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Reasoning PYQs

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

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SSC MTS Previous Year Paper (Held on: 5 July 2022 Shift 2)·General Intelligence & Reasoning
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Question 41

SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) 2022• General Intelligence & Reasoning

Select the option that will replace the question mark (?) in the given series.

68, 79, 88, 95, 100, ?

  1. AOption (a)

    103

  2. BOption (b)

    101

  3. COption (c)

    105

  4. DOption (d)

    107

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Answer: (a)A.

103

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Question 42

SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) 2022• General Intelligence & Reasoning

What will come in the place of ‘?’ in the following equation, if ‘+’ and ‘–‘ are interchanged and also ‘×’ and ‘÷’ are interchanged?

4 ÷ 6 − 9 + 48 × 8 = ?

  1. AOption (a)

    38

  2. BOption (b)

    27

  3. COption (c)

    42

  4. DOption (d)

    24

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Answer: (a)A.

38

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Question 43

SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) 2022• General Intelligence & Reasoning

Select the option that is related to the fifth number in the same way as the second number is related to the first number and the fourth number is related to the third number.

7 : 345 :: 5 : 127 :: 6 : ?

  1. AOption (a)

    228

  2. BOption (b)

    208

  3. COption (c)

    238

  4. DOption (d)

    218

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Answer: (a)A.

228

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Question 44

SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) 2022• General Intelligence & Reasoning

The age of five sisters Sita, Gita, Babita, Lalita and Anita are compared. Gita is elder than Babita but younger than Sita. Lalita is the eldest. Babita is not the youngest. Who is the second eldest sister?

  1. AOption (a)

    Babita

  2. BOption (b)

    Anita

  3. COption (c)

    Sita

  4. DOption (d)

    Gita

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Answer: (a)A.

Babita

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Question 45

SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) 2022• General Intelligence & Reasoning

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 conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.

Statements:

All cars are trucks.

Some bikes are cars.

Conclusions:

I. All bikes are trucks.

II. Some trucks are bikes.

  1. AOption (a)

    Neither conclusion I nor II follows

  2. BOption (b)

    Only conclusion II follows

  3. COption (c)

    Both conclusions I and II follow

  4. DOption (d)

    Only conclusion I follows

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Neither conclusion I nor II follows

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Question 46

SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) 2022• General Intelligence & Reasoning

In a certain code language, 'POND' is coded as '48', and 'HELO' is coded as '39’. How will 'PINK' be coded in that language?

  1. AOption (a)

    48

  2. BOption (b)

    52

  3. COption (c)

    49

  4. DOption (d)

    51

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

48

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Question 47

SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) 2022• General Intelligence & Reasoning

Select the figure from the options that can replace the question mark (?) and complete the pattern.

  1. AOption (a)

  2. BOption (b)

  3. COption (c)

  4. DOption (d)

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Answer: (a)A.
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Question 48

SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) 2022• General Intelligence & Reasoning

Five students I, J, K, L and M are sitting on a bench in a straight row, facing North. M and J are immediate neighbours. M and K are also immediate neighbours, I is on the extreme left of the bench. J is sitting second from the extreme right. Who is sitting between I and J?

  1. AOption (a)

    L

  2. BOption (b)

    K and L 

  3. COption (c)

    L and M

  4. DOption (d)

    K and M 

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

L

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Question 49

SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) 2022• General Intelligence & Reasoning

In a certain code language, '476' is written as 'wrong and sharp', '428' is written as 'knife is sharp', and '859' is written as 'right is good'. What is the code for the word 'knife' in that language?

  1. AOption (a)

    4

  2. BOption (b)

    2

  3. COption (c)

    5

  4. DOption (d)

    8

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Answer: (a)A.

4

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Question 50

SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) 2022• General Intelligence & Reasoning

Which of the mathematical signs should be interchanged in the given equation to make it mathematically correct?

102 − 17 + 12 × 4 ÷ 27 + 5 = 32

  1. AOption (a)

    − and ÷

  2. BOption (b)

    − and ×

  3. COption (c)

    × and ÷

  4. DOption (d)

    − and +

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Answer: (a)A.

