A & B are two stations 660 km apart. A train starts from A at 8 a.m.

and travels towards B at 120

km/hr. Another train starts from B at 9 a.m. and travels towards A at 150 km/hr. At what
time do they meet?
1. 10 a.m.

9.

2. 30 kmph

3. 40 kmph

4. 56 kmph

2. 12 kmph

3. 14 kmph

4. None of these

2. 18 min

3. 48 min

4. 8 min

2. 160 kg

3. 100 kg

4. 159

In Kerala, students go to school by boat. The distance between the school and house is 21
km. A boat leaving the students to school returns back in 270 minutes. In which 60 min is
taken to drop the students near School. What is speed of boat in still water, if the speed
of river is 2.5 km/hr?
1 10.4 km/hr

15.

4. None of these

A horse can pull an empty cart at the speed of 18km per hour and the reduction in its
speed is directly proportional to the square root of the number of boxes it can carry of
equal weight of 10kg each. If the speed of the cart is 12km per hour when 9 boxes are
loaded in the cart, find the maximum weight that can be carried if the speed of the cart is
to be maintained at least 10km per hour.
1. 16 kg

14.

3. 18 km/hr

A is twice as fast as B & B is thrice as fast as C. What journey that is covered by C in 48

min will be covered by A?
1. 16 min

13.

2. 20 km/hr

A bullock cart has to cover a distance of 40 km in 5 hrs. If it covers half of the journey in
3 th
the time, what should be its speed to cover the remaining distance in the time left?
5
1. 10kmph

12.

4. None of these

A train covers a certain distance in 25 min, if it runs at a speed of 24 km/hr on an

average. What will be the speed at which the train must run to reduce the journey time to
20 min?
1. 26 kmph

11.

3. 11 a.m.

A car can finish a certain journey in 20 hours at a speed of 96 km/hr. In order to cover the
same distance in 16 hours, the speed of the car must be increased to what speed?
1. 24 km/hr

10.

2. 1 p.m.

2 12.5 km/hr

3 22.5 km/hr

4. 11.5 km/hr

Two trains, 200 km apart, are moving toward each other at the speed of 50 km/hour each.
A fly takes off from one train flying straight toward the other at the speed of 75 km/hour.
Having reached the other train, the fly bounces off it and flies back to the first train. The

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fly repeats the trip until the trains collide and the bug is squashed. What distance has the
fly travelled until its death?

16.

A man jogs at 6 mph over a certain journey and walks over the same route at 4
mph. What is his average speed for the journey?
a) 2.4 mph

b)4 mph

c)4.8 mph

d) 5mph

d. Direction sense problems

Dev, Kumar, Nilesh, Ankur and Pintu are standing facing to the North in a playground.

Kumar is standing 40 m to the right of Ankur.

Dev is 60 m to the south of Kumar.

Nilesh is at a distance of 25 m to the west of Ankur.

Pintu is at a distance of 90 m to the north of Dev.

1.

Who is to the North-East of the person who is to the left of Kumar?

1. Dev
2. Nilesh
3. Ankur
4. Pintu

2.

If a boy starting from Nilesh, walked up to Ankur and then to Kumar and after this he went to
Dev and then to Pintu and walked in a straight line from boy to boy, then how much total
distance did he cover?
1. 215 m
2. 155 m
3. 245 m
4. 185 m

3.

One morning, A and B were talking to each other face to face. If As shadow was exactly to
the left of B, which direction was B facing?
1. North
2. South
3. East
4. West

4.

If South-East becomes North, North-East becomes West and so on. What will West become?
1. North-East
2. North-West 3. South-East 4. South-West

5.

Some boys are sitting in three rows all facing North such that A is in the middle row. P is just
to the right of A but in the same row. Q is just behind of P while R is in the North of A. In
which direction of R is Q?
1. South
2. South-West 3. North-East 4. South-East

6.

If A x B means A is to the south of B; A + B means A is to the north of B; A % B means A is

to the east of B; A - B means A is to the west of B; then in P % Q + R - S, S is in which
direction with respect to Q?
1. South-East
2. South-West 3. North-East 4. North-West

7.

Radha moves towards South-East a distance of 7 km, then she moves towards West and
travels a distance of 14 km. From here she moves towards North-West a distance of 7 km and
finally she moves a distance of 4 km towards east. How far is she now from the starting
point?
1. 3 km
2. 4 km
3. 10 km
4. 11 km

Each of the following questions is based on the following information:

A # B means B is at 1 metre to the right of A.
A $ B means B is at 1 metre to the North of A.
A * B means B is at 1 metre to the left of A.
A @ B means B is at 1 metre to the south of A.
In each question first person from the left is facing North.
8.

According to X @ B * P, P is in which direction with respect to X?

1. North
2. South
3. North-East 4. South-West

9.

According to M # N $ T, T is in which direction with respect to M?

