Date 010972021 CODE Howe Assicnment A Aakash _ Dsyus Corporate Office : Aakash Tower, 8, Pusa Road, New Delhi-110005 Ph.: 011-47623456 Time:2t. NTSE TEST SERIES (S-l) : TEST-8 MM. 100 (For Class-X Students) MENTAL ABILITY TEST (MAT) Topics Covered : Mental Ability : Ranking Test, Analytical Reasoning, Calendar, Clock and Time, Cubes and Dice, Water Image, Mirror Image, Quantitative Aptitude (Number System, Problems on Numbers and ‘Ages, Average, Profit and Loss, Percentage, Ratio and Proportion, Distance, Time and Work, Problem Related to Trains and Boats), Miscellaneous (Missing Number, Pyramid based Puzzles, Matrix based Questions, Logical Order, Dot Situations, Missing Figure, Completing Figure etc.) GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS : 1. There are 100 questions in this test. All aré compulsory. 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, Use only Blue/Black ballpoint pen to darken the appropriate circle. ‘The mark should be dark and should completely fil the circle, Darken only one circle for each question 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 1. If 9826x5 is divisible by 9, then the value of x can (1) 9303 (2) %9304 be (whore x is a digit) (yt @2 (3) 9403 (4) 8303 @ 3 @ 4 4. A can complete a work in 12 days, B can 2. The ratio of the present ages of Aarya and Suzen complete the same work in 10 days and C can is 4: 5. If Suzen is 5 years older than Aarya, then ‘complete the same work in 8 days. If A, B and C the ratio of their ages after 10 years will be ‘works together, then in how many days work will () 4:7 @ 5:7 complete? 8) 5:6 (@) 6:7 8 ° 3. ARetailer has a sale of 10560, % 9567, % 10070 (1) 337 days (2) 235 days and % 8000 for 4 consecutive months. How much sale must he have in the fifth month so that he 32, 4 gets an average sale of € 9500 ? @) S37 days “ay dasPart-l_Mental Ability Test (Class-X) NTSE Tost Series (S-I) Tost-8A (Home Assignment) 5. Aboat’s speed with the current is 20 kmihr and the speed of the current is 4 kmihr. The boat's speed against the current is (1) 14 kmvhr Q) 11 kine (3) 10 km/hr (4) 12 kminr 6. Ina class of 50 students, Reenu is ranked 5 rank before Manju’s rank. ifthe rank of manju from the last is 25", then the rank of Renu from the top is (a) 24 @ 230 @) 11° @) 218 7. A clock is started at noon, By 40 minutes past 6, the hour hand has tumed through (1) 185° (2) 200° (3) 175° 4) 190° Directions (Q.8 & Q.9) : Find the Mirror image in the following questions. 8 mosT & (1) TeOM (2) LSOW (8) Wo2L (4) TSOM 9%. 123456@789 6 10. (1) eav@aasesr (3) eex@aarest (4) eaxDoopezt is tallor than S and T. P is smaller than Q/and R. $ Is taller than T but smaller than P. R is not tallest. Which of the following descending order of there height is correrct? (1) Q@>R>P>T>S @ Q>R>P>S>T (@) Q>R>S>P>T @) Q>P>R>S>T 2) ssatee@xea Directions (Q.11 to Q.15) : Read the given information carefully and answer the following questions. Six friends A, B, C, D, E, and F are sitting equidistant on a circular table such that three are facing towards the center and remaining facing outward from the circle No two immediate neighbours facing in the same direction. Ais facing towards the centre. E and C are the immediate neighbours of D, who is facing outside of the circle, A and E are the immediate neighbours of F. B is sitting immediate left of A. 11 Who is sitting opposite to A? mB ac GE (4) D 12, 13. 14. 16. 16. 1". 18. 19. Who is sitting opposite to B? ae QF BA 4) D Who is sitting second to the left of F? (a Qe @o @c Who is facing outward? 4) 8 aA gc @MeE Who is facing toward centre? 4) B (2) D OE @c AA class is standing in a queue, one student is at 28% position from both the ends of queue. How many students are there in the class? (iy 51 (2) 52 @) 83 (@) 50 How much time does a watch lose per day, if its hands coincide every 64 minutes? Z 2) 31 min @ 35 (4) 325 min 1 ‘The reflex angle between the minute hand and the hour hand of a clock at 03.00 pm is, (1) 215° @ 270° (3) 265° (4) 195° Which of the following letter is same as of its mirror image? ae @N Qc @HNTSE Tost Series (S-I) Tost-8A (Home Assignment) Part-|_Mental Ability Test (Class-X) 20. 