CEX–5346/P1BS/19 Reasoning – 3 P-1(BS)

Analogy, Coding-Decoding
Answers and Explanations

1 d 2 d 3 b 4 b 5 b 6 c 7 c 8 b 9 a 10 b
11 a 12 c 13 a 14 c 15 d 16 c 17 a 18 b 19 c 20 d
21 b 22 b 23 c 24 a 25 b 26 a 27 c 28 a 29 d 30 b
31 b 32 c 33 d 34 b 35 a 36 a 37 a 38 a 39 b 40 a
41 d 42 c 43 c 44 a 45 a 46 d 47 d 48 c 49 a 50 c
51 a 52 b 53 b 54 b 55 c 56 c 57 b 58 d 59 c 60 c
61 a 62 a 63 b 64 e 65 c

Analogy 7. c A Z C X B Y D W
+1
1. d 1 : 8 i.e (1)3 : (1 + 1)3 –1
Similarly, 27 : x. i.e. (3)3 : (3 + 1)3 +1
x = (3 + 1)3 = 64. –1
Similarly,
H Q J O I P K N
2. d 24 : 126, i.e. (52 – 1) : (53 + 1)
Similarly, 48 : x, i.e. (72 – 1) : (73 + 1) +1
 x = 73 + 1 –1
+1
= 343 + 1= 344. –1
3. b 9 8 7  Position of alphabet 8. b Q I O K M M K O
I H G  Alphabet –4
+4
Similarly, –4
6 5 4  Position of alphabet +4
Similarly,
F E D  Alphabet Y A WC U E S G
–4
4. b As, 01 + 5 = 6  62 = 36 +4
Similarly, 2 + 5 = 7  72 = 49. –4
+4
5. b As 9. a Similarly,
3 4
1  A B  C  F, B  C D  I , C D E  L

(1) (2) (3) (6) (2) (3) (4) (9) (3) (4) (5) (12)
3
3 
 6 D E F  O .
(4) (5) (6) (15)
3
6   9
Similarly, 10. b As
1 +2
2 
 3
1 M A T N C W
4 
 5
1 +1
7 
 8
+3
Similarly,
(4  5) +2
6. c As, DE =  10
2
A P E B R H
89
Similarly, HI   36.
2 +1
+3

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11. a A D B C : W Z X Y 23. c As ,

1 4 2 3 1 4 2 3 F I R S T R I F T S
1 2 3 4 5 3 2 1 5 4
E H F G : S V T U
::
1 4 2 3 1 4 2 3
Similarly

12. c Nature of animals. G H O S T O H G T S

1 2 3 4 5 3 2 1 5 4
13. a Antonyms.
24. a A(1) + 3 = D(4),
14. c Basic structure of body is skeleton, just as basic Z(26) – 3 = W(23)
structure of house is it’s framework.  H(8) + 3 = K(11)
S(19) – 3 = P(16)
15. d Editor collects all the resources to prepare magazine. Also,
In the same way a director collects all the resources AZ = A + Z = 27, DW = D + W = 27
to make a film. HS = H + S = 27, KP = K + P = 27.

16. c 50 = (7)2 + 1, 65 = (8)2+ 1 A Z C X

25. b
101 = (10)2 + 1
? = (11)2 + 1= 122. +4 –4 +4 –4

E V G T
17. a Similarly,
–1 –1 K P M N
+4 –4 +4 –4
4, 16, 12 : 3, 9, 6 :: 6 36, 30 : 5, 25, 20
O L Q J
2 2 2 2
(4) = 16 (3) = 9 (6) = 36 (5) = 25 26. a As ‘statue’ is made by ‘sculptor’ similarly, ‘poem’ is
4×3 3×2 6×5 5×4 made by ‘poet’.
 ? = 5, 25, 20
27. c As ‘Custom’ comes under ‘Culture’ similarly, ‘Ritual’
18. b 53 – 52 = 100 comes under ‘Practice’.
73 – 72 = 294.
28. a ‘Threat’ produces ‘Insecurity’ and ‘Challenge’ produces
19. c 11 × 10 + 1 = 111 ‘Fight’.
15 × 10 + 1 = 151.
29. d Antonyms.
20. d 1 + 5 + 7 = 13
2 + 1 + 3 = 6. 30. b Alike shapes.

