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Question 301

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What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series based on the English alphabetical order?

AVZ BWA CXB DYC ?

  1. AOption (a)

    LPR

  2. BOption (b)

    MDP

  3. COption (c)

    WKF

  4. DOption (d)

    EZD

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Correct answer

Answer: (d)D.

EZD

Why this answer is correct

The logic follows here, 

 

The pattern observed is: (Each letter positional value) + 1.

Following this pattern, the next term in the series AVZ, BWA, CXB, DYC is EZD.

Hence, the correct answer is "Option 4"

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Question 302

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Read the given statement(s) 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 conclusions logically follow(s) from the statement(s).

Statements:

Some apples are baskets. All baskets are drums.

Conclusions:

(I) Some drums are apples.

(II) No drum is an apple.

  1. AOption (a)

    Neither conclusion (I) nor (II) follows

  2. BOption (b)

    Only conclusion (II) follows

  3. COption (c)

    Only conclusion (I) follows

  4. DOption (d)

    Both conclusions (I) and (II) follow

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Correct answer

Answer: (c)C.

Only conclusion (I) follows

Why this answer is correct

The least possible Venn diagram for the given statements is:

(I) Some drums are apples - Follows (Some apples are basket all basket are drum. Hence, some drums are apples is true)

(II) No drum is an apple - Don't follow (Some drum is an apple. Hence, it is false.)

Therefore, only conclusion (I) follows.

Hence, the correct answer is "Option 3".

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Question 303

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What should come in place of the ‘?’ in the given series?

156 180 228 300 ? 516

  1. AOption (a)

    402

  2. BOption (b)

    396

  3. COption (c)

    382

  4. DOption (d)

    376

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Correct answer

Answer: (b)B.

396

Why this answer is correct

The logic follows here, 

Logic: The numbers are increasing by consecutive multiples of 24.

  • 156 + 24 = 180
  • 180 + 48 = 228
  • 228 + 72 = 300
  • 300 + 96 = 396
  • 396 + 120 = 516

Hence, the correct answer is "option 2"

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Question 304

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Based on the English alphabetical order, three of the following four letter-clusters are alike in a certain way and thus form a group. Which is the one that DOES NOT belong to that group?

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

  1. AOption (a)

    HDG

  2. BOption (b)

    KGI

  3. COption (c)

    NJM

  4. DOption (d)

    EAD

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Correct answer

Answer: (b)B.

KGI

Why this answer is correct

The logic follows here, 

Logic: 1st letter − 4 = 2nd letter; 2nd letter + 3 = 3rd letter.

HDG,

 

KGI,

NJM

EAD,

Therefore, the letter-cluster that is different from the others is KGI.

 

Hence, the correct answer is 'Option 2'.

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Question 305

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Which of the following letter-number clusters will replace the question mark (?) in the given series to make it logically complete?

BHP 16 LRZ 25 VBJ 36 FLT 49 ?

  1. AOption (a)

    UDN 81

  2. BOption (b)

    LCS 64

  3. COption (c)

    LXE 81

  4. DOption (d)

    PVD 64

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Correct answer

Answer: (d)D.

PVD 64

Why this answer is correct

Thee logic follows here, 

The resulting cluster is PVD 64.

Hence, the correct answer is "option 4".

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Question 306

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Read the given statement(s) 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 conclusions logically follow(s) from the statement(s).

Statements: All eggs are kings. Some kings are tickets.

Conclusion (I): All tickets are eggs.

Conclusion (II): Some eggs are tickets.

  1. AOption (a)

    Only conclusion (I) follows

  2. BOption (b)

    Only conclusion (II) follows

  3. COption (c)

    Both conclusions (I) and (II) follow

  4. DOption (d)

    Neither conclusion (I) nor (II) follows

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Correct answer

Answer: (d)D.

Neither conclusion (I) nor (II) follows

Why this answer is correct

The least possible Venn diagram for the given statements is:

(I) All tickets are eggs - **Doesn't follows (**Some ticket are king and their is no direct relation between egg and ticket . All tickets are egg is possible but not definite. Hence, it is false)

(II) Some eggs are tickets -  Doesn't follows (Some ticket are eggs and their is no direct relation between egg and ticket. Hence, it is false)

Neither conclusion (I) nor (II) follows

Hence, the correct answer is "Option 4".

