Public Service Commission

Section Officer IQ Test

Set 4
1. In each of the following questions find out the alternative which will replace the question mark .
Melt : Liquid :: Freeze : ?
A. Ice B. Condense C. Solid D. Force
2. Which of the following diagrams indicates the best relation between Iron, Lead and Nitrogen ?

A. B. C. D.
3. Look at this series: 36, 34, 30, 28, 24, ... What number should come next?
A. 20 B. 22 C. 23 D. 26
4. Which one will replace the question mark ?

A. 64 B. 144 C. 169 D. 25
5. The 30 members of a club decided to play a badminton singles tournament. Every time a member
loses a game he is out of the tournament. There are no ties. What is the minimum number of
matches that must be played to determine the winner ?
A. 15 B. 29 C. 61 D. None of these
6. Amit started walking positioning his back towards the sun. After some time, he turned left, then
turned right and towards the left again. In which direction is he going now?
A. North or South B. East or West C. North or West D. South or West
7. 10 women can complete a work in 7 days and 10 children take 14 days to complete the work. How
many days will 5 women and 10 children take to complete the work?
A 3 B. 5 C. 7 D Cannot be determined E. None of these
8. Find the odd man out. 6. 1, 4, 9, 16, 23, 25, 36
A. 9 B. 23 C. 25 D. 36
9. Two numbers are respectively 20% and 50% more than a third number. The ratio of the two
numbers is:
A. 2 : 5 B. 3 : 5 C. 4 : 5 D. 6 : 7
10. Find out which of the figures (1), (2), (3) and (4) can be formed from the pieces given in figure (X).

A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
11. Select the alternative which represents three out of the five alternative figures which when fitted
into each other would form a complete square.

A. 123 B. 124 C. 135 D. 145

12. Select a suitable figure from the Answer Figures that would replace the question mark (?).
Problem Figures: Answer Figures:

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

A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
13. Select a figure from amongst the Answer Figures which will continue the same series as
established by the five Problem Figures.
Problem Figures: Answer Figures:

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

A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D.4 E. 5
14. Select a figure from amongst the Answer Figures which will continue the same series as established
by the five Problem Figures.
Problem Figures: Answer Figures:
 A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. 5
15. The figure given on the left hand side in each of the following questions is folded to form a box.
Choose from the alternatives (1), (2), (3) and (4) the boxes that is similar to the box formed.

A. 1 and 2 only B. 2 and 4 only C. 2 and 3 only D. 1 and 4 only

16. In these series, you will be looking at both the letter pattern and the number pattern. Fill the blank in
the middle of the series or end of the series. ZA5, Y4B, XC6, W3D,
A. E7V B. V2E C. VE5 D. VE7
17. Here are some words translated from an artificial language.
hapllesh means cloudburst
srenchoch means pinball
resbosrench means ninepin
Which word could mean "cloud nine"?
A. leshsrench B. ochhapl C. haploch D. haplresbo
18. Here are some words translated from an artificial language.
moolokarn means blue sky
wilkospadi means bicycle race
moolowilko means blue bicycle
Which word could mean "racecar"?
A.wilkozwet B.spadiwilko C. moolobreil D. spadivolo
19. Select the figure which satisfies the same conditions of placement of the dots as in Figure -X.

A. 1 B .2 C.3 D. 4
20. Find the number of triangles in the given figure.

A. 10 B. 19 C. 21 D. 23
21. If A + B means A is the brother of B; A - B means A is the sister of B and A x B means A is the
father of B. Which of the following means that C is the son of M?
A. M - N x C + F B. F - C + N x M C. N + M - F x C D. M x N - C + F
22. Choose the correct alternative that will continue the same pattern and replace the question mark in the
given series. 3, 4, 7, 7, 13, 13, 21, 22, 31, 34, ?
A. 42 B. 43 C. 51 D 52
23. The average of 20 numbers is zero. Of them, at the most, how many may be greater than zero?
A. 0 B. 1 C. 10 D. 19
24. What was the day of the week on 17 th June, 1998?
A. Monday B. Tuesday C. Wednesday D. Thursday
25. Arrange the words given below in a meaningful sequence.
A. 3, 1, 2, 4, 5 B. 3, 1, 2, 5, 4 C. 3, 1, 4, 2, 5 D. 3, 1, 4, 5, 2