CHAPETER: 1

Number Series
Practice Exercise: 1.1
In each of the questions below a series of numbers is given and in each series, one number
is missing. Find that missing number from the al-ternatives given under each series.
1. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, ?, 13
(A) 10 (B) 11 (C) 12 (D) 8 (E) 7
B
2. 2, 12 30, ?, 90, 132
(A) 48 (B) 56 (C) 63 (D) 72 (E) 81
B
3. 41, 31, ?, 17, 11, 5
(A) 19 (B) 21 (C) 23 (D) 27 (E) 29
C
4. 4, 9, 20, 37, 60, ?
(A) 88 (B) 89 (C) 90 (D) 92 (E) 93
D
5. 37, 61, ?, 127, 169, 217
(A) 67 (B) 69 (C) 71 (D) 89 (E) 91
E
6. 9, 11, 15, 23, ?
(A) 27 (B) 25 (C) 39 (D) 31 (E) 33
C
7. 0, 3, 8, 15, 24, ?
(A) 29 (B) 35 (C) 31 (D) 34 (E) 37
B
8. 7, 9, 13, 21, ?
(A) 30 (B) 35 (C) 36 (D) 32 (E) 37
E
9. 1, 3, 7, 13, ?
(A) 21 (B) 27 (C) 25 (D) 19 (E) 23
A
10. 8, 15, 28, 53, ?
(A) 106 (B) 98 (C) 100 (D) 102 (E) 108
D
11. 24, 49, ?, 94, 15, 31, 59, 58
(A) 51 (B) 63 (C) 77 (D) 89 (E) 95
E
12. 89, 94, 47, 24, ?, 82, 41, 21
(A) 53 (B) 57 (C) 69 (D) 77 (E) 79
D
13. 0, 3, 8, 15, ?, 35, 48
(A) 18 (B) 20 (C) 22 (D) 24 (E) 26
D
14. 1, 5, 11, 19, 29, ?, 55
(A) 39 (B) 41 (C) 43 (D) 45 (E) 47
B
15. 2, 3, 10, 15, 26, ?, 50
(A) 32 (B) 33 (C) 34 (D) 35 (E) 37
D
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16. 3, 15, 35, 63, 99, ?,50
(A) 125 (B) 136 (C) 143 (D) 144 (E) 156
C
17. 3, 7, 13, 21, 31, ?
(A) 37 (B) 38 (C) 42 (D) 43 (E) 47
D
18. 10, 25, 46, 73, 106, ?
(A) 133 (B) 139 (C) 141 (D) 145 (E) 149
D
19. 1, 3, 7, 13, 21, ?
(A) 25 (B) 27 (C) 29 (D) 31 (E) 33
D
20. 7, 12, 15, 16, ?, 12, 7
(A) 12 (B) 14 (C) 15 (D) 17 (E) 19
C
21. 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, 42, ?
(A) 48 (B) 56 (C) 60 (D) 64 (E) 70
B
22. 7, 3, 21,?, 43, 57
(A) 27 (B) 29 (C) 31 (D) 35 (E) 41
C
23. 3, 15, 35, ?, 99, 143
(A) 63 (B) 69 (C) 77 (D) 81 (E) 85
A
24. 2, 20, 7, ?, 110, 182
(A) 56 (B) 72 (C) 90 (D) 96 (E) 100
A
25. 1, 2, 5, 10, 17, ?
(A) 19 (B) 21 (C) 25 (D) 26 (E) 29
D

Practice Exercise 1.2

1. 4, 9, 16, 25, ?, 49
(A) 36 (B) 30 (C) 47 (D) 48 (E) 32
A
2. 2, 4, ?, 16, 32
(A) 6 (B) 10 (C) 8 (D) 12 (E) 14
C
3. 2, 9, 28, ?, 126, 217
(A) 36 (B) 42 (C) 56 (D) 65 (E) 95
D
4. 0, ?, 8, 27, 64, 125
(A) 5 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) 2 (E) 17
E
5. 3, 8, 35, 48, ?, 120
(A) 64 (B) 72 (C) 80 (D) 96 (E) 99
E
6. 0, 7, 26, ?, 124, 215
(A) 37 (B) 51 (C) 63 (D) 88 (E) 120
C
7. 3, 4, 15, 16, ?, 36, 63, 64
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 (A) 25 (B) 30 (C) 32 (D) 34 (E) 35
E
8. 1, 8, 9, ?, 25, 216, 49
(A) 60 (B) 64 (C) 70 (D) 75 (E) 81
B
9. 336, 210, 120, ?, 24, 6, 0
(A) 40 (B) 50 (C) 60 (D) 70 (E) 80
C
10. 3, 6, 24, 30, 63, 72, ?, 132
(A) 42 (B) 58 (C) 90 (D) 110 (E) 120
E
11. 1, 0, ?, 8, 15, 24
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5
C
12. 5, ?, 61, 122, 213, 340, 509,
(A) 24 (B) 61 (C) 216 (D) 340 (E) 509
A
13. 2, 12, 36, 80, 150, ?
(A) 194 (B) 210 (C) 252 (D) 258 (E) 270
C
14. 0.5, 2, 4.5, 8, 12.5, ?
(A) 16 (B) 16.5 (C) 17 (D) 17.5 (E) 18
E
15. 1, 1, 2,4, 7, 11, 16, ?
(A) 20 (B) 21 (C) 22 (D) 23 (E) 24
C
16. 6, 8, 9, 12, 14, 18, ?
(A) 19 (B) 21 (C) 23 (D) 25 (E) 27
B
17. 2, ?, 6, 8, 12, 15, 20
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 8
A
18. 25, 43, 44, 53, ?, 72
(A) 55 (B) 63 (C) 65 (D) 69 (E) 71
E
19. 67, 84, 95, ?, 133, 144
(A) 97 (B) 99 (C) 103 (D) 111 (E) 117
D
20. 67, 84, 95, ?, 133, 144
(A) 116 (B) 129 (C) 108 (D) 111 (E) 121
A
21. 1, 10, ?, 100, 1001, 1000, 10001
(A) 101 (B) 110 (C) 111 (D) 1011 (E) 111.1
A
22. 1, 0, 3, 2, 5, 6, ?, 12, 9, 20
(A) 7 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 10 (E) 12
A
23. 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, ?
(A) 21 (B) 23 (C) 25 (D) 27 (E) 29
E
24. 2, 2, 4, 6, ?, 10, 8, 14, 10, 18, 12
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 8 (E) 9
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B
25. 2, 1, 2, 4, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8, 10, 11, ?
(A) 9 (B) 10 (C) 11 (D) 12 (E) 13
B

Practice Exercise 1.3

1. 4, 9, 16, 25, ?, 49
(A) 36 (B) 30 (C) 47 (D) 48 (E) 32
A
2. 2, 4, 7, 16, 32
(A) 6 (B) 10 (C) 8 (D) 12 (E) 14
C
3. 24, 6, 18, 9, 36, 9, 24, ?
(A) 24 (B) 12 (C) 8 (D) 6 (E) 4
B
4. 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ?
(A) 20 (B) 21 (C) 28 (D) 36 (E) 49
B
5. 7, 14, 15, 21, ?, 28, 31
(A) 22 (B) 23 (C) 24 (D) 25 (E) 26
B
6. 9, 18, 10, 27, 11 ,?, 12
(A) 9 (B) 18 (C) 27 (D) 36 (E) 45
D
7. 8, 9, ?, 25, 216, 49
(A) 16 (B) 27 (C) 36 (D) 64 (E) 81
D
8. 5, 12, 20, 29, 9, ?
(A) 50 (B) 49 (C) 48 (D) 47 (E) 46
A
9. 1, 1, 2, 6, 24, 120, ?
(A) 1440 (B) 720 (C) 480 (D) 240 (E) 144
B
10. 6 ,7, 15, 46, 185, ?
(A) 226 (B) 230 (C) 271 (D) 926 (E) 1851
D
11. 2, 3, 6, 18, 108, ?
(A) 540 (B) 1080 (C) 180C (D) 1944 (E) 2160
D
12. 5, 12, 7, 15, 8, 18, 10, ?
(A) 28 (B) 21 (C) 11 (D) 10 (E) 9
B
13. 14, 12, 21, ?, 28, 24, 35, 30
(A) 16 (B) 18 (C) 20 (D) 22 (E) 24
B
14. 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 7, 28
(A) 20 (B) 21 (C) 22 (D) 24 (E) 26
B
15. 8, 24, 16, ?, 7, 14, 6, 18, 12, 5, 5, 10
(A) 14 (B) 10 (C) 7 (D) 5 (E) 4
C
16. 5, 8, 14, 26, ?, 98 -[4]-
 (A) 62 (B) 50 (C) 40 (D) 35 (E) 30
B
17. 5, 9, 17, 33, 65, ?
(A) 100 (B) 111 (C) 129 (D) 145 (E) 159
C
18. 1, 8, 81, 16, ?, 1296
(A) 16 (B) 25 (C) 64 (D) 125 (E) 216
D
19. 3, 4, 5, 5, 12, 13, 7, 24, 25, 9, ?
(A) 16 (B) 24 (C) 35 (D) 40 (E) 41
D
20. 8, 1, 64, 27, 7, 125
(A) 216 (B) 196 (C) 169 (D) 81 (E) 36
A
21. 78, 79, 81, ?, 92, 103, 119
(A) 88 (B) 85 (C) 84 (D) 83 (E) 82
B
22. 0, 1, 3, 7, 15, 7, 63
(A) 18 (B) 21 (C) 31 (D) 41 (E) 51
C
23. 8, 12, 24, 36, 72, ?, 216
(A) 88 (B) 90 (C) 108 (D) 144 (E) 162
C
24. 11, 10, ?, 100, 1001, 1000, 10001
(A) 100 (B) 101 (C) 110 (D) 111 (E) 1001
B
25. 1, 4, 27, 256, ?
(A) 5 (B) 25 (C) 3125 (D) 625 (E) 125
C

