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

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Question 781

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Which option represents the correct order of the given words as they would appear in an English dictionary?

  1. Illustrate
  2. Illustration
  3. Illustrator
  4. Illuminate
  5. Illumination
  1. AOption (a)

    4, 5, 2, 1, 3

  2. BOption (b)

    4, 5, 1, 2, 3 

  3. COption (c)

    4, 1, 5, 2, 3

  4. DOption (d)

    5, 4, 1, 2, 3

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Answer: (a)A.

4, 5, 2, 1, 3

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Question 782

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In a certain code language, 'GOLIATH' is coded as '216' and 'DYNAMIC' is coded as '207'. How will 'CURRANT' be coded in that language?

  1. AOption (a)

    285

  2. BOption (b)

    235

  3. COption (c)

    168

  4. DOption (d)

    148

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Answer: (a)A.

285

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Question 783

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

13 ÷ 8 – 96 × 6 + 17 = ?

  1. AOption (a)

    98

  2. BOption (b)

    107

  3. COption (c)

    114

  4. DOption (d)

    103

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Answer: (a)A.

98

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Question 784

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In a certain code language,

‘C # D’ means ‘C is the father of D’,

‘C @ D’ means ‘C is the sister of D’,

‘C $ D’ means ‘C is the mother of D’,

‘C % D’ means ‘C is the brother of D’.

Based on the above, how is S related to V if ‘S % T @ U # V’$?

  1. AOption (a)

    Father

  2. BOption (b)

    Father’s father

  3. COption (c)

    Father’s brother

  4. DOption (d)

    Son

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Answer: (a)A.

Father

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Question 785

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Select the correct option that indicates the arrangement of the following words in a logical and meaningful order.

1 Paragraph

2 Letters

3 Phrase

4 Sentence

5 Words

  1. AOption (a)

    2, 5, 1, 3, 4 

  2. BOption (b)

    2, 3, 5, 1, 4

  3. COption (c)

    2, 5, 3, 4, 1

  4. DOption (d)

    2, 5, 4, 3, 1 

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Answer: (a)A.

2, 5, 1, 3, 4 

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Question 786

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In a certain code language, ‘PLAYER’ is written as ‘CNRSFZ’ and ‘LIQUID’ is written as ‘SKNEJV’. How will ‘RECORD’ be written in that language?

  1. AOption (a)

    ETGPSP

  2. BOption (b)

    ETGESP

  3. COption (c)

    EGTPES 

  4. DOption (d)

    EGTESP

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Answer: (a)A.

ETGPSP

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Question 787

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In a certain code language,

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

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

‘A × B’ means ‘A is the mother of B’ and

‘A ÷ B’ means ‘A is the father of B’.

How is D related to B if A ÷ B − C + D × E?

  1. AOption (a)

    Mother

  2. BOption (b)

    Wife

  3. COption (c)

    Wife’s mother

  4. DOption (d)

    Daughter’s husband

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Answer: (a)A.

Mother

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Question 788

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Following a certain logic, if 36 is related to 9 and 100 is related to 49, to which of the following is 225 related?

  1. AOption (a)

    133

  2. BOption (b)

    135

  3. COption (c)

    144

  4. DOption (d)

    148

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Answer: (a)A.

133

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Question 789

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Select the correct mirror image of the given figure when the mirror is placed at MN as shown below.

  1. AOption (a)

  2. BOption (b)

  3. COption (c)

  4. DOption (d)

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Answer: (a)A.
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Question 790

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

GLOBAL : HNRAYI :: HONEST : IQQDQQ :: ITSELF : ?

  1. AOption (a)

    JVUDJC

  2. BOption (b)

    JVVDKC

  3. COption (c)

    JVVEJC

  4. DOption (d)

    JVVDJC

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Answer: (a)A.

JVUDJC

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Question 791

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Identify the figure given in the options which when put in place of ? 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 792

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Select the option that represents the letters that, when sequentially placed from left to right in the blanks below, will complete the letter series.

JJ_K_LM_N_ _ O _ _ Q _ R _

  1. AOption (a)

    KLMNOPPQR

  2. BOption (b)

    IJKLMNOPQ

  3. COption (c)

    KLNOPPQRS

  4. DOption (d)

    JKNNOOPRR

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

KLMNOPPQR

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Question 793

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Three statements are given followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. Assuming the statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.

Statements:

  1. All cobblers are masons.

  2. No mason is an electrician.

  3. Some electricians are plumbers.

Conclusions:

I. All plumbers can never be masons.

II. At least some electricians are cobblers.

  1. AOption (a)

    Only Conclusion II follows.

  2. BOption (b)

    Neither Conclusion I nor II follows.

  3. COption (c)

    Only Conclusion I 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 794

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In a certain code language, ‘BOOK’ is coded as ‘DMRH’ and ‘WELL’ is coded as ‘YCOI’. How will ‘TREE’ be coded in the same language?

  1. AOption (a)

    VSHC

  2. BOption (b)

    UPHC

  3. COption (c)

    VPHB

  4. DOption (d)

    UQHB

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Answer: (a)A.

VSHC

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Question 795

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

OTE, PUF, QVG, RWH, ?

  1. AOption (a)

    SXI

  2. BOption (b)

    TXI

  3. COption (c)

    TVG

  4. DOption (d)

    SWG

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Answer: (a)A.

SXI

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Question 796

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Select the option that represents the letters that, when sequentially placed from left to right in the blanks below, will complete the letter series.

S O _ T _ S _ F _ Y _ O F T _ _ O F T Y

  1. AOption (a)

    F Y O T S Y S

  2. BOption (b)

    S O T T Y FS

  3. COption (c)

    O F S T Y F O

  4. DOption (d)

    Y F O T S Y T 

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Answer: (a)A.

F Y O T S Y S

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Question 797

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Select the option that is related to the third word in the same way as the second word is related to the first word. (The words must be considered as meaningful English words and must not be related to each other based on the number of letters/number of consonants/vowels in the word.)

Cease : Desist :: Eradicate : ___________

  1. AOption (a)

    Replenish

  2. BOption (b)

    Abstain

  3. COption (c)

    Restore

  4. DOption (d)

    Destroy 

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Answer: (a)A.

Replenish

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Question 798

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In a certain code language, ‘right from wrong’ is written as ‘in bh yt’, and ‘take the right’ is coded as ‘dn yt gd. How will ‘right’ be coded in that language?

  1. AOption (a)

    gd

  2. BOption (b)

    bh

  3. COption (c)

    yt

  4. DOption (d)

    in

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Answer: (a)A.

gd

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Question 799

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In a certain code language, 'NORMAL' is written as 'LMPOCN' and 'PEOPLE' is written as 'NCMRNG'. How will 'MOMENT' be written in that language?

  1. AOption (a)

    KNKGPU

  2. BOption (b)

    KMKGPV

  3. COption (c)

    LMLGPV

  4. DOption (d)

    KMKHPU

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Answer: (a)A.

KNKGPU

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Question 800

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Which of the following letter-clusters will replace the question mark (?) in the given series?

PTXL, OSWK, NRVJ, ?, LPTH

  1. AOption (a)

    MQVI

  2. BOption (b)

    MQUI

  3. COption (c)

    NQUI

  4. DOption (d)

    MQUJ

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Answer: (a)A.

MQVI

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