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REASONING
neither Manu nor Tinku. Alka never sits on a chair having an odd number
Directions (Qs. 1-5): Study the following information to answer the
on it. Neither Ritu nor Akash sits on chair number four. There is only one
given questions.
person between Rohan and Ritu. Alka sits on the right (not necessarily
A word and number arrangement machine when given an input line of immediate right) of Rishi and Rishi never sits adjacent to Rohan.
words and numbers rearranges them following a particular rule in each 6. Who among the following sit at extreme ends?
step. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement. (a) Sony, Ritu (b) Akash, Rishi
Input : yellow 7 green 14 2 clear to 23 own 18 under 19 44 (c) Monu, Ritu (d) Akash, Sony
Step 1 : 2 7 green 14 clear to 23 own 18 under 19 44 yellow (e) Can't be determined
Step II : 22 37 green 14 clear to own 18 19 44 under yellow 7. Who among the following sits on the immediate right of Alka?
Step III : 22 31 47 green clear own 18 19 44 to under yellow (a) Manu (b) Rohan (c) Ritu
Step IV : 22 31 41 97 green clear 18 44 own to under yellow (d) Akash (e) None of these
Step V : 22 31 41 91 87 clear 44 green own to under yellow 8. How many persons are sitting between Ritu and Manu?
Step VI : 22 31 41 91 87 44 clear green own to under yellow (a) One (b) Two (c) Three
Step VI : is the last step of the above rearrangement. As per the rules (d) Four (e) None of these
followed in the above steps, find out in each of the following questions 9. Who among the following is different from the others, based upon
the appropriate step for the input given below. the given seating arrangement?
Input: virus 11 inter 5216 arm keep 47 wind 22 quick 31 66 luck (a) Sony (b) Alka (c) Rohan
1. Which of the following would be the last step? (d) Ritu (e) Manu
(a) IV (b) V (c) VI 10. If (from left to right) the first person interchanges his position
(d) VII (e) None of these with the person at fifth position and the second person interchanges
2. Which of the following is step IV? his position with the person at sixth position and so on, which of
(a) 16 47 22 31 52 11 arm 66 inter keep luck quick virus wind the following will be the fifth from the right end in the new
arrangement?
(b) 16 47 22 31 11 inter 52 arm 66 keep luck quick virus wind
(a) Ritu (b) Tinku (c) Akash
(c) 16 47 22 11 31 inter 66 keep 52 arm luck quick virus wind (d) Rishi (e) None of these
(d) 16 22 3147 11 arm 52 inter keep luck quick virus wind
(e) None of these Directions (Qs. 11-15): In each question below are given two/three
3. Which of the following element would be at the 8th position from statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to
the right in step V? take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance
(a) 11 (b) arm (c) 66 with commonly known facts and then decide which of the two conclusions
(d) inter (e) None of these logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known
4. In step V and VI of the rearrangement, if 'arm' is related to facts.
'li ' and 'keep' is related to 'inter' in a certain way, which of the Give answer (a) : if only conclusion I follows.
following would 'quick' be related to, following the same pattern? Give answer (b) : if only conclusion II follows.
(a) keep (b) luck (c) virus Give answer (c) : if either conclusion I or II follows.
(d) 66 (e) None of these Give answer (d) : if neither conclusion I nor II follows.
5. In step III of the rearrangement, if '52' is related to 'keep' and 'arm' Give answer (e) : if both conclusions I and II follow.
is related to ' 3 1 ' in a certain way, which of the following would
'66' be related to, following the same pattern? (11-12):
(a) quick (b) virus (c) luck Statements:All bags are purses.
(d) arm (e) None of these No purse is black.
Directions (Qs. 6-10) : On the basis of the information given below, All blacks are beautiful.
answer the following questions. 11. Conclusions: I. Some bags being black is a possibility.
Eight friends, viz Manu, Ritu, Tinku, Rishi, Alka, Rohan, Sony and II. At least some purses are bags.
Akash, sit in a row having chairs numbered one to eight in ascending order 12. Conclusions: I. All purses being beautiful is a possibility.
from left to right. They all are facing North direction. Tinku sits on chair II. Some bags are not black.
number six. There are exactly two persons between Tinku and Manu. (13-14):
Ritu and Akash always sit adjacent to each other. Sony sits adjacent to
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Statements: Some fishes are cats. 22. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the
Some dogs are cats. given arrangement and thus form a group. Which is the one that
