NTSE (Test Series)

PRACTICE TEST # 1
MENTAL ABILITY TEST (MAT)
Time : 2 Hrs. Max. Marks : 100
General instructions:
1. The question paper contains 100 questions.
2. Every correct answer will be awarded 1 mark. There will be no negative marking.

Directions : (Q.1 to 5) In each question there is a number series with one term missing, which is shown by
question mark (?). Find the missing term out of the given alternatives.
1. 4, 10, 23, 50, 105, ?
(A) 215 (B) 210 (C) 216 (D) 439
2. 7, 12, 22, 37, ?, 82, 112
(A) 62 (B) 57 (C) 52 (D) 42
3. 4, 6, 12, 14, 28, 30, ?
(A) 32 (B) 64 (C) 62 (D) 60
4. 2, 6, 20, 50, 102, ?
(A) 182 (B) 186 (C) 178 (D) None of These
5. 72, 74, 78, 86, 100, ?
(A) 102 (B) 101 (C) 122 (D) 99

Directions : (Q.6 to 10) In each question there is a letter series with one term missing which is shown by question
mark (?). Find the missing term out of the given alternatives.

6. CGJL, FJMO, IMPR, LPSU, ?

(A) ORUW (B) OSVX (C) JMPR (D) KORS
7. ADCG, ?, JMLP, QTSW, UXWA
(A) PSRV (B) PTSV (C) PRVS (D) PVRS
8. AZYB, CXVE, FURI, ?
(A) KQPL (B) JRNM (C) JQMN (D) ISPM
9. ABC, ZYX, DEF, WVU , ?
(A) RST (B) GIH (C) GHI (D) TSR
10. JE, LH, OL, SQ, ?
(A) WV (B) WX (C) VW (D) XW
11. If the code for ALLOWANCE is ZMKPVBMDD the word DEARNESS would be coded as
(A) CFBAODTR (B) EDZQMFRT (C) CDZTMFTR (D) CFZSMFRT
12. J2Z, K4X, I7V, ?, H16R, M22P
(A) I11T (B) L11S (C) L12T (D) L11T
13.

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

14.

(A) 14 (B) 9 (C) 13 (D) 12

15.

(A) 56 (B) 94 (C) 65 (D) 49

Direction : (Q.16) Answer the following questions based on the letter number sequence given below :
B3KG5PD79ERK1MT6ZHQ8W2A

16. Which of the following is exactly in the middle between the ninth letter/number from the left end and
seventh letter/number from the right end?
(A) 1 (B) M (C) J (D) R

17. If any two letters in the word 'PRISON' have as any letters between them in the word as there are in the
English alphabet, they form an alpha-pair. How many such alpha-pairs are there in the word 'PRISON' ?
(A) 4 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3

18. How many pairs of letters are there in the word PENCIL which have as many letters between them in the
word as in the alphabet.
(A) NIL (B) ONE (C) TWO (D) THREE

19. After leaving the first five letters of alphabet series, point out the middle letter of remaining letters.
(A) P (B) M (C) Q (D) L

20. In this question, find which one word cannot be made from the letters of the given word. HANDSOME
(A) HALE (B) HEN (C) SOME (D) HEAD

21. If the first day of a leap year is Monday, then what day will be on the last day of that year?
(A) Wednesday (B) Tuesday (C) Thursday (D) Sunday

22. If 14th September, 2013 is Saturday, then what day will be 22nd December, 2014
(A) Sunday (B) Monday (C) Tuesday (D) Wednesday

