Date : 16/06/2021 CODE

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Time : 2 Hrs. NTSE TEST SERIES (S-I) : TEST-3 M.M. : 100

(For Class-X Students)

MENTAL ABILITY TEST (MAT)

Topics Covered :
Mental Ability : Classification (Verbal and Non-Verbal), Direction Sense Test, Coding – Decoding, Blood
Relation, Polynomials, Number System, Sequence and Series, Miscellaneous (Missing
Number, Pyramid based Puzzles, Matrix based Questions, Logical Order etc.)

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 :

1. The value of ‘K’, if (y – 1) is a factor of
n 1 2n  2 3n  3 4n  4
y4 + y2 + 3y – K, is 3. The value of ( )( )( )( ).....
n n n n
(1) 5 up to 7 terms is
(2) 7  1 n   n  1
(1) 28   (2) 27  
(3) –7  n   n 
 1 n   n  1
(4) –5 (3) 27   (4) 28  
 n   n 
2. The largest number which divides 680 and 1650 4. If andare the zeroes of the polynomial
leaving remainder 1 in each case is 5a3 + 6a2 + 7a – 8, then the value of 5– 8 is
(1) 89 (1) 1 (2) 0
(3) 3 (4) – 16
(2) 97
5. If (310 + 30) is divided by 27, then the remainder is
(3) 83 (1) 1 (2) 2
(4) 79 (3) 3 (4) 4

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6. If 1st , 2nd and 3rd term of an A.P. are respectively Directions (Q.16 to Q.19) : Read the given information
10, 21 and 32, then 99th term of this A.P. is carefully and answer the following questions
(1) 1099 (2) 1000 Renu Starts walking from her home towards north. After
(3) 1078 (4) 1088 walking 100 m she turns to her left and walks 50 m.
7. 24
If a + 1 is divided by a + 1, then the remainder Now she turns to her right and walk 200 m. Now she
will be again turns to her right, walks 50 m and reaches book
(1) 2 (2) 0 shop. From book shop she goes straight 300 m and
(3) 25 (4) 4 reaches hospital.
8. Which number from the following will completely 16. In which direction is Renu going in the end?
divide 230 + 231 + 232 ? (1) South (2) North
(1) 7 (2) 3
(3) West (4) East
(3) 9 (4) 5
17. The hospital is situated in ? from the house
9. The sum of following terms is
of Renu.
1 1 1 1
   (1) East (2) North east
3 2 4 3 5 4 9 8
(3) South (4) South east
(1) 3 2  2 3  5( 5  1) 18. The distance between the book shop and house is
(2) 3 2  2 3  5  7 (1) 300 m (2) 200 m
(3) 3 2  3 3  5( 5  1) (3) 100 m (4) 210 m
(4) 2 2  2 3  5  7 19. The distance between the Hospital and house is
10. If 5x × 2y × 3z = 540, then value of (x + y × z)
(1) 200 2 m (2) 100 m
is
(1) 3 (2) 9 (3) 200 m (4) 300 2 m
(3) 7 (4) 8 20. Dev is moving towards East and after going some
distance he stops. Now he turn by 45°
11. If 5 5 5 5  5x , then the value of x is anticlockwise for 2 times and 135° clockwise for
17 16 once and starts walking again. Now he is moving
(1) (2) towards
16 15
17 15 (1) South (2) Northeast
(3) (4) (3) Southeast (4) West
15 16
12. If the sum of first three consecutive terms of an Directions (Q.21 to Q.25) : In the following questions
A.P. is 27 and the 10 th term is 25, then the choose a figure which is not like the other three figures.
common difference between the terms is
(1) 1 (2) 2
(3) 3 (4) 4 21. (1) (2)
13. If a polynomial is given by p(a) = a5 + a3 + a – 36,
then the value of p(–1) + p(1) is
(1) 72 (2) – 72
(3) – 3 (4) 3
(3) (4)
3
14. If 33 + 33 + 33 = 3n, then the value of n4 is
(1) 8 3 4 (2) 8
(3) 16 (4) 4 3 4
an1  bn 1 22. (1) (2)
15. If  Arithmetic mean of a and b (where
an  bn
a and b are positive real numbers), then the value
of n is
(1) 0 (2) 1 (3) (4)
(3) 3 (4) 4

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30. Who is mother-in-law of Roma?