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Question 307

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Select the pair which follows the same pattern as that followed by the two sets of pairs given below. Both pairs follow the same pattern.

TNM : XPJ

URL : YTI

  1. AOption (a)

    EDO : IFK

  2. BOption (b)

    LQX : PTU

  3. COption (c)

    HMK : LOH

  4. DOption (d)

    FUS : JWQ

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Correct answer

Answer: (c)C.

HMK : LOH

Why this answer is correct

The logic followed in this pattern is based on alphabetical shifts of the positional values of the letters.

For 'TNM' related to 'XPJ':

T(20)N(14)M(13)
+4 ↓+2 ↓−3 ↓
X(24)P(16)J(10)

For 'URL' related to 'YTI':

U(21)R(18)L(12)
+4 ↓+2 ↓−3 ↓
Y(25)T(20)I(9)

Applying the same logic to the pair 'HMK : LOH':

H(8)M(13)K(11)
+4 ↓+2 ↓−3 ↓
L(12)O(15)H(8)

Thus, the pair HMK : LOH follows the same pattern as given in the question.

Hence, the correct answer is 'Option 3'.

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Question 308

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Refer to the following series and answer the question. (Counting to be done from left to right only.) (All numbers are single-digit numbers only.)

(Left) 7 5 3 1 5 9 6 2 4 1 5 8 9 6 5 2 1 4 2 5 8 7 6 3 2 5 9 8 5 4 1 5 9 6 2 3 6 5 4 8 7 5 9 8 7 4 1 5 9 7 5 2 6 (Right)

How many such even digits are there, each of which is immediately preceded by an odd digit and also immediately followed by an odd digit?

  1. AOption (a)

    13

  2. BOption (b)

    9

  3. COption (c)

    11

  4. DOption (d)

    7

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Correct answer

Answer: (c)C.

11

Why this answer is correct

Given: 7 5 3 1 5 9 6 2 4 1 5 8 9 6 5 2 1 4 2 5 8 7 6 3 2 5 9 8 5 4 1 5 9 6 2 3 6 5 4 8 7 5 9 8 7 4 1 5 9 7 5 2 6 

Required Conditions: Odd digit - Even digit - Odd digit.

(Left) 7 5 3 1 5 9 6 2 4 1 5 8 9 6 5 2 1 4 2 5 8 7 6 3 2 5 9 8 5 4 1 5 9 6 2 3 6 5 4 8 7 5 9 8 7 4 1 5 9 7 5 2 6 (Right)

The total number of such even digits is: 11.

So, the final count of even digits satisfying the given condition is:11.

Hence, the correct answer is 'Option 3'.

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Question 309

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Which of the following letter-number clusters will replace the question mark (?) in the given series to make it logically complete?

MDG 36, PGK 40, SJO 44, VMS 48, ?

  1. AOption (a)

    XPV 52

  2. BOption (b)

    YPW 52

  3. COption (c)

    YOW 54

  4. DOption (d)

    XOV 54

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Correct answer

Answer: (b)B.

YPW 52

Why this answer is correct

The logic follows here is.

Combining all the elements, the next cluster in the series is YPW 52.

Hence, the correct answer is "Option 2"

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Question 310

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Seven people F, G, H, L, M, O and Q are sitting around a circular table, facing the centre of the table. G sits to the immediate right of L. Only three people sit between O and M when counted from the left of O. Only three people sit between L and Q when counted from the right of Q. F is an immediate neighbor of Q as well as M. How many people sit between H and O when counted from the right of H?

  1. AOption (a)

    Three

  2. BOption (b)

    One

  3. COption (c)

    Two

  4. DOption (d)

    Four

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Correct answer

Answer: (c)C.

Two

Why this answer is correct

Given: Seven people F, G, H, L, M, O and Q are sitting around a circular table, facing the centre of the table.

