 3.1
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Select the correctly spelt word.
Answer and working
Answer B
The correct spelling is eyeball.
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Select the incorrectly spelt word.
Answer and working
Answer E
illeggitimate is wrong; it is spelt illegitimate. The others are correct.
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Select the one word that can replace the given group of words.
Someone who buys up old horses for slaughterAnswer and working
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Select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
AwakeAnswer and working
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Select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
TransparencyAnswer and working
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Select the word closest in meaning to the given word.
EntiretyAnswer and working
Answer B
Entirety (noun) and Totality 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.
RealmAnswer and working
Answer B
Realm (noun) and Kingdom share their main meaning. None of the other options does.
Source: WordNet 3.1
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Select the correctly spelt word.
Answer and working
Answer D
The correct spelling is hallucinate.
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Select the one word that can replace the given group of words.
A medical specialist in the nervous system and the disorders affecting itAnswer and working
Answer E
Neurologist: a medical specialist in the nervous system and the disorders affecting it.
Source: WordNet 3.1
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Select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
FrivolousAnswer and working
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Select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
GenuineAnswer and working
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Select the incorrectly spelt word.
Answer and working
Answer D
aggravvate is wrong; it is spelt aggravate. The others are correct.
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Select the incorrectly spelt word.
Answer and working
Answer C
fattally is wrong; it is spelt fatally. The others are correct.
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Select the one word that can replace the given group of words.
A person in charge of paying wagesAnswer and working
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Select the word closest in meaning to the given word.
PluckyAnswer and working
Answer A
Plucky (adjective) and Gutsy 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 wardress in a prisonAnswer and working
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Select the correctly spelt word.
Answer and working
Answer D
The correct spelling is veterinary.
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Select the word closest in meaning to the given word.
DampAnswer and working
Answer D
Damp (adjective) and Moist share their main meaning. None of the other options does.
Source: WordNet 3.1
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Select the incorrectly spelt word.
Answer and working
Answer B
heredetary is wrong; it is spelt hereditary. The others are correct.
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Select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
HorizontalAnswer and working
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Select the word closest in meaning to the given word.
LarcenyAnswer and working
Answer E
Larceny (noun) and Theft share their main meaning. None of the other options does.
Source: WordNet 3.1
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Select the correctly spelt word.
Answer and working
Answer C
The correct spelling is beginner.
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Select the correctly spelt word.
Answer and working
Answer E
The correct spelling is ingredient.
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Select the word closest in meaning to the given word.
VapidAnswer and working
Answer B
Vapid (adjective) and Bland 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.
PunctualityAnswer and working
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Select the one word that can replace the given group of words.
A person who practices nudity for reasons of health or religionAnswer and working
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Select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
LatterAnswer and working
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Select the correctly spelt word.
Answer and working
Answer A
The correct spelling is amicable.
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Select the incorrectly spelt word.
Answer and working
Answer E
intolirable is wrong; it is spelt intolerable. The others are correct.
Part BQuantitative Aptitude
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A number is first increased by 40% and then decreased by 30%. What is the net change?
Answer and working
Answer E
Net effect = 40 − 30 − (40 × 30)/100 = −2%, so 2% decrease.
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Solve both equations and compare x and y.
I. x² + 7x + 10 = 0
II. y² − 3y − 18 = 0Answer and working
Answer E
I gives x = −5 or −2. II gives y = −3 or 6. 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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Which number replaces the question mark? 2, 6, 18, 54, 162, ?
Answer and working
Answer C
The rule: each term is the previous × 3. The missing term is 486.
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A bag holds 2 red, 2 blue and 4 green balls. Two balls are drawn at random without replacement. What is the probability that both are red?
Answer and working
Answer E
Ways to pick 2 red: 1. Ways to pick any 2: 28. Probability = 1⁄28.
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Solve both equations and compare x and y.
I. x² − 12x + 27 = 0
II. y² + 11y + 30 = 0Answer and working
Answer A
I gives x = 3 or 9. II gives y = −6 or −5. Every x is greater than every y: x > y.
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Solve both equations and compare x and y.
I. x² + 9x + 18 = 0
II. y² + 5y − 14 = 0Answer and working
Answer E
I gives x = −6 or −3. II gives y = −7 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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Two trains 240 m and 250 m long run on parallel tracks in opposite directions at 52 km/h and 74 km/h. How long do they take to cross each other?
Answer and working
Answer A
Relative speed = 52 + 74 = 126 km/h = 35 m/s. Distance = 240 + 250 = 490 m. Time = 490 ÷ 35 = 14 seconds.
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Which number replaces the question mark? 4, 5, 12, 39, 160, ?