1. North-West
2. South-East 3. North-East 4. South-West

10. According to P # R $ A * U, in which direction is U with respect to P?

1. East
2. South
3. West
4. North

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11. Ramesh starting from a fixed point goes 15 km towards North and then after turning to his
right he goes 15 km. Then he goes 10, 15 and 15 metres after turning to his left each time.
How far is he from his starting point?
1. 5 m
2. 10 m
3. 20 m
4. 15 m
5. Cannot be determined
12. Sonalika goes 12 km towards North from a fixed point and then she goes 8 km towards South
from there. In the end she goes 3 km towards east. How far and in what direction is she from
her starting point?
1. 7 km East
2. 5 km West 3. 7 km West 4. 5 km North-East
5. None of these
13. Sunita goes 30 km towards North from a fixed point, then after turning to her right she goes
15 km. After this she goes 30 km after turning to her right. How far and in what
direction is she from her starting point?
1. 45 km, East
2. 15 km, East 3. 45 km, West 4. 45 Km, North
5. None of these
14. Kanchan goes 5 m towards east from a fixed point N and then 35 m after turning to her left.
Again she goes 10 metres after turning to her right. After this she goes 35 m after turning to
her right. How far is she from N?
1. 40 m
2. At N
3. 10 m
4. 15 m
5. None of these
15. A man starts on his bike towards west from a certain point. After driving 5 km he turns
towards north and drives another 4 km. From the point he turns towards east drives 8 km
and stops at a coffee shop. How far is he from the starting point and in which direction from
it?
a) 5 km Northeast
16.

b) 4 km Northeast

c) 5 km Southeast

d)4km Southwest

I am facing south. I turn right and walk 20 m. Then I turn right again and walk 10 m.
Then I turn left and walk 10 m and then turning right walk 20 m. Then I turn right again
and walk 60 m. In which direction am I from the starting point?
a) North

b) Northwest

c) East

d) Northeast

17. A child is looking for his father. He went 90 meters in the east before turning to his right.
He went 20 meters before turning to his right again to look for his father at his uncles
place 30 meters from this point. His father was not there. From here he went 100 meters
to the north before meeting his father in a street. How far did the son met his father from
the starting point?
a) 80 meters

b) 100 meters

c) 140 meters

d) 260 meters

a. Deductive reasoning
In each of the following questions two statements are given and these statements are followed by
two conclusions numbered (1) and (2). 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
commonly known facts.
Give answer:

(A) If only (1) conclusion follows

(B) If only (2) conclusion follows

(C) If either (1) or (2) follows

(D) If neither (1) nor (2) follows and

(E) If both (1) and (2) follow.

1.

2.

Statements: All the windows are doors. No door is a wall.

Conclusions:
1. Some windows are walls.
2. No wall is a door.
A. Only 1
B. Only 2
C. Either 1 or 2 D. Neither 1 nor 2

Statements: Some cows are crows. Some crows are elephants.

Conclusions:
1. Some cows are elephants.

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E.

Both 1 and 2

A.

3.

4.

5.

2. All crows are elephants.

Only 1
B. Only 2
C.

Either 1 or 2

D.

Neither 1 nor 2

E.

Both 1 and 2

Statements: Some dogs are bats. Some bats are cats.

Conclusions:
1. Some dogs are cats.
2. Some cats are dogs.
A. Only 1
B. Only 2
C. Either 1 or 2 D. Neither 1 nor 2

E.

Both 1 and 2

Statements: All the trucks are flies. Some scooters are flies.
Conclusions:
1. All the trucks are scooters.
2. Some scooters are trucks.
A. Only 1
B. Only 2
C. Either 1 or 2 D. Neither 1 nor 2

E.

Both 1 and 2

Statements: Some ants are parrots. All the parrots are apples.
Conclusions:
1. All the apples are parrots.
2. Some ants are apples.
A.

Only 1

B.

Only 2

C.

Either 1 or 2

D.

Neither 1 nor 2

E.

Both 1 and 2

Directions for questions 6 - 8: In each question below are given two or three statements by
three or four conclusions numbered I, II, III and IV. You have to take the m statements to be true
even they seem to be at variance with commonly known Read all the conclusions and then decide
which of the conclusions can, disregarding commonly known facts, be logically derived.

6.

Statements:
All men are women.
All females are men.
No woman is a vampire.
Conclusions:
I.

Some women are not females.

II.

All females are vampires.

III. Some women are not vampires.

IV. No man is a woman.

7.

1. I&II follows

2. II&III follows

3. I&III follows

4. None of these

Statements:
All buses are trucks.

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No truck is a lorry.
No truck is a jeep.
Conclusions:

8.

I.

All trucks are lorries.

II.

Some lorries are not trucks.

III.

All jeeps are trucks.

IV.

Some jeeps are not buses.

1. Only I and II follow

2. Only II and IV follow

3. Only I and III follow

4. None of these

Statements:
All camels are donkeys.
Some horses are mules.
Some camels are horses.
Conclusions:
I.

All horses are donkeys.

II.

All camels are mules.

III. Some donkeys are not horses.

IV. Some camels are not horses.
1. Either I or II follows

2. Either II or IV follows

3. only I and II follows

4. None of these

Directions 9 to 10: In the following each question there are two statements and two
conclusions I and II there-after are given. Accept the given statements as true
even if they are inconsistent with known facts and ignoring the universally known
facts find out which conclusion follows logically from the given statements.
Give answer (A) if only the conclusion I follows.
Give answer (B) if only the conclusion II follows.
Give answer (C) if either the conclusion I or the II follows.
Give answer (D) if neither the conclusion I nor the II follows.
Give answer (E) if the conclusions I and II both follow.
9. Statements:Some forests are huts.
Some huts are walls.
Some walls are nets.

Conclusions:-

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I. Some nets are forests.

II. Some nets are huts.

10. Statements:All actors are leaders.

Some leaders are deceitful.

Conclusions:I. Some deceitful (men) are actors.

II. Some actors are not deceitful.

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