No fish is black. does not belong to that group?
13. Conclusions: I. At least some cats are not black. (a) F-Chairman (b) G-President (c) D-Manager
(d) A-Financial Advisor (e) Managing Director
II. There is a possibility that some fishes are
dogs. 23. Who among the following is the President of the company?
14. Conclusions: I. No dog is black. (a) A (b) C (c) H
II. Some cats are black. (d) G (e) D
15. Statements: No rose is red. 24. Which of the following is true with respect to the given seating
No flower is a rose. arrangement?
Conclusions: I. At least some flowers are red. (a) The Group Leader of the company is an immediate neighbour
of the Vice President.
II. All red are flowers.
(b) G sits second to the right of D.
Directions (Qs.16-20) : These questions are based on the following (c) The Group Leader and the Company Secretary are immediate
information. Study it carefully and answer the questions. neighbours.
Seven members L, H, K, T, F, J and R represent different countries (d) The Chairman of the company sits to the immediate left of
in Olympics viz, USA, China, Korea, France, Russia, Australia and Japan; the Managing Director.
each one competes for a different sport, viz. Volleyball, Archery, Rifle
(e) The Group Leader sits second to the left of D.
Shooting, Tennis, Boxing, Athletics and Football. The order of persons,
countries and games is not necessarily the same. 25. Which of the following posts does B hold in the company?
K represents China for Archery. T represent USA but not for (a) Chairman (b) Manager
Volleyball or Rifle Shooting. The one who represents Japan competes for (c) Company Secretary (d) Vice President
Boxing. F competes for Volleyball but not for Korea. L represent Australia (e) Financial Advisor
for Athletics. The one who represents Russia competes for Tennis. J 26. Who among the following sits exactly between the Managing
does not represent Korea or Japan. R competes for Rifle Shooting. Director and H?
16. Which of the following combinations is correct? (a) H and the Chairman (b) B and G
(a) J - Tennis - France (b) R - Tennis-Russia
(c) The Chairman and C (d) F and C
(c) R - Tennis - France (d) J - Tennis - Russia
(e) E and the Group Leader
(e) None of these
27. Who among the following is the Group Leader?
17. Who represents Japan?
(a) C (b) F (c) G
(a) F (b) R (c) J
(d) H (e) A
(d) H (e) None of these
18. F represents which country? Directions (Qs. 28-31): Read the following information and the sentences
(a) France (b) Russia (c) Japan (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) given below it carefully and answer the questions
(d) Korea (e) None of these which follow:
19. The one who competes for Rifle Shooting, represents which A host of foreign companies are in talks with the Indian government
country? for selling B 150, a tough, short-haul plane ideal for connectivity of
(a) France (b) Korea (c) Japan smaller towns which is lacking in India at present.
(d) USA (e) None of these (A) B 150 planes have not only low operating costs than
20. For which game does T compete? competing planes like Cezana but also a much better track
(a) Boxing (b) Football record in terms of safety and efficiency.
(c) Tennis (d) Cannot be determined (B) The profit margin of road transport operators in the smaller
towns connected by B 150 planes has been reduced
(e) None of these
substantially as a majority of people prefer air transport
Directions (Qs. 21-27): Study the following information carefully and over other means of transport.
answer the given questions. (C) Smaller towns, at present, are better connected by roads and
railways as compared to flight services.
Eight colleagues, A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H, are sitting around a
(D) B 150 planes are capable of operating in sectors where large
circular table facing the centre but not necessarily in the same order. Each
airlines cannot fly due to challenging conditions such as mist,
one of them holds a different postManager, Company Secretary,
short runways, etc. Such planes can also double up as cargo
Chairman, President, Vice President, Group Leader, Financial Advisor
planes and charter flights for the rich and the elite.
and Managing Director.
(E) B 150 planes need to operate in the existing airports which
A sits third to the right of the Managing Director. Only two people are situated in bigger cities only and are poorly connected to
sit between the Managing Director and H. The Vice President and the the smaller cities.
Company Secretary are immediate neighbours. Neither A nor H is a Vice 28. Which of the statements (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) can be inferred
President or a Company Secretary. The Vice President is not an immediate from the facts/information given in the statement? (An inference is