Practice Exercise: 1.4

In the questions given below, there are four terms of which only three are given and the
term not given is to be found out. Third and fourth terms bear the same relationship as
the first two bear between themselves. Of the five alternatives givne under each question
only one of the alternatives gives the correct asnwer. Find out the correct answer.
1. 12 : 30 : : 20 : ?
(A) 25 (B) 32 (C) 35 (D) 42 (E) 48
D
2. 3 : 10 : : 8 : ?
(A) 10 (B) 13 (C) 14 (D) 17
D
3. 1:4::8:?
(A) 96 (B) 81 (C) 72 (D) 64 (E) 49
B
4. 8 : 28 : : ? : 65
(A) 9 (B) 12 (C) 15 (D) 18 (E) 24
C
5. 9 : 25 : : 49 : ?
(A) 63 (B) 36 (C) 64 (D) 81 (E) 100
D
6. 1:4::5:?
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 (A) 6 (B) 16 (C) 24 (D) 25 (E) 36
E
7. 1 : 8 : : ? : 64
(A) 9 (B) 16 (C) 25 (D) 36 (E) 49
A
8. 15 : 35 : : ? : 63
(A) 35 (B) 18 (C) 16 (D) 14 (E) 12
A
9. 17 : 26 : : 37 : ?
(A) 50 (B) 56 (C) 57 (D) 58 (E) 60
A
10. 13 : 19 : : ? : 31
(A) 21 (B) 23 (C) 25 (D) 26 (E) 28
B
11. 11 : 13 : : 31 : ?
(A) 34 (B) 35 (C) 37 (D) 39 (E) 41
C
12. 48 : 122 : : 168 : ?
(A) 284 (B) 286 (C) 288 (D) 290 (E) 292
D
13. 11 : 17: : 19 : ?
(A) 29 (B) 27 (C) 25 (D) 23 (E) 21
A
14. 9 : 27 : : ? : 64
(A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 16 (D) 32 (E) 60
C
15. 3:8::5:?
(A) 4 (B) 14 (C) 24 (D) 34 (E) 54
C
16. 24 : 126 : : 8 : ?
(A) 10 (B) 24 (C) 26 (D) 28 (E) 63
D
17. 8 : 27 : : ? : 64
(A) 24 (B) 25 (C) 26 (D) 27 (E) 28
D
18. 7 : 11 : : 31 : ?
(A) 36 (B) 37 (C) 39 (D) 43 (E) 45
B
19. 122 : 170 : : 290 : ?
(A) 299 (B) 315 (C) 332 (D) 344 (E) 362
E
20. 3 : 16 : : 7 : ?
(A) 49 (B) 52 (C) 64 (D) 73 (E) 81
C
21. 42 :56 : : 110 : ?
(A) 132 (B) 136 (C) 144 (D) 148 (E) 156
A
22. 1 : 8 : : ? : 125
(A) 10 (B) 12 (C) 15 (D) 16 (E) 25
D
23. 17 : 19 : : 43 : ?
(A) 47 (B) 49 (C) 51 (D) 53 (E) 55
A
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24. 42 : 72 : : 72 : ?
 (A) 81 (B) 84 (C) 100 (D) 110 (E) 120
D
25. 35 : 91 : : 189 : ?
(A) 210 (B) 280 (C) 341 (D) 343 (E) 350
C

Practice Exercise 1.5

In each of the following number series one term is wrong. The wrong term is given as one of the
four alternatives. Find the wrong term in each case.
1. 2, 12, 32, 63, 102
(A) 12 (B) 32 (C) 63 (D) 102
C
2. 1, 5, 9, 14, 25, 37, 49, 65
(A) 9 (B) 14 (C) 25 (D) 37
B
3. 0, 2, 6, 12, 18, 30, 42
(A) 12 (B) 18 (C) 30 (D) 42
B
4. 7, 17, 31, 49, 67, 97, 127
(A) 31 (B) 49 (C) 67 (D) 97
C
5. 1, 3, 8, 15, 24, 35
(A) 1 (B) 8 (C) 24 (D) 35
A
6. 5, 7, 11, 13, 15, 19, 23
(A) 11 (B) 13 (C) 15 (D) 19
C
7. 1, 2, 9, 28, 60, 126
(A) 28 (B) 60 (C) 126 (D) None of these
B
8. 3, 5, 9, 17, 36
(A) 3 (B) 5 (C) 9 (D) 36
D
9. 841, 529, 361, 289, 160, 121
(A) 361 (B) 289 (C) 160 (D) 121
C
10. 4, 18, 38, 100, 180, 294, 448
(A) 18 (B) 38 (C) 100 (D) 180
B
11. 3, 4, 5, 7, 24, 25, 9, 39, 41
(A) 9 (B) 39 (C) 41 (D) None of these
B
12. 5, 24, 65, 122, 213, 340
(A) 24 (B) 65 (C) 213 (D) 340
B
13. 4, 15, 16, 25, 36, 63, 64
(A) 15 (B) 16 (C) 25 (D) 36
C
In the following questions the wrong term and its substitution by the correct term are
indicated as a pair in the four options to each question. Iden-tify the correct pair.
14. 24, 49, 99, 94, 15, 31, 59, 58
(A) (49, 47) (B) (99, 95) (C) (94, 101) (D) None of these
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B
15. 12, 20, 56, 90, 132
(A) (20, 30) (B) (56, 42) (C) (90, 72) (D) (132, 110)
C
16. 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 20, 34
(A) (1, 2) (B) (13, 12) (C) (20, 21) (D) None of these
C
17. 1, 1, 1, 2, 4, 8, 3, 9, 27, 4, 16, 32
(A) (9, 6) (B) (16, 8) (C) (27, 18) (D) (32, 64)
D
18. 6, 8, 15, 46, 185, 926
(A) (8, 7) (B) (15, 17) (C) (46, 44) (D) (185, 180)
A
19. 8, 12, 18, 36,72, 108, 216
(A) (8, 6) (B) (18, 24) (C) (36, 27) (D) (216, 162)
B
20. 9, 8, 16, 25, 36, 49
(A) (9, 1) (B) (8, 9) (C) (36, 33) (D) None of these
C

In Questions 21-25 one of the numbers does not belong to the group. Find the number.
21. 23, -1, 14, 33, 47
(A) 23 (B) -1 (C) 14 (D) 33 (E) 47
D
22. 87, 116, 145, 173, 203
(A) 87 (B) 116 (C) 145 (D) 173 (E) 203
D
23. 14, 39, 84, 155, 260
(A) 14 (B) 39 (C) 84 (D) 155 (E) 260
E
24. 4, 4, 8, 24, 96, 288, 2880
(A) 8 (B) 24 (C) 96 (D) 288 (E) 2880
D
25. 5, 17, 65, 257, 1027
(A) 5 (B) 17 (C) 65 (D) 957 (E) 1097
E

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 CHAPTER: 2
Mathematical Logic

Practice Exercise 2.1

Below are given some symbols indicating some relations given against them. Read these sym-bols
carefully and then answer the questions given below. There are four options (answers) to each
question of which only one is correct. Find
 = greater than
+ = not greater than
 = equal to
 = not equal to
 = less than
  = not less than
1. a  b  c implies that
(A) a   c b (B) b  a   c (C) c   b + a (D) a  b   c
D
2. a   b  c implies that
(A) b + a  c (B) b  a  c (C) a  b  c (D) a + b  c
A
3. a  b  c does not imply
(A) a +  b c (B) a  b  c (C) c + b  a (D) c + b  a
B
4. a  b  c  d does not imply
(A) a  c (B) b  d (C) c  c  d (D) a  c  d
C

Direction:
 = greater than
 = not greater than
= not equal to
 = equal to
 = not greater than
 = less than
5. If a + b + c, it does not imply that
(A) a  b  c (B) c  b  a (B) a  b  c (D) a  b  c
(E) a  b c
B
6. If a  b  c, it implies that
(A) a  b + b (B) c  b  a (C) b  a  c (D) a  b  c
(E) a  b  c
A
7. If a  b  c, it follows that
(A) a  c  b (B) b  a c (C) c  b + c (D) c + b  a
(E) b  a  c
C
8. If a b c, it does not imply that
(A) a  b  c (B) b  c  a (C) a  c  b (D) c  b  a
(E) b  a  c
E
9. If a  b  c, it does not imply that
(A) b  a  c (B) c  b  a (C) a  c  b (D) a  c  b
(E) b + a  c
D -[9]-
 In the following questions, symbols as shown below have been used.
= greater than
 = not equal to
 = not greater than
 = equal to
 = not greater than
  = less than
10. If p  q  r, it is not possible that
(A) p  q   r (B) p  q + r (B) p  q r (D) p q+r
(E) p + q + r
C
11. p + q  r, it is not possible that
(A) p + q + r (B) p  q + r (C) p  q  r (D) p  q  r
(E) p   q r
E
12. If p + q + r, it follows that
(A) p  q  r (B) p + q   r (C) p  q  r (D) p q  r
(E) p   q r
C
13. If p  q   r, it is nor possible that
(A) p  q  r (B) p qr (C) p  q  r (D) p  q  r
(E) p   q + r
A
14. If p  q  r, then it is possible that
(A) p q + r (B) p qr (C) p + q   r (D) p  q + r
(E) p  q + r
B
15. If p   q   r, it follows that
(A) P  q O r (B) p q r (C) p + q  r (D) p  g  r
(E) p   q  r
B
16. If p q   r, it is nor possible that
(A) p  q  r (B) p  q  r (C) p qr (D) p  q  r
(E) p  q  r
E
17. If p q  r , then it follows that
(A) p   q + r (B) p  q r (C) p  q   r (D) p  q r
(E) p   q r
B