  1. G sits to the immediate right of L.
  2. Only three people sit between O and M when counted from the left of O.
  3. Only three people sit between L and Q when counted from the right of Q.
  4. F is an immediate neighbor of Q as well as M.

The Final Arrangement is ,

There are two people (L and G) sitting between them.

Hence, the correct answer is 'Two'.

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Question 311

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Seven boxes, G, H, I, J, Q, R and S, are kept one over the other, but not necessarily in the same order.

Only four boxes are kept between S and H. Only Q is kept above S. Only two boxes are kept between J and R. G is kept immediately above I. R is not kept immediately above G.

How many boxes are kept above R?

  1. AOption (a)

    Two

  2. BOption (b)

    Five

  3. COption (c)

    Four

  4. DOption (d)

    Three

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Correct answer

Answer: (b)B.

Five

Why this answer is correct

**Given:**Seven boxes, G, H, I, J, Q, R and S, are kept one over the other, but not necessarily in the same order.

  1. Only Q is kept above S.
  2. Only four boxes are kept between S and H.
PositionBox
7Q
6S
5
4
3
2
1H
  1. Only two boxes are kept between J and R.
  2. G is kept immediately above I.
  3. R is not kept immediately above G.

Final Arrangement:

 

7Q
6S
5J
4G
3I
2R
1H

Thus, there are five boxes kept above R.

Hence, the correct answer is "Option 2"

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Question 312

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Based on the English alphabetical order, three of the following four letter-cluster pairs are alike in a certain way and thus form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group? (Note: The odd one out is not based on the number of consonants/vowels or their position in the letter cluster.)

  1. AOption (a)

    OM-TQ

  2. BOption (b)

    QO-VS

  3. COption (c)

    SQ-XV

  4. DOption (d)

    MK-RO

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Correct answer

Answer: (c)C.

SQ-XV

Why this answer is correct

The logic follows here, 

Logic: First letter of the 2nd cluster = First letter of the 1st cluster + 5; Second letter of the 2nd cluster = Second letter of the 1st cluster + 4.

For OM-TQ,

For QO-VS,

For  SQ-XV,

For  MK-RO,

Therefore, the letter-cluster pair that is different from the others is SQ-XV.

Hence, the correct answer is 'Option 3'.

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Question 313

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

28 − 13 + 17 ÷ 43 × 43 = ?

  1. AOption (a)

    24

  2. BOption (b)

    22

  3. COption (c)

    25

  4. DOption (d)

    26

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

24

Why this answer is correct

BODMAS 

Sign Interchange Table:

Original SignNew Sign
+−
−+
× (times)÷ (div)
÷ (div)× (times)

Equation after interchanging signs and applying BODMAS rule

= 28 + 13 − 17 × 43 ÷ 43 

= 28 + 13 − 17 × 1

= 28 + 13 − 17

= 41 − 17

= 24

Hence, the correct answer is "option 1"

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Question 314

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If 2 is added to each odd digit and 2 is subtracted from each even digit in the number 621453, what will be the sum of all even digit in the new number thus formed?

  1. AOption (a)

    4

  2. BOption (b)

    8

  3. COption (c)

    6

  4. DOption (d)

    2

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Correct answer

Answer: (c)C.

6

Why this answer is correct

Given number: 621453

According to the question,if 2 is added to each odd digit and 2 is subtracted from each even digit in the number,

  • The new number thus formed is: 403275
  • Now, identify the even digits in this new number: 4, 0, and 2.
  • So, the sum of all even digits is: 4 + 0 + 2 = 6.

Hence, the correct answer is  'Option 3'.

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Question 315

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Each vowel in the word MELODIA is changed to the letter immediately following it in the English alphabetical order, and each consonant is changed to the letter immediately preceding it in the English alphabetical order. How many letters will appear exactly twice in the new group of letters thus formed?

  1. AOption (a)

    One

  2. BOption (b)

    Three

  3. COption (c)

    Zero

  4. DOption (d)

    Two

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Correct answer

Answer: (c)C.

