Logical Reasoning Mock Test - 45

1. Arrange the given words in alphabetical order and find the middle word?
PARASITE, PASTE, PRAWNS, PETAL, PARTY
A. PASTE
B. PARASITE
C. PARTY
D. PRAWNS
E. PETAL
Answer: A. PASTE
Explanation:
The correct order is:
PARASITE, PARTY, PASTE, PETAL and PRAWNS.

2. Which is the first word after arranging the given words in alphabetical order?
BRISH, BICYCLE, BISHOP, BITTER, BIFOCAL
A. BITTER
B. BISHOP
C. BICYCLE
D. BRISH
E. BIFOCAL
Answer: C. BICYCLE
Explanation:
The correct order is:
BICYCLE,BIFOCAL,BISHOP,BITTER and BRISH.

3. What is the second word after arranging the given words in alphabetical order?
NOSTRIL, NOMENCLATURE, NAUSEA, NOZZLE, NORMAL
A. NAUSEA
B. NOZZLE
C. NORMAL
D. NOSTRIL
E. NOMENCLATURE
Answer: E. NOMENCLATURE
Explanation:
The correct order is:
NAUSEA,NOMENCLATURE,NORMAL,NOSTRIL and NOZZLE.

4. Arrange the given words in alphabetical order and find the center word?
WRONG, ZYGOTE, WROUGHT, YIELD, YEARN.
A. WRONG
B. YEARN
C. WROUGHT
D. ZYGOTE
E. YIELD
Answer: B. YEARN

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Explanation:
The correct order is:
WRONG,WROUGHT,YEARN,YIELD and ZYGOTE.

5. If all the following English alphabets are written in reverse order then which of the
following will be 12th letter to the left of 16th letter from your right ?
AB CD E FGH IJ K LMN OPQR STUVWXYZ
A. C
B. D
C. F
D. A
E. E
Answer: B. D
Explanation:
ZYXWVUTS R QP ON M LKJ I H GF E D C BA
16th from right is P
12th to the left of P is D
6. If second half of the English alphabets are written first and first half is second then,
which should be 6th letter to the right of 18th letter from your left ?
AB CD E FGH IJ K LMN OPQR STUVWXYZ
A. A
B. X
C. J
D. Z
E. W
Answer: C. J
Explanation:
NO PQ R STUVWXYZAB C D E F GH I J KLM
18th from left is E, 6th to the right of E is J.

7. Pointing to lady, a man said.The son of her only brother is the brother of my wife. How
is the lady related to that man?
A. Grandmother
B. Mothers sister
C. Sister of father-in-law
D. Mother-in-law
E. Maternal-aunt
Answer: C. Sister of father-in-law
Explanation:
The statement in other words implies her nephew is my son-in-law.
Therefore, it is clear that the lady is sister of man’s wife or in other words is the sister of father-
in-law.

8. Introducing a girl, Amit said, This girl is the wife of the grandson of my mother. How is
Amit related to their girl?
A. Father-in-law
B. Grandfather

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C. Father
D. Husband
E. None of these
Answer: A. Father-in-law
Explanation:
Grandson of Amit’s mother is the son of Amit and son’s wife is Amit’s daughter-in-law.
Hence, Amit is related as father-in-law of that girl.

9. Poonam said to her friend, “Yesterday I attended the birthday party of the son of the
only son-in-law of my mother’s mother”. How is Poonam related to the man, whose
birthday party she attended?
A. Daughter
B. Niece
C. Mother
D. Sister
E. None of these
Answer: D. Sister
Explanation:
Only son-in-law of mother of Poonam’s mother is the father of Poonam and his son is the
brother of Poonam.
Therefore, Poonam attended the birthday party of her brother.

10. Introducing a man, a woman said,He is the only son of my mothers mother. How is
the woman related to that man?
A. Aunt
B. Cousin
C. Mother
D. Niece
E. None of these
Answer: D. Niece
Explanation:
Son of woman’s mother’s mother means the brother of mother.
And brother of mother is maternal-uncle.
Hence, woman is related as niece to that man.

11. Pointing to a woman in a photograph, Vijay said, “She is the daughter of the father of
the sister of my brother”. How is that lady in photograph related to Vijay?
A. Mother
B. Wife
C. Grandmother
D. Daughter
E. None of these
Answer: E. None of these
Explanation:
Sister of Vijay’s brother is Vijay’s sister and father of his sister is Vijay’s father.
Again daughter of Vijay’s father is Vijay’s sister.
Hence, woman in the photograph is related as sister to Vijay.

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12. A man said to a lady,Your mothers husbands sister is my aunt. How is that lady
related to that man?
A. Sister
B. Daughter
C. Grand-daughter
D. Mother
E. Aunt
Answer: A. Sister
Explanation:
Mother’ s husband’s sister means that sister of father.
Hence, lady is the sister of that man.