Coding-Decoding
21. b K IT CAT  CAT T I K
12 3 4 5 6 4 5 6 3 21 31. b Code for ‘AUTONOMOUS’ is obtained by reversing the
order of letters.
: : PE N T OP  T OP N E P
A UTONOMOUS SUOMONOTUA
12 3 4 56 4 5 6 3 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Similarly,
22. b A B C D GOVERNMENT TNEMNREVOG
+5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
+5 +5
+5
F G I H 32. c NUMBERRBUEMN
1 2 3 4 56 6 42 531
Similarly,
Similarly,
D E G F H O CKEY YKO ECH
+9 1 2 34 56 6 42 5 31
+9 +9
+9
M N O P

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33. d P R O B L E M  M P E R L O B 1 1
41. d P 
Q B 
C
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 1 6 2 5 3 4
Similarly, 1 1
U 
T I 
H
A B S C O N D  D A N B O S C 2 2
B 
D Y 
A
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 1 6 2 5 3 4
2 2
L 
J P 
N
3 3
34. b M O T H E R I 
L D 
G
–1 +1 –1 +1 –1 +1 C 
3
Z 3
H  E
Hence, CHANGE is the code for BIYPDH.
L P S I D S
Similarly,
42. c BAT  9 = (No. of letters in word ‘BAT’)2 = (3)2
F A T H E R TAKE  16 = (No. of letters in word ‘TAKE’)2 = (4)2
–1 +1 –1 +1 –1 +1 Similarly,
CAREER  36 = (No. of letters in word ‘CAREER’)2
E B S I D S = (6)2.

35. a GRASS is GREEN and GREEN is coded as WHITE. 43. c OR  3 × (number of letter in word ‘OR’) = 3 × 2 = 6
TAR  3 × (number of letter in word ‘TAR’) = 3 × 3 = 9
36. a BOOK  3 × (number of letter in word ‘BOOK’) = 3 × 4
T R U T H
= 12.

SU QS TV SU GI 44. a M A N G O
Similarly, +1 +1 +1
F A L S E
N A O G P
Similarly,
EG ZB KM RT DF F R U I T
+1 +1 +1
37. a S Y S T E M
Reverse M G R V I U
E T S Y S
–1 +1 –1 +1 –1 +1 45. a Sum of the positions of the letters must be 27,
i.e. T + G  20 + 7 = 27
L F S T X T E + V = 5 + 22 = 27
Similarly,
S + H = 19 + 8 = 27
P E N C I L
T + G = 20 + 7 = 27
Reverse L I C N E P Similarly,
–1 +1 –1 +1 –1 +1 B(2) + 25(Y) = 27
O(15) + 12(L) = 27
K J B O D Q O(15) + 12(L) = 27
K(11) + 16(P) = 27
38. a 1 3 2 6 So, the code will be YLLP.
8 6 7 3
46. d We type using ‘keyboard’ which is called ‘printer’.
9 9 9 9
5 4 7 0 47. d D I M E N S I O N
4 5 2 9 Reverse N O I S N E M I D
9 9 9 9
Similarly,
14 15 9 19 14 5 13 9 4
0 0 0 9 Similarly,
9 9 9 0
F U N D A M E N T A L
9 9 9 9
Reverse L A T N E M A D N U F
39. b Colour of human blood is red and red is called blue.

