NTSE PRACTICE TEST

MENTAL ABILITY [2019-20]

TIME : 2 Hrs. MM : 100

1. The question paper contains 100 questions.

2. The OMR sheet given in the examination hall is the Answer Sheet.

3. Blank papers, clip boards, log tables, slide rule, calculators, mobile or any other
electronic gadgets in any form is not allowed.

4. Before answering the paper, fill up the required details in the blank spaces
provided in the answer sheet.

5. Each Question carries 1 Marks. Attempt each question carefully.

6. There is no Negative Marking.
7. In case of any dispute, the answer filled in the OMR sheet available with the
Institute shall be final.

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Directions (1 to 5) : Find the missing term :
1.
1 10 3
4 41 5
6 ? 7

(A) 36 (B) 49 (C) 80 (D) 85

2.
2 1 3
4 2 12
6 3 ?

(A) 9 (B) 18 (C) 27 (D) 36

3.

(A) 731 (B) 729 (C) 727 (D) 725

4.
0 1 1
2 3 35
4 5 ?

(A) 180 (B) 189 (C) 200 (D) 289

5.
10 109 11
12 155 13
2 ? 3

(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 8

Directions (6 to 10) : These are based on a pyramid of 1 to 61 arranged as shown below :

1
2 3 4
9 8 7 6 5
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17
26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37
46 47 48 49 50 51 52
57 56 55 54 53
58 59 60
61
there are two groups of numbers on the left of the sign ::, which are related in some way. The same relationship
exists between the third group and the one missing group indicated by a blank space with a question mark (?)
on it. With the help of the above pyramid, find the missing the question from amongst the four alternatives given
under it.
6. 1, 2, 9, 10 : 1, 4, 5, 16 : : 61, 58, 57, 46 : ( ? )
(A) 61, 60, 52, 37 (B) 59, 54, 51, 38 (C) 61, 60, 53, 52 (D) 60, 53, 52, 37

7. 3, 7, 8, 9 : 3, 7, 6, 5 : : 59, 55, 56, 57 : (?)

(A) 59, 55, 54, 53 (B) 55, 49, 41, 40 (C) 59, 60, 54, 50 (D) 59, 55, 49, 50

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8. (?) : 16, 15, 19, 18 : : 46, 47, 43, 44 : 52, 51, 39, 38
(A) 11, 10, 24, 25 (B) 10, 11, 23, 24 (C) 10, 11, 12, 13 (D) 10, 13, 12, 11

9. 9, 10, 23, 11 : 5, 16, 19, 15 : : (?) : 53, 52, 39, 51

(A) 57, 46, 47, 43 (B) 57, 43, 46, 47 (C) 57, 46, 43, 47 (D) 47, 43, 46, 58

10. 10, 11, 12, 22, 23, 24 : 16, 15, 14, 20, 19, 18: : 44, 43, 42, 30, 29, 28 : (?)
(A) 50, 51, 52, 38, 39, 40 (B) 38, 40, 39, 33, 32, 34
(C) 38, 39, 40, 50, 51, 52 (D) 38, 39, 40, 32, 33, 34

Directions (11 to 15) : Find the missing term

11. 2, 4, 7, 11, 16, 22, ?
(A) 29 (B) 27 (C) 39 (D) 33

12. 8, 14, 26, 50, ?, 194, 386

(A) 62 (B) 98 (C) 77 (D) 69

13. 14, 21, 29, 38, 48, ?, 71

(A) 58 (B) 67 (C) 59 (D) 49

14. 2, 5, 14, 41, 122, ?, 1094

(A) 341 (B) 319 (C) 313 (D) 365

15. 3, 6, 12, 15, 30, ?, 66

(A) 34 (B) 42 (C) 53 (D) 33

Directions (16 to 20) : These are based on the following diagram. In this diagram there are three sets A, B and
C, which represent the married persons, educated people and scientists respectively, living in a colony. The
total population of the colony is 400. Find out the correct answer for each question.

