Practice Analogy Questions a.

great white : shark

b. dalmatian : great dane
1. Nest : Bird c. money : stock market
a. Cave : bear d. horse : pony
b. flower : petal
c. window : house 5. fox : chicken
d. dog : basket a. rat : mouse
b. cat : mouse
2. Teacher : School c. dog : cat
a. Businessman : Money d. rabbit : hen
b. Waitress : Resturant
c. Dentist : Tooth 6. lawyer : trial
d. Fish : Water a. plumber : pipe
b. businessman : secretary
3. pebble : boulder c. doctor : operation
a. pond : ocean d. hairdresser : blow dryer
b. river: rapids
c. fish : elephant
d. feather : bird

4. Poodle : Dog

1.
some

evening is to morning never

none
as
always
dinner is to ? 4.

is
hip ankle
to
breakfast
as
soup

coffee is
shoulder ?
to
time

2.
knee
left is to right
bone

as wrist

joint
horizontal is to ? 5.

butcher is to knife

below
as
middle

down hairdresser is to ?

vertical
3.
scissors
all is to many
hair

as curls

blond
few is to ? 6.
warm is to hot prose is to poetry

as
as

conversation is to ?
old is to ?

song

oldest poem

history language

years listening
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antique
7. bridge is to river

Europe is to Spain
as
as

? is to ?
North America is to ?

Alaska
mountain : rails
Canada
subway : underground
Venezuela
tunnel : mountain
New York
8. water : rock
What is an Analogies Test?
earth is to ball Verbal analogies tests are standardized psychometric
assessment tests (also used on SAT, GRE, and other
professional exams) that provide the employing
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organization with information about a candidate’s
general verbal acuity and insight. Verbal analogy tests
pancake is to ? are designed to assess a candidate’s ability to
recognize relationships between ideas, think
methodically and fluency in the English language. The
questions in the test are designed to assess a
flat candidate’s logical and analytical reasoning through
the use of partial analogies.
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Several relationships between pairs of words are
soccer possible. For instance, expect relations such as:
Antonyms: words that have opposite meanings.
disc Synonyms: words that have similar meanings, such
9. as Buy – Purchase.
Descriptive: in which one word describes the other
bow is to arrow word, such as Blue – Ocean.
Part to Whole: in which one word is a part or piece of
the other, such as Head – Body.
as Steps in a Process: such as Cooking – Serving.
Cause and Effect: such as Fire – Scorch and Blizzard
– Freeze
? is to bullet Things and Their Functions: such as Scissors – Cut.
Item to Category: in which one word names
something that falls into the group named by the
other, such as Lemonade – Beverage.
Implied Relationships: such as Clouds – Sun.
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Symbol and What it Represents: such as Heart –
lead Love.

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developed by professionals and provide you with full 8. CLUMSY : BOTCH
explanations. A. WICKED : INSINUATE
Try to determine the relationship between the first pair B. STRICT : PAMPER
of words. C. WILLFUL : HEED
Turn the analogies into sentences. Read the analogy D. CLEVER : ERADICATE
problems as sentences, even if they aren’t actually E. LAZY : SHIRK
written that way.
9. FUGITIVE : FLEE
Go through tough problems systematically.
A. PARASITE : FOSTER
Read all of the answer choices first before making a B. BRAGGART : BOAST
decision. This might sound obvious, but candidates C. SAGE : STIFLE
commonly stop reading the answer choices once D. BYSTANDER : PROCURE
they’ve found what seems like a strong match. E. FIREBRAND : QUIBBLE
Eliminate any pairs in the answers that do not have a
similar type of relationship. 10. CHRONOLOGICAL : TIME
If the meaning of a word is unknown, then try to A. VIRTUAL : TRUTH
recollect the context in which you have come across B. ABNORMAL : VALUE
the word. C. MARGINAL : KNOWLEDGE
Also, consider alternative meanings of words. D. ORDINAL : PLACE
Take another look at the relationship possibilities as E. COINCIDENTAL : HEALTH
described above and try to look for them when trying
11. SOOT : GRIMY
to solve analogies. A. FROST : TRANSPARENT
If all else fails, eliminate the unlikely answers and B. SUNSHINE : FRUITLESS
make an educated guess. C. RAIN : SODDEN
Choose the analogy that best matches the D. PALL : GAUDY
example provided. E. DUST : RADIANT
1. DRIP : GUSH
A. CRY : LAUGH
B. CURL : ROLL
C. STREAM : TRIBUTARY
D. DENT : DESTROY
E. BEND : ANGLE

2. WALK : LEGS
A. GLEAM : EYES
B. CHEW : MOUTH
C. DRESS : HEM
D. COVER : BOOK
E. GRIND : NOSE

3. ENFRANCHISE : SLAVERY
A. EQUATION : MATHEMATICS
B. LIBERATE : CONFINE
C. BONDAGE : SUBJUGATION
D. APPEASEMENT : UNREASONABLE
E. ANATOMY : PHYSIOLOGY