(1) Meena (2) Sita
23. (1) (2)
(3) Chitra (4) Gita
31. If at 3 'O' clock the hour hand of the clock pointing
towards the west, then the direction in which
minute hand points at 9 'O' clock is
(3) (4)
(1) South (2) West
(3) North (4) East
32. Point A is in the south of point B. Point C is in the
east of point A. The position of point B with respect
24. (1) (2)
to the point C is
(1) West (2) Northwest
(3) East (4) Southeast

(3) (4) 33. Deepesh is standing facing towards the southeast.

He turn by 128° clockwise and then 488°
anticlockwise. Now Deepesh is facing towards
(1) Northwest (2) North

25. (1) (2) (3) Southeast (4) South

34. Northwest : East :: Southwest : ?
(1) East (2) South
(3) North (4) West
(3) (4) 35. Point A is in the north at 24 m from point P and
point B is in the east at 45 m from point P. The
Directions (Q.26 to Q.30) : Read the given information distance between A and B is
carefully and answer the following questions. (1) 64 m (2) 50 m
Roma is the only daughter of Ashok. Manish is only son (3) 66 m (4) 51 m
of Mahesh. Sita and Gita are only two sisters of Manish.
36. If Jitendra is uncle of Amar, who is son of Anita,
Ram, Shyam and Mohan are only three brothers of
then how Jitendra is related to Anita?
Roma. Chitra is wife of Ashok. Mahesh is husband of
Meena. Roma and Manish are parents of Chinu. Monika (1) Brother (2) Brother-in-law
is sister of Chinu, who is only son of their parents. (3) (1) or (2) (4) Husband
26. How is Chitra related to Roma? 37. Moyal is father of Rajeev, who is husband of Pari.
(1) Cousin (2) Mother How is Moyal related to mother-in-law of Pari?
(3) Aunt (4) Sister (1) Husband (2) Uncle
27. How is Sita related to Mahesh? (3) Brother (4) Father
(1) Mother (2) Sister Directions (Q.38 to Q.40) : Read the following relation
statements and answer the following questions.
(3) Cousin (4) Daughter
I. Arjun is son of Indu, who is wife of Dushyant.
28. Who is not uncle of Monika?
Khazan is son of Avtar, who is father-in-law of
(1) Ram (2) Shyam Dushyant.
(3) Ashok (4) Mohan II. Naresh is mother of Indu, who is daughter-in-law of
29. How many aunt does Chinu has according to the Munni. Devraj is father of Dushyant.
above given information ? 38. How is Arjun related to Devraj ?
(1) One (2) Four (1) Son (2) Brother
(3) Three (4) Two (3) Grandson (4) Nephew

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39. How is Khazan related to Naresh ? Directions (Q.51 to Q.60) : Find the missing number/
(1) Son (2) Uncle letter in the following questions.

(3) Brother (4) Father 7 6 5

40. How is Devraj related to Munni ? 51. 5 83 6 2 57 9 4 ? 5

(1) Father (2) Husband
8 5 10
(3) Brother (4) Brother-in-law (1) 65 (2) 50
Directions (Q.41 to Q.45) : Choose the odd one out of (3) 75 (4) 70
the given option in each of the following questions.
B Z J
41. (1) Elephant (2) Duck
(3) Penguin (4) Hen 52. A J C A F C M ? C