Answer and working
Answer C
The rule: each term is the previous × 1 + 1, × 2 + 2, × 3 + 3, and so on. The missing term is 805.
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A train 110 m long crosses a platform 530 m long in 32 seconds. What is the speed of the train?
Answer and working
Answer A
It must cover its own length and the platform: 110 + 530 = 640 m in 32 s, so 20 m/s = 20 × 18/5 = 72 km/h.
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In what ratio must rice at ₹23/kg be mixed with rice at ₹51/kg so that the mixture is worth ₹38/kg?
Answer and working
Answer D
By alligation: cheaper : dearer = (51 − 38) : (38 − 23) = 13 : 15 = 13 : 15.
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Which number replaces the question mark? 26, 37, 50, 65, 82, 101, ?
Answer and working
Answer D
The rule: the terms are 5², 6², 7² … plus 1. The missing term is 122.
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Solve both equations and compare x and y.
I. x² − 3x − 70 = 0
II. y² − 19y + 84 = 0Answer and working
Answer E
I gives x = −7 or 10. II gives y = 7 or 12. 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 − 24 = 0
II. y² − 13y + 22 = 0Answer and working
Answer E
I gives x = −8 or 3. II gives y = 2 or 11. 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 − 14x + 40 = 0
II. y² − 2y − 3 = 0Answer and working
Answer A
I gives x = 4 or 10. II gives y = −1 or 3. Every x is greater than every y: x > y.
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What is the fourth proportional to 5, 17 and 80?
Answer and working
Answer D
5 : 17 = 80 : x, so x = 17 × 80 ÷ 5 = 272.
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Ramesh can finish a piece of work in 48 days and Suresh can finish it in 16 days. Working together, how long will they take?
Answer and working
Answer E
In one day they do 1/48 + 1/16 = 1/12 of the work. Time = 48 × 16 ÷ (48 + 16) = 12 days.
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A shopkeeper marks his goods 25% above the cost price and allows a discount of 25%. What is his profit or loss percent?
Answer and working
Answer C
Take CP = 100. Marked price = 125. After 25% off: 125 × 75/100 = 93.75. So 6.25% loss.
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A boat covers 14 km downstream in 2 hours and 15 km upstream in 3 hours. What is the speed of the stream?
Answer and working
Answer A
Downstream speed = 14 ÷ 2 = 7 km/h; upstream = 15 ÷ 3 = 5 km/h. Stream = (7 − 5) ÷ 2 = 1 km/h.
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What is the compound interest on ₹6,250 for 2 years at 4% per annum, compounded annually?
Answer and working
Answer C
Amount = 6,250 × (1 + 4/100)2 = ₹6,760. CI = 6,760 − 6,250 = ₹510.
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The present ages of Asha and her father are in the ratio 3 : 8. After 6 years, the ratio will be 4 : 9. What is Asha’s present age?
Answer and working
Answer A
Ages 3x and 8x. (3x + 6) : (8x + 6) = 4 : 9 gives x = 6. Asha is 3 × 6 = 18 years.
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Simplify: 2⁄5 + 4⁄5 + 1⁄4
Answer and working
Answer D
Over the common denominator 20: the sum is 29⁄20. Adding tops and bottoms separately (11/19) is the trap.
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Solve both equations and compare x and y.
I. x² + 3x − 28 = 0
II. y² + y − 20 = 0Answer and working
Answer E
I gives x = −7 or 4. II gives y = −5 or 4. 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 the value of 58² − 35²?
Answer and working
Answer C
a² − b² = (a + b)(a − b) = 93 × 23 = 2,139.
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A number is first increased by 10% and then decreased by 20%. What is the net change?
Answer and working
Answer B
Net effect = 10 − 20 − (10 × 20)/100 = −12%, so 12% decrease.
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Which number replaces the question mark? 7, 47, 11, 45, 15, 43, 19, ?
Answer and working
Answer E
The rule: two series alternate: 7, 11, 15 … rising by 4, and 47, 45, 43 … falling by 2. The missing term is 41.
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What is the simple interest on ₹21,000 at 15% per annum for 4 years?
Answer and working
Answer D
SI = P × R × T / 100 = 21,000 × 15 × 4 / 100 = ₹12,600.
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The average of 6 numbers is 36. When one number is removed, the average of the rest is 38. Which number was removed?
Answer and working
Answer A
Total of 6 = 6 × 36 = 216. Total of 5 = 5 × 38 = 190. Removed = 216 − 190 = 26.
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Simplify: 35 + 11 × 10 − 54 ÷ 6
Answer and working
Answer B
Division and multiplication first: 11 × 10 = 110 and 54 ÷ 6 = 9. Then 35 + 110 − 9 = 136.
