Verbal and non-verbal reasoning, analogies, syllogisms, number series, coding-decoding, blood relations, and analytical puzzles.
You are short of a key item during a presentation.
What should you do?
Stop presentation
Borrow loudly from the audience
Cancel and reschedule
Improvise with available resources
Correct answer
Stop presentation
You're working on a deadline but get an urgent family call.
What's the best decision?
Answer to assess urgency
Ignore the call
Leave work without informing
Switch off the phone
Correct answer
Answer to assess urgency
Midway through a large event, you see a safety hazard, but the program is running smoothly.
What is the best decision?
Ignore and hope for the best
Pause the event briefly to resolve the safety issue
Wait until the event ends
Delegate without inspecting
Correct answer
Ignore and hope for the best
A school offers advanced classes to more students from affluent backgrounds than from poor backgrounds.
What inference is valid?
Poor students lack interest
Affluent students perform better
Possible socio-economic discrimination
Classes are too full
Correct answer
Poor students lack interest
In a recruitment test, candidates from one state had their interviews scheduled in the morning, while others had theirs in the late evening after delays.
Which inference is most valid?
Candidates chose their slots
Evening slots are better
Morning candidates perform better
Scheduling favoured one state.
Correct answer
Candidates chose their slots
If % = multiplication, @ = subtraction, $ = addition, and # = division, what is 50 % 4 $ 20 @ 15 # 5?
217
240
248
275
Correct answer
217
If $ = division, @ = addition, #subtraction, and % = multiplication, then what is 36 $ 6 @ 4 % 3 # 5 ?
14
16
15
13
Correct answer
14
The price of a commodity increases 5% annually from 400.
What will be the approximate price at the end of the 4th year?
470
486
494
496
Correct answer
470
The population of a town is 120,000, increasing 6% yearly.
Estimate the population after 5 years.
170,000
160,587
170,980
180,000
Correct answer
170,000
X is the son of Y, who is the brother of Z.
How is X related to Z?
Son
Nephew
Cousin
Brother
Correct answer
Son
Given 'M $ N' means 'M is not greater than or equal to N', what can be concluded$?
M < N
M ≤ N
M > N
M = N
Correct answer
M < N
Symbols : P & Q → P ≤ Q, P % Q → P > Q.
Statement : D & E % F.
Which is correct?
D < F
D > F
D = F
Cannot be determined
Correct answer
D < F
In a coded inequality system, A $ B → A = B, A # B → A > B.
Statement:
A $ B # C.
Which inequality is correct?
A = B and B > C
A > C and B = C
A > B and C < A
Cannot be determined
Correct answer
A = B and B > C
In the following question, two statements are followed by two conclusions. You have to assume the given statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read both the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the statements.
Statements :
Some boys are engineers.
All engineers are intelligent.
Conclusion :
I. Some boys are intelligent.
II. All intelligent are engineers.
Only conclusion I follows
Only conclusion II follows
Both conclusions I and II follow
Neither conclusion I nor II follows
Correct answer
Only conclusion I follows
In the following question, two statements are followed by two conclusions. You have to assume the given statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read both the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the statements.
Statements :
No poets are dancers.
Some dancers are singers.
Conclusions :
I. Some singers are poets.
II. No singer is poet.
Only conclusion I follows
Only conclusion II follows
Neither conclusion I nor II follows
Both conclusions I and II follow
Correct answer
Only conclusion I follows
Statements :
All metals are elements.
Some elements are liquids
Which conclusion logically follows?
All liquids are metals
Some metals are liquids
Some liquids are metals
Cannot say
Correct answer
All liquids are metals
Four neighbours A, B, C, D in a row.
B is second; C is between B and D; who is first?
D
C
B
A
Correct answer
D
If % = addition, * = multiplication, # = subtraction, $ = division: then calculate 20 % 6 * 3 # 8 $ 4.
38
36
40
32
Correct answer
38
Statements:
All tables are furniture.
Some furniture is broken.
Which conclusion is true?
Some tables are broken
All tables are broken
No table is broken
Some furniture are tables
Correct answer
Some tables are broken
Complete the analogy.
Bread : Flour :: Brick : ?
Stone
Clay
Water
Sand
Correct answer
Stone
Solving previous year questions by topic helps identify recurring concepts, question patterns, and frequently asked sub-topics. Attempt each question, review the step-by-step explanation, and note down key formulas or facts for quick revision before the exam.