40. a Intelligent = 2, Student = 8. Hence, highly = 5. 12 1 20 14 5 13 1 4 14 21 6

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 Similarly,
48. c L E A D E R
Corresponding letters from two ends

A E L R E D F I R S T

Similarly, 6 9 18 19 20

I M P R E S S I O N
21 22 9 6 7
U V I F G

E R P M I N O I S S

Corresponding letters in two halves

49. a STAIR  FGNVE
Each letter of the word ‘STAIR’ is replaced by the 51. a B A S I C
corresponding letter in the other half. This can be
2 1 19 9 3
observed as the difference between the place values
of the corresponding letters in the two halves is 1 2 3 4 5
always 13. 3 3 22 13 8
C C V M H
S T A I R
19 20 1 9 18 Similarly,

– – – – – 13 N O I D A
14 15 9 4 1
6 7 14 22 5
1 2 3 4 5
F G N V E
15 17 12 8 6
Similarly,
O Q L H F
E A R T H
5 1 18 20 8 52. b V O L U M E
– – – – – 13 22 15 12 21 13 5
6 5 4 3 2 1
7 21
18 14 5
16 10 8 18 11 4
R N E G U
P J H R K D

Similarly,
50. c Corresponding letters from two ends
I N J U R Y
9 14 10 21 18 25
A R J U N 6 5 4 3 2 1
1 18 10 21 14 3 9 6 18 16 24
C I F R P X

26 5 17 8 13 2 12 21 5
53. b B L U E  2  1  2  2  1  5  13,
Z E Q H M
20 25 16 5
T Y P E  2  0  2  5  1  6  5  21,
Similarly,
Corresponding letters in two halves 6 5 1 18
F E A R  6  5  1  1  8  21.
Code for the above words is obtained by taking addition
of digits of place values of each letter in the word.

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 18 1 3 63. b Corresponding letters from two ends
54. b R A C  18  1 3  54,
1 3 5
A C E  1 3  5  15,
L U D H I A N A
Similarly,
12 21 4 8 9 1 14 1
2 1 3 11
B A C K  2  1 3  11  66. +1 –3 +5 –7
55. c N I C Similarly, B M C 13 6 1 21 14 26 7 14
14 9 3 2 13 3 M F A U N Z G N
×1 ×2 ×3
1 2 3
2 26 9
14 18 9 B Z I
N R I Corresponding letters in two halves

Reverse
56. c From 1st and 2nd statements, code for grass is @, M FAU N Z G N the code
NGZNUAFM
from 2nd and 3rd statements, code for park is & and
from 1st and 3rd statements code for green is $. Similarly,
Therefore, code for colour is *. Hence, code for ‘colour Corresponding letters from two ends
is green’ is $*#.

57. b From 1st and 2nd statements code for green is ‘sac’.
From 2nd and 3rd statements code for ‘is’ is ‘for’. K O L H A P U R
From 1st and 3rd statements code for tasty is ‘tir’. 11 15 12 8 1 16 21 18
So, code for tomato is ‘pic’
Hence, ‘tomato is tasty’ is coded as ‘pic for tir’. +1 –3 +5 –7
12 12 9 21 6 11 14 5
58. d From 1st and 3rd statement code for ‘good’ is 5. From
L L I U F K N E
2nd and 3rd statement code for ‘bed’ is 3. From 3rd
statement and above code for ‘and’ is 8.

59. c E+N+G+L+I+S+H Corresponding letters in two halves

= 9 + 2 + 13 + 23 + 17 + 12 + 15 = 91. Reverse
LLI UFKNE the code
EN KF UI LL.
60. c P + A + R + K = 46
G + O + O + D = 41 64. e Teacher will teach but teacher is called table in that
Hence, C + A + K + E = 20. language.

61. a From Ist and IInd statement code for ‘good’ is ‘po’. 65. c cigarette contains tobacco but cigarette is called pepsi
From 2nd and 3rd statement code for ‘clever’ is ‘tep’. in that language.
From 2nd statement and above code for ‘are’ is ‘re’.

62. a Students play on play ground and play ground is called

hall.
Hence, answer is hall.

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