In Questions 18-25 the following symbols have been used

 stands for equal to
< stands for not equal to
 stands for greater than
+ stands for not greater than
> stands for less than
= stands for not less than
18. If p = q + r, then it is possible that
(A) p  q  r (B) p + q  r (C) p  q  r (D) p < q < r
(E) p > q + r
D

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19. If p > q  r, then it is possible that
(A) p + r + q (B) p = r  q (C) p  q + r (D) p = q  r
(E) p  q  r
A
20. If p  q  r, then it is not possible that
(A) p + q = r (B) p = q + r (C) p + q + r (D) p = q = r
(E) p < q = r
A
21. If p  q + r, then it is possible that
(A) p = q = r (B) p < q  r (C) p + q  r (D) p  q  r
(E) p > q > r
E
22. If p + q  r, then it is not possible that
(A) p  q = r (B) p + q < r (C) p < q = r (D) p = q = r
(E) p  q  r
E
23. If p < q < r, then it is possible that
(A) p + q  r (B) p  q  r (C) p > q = r (D) p  q = r
(E) p  q > r
C
24. If p + q = r, then it is not possible that
(A) p + q  r (B) p  q > r (C) p < q + r (D) p = q  r
(E) p > q < r
B
25. If p = q = r, then it is possible that
(A) p  q  r (B) p < q > r (C) p > q + r (D) p > q > r
(E) p + q > r
A

Practice Exercise 2.2

Using the symbols given in worked out Exam-ple 4 find which of the five options in each question
describes the correct relationship?
 stands for addition
< stands for subtraction
 stands for multiplication
+ stands for division
stands for greater than
= stands for less than
 stands for equal to
1. (A) 8 < 4  3  3  2  1 (B) 8 > 4 < 3  3 > 2 > 1
(C) 8 + 4  3 = 3 > 2  1 (D) 8 + 4 < 3 3<2<1
(E) 8 > 4  3  3 > 2  1
C
2. (A) 5 > 2 < 1  3  4  1 (B) 5 < 2  1 3>41
(C) 5  2 < l  3 < 4  1 (D) 5 + 2  1 = 3 + 4 > 1
(E) 5 > 2  1  3 > 4 < 1
E
3. (A) 5 + 3 < 7  8  4 + 2 (B) 5  3 < 7 8+4<2
(C) 5 > 3  7 = 8 > 4 + 2 (D) 5 < 3 > 7 - 8 > 4 + 2
(E) 5  3 + 7 8>42
B

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4. (A) 3 + 4 < 2  5  2 < l (B) 3  4  2 = 5 + 2  1
(C) 3 < 4 > 2 5 > 2 +1 (D) 3 > 4  2 5>2>1
(E) 3  4 + 2 52l
D

Below is given a new set of symbols for the four fundamental operations and three relations
of >,< and =
 stands for addition
 stands for subtraction
( stands for multiplication
) stands for division
 stands for equal to
 stands for greater than
stands for less than
Find which of the five options in each ques-tion given below is correct.

5. (A) 24 ( 3  4 ) 2  8 (B) 24 ( 3  4 ) 2  8
(C) 24 ) 3  4 2 8 (D) 24 3)4 2(8
(E) 24 ) 3  4  2 ( 8
A
6. (A) 24 ) 3  4  2 ( 8 (B) 24 ( 3 ) 4  2 8
(C) 24  3  4 ) 2  8 (D) 24 ) 3  4 ( 2  8
(E) 24  3 4(2  8
D
7. (A) 24  3 ( 4  2 ) 8 (B) 24  3  4  2 ( 8
(C) 24 ( 3 4)2  8 (D) 24 3(4  2  8
(E) 24  3  4  2 ( 8
A
8. (A) 24  3 ( 4 ) 2  8 (B) 24 ) 3 ( 4  2  8
(C) 24  3 ) 4  2  8 (D) 24  3  4 ) 2 ( 8
(E) 24  3 ) 4 2(8
B
9. (A) 24 ( 3  4 ) 2 8 (B) 24 ) 3  4  2 ( 8
(C) 24 ( 3  4  2 ) 8 (D) 24  3 ( 4  2  8
(E) 24  3 ( 4 ) 2  8
D
In questions 10-19, the four fundamental operations and three relations namely >, < and =
are given new symbols and are defined as follows:
> stands for division
 stands for multiplication
< stands for addition
 stands for subtraction
+ stands for equal to
 stands for greater than
 stands for less than
Only one of the expressions as given in the five alternatives has correct relation. Find
that alternative.

10. (A) 6  2  3 > 8 < 4  13 (B) 6 < 2 > 3  8  4 + 13

(C) 6 > 2  3 < 8  4 + 13 (D) 6  2 < 3 > 8  4  13
(E) 6  2 < 3  8 > 4  13
C
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11. (A) 6  3  2 > 4 < 8  13 (B) 6  3 > 2 < 4  8  13
(C) 6 < 3 > 2  4  8 13 (D) 6 > 3  2 < 4  8 13
(E) 6  3 < 2 > 4  8 + 13
B
12. (A) 8  4 > 6  2 < 3  13 (B) 8  4  6 > 2 < 3 + 13
(C) 8 < 4  6  2 > 3  13 (D) 8 < 4  6 > 2  3  13
(E) 8 > 4 < 6  2  3  13
D
13. (A) 6 > 2  4 < 8  3 + 4 (B) 6  2 > 6  8 < 3  4
(C) 6  2 < 4 > 8  3 + 4 (D) 6 > 2  4  8 < 3  4
(E) 6 < 2  4 > 8  3 + 4
E
14. (A) 8 < 2 > 6  3  4  7 (B) 8 > 2  6 < 3  4 + 7
(C) 8  2  6 > 3 < 4  7 (D) 8 < 2  6 > 3  4  7
(E) 8  2 < 6  3 > 4  7
C
15. (A) 8  4 < 2 > 6  3  17 (B) 8 > 4  2  6 < 3 + 17
(C) 8  4  2 < 6 > 3  17 (D) 8  4 > 2  6 < 3  17
(E) 8 < 4 > 2  6  3  17
D
16. (A) 6 > 2  8 < 12  3  6 (B) 6 > 2  8  12 < 3  6
(C) 6 < 2  8  12 > 3  6 (D) 6 < 2 > 8  12  3 + 6
(E) 6  2  8 > 12 < 3  6
B
17. (A) 9  3  8 < 4 > 2 + 15 (B) 9 > 3 < 8  4  2  15
(C) 9  3  8 > 4 < 2  15 (D) 9 < 3 > 8  4  2  15
(E) 9 < 3  8 > 4  2  15
C
18. (A) 8 < 16  4  12 > 3 + 8 (B) 8 > 16  4  12 < 3 + 8
(C) 8 > 16 < 4  12  3  8 (D) 8  16 > 4 < 12  3  8
(E) 8 < 16  4 > 12  3  8
A
19. (A) 12 > 6  3 < 2  8 + 20 (B) 12  6  3 < 2 > 8  20
(C) 12 > 6  3  2 < 8  20 (D) 12  6 > 3  2 < 8 + 20
(E) 12  6 < 3 > 2  8  20
E

In questions 20-25, the four fundamental operations and three relations namely >, < and =
are given the following symbols.
 stands for addition
 stands for subtraction
+ stands for multiplication
 stands for division
 stands for greater than
= stands for less than
> stands for equal to
There is only one of the alternatives correct in each question. Find the correct alternative.
20. (A) 17  11  22 > 12  6  4 (B) 17 + 11  22 > 12 + 6  4
(C) 17  11  22  12  6  4 (D) 17 + 11 + 22 = 12  6  4
(E) 17  11  22 = 12  6  4
A

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21. (A) 16  8  4 = 12  6  4 (B) 16  8  4 > 12  6  4
(C) 16 + 8  4 = 12  6 + 4 (D) 16  8  4 < 12  6  4
(E) 16  8  4 = 12  6  4
E
22. (A) 85  17  5  15  10 + 5 (B) 85  17  5 = 15  10  5
(C) 85  17  5 > 15 + 10  5 (D) 85 + 17  5 > 15 + 10 + 5
(D) 85  17  5  15  10  5
B
23. (A) 48  16  8 > 24  10  8 (B) 48  16  8 = 24  10 + 8
(C) 48  16  8 = 24  10  8 (D) 48  16  8 > 24  10  8
(E) 48  16  8 > 24  10  8
C
24. (A) 12  6  8 > 10  5  2 (B) 12  6  8 = 10  5 + 2
(C) 12 + 6  8 > 10 + 5 + 2 (D) 12  6 + 8  10  5  2
(E) 12 + 6  8 > 10  5  2
D
25. (A) 28 = 12  4  5  6 + 2 (B) 28  12 = 4  5 + 6  2
(C) 28  12  4 > 5  6 + 2 (D) 28  12  4  5 > 6 + 2
(E) 28  12  4  5  6 = 2
B

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 CHAPTER: 3
Figure Partition

Practice Exercise: 3.1

In questions 1-5, identify the squares and triangles in each figure.

