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R E A S O N I N G A B I L I T Y

TEST OF REASONING-1

Directions for Questions 1-15: Each question belowhas a pair of words, letters or numbers that is given inbold letters that have certain relationship to each otherand followed by four pair of words (marked 1, 2, 3 and 4).Choose from these alternatives the best pair that has thesame relationship as that in the bold and mark your answerin the appropriate place on your answer sheet.

1. BC : FG(1) AD : PQ (2) JK : LM(3) HI : LM (4) PQ : ST2. BC : GH

(1) IJ : NO (2) CD : FG(3) DE : JK (4) IJ : MN3. APA : EQE

(1) BQB : FGF (2) ADA : GHG(3) LML : URU (4) IRI : OSO4. BACE : DACE : : FACE

(1) LACE (2) HACE(3) NACE (4) HASE5. FISH : SHOAL

(1) Whale : Herd

(2) Elephant : Flock(3) Shark : School(4) Audience : Theatre6. HUMANITARIAN : ALTRUISTIC

(1) Artist : Imitative(2) Host : Hospitable(3) Idealist : Cynical(4) Guest : Rude7. ARMY : LOGISTICS

(1) Business : Strategy(2) Team : Individual(3) War : Logic

(4) Soldiers : Students8. SEDAN : AUTOMOBILE

(1) Hanger : Airplane(2) Marble : Statue(3) Rung : Ladder(4) Rocker : Chair9. MELLIFLUOUS : CACOPHONY

(1) Dulcet : Euphony(2) Thrifty : Parsimony(3) Fragrant : Noisesomeness(4) Florid : Embellishment10. PARDON : OFFENSE

(1) Repent : Sin(2) Forgive : Wrong(3) Arraign : Indictment(4) Surrender : Fugitive11. 12 : 144(1) 20 : 400 (2) 22 : 464(3) 15 : 135 (4) 10 : 14012. 11 : 1210(1) 6 : 216 (2) 7 : 1029(3) 9 : 729 (4) 8 : 44813. 14 : 9 : : 26(1) 12 (2) 13(3) 15 (4) 1714. 7 : 56 : : 9(1) 90 (2) 63(3) 81 (4) 9915. 20 : 11 : : 102(1) 49 (2) 52(3) 61 (4) 98

Directions for Questions 16-25: Each of the following

questions consists of four words or numbers or pair ofNumbers out of which three are alike in some respect andone is odd or different. Find out the odd one and answeraccordingly on your answer sheet.

16. (1) Walk (2) Run(3) Crawl (4) Ride

17. (1) Square (2) Triangle(3) Cube (4) Rectangle

18. (1) Lhasa (2) Bomdila(3) Nathula (4) Shipkila

19. (1) Intimacy (2) Enmity(3) Attachment (4) Friendship

20. (1) Lamprey (2) Salmon(3) Trout (4) Rhea

21. (1) 11 (2) 13(3) 15 (4) 17

22. (1) 81 (2) 21(3) 69 (4) 83

23. (1) 144 (2) 168(3) 196 (4) 256

24. (1) 70 - 80 (2) 28 - 32(3) 21 - 24 (4) 54 - 62

25. (1) 7 - 84 (2) 6 - 108(3) 5 - 75 (4) 3 - 100

Questions asked in R.R.B. (Bhubaneshwar) Station Master Recruitment Examination

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Directions for Questions 26-30: Read the followingparagraph carefully and answer the questions that follow:

Six lectures A, B, C, D, E and F are to be organised in aspan of seven days from Sunday to Saturday, only one lectureon each day according to the following schedule:

(i) A should not be organised on Thursday, (ii) C shouldbe organised immediately after F, (iii) There should be a gapof two days between D and E, (iv) One day there will be no

lecture and Friday is not that day and just before that day Dwill be organised, (v) B should be organised on Tuesday andshould not be followed by D.

26. On which day there is no lecture?(1) Tuesday(2) Saturday(3) Wednesday(4) Monday27. How many lectures are organised between C and

D?(1) None(2) Three

(3) Five(4) Four28. Which day will the lecture F be organised?(1) Thursday(2) Friday(3) Saturday(4) Sunday29. Which of the following is the last lecture in the

series?(1) D (2) A(3) E (4) B30. Which of the following information is not required

in finding the complete sequence of organisation of lectures?(1) (i) only (2) (ii) only(3) All are required (4) (iii) only

Directions for Questions 31-35: In each question belowthere is a statement followed by two courses of actionnumbered I and II. You are to assume everything in thestatement to be true, then decide which of the twosuggested courses of action logically follows for pursuingby answering (1) if only I follows, (2) if only II follows, (3)if either I or II or both I and II follow and (4) if neither Inor II follows.Statement:

31. A group of school students was reported to beenjoying at a picnic spot during school hours.Courses of action:

I. The principal of the school should contact theparents of those students and inform them witha real warning for future.