23. In a certain code REST is written as 31*2 and MEAN is written as 41#@ How is SAME written in that
code?
(A) #*14 (B) *#41 (C) 41@3 (D) 4@13
24. The two expressions on either side of the ‘=’ sign will have the same value, if two terms on either side or
on the same side are interchanged. Choose the correct terms to be interchanged for the alternatives given
below.
5 + 3 × 6 – 4  2 = 4 ×3 – 10  2 + 7
(A) 5 and 7 (B) 6 and 10 (C) 4 and 7 (D) None of these
(36  4)  8  4
25. If ÷ means +, – means÷, × means –, and + means ×, then ?
4  8  2  16  1
(A) 0 (B) 8 (C) 12 (D) 16
Direction : (Q.26) This question is based on the information given below.
‘×’ stands for addition
‘<’ stands for subtraction
‘+’ stands for division
‘>’ stands for multiplication
‘/’ stands for greater than
‘=’ stands for less than
‘–’ stands for equal to
26. Find which one of the following statements is true in given question.
(A) 7 × 2 > 4 = 10 + 2 × 4 (B) 7 + 2 > 4 = 10 + 2 × 4
(C) 7 × 2 > 4 / 10 + 2 × 4 (D) 7 + 2 > 4 – 10 + 2 × 4
27. If ‘*’ indicates either ‘+’ or ‘x’ solve the following question:
What is the minimum value of
1*2*3*4
(A) 10 (B) 9 (C) 11 (D) 14
28. In a row of girls, Shilpa is eighth from the left and Reena is seventeenth from the right. If they interchange
their positions, Shilpa becomes fourteenth from the left. How many girls are there in the row?
(A) 25 (B) 27 (C) 29 (D) None of these
Directions : (Q.29) In the following question, which of the following interchanges of sign/signs and numerals
would make the following equation correct ?
29. 6×4–8=6÷3
(A) – and × (B) × and ÷ (C) – and ÷ (D) = and ×
30. In a queue of children, Kashish is fifth from the left and Mona is sixth from the right. When they
interchange their places among themselves, Kashish becomes thirteenth from the left. Then, what will be
Mona’s position from the right?
(A) 4th (B) 8th (C) 14th (D) 15th
31. One morning after sunrise, Vikram and Shailesh were standing in a lawn with their backs towards each
other. Vikram’s shadow fell exactly towards his left hand side. Which direction was Shailesh facing?
(A) East (B) West (C) North (D) South
32. While facing east you turned to your left and walk 10 m, then turned to your left and walk 10 m and now
you turn 45º towards your right and go straight to cover 25 m. Now in which direction are you from your
starting point?
(A) North-East (B) South-West (C) South-East (D) North-West
33. Sunil walked 6 kms towards the East. Then turned to his right and walked 10 kms. Again he turned to his
right and walked 6 kms. Finally he turned to his left and walked 14 kms. How far is he from the starting
point and in which direction?
(A) 25 kms South (B) 24 kms South (C) 24 kms North (D) 20 kms North
34. Which letter comes only once in the list below-
BDGIJCHABDEDGFCJIFGJ
 (A) G (B) D (C) J (D) A
35. In the figure given below A, B, C and D are four persons stationed at the four corners of a square piece of
plot. From the positions shown in the figure, C and A move diagonally to opposite corners and then walk
one side each in the clockwise direction (cw) and anticlockwise direction (acw), respectively along the
sides. B and D move two sides, each clockwise and anticlockwise, respectively

What is the new position of A ?

(A) northern corner (B) western corner (C) southern corner (D) eastern corner

Directions (Q.36 to 39) : Read the information given below and answer the question.
(i) A, B, C, D, E and F are six students in a class.
(ii) B and C are shorter than F but heavier than A.
(iii) D is heavier than B and taller than C.
(iv) E is shorter than D but taller than F.
(v) F is heavier than D.
(vi) A is shorter than E but taller than F.

36. Who among them is the tallest :

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

37. Who is third from the top when they are arranged in descending order of their heights :
(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) E

38. Which of the following groups of friends is shorter than A :

(A) B, C only (B) D, B, C only (C) E, B, C only (D) F, B, C only

39. Which of the following statements is true for F as regards to height and weight?
(A) He is lighter than E and taller than E
(B) He is heavier than B and taller than E
(C) He is lighter than E and also shorter than E
(D) None of these

Directions : (Q.40 to 42) Answer the questions based on the following information.
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H and I are nine houses. C is 2 km east of B. A is 1 km north of B and H is 2 km south
of A. G is 1 km west of H while D is 3 km east of G and F is 2 km north of G. I is situated just in middle of
B and C while E is just in middle of H and D.