4. UNION JACK : VEXILLOLOGY

A. TOAD : ORNITHOLOGY
B. TURTLE : MICROBIOLOGY
C. GYMNOSPERMS : BOTANY
D. FRIEND : HOME ECONOMICS
E. ALGAE : ZOOLOGY

5. TOPAZ : YELLOW
A. DIAMOND : CARAT
B. JEWELER : CLARITY
C. SAPPHIRE : RED
D. AMETHYST : PURPLE
E. AMBER : BLUE 12. MORBID : UNFAVORABLE
A. REPUTABLE : FAVORABLE
6. LUMEN : BRIGHTNESS B. MATERNAL : UNFAVORABLE
A. CANDLE : LIGHT C. DISPUTATIOUS : FAVORABLE
B. DENSITY : DARKNESS D. VIGILANT : UNFAVORABLE
C. NICKEL : METAL E. LAX : FAVORABLE
D. INCHES : LENGTH
E. COLOR : HUE 13. SULLEN : BROOD
A. LETHARGIC : CAVORT
7. MACERATION : LIQUID B. REGAL : CRINGE
A. SUBLIMATION : GAS C. DOCILE : OBEY
B. EVAPORATION : HUMIDITY D. POISED : BLUNDER
C. TRAIL : PATH E. DESPONDENT : LAUGH
D. EROSION : WEATHER
E. DECISION : DISTRACTION 14. AUTHOR : LITERATE
A. CYNIC : GULLIBLE many cans must Leonardo at least buy to be
B. HOTHEAD : PRUDENT able to paint the whole of the wall?
C. SAINT : NOTORIOUS
D. JUDGE : IMPARTIAL 4 jars
E. DOCTOR : FALLIBLE
6 jars
15. MASSIVE : BULK
A. ULTIMATE : MAGNITUDE 3 jars
B. TRIVIAL : IMPORTANCE
C. ANONYMOUS : LUSTER 2 jars
D. INTERMINABLE : LEGACY 4. A globe has been designed based on a scale
E. GIGANTIC : SIZE of 1:15,000,000. The distance between two
places is 9 cm on this globe. How large is the
16. ENTICE : REPEL actual distance between these places?
A. GERMINATE : SPROUT
B. FLOURISH : FADE 1.350 km
C. OFFICIATE : PRESIDE
D. LUBRICATE : GREASE 135 km
E. IMPLORE : ENTREAT
1.250 km
17. HUMDRUM : BORE
A. GRIM : AMUSE 13.500 km
B. NUTRITIOUS : SICKEN
C. STODGY : EXCITE 5. Leonardo earns € 15 an hour. He works 8
D. HEARTRENDING : MOVE hours a day from Monday to Friday. He works
E. PENDING : WORRY 4 hours on Saturdays. How much does he
earn a week?
18. HOSPITABLE : COURTESY
A. MORBID : CHEERFULNESS € 460,-
B. VINDICTIVE : SPITE
€ 520,-
C. LEISURELY : HASTE
D. INFAMOUS : HONOR € 600,-
E. DESPONDENT : GLEE
€ 660,-
19. REINFORCE : STRONGER
A. ABOUND : LESSER 6. Leonardo wants to visit his parents who live
B. DISMANTLE : LONGER on the other side of the forest. He can use a
C. WILT : HIGHER car and go by road or use a bicycle to cycle
D. SHIRK : GREATER through the forest. The path through the
E. ERODE : WEAKER forest up to his parents' house is 5 km. The
road around the forest to his parents' house is
20. BRAGGART : MODESTY 12 km long. Leonardo cycles at an average
A. FLEDGLING : EXPERIENCE speed of 20 km/h. He drives at an average
B. EMBEZZLER : GREED speed of 50 km/h when he uses a car. Which
C. WALLFLOWER : TIMIDITY method will get him the fastest to his parent's
D. INVALID : MALADY house? If he uses a car or a bicycle?
E. CANDIDATE : AMBITION
bicycle

1. Leonardo arrives 12 minutes too late for the Car

14:12 train from Pisa to Milan. This train runs
Both the same
every hour at 12 minutes past the hour. How
long must he wait for the next train? There is not enough information given to
calculate this properly
12 min 7. A car costs € 12,000. The price of the car is
reduced by 25% when accessories are at least
24 min
bought for a value of € 2990 when buying the
48 min car. The discount only applies to the car and
not the accessories. Leonardo buys this car
60 min and € 3000 worth of accessories. What does
he need to pay?
2. Leonardo buys 6 abacuses for € 52 each. He
sells all 6 for a total of € 372. How much does € 11.250,-
Leonardo make per abacus?
€ 11.990,-
€ 10,-
€ 12.000,-
€ 12,-
€ 15.000,-
€ 20,-
8. Aristotle solves an equation in 3 minutes and
€ 60,- 42 seconds. Pythagoras does this twice as
fast. Leonardo needs 42 seconds more than
3. Leonardo wants to paint a wall that measures Pythagoras. How much time does Leonardo
5 by 3 m. A 2 litre can of white paint says that need?
you need 1 litre of paint to paint 3 m2. How
 2 min 30 sec 91 persons

