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Test of Reasoning-2: March 2002 The Competition Master

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REASONING ABILITY

Test of Reasoning-2
Qs. 1-6. In each of the following questions, a number series is given. Below this series, a number is given followed by (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E). After understanding the pattern in the given series, you have to form another number series in the same order, starting from the given number. 1. 360 72 18 6 3 240 (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) Which of the following numbers will come in place of (C)? (1) 6 (2) 4 (3) 8 (4) 9 (5) 3 2. 11 23 47 95 191 13 (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) Which of the following numbers will come in place of (E)? (1) 395 (2) 401 (3) 419 (4) 447 (5) 421 3. 18 72 24 96 32 27 (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) Which of the following numbers will come in place of (C)? (1) 140 (2) 144 (3) 172 (4) 152 (5) 156 4. 101 103 107 109 113 113 (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) Which of the following numbers will come in place of (A)? (1) 121 (2) 125 (3) 127 (4) 131 (5) 133 5. 3 3 6 18 72 7 (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) Which of the following numbers will come in place of (C)? (1) 42 (2) 54 (3) 59 (4) 62 (5) 66 6. 1 1 4 8 9 27 9 (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) Which of the following numbers will come in place of (D)? (1) 36 (2) 216 (3) 81 (4) 125 (5) 25 Qs. 7-11. Match the series given in each question with (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5). 7. 27; 216; 1; 125; 64. (1) They are prime numbers. 8. 97; 89; 43; 31; 23. (2) All the numbers are divisible by 13. 9. 63; 161; 133; 147; 329. (3) They are cubes of some number. 10. 255; 321; 417; 189; 243. (4) All the numbers are divisible by 7. 11. 169; 221; 195; 143; 247. (5) All the numbers are divisible by 3. 12. Which of the five equations given below is not correct? (1) 15 + 6 2 7 9 = 27 (2) 12 + 22 32 5 2 = 27 (3) ( 3 2) + (11 3) = 27 (4) 4 3 + 5 3 2 = 27 (5) 32 + 33 (4 2) + 1 = 27 Qs. 13-15. Given below are certain symbols followed by three questions. Apply the symbols to the questions and find out the correct answer: A B means A is greater than B. A B means A is equal to B. A B means A is smaller than B. A B means A is not smaller than B. A B means A is not greater than B. 13. If P Q, R S and R Q, then relationship between S and P is: (1) S P (2) S P (3) S P (4) S P (5) Cant say 14. If Q R, S R and T R, then the relationship between T and S is: (1) T S (2) T S (3) T S (4) T S (5) Cant say 15. If PQ RS and S P then the relationship between R and Q is: (1) R Q (2) R Q (3) R Q (4) R Q (5) Cant say Qs. 16-20 are based on the word, CONVERSATION. 16. Which of the following words is different from the others in its relationship with the lead word? (1) TRANCE (2) RENOVATION (3) ACTION (4) STATION (5) STRAIN 17. Which of the following words is different in its relationship with the key-word? (1) COVER (2) NATION (3) VERSION (4) CONVERT (5) TENSION 18. Which of the following words has more than one extra letters? (1) NEVER (2) VARIATION

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(3) CROSS (4) ROTATION (5) REMOVE 19. Which set in the series is different from the others? (1) COVS (2) TINN (3) IOCV (4) ERAI (5) RSTN 20. Which set of letters in the following series is arranged in a different way? (1) SVRE (2) EONV (3) TRAS (4) AESR (5) NTOI 21. If the value of CAT = 24, that of a DOG = 26, what would be the value of PIG? (1) 37 (2) 25 (3) 29 (4) 34 (5) 32 Qs. 22-23. Miss Lily has four purses, in one of the purses she keeps five rupee notes, in the second one ten rupee notes, in the third one twenty rupee notes and in the fourth one fifty rupee notes. In all, she has 78 notes and the total amount, Rs 1500. Now answer the following questions. 22. If the number of twenty rupee notes was 6 less than the ten rupee notes and the five rupee notes were four more than the fifty rupee notes, how many five rupee notes had she? (1) 32 (2) 25 (3) 20 (4) 12 (5) Cant say 23. If starting from the highest, she took out one note from it and then went on taking double number of notes from each purse as compared to the previous one, how much money did she take out? (1) Rs 170 (2) Rs 185 (3) Rs 210 (4) Rs 310 (5) Rs 260 Qs. 24 and 25 are based on the information given below: Mr Singh has six coats on hangers in his wardrobe. The white coat is between red and brown ones. As he stands facing the wardrobe, the grey coat is towards his left, next to the brown one, which is on his right. The blue coat is between the red and the black coats. 24. The red coat is between: (1) blue and brown (2) white and black (3) blue and white (4) blue and black (5) white and brown 25. Which two coats are at the left and right corners? (1) grey and black (2) red and grey (3) blue and white (4) black and white (5) blue and grey Qs. 26-30. In each of the following questions, a word is given in capital letters. The word is written in code letters also, each small letter representing one of the letters of the word. Your task is to find out the right codes for the letters enclosed in box. 26. C R O W N (1) y (2) f (3) u (4) k (5) d 27. S P I N E (1) g (2) v (3) q (4) x (5) u 28. T R A I L (1) h (2) d (3) g (4) j (5) z 29. S W A R M (1) d (2) h (3) b (4) f (5) x 30. P O I N T (1) u (2) g (3) z (4) q (5) y ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS 1. (2) The series is, starting from the last number, 2 1 = 2; 2 2 = 4; 4 3 = 12; 12 4 = 48; 48 5 = 240. 2. (4) The series would be, 13 2 + 1; 27 2 + 1; 55 2 + 1; 111 2 + 1; 223 2 + 1. 3. (2) The series is 27 4 = 108; 108 3 = 36; 36 4 = 144; 144 3 = 48 ... 4. (3) It is a series of consecutive prime numbers. 5. (1) The series is, 7 1 = 7; 7 2 = 14; 14 3 = 42; 42 4 = 168 ... 6. (5) The series is 32; 33; 42; 43; 52 ... 7. (3) 8. (1) 9. (4) 10. (5) 11. (2) 12. (4) 13. (2) 14. (1) 15. (4) 16. (4) In other words, all the letters are from the main word, this one has an extra T. 17. (5) In all the others, the order of the letters picked up from the main word has not been changed. 18. (2) One A and one I. 19. (4) The gap among the letters is different. 20. (2) The arrangement is wrong. 21. (5) The value is calculated according to the letters position in the alphabets, P : 16 + I : 9 + G : 7 = 32. 22. (3) 20 Rs 10/- 24 Rs 20/- 18 Rs 50/- 16 23. (1) Rs 5/24. (3) 25. (1) The order is, grey, brown, white, red, blue and black. Qs. 26-30. Match the common code letters with common letters used in the word and thus reach the conclusion. 26. (2) 27. (4) 28. (1) 29. (3) 30. (5)

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