Date : 04/08/2021 CODE

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Time : 2 Hrs. NTSE TEST SERIES (S-I) : TEST-6 M.M. : 100

(For Class-X Students)

MENTAL ABILITY TEST (MAT)

Topics Covered :
Mental Ability : Venn Diagram, Syllogism, Mathematical Operations, Number and Alphabet Test,
Diagrammatic Puzzles

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS :
1. There are 100 questions in this test. All are compulsory.
2. Since the time allotted for this question paper is very limited you should make the best use of it by not
spending too much time on any one question.
3. Use only Blue/Black ballpoint pen to darken the appropriate circle.
4. The mark should be dark and should completely fill the circle.
5. Darken only one circle for each question.
6. Rough work must not be done on the Answer sheet and do not use white-fluid or any other rubbing
material on the Answer sheet.
7. Each question carries 1 mark. There is no negative marking.

Choose the correct answer :

Directions (Q.1 to Q.5) : Read the given sequence and 4. How many 2's are there in the given pattern?
answer the following questions. (1) One (2) Two
12353265498563254789633258493 (3) Four (4) Three
5. Which of the following digit is exactly in the middle
1. How many even prime digit is immediately followed
of the pattern?
and immediately preceded by an odd digit?
(1) 1 (2) 2
(1) One (2) Four (3) 3 (4) 4
(3) Two (4) Three Directions (Q.6 to Q.10) : Study the given diagrams and
choose the correct option which represents the
2. How many 5's are immediately followed and
relationship between the groups in the following questions.
immediately preceded by an even digit?
(1) One (2) Four
(3) Two (4) Three
3. The 13th digit to the right of 18th digit from the right a b c
end is
(1) 5 (2) 2
(3) 8 (4) 3 d e f

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6. Male, Doctors, Engineer 14. If '–' stands for '×', '×' stands for '+', '+' stands for
(1) a (2) c '' and '' 'stands for '–', then which of the following
is correct?
(3) b (4) d
(1) 100 + 50 – 3 ÷ 4 × 5 = 17
7. Teacher, Women, Aunt
(2) 100 + 50 – 3 ÷ 4 × 5 = 27
(1) a (2) d
(3) 100 + 50 – 3 ÷ 4 × 5 = 37
(3) b (4) c
(4) 100 + 50 – 3 ÷ 4 × 5 = 7
8. Poet, Painter, Actors
15. The total number of the triangles in the given figure
(1) c (2) d is
(3) a (4) b
9. Water, Potato, Mango
(1) a (2) b
(3) d (4) f (1) 32 (2) 24
10. Road Transports , Bus, Aeroplane (3) 52 (4) 48
(1) e (2) f 16. The total number of the rectangles in the given
figure is
(3) c (4) a
Directions (Q.11 & Q.12) : Choose the conclusions
which logically follow from the given statements.
11. Statements: (1) 36 (2) 45
All A are B (3) 32 (4) 42
All B are C 17. Choose the correct venn diagram which represents
Conclusions: the correct relationship between Mango, Banana,
Kiwi.
(I) No A is C
(II) Some B are not A
(1) (2)
(1) Only (I) follows
(2) Only (II) follows
(3) (4)
(3) Both (I) and (II) follow
(4) Neither (I) nor (II) follows 18. Choose the correct venn diagram which represents
the correct relationship between Stationary, Pencil,
12. Statements:
Eraser.
Some P are Q
No Q is R
Some R are S (1) (2)
Conclusions:
(I) Some P are not R
(II) No S is Q
(3) (4)
(1) Only (I) follows
(2) Only (II) follows
19. The total number of the circles in the given figure
(3) Both (I) and (II) follow is
(4) Neither (I) nor (II) follows
13. If @ means '+', $ means '–', % means '×'
& means '', then the value of
75 & 15 % 20 $ 120 @ 20
(1) 100 (2) 120 (1) 12 (2) 14
(3) 0 (4) 10 (3) 16 (4) 15

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20. In the given figure, how many people speak only Directions (Q.23 to Q.32) : Identify the diagram that
Italian and only French language? best represents the relationship among the given
classes.
Italian 7 4
8 German 23. Humans, Male, Teachers
language 16 language
5 11
14
(1) (2)

French
language
(3) (4)
(1) 21
(2) 16 24. Mother, Grandmother, Females
(3) 27
(4) 20
(1) (2)
21. In the following figure, square represents teachers,
triangle represents swimmers, circle represents
nurses and rectangle represents women. Which
set of letters represents teachers who are either
(3) (4)
swimmers or nurses?