160

24
136 A
C
B

16. The percentage of unmarried persons in the colony is

(A) 15 (B) 20 (C) 30 (D) 40

17. The percentage of educated married persons in the colony is

(A) 30 (B) 35 (C) 40 (D) 45

18. The ratio of the number of scientists and the total number of educated persons in the colony is
(A) 1 : 15 (B) 3 : 20 (C) 4 : 7 (D) 2 : 11

19. What is the percentage of educated persons in the colony who are not scientists ?
(A) 31 (B) 32 (C) 34 (D) 36

20. What percent of the married persons in the colony are uneducated ?
(A) 30 (B) 40 (C) 50 (D) 60

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21. In a group of persons 10 persons can speak Hindi, 5 can speak Urdu and 6 can speak English. If 3 persons
in the group can speak all the three languages, how many persons are there in this group in total ?
(A) 12 (B) 15 (C) 18 (D) 20

22. The number of boys in a class is six times the number of the girls. The total number of students can be
in this class?
(A) 40 (B) 41 (C) 42 (D) 45

23. The total number of students and teachers in a school is 1065. For a group of every 70 students there is
a teacher in the school. The total number of teachers in this school is
(A) 15 (B) 16 (C) 17 (D) 18

24. In a row of trees, one tree is fifth from either end of the row. How many trees are there in the row ?
(A) 8 (B) 9 (C) 10 (D) 11

25. How many numbers from 11 to 50 are there which are exactly divisible by 7 but not by 3 ?
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5

26. Which of the following Venn diagrams correctly represents Elephants, Horses and Animals ?

(A) (B) (C) (D)

27. A 250 m long train is moving with a speed of 90 km/hour. How much time will it take to cross a platform
of length 600 m ?
(A) 20 seconds (B) 30 seconds (C) 32 seconds (D) 34 seconds

28. If in a certain code language 45736 is written as 63754, then in the same code language, how will
23456 be written ?
(A) 65432 (B) 65234 (C) 65332 (D) 63425

29. How many triangles are there in the following figure ?

(A) 7 (B) 8 (C) 10 (D) 12

30. How many even numbers are there in the following sequence of numbers which are immediately
followed by an odd number and immediately preceded by a even number ?
76768932734222355228119
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5

31. In a certain code language if 41 × 45 = 86, then 21 × 25 will be written as

(A) 46 (B) 36 (C) 26 (D) 25

32. If SOHAN is written as 19 15 08 01 14 and LALITA is written as 12 01 12 09 20 01 then how

SONATA will be written in the same code language ?
(A) 19 14 13 01 20 01 (B) 19 14 15 03 20 01
(C) 19 15 14 01 20 10 (D) 19 15 14 01 20 01

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33. Which of the following words cannot be formed by the letters given in the word ‘MEASUREMENT’ ?
(A) MASTER (B) SERVANT
(C) SUMMER (D) REST

34. If '×' denotes ''

'' denotes '–'
'+' denotes '×'
and '–' denotes '+'
then the value of 40 × 8  8 – 4 + 2 will be
(A) 10 (B) 9 (C) 7 (D) 5

35. Rajesh first moves 2 km towards South-East and then moves 5 km towards West. He then moves 2 km
towards North-West and finally 1 km towards East. How far is he now from the starting point ?
(A) 2 km (B) 3 km (C) 4 km (D) 5 km

36. Which of the following names will appear at last in a telephone directory ?
(A) Sangita (B) Saleem (C) Salam (D) Saheb

37. If the following numbers are written in ascending order, then what will be the sum of the two numbers
occurring in the middle of the series ?
729, 792, 802, 781, 789, 689, 679, 769
(A) 1549 (B) 1550 (C) 1551 (D) 1552

38. If A is the brother of B, C is the father of D and B is the father of C, then the relation of C with A is
(A) Uncle (B) Brother (C) Nephew (D) Grandfather

39. Ashish is 7 years elder than Arvind. If two years ago the age of Arvind was 4 years, then what is the
present age of Ashish ?
(A) 7 years (B) 9 years (C) 11 years (D) 13 years

40. 8 players participate in a game competition. Each player is to play with each other player only once.
How many games will be played by them in all ?
(A) 26 (B) 28 (C) 30 (D) 32

Directions (41 to 45) : On the basis of the following information, find out the correct answer of each question
from the given alternatives. In a family A is the brother of B ; C is the father of A; D is the brother of E ; B is the
mother of E and F is the son of D.
41. The relation of D with A is
(A) Nephew (B) Uncle (C) Brother (D) Sister

