ALPHABET TEST, BLOOD RELATIONS & SYLLOGISM Practice Questions

1.

A is brother of B, C is father of D, E is mother of B. A and D are brothers. Then, what is the relationship between E and C? a) Sister b) Sister-in-law c) Niece d) Wife

2.

Pointing to a lady in a photograph, a lady tells Pramod, I am the only daughter of this lady and her son is your maternal uncle. How is the lady related to Pramods father? a) Sister-in-law b) Wife c) Either a and b d) None

3.

A man said to a lady, your mothers husbands sister is my aunt. How is the lady related to the man ? a) Daughter b) Granddaughter c) Mother d) Sister e) Aunt

4.

A family consists of a man, his wife, their four sons and their wives. The families of all the sons also have 3 sons and one daughter. Find out the total number of male members in the whole family? a) 4 b) 8 c) 12 d) 17

5.

If P$Q means P is father of Q, P#Q means P is mother of Q, P*Q means P is sister of Q, then how is D related to N in N#A$B*D? a) Nephew b) Grandson c) Granddaughter d) Data inadequate e) None

6.

If A$B means that A is the father of B, A*B means that A is the mother of B, A@B means that A is the wife of B, then which of the following means that M is the grandmother of N? a) M*R$T@N b) M*R@T@N c) M*T$N@R d) M*T@N$R e) None

Directions: Read the information given below and answer the questions that follow: i. ii. iii. iv. In a family of six persons A, B, C, D, E and F, there are two married couples. D is grandmother of A and mother of B. C is wife of B and mother of F. F is the granddaughter of E.

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What is C to A? a) Daughter b) Grandmother c) Mother d) Data inadequate e) None

8.

How many male members are there in the family? a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) Data inadequate e) None

9.

Which of the following is true? a) A is brother of F

b) A is sister of F c) D has two grandsons

d) B has two daughters e) None of the above

10. Who among the following is one of the couples? a) CD b) DE c) EB d) Data inadequate e) None

Directions: Two statements are given in each of the following questions, followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding known facts. a) If only conclusion I follows

b) If only conclusion II follows c) If either conclusion I or II follows

d) If neither conclusion I nor II follows e) If both conclusion I and II follows

11. Statements: I. II. Some dedicated souls are angels All social workers are angels

Conclusions: I. II. Some dedicated souls are social workers Some social workers are dedicated souls

12. Statements: I. II. All men are dogs All dogs are cats

Conclusions: I. II. All men are cats All cats are men

13. Statements: I. II. All hill stations have a sun-set point X is a hill station

Conclusions: I. II. X has a sun-set point Places other than hill stations do not have sun-set points

Directions: Three/four statements are given in each of the following questions, followed by two conclusions by three/fours numbered I, II, III and IV. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from common known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

14. Statements: Some flowers are bins. All bins are handles. All handles are sticks. Conclusions: I. II. III. a) Some sticks are bins. Some handles are flowers. Some sticks are flowers. Only II follows b) Only III follows c) Only I and II follow e) None of the above d)Only I and III follow

15. Statements: Some carpets are books. All books are pens. Some pens are cartons. All cartons are notebooks. Conclusions: I. II. Some cartons are carpets. Some cartons are books.

III. IV. a)

Some pens are carpets. Some notebooks are pens. Only I and II follow b) Only II and III follow c) Only III and IV follow e) None of the above d) Only I and III follow

16. Which of the following given words, will come in the middle of all if arranged alphabetically as in a dictionary? a) Rumbustious b) Rumanian c) Rumour d) Ruminate e) Rumple

17. Arrange the given words in the sequence in which they occur in the dictionary and then choose the correct sequence. i. Romance a) 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 ii. Prosper iii. Protent iv. Initiate c) 1, 4, 3, 2, 5 v. Feather d) 3, 5, 2, 4, 1

b) 2, 5, 3, 4, 1

18. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word OVERWHELM, each of which has as many let ters between them as in the English alphabet? a) None b) One c) Two d) Three e) More than three

19. If the first half of the following alphabet is written in the reverse order, which letter will be exactly at the middle between th th the 9 letter from the left and the 10 letter from the right end? ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ a) B b) A c) N d) D e) None of these

20. In which of the following letter series, number of letters skipped in between adjacent letters in the series is odd? a) MPRUX b) EIMQV c) FIMRX d) BDHLR