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Simplify: 99 + 8 × 12 − 40 ÷ 8
Answer and working
Answer C
Division and multiplication first: 8 × 12 = 96 and 40 ÷ 8 = 5. Then 99 + 96 − 5 = 190.
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Solve both equations and compare x and y.
I. x² − 17x + 70 = 0
II. y² + 2y − 35 = 0Answer and working
Answer A
I gives x = 7 or 10. II gives y = −7 or 5. Every x is greater than every y: x > y.
Part CReasoning Ability
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In the English alphabet, which letter is 8th to the right of the 16th letter from the right?
Answer and working
Answer C
The 16th letter from the right is K (position 11). 8 places to the right: position 19, which is S.
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Statement: Y ≥ Z ≤ A < N ≤ X
Conclusions: I. N ≥ Z II. X ≤ YAnswer and working
Answer A
N and Z: the chain gives N > Z, so N ≥ Z is definitely true. X and Y: the signs between them point both ways, so no relation can be fixed, so X ≤ Y is not definitely true. So: Only conclusion I follows.
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Which one does not belong with the others?
Answer and working
Answer E
21, 56, 63, 77 are multiples of 7; 54 is not. The odd one is 54.
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In a certain code, MIRROR is written as LHQQNQ. How is LEMON written in that code?
Answer and working
Answer C
From MIRROR → LHQQNQ: each letter moves 1 place back. Applied to LEMON: KDLNM.
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Statements:
(1) Some lamps are not roads.
(2) All kites are roads.Conclusions:
Take the statements to be true, however odd they sound. Which conclusion follows?
(I) No roads are kites.
(II) No kites are roads.Answer and working
Answer D
Conclusion I need not hold: roads and kites may overlap. Conclusion II need not hold: kites and roads may overlap. So: Neither conclusion follows.
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Which number replaces the question mark? 1, 2, 6, ?, 88, 445
Answer and working
Answer E
The rule: each term is the previous × 1 + 1, × 2 + 2, × 3 + 3, and so on. The missing term is 21.
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In a queue, Farhan is 9th from the front and Ritu is 31st from the front. How many people stand between them?
Answer and working
Answer C
Between positions 9 and 31 there are 31 − 9 − 1 = 21 people.
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Farah walks 2 km towards the east. She turns left and walks 7 km. She turns left and walks 2 km. How far is she from the starting point in a straight line?
Answer and working
Answer E
Taking east and north as positive: she ends 0 km east and 7 km north of the start. Straight-line distance = √(0² + 7²) = 7 km.
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Statement: Z < Y > S > B = L
Conclusions: I. Y = B II. S ≥ LAnswer and working
Answer B
Y and B: the chain gives Y > B, so Y = B is not definitely true. S and L: the chain gives S > L, so S ≥ L is definitely true. So: Only conclusion II follows.
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In a certain code, TIGER is written as WLJHU. How is FLOWER written in that code?
Answer and working
Answer B
From TIGER → WLJHU: each letter moves 3 places forward. Applied to FLOWER: IORZHU.
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If ‘+’ means ‘÷’, ‘−’ means ‘×’, ‘×’ means ‘−’, ‘÷’ means ‘+’, what is the value of 41 ÷ 9 × 6 − 11 + 3?
Answer and working
Answer C
Replace the signs: 41 + 9 − 6 × 11 ÷ 3. Division and multiplication first, then addition and subtraction: 28.
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C is the sister of U. A is the son of C. How is A related to U?
Answer and working
Answer E
Follow the links out from U: C is U’s sister; A is C’s son. So A is U’s nephew.
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In a row of 30 students, Lata is 17th from the left. What is Lata’s position from the right?
Answer and working
Answer D
Position from the right = total − position from the left + 1 = 30 − 17 + 1 = 14th.
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If ‘+’ means ‘÷’, ‘−’ means ‘+’, ‘×’ means ‘−’, ‘÷’ means ‘×’, what is the value of 11 × 5 − 12 ÷ 3 + 6?
Answer and working
Answer B
Replace the signs: 11 − 5 + 12 × 3 ÷ 6. Division and multiplication first, then addition and subtraction: 12.
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Statements:
(1) No planes are bells.
(2) No planes are boxes.
(3) No papers are boxes.Conclusions:
Take the statements to be true, however odd they sound. Which conclusion follows?
(I) No bells are papers.
(II) Some papers are boxes.Answer and working
Answer D
Conclusion I need not hold: bells and papers may overlap. Conclusion II need not hold: papers and boxes need not overlap at all. So: Neither conclusion follows.
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Pointing to a man in a photograph, Rekha said, ‘He is the son of my grandfather’s only son.’ How is the man related to Rekha?
Answer and working
Answer A
My grandfather’s only son is my father; his child, other than me, is my brother or sister. So the man is Rekha’s brother.