40. Distance between E and G is

(A) 1 km (B) 1.5 km (C) 2 km (D) 5 km

41. Distance between E and I is

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

42. Distance between A and F is

(A) 1 km (B) 1.41 km (C) 2 km (D) 3 km
43. I am standing at the centre of a circular field according to the diagram. I go down south to the edge of the
field and then turning left I walk along the boundary of the field equal to three-eighths of its length. In
which direction am I from the starting point?
 (A) North-East (B) North (C) South-East (D) East
Directions : (Q.44 to 45) Read the following information and answer the questions given below.
I. K, L, M, N and O are brothers. Two of them are twins and same height
II. L is taller than at least three of his brother.
III. K is shorter than only one brother
IV. M is taller than the twins
V. N is shorter than M
44. Who is the tallest of all of them?
(A) O (B) M (C) L (D) K
45. N is taller then how many of his brothers?
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3
46. If South-East becomes North, North-East becomes West and so on, what will be West become?
(A) North-East (B) North-West (C) South-East (D) South-West
47. In a row of ten boys, when Rohit was shifted by two places towards the left, he becomes seventh from the
left end what was his earlier position from the right end of the row?
(A) First (B) Second (C) Fourth (D) Sixth
48. If you are 15th in a queue starting from extreme ends, how many persons are there in the queue?
(A) 30 (B) 31 (C) 28 (D) 29
49. If all the even numbers in between numbers from 32 to 51 are arranged in a row then number at fifth
position from right, will be–
(A) 36 (B) 40 (C) 42 (D) 48

Directions : (Q.50 to 53) These questions are based on the following statements
Asha and Charu are good in Mathematics and Yoga. Deepa and Asha are good in Yoga and Social Studies.
Charu and Beena are good in General Knowledge and Mathematics. Deepa, Beena and Ela are good in
Social Studies and General Knowledge Ela and Deepa are good in Social Studies and Art.
50. Who is good in Social Studies, General Knowledge, Mathematics and Art?
(A) Asha (B) Beena (C) Charu (D) Deepa
51. Who is good in Social Studies, General Knowledge and Mathematics?
(A) Asha (B) Beena (C) Charu (D) Ela
52. Who is good in Social Studies, Mathematics and Yoga?
(A) Asha (B) Beena (C) Charu (D) Ela
53. Who is good in Yoga, General Knowledge and Mathematics?
(A) Asha (B) Beena (C) Charu (D) Ela
Directions (Q.54 to 57) :
Four men Venkat, Jayanth, Murali, and Trilok are sales executive, accountant, lawyer, and doctor by
profession but not in the same order, and they are accompanied by their children to P.C. Sarkar’s magic
show. Each person is with only one child. Trilok and Jayanth came with their sons and none of them is a
 sales executive or a doctor. Neetu, a sweet cute girl, is not the doctor’s daughter. Sumanth’s father Jayanth
is not an accountant. Teena is not Murali’s daughter.
54. Who is the child of sales executive?
(A) Neetu (B) Gagan (C) Sumanth (D) Teena
55. Who is Gagan’s father and what is he?
(A) Trilok – sales executive (B) Venkat – sales executive
(C) Murali – accountant (D) Trilok – accountant
56. If sumanth and Gagan are cousins, which two men are brothers?
(A) Venkat and Murli (B) Venkat and Trilok
(C) Jayanth and Trilok (D) Jayanth and Murali
57. Who is teena’s father and what is his profession?
(A) Venkat – sales executive (B) Trilok – accountant
(C) Jayanth – lawyer (D) Venkat – doctor
58. ‘P@Q’ means ‘P’ is the mother of Q’ ‘P$Q’ means ‘P is the husband of Q’
‘P#Q’ means ‘P is the sister of Q’ ‘P*Q’ means ‘P is the son of Q’
If F # J * T $ R @ L, then which of the following is definitely true?
(A) L is the brother of F (B) F is the sister of L
(C) F is the brother of J (D) L is the brother of J

Direction (Q.59 to 60): In the given question, two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You
have to take the given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known
facts. Read the conclusions and then decide which of the conclusions logically follows from the two given
statements. 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
59. Statements : All bags are cakes.
All lamps are cakes.
Conclusions : I. Some lamps are bags.
II. No lamp is bag.