42. (1) Apple (2) Grapes D B A

(3) Banana (4) Lotus (1) C (2) B
43. (1) Tree (2) Free (3) D (4) A
(3) Hurry (4) Three 2 3 1
44. (1) B16F (2) M4L
53. 5 49 C 6 81 C 13 196 H
(3) A81J (4) H9K
D F ?
45. (1) 31 - 33 (2) 37 - 41
(1) A (2) B
(3) 83 - 89 (4) 53 - 59
(3) F (4) G
Directions (Q.46 to Q.49) : In a certain code language
‘M’ is coded as ‘3N1’, ‘A’ is coded as ‘1B0’ and ‘L’ is S M Y
coded as ‘2M1’. Now answer the following questions.
54. B 280 C A 230 C Z ? H
46. The code for ‘T’ is
D F K
(1) 2U0 (2) 2V1
(1) 700 (2) 900
(3) 0U2 (4) 0D4
(3) 600 (4) 800
47. The code for ‘NO’ is
(1) 4O15P2 5 6 7 9 ? 9
55.
(2) 4O15P1 61 130 145
(3) 4O15Q1 (1) 7 (2) 8
(4) 4O15P3 (3) 6 (4) 5
48. Which of the following pair is not correct?
4 5 2 3 9 11
(1) J - 0K1
56. 14 18 ?
(2) Q - 7R1
A B C D E A
(3) X - 4W2
(4) B - 2C0 (1) 61 (2) 56

49. The code ‘6Q15F04O1’ stands for (3) 62 (4) 59

(1) PIE (2) PUT 7 70 18

(3) PER (4) PEN 57. 10 456 40 11 195 5 9 ? 16
50. If M ~ nL, G ~ hF and Q ~ rP, then H ~ ? 8 2 3
(1) ig (2) iG (1) 200 (2) 198
(3) jM (4) Ig (3) 195 (4) 208

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5 2 9 Directions (Q.66 to Q.70) : Consider the directions as

given in the figure and study it carefully to answer the
58. 2 100 10 12 360 5 6 ? 5
following questions.
1 3 3
X Y Z
(1) 800 (2) 1800
N
(3) 810 (4) 811

E I A W E B
A O
59. 1 ? S
125 729
P Q R
(1) 3375 (2) 3365 66. The position of P with respect to Z is
(3) 3357 (4) 3333 (1) Southwest (2) Northeast
2 3 3 1 1 9 (3) North (4) East
60. 5 2 9 9 6 1 ? 6 1 67. Who is in the south of Y?
(1) 1 (2) 5
(1) X (2) Q
(3) 3 (4) 9
(3) Z (4) A
Directions (Q.61 to Q.65) : Read the given information
68. If P starts walking straight towards Z, then P is
carefully and answer the following questions.
facing towards
A B C D E F
1 4 9 16 25 (1) Southeast (2) Southwest
G H I J (3) Northwest (4) Northeast
36 49 64
K L 69. If X and Z interchange their places, then who are
81 in the south of Z after changing the places?
61. A1B, B4C, C9D, ? (1) A and R (2) B and R
(1) D16F (2) E25F (3) P and A (4) Y and R
(3) D16E (4) E16F 70. The position of R with respect to X is
62. 1 : 36 :: 4 : 49 :: 9 : ? (1) Southeast
(1) 64 (2) 25 (2) Southwest
(3) 36 (4) 81 (3) Northwest
63. ABC : 5 :: CDE : 25 :: GHI : ?
(4) Northeast
(1) 88
71. In a certain code language ‘MORNING ’ is coded
(2) 85 as ‘NPSOJOH’, then the code for ‘EVENING’ will
(3) 99 be
(4) 1000 (1) FWEOJOH (2) FWFOJOH
64. 14 : AB :: 49 : BC :: 1625 : ? (3) EWFOJOH (4) EWEOJOH
(1) AE 72. In a certain code language ‘HONEST’ is coded as
(2) EF ‘NOHTSE’, then the code for ‘MASTER’ will be
(3) GH (1) SAMRET (2) SAMRTE
(4) DE (3) SMARET (4) SARMET
65. A, 25, F, 1, B, 16, ?, ? 73. Choose the odd one out of the following options.
(1) E, 9 (2) D, 4 (1) 1M3 (2) 0D4
(3) E, 4 (4) D, 9 (3) 1O4 (4) 1Q7