1. What is the number of squares in Figure?

(A) 16 (B) 20 (C) 21 (D) 26 (E) 30
E
2. What is the number of triangles in Figure?
(A) 32 (B) 36 (C) 40 (D) 44 (E) 56
E

3. What is the number of squares in Figure?

(A) 12 (B) 13 (C) 15 (D) 17 (E) 20
D
4. What is the number of triangles in Figure?
(A) 24 (B) 32 (C) 48 (D) 52 (E) 60
C

5. What is the number of squares in Figure?

(A) 12 (B) 13 (C) 16 (D) 17 (E) 18

E

In questions 6-14, identify the squares, rec-tangles (without squares) and triangles in
each figure.

6. What is the number of squares in Figure?

(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7 (E) 8
D
7. What is the number of rectangles (excluding squares) in Figure?
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 6
E

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8. What is the number of triangles in Figure?
(A) 16 (B) 28 (C) 32 (D) 36 (E) 38
E
9. What is the number of squares in Figure?
(A) 10 (B) 11 (C) 12 (D) 13 (E) 14
E
10. What is the number of rectangles (excluding squares) in Figure?
(A) 10 (B) 12 (C) 20 (D) 22 (E) 24
D
11. What is the number of triangles in Figure?
(A) 26 (B) 32 (C) 36 (D) 40 (E) 41
E
12. What is the number of squares in Fig. 3.10?
(A) 14 (B) 13 (C) 12 (D) 11 (E)10
A
13. What is the number of rectangles (excluding squares) in Fig. 3.10?
(A) 8 (B) 11 (C) 14 (D) 17 (E) 20
D
14. What is the number of triangles in Fig. 3.10?
(A) 69 (B) 70 (C) 71 (D) 72 (E) 73
A

15. How many circles are there in Fig. 3.11?

(A) 11 (B) 12 (C) 13 (D) 14 (E) 15

C
16. What is the number of straight lines in Fig. 3.12?
(A) 9 (B) 12 (C) 15 (D) 18 (E) 48
B
17. What is the number of triangles in Fig. 3.12?
(A) 21 (B) 25 (C) 27 (D) 28 (E) 30
C
18. What is the number of parallelograms in Fig. 3.12?
(A) 27 (B) 33 (C) 34 (D) 38 (E) 42
E
19. What is the number of regular hexagons in Fig. 3.12?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5
C

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20. What is the number of straight lines in Fig. 3.13?
(A) 10 (B) 12 (C) 13 (D) 15 (E) 17
B
21. What is the number of triangles in Fig. 3.13?
(A) 32 (B) 39 (C) 46 (D) 60
D
22. What is the number of isosceles triangles in Fig. 3.13?
(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 9 (E) 10
C

23. What is the number of squares in Fig. 3.14?

(A) 22 (B) 29 (C) 35 (D) 37 (E) 38
D
24. What is the number of triangles in Fig. 3.14?
(A) 4 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 9 (E) 10
E
25. What is the number of rectangles (excluding squares) in Fig. 3.14?
(A) 60 (B) 70 (C) 72 (D) 78 (E) 87
D

Count the number of triangles, squares, rectangles and hexagons in Figure and answer
the following questions.

26. How many triangles are formed in Fig. 3.15?

(A) 16 (B) 20 (C) 32 (D) 44 (E) 48
D
27. How many squares are formed in Fig. 3.15?
(A) 8 (B) 9 (C) 10 (D) 11 (E) 12
C
28. How many rectangles (other than squares) are formed in Fig. 3.15?
(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 10 (E) 12
C
29. How many hexagons are formed in Fig. 3.15?
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3 (E) 4
C
30. How many pentagons are formed in Fig. 3.15?
(A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 12 (D) 20 (E) 40
D

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 CHAPTER: 4
Venn Diagrams

Practice Exercise: 4.1

Questions 1-5 are based on Figure in which four figures (a circle, a square, a triangle and
a rectan-gle) are intersecting. Different regions of the diagram are lettered from A to Q.
Find the correct answer for each question.

1. In Figure, which one of the following letters is inside the square and the triangle but outside the
rectangle and the circle?
(A) G (B) I (C) L (D) F (E) Q
B
2. In Figure, which one of the following letters is outside the square and the triangle, and inside the
rectangle and the circle?
(A) D (B) B (C) C (D) A (E) F
A
3. In Figure, which one of the following letters is in the square, circle and rectangle but not in the
triangle?
(A) E (B) D (C) C (D) F (E) B
E
4. In Figure, which one of the following letters is common to all figures?
(A) C (B) B (C) A (D) Q (E) L
C
5. In Figure, which one of the following letters is in the rectangle, square and triangle but not in the
circle?
(A) B (B) C (C) A (D) Q (E) L
E

Directions: Questions 6-15 are based on Figure in which the circle stands for educated, the square
stands for hard-working, the triangle stands for urban and the rectangle stands for honest. Different
regions in the diagram are numbered from 1 through 12. Study the diagram carefully and answer
each question.

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6. Educated, hard-working and honest urban people are indicated by region
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5
A
7. Urban people who are hard-working and ed-ucated but not honest are indicated by region
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5
B
8. Non-urban educated people who are nei-ther hard-working nor honest are indicated by region
(A) 5 (B) 7 (C) 10 (D) 11 (E) 12
B
9. Urban educated people who are neither honest nor hard-working are indicated by region
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 9 (E) 10
C
10. Honest, educated and hard-working non-urban people are indicated by region
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 9 (E) 11
D
11. Non-urban people who are honest and hard-working but not educated are indicated by region
(A) 1 (B) 4 (C) 9 (D) 10 (E) 11
E
12. Non-urban, educated, hard-working and honest people are indicated by region
(A) 12 (B) 11 (C) 10 (D) 9 (E) 8
D
13. Urban hard-working people who are nei-ther educated nor honest are indicated by region
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 6
B
14. Uneducated urban hard-working and hon-est people are indicated by region
(A) 5 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) 2 (E) 1
B
15. Hard-working non-urban people who are neither educated nor honest are shown by region
(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 10 (E) 12
E

Directions: Questions 16-20 are based on Fig. 4.5 in which the rectangle stands for
illiter-ate, the square stands for employed, the triangle stands for farmers and the circle
stands for back-ward. Study the diagram carefully and answer the following questions.

16. In Figure, which one of the following statements is not true?

(A) All farmers who are employed are either backward or illiterate or both.
(B) Some unemployed farmers are back-ward and illiterate.
(C) Some backward farmers who are employed are not illiterate.
(D) All backward persons who are not illiterate are either farmers or em-ployed or both.
(E) Some backward persons who are not literate are neither farmers nor em-ployed.
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17. In Figure, which one of the following statements is true?
(A) All unemployed persons who are not literate are backward.
(B) All unemployed non-farmers are ei-ther backward or literate.
(C) All employed farmers are not illiter-ate.
(D) All farmers who are unemployed are either backward or illiterate.
(E) All non-farmers who are employed are either illiterate or backward or both.
C
18. In Figure, which one of the following statements is not true?
(A) Some farmers who are neither back-ward nor unemployed are literate.
(B) Some persons who are employed are literate but not backward.
(C) Some farmers who are unemployed are literate but backward.
(D) Some backward persons who are employed are literate non-farmers.
(E) Some farmers who are employed are neither backward nor literate.
A
19. In Figure, which one of the following statements is true?
(A) All illiterate non-farmers are back-ward.
(B) All literate farmers who are em-ployed are backward.
(C) All backward persons who are farm-ers are employed.
(D) All backward persons who are illiter-ate are unemployed.
(E) All unemployed farmers are illiterate.
B
20. ************
A
21. Who is good in Studies, General Knowledge and Dramatics?
(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D (5) E
B
22. Who is good in Studies, Dramatics and Athletics?
(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D (5) E
A
23. Who is good in Athletics, General Knowledge, and Dramatics?
(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D (5) E
C
24. Who is good in Studies, General Knowledge, and Social Work but not in Athletics?
(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D (5) E
E
25. Who is good in Studies, Athletics, General Knowledge and Social Work?
(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D (5) E
D

Practice Exercise 4.2

Match the following questions against the most suitable diagram, using the relationship
between items in a question.

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

(E)

1. Helicopter, MIG, airbus

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2. Snakes, poisonous, drugs
C
3. Compartments, track, engine
D
4. U.P., Allahabad, Rajasthan
B
5. Home, dirty, par-ents
A

Questions 6-10 form another set of questions. Using the relationship between items in a
question, match each question with the most suitable diagram.

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

(E)

6. Soldiers, moustache, men

D
7. White, clothes, flowers
E
8. Mathematics, algebra, geometry
B
9. Year, February, leap year
C
10. Book, note-book, computer
A

Match questions 11-15 with the most suitable diagrams.

