Reasonig for SSC CGL 2016 & Railway Exam

1. Mohan is 18th from either end of a row of boys? How many boys are there in that row?
(A) 26                    (B) 32                    (C) 24                    (D) 35

2. In a class of 60 where boys are twice that of girls, Ramya ranked 17th from the top. If there are 9 boys ahead of Ramya, how many girls are after her in the rank ?
(A) 26                    (B) 12                    (C) 10                    (D) 33

3. ‘Soldier’ is related to ‘Army’ in the same way as ‘Pupil’ is related to ……….
(A) Education                                     (B) Teacher
(C) Student                                         (D) Class

4. ‘Kilogram’ is related to ‘Quintal’ in the same way as ‘Paisa’ is related to ……….
(A) Coin                                                (B) Money
(C) Cheque                                         (D) Rupee

5. ‘Stammering’ is to ‘Speech’ as Deafness is to ……….
(A) Ear  (B) Hearing(C) Noise       (D) Commotion

6. ‘Guilt’ is to ‘Past’ as ‘Hope’ is to ……….
(A) Present                                         (B) Future
(C) Today                                             (D) Hopeless

Directions—(Q. 7 to 9) based on the alphabets.
7. If the sequence of the alphabets is reversed which of the following would be the 14th letter from your left?
(A) N         (B) L   (C) O      (D) None of these

8. Which letter is the 8th letter to the right of the letter, which is 12th from the left?
(A) V      (B) T      (C) W                     (D) Y

9. Which letter is the 8th letter to the right of the letter which is 10th to the left of the last but one letter from the right ?
(A) V                      (B) X                      (C) W                     (D) I

10. What should come in the place of (?) in the given series ?
ACE, FGH, ?, PON
(A) KKK                                 (B) JKI      (C) HJH               (D) IKL

11. Typist : Typewriter : : Writer : ?
(A) Script(B) Pen(C) Paper (D) Book

12. Paint : Artist : : Wood : ?
(A) Furniture (B) Forest(C) Fire (D) Carpenter

13. acme : mace : : alga : ?
(A) glaa                                                                 (B) gaal
(C) laga                                                                                 (D) gala

14. EIGHTY : GIEYTH : : OUTPUT : ?
(A) UTOPTU                                                       (B) UOTUPT
(C) TUOUTP                                                        (D) TUOTUP

15. ‘Medicine’ is related to ‘Patient’ in the same way as ‘Education’ is related to—
(A) Teacher                                                        (B) School
(C) Student                                                         (D) Tuition

Answer


1. (D) 2. (B)
3. (D) As ‘Soldier’ is a part of ‘Army’ in the same way ‘Pupil’ is a part of ‘Class’.
4. (D)
5. (B) As ‘Stammering’ is a defect of ‘Speech’ in the same way ‘Deafness’ is a defect of ‘Hearing’.
6. (B)
7. (D) The 14th letter from the left in the sequence of alphabet when it is reversed, is M.
8. (B) The letter 12th from the left in alphabet is L and the 8th letter to the right of ‘L’ is ‘T’.
9. (C) The last but one letter from the right is Y and from Y the 10th letter to left is O and from O, 8th letter to the right is ‘W’.
10. (A)
11. (B) As the tool for ‘Typist’ is ‘Typewriter’, similarly the tool for the writer is ‘Pen’.
12. (D) As ‘Paint’ is used by ‘Artist’, similarly ‘Wood’ is used by ‘Carpenter’.
13. (D) 14. (D)
15. (C) As ‘Medicine’ cures the ‘Patient’, similarly ‘Education’ educates the ‘Student’.