2 min 31 sec 6. Leonardo drives from Pisa to Milan at an

average speed of 380 km/hour in his new
2 min 32 sec Bugatti Veyron. It takes him 45 minutes. When
he comes back, there is a traffic queue. The
2 min 33 sec traffic queue is 15 km long and it takes him 1.5
hours to get through it. Next, an 80 km road
section follows with slow traffic that drives at
1. Leonardo sells an invention for € 1650. The 40 km/hour. Because it is so busy, the
customer can pay in 3 instalments. The first average speed that he can attain when driving
time he pays 2/5 of the total price. The second through the remaining section is only 190
time he pays half of the remaining total. How km/hour. How long does it take Leonardo to
much will Leonardo receive when the last drive back?
payment is made?
4,5 hours
€ 165,00
4 hours
€ 495,00
3 hours
€ 445,00
5 hours
€ 550,00
7. Leonardo earns € 18 an hour. He works 8
2. Leonardo will be publishing his first book in hours a day from Monday to Friday. He works
17 days. Today is Tuesday the 23rd of 6 hours on Saturdays and gets paid 150% of
February. On which day will Leonardo be his normal wage. Leonardo works 4 hours in
publishing his book? overtime every fortnight. He is paid 200% of
his normal wage for overtime. How much does
Thursday Leonardo earn a week?
Friday € 954,-
Saturday € 1026,-
Not enough information given for an accurate
calculation € 900,-
3. Leonardo is looking for a catering company € 810,-
that can provide the food for this 50th
birthday. He is given the following price 8. Leonardo buys 3 notebooks to write things
estimates: Ulti-Eat € 800 call-out charges + € down in that each cost € 3.40. He also buys 6
10 pp; Munchers € 20 pp; Uberchef € 650 call- pencils and 3 rubbers. The pencils cost € 0.60
out charges + € 12 pp; La Cuisine € 1000 call- each. The rubbers cost € 0.50 each. Currently,
out charges + € 8 pp. He is expecting 90 the shopkeeper has an offer for a pencil and
guests at his birthday party. Which catering rubber bought together for € 1. How much
company is the cheapest? does he have to pay in total?

Ulti-Eat € 15,30

Munchers € 16,20

Uberchef € 8,20

La Cuisine € 15,00
4. How much is 6 m – 1 mm – 9 dm – 2 cm? 9. Leonardo has bought a flock of sheep. He
owns 60 + ¼ of his total quantity of sheep.
0,5079 m How many sheep does Leonardo own?

507,9 m 80 sheep

5,079 m 70 sheep

50,79 m 75 sheep
5. Leonardo sees 23 boats in Venice. 2 boats 90 sheep
have 14 people on-board each. 1/3 of the
remaining boats have 4 people on-board. 3 10. Leonardo has invented a new bicycle. He
people are on-board on each of half of the decides to test it on a 30 km track. He starts
boats that have not yet been specified. 2 at a speed of 30 km/hour. He keeps it up for
people are on each boat of the remaining half an hour and, next, his speed drops by 5
ones. How many people are there on all boats km/hour. Every 12 minutes his speed drops
when taken together? by another 5 km/hour. How long will it take
him to cover the track?
63 persons
1 hour 15 min
84 persons
1 hour 30 min
98 persons
 1 hour 7 min

He will never arrive 3. Leonardo wants to make Invar. Invar is an

alloy with an extremely low expansion
11. Leonardo has a swimming pool that is 2 m coefficiency, comprising 36% nickel and 64%
high, 4 m wide and 6 m long. How many litres iron. He has 20 kg of alloy comprising 20%
of water does he need to fill the swimming nickel and 80% iron. And he has 180 kg of
pool completely? alloy comprising 50% nickel and 50% iron.
How many maximum kilos of Invar can he
480 L make?

48.000 L 54 kg
48 L 83 kg
There is not enough information given to
calculate this 23 kg
12. A bag contains 26 red, 52 black and 39 43 kg
yellow marbles. Leonardo takes out 1
marble. What is the probability that he will 4. Leonardo keeps ostriches and sheep: in total
take out a yellow marble? 80 animals. Together all the animals have 220
legs. How many ostriches does he have?
2/9
30
1/2
40
1/3
50
1/39
60
13. Today it is Friday the 18th of June. It will be
Leonardo's weeding anniversary in 45 days. 5. An aeroplane flies 800 km with the wind
On which date did Leonardo get married? behind it. With the same capacity and in the
same time it would fly into the wind at 720 km.
1st of August The wind speed is 30 km/hour. What is the
speed of the aeroplane without wind?
3rd of August
760 km/hour
31st of August
42,5 km/hour
2nd of August
570 km/hour

770 km/hour
1. Leonardo is heading out again in his Bugatti
Veyron. Once more he drives from Pisa to 6. Leonardo wants to construct an ostrich run
Milan, at an average 380 km/hour. It takes him with 100 m fencing. Using this fencing he
45 minutes. On the return journey he gets stuck wants to make an ostrich run with as big a
in traffic. The traffic jam is 10 km long, and it surface area as possible. The type of fencing
takes him 1.5 hours to get through. After this he that he uses cannot bend; but he does have 4
drives another 60km in slow moving traffic at 40 right-angled (90°) corner pieces. What will the
km/hour, after which Leonardo can resume his surface area of this ostrich run be?
route as normal. In total his average speed on
both trips measures 114 km/hour. What was his 625 m2
average speed on the return journey when he
wasn’t stuck in a traffic jam or slow moving 2500 m2
traffic?
100 m2
380 km/hour
500 m2
172 km/hour
7. Leonardo usually pays € 0.50 for 3 pencils. He
215 km/hour sells a pair for € 0.50. In one day Leonardo
makes € 2.50 profit. How many pencils did he
133,3 km/hour sell that day?