24 22, 23, 24, 28, 26. Raja is 24! from the left end and 18° from the right end in a queue of boys. How many boys should be join in the queue so that there should be 50 boys? (1) 10 29 8) 7 (4) 8 If 1% day of a month is Tuesday and it have 5 ‘Thursday, then which month it can be? (1) April (2) February (@) June () May Directions (Q.22 to Q.25) : Read the given information carefully ‘A cube is painted pink on four of its faces such that two opposite faces left uncoloured and then cut into 125 ‘small cubes of equal size. Now answer the following questions. ‘The total number of small cubes which are painted pink exactly on three surfaces, is (yo a4 @) 6 @) 8 The total number of small cubes which are painted pink exactly on two surfaces, is (1) 25 (2) 24 3) 20 (4) 26 ‘The total number of small cubes which are painted pink exactly on one surface is (1) 62 @ 5 (3) 70 (4) 60 The total number of small cubes which are not painted on any surfaces is (1) 40 (2) 45 (3) 32 4) 27 Rohan ranks seventh from the top and fourteenth, from the bottom in a class. How many students are there in the class? (1) 24 (2) 20 @ 2 @ 19 27. Shyam is fourteenth from the right end in a row of 50 boys. What is his position from the left end? (1) 37 @) 36% (@) 38" (4) 34" 28. Ina row of 50 boys, when Ram was shifted to his left by 4 places, his position from the left end of the row become 10, What was the position of Shyam from the right end of the row if Shyam was three places to the right of Ram's original postion? () ae @ 330 (3) 34 4) 35" 29. Ina row of children, Ais ninth from the left and B is thineenth from the right. They interchange their positions and then A becomes seventeenth from the left, then the new position of B from the right end of the row. (1) 20" @ 218 (3) 27% (4) 30" 30. In a €las$ among the passed students A got 22" rank from top’and 8, who is 5 rank below A, got 34 rank from bottom. If the ratio between pass and fail students is 3 : 1, then find the total number of students in that class? (1) 60 @) 70 @) 75 4) 80 Directions (Q.31 to Q.35) : Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow. Six films- A, B, C, D, E and F are to be released on consecutive Mondays. The schedule of the release is to be in accordance with the following conditions. (i) Ammust be release a week before E (i) C must not be released immediately after the first release (ii) B must be release on the Monday following the Monday on which F is released (w)_D must be released on fifth Monday and should not be immediately preceded by B. () E must not be released in the last 31. Which of the following flm preceded E? aa QB @)D 4) FPart-l_Mental Ability Test (Class-X) NTSE Tost Series (S-I) Tost-8A (Home Assignment) 32, Which of the following films released immediately after B? aya (2c BE @) F 33, Film C will be released on which of the following Monday? (1) First (2) Third (3) Fourth (4) Sixth 34, In between which of the two films D is to be released? (1) Bande 2) Cand E (3) Aande (4) Eand 35. Which of the following films released first? (a QB 3) c @) F Directions (Q.36 to Q.40) : Read the following information carefully and answer the questions-that follow. Six lectures M, N, O, P, Q and R to be organised in seven days from Sunday to Saturday, only one lecture on each day in accordance with the following. () M-should not be organised on Thursday. (i) © should be organised immediately after R (il) There should be a gap of two days between P and Q (@) One day there will be no lecture (Friday is not that day) just before day P will be organised (¥) _N should be organised on Tuesday and should not be followed by P 36. On which day there is no lecture? (1) Monday (2) Friday (3) Thursday (4) Sunday 37. How many lectures are organised between O and P? (1) One 2) wo @) Three (4) Four 38. Which day will the lecture R be organised? (1) Thursday (2) Friday (2) Saturday 4) Sunday 38. Which of the following is the last lecture in the series? (1) P (270 @N @™ 40. Which of the given statement above in the directions is superfluous? a) @ (2) ii) ao (4) Allare