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

(E)

11. Table, house, study room

C
12. Primary, secondary, schools
E
13. Ward, hospital, dispensary
D
14. Men, doctors, specialisation
B
15. Men, women, employed
A

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 Match questions 16-20 with the most suitable diagram.

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

(E)

16. Envelope, postman, postcard

E
17. Sun, moon, stars
A
18. Speaker, Prime Minister, President
B
19. Mountains, forests, earth
C
20. Shell, sea, pearl
D

On the basis of relationship between items in a question, match the following questions
with the most suitable diagrams.

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

(E)

21. Rabbit, tiger, mammal

E
22. Animal, camel, desert
D
23. Tiger, elephant, zoo
B
24. Birds, cattle, cows
A
25. Dog, zebra, bear’
C

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 CHAPTER: 5
Coordinates

Practice Exercise: 5.1

From the final position given in the previous example, A, B and D walk clockwise and C walks anti-
clockwise along the sides and cover one side each. Assuming that they walk with the same speed
indicate which one of the following state-ments is true?
1. (A) A will meet B on the North-Eastern corner. (B) D will meet A on the North-Western corner.
(C) B will meet C on the South-Eastern corner. (D) D will meet C on the South-Western corner.
(E) B will meet D on the South-Eastern corner.
D
2. From the final position in Question 1, A and C walk across the field to reach the opposite side from
where they turn to their right and cover 1½ sides each while B and D walk anti-clockwise and cover
1½ sides each. Now indicate which one of the following statements is not true’]
(A) C and B are not opposite to each other. (B) C and D are not opposite to each other.
(C) A and B are not opposite to each other. (D) B and D are opposite to each other.
(E) A and C are opposite to each other.
A
3. In Question 2, assuming that all the four walk with the same speed, indicate which one of the
following statements is not true ?
(A) A will reach the North-Western corner after B.
(B) A and C will cross each other at the centre.
(C) D and A will cross each other on the Southern side.
(D) C and B will cross each other on the Northern side.
(E) B and D will cross each other on the Northern side.
E
4. From the final position in Question 2 they walk anti-clockwise along the sides to reach their original
positions. Now indicate which one of the following statements is true?
(A) B and C will walk the same distance. (B) A and D will walk the same distance.
(C) C will not walk any distance. (D) A will walk the shortest distance.
(E) B and A will walk the same distance.
C

Directions: Questions 5-9 are based on Figure showing four persons stationed at the four corners
of a square piece of plot.

Find the correct answer from among the five alternatives given under each question.
5. A starts crossing the field diagonally. After walking half the distance he turns right; walks some
distance and turns left. Which direction is A facing now?
(A) North-East (B) North-West (C) South-East (D) South-West
(E) North.
B
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6. From the original position given in Figure A and B move one arm length clockwise and then cross
over to the corner diagonally opposite. C and D move one arm length anti-clockwise and cross over
to the corner diagonally opposite. The original configuration ADBC has now changed to.
(A) CBDA (B) BDAC (C) DACB (D) ACBD
(E) BCAD
A
7. From the original position in Figure, D and B move one and a half length of sides clockwise and
anti-clockwise respectively. Which one of the following statements is true?
(A) B and D are both at the midpoint between A and C.
(B) D is at midpoint between A and C; and B, at the corner originally occupied by A.
(C) B is at midpoint between A and C; and D, at the corner originally occupied by A.
(D) B and D are both at the midpoint between A and D.
(E) B is at the midpoint between A and original position of D; and D, at the mid point between
original positions of B and C.
E
8. From the original position in Figure, A and C move diagonally to opposite corners and then one side
each clockwise and anti-clockwise respectively. D and B move two sides each clockwise and anti-
clockwise respectively. Where is A now?
(A) At the North-West corner. (B) At the North-East corner.
(C) At the South-East corner. (D) At the South-West corner.
(E) Midway between original positions of B and D.
B
9. After the movement given in Question above, who is at the North-West corner?
(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D
(E) None
E

Directions: A, B, C and D are standing on the four corners of a square field as shown in Figure.
Now read the statement in each of the questions 10-14 carefully and select the correct alternative
from amongst the five given under each statement.

10. From the positions given in Figure, A and D go along the sides in the clockwise direction while B and
C move in the anti-clockwise direction. If all of them move with the same speed and cover a
distance of 1½ sides each, then
(A) A is South-West of D (B) A is North-East of D
(C) C is North of A (D) C is South-East of A
(E) A is South of B.
B
11. From the final positions in Question 10, C and A move along the sides in anti-clock-wise direction
distances of 1½ sides and one side respectively while D goes right across to the opposite side, then
(A) Bis East of C (B) B is North -West of A
(C) D is South of C (D) A is East of D.
(E) B is South-West of D
E

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12. From the final position in Question 11, B goes right across to the opposite side and then moves a
distance of one side along the sides in the anti-clockwise direction while C and D move a distance
of one side along the sides in the clockwise direction, then
(A) A and C are at the same point (B) D and B are at the same point
(C) B and C are at the same point (D) A and B are at the same point
(E) A and D are at the same point.
D
13. From the final position in Question 12, A and D go right across and then move along the sides a
distance equivalent to two sides each in the clockwise direction while C moves in the anti-clockwise
direction along the sides a distance of two sides. If all of them move with the same speed and start
at the same time, then
(A) A meets D on the Eastern side (B) A meets C on the Southern side
(C) C meets D on the Eastern side (D) C meets B on the Western side
(E) D meets B on the Western side.
C
14. From the final position in Question 13; A, B and D move the shortest distances while C moves in the
anti-clockwise direction along the sides with the same speed to reach positions diagonally opposite
to those in Fig. 5.4. If they all start at the same time, then
(A) C crosses both A and D on the way (B) D and A cross each other on the way
(C) A and B cross each other on the way (D) B meets both C and D on the way
(E) C crosses both A and B on the way
A
15. A walks a distance of 3 km towards north, then turns to his left and walks for 2 km. He again turns
left and walks for 3 km. At this pointhe turns to his right and walks for 3 km. How many kilometres
and in what direction is he from the starting point?
(A) 5 km and West (B) 3 km and South (C) 2 km and South (D) 1 km and East
(E) 4 km and West
A
16. I go 2 km towards East. I turn right and go 1 km. I turn right and go 1 km again. In which direction
am I now from my starting place?
(A) North-East (B) North-West (C) South-East (D) South-West
(E) None of these
C
17. While facing East you turn to your left and walk 16 m; then turn to your left and walk 10 m, and now
you turn 45° towards your right and go straight to cover 25 m. Now, in what direction are you from
your start-ing point?
(A) North-East (B) South-West (C) South-East (D) North-West
(E) East
D
18. I start from my home and go 2 km straight. Then I turn towards my right and go 1 km. I turn again
towards my right and go 1 km again. If I am North-West from my house then in which direction did
I go in the beginning?
(A) North (B) South (C) East (D) West
(E) South-East
D
19. Six families A, B, C, D, E and F are living in houses in a row. B has F and D as neighbours; E has A
and C as neighbours, A does not live next to either F or D; C does not live next to D. Who are F’s
next door neighbours?
(A) B and E (B) B and D (C) B and C (D) Only B
(E) Impossible to tell
C

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20. Four children are sitting in a row. B is sitting next to G but not next to R. If R is not sitting next to F,
who are occupying seats adjacent to F?
(A) G only (B) B only (C) B and G (D) None
(E) Impossible to tell.
B
21. Five children are sitting in a row. S is sitting next to P but not T. K is sitting next to R who is sitting
on the extreme left and T is not sitting next to K. Who are sitting adjacent to S?
(A) K and P (B) R and P (C) Only P (D) P and T
(E) Impossible to tell.
A
22. In a row of five persons A is next to B. E is on the right side of A who has D on his left side. C and
B do not sit together. Who are sitting on the two ends of the row?
(A) C and B (B) A and D (C) B and C (D) C and A
(E) C and D
E
23. Five students are sitting in a row. T is on the right of Z. M is on the left of Z but is on the right of L.
T is on the left of Q. Who is sitting first from the left?
(A) Z (B) T (C) Q (D) L (E) M
D
24. In a row of six persons, D and C are immediate neighbours of E, B is the neighbour of A only. A is
the fourth from F. Who are on the two end points?
(A) F and B (B) B and D (C) C and A (D) F and C
(E) F and A
A
25. Mr. A, Miss B, Mr. C and Miss D are sitting around a table and discussing their trades.
Mr. A sits opposite the cook.
Miss B sits to the right of the barber.
The washerman is on the left of the tailor.
Miss D sits opposite Mr. C.
What are the trades of A and B?
(A) Tailor and Barber (B) Barber and Cook
(C) Tailor and Cook (D) Tailor and Washerman
(E) Washerman and Cook
C

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 CHAPTER: 6
The Cube

Practice Exercise: 6.1

Directions: A solid cube painted red on two adjacent sides and black on the sides opposite
to the red sides and green on the remaining sides is cut into sixty-four small cubes of equal
size.
1. How many cubes are there which have no side painted?
(A) 0 (B) 4 (C) 8 (D) 16 (E) 24
C
2. How many cubes are there with three sides painted?
(A) 0 (B) 4 (C) 8 (D) 16 (E) 24
C
3. How many cubes have only one side painted?
(A) 48 (B) 32 (C) 24 (D) 16 (E) 8
C
4. How many cubes have one or two sides but not three sides painted?
(A) 8 (B) 24 (C) 28 (D) 48 (E) 56
D
5. How many cubes have one side green and the adjacent side black or red?
(A) 8 (B) 16 (C) 24 (D) 28 (E) 36
B