25. Liquid, Milk, River-water

H
I G
B
C A (1) (2)
F
D

E
(3) (4)

(1) D, F
26. English Teachers , Non-popular English Teachers,
(2) A, B, D, F, G Popular English Teachers
(3) A, B, G
(4) I, C, H
(1) (2)
22. In the figure shown below, the rectangle represents
managers, the triangle represents women and the
circle represents singers.
(3) (4)

15 7 16 27. Movie cast, Actor, Actress

4
12 9

(1) (2)
35

How many women are managers?

(1) 29 (2) 32 (3) (4)
(3) 13 (4) 12

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28. Vertebrates, Non-vertebrates, Living Beings 33. In a group of 40 players, some play football, some
play cricket and some play both. If 30 play cricket
and 20 play both, the correct way of representing
(1) (2) given information by Venn diagram is

20
(1) 10 10 10 (2) 10 10
(3) (4) C F C F

29. Food, Curd, Spoons (3) 10 2010 (4) 30 2010

C F C F
34. In a survey, 70% of these surveyed owned a car
(1) (2) and 75% of those surveyed owned a TV. If 55%
owned both a car and a TV, what percent of those
surveyed who didn't owned either a car or a TV?
(1) 25% (2) 12%
(3) (4)
(3) 10% (4) 5%
30. Continent, City, Country Directions (Q.35 to Q.50) : In the following questions
some statements followed by some conclusions. Taking
the given statements to be true even if they seem to be
at variance from commonly known facts, read all the
(1) (2)
conclusions and then decide which of the given
conclusions logically follows the given statements.
35. Statements :
(3) (4) (I) Some red are green
(II) All red are yellow
31. Sons, Father, Daughters Conclusions :
(I) Some green are yellow

(1) (II) Some green are not red

(1) Only conclusion (I) follows
(2) Only conclusion (II) follows
(2) (3) Both conclusions (I) and (II) follow
(4) Neither conclusion (I) nor conclusion (II)
follows
(3) 36. Statements :
(I) All cats are dogs
(II) Some dogs are rats
(4) (III) No rat is a cat
Conclusions :
32. Electron, Atom, Nucleus
(I) All rats are dogs
(II) At least some cats being rat is possibility
(1) (2) (1) Only conclusion (I) follows
(2) Only conclusion (II) follows
(3) Both conclusion (I) and (II) follow
(3) (4) (4) Neither conclusion (I) nor conclusion (II)
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37. Statements : (1) Only conclusion (I) follows

(I) All books are novels (2) Only conclusion (II) follows
(II) Some novels are poems (3) Either conclusion (I) or conclusion (II) follows
Conclusions :
(4) Neither conclusion (I) nor conclusion (II) follows
(I) Some books are poems
41. Statements :
(II) Some poems are novels
(I) All glasses are pencils
(1) Only conclusion (I) follows
(2) Only conclusion (II) follows (II) No pencil is chalks

(3) Both conclusions (I) and (II) follow (III) No chalk is jam
(4) Neither conclusion (I) nor conclusion (II) Conclusions :
follows (I) No glass is chalk
38. Statements :
(II) Some glass is jam
(I) All astronomers are scientists
(1) Only conclusion (I) follows
(II) Some scientists are shopkeepers
(2) Only conclusion (II) follows
Conclusions :
(I) All astronomers are shopkeepers (3) Either conclusion (I) or conclusion (II) follows

(II) Some shopkeepers are astronomers (4) Neither conclusion (I) nor conclusion (II)
follows
(III) Some shopkeepers are scientists
(IV) All scientists are astronomers 42. Statements :

(1) Only conclusion (I) follows (I) All men are bachelors
(2) Conclusions (I), (II) and (III) follow (II) Some bachelors are teachers
(3) Only conclusion (III) follows Conclusions :
(4) Conclusions (II) and (IV) follows (I) All men are teachers
39. Statements :
(II) Some men are bachelors
(I) All classes are rooms
(III) Some teachers are not bachelors
(II) All rooms are empty
(1) Only conclusion (I) follows
(III) All empty are plates
(2) Only conclusion (II) follows
Conclusions :
(I) All plates are rooms (3) Only conclusion (III) follows