Zero

Why this answer is correct

The logic follows here, 

Given: MELODIA

According to information, 

MELODIA
−1+1−1+1−1+1+1
LFKPCJB

 

  • The new group of letters formed is: L, F, K, P, C, J, B
  • There are no letters that appear exactly twice in the new group.
  • Therefore, the number of letters appearing exactly twice is Zero.

Hence, the correct answer is "Option 3"

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Question 316

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Based on the English alphabetical order, three of the following four are alike in a certain way and thus form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?

(Note: The odd man out is not based on the number of consonants/vowels or their position in the letter cluster.)

  1. AOption (a)

    OQM

  2. BOption (b)

    FHE

  3. COption (c)

    KMI

  4. DOption (d)

    TVR

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Correct answer

Answer: (b)B.

FHE

Why this answer is correct

The logic follows here, 

Logic: Second letter = First letter + 2; Third letter = Second letter − 4.

For OQM,

 

For  FHE,

 

For KMI,

 

For TVR,

Therefore, the letter cluster that is different from the others is FHE.

Hence, the correct answer is 'Option 2'.

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Question 317

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In a certain code language, ‘FIRE’ is coded as ‘5279’ and ‘FEAR’ is coded as ‘5427’. What is the code for ‘A’ in the given code language?

  1. AOption (a)

    4

  2. BOption (b)

    5

  3. COption (c)

    2

  4. DOption (d)

    7

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

4

Why this answer is correct

The logic follows here, 

By comparing the words and their codes, we can determine the code for individual letters.

Thus, the code for A is 4.

Hence, the correct answer is "option 1"

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Question 318

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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 etc. to 13 can be performed. Breaking down 13 into 1 and 3 and then performing mathematical operations on 1 and 3 is not allowed.)

(24, 11, 266)

(26, 13, 340)

  1. AOption (a)

    (23, 12, 274)

  2. BOption (b)

    (13, 8, 104)

  3. COption (c)

    (25, 9, 227)

  4. DOption (d)

    (27, 11, 295)

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Correct answer

Answer: (c)C.

(25, 9, 227)

Why this answer is correct

The logic followed here is:

Logic: (First Number × Second Number) + 2 = Third Number

For the first set (24, 11, 266)

⇒ (24 × 11) + 2

⇒ 264 + 2 = 266.

For the second set (26, 13, 340)

⇒ (26 × 13) + 2

⇒ 338 + 2 = 340.

Applying the same logic to the third set

(25, 9, 227)

⇒ (25 × 9) + 2

⇒ 225 + 2 = 227.

Hence, the correct answer is 'Option 3'.

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Question 319

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Six boxes, Q, R, S, T, U and W, are kept one over the other, but not necessarily in the same order.

Only one box is kept between U and R. Only S is kept above W. No box is kept below R. T is kept at some place below Q.

Which box is kept immediately above T?

  1. AOption (a)

    R

  2. BOption (b)

    U

  3. COption (c)

    W

  4. DOption (d)

    Q

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Correct answer

Answer: (b)B.

U

Why this answer is correct

Given: Six boxes, Q, R, S, T, U and W, are kept one over the other, but not necessarily in the same order.

  1. Only S is kept above W.
  2. No box is kept below R.
  3. Only one box is kept between U and R.
PositionBox
6S
5W
4
3U
2
1R
  1. T is kept at some place below Q.

Final Arrangement:

6S
5W
4Q
3U
2T
1R

Thus, the box kept immediately above T is U.

Hence, the correct answer is 'Option 2'.

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Question 320

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In a certain code language, ‘FILE’ is coded as ‘4128’ and ‘LIME’ is coded as ‘1268’. What is the code for ‘M’ in the given code language?

  1. AOption (a)

    2

  2. BOption (b)

    6

  3. COption (c)

    1

  4. DOption (d)

    8

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Correct answer

Answer: (b)B.

6

Why this answer is correct

The logic follows here,

The logic followed here is the comparison of common letters and their corresponding digits in the given words.

Therefore, the code for the letter M must be 6.

Hence, the correct answer is "Option 2"

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