− and ÷

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Question 51

SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) 2022• General Intelligence & Reasoning

After interchanging which two numbers (not digits) will the value of the given expression be‘81’?

798 + 27 – 719 ÷ 6 × 5

  1. AOption (a)

    5 and 27

  2. BOption (b)

    27 and 6

  3. COption (c)

    798 and 719

  4. DOption (d)

    6 and 5

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

5 and 27

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Question 52

SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) 2022• General Intelligence & Reasoning

Select the figure from the given options that can replace the question mark (?) and complete the pattern.

  1. AOption (a)

  2. BOption (b)

  3. COption (c)

  4. DOption (d)

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Answer: (a)A.
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Question 53

SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) 2022• General Intelligence & Reasoning

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 conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.

Statements:

I. No blue is white.

II. No black is blue.

Conclusions:

I. All whites are blacks.

II. No blue is black.

III. Some whites are not blues.

  1. AOption (a)

    All the conclusions follow

  2. BOption (b)

    Only conclusions I and II follow

  3. COption (c)

    Only conclusions II and III follow

  4. DOption (d)

    None of the conclusions follow

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Answer: (a)A.

All the conclusions follow

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Question 54

SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) 2022• General Intelligence & Reasoning

Select the option that is related to the third number in the same way as the second number is related to the first number and the sixth number is related to the fifth number.

97 : 2 :: 63 : ? :: 74 : 3

  1. AOption (a)

    9

  2. BOption (b)

    7

  3. COption (c)

    3

  4. DOption (d)

    5

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Answer: (a)A.

9

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Question 55

SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) 2022• General Intelligence & Reasoning

In a certain code language, '471' means 'Hair is White', '726' means 'White Her Cow', and '639' means 'Cow gives Milk'. What is the code for 'Her' in that language?

  1. AOption (a)

    7

  2. BOption (b)

    1

  3. COption (c)

    4

  4. DOption (d)

    2

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

7

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Question 56

SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) 2022• General Intelligence & Reasoning

Select the figure from among the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the following 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 57

SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) 2022• General Intelligence & Reasoning

Seven boys A, B, C, D, E, F and G are sitting in a row, facing towards the north (not necessarily in the same order). E is at one of the ends. A is fifth to the left of E. B is not the immediate neighbour of A or E. C is third to the left of B. Only D is sitting between A and B. Only two boys are sitting between D and F. Which of the following statements is/are correct?

I. G is to the immediate left of D.

II. A and B are the neighbours of D.

  1. AOption (a)

    Only II

  2. BOption (b)

    Only I

  3. COption (c)

    Both I and II 

  4. DOption (d)

    Neither I nor II

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Only II

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Question 58

SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) 2022• General Intelligence & Reasoning

In a certain code language, 'ROBST' is written as 'QPYLO' and 'POLAR' is written as 'OXILM'. How will 'GUJRT' be written in that code language?

  1. AOption (a)

    QOGDR

  2. BOption (b)

    QOGRD

  3. COption (c)

    QOHRD

  4. DOption (d)

    QOHGD 

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

QOGDR

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Question 59

SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) 2022• General Intelligence & Reasoning

What will be the value of the given expression if ‘A’ means ‘+’, ‘B’ means ‘–’, ‘C’ means ‘×’, and ‘D’ means ‘÷’?

35 A 25 B 12 C 25 D 5

  1. AOption (a)

    5

  2. BOption (b)

    0

  3. COption (c)

    10

  4. DOption (d)

    2

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Answer: (a)A.

5

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Question 60

SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) 2022• General Intelligence & Reasoning

In a certain code language, if YELLOW is written as BLUE, BLUE is written as RED, RED is written as GREEN, GREEN is written as WHITE and WHITE is written as ORANGE, then in the same code language, what is the colour of human blood?

  1. AOption (a)

    ORANGE

  2. BOption (b)

    WHITE

  3. COption (c)

    RED

  4. DOption (d)

    GREEN

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

ORANGE

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