(II) Some empty are classes (4) None of the conclusions follows
(1) Only conclusion (I) follows 43. Statements :
(2) Only conclusion (II) follows (I) All students are boys
(3) Either conclusion (I) or conclusion (II) follows (II) No boy is dull
(4) Neither conclusion (I) nor conclusion (II) follows
Conclusions :
40. Statements :
(I) There are no girls in the class
(I) Some boys are men
(II) No student is dull
(II) Some men are chair
(1) Only conclusion (I) follows
(III) All chair are furniture
Conclusions : (2) Only conclusion (II) follows

(I) Some furniture are men (3) Both conclusions (I) and (II) follow
(II) Some furniture are boys (4) Neither conclusion (I) nor conclusion (II) follows

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44. Statement : (1) Only conclusion (I) follows

(I) Illiterate people are poor (2) Only conclusion (II) follows
Conclusions : (3) Either conclusion (I) or (II) follows
(I) All poor are illiterate (4) Neither conclusion (I) nor conclusion (II)
(II) Some poor people are illiterate follows
(1) Neither conclusion (I) nor (II) follows 48. Statements :
(2) Only conclusion (II) follows (I) All cakes are fruits
(3) Both conclusions (I) and (II) follow (II) No biscuit is a jam
(4) Only conclusion (I) follows Conclusions :
45. Statements : (I) All biscuits are cakes
(I) All books are men (II) No cake is a jam
(II) All men are lions (1) Only conclusion (I) follows
Conclusions : (2) Only conclusion (II) follows
(I) All books are lions (3) Either conclusion (I) or (II) follows
(II) All lions are books (4) Neither conclusion (I) nor conclusion (II)
(III) All men are books follows

(IV) Some lions are books 49. Statements :

(1) Only conclusion (II) and (III) follows (I) Some woods are flowers
(2) Only conclusion (I) and (IV) follows (II) Some flowers are trees
(3) All conclusions follow (III) No tree is a chocolate
(4) Conclusions (I), (II) and (IV) follow Conclusions :
46. Statements : (I) At least some chocolates are woods
(I) Some Japanese are Chinese (II) All flowers being woods is a possibility
(II) All Chinese are Indians (1) Only conclusion (I) follows
(III) No Indian is Mexican (2) Only conclusion (II) follows
(IV) Some Mexicans are Malaysians (3) Both conclusions (I) and (II) follow
Conclusions : (4) Neither conclusion (I) nor conclusion (II)
(I) All Japanese being Mexicans is a possibility follows

(II) No Chinese is Mexican 50. Statements :

(III) Some Japanese are Indians (I) All doors are windows

(1) Only conclusion (II) follows (II) All houses are windows

(2) Only conclusion (III) follows (III) Some windows are soaps
(3) Only conclusion (I) and (III) follow Conclusions :
(4) Only conclusion (II) and (III) follow (I) Some doors are houses
47. Statements : (II) Some houses are windows
(I) All bats are lions (III) Some soaps are doors
(II) Some cats are lions (IV) All soaps are windows
(III) No cats is a tiger (1) Only conclusion (II) follows
Conclusions : (2) Only conclusion (I) follows
(I) Some tigers can be bats (3) Only conclusion (I) and (II) follows
(II) No cat is bat (4) Only conclusion (I) and (IV) follows