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Statements:
(1) No books are lamps.
(2) Some books are planes.
(3) All shirts are planes.Conclusions:
Take the statements to be true, however odd they sound. Which conclusion follows?
(I) Some lamps are not books.
(II) No shirts are lamps.Answer and working
Answer A
Conclusion I holds in every diagram the statements allow. Conclusion II need not hold: shirts and lamps may overlap. So: Only conclusion I follows.
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Tarun walks 10 km towards the north. He turns left and walks 10 km. He turns right and walks 9 km. He turns right and walks 9 km. Which direction is he facing now?
Answer and working
Answer E
Each right turn is a quarter turn clockwise, each left anticlockwise. The last leg runs East.
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Which number replaces the question mark? 7, 12, 19, 28, 39, 52, ?
Answer and working
Answer E
The rule: the differences grow by 2: 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15. The missing term is 67.
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Statements:
(1) All clouds are buses.
(2) No buses are books.
(3) All books are flowers.Conclusions:
Take the statements to be true, however odd they sound. Which conclusion follows?
(I) Some buses are clouds.
(II) No clouds are flowers.Answer and working
Answer A
Conclusion I holds in every diagram the statements allow. Conclusion II need not hold: clouds and flowers may overlap. So: Only conclusion I follows.
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Statements:
(1) Some doors are leaves.
(2) Some buses are leaves.
(3) No buses are watches.Conclusions:
Take the statements to be true, however odd they sound. Which conclusion follows?
(I) Some watches are doors.
(II) No watches are doors.Answer and working
Answer C
Conclusion I need not hold: watches and doors need not overlap at all. Conclusion II need not hold: watches and doors may overlap. But the two cannot both be false: in every diagram exactly one of them is true. So: Either conclusion I or II follows.
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Statements:
(1) No tables are pens.
(2) All birds are pens.
(3) Some boxes are birds.Conclusions:
Take the statements to be true, however odd they sound. Which conclusion follows?
(I) Some tables are not pens.
(II) All boxes are pens.Answer and working
Answer A
Conclusion I holds in every diagram the statements allow. Conclusion II need not hold: some boxes may lie outside pens. So: Only conclusion I follows.
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Statements:
(1) Some rivers are leaves.
(2) All rivers are chairs.
(3) No chairs are flowers.Conclusions:
Take the statements to be true, however odd they sound. Which conclusion follows?
(I) Some flowers are chairs.
(II) All leaves are flowers.Answer and working
Answer D
Conclusion I need not hold: flowers and chairs need not overlap at all. Conclusion II need not hold: some leaves may lie outside flowers. So: Neither conclusion follows.
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Statement: Y > M > V > R ≤ W
Conclusions: I. W < M II. R < YAnswer and working
Answer B
W and M: the signs between them point both ways, so no relation can be fixed, so W < M is not definitely true. R and Y: the chain gives R < Y, so R < Y is definitely true. So: Only conclusion II follows.
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Rekha walks 15 km towards the south. She turns right and walks 11 km. She turns right and walks 6 km. She turns right and walks 9 km. She turns left and walks 9 km. How far is she from the starting point in a straight line?
Answer and working
Answer E
Taking east and north as positive: she ends 2 km west and 0 km north of the start. Straight-line distance = √(2² + 0²) = 2 km.
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In the English alphabet, which letter is 9th to the left of the 12th letter from the right?
Answer and working
Answer E
The 12th letter from the right is O (position 15). 9 places to the left: position 6, which is F.
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Pointing to a man in a photograph, Meera said, ‘His mother is the only daughter of my mother.’ How is the man related to Meera?
Answer and working
Answer D
The only daughter of my mother is me, so I am the mother. So the man is Meera’s son.
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Statements:
(1) Some buses are books.
(2) No stones are buses.
(3) Some planes are stones.Conclusions:
Take the statements to be true, however odd they sound. Which conclusion follows?
(I) Some stones are not buses.
(II) Some books are buses.Answer and working
Answer E
Conclusion I holds in every diagram the statements allow. Conclusion II holds in every diagram the statements allow. So: Both conclusions follow.
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In a certain code, APPLE is written as ZOOKD. How is COAT written in that code?
Answer and working
Answer B
From APPLE → ZOOKD: each letter moves 1 place back. Applied to COAT: BNZS.
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Statement: L ≤ P ≤ V ≤ U > N
Conclusions: I. N ≤ L II. V ≥ LAnswer and working
Answer B
N and L: the signs between them point both ways, so no relation can be fixed, so N ≤ L is not definitely true. V and L: the chain gives V ≥ L, so V ≥ L is definitely true. So: Only conclusion II follows.