2. Leonardo has 3 taps in his bath. If he only 30

fully opens tap 1 it takes 10 minutes to fill the
bath. If he only fully opens tap 2 it takes 15 40
minutes to fill the bath, and if he only fully
opens tap 3 it takes 30 minutes to fill the bath. 50
If Leonardo were to fully open all 3 taps how
long would it take to fill the bath? 60
8. Leonardo divides € 14,000 out over 2 bank
5 min accounts. Bank account A earns 5% interest;
bank account B 7%. At the end of the year
10 min
Leonardo receives € 798. How much has
3,4 min Leonardo paid into bank account B?
 € 4.900,- 84 years

€ 9.100,- 56 years

€ 10.100,- 46 years

€ 5.100,- 13. For his mathematics exams Leonardo has to

take 4 tests. He achieves a score of 9.4 and
9. Leonardo takes part in a cycle race. He sets 9.8 in the first 2. What average score must he
off at a good speed of 35 km/hour. Once achieve for the next 2 is he wants to achieve
Leonardo has ridden half the race (in an average score of 9.5? The 2 tests he still
distance) he realises he set off too quickly has to take together account for 25% of the
and reduces his speed to 25 km/hour. He final score.
finishes the race at this speed. In total it takes
him 3 hours and 36 mins. What distance has 9,2
Leonardo cycled?
9,0
105 km
9,4
52,5 km
9,5
60 km
14. Think of a 3 digit number that when you
125 km switch round the ten and hundred numbers
the resulting number is 20% more than the
10. Every Monday Leonardo cleans his toilet and original number.
every fifth day he vacuums. If today he is
cleaning his toilet as well as vacuuming how 440
long will it be before he cleans his toilet and
vacuums on the same day again? 540

70 days 860

7 days 450
15. Leonardo wants to place a bird cages in his
35 days
garden. For this he has set aside 52 m2 of
25 days garden and € 825. Bird cage A has a capacity
of 14 m3 and a ground area of 4 m2 and
11. Leonardo has designed a solar panel. He costs € 50. Bird cage B has a ground area of
uses some of the power he generates with 8 m2, a capacity of 30 m3 and costs € 125.
this solar panel for personal use, and the How many of each bird cage does he need to
rest he sells to his energy supplier. Within place in order to attain as large a bird cage
the space of a month Leonardo uses 390 m3 content as possible; within his budget and
gas and sells 130 KWh electricity. His fuel allocated space? The bird cages cannot be
bill for that month amounts to € 130. The stacked due to their fragile construction.
following month he uses 360 m3 gas and
sells 160 KWh electricity. His bill for that Bird cage A: 3 pieces; Bird cage B: 5 pieces
month amounts to € 110. How much does the
energy supplier pay Leonardo for 1 KWh Bird cage A: 1 pieces; Bird cage B: 6 pieces
electricity?
Bird cage A: 13 pieces; Bird cage B: 0 pieces
€ 0,50
Bird cage A: 5 pieces; Bird cage B: 4 pieces
€ 0,12
16. Leonardo is 9 years younger than 3x as old
Archimedes. 4 years ago he was 10 years
€ 0,25
older than 2x as old Archimedes. How old is
€ 0,42 Leonardo?

12. Plato is approximately just as many days old 56 years

as Aristotle is weeks old and Plato is just as
many months old as Leonardo is years old. 15 years
Together Plato, Aristotle and Leonardo are
140 years old. How old is Leonardo? 44 years
(assume 1 year = 12 months = 52 weeks =
365 days) 36 years

86 years
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0 1 -3 -4

2. 1 4 9 16 25 ...
29 33 36 42

3. 75 15 25 5 15 ...
7 3 5 2

4. 1 2 6 24 120 ...
240 540 740 720

5. 183 305 527 749 961 ...

1173 183 1056 1184

6. 16 22 34 58 106 ...
212 156 200 202

7. 17 40 61 80 97 ...
112 100 114 102

8. 55 34 21 13 8 ...
5 4 3 1

9. 259 131 67 35 19 ...

13 11 9 7

10. 93 74 57 42 29 ...
13 15 16 18

11. 7 21 14 42 28 ...
84 56 64 76

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1. a. Some travellers are not caucasian.
b. No tourists are travellers.

conclusion is: Some tourists are not caucasian.

Correct b. No organisms are plants.

Incorrect
conclusion is: Some organisms are not green.

2. a. All Canadians are right handed.

Correct
b. All right handed are opticians.
Incorrect
Conclusion is: Some opticians are Canadian.

6. a. All instruments are pianos.

Correct b. No instruments are guitars.

Incorrect
Conclusion is: Some guitars are no pianos.

3. a. All trees are plants.

Correct
b. Some trees are bushes.
Incorrect
Conclusion is: No plants are bushes.

7. a. No chemists are athletes.

Correct b. All managers are athletes.

Incorrect
conclusion is: Some chemists are managers

4. a. No pilots are stewardesses.

Correct
b. All passengers are stewardesses.
Incorrect
conclusion is: Some pilots are passengers.

8. a. No bee keepers are cooks.

Correct b. All Dutch are bee keepers.

Incorrect
Conclusion is: Some cooks are not Dutch.

5. a. Some plants are not green.

Correct
 Incorrect Incorrect
1. a. All streets are routes of transportation.
b. No streets are racing tracks. 8. a. All mountains are hills.
b. All Mount Everests are mountains.
Conclusion is: Some racing tracks are not routes of
transportation.
All hills are Mount Everests

Correct All Mount Everests are hills

Incorrect No hills are Mount Everests

No mountains are Mount Everests

2. a. All men are brothers.
b. All brothers are fathers.
9. a. All houses are residences.
b. All sheds are residences.
Conclusion is: Some fathers are men.