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51. If '<' means 'minus', '>' means 'plus', '=' means 59. If ÷ means +, – means ÷, × means – and +
'multiplied by and '$' means 'divided by' then what means ×, then the value of [(72 × 8) – 16 × 8] –
would be the value of 35 > 63 $ 7 < 4? [6 + 5 × 2 + 15 ÷ 2]
(1) 38 (2) 40 (1) –1 (2) –2
(3) 44 (4) 47 (3) 1 (4) 2
52. If '+' means 'divided by', '–' means 'added to', '×' 60. If + stands for division; × stands for addition; –
means 'subtracted from' and '÷' means 'multiplied stands for multiplication; ÷ stands for subtraction,
by' then what is the value of 17 ÷ 11 – 12 + 6? which of the following is correct?
(1) 189 (A) 15 ÷ 5 × 2 – 6 + 3 = 28
(2) 192 (B) 15 × 5 + 2 – 6 ÷ 3 = 565
(3) 98 (C) 15 + 5 – 2 ÷ 6 × 3 = 3
(4) 148 (D) 15 – 5 + 2 × 6 ÷ 3 = 41
53. If $ means +, # means –, @ means × and × (1) C (2) A
means ÷, then what is the value of (3) B (4) D
12$6@8#65×5?
61. Which interchange of signs will make the following
(1) 39 (2) 36 equation correct?
(3) 47 (4) 53 10 + 10 ÷ 10 – 10 × 10 = 10
54. If ÷ means ×, × means +, + means – and – (1) + and – (2) + and ÷
means ÷, then find the value of 19 × 3 + 7 – 2 ÷
(3) + and × (4) ÷ and +
6.
62. Select the correct combination of mathematical
(1) 1 (2) 21
signs to replace × signs and to balance the
(3) 23 (4) 0 following equation:
55. If + means ÷, ÷ means –, – means × and × 8×8×1×7=8
means +, then find the value of 16 + 8 ÷ 4 – 3 ×
(1) × ÷ + (2) + ÷ ×
10.
(3) ÷ × + (4) + × ÷
(1) 0 (2) 2
63. If 'R' stands for '–', 'A' stands for '+', 'B' stands for
(3) 14 (4) 25
'÷' and 'C' stands for '×', then what is the value of
56. If × means ÷, – means ×, ÷ means + and + the given equation? (BODMAS rule will not be
means –, then find the value of (5 – 17 ÷ 5) × 9 applicable and solve from left to right)
+ 13.
25A37C2B4R1 = ?
(1) 0 (2) –2
(1) 32 (2) 35
(3) 3 (4) –3
(3) 30 (4) 27
57. If × means +, + means ÷, – means × and ÷
64. 25 × 2 × 6 = 4 × 11 × 0. Which set of symbols
means –, then find the value of 7 × 7 – 7 + 35 ÷
can replace?
3.
(1) ×, –, ×, + (2) +, –, ×, +
2 2
(1) 5 (2) 5 (3) ×, +, ×, + (4) ×, +, +, ×
7 5
65. Which word will come in the middle if all of them
2 2
(3) 3 (4) are arranged alphabetically as in a dictionary?
7 5
(A) Animate (B) Animosity
58. If × means –, + means ÷, – means × and ÷
means +, then find the value of 11 – 2 ÷ 700 + 70 (C) Anguish (D) Ankle
× 50. (E) Announce
(1) –10 (2) –32 (1) A (2) B
(3) –24 (4) –18 (3) D (4) E

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66. Arrange the following words as per order in the 71. The letter in the middle of 7th letter from left and
dictionary. 14th letter from right in alphabetical order from A to
1. Command 2. Commit Z is
3. Connect 4. Conceive (1) K (2) H
5. Conduct 6. Commerce (3) J (4) L
(1) 6, 2, 1, 5, 4, 3 (2) 6, 1, 2, 4, 5, 3 72. Which single letter can be prefixed to the following
(3) 1, 6, 2, 4, 5, 3 (4) 1, 2, 6, 5, 3, 4 words in order to obtain entirely new words? (Same
67. Each consonant of the word, TERMINATION, is letter has to be prefixed in all the five word of each)
changed to the previous letter in the English EAT OUR IS AS AT
alphabetical series and each vowel is changed to
(1) S (2) B
the next letter in the English alphabetical series. If
the new alphabets thus formed are arranged in (3) C (4) H
alphabetical order (from left to right), which of the 73. In the following sequence how many times does 'P'
following will be sixth letter from the right end? occur in such a way that immediately after 'P',
(1) M (2) S 'N O' should occur?
(3) P (4) L APNQPNOSPTOZPNOXYMPNO
68. If all the letters of the word INTROSPECTION are (1) 5
arranged in a way that all the vowels are arranged
(2) 4
in the beginning in alphabetical order and then all
the consonants are arranged in the alphabetical (3) 3
order, then position of how many letters remains (4) 2
unchanged? 74. Some letters are given with number from 1 to 6.
(1) None (2) One Select the sequence of number which arrange the
(3) Two (4) More than two letter into a meaningful word.
69. Following question is based on the five words given D E N F R I
below:
1 2 3 4 5
G 6
LAP BUT CAR SON HID
(The new words formed after performing the (1) 4 5 6 2 3 1 (2) 3 2 1 6 5 4
mentioned operations may or may not be (3) 6 4 2 3 5 1 (4) 1 2 5 4 6 3
meaningful English word) 75. How many 9's are followed by and preceded by a
If the second alphabet in each of the word is number divisible by 2?
changed to the next alphabet in the English 89653596834965269737294 1
alphabetical order, how many words have no vowels 379417349845397615319574
will be formed? 2968532957489451
(1) None (2) One
(1) 6
(3) Two (4) More than three
(2) 8
70. Following question is based on five words given
below: (3) 10
AND FOR THE BIG SUM (4) 12
(The new world formed after performing the Directions (Q.76 to Q.80): How many straight lines are
mentioned operations may or may not be there in the given figures?
meaningful English word)
If in each of the given words; each of the
consonants is changed to previous letter and each
vowel is changed to next letter in the English 76.
alphabetical series, in how many words thus
formed will no vowels appear?
(1) None (2) One (1) 10 (2) 12
(3) Two (4) Three (3) 13 (4) 17