neighbour of the Managing Director. The Manager sits second to the left something which is not directly stated but can be inferred from the
of E. E is not an immediate neighbour of H. The Manager is an immediate given facts.)
neighbour of both the Group Leader and the Financial Advisor. The
(a) Only A (b) Only B (c) Only C
Financial Advisor sits third to the -right of B. B is not the Vice President.
(d) Both B and D (e) Only E
C sits on the immediate right of the Chairman. A is not the Chairman. F is
not an immediate neighbour of A. G is not an immediate neighbour of the 29. Which of the statements (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) mentioned
above would weaken the offer made by the foreign companies for
Manager.
selling B 150 planes to Indian government?
21. Who amongst the following sits third to the left of E? (a) A (b) B (c) C
(a) Manager (b) G (c) A (d) D (e) E
(d) Financial Advisor (e) B
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30. Which of the statements (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) mentioned villagers to start a new business.
above represents a possible consequence of the success of B 150 (B) There was a time when the villagers had to seek favours from their
planes in smaller cities? urban counterparts.
(a) A (b) B (c) C (C) Kenal lacks the new advancements and technological developments
(d) D (e) E owing to a lack of urban intervention.
31. Which of the statements (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) would favour (D) Many other villages are now approaching the people from Kenal
to help them follow the same directions.
the foreign companies bid to sell B 150 planes in India?
(E) Women in Kenal too are realising the importance of empowerment
(a) Only A (b) Only B and are taking every possible step to add to their familys kitty.
(c) Both B and C (d) Both A and D 37. Which of the statements numbered (A) , (B), (C), (D) and (E) can
(e) Both E and C be inferred from the given statement? (An inference is something
Directions (Qs. 32-36): In each question below is given a statement which can be directly inferred from the given facts.)
(a) Only (A) (b) Only (B) (c) Only (C)
followed by two assumptions numbered I and II. An assumption is
(d) Only (D) (e) Both (A) and (E)
something supposed or taken for granted. You have to consider the
38. Which of the statements numbered (A) , (B), (C), (D) and (E)
statement and the following assumptions and decide which of the mentioned above would prove that intervention from their urban
assumption is implicit in the statement. counterparts can also be beneficial to a certain extent?
Give answer (a) if only Assumption I is implicit. (a) (A) (b) (B) (c) (C)
Give answer (b) if only Assumption II is implicit. (d) (D) (e) (E)
Give answer (c) if either Assumption I or Assumption II implicit. 39. Which of the statements numbered (A) , (B), (C), (D) and (E)
mentioned above represents a step which helped the process of
Give answer (d) if neither Assumption I nor Assumption II is implicit. liberalization and empowerment of the villagers?
Give answer (e) if both Assumption I and Assumption II are implicit. (a) (A) (b) (B) (c) (C)
32. Statement: The govt has decided earnmark a separate lane in the (d) (D) (e) (E)
metropolis for passenger vehicles with more than one occupant. 40. Which of the following represent a result / repercussion of the
Assumptions: success experienced by the residents of the village Kenal?
I. The move may help decongest the roads of the metropolis. (a) (B) (b) (C)
II. Many people may resort to car pool system to avoid traffic (c) Both (C) and (E) (d) (A)
snarls. (e) (D)
33. Statement: Manish invited all his friends to his house for dinner Directions (Qs.41-45): In each question below is given a statement
on his birthday and requested his mother to arrange for the birthday followed by three courses of action numbered I, II and III. A course of
party. action is a step or administrative decision to be taken for improvement,
Assumptions: follow-up or further action in regard to the problem, policy, etc. On the
I. Most of Manishs friends may attend his birthday party. basis of the information given in the statement, you have to assume
II. Manishs mother may be able to make all the arrangements everything in the statement to be true, then decide which of the suggested
including food for all his friends. courses of action logically follow(s) for pursuing.
34. Statement: The civic authority of the metropolis has decided to
suspend sanctioning of new building proposals for six months and 41. Statement: The members belonging to two local clubs occassionally
assess the impact of the current building projects on the citys. fight with each other on the main road and block traffic movement.