Some sheds are houses

Correct
All houses are sheds
Incorrect
No houses are sheds
3. a. No movie stars are comedians.
None of the above
b. All producers are movie stars.

Conclusion is: Some comedians are no producers. 10. a. Some bosses are employees.
b. All employees are elderly.

Correct
Some employees are no elderly
Incorrect
Some bosses are elderly

4. a. All bikes are transport. Some bosses are no elderly

b. Some bikes are hometrainers.
None of the above
Conclusion is: No transports are hometrainers.
11. a. A car is no boat.
Correct b. Some boats are water bicycles.

Incorrect
No boats are water bicycles

5. a. No addicts are drug users. Some water bicycles are no cars

b. No drug users are alcoholics. Some cars are no water bicycles

Conclusion is: All addicts are alcoholics. None of the above

Correct 12. a. A bird is no fish.

b. Some fish are sharks.
Incorrect

No fishes are sharks

6. a. All stones are rocks.
b. All rocks are mountains. Some sharks are no birds

Conclusion is: Some mountains are stones. No sharks are birds

Some birds are no sharks

Correct
13. a. All divers are adventurers.
Incorrect
b. No divers are wimps.

7. a. No A’s are B’s.

b. No B’s are C’s. No adventurers are wimps

No wimps are adventurers

Conclusion is: All A’s are C’s.
Some adventurers are no wimps

Correct None of the above

1. a. All smart asses are dumb asses. 7. a. All students are nerds.
b. Some bad asses are smart asses. b. All teachers are nerds.

All dumb asses are bad asses Some teachers are no students

Some dumb asses are bad asses No students are teachers

No bad asses are dumb asses All student are teachers

Some bad asses are no dumb asses None of the above

2. a. All cities have houses. 8. a. No trousers are clothing.

b. All lands have cities. b. No sweaters are trousers.

All houses have lands Some sweaters are clothing

All lands have houses Some clothing are sweaters

Not all houses have lands All sweaters are clothing

None of the above None of the above

3. a. All kitchens have closets. 9. a. Some women are mothers.

b. All closets have shelves. b. All mothers are blonds.

Some kitchens have no shelves No blonds are mothers

All shelves have kitchens Some mothers are no blonds

All kitchens have shelves Some women are blonds

None of the above Some women are no blonds

4. a. All ambulances are life savers. 10. a. All glasses are windows.
b. No ambulances are bumper cars. b. All glasses are binoculars.

No life savers are bumper cars All windows are binoculars

No bumper cars are life savers Some windows are no binoculars

Some life savers are no bumper cars Some binoculars are windows

None of the above None of the above

5. a. All dogs are brown. 11. a. All children are naggers.

b. All pitbulls are brown. b. Some children are whiners.

Some pitbulls are dogs No naggers are whiners

Some pitbulls are no dogs All naggers are whiners

All pitbulls are dogs Some naggers are whiners

None of the above None of the above

6. a. Some books are no reference books. 12. a. No horses are molluscs.

b. All books are encyclopedias. b. All crabs are horses.

Some reference books are no encyclopedias No crabs are molluscs

No reference books are encyclopedias Some horses are no crabs

All reference books are encyclopedias All molluscs are crabs

None of the above None of the above

13. a. Some cars are four-wheelers. All areas have stones
b. All cars are tricycles.
No stones have areas

No tricycles are four-wheelers None of the above

All four-wheelers are tricycles

18. a. All schools are buildings.
Some tricycles are four-wheelers b. Some schools are tents.

None of the above

No buildings are tents
14. a. All wires are strings. All buildings are tents
b. Some tubes are wires.
Some buildings are tents

Some strings are tubes None of the above

All tubes are strings

19. a. Some appartements have electricity.
No strings are tubes b. Some boats have electricity.

None of the above

Some appartements have boats
15. a. No computers are televisions. Some boats have appartements
b. All radios are televisions.
No boats have appartements

All radios are computers None of the above

No radios are computers

20. a. All fungi are bacteria.
All computers are radios b. Some mushrooms are fungi.

None of the above

All bacteria are mushrooms
16. a. Some AB is CD. No mushrooms are bacteria
b. No CD is EF.
Some mushrooms are bacteria

Some AB is No EF None of the above

Some EF is AB
21. a. No *** are ###.
No AB is EF b. Some ^^^^ are ###.

None of the above

No ^^^^ are ***
17. a. All paths have stones. Some *** are no ^^^^
b. All areas have paths.
Some ^^^^ are no ***

All stones have areas None of the above

1. How much water will have flown out of the tap in 10 448
minutes?
1120
20 l
512
21 l
384
22 l
Cannot say
24 l
6. The market share of Orange Fruity increase by an
Cannot say absolute 20% between January and March 2012.
The total sales in January were 2500 cans of
2. What is the formula for this graph? soda. How many cans of Orange Fruity have
been sold in January?

y = 0.5x + 3

y = 2x 375

y=x+2 625

y = 2x + 2 700

Cannot say 480

Cannot say
3. All the time there was a big barrel under the tap
however an amount of old water was already in
the barrel before the tap started running. If 2 l of 7. How many cans of dr. Salt were sold throughout
old water was already in the barrel what is the the entire year?
ratio fresh water/old water when the water
reaches a total volume of 10 l .