required Directions (Q.41 & Q.42): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow, AB means Ais younger than B A= B moans B is younger than A ‘Ax B means A and B are of the same age 41. Ram Shaym ~ Reena means (1)_ Reena isthe youngest (2) Reena is the oldest {@) Shyam is younger than Reena (4) Ram is older than Shyam 42. x cy» zis same as () y-x-z @ z-y- @) z-x-y () xyz Directions (@.43 to Q.45): Read the following information ‘carefully and answer the questions that follow: (@) P.Q,R,S,T, Vand V are sitting around a circle and are facing to the centre. (i) V is second to the left of R, who is to the immediate left of U (il) P is third to the loft of T (\) Qis between S and T 43, Which of the following pairs has the first person sitting to the immediate left of the second person? () sv @ vs @ RP @) ar 44, Which of the following is true? (1) Ris fourth to the left of Q (2) P is to the immediate right of V @) Sis second to the left of T (4) Qis second to the right of VNTSE Tost Series (S-I) Tost-8A (Home Assignment) Part-|_Mental Ability Test (Class-X) 48, 46, 47. 48, 49, 60, 51 62 Which of the following is false? (1) P is fourth to the right of T 2) Vis to immediate right of S (8) Uis third to the right of S (4) Qis to the immediate left of S It the day before yesterday was Monday, what will be the day after tomorrow? (1) Friday @) Saturday (3) Wednesday (4) Tuesday If the seventh day of a month is 3 days earlier than Saturday, which day will be on the nineteenth day of the month? (1) Friday (2) Wednesday (3) Sunday (4) Monday The day on 26 January 1950 was (1) Thursday (2) Friday (3) Wednesday (4) Monday If 20 January 2018 was Friday, then 15 July 2020 (1) Tuesday (2) Monday (8) Sunday (4) Friday At what angle the hands of a clock are inelined at 20 minutes past 4? (1) @) 10° (3) 20° @) At what time between 3 and 4 O'clock will the hands of a clock coincide? (1) 20 minutes past 3 1 (2) 15,5 minutes past 3 4 (3) 165 minutes past 3 (4) 17 minutes past 3 How many times do the hands of a clock points towards each other in a day? (1) 20 Q2 @) 23 (a) 24 53, 54, Directions (Q.55 to Q.58) : A cube is painted black on all faces and divided into 64 smaller cubes of equal size. 56. 56. 7. 58. 59, 60, Find at what time between 10 and 11 O'clock will the hands of the clock be in the same straight line but not together. (2) 20 minutes past 10 A clock shows the time as 2:30 pm. If the minutes hands gains 2 minutes every hour, how many minutes will the clock gain by 3 am ? (1) 23 minutes (2) 24 minutes (3) 25 minutes (4) 18 minutes How many cubes are painted on three face only? ye Q m4 @ 2 (4) 16 How many cubes are not painted on any face? 1) 8 (2) 10 (45 (4) 12 How many cubes are painted on one face only? a) 8 2m @ 7 (4) 48 How many cubes are painted at most two face? (1) 24 2 48 @) 86 (a) 32 The minimum number of colours to paint all the faces of a cube that no two adjacent faces have the same colours is a4 Q3 @) 4 6 Four positions of a dice are given. Based on them find out which number is found opposite the number 6 in the given cube 0 i) iy ™ a4 Q2 @ 3 a4Part-l_Mental Ability Test (Class-X) NTSE Tost Series (S-I) Tost-8A (Home Assignment) 61 62, 63, The six faces of a dice have been marked with alphabets P, Q, R, S, T and U respectively. This dice is rolled three times, The three positions are shown as Cs Gh Ga 0 ) ay ‘The alphabet opposite the face with alphabet P is aR (2s (3) T ) U Three positions of dice are given below. What is the number in "2" CH Gf @ (OF (ii) a4 (2) 3 How many dots lie opposite to the face having four dots, when the given figure is folded to forma cube? (1) Five @) Two Q) Four @) Six Directions (Q.64 & Q.65) : Select the mirror images of the following words 64 65, NATIONAL (1) JANOITAM (2) JAMOITAM (8) JAVOITAA (4) UAnouAK vayusss6 (1) ‘AAAnsese (2) ‘Avansese (3) Vwausese (4) eeetuvav Directions (Q.66 & Q.67) : In each of the following questions, choose the correct mirror image from alternative (1), (2), (3), (4) of the figure (A) 66, 67. Directions (Q.68 & Q.69) : In each of the following questions, @ word is followed by four alternatives (1), (2), (8) and (4) showing possible water images of that word. One out of these four altematives shows the ‘exact water image of that word. Choose the alternative which shows the correct water image of that word. 68, 69, 70, [A @ (1) 8 ed “) MW) (2) Gl Cd oj|/NS ® |IMW (3) s @ |AIM monday (1) ‘Asdnow (2) wougsa (3) yadnom (4) yebnom RAJS89D8 (1) wwe 2) weeps (3) waresane (4) ‘wvreeepe Find the missing number in the circle.NTSE Tost Series (S-I) Tost-8A (Home Assignment) Part-|_Mental Ability Test (Class-X) 71, Which number will come in the place of "x"? 