Assumptions: Courses of action:
I. The builders lobby may move the court against the civic I. The local police station should immediately deploy police
bodys decision. personnel round the clock on the main road.
II. Those involved in fighting should be identified and put behind
II. The civic authority may be able to complete the impact study
bars.
in about six months. III. The local administration should disband the management of
35. Statement: The railway authority has announced that it will carry the two clubs with immediate effect.
out major repair work for two days beginning Saturday on the (a) Only I and II follow (b) Only II and III follow
main line connecting the two big cities in the state, bringing the rail (c) Only I and III follow (d) All I, II and III follow
service to a halt. (e) None of these
Assumptions: 42. Statement: Many students of the local school fell ill for the fourth
I. People may reschedule their journey in view of the railway time in a row in the last six months after consuming food prepared
authoritys decision. by the school canteen.
II. People may still plan their travel by train between the two Courses of action:
cities even on these two days. I. The school management should immediately terminate the
36. Statement: The govt has directed all the degree colleges to declare contract of the canteen and ask for compensation.
result of all the examinations within a fortnight after the last date of II. The school management should advise all the students not to
examination.
eat food articles from the canteen.
Assumptions:
III. The owner of the canteen should immediately be arrested for
I. The college authorities may not be able to declare all the
results within the stipulated time. negligence.
II. Many college authorities may not be able to conduct all the (a) None follows (b) Only II follows
examinations in time. (c) Only III follows (d) Only I and II follow
(e) Only II and III follow
Directions (Qs.37-40): Read the following information and five 43. Statement: Many school buses have fitted CNG kit without
statements given below it carefully and answer the questions which
observing the safety guidelines properly. This results into some
follows:
instances of these buses catching fire due to short circuit and
People in the remote village of Kenal are now totally self-sufficient endangering the lives of the school children.
and liberal and no longer wait till people from urban areas dish out Courses of action:
empowerment as a special privilege or favour. I. The regional transport authority should immediately carry
(A) Many of the residents formed a group and initiated a self-help out checks of all the school buses fitted with CNG kit.
micro-credit programme which provided help and support to the
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II. The management of all the schools should stop hiring buses 47. Problem Figures
fitted with CNG kit.
III. The govt should issue a notification banning school buses for
the use of CNG kit
(a) Only I follows (b) Only II follows
(c) Only III follows (d) Only I and III follow
(e) None of these Answer Figures
44. Statement: A sudden cloud burst over the island city resulted into
unpredicted rainfall causing a flood-like situation in the entire area.
A large number of people were caught unaware and were stranded
on the road.
Courses of action: (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
I. The local administration should immediately put in place an 48. Problem Figures
action plan for avoiding such a situation in future.
II. The local administration should immediately deploy
personnel to help the stranded people to move to safer places.
III. The local administration should advise all the citizens not to
venture out on the road till the situation improves.
(a) Only I follows (b) Only II follows Answer Figures
(c) Only III follows (d) Only I and III follow
(e) All I, II and III follow
45. Statement : It is reported that during the last fortnight there has
been three cases of near-miss situation involving two aircrafts over
the busy city airport. In all these cases, both the aircraft came (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
perilously close to each other and could avoid collision as the
pilots acted just in time. 49. Problem Figures
Courses of action: Z
I. The pilot of all the six aircraft involved in these incidents
should be de-restored immediately. Z Z Z
U U Z U U U
II. Some flights should be diverted to other airports for the next
few months to decongest the sky over the city airport. Answer Figures
III. Air traffic controllers of the city airport should be sent for
refresher courses in batches to prepare themselves Zto handle U Z