II. Some disciplinary action must be taken againstthose students for the awareness of all the otherstudents.

Statement:32. Financial stringency prevented the State

government from paying pensions to the retired school

teachers.Courses of action:

I. The State government should immediatelyabolish the pension benefit scheme for theteachers.

II. The State government should reduce all thewasteful expenditure to arrange to pay thepension to the school teachers.

Statement:33. The sale of a particular product has gone down

considerably causing great concern to the company.Courses of action:

I. The company should immediately stopproduction of the said product.

II. The price of the product should be reduced andquality improved.

Statement:34. People residing in some tribal areas are far from

education.Courses of action:

I. Government should open schools in those areas.II. Government should render all help to the NGOsto open schools there.

Statement:35. Some serious blunders were detected in the

Account section of a factory.Courses of action:

I. An efficient team of auditors should be appointedto check the accounts.

II. A show cause notice should be issued to all theemployees of the accounts section.

36. In an examination a student scores 4 marks for

every correct answer and loses one mark for every wronganswer. If he attempts all the 75 questions and scores 125marks, the number of questions he attempts correctly is:

(1) 35 (2) 38(3) 41 (4) 4037. Robin says If Jai gives me Rs 40, he will have half

as much as Atul, but if Atul gives me Rs 40 then the three ofus will have the same amount. What is the total amount ofmoney that Robin, Jai and Atul have between them?

(1) Rs 360 (2) Rs 240(3) Rs 320 (4) Rs 40038. A group of 1200 persons consisting of Captains

and soldiers is travelling in a train. If for every 15 soldiersthere is one Captain then the number of Captains in thegroup is:

(1) 70 (2) 75(3) 80 (4) 8239. A student got twice as many sums wrong as he got

right. If he attempted 48 sums in all, how many did he solvecorrectly?

(1) 24 (2) 18(3) 20 (4) 1640. At the end of a business conference the ten people

present all shake hands with each other once. How manyhandshakes will there be altogether?

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(1) 90 (2) 55(3) 45 (4) 20

Directions for Questions 41-45: Read the followingstatements carefully and answer the questions that follow.

There are six persons P, Q, R, S, T and U, R is the sisterof U, Q is the brother of Ts husband. S is the father of P andgrandfather of U. There are two fathers, three brothers and

a mother in the group.41. Who is the mother?(1) P (2) Q(3) S (4) T42. Who is Ts husband?(1) P (2) Q(3) R (4) T43. How many male members are there in the group?(1) Three (2) Four(3) Two (4) One44. How is U related to T?(1) Uncle (2) Husband

(3) Son (4) Daughter45. Which of the following is a group of brothers?(1) PQU (2) PQS(3) QUR (4) QSU46. In a certain code the word FIRE is written as QHOE

and MOVE as ZMWE. Following the same rule of codingwhat should be the code for the word OVER?

(1) MWOE (2) MWZO(3) MWEO (4) MWED47. In a certain code the word COLD is coded as

DPME. Following the same rule of coding what should bethe code for the word GIVEN?

(1) HJWIM (2) HKWJM(3) FHUDM (4) HJWFO48. In a certain code the word ROAD is coded as WTFI.

Following the same rule of coding which of the followingwords would be coded as GJFY?

(1) BEAT (2) LATE(3) TAKE (4) REAP49. If the word TERMINATION is coded as

12345671586, what should be the code for the wordMOTION?

(1) 458569 (2) 481586(3) 438586 (4) 48518650. In a certain code the word DEAL is coded as 4-5-

1-12. Following the same rule of coding what should be theword LADY?

(1) 10-1-4-23 (2) 12-1-4-22(3) 12-1-4-25 (4) 12-4-1-25

Directions for Questions 51-58: In each of the followingsentences some words or phrases are underlined. Find out,if any one is wrong and put your answer choice on theanswer sheet.

51. The magician performed his(1) tricks so skilful(2)that(3) the audience was(4) pleased.

52. I(1) think it(2) is your(3) who is(4) wrong.

53. Father would(1) not let(2) Samir and I(3) attendthe(4) basketball game.

54. Irregardless(1) of what(2) you say, you will(3) still be suspect(4).

55. One of our(1) employees have(2) not yet(3) shownup(4) for work.

56. After climbing the stairs(1) her heart(2) almost gaveout(3) from(4) exhaustion.

57. He felt that he had become(1) what he was(2)because, over the course of years, that was(3) the way hismother raised(4) him.