42. The relation of B with F is

(A) Granddaughter (B) Grandmother (C) Grandfather (D) Daughter

43. The relation of A with E is

(A) Uncle (B) Maternal Uncle (C) Nephew (D) Niece

44. The relation of F with E is

(A) Nephew (B) Niece (C) Son (D) Daughter

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45. The relation of C with E is
(A) Grandmother (B) Grandfather (C) Father (D) Mother

Directions (46 to 50) : Read the following statements and find correct alternatives.
(i) A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting on a round table.
(ii) A is sitting in front of E but right of C.
(iii) E is sitting left to B but right to D.
(iv) C and E are sitting in the neighbourhood of B.
(v) F is sitting near to D in left.
46. Who is sitting near to A towards right ?
(A) F (B) E (C) B (D) C

47. The person sitting left to A is

(A) F (B) B (C) D (D) C

48. The person sitting in between A and B is

(A) F (B) B (C) C (D) D

49. The person sitting between E and F is

(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D

50. The person in front of D is

(A) C (B) B (C) E (D) A

51. The positions of a Dice are shown. In figure (iii) which number will come in place of (?)

(A) 5 (B) 3 (C) 6 (D) 1

52. Introducing a man, a woman said, "His mother is the only daughter of my father." How is the man
related to the woman?
(A) Father (B) Son (C) Husband (D) Brother

53. Arun said, "This girl is the wife of the grandson of my mother." Who is Arun to the girl?
(A) Father (B) Grandfather (C) Husband (D) Father-in-law

54. Arrange the words in the correct order:

(1) Tissues (2) Organ System (3) Organ (4) Cells
(5) Body
(A) 2, 1, 3, 5, 4 (B) 3, 1, 2, 5, 4 (C) 1, 5, 3, 4, 2 (D) 4, 1, 3, 2, 5

55. In one of the following sequences, the number letters skipped between its adjacent letters increases by
one. Identify the sequence :
(A) KMPTY (B) IJKOT (C) HJMQT (D) DFIJK

56. Arrange the given words in the sequence in which they occur in the English dictionary and then choose
the correct sequence:
(1) Select (2) Seldom (3) Send (4) Selfish
(5) Seller
(A) 1, 2, 4, 5, 3 (B) 2, 1, 5, 4, 3 (C) 2, 1, 4, 5, 3 (D) 2, 5, 4, 1, 3

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Directions (57 & 58) : These questions are based on statements. In each question there are two statements
followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. Read both the conclusions and give answer.
A = If only conclusion I follows
B = If only conclusion II follows
C = If either I or II follows
D = If neither I nor II follows
57. Statements : Some clips are green.
All greens are red.
Conclusions : I. All clips are red.
II. Some clips are red.
(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D

58. Statements : Some papers are files.

Some files are pens.
Conclusions : I. Some files are not pens.
II. Some pens are papers.
(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D

59. Anil left home and cycled 10 km Southwards, turned right and cycled 5 km & turned right and cycled
10 km and turned left and cycled 10 km. How many kilometres will he have to cycle to reach his home
straight ?
(A) 10 km (B) 15 km (C) 20 km (D) 25 km

60. When the price of a toy increased by 20% the number of toys sold was decreased by 15%. The effect
on the sales of the shop is :
(A) 4% increase (B) 4% decrease (C) 2% increase (D) 2% decrease

61. A, B and C invest ` 2000, ` 3000 and ` 4000 respectively in a business. After one year, A removed his
money but B and C continued for one more year. If the profit after 2 years be ` 3200, then A's share in
the profit is :
(A) ` 1000 (B) ` 600 (C) ` 800 (D) ` 400

Directions (62 to 65) : Refer to given diagram and answer the questions given below :

Creative
Intelligent

Lethargic

62. Which number represents those persons who are creative and lethargic?
(A) both 5 & 6 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) both 4 and 5

63. Which number represents those persons who are intelligent and lethargic but are not creative?
(A) 7 (B) 6 (C) 5 (D) 4

64. Which number represents those persons who are intelligent, lethargic as well as creative?
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6

65. Which number represents those who are intelligent but neither lethargic nor creative?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 5

66. Identify the word that cannot be made from the letters of the word CONSTITUTIONAL.
(A) LOCATION (B) TUTION (C) TALENT (D) CONSULT

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Directions (67 to 70) : Each figure (1, 2, 3 and 4) represents various types of relationships. Select the figure
that best represents the relationship between the various items or class of people or creature mentioned in the
following questions.

