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Verbal and non-verbal reasoning, analogies, syllogisms, number series, coding-decoding, blood relations, and analytical puzzles.

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RPF SI CBT-I 2024 Official Paper (Held On: 09 Dec, 2024 Shift 2) (Previous Year Paper)·General Intelligence and Reasoning
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Question 261

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G, L, O, F and S each has a different age.

Only S is elder than G. Only two people is aged between G and O. F is younger than L. Who is the third youngest?

  1. AOption (a)

    L

  2. BOption (b)

    G

  3. COption (c)

    F

  4. DOption (d)

    O

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Answer: (a)A.

L

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Question 262

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In a certain code language, ‘learn from mistakes’ is coded as ‘lm tu bp’ and ‘from here on’ is coded as ‘mp tw bp’. How is ‘from’ coded in the given language? 

  1. AOption (a)

    bp

  2. BOption (b)

    tu

  3. COption (c)

    tw

  4. DOption (d)

    lm

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Answer: (a)A.

bp

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Question 263

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Which of the following letter-clusters should replace # and % so that the pattern and relationship followed between the letter-cluster pair on the left side of :: is the same as that on the right side of :: ?

: PRW :: JLQ : %

  1. AOption (a)

    = RKJ, % = HMJ

  2. BOption (b)

    = RTY, % = HJO

  3. COption (c)

    = LKY, % = HMJ

  4. DOption (d)

    = LPY, % = HJM

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Answer: (a)A.

= RKJ, % = HMJ

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Question 264

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Identify the figure given in the options which when put in place of the question mark (?) will logically complete the series.

  1. AOption (a)

  2. BOption (b)

  3. COption (c)

  4. DOption (d)

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Answer: (a)A.
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Question 265

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Refer to the following letter, symbol series and answer the question. Counting to be done from left to right only.

(Left) @ 8 $ 7 & + 2 & % 4 6 * £ 5 3 Ω 9 # 1 (Right)

How many such symbols are there each of which is immediately preceded by a number and also immediately followed by another number$?

  1. AOption (a)

    3

  2. BOption (b)

    2

  3. COption (c)

    4

  4. DOption (d)

    1

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Answer: (a)A.

3

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Question 266

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Select the set in which the numbers are related in the same way as are the numbers of the following sets.

(

NOTE:

Operations should be performed on the whole numbers, without breaking down the numbers into their constituent digits. E.g. 13 – Operations on 13 such as adding/subtracting/multiplying to 13 can be performed. Breaking down 13 into 1 and 3 and then performing mathematical operations on 1 and 3 is not allowed.)

(27, 46, 19)

(8, 17, 9)

  1. AOption (a)

    (23, 39, 13)

  2. BOption (b)

    (44, 70, 23) 

  3. COption (c)

    (22, 40, 18)

  4. DOption (d)

    (18, 43, 22)

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Answer: (a)A.

(23, 39, 13)

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Question 267

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Three of the following four letter-cluster pairs are alike in a certain way and thus form a group. Which is the letter-cluster pair that does NOT belong to that group? (

Note:

The odd one out is not based on the number of consonants/vowels or their positions in the letter-cluster.)

  1. AOption (a)

    OG - KP

  2. BOption (b)

    KC - GM

  3. COption (c)

    ME - IN

  4. DOption (d)

    QI - MR

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Answer: (a)A.

OG - KP

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Question 268

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A $ B means ‘A is the sister of B’,

A @ B means ‘A is the daughter of B’,

A - B means ‘A is the son of B’ and

A * B means ‘A is the father of B’.

Based on the above information, which of the following means that S is the sister's son of M$?

  1. AOption (a)

    S - T $ E @ A * M$

  2. BOption (b)

    S $ T * E - A @ M$

  3. COption (c)

    S * T - E $ A @ M&nbsp$;

  4. DOption (d)

    S @ T - E $ A * M$

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Answer: (a)A.

S - T $ E @ A * M$

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Question 269

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In a certain code language, ‘love conquers all’ is coded as ‘lk mp jo’ and ‘all or nothing’ is coded as ‘ap tu mp’. How is ‘all’ coded in the given language?

  1. AOption (a)

    mp

  2. BOption (b)

    ap

  3. COption (c)

    jo

  4. DOption (d)

    tu

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Answer: (a)A.

mp

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Question 270

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Select the letter-cluster from among the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series.

IEU GHQ ? CNI AQE

  1. AOption (a)

    ELN

  2. BOption (b)

    EJL

  3. COption (c)

    EKM

  4. DOption (d)

    ELM

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Answer: (a)A.

ELN

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Question 271

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Rohit starts from Point A and drives 5 km towards East. He then takes a left turn, drives 2 km, turns right and drives 4 km. He then takes a right turn and drives 2 km. He takes a final right turn, drives 1 km and stops at Point B. How far (shortest distance) and towards which direction should he drive in order to reach Point A again? (All turns are 90 degree turns only unless specified.)