6144
0.25
3200
4
9876
0.2
12050
5
Cannot say
Cannot say

8. What would be the market share of 6-Down if we

4. If water costs $0,25 per liter how much will this ignore all Orange Fruity sales?
water tap cost when you run it for an hour.

$15
35%
$17
15%
$30
23%
$32
40%
Cannot say
Cannot say
? =
1. 4/
2

1 2 3 4

2. ? = 16/
4

2 4 6 8

5. How many cans of Loda Cola have been sold in 3. 2 = ?/

2
the Fibomall in March 2012? 1 2 3 4
4. 5 = ?/
3
5. 26/ - 3 = ?
5 10 15 20 4

2 2 / 43 3 / 42 1 / 43 1 / 2
5. 3 = ?/
8

16 24 28 38

7. ? - 1/ = 2/
9 9
6. 1/2 = ?/
8

2 4 8 16 1/ 3/ 1/ 9/
3 6 9 9

7. 1/4 = ?/
20

4 5 6 7
8. 1/2 + 1/
10 = ?
7/ 3/ 5/ 3/
10 2 10 5
8. 6/3 = 4/
?

2 3 4 8

1. 1/
4 + 2/
4 = ? 9. ? - 1 1/3 = 2/
3

3/ 2/ 3/ 1/ 3/ 4/ 5/ 6/
8 16 4 4 3 3 3 3

10. 3 -? = 11/
2. 3/8 + 1/
4 = ? 8

4/ 4/ 3/ 5/ 5/ 13 / 12 / 20 /
12 8 4 8 8 8 16 16

3. 3/5 + 2/
3 = ? 11. 2 7/16 + 3 26/32 = ?
19 /
15
6/
15
5/
15
5/
8 6 12/16 6 4/32 6 1/4 6 8/16

2/ 12. 19/ - 1 1/3 = ?

4. ? + 3 = 1 7

1/
5
2/
6
1/
2
4/
3 1 8/21 1 3/7 1 4/7 1 11/21

5. 2 2/8 + ? = 3 13. 7/3 - ? = 5/

6

1/ 5/ 3/ 6/ 1/ 1 4/6 1 1/3 6/
8 12 4 12 3 4

1. Judgment of Solomon
 Opinion of person in charge Smallest type of crow

Testimony Gumball

Verdict in difficult dispute

1. Tom and Tim are brothers. They look exactly
Lawsuit the same. They also have the same birthdays.
a. Tom is older than Tim
b. Tim is more handsome than Tom
2. Regression c. Tom and Tim are twins
d. Tom and Tim are best friends
Going back to an earlier stage 2. Girls love roses. They smell so sweet. Their
colors are also very attractive.
Doing something again a. Roses are fragrant
b. Roses attract bees
Retreat c. Boys love roses
d. Girls don’t like roses
Rediscovery 3. Rhea helps mother with the household chores
everyday. She sweeps the floor every morning.
3. Ouzo She also helps mother prepare food for the family.
She washes the dishes too.
Strong drink with milk a. Rhea is helpful.
b. Rhea is too lazy to do household chores.
Strong drink with pepper c. Rhea waters the plants.
d. Rhea cooks for the whole family.
Strong drink with lemon 4. John is fond of the color green. He always
wears green shirts to school. His rubber shoes
Strong drink with anise are also green. His bag, raincoat, and notebooks
are also green.
a. John has green eyes
4. Royalty
b. John hates the color green
c. John like the color green
Nobility
d. John wears blue rubber shoes to school
Liberally filled sandwich 5. The Earth is the only planet with known life
forms. It is the third planet from the sun in the
Rich person solar system. It rotates on its axis in 24 hours and
revolves around the sun in 365 ¼ days.
Percentagewise honorarium a. There is no life on Earth
b. The Earth is round
c. The Earth is the farthest planet in the solar system
5. Yuppie d. Many living things live on Earth
6. Whenever I swim in the ocean I get cold. I
Person with minimal education went swimming today. I will be getting cold very
soon. If the first 2 statements are true, then the
Highly educated young person third statement is:
a. True
Rich youth
b. False
Successful person c. Uncertain
7. Fish can’t breathe out of the water. Fish use
their gills to breathe. Gills don’t work out of water.
6. Capsize If the first 2 statements are true, then the third
statement is:
Keel over a. True
b. False
Pinion c. Uncertain
8. I eat steak when I am hungry. I ate steak
Cut down trees last night. I was hungry last night. If the first 2
statementsare true, then the third statement is:
Make a patch in densely overgrown area a. True
b. False
7. Serpent c. Uncertain
9. I read a lot. My favorite author is Herman
Snake Melville. I have read all of Herman Melville’s
books. If the first 2 statements are true, then the
Sea monster third statement is:
a. True
Dinosaur b. False
c. Uncertain
Stocky cat 10. All books are very informative. I am reading
a book. I will learn something from this book. If
the first 2 statements are true, then the third
8. Jackdaw
statement is:
a. True
Large bird of prey
b. False
Painful foot c. Uncertain
 D. Neither I nor II is strong

E. Both I and II are strong

Direction (for Q.Nos. 2 - 4):

In each question below is given a statement followed
by three assumptions numbered I, II and III. You have
to consider the statement and the following
assumptions, decide which of the assumptions is
implicit in the statement and choose your answer
accordingly.
2. Statement: A State Government suspended two
additional district judges.
Assumptions:
They were negligent in discharging duties.
There was a charge of misconduct against
them.
The government officials were biased against
them.