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Directions (Q.74 & Q.75) : Study the given information Directions (Q.81 to Q.85) : Some words are given in
carefully to answer the following questions. column I. These words are written in a code language
A % B means A is the son of B, A @ B means A is the in column II. The code equivalents of the words given
sister of B and A $ B means A is the father of B. in the column I and column II are not necessarily in the
corresponding order. Choose the correct code for the
74. Which of the following statement shows that P is words from the given options.
father of T?
Column I Column II
(1) P % Q @ R @ T NIGHT 12345
(2) P @ Q @ R @ T TIGER 52367
GREAT 37685
(3) P $ Q @ R % T TEA 568
(4) P $ Q @ R @ T RED 769

75. How is T related to P in statement 81. The code for ‘D’ is

P$Q@R%T? (1) 7 (2) 9
(1) Wife (3) 6 (4) 5
(2) Son 82. The code for ‘E’ is
(3) Husband (1) 7 (2) 9
(4) Brother (3) 5 (4) 6
Directions (Q.76 to Q.80) : Read the given information 83. The code for ‘RATE’ can be
carefully and answer the following questions. (1) 5679 (2) 5789
A is father of B, C and D. M is mother of E, who is son (3) 5678 (4) 6789
of B. N is husband of C, who is daughter-in-law of K.
84. The code for ‘GI’ can be
D is only sister of C. B is only brother of C. L is wife
of K. G is mother-in-law of N. P is daughter of K. (1) 23 (2) 34
76. Who is mother of N? (3) 24 (4) 45
(1) G (2) D 85. The code for ‘HEN’ can be

(3) P (4) L (1) 462

77. Who is mother-in-law of C? (2) 451

(1) G (2) D (3) 461

(3) L (4) P (4) 463

78. How many sister does B has? Directions (Q.86 to Q.88) : Find the missing number
in the following questions.
(1) 1 (2) 2
(3) 3 (4) 4 5 1 4

79. How is P related to C? 36 92 ?

86.
(1) Mother 2 9 7
(2) Sister (1) 66 (2) 77
(3) Sister-in-law (3) 76 (4) 78
(4) Aunt
12 40 ?
80. How is M related to G?
20 50 120
(1) Daughter-in-law 87.
(2) Sister-in-law 28 60 150

(3) Mother-in-law (1) 70 (2) 80

(4) Daughter (3) 85 (4) 90

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5 8 9
88. 25 80 126 (1) (2)
? 11 15

(1) 4 (2) 5
(3) 3 (4) 6 (3) (4)
Directions (Q.89 & Q.90) : Read the given information
carefully and answer the following questions.

LT
a b c
d e
3
f
5
g h
13 17
7 11
T T
i
89. a3b, b5c, c7d, d11e, f 13g, ?
(1) g17h (2) f13h
97.
L L
(3) g17e (4) g11h
90. a f : 15 :: b g : ?
(1) 36 (2) 93
G G?
(3) 35 (4) 16
G G
Directions (Q.91 to Q.95) : Choose the odd one out of
(1) (2)
the given option in each of the following questions.
G
91. (1) 169 (2) 121
(3) 100 (4) 289
92. (1) Wicket (2) Cricket (3) (4)
G
(3) Bat (4) Ball
93. (1) I729 (2) E125
(3) A1 (4) O3735
94. (1) Meter (2) Miles
(3) Gallon (4) Feet
95. (1) ACEG (2) ZWTQ 98.
(3) PMJG (4) DAXU
Directions (Q.96 to Q.100) : Complete the following
figure matrix. ?

(1) (2)
96.

(3) (4)
?

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99. 100.

? ?

(1) (2) (1) (2)

(3) (4) (3) (4)

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