60. Statements : Some papers are files.

Some files are pens.
Conclusions : I. Some files are not pens.
II. Some pens are papers.

Directions : (Q.61 to 63) Study the figures carefully and answer le given questions.

Here, big triangle represents artists, small triangle represents scientists, rectangle represents dancers and
circle represents doctors.
61. Which letter represents the artists, who are doctors and dancers only?
(A) A (B) D (C) G (D) H

62. Which letters represent the artists, who are neither scientist nor Doctors?
(A) A and B (B) A and L (C) B and G (D) L and H
63. Which letters represents the artists who are dancers as well as Doctors?
(A) A and D (B) G and A (C) B and G (D) G and H

64. P × Q means P is brother of Q;

P + Q means Q is mother of P;
P – Q means Q is sister of P;
P  Q means Q is father of P;
Which of following means B is nephew of A ?
(A) B × Z  A (B) B – X + A Z (C) B × Z  M × A (D) B × Z – A

Directions : (Q.65 to 66) Choose the Venn diagram which best describe the relationship among the three give
classes (The size of circle does not indicate relative sizes of classes)
65. Triangles, Quadrilaterals, Squares

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

66. Players, Human Beings, Students

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

Direction (Q.67 to 68) : Read the following information carefully and answer the question given below
Five trains T1, T2, T3, T4 and T5 Operate between two stations S1 and S2.The first train to leave S1 is third
train to reach S2 immediate after T5. T4 is second train to leave S1. T2 the last train at S2 immediate after T4.
T2 leave S1 after T1 and T5 respectively.

67. The first train to leave S1 is

(A) T1 (B) T2 (C) T5 (D) T3

68. The first train to reach S2 is

(A) T4 (B) T3 (C) T1 (D) T5

Direction (Q.69 to 70) : Six members of Kapoor’s family A, B, C, D, E and F are travelling in a sumo.
(A) B is the son of C, but C is not the mother of B
(B) A and C are a married couple
(C) E is the brother of C
(D) D is the daughter of A
(E) F is the brother of B

69. How many males are there in Kapoor’s family?

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

70. Who is the wife of E?

(A) A (B) F (C) B (D) can’t be determined
Directions : (Q.71) You are required to choose from the five diagrams marked 1-5 the one that best illustrates the
relationship among three given classes in questions (i) to (iii). The relative sizes of circles do not indicate
relative sizes of classes. Choose the correct sequence from 1-5 as per questions (i) to (iii)
71. (i) Surgeon, Engineers. Teachers
(ii) Police Officers, Females, Jeeps
(iii) Vehicles, Petrol vehicles, diesel vehicles
(A) 4, 5, 3 (B) 1, 2, 5 (C) 1, 3, 5 (D) 1, 3, 4

Direction (Q.72 to 74) : In the given questions, two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II.
You have to take the given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly
known facts. Read the conclusions and then decide which of the conclusions logically follows from the two
given statements. Give answer.
(A) If only I conclusion follows (B) If only II follows
(C) Either I or II follow (D) None follows
72. Statements : I. All accidents are dangerous.
II. Some medicines are dangerous.
Conclusions : I. Some accidents are medicines.
II. Some medicines are accidents.