Directions: A solid cube of 4 cm has been painted red, green and black on pairs of opposite
faces. It has then been cut into 1 cm blocks. Questions 6-10 are with regard to smaller 1
cm cubes. Answer the following questions.
6. How many cubes have only one face painted?
(A) 0 (B) 8 (C) 16 (D) 24 (E) 32
D
7. How many cubes have only two faces painted?
(A) 0 (B) 8 (C) 16 (D) 24 (E) 32
D
8. How many cubes have only three faces painted?
(A) 0 (B) 8 (C) 16 (D) 24 (E) 32
B
9. How many cubes have only four faces painted?
(A) 0 (B) 8 (C) 16 (D) 24 (E) 32
A
10. How many cubes have no face painted?
(A) 0 (B) 8 (C) 16 (D) 24 (E) 32
B

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 Directions: The six faces of a 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 the rest
of a bigger size and each of the bigger cubes has no red side.
Answer the following questions:
11. How many cubes in all have a red side?
(A) 0 (B) 8 (C) 16 (D) 20 (E) 32
E
12. How many cubes in all have only one side coloured?
(A) 0 (B) 8 (C) 16 (D) 20 (E) 32
B
13. How many cubes are coloured on three sides?
(A) 0 (B) 8 (C) 16 (D) 20 (E) 32
B
14. How many cubes are there which have two or more sides painted?
(A) 36 (B) 32 (C) 28 (D) 20 (E) 16
C
15. How many cubes are there which are painted on two sides only?
(A) 36 (B) 32 (C) 28 (D) 20 (E) 16
D

Directions: In each of the questions 16-20 various faces of a cube are shown. Study them
and answer the questions by finding the correct alternative amongst the five given.
16. Which number is on the face opposite to 3?

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 6

C
17. Which number is on the face opposite to 6?

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5

D
18. Which number is on the face opposite to 6?

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5

A
19. Which number is opposite to 4?
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 (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 5 (E) 6
A
20. Which number is opposite to 4?

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 5 (E) 6

A

A cube is painted on all sides. Three adjacent sides are painted red. Two of the remaining
sides are painted green and one is painted yellow. The cube is then cut into eight small
cubes. Answer the following questions:
21. How many cubes are painted on more than three sides?
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 4 (D) 6 (E) 8
A
22. How many cubes are painted red on three sides?
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 4 (D) 6 (E) 8
B
23. How many cubes are painted red on two sides?
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3 (E) 4
D
24. How many cubes are painted red on one side?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 6
C
25. How many cubes have no side painted red?
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 4 (E) 6
B

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 CHAPTER: 7
Letter Series

Practice Exercise: 7.1

1. ababababb
(A) b a a (B) a a a (C) b b b (D) a a b
(E) b b a
C
2. b a  a a b a a b  a
(A) b a b (B) b a a (C) a b b (D) a a b
(E) a b a
E
3. baabababb
(A) a b b (B) b a a (C) b b b (D) a b a
(E) b a b
C
4. baabbbab
(A) a b a b (B) a a b b (C) b a a b (D) b b a b
(E) b b a a
D
5. abbaaaba
(A) b a a b (B) a a a b (C) a b b a (D) a b a b
(E) a a b a
E
6. baabbabb
(A) a b b b (B) b a b a (C) a a b b (D) b b b a
(E) b a b b
D
7. babababa
(A) a b a b (B) b a b a (C) b a b b (D) a b b a
(E) b a b b
A
8. babaaaab
(A) b a b a (B) b a a b (C) a b b b (D) a b a a
(E) b a b b
C
9. abaaabaaa
(A) a b a (B) a b b (C) a a b (D) b a b
(E) b b b
C
10. abaabaaba
(A) a a b (B) b a b (C) b b a (D) b b b
(E) a b b
D
11. aabbabbab
(A) b a b (B) a b a (C) b b a (D) a b b
(E) b a a
E

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12. babbbbbbb
(A) b b a (B) b a b (C) b b b (D) a a a
(E) a b a
E
13. babaabbab
(A) a b a (B) b a b (C) a a a (D) b a a
(E) b b a
A
14. baabaaab
(A) b a b a (B) b b a a (C) a b b b (D) b b a b
(E) b b b a
C
15. aabbaabb
(A) b b a a (B) b a b a (C) b a a b (D) a b a b
(E) a b b a
D
16. aabbaabb
(A) a b a b (B) b b a a (C) a b b b (D) a a b b
(E) a a a b
A
17. baabaab
(A) b a b a b (B) b b a b a (C) a b b a b (D) a b a b b
(E) a b b b a
D
18. abcccbabca
(A) a b a c b (B) b a b a c (C) b a a b c (D) b a c b a
(E) a b b a c
C
19. cbabcbacca
(A) a a c b b (B) a c a b b (C) a b a c b (D) a b a b c
(E) c a c b b
B
20. abccdacddab
(A) d a b a b (B) c a b d b (C) b c d a b (D) a d a b c
(E) d b a b c
E
21. abadcacbacd
(A) d c b d b (B) c d b b d (C) d a b d b (D) c d b b d
(E) c d b d b
E
22. abaccdabb
(A) c d a b c (B) b a d a a (C) d b a c d (D) c d b c d
(E) b b d a c
B
23. abbcaabcaaabca
(A) c a b a b (B) b a c b a (C) b b a a a (D) a a b b a
(E) a b a b a
D

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24. ncdcncddcnddcn
(A) c d n d c (B) d n n c c (C) d c n d d (D) n c c d n
(E) c n d n c
B
25. aacbbaccbaacb
(A) a c b a c (B) b a c b c (C) a b a a c (D) b c a c b
(E) c a b c b
E

Practice Exercise 7.2

1. ababcaaccabcbc
(A) b b b b (B) c c b a (C) c b b a (D) c a a c
(E) c b b b
C
2. abbaabaabaabaab
(A) a b a b (B) b a b a (C) a b b b (D) b b a a
(E) a a a b
C
3. abcaabccaabccab
(A) a b c c a (B) a a c b c (C) b a c a b (D) b c b b a
(E) c b a a b
D
4. abdaabanabadna
(A) b a b d a (B) b a d n a (C) d b a n b (D) d a b d b
(E) a n d a a
E
5. baaaabaabaa
(A) a b a b a (B) b a a b b (C) a a b b a (D) b b a a b
(E) b a b a b
A
6. ababaabababb
(A) a a a b b (B) b a b b a (C) a b a b b (D) b a b a b
(E) b b a a b
B
7. bamambmabam
(A) m b a b m (B) a b m a b (C) m a b m a (D) a m b b m
(E) b a b m b
A
8. kttxkttxkk
(A) k x t k x t (B) t x k x k x (C) x x t k x k (D) k t t k x k
(E) x x t t k k
B
9. ktkkxktxk
(A) k k t k k x (B) x x t t k x (C) x k t t x k (D) t k x t k x
(E) k x t k k t
E
10. abaccabcab
(A) a b c a b c (B) c b a c b a (C) b c a c b c (D) b a c a b c
(E) c b a b c a
E
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11. yxzxyxyzx
(A) z y y y z y (B) x y z x y z (C) z x y z y z (D) z y x z y x
(E) z y y z y x
A
12. cabcaccbc
(A) b a c b c b (B) a c b b b a (C) b c c b a c (D) c b a c a a
(E) c b a b a b
C
13. abaabbaaab
(A) a b a a a b (B) b a b a b a (C) a a b b b a (D) b a a a b a
(E) b b b a a a
A
14. bbabaaaaba
(A) b b a a b b (B) a b a b a a (C) a a b b b b (D) b b a a a a
(E) b a b b a b
C
15. babbbaabba
(A) a a a b b a (B) a b a b a a (C) b b a a a b (D) a b a a b b
(E) b a b b b a
E
16. aabaababaa
(A) a b a b a b (B) b b b a b b (C) a b b b a a (D) a a b a b a
(E) a a b b a a
B
17. baaabaabbb
(A) a b a b a b (B) b b a a b b (C) b a a b a b (D) b b b a a a
(E) a a a b a b
D
18. abaabaa
(A) a b a a b (B) b b a b a (C) b b a b b (D) b a a b a
(E) a b a b a
A
19. aaaaaab
(A) a a b b a (B) a b a a b (C) a b a b b (D) b a b b a
(E) a a b a a
E
20. bababbb
(A) b b a a b (B) b a a a b (C) b a a b a (D) a b b b a
(E) b a b a a
D
21. baaabab
(A) a a b b a (B) a b a a a (C) a b a b a (D) b a b a b
(E) b b a b a
B
22. babbbaa
(A) b b a b a (B) b a b b b (C) b a a a b (D) a b a b b
(E) a a b b a
B

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23. ababbaba
(A) b a a b (B) a b a b (C) a b b a (D) a a b b
(E) b b a a
A
24. aabaabbaa
(A) a b b a b (B) b a a b b (C) b b a a a (D) b a b a b
(E) a b a b a
D
25. babababaa
(A) aab aa (B) a b a a b (C) a a a a a (D) a a a a b
(E) a b b a a
C

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 CHAPTER: 8
Letter Group Series