  1. AOption (a)

    5 km towards East

  2. BOption (b)

    8 km towards North

  3. COption (c)

    5 km towards West 

  4. DOption (d)

    8 km towards West

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Answer: (a)A.

5 km towards East

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Question 272

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Navin ranked 19th from the bottom and 18th from the top in his class. How many students are there in his class?

  1. AOption (a)

    36

  2. BOption (b)

    34

  3. COption (c)

    35

  4. DOption (d)

    33

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Answer: (a)A.

36

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Question 273

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Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statements is true, even if it appears to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusion(s) logically follow(s) from the statements.

Statements:

All jeans are trousers.

All trousers are pants.

No pant is a tie.

Conclusions:

(I) No jeans is a tie.

(II) No trouser is a tie.

  1. AOption (a)

    Only conclusion (II) follows. 

  2. BOption (b)

    Only conclusion (I) follows. 

  3. COption (c)

    Neither conclusion (I) nor (II) follows. 

  4. DOption (d)

    Both conclusions (I) and (II) follow. 

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Answer: (a)A.

Only conclusion (II) follows. 

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Question 274

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Tushar starts from Point A and drives 15 km towards south. He then takes a right turn, drives 13 km, turns right and drives 19 km. He then takes a right turn and drives 18 km. He takes a final right turn, drives 4 km and stops at Point P. How far (shortest distance) and towards which direction should he drive in order to reach Point A again? (All turns are 90 degrees turns only unless specified)

  1. AOption (a)

    6 km to the west 

  2. BOption (b)

    3 km to the west

  3. COption (c)

    5 km to the west

  4. DOption (d)

    4 km to the west

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Answer: (a)A.

6 km to the west 

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Question 275

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Which of the following letter-clusters should replace # and % so that the pattern and relationship followed between the letter-cluster pair on the left side of :: is the same as that on the right side of ::?

: BDF :: GIK : %

  1. AOption (a)

    = WYA, % = LNP 

  2. BOption (b)

    = WYB, % = LNP

  3. COption (c)

    = WYA, % = LNO 

  4. DOption (d)

    = XYA, % = LNP

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Answer: (a)A.

= WYA, % = LNP 

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Question 276

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If 1 is added to each odd digit and 2 is subtracted from each even digit in the number 3647582, how many digits will appear more than once in the new number thus formed?

  1. AOption (a)

    2

  2. BOption (b)

    3

  3. COption (c)

    0

  4. DOption (d)

    1

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Answer: (a)A.

2

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Question 277

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The 3 figures given below are alike in a certain way as they share certain feature(s). Select the option that shares the same features as the given figures.

  1. AOption (a)

  2. BOption (b)

  3. COption (c)

  4. DOption (d)

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Answer: (a)A.
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Question 278

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In a certain code language,

‘A + B’ means ‘A is the daughter of B’,

‘A – B’ means ‘A is the brother of B’,

‘A x B’ means ‘A is the wife of B’ and

‘A ÷ B’ means ‘A is the father of B’.

How is W related to Y if ‘W + E x R – T ÷ Y’?

  1. AOption (a)

    Mother's brother's daughter

  2. BOption (b)

    Father's brother's wife

  3. COption (c)

    Father's brother's daughter

  4. DOption (d)

    Mother's brother's wife

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Answer: (a)A.

Mother's brother's daughter

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Question 279

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Two sets of numbers are given below. In each set of numbers, certain mathematical operation(s) on the first number result(s) in the second number. Similarly, certain mathematical operation(s) on the second number result(s) in the third number and so on. Which of the given options follows the same set of operations as in the given sets?

(

NOTE:

Operations should be performed on the whole numbers, without breaking down the numbers into their constituent digits. E.g. 13 – Operations on 13 such as adding / subtracting / multiplying to 13 can be performed. Breaking down 13 into 1 and 3 and then performing mathematical operations on 1 and 3 is not allowed.)

1 - 2 - 4 - 8 ; 9 - 10 - 20 - 40

  1. AOption (a)

    6 - 7 - 14 - 30

  2. BOption (b)

    4 - 5 - 10 - 20

  3. COption (c)

    14 - 15 - 30 - 40

  4. DOption (d)

    19 - 20 - 20 - 30

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Answer: (a)A.

6 - 7 - 14 - 30

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Question 280

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What will come in the place of the question mark (?) in the following equation, if '−' and '÷' are interchanged and '×' and '+' are interchanged?

14 + 32 − 8 × 5 ÷ 2 = ?

  1. AOption (a)

    59

  2. BOption (b)

    58

  3. COption (c)

    57

  4. DOption (d)

    56

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Answer: (a)A.

59

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