2[9 alo 6la 5 [22 7 [as [43] 4 To olte[s[s tx (1) 40 2) % 3) % @) 32 72. Which number will come in place of °x"? atele 7|s|7z 5 x 140/320] 126 me Qs @4 @ 5 73, Which number will come in place of "x"? 1 6 4 X 6 8. 3 3 ; = I 2 : ] 7 ‘9 6 4 8 (1) 262 (2) 240 (3) 280 (4) 246 74, Which number will come in place of IX iN IN 8 15 x 8 @ 12 8) 13 @7 75. Which number will came in place of "x"? a7 Qs @) 5 @) 8 Directions (Q.76 to Q.80) : Find the missing number in the following matrix. 24] e4 [12 76. [a7[es ss[ > [oe (1) 61 @ (3) 63 (4) 64 2[e 7 Gee e[a[a zl a7|? (1) 20 @ 27 (@) 38 4) 45 hfe] x. [v2|n[7 faqhizo| 2 (1) 40 2) 45 @) 50 4) 85 9 [a7] 35 7. [af s [20 so [13[ 2 3 2) 38 40, 42 asta [s sol tb7 | 2 [6 2fs|o|7 2[a[4l> a4 @2 @) 3 44 Directions (Q.81 to Q.84) : Study the given information carefully and answer the questions given below. 1 234 98765 10111213 14 15 16 25 24 23 22 21 2019 18 17 81, 129: 987: 145: 7 (1) 101112 (2) 568 (3) 9876 (a) 567 82, 298 : 456 «: 291011128: 7 (1) 45161514 2) 461415165 @) 4st6e15146 (4) 4614201918 83, 25242322 : 17181920 =: ? : 161514 (1) t01112 2 121110 (@) 98713 (4) 76514Part-l_Mental Ability Test (Class-X) NTSE Tost Series (S-I) Tost-8A (Home Assignment) 84, 132: 134 137892: ? (1) 197658 (2) 197655 (3) 1371365 (a) 137654 90, Directions (Q.85 to Q.88) : Study the given information carefully and answer the questions given below. o | A S, BcD a @ EFGHI JKLMNOP QRSTUVWXY ® “ 85, BCG: DCG :: 7: 1GU (1) EGU (2) JUG = @) UG (4) luc. 1 “iy 86, EJQ:FKR: _?_ : HOX ~ (1) low @) IPY [2 (3) GNU (4) HMI 0 87, KSTL: OWVN:: EKLF:: 2 () STKL (@) MvUN @ (3) IONH (4) JRKS 88. JOS: PWY: KRT: 2 @) aN (1) PWN (2) OVX @ Yow (4) xov (4) Directions (Q.89 to Q.92) : In each of the following questions there is @ figure (X) with one or more dots placed in it. This figure is followed by four other answer figure marked with (1), (2), (3) and (4); only one of which ° is such as to make possible the placement of the dots | 92 or dot satisfying the same condition as in the figure (00. Find the comect answer figure in each case. w 2 he) “ © @ (1) ® (2) &) (3) ® B® “»AO ® OmeNTSE Tost Series (S-I) Tost-8A (Home Assignment) Part-|_Mental Ability Test (Class-X) 93, O]|/@| ? w Al @ > Directions (Q.93 to Q.95) : In each of the following figure there is a figure missing which is signified by the "Find the option which completes the matrix/patter. Directions (2.96 & Q.87) : In each of the following questions, a part of the figure is missing. Find out from the given options (1), (2), (3) and (4), the right figure to ft in the missing figure 96, AA? YY o AS ® 8 oh 3) A 4) © 97. ~|g ID A | C7 G x @ W @) Gd] a Ld 8) 96, F212 5 Blo Oo mq @ 0 ° O @ -O- Directions (@.98 to Q.100) : A dice have numbered 1 10 6 in different ways as indicated: 98, 99, 100, (1) (2) (3) 4) If 1 is adjacent to 2, 3 and 5, then which of the following statement is necessarily true? 2) 2's adjacent to 5 (4) 4's adjacent to 1 If 4 is opposite to 6 and adjacent to 2 and 3 then which of the following statement is necessarily true? (1) 4s adjacent to 6 (3) 1 is adjacent to 6 (1) 4 is adjacent to 1 and 5 (2) 4's opposite to 5 @) 2s opposite to 3 (4) 2 is adjacent to 3 If 1 is opposite to 5 and 2 is opposite to 3, then which of the following is necessarily true? (1) 4 is adjacent to 3 and 6 (2) 2s adjacent to 4 and 6 @) 4's adjacent to 5 and 6 (4) 6 is adjacent to 3 and 4ALL RIGHTS RESERVED All rights including copyright and translation rights etc, reserved and vests exclusively with AESL. 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