67. Vegetables, Potato, Brinjal

(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 1 (D) 2
68. Body, Ear, Mouth
(A) 4 (B) 3 (C) 1 (D) 2
69. Tiger, Wild animal, Forest
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 1 (D) 4
70. Cock, Crow, Bird
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 1 (D) 3

Directions (71 & 72) : Read the information carefully and answer the questions given below :
The sum of the income of A and B is more than that of C and D taken together. The sum of the income of A and C
is same as that of B and D taken together. Moreover, A earn half as much as the sum of the income of B and D.
71. Whose income is highest?
(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D
72. Which of the following statements is not correct?
(A) A earns more than B (B) B earns more than D
(C) C earns more than D (D) B earns more than C
73. Aman starts walking in south and walks for 7 km, then turns left and walks for 2 km, then once again
turns left and walks for 12 km, turns left one more time and walks for 2 km. How much distance he has
to cover to reach the starting point?
(A) 7 km (B) 12 km (C) 4 km (D) 5 km
74. A man is facing North-West. He turns 90° in clockwise direction and then 135° in the anticlockwise
direction is he facing now?
(A) South-West (B) West (C) North (D) South

Directions (75 to 79) : Each question has four problem figures '1', '2', '3' and '4'. Figure '4' has only a question
mark '?'. Figure '2' bears certain relationship to '1'. Find out which one of the answer figures bears similar
relationship to '3'.
75. Problem Figure Answer Figure

(1) (2) (3) (4) (A) (B) (C) (D)

76. Problem Figure Answer Figure

(1) (2) (3) (4) (A) (B) (C) (D)

77. Problem Figure Answer Figure

(1) (2) (3) (4) (A) (B) (C) (D)

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78. Problem Figure Answer Figure

(1) (2) (3) (4) (A) (B) (C) (D)

79. Problem Figure Answer Figure

(1) (2) (3) (4) (A) (B) (C) (D)

Directions (80 to 83) : The six faces of cube are painted in a manner that no two adjacent faces have the same
colour. The three colours used in painting are red, blue and green. The cube is then cut into 36 smaller cubes in such
a manner that 32 cubes are of one size and rest of a bigger size and each of the bigger cubes has no red side.
Answer the following questions.
80. How many cubes in all have a red side?
(A) 16 (B) 32 (C) 8 (D) 20

81. How many cubes in all have only one side coloured?
(A) 20 (B) 16 (C) 0 (D) 8

82. How many cubes are coloured on the three sides?

(A) 20 (B) 16 (C) 8 (D) 0

83. How many cubes are there which have two or more sides painted?
(A) 36 (B) 28 (C) 20 (D) 32
Directions (84 to 87) : In each of the following questions 4 set of figures are given. Three of them are alike in
same manner while one is odd one out. Find the figures that is odd one out.
84.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

85.

CC AA
(A) (B) (C) (D)

86.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

87.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

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Directions (88 & 89) : Find the missing part of the given figure from the alternatives
88.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

89.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

90. Find the water image of the figure

Answer Figure

(A) (B) (C) (D)

Directions (91 & 92) : Find the figure which is similar to the problem figure, choosing from the given alternatives
91.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

92.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

Directions (93 & 94) : Find the correct mirror images for the following problem figures choosing from the alternatives
93.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

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94.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

95. How many semicircles are there in the given figure?

(A) 14 (B) 16 (C) 18 (D) 20

96. Find the number of Trapeziums in the given figure?

(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 10

97. Find the number of Squares in the given figure?

(A) 21 (B) 26 (C) 30 (D) 34

98. How many Triangles are there in the given figure

(A) 13 (B) 15 (C) 17 (D) 20

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99. How many Parallelogram are there in the given figure

(A) 14 (B) 16 (C) 18 (D) 20

100. Find the number of triangles in the figure below :

(A) 10 (B) 12 (C) 13 (D) 14

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 ANSWER KEY
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Ques. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ans. D C A B A C A B C D A B C D D B C B C B
Ques. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
Ans. B C A B C A D A D B A D B D C A B C D B
Ques. 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
Ans. A B B A B A D C D A D B D D A C B D B C
Ques. 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80
Ans. D A A C B C B A C B B A D B D B C D B B
Ques. 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
Ans. D C B D B D C B D A A B B C D D B C C B

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