58. Soma and Tanu waited(1) breathlessly(2) for theannouncement, both girls(3) hoping she had won(4) thecoveted award.

In each question below some short conversationsbetween two speakers X and Y are given followed by aquestion along with four alternative responses marked 1,2, 3 and 4. Choose the one response that would best answerthe question and mark on the answer sheet.

59. X: Even though it is farther away, I do all myshopping at the super market.

Y: Well, I prefer the personal service in the smallershops, although I do know that the prices are somewhathigher.Question:

Where the shopping is cheaper?(1) Local shop(2) Super market(3) Smaller shop(4) Large market60. X: A newspaper survey just revealed that large

cars are much safer to drive than the smaller models.Y: I know that, I wish now that I had bought abigger car.Question:

What size car had the man probably purchased?(1) A smaller car(2) A large car(3) A trailer(4) A small foreign car61. X: Mita seems to be a very shy type of person.

Y: Actually, shes not. She acts that way only withstrangers.

Question:How well does X appear to know Mita?(1) She is a close friend(2) He does not know her at all(3) He knows her only slightly(4) She is his relative62. X: There are supposed to be forty five people

registered for this course.Y: I know. But I think thirteen have cancelled their

registrations and ten others indicated that they could notmake the first class.Question:

According to Y, how many people will not show up for

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the first class?(1) Thirteen(2) Ten(3) Thirty(4) Twenty three63. X: I know that the coat is a little too large but it

was, such a good to buy, I am going to keep it.Y: Well, that doesnt make much sense to me.

Question:Why was X going to keep the coat?(1) Because she liked it(2) Because it fits well(3) Because it was cheap(4) Because it was a gift

Directions for Questions 64-67:Choose the word whichis most nearly the SAME in meaning as the word given inbold as used in the passage:

64. Mighty:(1) strong (2) humble

(3) loud (4) hungry65. Test:(1) observe (2) notice(3) experience (4) experiment66. Shouted:(1) wondered (2) left(3) screamed (4) jumped67. Chose:(1) tried (2) found(3) expected (4) desired

Directions for Questions (68-70): Choose the wordwhich is most opposite in meaning of the word given inbold as used in the passage.

68. assemble:(1) join (2) separate(3) pool (4) combine69. amass:(1) collect (2) distribute(3) allot (4) earn70. huge:(1) big (2) small(3) little (4) long

ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS

1. (3) First and second set drop two letters (DE; JK) between them.

2. (1) The sets drop three letters between them.3. (4) Two vowels are followed by next vowels and have

consecutive letters between them.4. (2) First letter of the second set has gap of one letter. (B

and D; F and H)5. (3) It is the species and its group relationship.6. (2) They have the person and attributed quality

relationship.7. (1) It is the specific job and plan to implement

relationship.8. (4) It is a type and category relationship.9. (3) The words are opposites.

10. (2) A positive measure and cause relationship.11. (1) Second number is the square of the first.12. (4) It is the square of number multiplied by its preceding

number; i.e. 112 10; 82 7.13. (3) 7 2 = 14; 7 +2 = 9 : : 13 2 = 26; 13 + 2 = 15.

14. (1) Multiply the first number by the next number7 : 7 8 = 56 : : 9 : 9 10 = 90.

15. (2) The second number is half plus one of the firstnumber.

16. (4) For others you dont need anything other than yourown body (horse, bicycle etc).

17. (3) It is the only three-dimensional object among twodimensional figures.

18. (1) It is the capital of Tibet.19. (2) All the others are positive qualities.20. (4) It is a bird.21. (3) All the others are primary numbers.

22. (4) All the others are divisible by 3.23. (2) All the others are squares of numbers.24. (4) All the others have a ratio of 7 : 8.25. (4) All the second numbers are divisible by first number.26-30. Sun-D; Mon-; Tue-B; Wed-E; Thu-F; Fri-C; Sat-A.26. (4) 27. (2) 28. (1) 29. (2) 30. (1)31. (3) 32. (2) 33. (4) 34. (3) 35. (1)36. (4) 40 4 35.37. (1) Jai Rs 120, Robin Rs 80 and Atul Rs 160.38. (2)39. (4)40. (3) 9 + 8 + 7 + 6 + 5 + 4 + 3 + 2 + 1

41-45.

41. (4) 42. (1) 43. (2) 44. (3) 45. (1)46. (3) 47. (4) Next letter in alphabets.48. (1) Fifth letter in the alphabetic order is code for each

letter.49. (2)50. (3) Each code is the place of the letter in alphabets.51. (2) skilfully.52. (3) you53. (3) me54. (1) Regardless55. (2) has56. (4) of57. (4) had raised.58. (3) each of the girl/each girl.59. (2) 60. (1) 61. (1) 62. (4) 63. (1)64. (1) 65. (4) 66. (3) 67. (4) 68. (2)69. (2) 70. (2)

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Q(son)

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