Practice Exercise: 8.1

In each of the questions , there is a letter series with one term missing as shown by (?). This term is
given as one of the alternatives among the five groups of letters given under it. Find this term.
1. ACZXP, BDYYQ, CEXZR, DFWAS, ? FHUCU
(A) FGVBT (B) EGUBT (C) EGVZT (D) EGVBT
(E) EGVBR
D
2. ZBAWO, YABVN, XZCUM, ?, VXESK, UWFRJ
(A) WYDTL (B) UYDTL (C) WVDTL (D) WYFTL
(E) WYDTM
A
3. ?, UWFRJ, FHUCU, TVGQI, GITDV, SUHPH
(A) DGUBS (B) EGVBT (C) EFUBT (D) EGVCR
(E) DEVBT
B
4. JLQGY, ?, IKRFX, LNOIA, HJSEW, MONJB
(A) LNOIK (B) KNOHI (C) KMRGK (D) KMPHZ
(E) LMPIJ
D
5. ACZXP, CEXZR, BDYYQ, DFWAS, ?, EGVBT
(A) DGXYR (B) CDYYS (C) DEXZS (D) CEXZR
(E) CDXYR
D
6. ZACTK, ?, XYERI, WXFQH, VWGPG, UVHOF
(A) JYSET (B) YYERK (C) ZYDKS (D) YZERK
(E) YZDSJ
E
7. BEWBU, UDSKJ, ?, XGPNM, HKQHA, AJMQP
(A) DGTDX (B) GIXET (C) FISFH (D) EHTEX
(E) FHTEX
D
8. ABZYP, ?, BCYXQ, DEWVS, CDXWR, EFVUT
(A) ABVUP (B) BCWVQ (C) CDXWR (D) DEYXS
(E) EFZYT
C
9. EGVUC, VXEFR, FHUTD, ?, GITSE, TVGHP
(A) UQVEG (B) WGHUQ (C) UWFGQ (D) FGQVW
(E) GHUWV
C
10. APZLT, CQYNR, ERXPP, GSWRN, ITVTL, (?)
(A) KUUVJ (B) KVUUJ (C) JUVUK (D) JUUVK
(E) JVKVK
A
11. AYBZC, DWEXF, GUHVI, JSKTL, (?), POQPR
(A) MQORN (B) QMONR (C) MQNRO (D) NQMOR
(E) MOPQR
C -[35]-
12. DGPGJ, LOQNQ, EHRFI, (?), FITEH, NQVLO, GJVDG
(A) MPSPM (B) MPSMP (C) PMSPM (D) PMSMP
(E) MMSPP
B
13. YXZWV, XWYVU, (?) VUWTS, UTVSR, TSURQ
(A) VWTXU (B) WXVUT (C) TVXUW (D) WVXTU
(E) WVXUT
E
14. (?), PSVYB, EHKNQ, TWZCF, ILORU
(A) BEHKN (B) ADGJM (C) ZCFIL (D) IMPSV
(E) SVYBE
B
15. OSVXY, ZDGIJ, (?), VZCEF, GKNPQ
(A) KNQTV (B) KORTU (C) KPQST (D) HKLOP
(E) HILNO
B
16. ACMYA, FHNDF, (?), PRNNP, UWMSU, ZBNXZ
(A) INMKI (B) KMNIK (C) IMNKI (D) KMMIK
(E) KIMNK
D
17. ZKCRJ, (?), ZIIPH, WHLOG, VGONF, UFRME, TEULD
(A) YLEQI (B) YJDSI (C) YJFQI (D) YJDQI
(E) YLDSI
C
18. BACED, EIFOG, HUJAK, (?) POQUR, SATEV
(A) MILON (B) LEMON (C) LAMEN (D) LEMIN
(E) MELIN
D
19. (?), EILNO, IMPRS, MQTVW, QUXZA
(A) AEDHI (B) BEFGH (C) AEFGH (D) AEHJK
(E) BEDGH
D
20. BASTU, (?), DCQVW, DEPXW, FEOXY, FGNZY
(A) CBTUT (B) CBRUV (C) BCRVU (D) BCTVU
(E) BCTUV
C
21. AGMSY, CIOVA, EKQWC, (?), IOUAG, KQWCI
(A) GMRXD (B) FLRXD (C) FLSYE (D) GMSYE
(E) GLMXF
D
22. (?), MLKLJN, MONLKM, ONPLNM, OQPONM, QPRNPO
(A) MJLIMK (B) LJKILM (C) KJLIKM (D) IKMIJL
(E) KIJKJM
C
23. DFNT, TDFN, NTDF, (?)
(A) FNDT (B) FNTD (C) FDTN (D) FDNT
(E) FTND
B

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24. ZXVT, WUSQ, TRPN, (?)
(A) NMLK (B) CAYW (C) KMOK (D) WYAC
(E) QOMK
E
25. YZWX, UVST, QROP, (?)
(A) MNKL (B) KLMN (C) LMNK (D) NKLM
(E) KLNM
A

Practice Exercise 8.2

In each of the questions below, there are four groups of letters, which are alike in some way. This is
followed by five alternatives, one of which is similar to the four groups of letters. Find the correct
answer in each case.
1. BY JO MN PK
(A) PS (B) SV (C) DG (D) UX
(E) DW
E
2. CED LMK UVT WVX
(A) GHT (B) RIH (C) CXW (D) DEV
(E) YBA
A
3. QRP GHI RTS KJI
(A) FUE (B) BYX (C) OLK (D) NOM
(E) JQP
D
4. JLN QSU VXZ GIK
(A) TRS (B) DCB (C) OQS (D) LCM
(E) WQK
C
5. TVX SUW FHJ HJL
(A) VPJ (B) RSQ (C) AXG (D) NPR
(E) ZXY
D
6. WUS ZXV NLJ YWU
(A) TSR (B) GEC (C) SRP (D) WVT
(E) MKJ
B
7. QOM VTR IGE FDB
(A) PNL (B) POM (C) UTS (D) QPO
(E) JIG
A

Practice Exercise 8.3

There are five groups of letters in the following questions. Of these, four are alike in some man-ner
and one of them is different. Identify the one that is different.
1. (A) ACE (B) FHJ (C) KLN (D) NPR
(E) SUW
C
2. (A) AFKP (B) BGLQ (C) CHMR (D) EOYZ
(E) DINS
D -[37]-
3. (A) YXWV (B) TSQR (C) ONML (D) JIHG
(E) DCBA
B
4. (A) ALIDJ (B) ACZXV (C) FASJE (D) NDWVS
(E) RSQOP
E
5. (A) APDQL (B) CXDKB (C) FTZEM (D) ADXAT
(E) FKEBQ
D
6. (A) FHUJU (B) SGRFI (C) VKQFO (D) ISEPU
(E) YNHIA
A
7. (A) ZHIAX (B) JKSMU (C) TGQMH (D) GANJK
(E) PWUVR
E
8. (A) AGTYK (B) JFASE (C) SEVNL (D) YJSXM
(E) FISFY
E
9. (A) HFLJM (B) DBHFK (C) RPVTY (D) PNTRW
(E) MKQOT
A
10. (A) BCEHL (B) ZYWTP (C) SRPMI (D) UTROK
(E) MKQOT
E
11. (A) CZZCD (B) TXGTS (C) ANZMB (D) WZDQV
(E) CPXKD
A
12. (A) DWEVF (B) AZCYD (C) HSIRJ (D) CXDWE
(E) FTGSP
E
13. (A) YTOJE (B) UPKFA (C) XSNKG (D) VQLGB
(E) ZUPKF
C
14. (A) TSOPL (B) WVRSO (C) RSNOK (D) MLHIE
(E) JIEFB
C
15. (A) DVF (B) LNN (C) HRJ (D) GTU
(E) QIS
D
16. (A) PKJQ (B) RIGT (C) WDBY (D) FUSH
(E) BYWD
A
17. (A) ETGV (B) QHSJ (C) ISHR (D) CVEX
(E) JOLQ
C
18. (A) QJIR (B) TGFU (C) JQPK (D) SGTH
(E) CWXD
D

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19. (A) SGUE (B) OJQL (C) JPLN (D) BXDV
(E) PJRH
B
20. (A) DBZ (B) QOM (C) USQ (D) NLJ
(E) JLN
E
21. (A) HFJ (B) IKG (C) XVZ (D) UN
(E) TRY
B
22. (A) OLK (B) SHG (C) RHI (D) EVU
(E) HSR
C
23. (A) SFUH (B) NKPM (C) AXCZ (D) UDWF
(E) GTSH
E
24. (A) SRT (B) PQO (C) KJL (D) VUW
(E) FEG
B
25. (A) MNOM (B) BDCB (C) XZYX (D) PRQP
(E) GIHG
A