73. Statements : I. All coins are metallic.

II. Some coins are acidic.
Conclusions : I. No acid is coin.
II. Some coins are acidic.

74. Statements : I. All stones are water.

II. Some waters are clean.
Conclusions : I. Some stones are clean.
II. No stone is clean.

Directions : (Q.75 to 78) Read the following information and answer the questions based on it :
In a school, there were five teachers. A and B were teaching Hindi and English C and B were teaching
English and Geography. D and A were teaching Mathematics and Hindi. E and B were teaching History
and French.
75. Who among the teachers was teaching maximum number of subjects?
(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D
76. Which of the following pairs was teaching both Geography and Hindi?
(A) A and B (B) B and C (C) C and A (D) None of these
77. More than two teachers were teaching which subject?
(A) History (B) Hindi (C) French (D) Geography
78. D, B and A were teaching which of the following subjects ?
(A) English only (B) Hindi and English (C) Hindi only (D) English and Geography

Directions : (Q.79 to 80) 1st pair of words are related according to a relationship. Find the same relationship
between 2nd pair of words.
79. SHOE : LEATHER : : HIGHWAY : ?
(A) PASSAGE (B) ROAD (C) ASPHALT (D) TRAIL
80. ALWAYS : NEVER : :
(A) OFTEN : RARELY (B) FREQUENTLY : NORMALLY
(C) CONSTANTLY : FREQUENTLY (D) INTERMITTENTLY : CASUALLY
81. ‘Golf’ is related to ‘Holes’ in the same way as ‘Baseball’ is related to
(A) Innings (B) Goal (C) Points (D) Serve
82. ‘England’ is related to ‘Atlantic Ocean’ in the same way as ‘Greenland’ is related to
(A) Pacific Ocean (B) Atlantic Ocean (C) Arctic Ocean (D) Antarctica Ocean
83. At what time between 3:00 PM to 3.30PM will the angle between the minute hand and the hour hand of a
clock be 79°?
(A) 3:03 (B) 3:06 (C) 3:02 (D) 3:29
84. How many times between Sunday 8 PM to Tuesday 8:55 AM will both the hand be at right angle :
(A) 65 (B) 67 (C) 68 (D) 66
85. At what time between 5 and 6 O’clock the hands of a clock will make an angle of 18°:
(A) 12 minutes past 5 (B) 24 minutes past 5 (C) 36 minutes past 5 (D) 40 minutes past 5
Direction (Q.86 to 87) : A cube is coloured red on one face, green on the opposite face, yellow on another face,
and blue on a face ajacent to the yellow-coloured face. The remaining two faces are not coloured. It is then
cut into 125 smaller cuber of equal size.
86. How many smaller cubes have blue colour on one of their faces, red or green colour on the other face, and
the remaining four faces without colour?
(A) 8 (B) 12 (C) 16 (D) 23
87. How many smaller cubes have red colour on one of their faces, and the remaining faces without any
colour?
(A) 8 (B) 10 (C) 14 (D) 16
Directions : (Q.88) Count the number of cubes which have been used to form the three dimentianal given figure X
and choose the correct alternative.

88.

(A) 80 (B) 85 (C) 87 (D) 89

Directions (Q.89 to 91) : Each of the following questions consists of two sets of figures. Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4
constitute the Problem set while figures A, B, C and D constitute the Answer Set. There is a definite
relationship between figures 1 and 2. Establish a similar relationship between figures 3 and 4 by selecting a
suitable figure from the answer set that would replace the question mark (?) in figure (4).

89.
 (1) (2) (3) (4) (A) (B) (C) (D)

90.

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

91.

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

Directions (Q.92 & 93): Find the next figure of given series, choosing the correct figure from the given alternatives.

92.

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

93.

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

Directions (Q.94 to 95) : Find the odd figure out.

94.

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

95.

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

96. Find the mirror image of the following figure.

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

97. What is the number of triangles in this figure?

 (A) 12 (B) 20 (C) 22 (D) 24

Direction (Q.98) : Each of the following questions consists of two sets of figures. Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4 constitute
the Problem set while figures A, B, C and D constitute the Answer Set. There is a definite relationship
between figures 1 and 2. Establish a similar relationship between figures 3 and 4 by selecting a suitable
figure from the answer set that would replace the question mark (?) in figure (4).

98. Problem Figures

Answer Figures

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

99. Find the no. of triangles in figure -

(A) 24 (B) 20 (C) 16 (D) 26

100. How many triangles are there in following figure?

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

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