A. None is implicit

B. Either I or II is implicit

Each question given below consists of a statement,

followed by two arguments numbered I and II. You Any one of the three is
C.
have to decide which of the arguments is a 'strong' implicit
argument and which is a 'weak' argument.
Give answer:
D. Only I and III are implicit
(A) If only argument I is strong
(B) If only argument II is strong
(C) If either I or II is strong
E. Either I or III is implicit
(D) If neither I nor II is strong and
(E) If both I and II are strong.
1. Statement: Should all news be controlled by
Government in a democracy? 3. Statement: The civic authority has decided that
Arguments: all the factories located inside the city limits be
Yes. Variety of news only confuses people. shifted outside to reduce the level of
No. Controlled news loses credibility. environmental pollution in the city.
Assumptions:
The pollution level in the city in future may
A. Only argument I is strong
reduce after these factories are shifted outside
the city limit.
Enough usable land is available outside the city
B. Only argument II is strong
limit for these factories.
Many of these factories may shift to some other
smaller towns to remain profitable.
C. Either I or II is strong
A. Only I is implicit
 assume everything in the statement to be true, then
B. Only I and II are implicit consider the two conclusions together and decide
which of them logically follows beyond a reasonable
doubt from the information given in the statement.
C. Only II is implicit Give answer:
(A) If only conclusion I follows
(B) If only conclusion II follows
D. Only II and III are implicit (C) If either I or II follows
(D) If neither I nor II follows and
(E) If both I and II follow.
E. None of these 6. Statements: All the organised persons find time
for rest. Sunita, in spite of her very busy
schedule, finds time for rest.
4. Statement: 'Several labour and industrial courts Conclusions:
in this State have no proper premises. Sunita is an organised person.
Vacancies of judges and stenos are kept Sunita is an industrious person.
pending.' - A statement of a retired judge of
State X. A. Only conclusion I follows
Assumptions:
Adequate number of staff and judges helps in
the smooth functioning of the industrial and B. Only conclusion II follows
labour courts.
The State is not bothered about the condition of
the labour and industrial courts. C. Either I or II follows
Physical facilities of an office help in increasing
efficiency of its employees.
D. Neither I nor II follows
A. Only I and III are implicit

E. Both I and II follow

B. Only II is implicit

7. Statements: In a recent survey report, it has

C. Only II and III are implicit been stated that those who undertake physical
exercise for at least half an hour a day are less
prone to have any heart ailments.
D. All I, II and III are implicit Conclusions:
Moderate level of physical exercise is
necessary for leading a healthy life.
E. None of these All people who do desk-bound jobs definitely
suffer from heart ailments.

Direction (for Q.No. 5): A. Only conclusion I follows

Read the question carefully and choose the correct
answer.
5. As they prepare for the state championships, B. Only conclusion II follows
one gymnast must be moved from the Level 2
team to the Level 1 team. The coaches will
move the gymnast who has won the biggest C. Either I or II follows
prize and who has the most experience. In the
last competition, Roberta won a bronze medal
and has competed seven times before. Jamie D. Neither I nor II follows
has won a silver medal and has competed
fewer times than Roberta. Beth has won a
higher medal than Jamie and has competed E. Both I and II follow
more times than Roberta. Michele has won a
bronze medal, and it is her third time
competing. Who will be moved to the Level 1 8. Statements: Government has spoiled many top
team? ranking financial institutions by appointing
bureaucrats as Directors of these institutions.
A. Roberta Conclusions:
Government should appoint Directors of the
financial institutes taking into consideration the
B. Beth expertise of the person in the area of finance.
The Director of the financial institute should
have expertise commensurate with the financial
C. Michele work carried out by the institute.

A. Only conclusion I follows

D. Jamie

B. Only conclusion II follows

Direction (for Q.Nos. 6 - 8):
In each question below is given a statement followed
by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to
 C. Either I or II follows C. Either I or II follows

D. Neither I nor II follows D. Neither I nor II follows

E. Both I and II follow E. Both I and II follow

Direction (for Q.No. 9): 11. Statements: Parents are prepared to pay any
Each of the following questions contains a small price for an elite education to their children.
paragraph followed by a question on it. Read each Conclusions:
paragraph carefully and answer the question given All parents these days are very well off.
below it. Parents have an obsessive passion for a
9. To forgive an injury is often considered to be a perfect development of their children through
sign of weakness; it is really a sign of strength. good schooling.
It is easy to allow oneself to be carried away by
resentment and hate into an act of vengeance; A. Only conclusion I follows
but it takes a strong character to restrain those
natural passions. The man who forgives an
injury proves himself to be the superior of the B. Only conclusion II follows
man who wronged himself and puts the wrong-
doer to shame.
C. Either I or II follows
The passage best supports' the statement that:
the sufferer alone knows the
A. D. Neither I nor II follows
intensity of his sufferings.

people tend to forgive the E. Both I and II follow

B.
things happened in the past.

natural passions are difficult 12. Statements: The Minister questioned the utility
C.
to suppress. of the space research programme and
suggested its replacement by other areas of felt
mercy is the noblest form of national needs.
D. Conclusions:
revenge.
Exploring the space does not contribute to
critical national needs.
a person with calm and Research should be oriented to national needs.
E. composed nature has depth
of thought and vision. A. Only conclusion I follows