Practice Exercise 8.4

Find the odd-one out.
1. (A) Australia (B) Africa (C) Asia (D) Japan
(E) Europe
D
2. (A) bullet (B) arrow (C) spear (D) missile
(E) sword
E
3. (A) Earth (B) Venus (C) Sun (D) Pluto
(E) Uranus
C
4. (A) milk (B) fruit (C) egg (D) leather
(E) wool
B
5. (A) Ayodhya (B) Cairo (C) Bhopal (D) Calcutta
(E) Madras
B
6. (A) train (B) car (C) cart (D) truck
(E) jeep
C
7. (A) milk (B) syrup (C) squash (D) cake
(E) water
D
8. (A) Kerala (B) W.Bengal (C) Bihar (D) Maharashtra
(E) Gujarat
C
9. (A) sea (B) river (C) valley (D) lake
(E) pond
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C
10. (A) freeze (B) boil (C) bake (D) simmer
(E) fry
A
11. (A) KnQr (B) CfIj (C) MpSt (D) NqTu
(E) OqUr
E
12. (A) LjK (B) pQR (C) STu (D) EfD
(E) XBe
E
13. (A) VwUX (B) SuRT (C) BdAc (D) PrOQ
(E) FhEg
A
14. (A) BCA (B) JHI (C) EFD (D) OPN
(E) STR
B
15. (A) YXWV (B) TSRQ (C) HGFD (D) MLKJ
(E) NMLK
C
16. (A) KPU (B) EJO (C) QVZ (D) INS
(E) MRW
C
17. (A) PTR (B) AFC (C) KOM (D) VXZ
(E) FJH
B
18. (A) UXVY (B) KNLO (C) PUSQ (D) ADBE
(E) FIGJ
C
19. (A) QPRTS (B) DCEGF (C) LQPOM (D) TSUWV
(E) POQSR
C
20. (A) CHEAT (B) ALERTED (C) ABATE (D) CREATE
(E) REPEAT
B
21. (A) NORMAL (B) AGHAST (C) EFFIGY (D) LOVELY
(E) DEFEAT
A
22. (A) Pros (B) Wyuz (C) Fhei (D) Bdae
(E) Npmq
E
23. (A) IKP (B) MOR (C) FHK (D) LNQ
(E) RTW
A
24. (A) JOT (B) BGL (C) QVZ (D) HMR
(E) KPU
C
25. (A) NljK (B) TroP (C) GecD (D) ZxvW
(E) UsqR
B

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 CHAPTER: 10
Coding and Decoding

Practice Exercise: 10.1

In questions 1-8 given below, a word consisting of four letters is written according to some code.
Usind the same code another word may be written as one of the five alternatives given for that
question. Find the correct alternative.
1. MILD is written as HEIB. GATE may be written as
(A) BQWC (B) BWQC (C) BQCW (D) BCWQ
(E) WQBC
B
2. POUR is written as RSAZ, WAKE may be written by
(A) EYGT (B) TGEY (C) YEQM (D) YGET
(E) EGYT
C
3. COLD is written as ALHY; IRON may be written as
(A) GUKI (B) GUSI (C) GOKI (D) GKUI
(E) GKOI
C
4. GONE is written as ILPB, CRIB may be written as
(A) EKYO (B) EUKY (C) EKUY (D) EYUK
(D) EOKY
E
5. HAND is written as FXRI; ROTE may be written as
(A) LPJX (B) PLXJ (C) LJPX (D) LXJP
(E) PJLX
B
6. LEFT is written as NALL; HOLD may be written as
(A) JKRV (B) KJRV (C) JRKV (D) JVRK
(E) KRVJ
A
7. SKEW is written as POCY; MUST may be written as
(A) QJVY (B) QYVJ (C) JYQV (D) QVYJ
(E) JVYQ
C
8. THEN is written as RLBS; CASE may be wirtten as
(A) PAEP (B) EAPP (C) EPAP (D) APEP
(E) AEPJ
E

In questions 9-13, BEAT has been written differently in each question using a different
code each time. Discover the code and find the correct alternative for SOUP in each ques-
tion.
9. BEAT is written as ZCYR, SOUP may be written as
(A) RMTN (B) RNTO (C) QMSN (D) QNSO
(E) MNSQ
C
10. BEAT is written as GIDV, SOUP may be written as
(A) YSXR (B) XSYS (C) XSYR (D) YSXR
(E) XSXR
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D
11. BEAT is written as YHXW, SOUP may be written as
(A) SPRS (B) RPRS (C) SRRS (D) PRRS
(E) PSSR
D
12. BEAT is written as YVZG, SOUP may be written as
(A) UPJX (B) PUKX (C) UPNY (D) JPXU
(E) SRQQ
A
13. BEAT is written as SZDA, SOUP may be written as
(A) RTON (B) TORN (C) NOTR (D) OTNR
(E) TRNO
D
14. GARDEN is coded as FBQEDO, decode OBHOSFQ
(A) PANTHER (B) PAINTER (C) PENGUIN (D) SENEGAL
(E) CAPTAIN
B
15. PAINTER is coded as 3528617. Which is the correct code for TANRPEI?
(A) 6587312 (B) 6583721 (C) 6587132 (D) 6583712
(E) 6583724
A
16. PLANETS is coded as 4823579. Which is the correct code for SNLEPAT?
(A) 9385247 (B) 9384527 (C) 9385472 (D) 9385427
(E) 9385742
D

If according to a certain code “I received a letter’ means ‘We saw an aircraft’. ‘Shyam
received one too’ means ‘The aircraft is blue’. ‘Shyam loves long letters’ means ‘Captain
saw blue flag’ and ‘I like long one’ means ‘We believe the captain.’
17. What does the word ‘received’ in the code mean
(A) we (B) saw (C) blue (D) aircraft
(E) flag
D
18. Which word is coded as ‘believe’?
(A) received (B) saw (C) loves (D) like
(E) letter
D
19. What is the code for ‘long letter’?
(A) Shyam loves (B) Captain saw (C) I like (D) We believe
(E) We saw
B
20. What is the code for ‘the captain’?
(A) long one (B) long letter (C) received one (D) saw flag
(E) a letter
A
21. If accordingly to a certain code ‘CROSS’ is ‘ATMUQ’, decode ‘PISTON’
(A) RGURQL (B) RQLRGU (C) RUGRLQ (D) RLQRUG
(E) RRLUGQ
A
22. If according to certain code ‘BROTHER’ is ‘3405791’, decode ‘97543’
(A) BOTHE (B) EHTBR (C) EHBTR (D) EHTRB
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D
 Exercise: 10.4
Using the code given above find the correct answer from the alternatives given in each
question.
1. WORK
(A) mopq (B) opqx (C) oprx (D) opqy
(E) mpqx
B
2. MYSELF
(A) bchiuz (B) begiuz (C) ceguiz (D) behjuz
(E) begivw
B
3. GUARD
(A) cprsv (B) cpsvw (C) bcprs (D) cprsw
(E) dersw
D
4. HUSK
(A) fquw (B) frvw (C) gpuv (D) fruw
(E) fgrv
A
5. FIXTURE
(A) bgjmpw (B) fglmnqw (C) bgkmprw (D) bgjmpry
(E) fgjmrxz
A
6. SOCIAL
(A) cdmuyz (B) dmnvyz (C) cnuvyz (D) dmpuvw
(E) cmnuxz
E
7. PEACE
(A) ccdkn (B) bcckm (C) bbckn (D) bbcjn
(E) cddjm
C
8. RAZE
(A) bcdp (B) cdpr (C) bcep (D) depr
(E) cder
A
9. SYSTEM
(A) beimvv (B) bbeimv (C) beiluu (D) bejmuu
(E) eijmvv
C
10. NERVOUS
(A) bqrstuw (B) hpstuwx (C) bhpstuw (D) bhqtuvw
(E) bhptuwx
E
11. HALT
(A) cgmz (B) flmv (C) cflz (D) fmuv
(E) cmnz
C
12. EQUATE
(A) cclrvw (B) bbcmvw (C) cddlmv (D) bbclvw
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D -[43]-
13. JUSTICE
(A) blnovwy (B) lmnuvwy (C) blmnvwx (D) lnuvwxy
(E) blmnuwy
E
14. DOVE
(A) csty (B) bcst (C) bsty (D) bstx
(E) btxy
D
15. CIVIL
(A) ghcww (B) gwffc (C) ggwfc (D) gfwcc
(E) gfwgc
D
16. ENVOY
(A) kbjwu (B) hjbvw (C) kpjuw (D) vbpuk
(E) jvbkw
E
17. RIVET
(A) wckov (B) wckou (C) ckwiu (D) kcvow
(E) jcwok
B
18. SUN
(A) pih (B) bih (C) pbh (D) pib
(E) ikh
D

Below in column I are given some words and in column II are given their equivalent in some code
language. Words in column II do not appear in the same order as in column I. Moreover the order of
letters is also jumbled up.
Decode the language and choose the correct alternative which is the equivalent of the given word.
Column I Column II
TAPE moij
COUP ihhpok
TIE nls
ROTATE nhpk
SAY nkpl
TREAT msr
YEAR khlph
SIP hrp
TYRE pmlh
19. SOUP
(A) osmj (B) sojm (C) osjm (D) somj
(E) joms
B
20. REACT
(A) lhpjk (B) lihpr (C) pkjih (D) jklph
(E) kplih
E
21. TRACE
(A) hiklp (B) hlkip (C) hklip (D) kiklh
(E) pklih
C -[44]-
22. POSSESS
(A) msoopoo (B) mosspss (C) porrprr (D) mpiioii
(E) mpjjojj
B
23. CREATE
(A) ijhkhn (B) jknlhn (C) jlpihip (D) ikplhp
(E) ilpkhp
D
24. EASY
(A) lnps (B) lpns (C) plsn (D) pnls
(E) snpl
C
25. CURE
(A) ijkp (B) pikj (C) ikpj (D) kipj
(E) jikp
A

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