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Reasoning PYQs

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

3100 Total Questions62 Official PapersYears: 2017–2025Search in Reasoning
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SSC CPO 2025 Official Paper (Held On 11 Dec, 2025 Shift 1) (Previous Year Paper)·General Intelligence and Reasoning
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Question 241

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Find the word that CANNOT be formed from the letters in UNIVERSITY.

  1. AOption (a)

    TRUE

  2. BOption (b)

    REST

  3. COption (c)

    UNITY

  4. DOption (d)

    VERSITILE

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Answer: (a)A.

TRUE

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Question 242

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Find the odd e odd number-pair:

  1. AOption (a)

    4:32

  2. BOption (b)

    6:72

  3. COption (c)

    8:126

  4. DOption (d)

    10:200

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Answer: (a)A.

4:32

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Question 243

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A pharmaceutical representative offers you, a doctor, an expensive luxury vacation for your family in exchange for exclusively prescribing their newly launched, but unproven, drug to your patients. You are aware that this is highly unethical and potentially harmful to patients. What is the most responsible action?

  1. AOption (a)

    Accept the trip but continue to prescribe the medication you believe is best for the patient.

  2. BOption (b)

    Politely decline the offer and warn the representative not to do it again

  3. COption (c)

    Inform your professional peers about the offer so they can avoid the representative.

  4. DOption (d)

    Report the representative's unethical solicitation to the Compliance Officer or Medical Licensing Board.

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Answer: (a)A.

Accept the trip but continue to prescribe the medication you believe is best for the patient.

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Question 244

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In each of the following questions, a statement is given followed by 2 conclusions.Read the statements carefully and answer the following questions:

Statements:

(i) All staff members who attended the seminar found it beneficial.

(ii) Ms. Chen is a staff member.

Conclusions:

(i) Ms. Chen found the seminar beneficial.

(ii) No one who missed the seminar found it beneficial.

  1. AOption (a)

    Only conclusion (i) follows.

  2. BOption (b)

    Only conclusion (ii) follows.

  3. COption (c)

    Both (i) and (ii) follow.

  4. DOption (d)

    Neither (i) nor (ii) follows.

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Answer: (a)A.

Only conclusion (i) follows.

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Question 245

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Find the odd number out:

  1. AOption (a)

    1369

  2. BOption (b)

    1444

  3. COption (c)

    1521

  4. DOption (d)

    1600

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Answer: (a)A.

1369

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Question 246

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You are part of a research team. Your team leader asks you to "clean up" some contradictory data points in your report to ensure the conclusion strongly supports the funding agency's expected outcome. You know the data points are valid, though inconvenient. What should you do?

  1. AOption (a)

    Remove the contradictory data points as instructed by your team leader to secure future funding.

  2. BOption (b)

    Refuse to remove the valid data, present the results accurately, and document your disagreement with the team leader in your internal notes.

  3. COption (c)

    Remove the data, but anonymously leak the original raw data to a friendly scientist outside the team

  4. DOption (d)

    Present only the raw data without any analysis and let the funding agency draw its own conclusion

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Answer: (a)A.

Remove the contradictory data points as instructed by your team leader to secure future funding.

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Question 247

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In each of the following questions, a statement is given followed by 2 conclusions.Read the statements carefully and answer the following questions:

Statement:

Any young man who makes dowry as a condition for marriage, discredits himself and dishonours womanhood.

Conclusions:

  1. Those who take dowry in marriage should be condemned by society.

II. Those who do not take dowry in marriage respect womanhood.

  1. AOption (a)

    Only conclusion I follows

  2. BOption (b)

    Only conclusion II follows

  3. COption (c)

    Neither I nor II follows

  4. DOption (d)

    Both I and II follow

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Answer: (a)A.

Only conclusion I follows

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Question 248

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Choose the word that is least like the other words in the group.

  1. AOption (a)

    Influenza

  2. BOption (b)

    Night Blindness

  3. COption (c)

    Rickets

  4. DOption (d)

    Scurvy

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Answer: (a)A.

Influenza

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Question 249

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In a family, L L is the son of M. N is the daughter of L's sister. O is the husband of M's sister. P is the son of O. How is L related to P?

  1. AOption (a)

    Cousin

  2. BOption (b)

    Maternal Uncle

  3. COption (c)

    Father-in-law

  4. DOption (d)

    Father

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Answer: (a)A.

Cousin

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Question 250

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Choose the figure which is different from the rest.

  1. AOption (a)

    1

  2. BOption (b)

    2

  3. COption (c)

    4

  4. DOption (d)

    5

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Answer: (a)A.

1

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Question 251

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Seminars were held in Delhi, Mumbai, and Kolkata on 1st, 4th, and 6th July.

  • The Kolkata seminar happened after the Mumbai one.
  • Delhi's seminar was not on 4th or 6th.

Which date was the Kolkata seminar held?

  1. AOption (a)

    1st July

  2. BOption (b)

    4th July

  3. COption (c)

    6th July

  4. DOption (d)

    Cannot be determined

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Answer: (a)A.

1st July

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Question 252

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Udaipur's seminar occurred 2 days before Jodhpur, Ajmer was 1 day after Jodhpur, and Ajmer's seminar was on 30th December. What was the seminar date of Udaipur?

  1. AOption (a)

    25th December

  2. BOption (b)

    26th December

  3. COption (c)

    27th December

  4. DOption (d)

    28th December

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Answer: (a)A.

25th December

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Question 253

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If 10 % 5 = 6, 8 % 4 = 6, then 6 % 2 = ?

  1. AOption (a)

    2

  2. BOption (b)

    9

  3. COption (c)

    3

  4. DOption (d)

    8

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Answer: (a)A.

2

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Question 254

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If 8 + 1 = 81, 6 + 3 = 63, then 5 + 4 = ?

  1. AOption (a)

    45

  2. BOption (b)

    36

  3. COption (c)

    54

  4. DOption (d)

    81

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Answer: (a)A.

45

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Question 255

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In the following number series, the incorrect number is given; find out which number is wrong.

11, 28, 79, 231, 691, 2068

  1. AOption (a)

    231

  2. BOption (b)

    691

  3. COption (c)

    2068

  4. DOption (d)

    11

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Answer: (a)A.

231

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Question 256

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If A # B = (A + B) ÷  (A - B), what is 10 # 5?

  1. AOption (a)

    2

  2. BOption (b)

    3

  3. COption (c)

    5

  4. DOption (d)

    10

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Answer: (a)A.

2

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Question 257

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Out of the following five figures, four are alike in some manner, and one differs from these in that manner. Select the ODD figure.

  1. AOption (a)

  2. BOption (b)

  3. COption (c)

  4. DOption (d)

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Answer: (a)A.
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Question 258

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Out of the following four figures, three are alike in some manner, and one differs from these in that manner. Select the ODD figure.

  1. AOption (a)

  2. BOption (b)

  3. COption (c)

  4. DOption (d)

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Answer: (a)A.
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Question 259

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Choose the word that doesn't match.

  1. AOption (a)

    Neck

  2. BOption (b)

    Ear

  3. COption (c)

    Heart

  4. DOption (d)

    Lips

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Answer: (a)A.

Neck

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Question 260

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Select the number from the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the given series.

54, 70, 102, 150, 214, 294, 390, [?]

  1. AOption (a)

    456

  2. BOption (b)

    512

  3. COption (c)

    488

  4. DOption (d)

    502

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Answer: (a)A.

456

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