Direction (for Q.Nos. 10 - 12):

In each question below is given a statement followed B. Only conclusion II follows
by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to
assume everything in the statement to be true, then
consider the two conclusions together and decide C. Either I or II follows
which of them logically follows beyond a reasonable
doubt from the information given in the statement.
Give answer: D. Neither I nor II follows
(A) If only conclusion I follows
(B) If only conclusion II follows
(C) If either I or II follows E. Both I and II follow
(D) If neither I nor II follows and
(E) If both I and II follow.
10. Statements: Although the education system has Direction (for Q.Nos. 13 - 14):
progressed from the point of view of the Each question given below consists of a statement,
number of schools, most of them are ill- followed by two arguments numbered I and II. You
equipped and have not achieved excellence in have to decide which of the arguments is a 'strong'
imparting education. argument and which is a 'weak' argument.
Conclusions: Give answer:
In future, we should provide good teachers and (A) If only argument I is strong
equipment to these schools. (B) If only argument II is strong
We need not open any more schools in the (C) If either I or II is strong
future. (D) If neither I nor II is strong and
(E) If both I and II are strong.
A. Only conclusion I follows 13. Statement: Does India need so many plans for
development?
Arguments:
B. Only conclusion II follows Yes. Nothing can be achieved without proper
planning.
No. Too much time, money and energy is
wasted on planning.
 A. Only argument I is strong Both the statements I and II
C.
are independent causes

B. Only argument II is strong Both the statements I and II

D. are effects of independent
causes
C. Either I or II is strong
Both the statements I and II
E. are effects of some common
D. Neither I nor II is strong cause

E. Both I and II are strong Direction (for Q.No. 16):

Look carefully for the pattern, and then choose which
pair of numbers comes next.
14. Statement: Should the practice of transfers of 16. 3 8 10 15 17 22 24
clerical cadre employees from government
offices of one city to those of another be A. 26 28
stopped?
Arguments:
No. Transfer of employees is a routine B. 29 34
administrative matter and we must continue it.
Yes. It involves lot of governmental expenditure
and inconvenience too many compared to the C. 29 31
benefits it yields.

A. Only argument I is strong D. 26 31

B. Only argument II is strong E. 26 32

C. Either I or II is strong Direction (for Q.No. 17):

A good way to figure out the relationship in a given
question is to make up a sentence that describes the
D. Neither I nor II is strong relationship between the first two words. Then, try to
use the same sentence to find out which of the
answer choices completes the same relationship with
E. Both I and II are strong the third word.
17. Embarrassed is to humiliated as frightened is to

Direction (for Q.No. 15): A. terrified

In each of the following questions, two statements
numbered I and II are given. There may be cause and
effect relationship between the two statements. These B. agitated
two statements may be the effect of the same cause
or independent causes. These statements may be
independent causes without having any relationship. C. courageous
Read both the statements in each question and mark
your answer as
(A) If statement I is the cause and statement II is its D. reckless
effect;
(B) If statement II is the cause and statement I is its
effect; Direction (for Q.No. 18):
(C) If both the statements I and II are independent In each of the following questions, three statements
causes; are given followed by four conclusions numbered I, II,
(D) If both the statements I and II are effects of III and TV. You have to take the given statements to
independent causes; and be true even if they seem to be at variance with
(E) If both the statements I and II are effects of some commonly known facts and then decide which of the
common cause. given conclusions logically follows from the given
15. Statements: statements disregarding commonly known facts.
The farmers have decided against selling their 18. Statements: All players are spectators. Some
kharif crops to the Government agencies. spectators are theatres. Some theatres are
The Government has reduced the procurement dramas.
price of kharif crops starting from last month to Conclusions:
the next six months. Some dramas are spectators.
Some players are dramas.
Statement I is the cause and Some theatres are players.
A.
statement II is its effect All spectators are players.

Statement II is the cause and A. None follows

B.
statement I is its effect
 B. Only I and III follow C. Either I or II is implicit

C. Only II follows D. Neither I nor II is implicit

D. Only II and IV follow E. Both I and II are implicit

E. All follow

Direction (for Q.No. 19):

In each question below is given a statement followed
by two courses of action numbered I and II. You have
to assume everything in the statement to be true and
on the basis of the information given in the statement,
decide which of the suggested courses of action
logically follow(s) for pursuing.
Give answer
(A) If only I follows
(B) If only II follows
(C) If either I or II follows
(D) If neither I nor II follows
(E) If both I and II follow.
19. Statement: Majority of the students have failed
in one paper in the first semester examination.
Courses of Action:
All those students who failed should be asked
to drop out of the course.
The faculty teaching the paper should be asked
to resign.

A. Only I follows

B. Only II follows

C. Either I or II follows

D. Neither I nor II follows

E. Both I and II follow

Direction (for Q.No. 20):

In each question below is given a statement followed
by two assumptions numbered I and II. You have to
consider the statement and the following assumptions
and decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the
statement.
Give answer
(A) If only assumption I is implicit
(B) If only assumption II is implicit
(C) If either I or II is implicit
(D) If neither I nor II is implicit
(E) If both I and II are implicit.
20. Statement: All existing inequalities can be
reduced, if not utterly eradicated, by action of
governments or by revolutionary change of
government.
Assumptions:
Inequality is a man-made phenomenon.
No person would voluntarily part with what he
possesses.

A. Only assumption I is implicit

B. Only assumption II is implicit