13. Statements:
All men are generous.
No doctor is generous.
Conclusions:
I. Some doctors are men.
II. All doctors are men.
A. Only I follows.
B. Only II follows.
C. Only I and II follows.
D. Neither I nor II follows.
E. None of these
Answer: D. Neither I nor II follows.
Explanation:

14. Statements:
All rooms are chairs.
No chairs is shelf.
All shelves are cupboards.
Some cupboards are mirrors.
Conclusions:
I. No mirror is shelf.
II. No rooms is shelf.
III. No cupboard is chairs.
IV. No mirror is chairs.
A. None follows.

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B. Only II and III follows.
C. Only II follows.
D. Only II, III and IV follows.
E. Only I follows.
Answer: C. Only II follows.
Explanation:

15. Statements:
Some tables are chairs.
All chairs are flowers.
Some flowers are hills.
All hills are cars.
Conclusions:
I. Some cars are flowers.
II. Some flowers are tables.
III. Some hills are tables.
IV. Some cars are chairs.
A. Only I and II follow.
B. Only I, II and II follow.
C. Only I, II and IV follow.
D. All I, II, III and IV follow.
E. None of these
Answer: A. Only I and II follow.
Explanation:

16. Statements:
All the fruits are leaves.
Some fruits are animals.

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Conclusions:
I. Some animals are fruits.
II. Some leaves are fruits.
A. Only I follows.
B. Both I and II follow.
C. Either I or II follows.
D. Neither I nor II follows.
E. N one of these
Answer: B. Both I and II follow.
Explanation:

17. Statements:
Some books are stars.
Some stars are ponds.
Some ponds are mirrors.
All mirrors are chalks.
Conclusions:
I. Some mirrors are books.
II. Some chalks are ponds.
III. Some ponds are books.
IV. Some chalks are stars.
A. None follows.
B. Only I follows.
C. Only II follows.
D. Only III follows.
E. Only IV follows.
Answer: C. Only II follows.
Explanation:

18. Statements:

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Some jug are cup.
All cup are ornaments.
Some ornaments are treasures.
No treasure is picture.
All colors are pictures. Some pictures are jug.
Conclusions:
I. All ornaments which are jug are necessarily cup.
II. No color is treasure.
A. Only conclusion I follows.
B. Only conclusion II follows.
C. Either conclusion I or II follows.
D. Neither conclusion I nor II follows.
E. None of these
Answer: B. Only conclusion II follows.
Explanation:

19. Find analogous pair:

State : Exile :: ?
A. Church : Exocommunicate
B. Constitution : Amendment
C. Antidote : Disease
D. Rehearsal : Performance
E. None of these
Answer: A. Church : Exocommunicate
Explanation:
Second is vanishing a person from the first.

20. Completing the Analogous Pair:

Mother : Daughter :: Father : ?
A. Son
B. Brother
C. Boy
D. Sister
E. None of these
Answer: A. Son
Explanation:
Father is the masculine of Mother in same way Son is masculine of Daughter.

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21. Find analogous pair:
Sound : Muffled :: ?
A. Moisture : Humid
B. Colour : Faded
C. Despair : Anger
D. Odour : Pungent
E. None of these
Answer: B. Colour : Faded
Explanation:
Second is the process of gradual disappearance of first.

22. Completing the Analogous Pair:

Air : Atmosphere :: Water : ?
A. Island
B. Earth
C. Ocean
D. Drop
E. None of these
Answer: C. Ocean
Explanation:
Atmosphere is the biggest unit which contains Air similarly Ocean is the biggest unit which
contains Water.

23. Completing the Analogous Pair:

Oceans : Deserts : : Waves : ?
A. Dust
B. Sand Dunes
C. Ripples
D. Sea
E. None of these
Answer : B. Sand Dunes
Explanation:
If oceans were deserts, waves would be sand dunes.

24. Choose the correct alternative from the following :

Assertion (A) : The use of chlorofluoro carbons is banned throughout the world
nowadays.
Reason (R) : These chemicals cause skin cancer.
A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
B. Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
C. A is true but R is false.
D. A is false but R is true.
E. Both A and R are false
Answer: C . A is true but R is false.
Explanation:

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The use of chlorofluoro carbons is banned nowadays because these cause holes in the ozone
layer through which ultraviolet rays penetrate and may cause skin cancer.

25. In the following questions, the symbols ^, #, $, @, & are used with the following
meanings as illustrated below:
‘P ^ Q’ means ‘P is not greater than Q’
‘P # Q’ means ‘P is either greater than or equal to Q’
‘P $ Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor less than Q’
‘P @ Q’ means ‘P is less than Q’
‘P & Q’ means ‘P is neither less than nor equal to Q’
Statements: J # K, L @ K, T & L, R $ T
Conclusions:
I. J & L
II. K @ T
III. K @ R
A. Only I and II are true
B. Only I is true
C. Either I or II and III are true
D. All are true
E. None of these
Answer: B. Only I is true
Explanation:
^→≤
#→≥
$→=
@→<
&→>
J K>L<T=R
Conclusions:
I. J > L (True)
II. K < T (False)
III. K < R (False)

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