such a pressure situation. Z Z Z Z

(a) Only I follows (b) Only II follows U U U U Z U U
(c) Only III follows (d) Only II and III follow (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
(e) None of these
50. Problem Figures
Directions (Qs. 46-50) : In each of the question given below which one
of the five answer figures on the right should come after the problem
figures on the left, if the sequence were continued?

46. Problem Figures Answer Figures

Answer Figures (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)

(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)

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HINTS & SOLUTIONS

SPEED TEST 62 fish cat black

(Sol. 1-5) : dog

The machine rearranges one number and one word in each step. It or
picks even numbers and odd numbers alternately, starting with
even numbers, and arranges even numbers in ascending order Fish Cat Dog Black
and odd numbers in descending order from left to right. Words are 13. (e) Both I and II follow.
arranged in reverse alphabetical order from right to left.
14. (d)
Input : virus 11 inter 52 16 arm keep 47 wind 22 quick 31 66 luck
15. (d) Possible Venn-diagram
Step I. 16 virus 11 inter 52 arm keep 47 22 quick 31 66 luck wind
Step II. 16 47 11 inter 52 arm keep 22 quick 31 66 luck virus wind Red Rose
Step III. 16 47 22 11 inter 52 arm keep 31 66 luck quick virus wind
Flower
Step IV. 16 47 22 31 11 inter 52 arm 66 keep luck quick virus wind
Step V. 16 47 22 31 52 11 arm 66 inter keep luck quick virus wind Thus neither I nor II follows.
Step VI. 16 47 22 31 52 11 66 arm inter keep luck quick virus wind (16-20) : Member Country Sport
1. (c) 2. (b) 3. (b) K China Archery
4. (b) (n+1)th term of step V is related to nth term of step VI. T USA Football
5. (a) F France Volleyball
Sol. (Qs. 6-10) : L Australia Athletics
Sony Rishi Manu Alka Rohan Tinku Ritu Akash J Russia Tennis
L R R Korea Rifle Shooting
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 H Japan Boxing
6. (d) 7. (b) 8. (c) 9. (b) 10. (c) 16. (d) 17. (d) 18. (a) 19.(b) 20. (b)
(Sol. 11-12): (21-27) :
(Chairman)
Possible Venn-diagrams are (Managing E
Director) C F (Group
Purse Leader)
Beautiful
(Company
Bag Black Secretary) B H (Manager)

(Vice
11. (b) Thus, only II follows. President) G D (Financial
12. (e) Another pssible Venn-diagram is A Advisor)
(President)
21. (d) 22. (e) 23. (a)
Purse Beautiful 24. (d) 25. (c) 26. (e)
Bag Black 27. (b)
28. (c) Even (C) can be inferred only probably.
29. (e) If the infrastructure does not exist, the deal will be a
Both I and II follow.
wastage of money.
(Sol. 13-15):
30. (b) Getting connected by air is bound to have an impact
Possible Venn-diagram is on road traffic.
31. (d) Takes care of the compatibility factor and (A) states

the advantage over other competing planes.
32. (e) Note that the separate lane decision is an incentive.
Now an incentive is given with a motive in mind
(Assumption I) and with the hope of people falling for
it (Assumption II).
33. (e) Assumption I is implicit in the invitation Assumption
II is implicit in the request Manish makes to his mother.
34. (b) Assumption I is not implicit because adverse impacts
area not assumed. II is implicit in the period of
suspension being six months.
35. (a) Assumption I is implicit because such an announcement
is made with the hope that people will heed to it. For
the same reason, Assumption II is not implicit.
36. (d) With such negative assumptions, the statement would
lose its meaning.
37. (b) Sentence B is an obvious inference because of the use
of words are now in the first sentence of the given
paragraph. That means, the village was earlier not self
sufficient.
38. (c) Lack of new advancements an d technologies
developments because of a lack of urban intervention
proves that intervention from urban counterparts can
lead to new advancements and technological
developments and benefit the village.
39. (a) The formation of groups by residents to initiate self-
help micro-credit programme, as mentioned in sentence
A, represents the step which helped the process of
liberalisation and empowerment of the villages.
40. (e) Success experienced by the residents of the village
Kenal has made them idols to be pursued for. This result
is aptly depicted in sentence D.
41. (e) A proper course of action would be serving notices to
these clubs to behave themselves. Even police
personnel may be deployed, but only during the
sensitive hours.
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42. (b) I and III would be too harsh; II is absurd. Efforts should
be made to supervise the quality of the food prepared
by the canteen.
43. (a) I is the right course. II and III would create a bigger
problem, viz pollution.
44. (d) II is for the immediate future; III is for some time ahead.
I does not follow because of the word immediately
45. (c) I would be punishing the brave. II is absurd; how can
city flights be diverted? Only III makes sense.
46. (e) From Problem Figure (1) to (2) the shaded block moves
one sector in anticlockwise direction and one more block
gets shaded. From Problem Figure (2) to (3) the shaded
blocks move two sectors in anticlockwise direction and
one more block gets shaded. Similar changes ooccur
from Problem Figure (4) onwards.
47. (d) From Problem Figure (1) to (2) one design moves di-
agonally after being rotated through 90 anticlockwise,
the square moves one-half step and shaded part of it
also moves in anticlockwise direction. Similar changes
occur from Problem Figure (3) to (4) and from Problem
Figure (5) to Answer Figure.
48. (e) In the subsequent figures respectively two, three, one,
two three curves are added in clockwise direction to
complete the leaflets.
49. (d) The following changes occur in the subsequent figures :
(1) to (2) (2) to (3),
(3) to (4) (4) to (5)
(5) to (6)
50. (d) After Problem Figure (3) the pattern is repeated in the
reverse order and the outer line segment moves to the
opposite side.