Wednesday 18 February 2015

Reasoning Quiz With Explanation

Direction: (1-5): Select the related letters/word/number from the given alternative:

1. Giant: Dwarf: :Genius: ?
(a) Wicked   
(b) Gentle 
(c) Idiot   
(d) Tiny

2. Botany: Plants: : Entomology: ?
(a) Snakes   
(b) Insects 
(c) Birds   
(d) Germs

3. Menu: Food: :Catalogue: ?
(a) Rack   
(b) Newspaper 
(c) Library   
(d) Cotton

4. Pulp: Paper: :Hemp: ?
(a) Basket   
(b) Yarn 
(c) Rope   
(d) Cotton

5. Mango: Fruit: :Potato: ?
(a) Root   
(b) Fruit 
(c) Stem    
(d)Flower

Directions (6-7): Find the odd word /number/letters from the given alternatives.

6. (a) Dog   
(b) Frog 
(c) Hen   
(d) Horse

7. (a) Kolkata  
(b) Bengaluru
(c) New Delhi  
(d) Chennai

8. In a row of boys, if A who is tenth from the left and B who is ninth from the right interchange their positions, A becomes fifteenth from the left. How many boys are there in the row?
(a) 23   
(b) 27 
(c) 28   
(d) 31

9. Rita told Mani, “The girl I met yesterday at the beach was the youngest daughter of the brother-in-law of my friend’s mother.” How is the girl related to Rita’s friend?
(a) Cousin   
(b) Daughter 
(c) Niece   
(d) Friend

10. 

(a) 860                                       
(b)1140
(c) 2880                                     
(d) 3240

Direction (11-12): Study the following figure and answer the questions given below.


11. How many backward uneducated people are employed?
(a) 14   
(b) 5
(c) 13   
(d) 6

12. How many educated people are employed?
(a) 9    
(b) 6  
(c) 23   
(d) 8

13. In a Joint family, there are father, mother, 3 married sons and one unmarried daughter. Of the sons, two have 2 daughters each, and one has a son. How many female members are there in the family?
(a) 2   
(b) 3  
(c) 6   
(d) 9

14. You go North, turn right, then right again and then go to the left in which direction are you now?
(a) North   
(b) South 
(c) East   
(d) West

15. Arrange the given words in a logical sequence
1. police    
2. punishment  
3. crime 
4. Justice  
5. Judgement
(a) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5  
(b) 3, 1, 2, 4, 5
(c) 3, 1, 4, 5, 2  
(d) 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

Answers:
1. (c): ‘Dwarf is the antonym of Giant’. Similarly, the antonym of ‘Genius is ‘Idiot.

2. (b): Botany is the branch of science which deals with the study  of plants. Similarly, Entomology is the branch of science which deals with the study of insects.

3. (b)

4. (c): Pulp is the basic raw material used in the production of paper. Similarly hemp is used to make rope.

5. (c): Biologically, mango is a fruit, while potato is a modified stem.

6. (b)

7. (c): New Delhi is the only city among the rest which is in North.

8. (a): Clearly, A’s new position is  15th from  the left, But this is the same as B’s earlier position which is 9th from the right.

9. (a): The relations may be analyzed as follows:
Daughter of brother-in-law – Nice; Mother’s niece – cousin.So, the girl is the cousin of Rita’s friend.

10.(c). Clearly,  moving clockwise, we observe the following  pattern:
4 x 1 = 4;
4 x 2 = 8;
8 x 3 = 24;
24 x 4 = 96;
96 x 5 = 480.
So required number = (480 x 6 )= 2880

11. (b)

12. (a)

13. (d): The female members in the family are mother, wives of 3 married sons, unmarried daughter and 2 daughters of each of two sons.
Number of female members = (1 + 3 + 1 + 2 × 2) = 9

14. (c):
The Required direction is DE i.e. East.


15. (c)

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