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82.

77.

(1) 20 (2) 24
(1) 16 (2) 15
(3) 28 (4) 32
(3) 18 (4) 19

83.

78.

(1) 29 (2) 27
(3) 23 (4) 30
(1) 13 (2) 12
(3) 14 (4) 11 84.

79.
(1) 29 (2) 20

(1) 11 (2) 13 (3) 35 (4) 33

(3) 17 (4) 19
85.
80.

(1) 36 (2) 38
(1) 9 (2) 12 (3) 40 (4) 42
(3) 15 (4) 48 Directions (Q.86 to Q.90): How many squares are there
Directions (Q.81 to Q.85) : How many triangles are in the following figure?
there in the following figures?
86.
81.

(1) 11 (2) 13 (1) 13 (2) 14

(3) 9 (4) 15 (3) 17 (4) 18

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Directions (Q.91 to Q.95): Following questions are

87. based on the five three-digit numbers given below:
713 361 458 932 724
91. If the position of the first and the third digits are
interchanged in each of these numbers, then which
of these will be an even number?
(1) 10 (1) 713
(2) 14
(2) 361
(3) 12
(3) 932
(4) 11
(4) 458

88. 92. What is the difference between the sum of three

digits of the highest and that of the third highest
number?
(1) 3 (2) 1
(3) 2 (4) 5
93. If all three digits are arranged in ascending order
(1) 7 (from left to right) within the number, in each of
these numbers, then which of the these will be
(2) 12
second lowest?
(3) 10
(1) 724
(4) 8
(2) 713

89. (3) 361

(4) 932
94. If the position of the second and the third digits are
interchanged in each of these numbers then which
of these will be exactly divisible by 2?
(1) 361 (2) 458
(1) 19 (3) 932 (4) 713
(2) 21 95. If the given numbers are arranged in descending
(3) 17 order, then what will be the square of the sum of
the digits of the third number from the right end of
(4) 7
the new arrangement?
(1) 81
(2) 121
(3) 144

90. (4) 64
96. Which of the following word can not be formed by
using letters of word ABASEMENT?

(1) 26 (1) BASE

(2) 30 (2) SENT

(3) 38 (3) TEAR
(4) 35 (4) MEAN

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Directions (Q.97 to Q.100) : From the following figure, 98. The painters who are neither writers nor teachers
answer the questions given below in which triangle are represents by
represents Teachers, circle represents writers, and
(1) Only a (2) Only c
rectangle represents Painter.
(3) Only g (4) Only f
Teachers
b 99. The writers who are only teachers are represents
Writers
by
d a c g
Painter (1) Only c (2) Only d
e f
(3) Only e (4) Only f
100. The teachers who are writers as well painters are
97. Which letter represents Teachers, who are writers
represents by
but not painters?
(1) Only d (2) Only c (1) Only c (2) Only d

(3) Only e (4) Only f (3) Only e (4) Only a

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