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Reasoning - TM & EM - 2023 - Sample Book
Reasoning - TM & EM - 2023 - Sample Book
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PART - II
Coding and Decoding
Number Coding
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Matrix Coding
COMPLETE NEW TOPICS
PART - III
Dictionary
Jumbling
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Word Formation
Pair Formation
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PART - V
Number Series
Letter Series
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Mirror Images
Water Images
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Dot Situation
Paper Cutting and Paper Folding
Cube Test
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Completion of Figures
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Figure Analogy
Figure Classification
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LOGICAL REASONING
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CLOCKS
12 Hands Angles Speed
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Hour hand 12 hours = 360o
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10 2 1
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1 hour = 30 o
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or 0.5o
60 min = 30o
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1 min = or 0.5o
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Minute hand 60 min = 360o
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7 6
5 AT 4 1 min = 6o
Second hand 60 sec = 360o
1 sec = 6o
6o
360o
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1 min = 360o
A clock is a complete circle having 360o.
RELATIVE ANGLE :
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There are a total of 3 hands in a clock and these The difference of angle between hours hand
are hour, minute and seconds hand and minute hand per minute
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respectively.
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6o 6o 0.5o 5.5o
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2 2
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Difference =
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2
A clock has 12 equal divisions and each The Angle Formed by Both the
divisions called One Hour. Hands of The Clock
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Angle = min 30 hours Modulus :
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A clock has 60 equal divisions and each
divison called One Minute (or) Second
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11
2
M 30 H
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Reasoning Tricks CLOCKS
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4 1 8
3, 4 Hours 3 : 16 3 : 49 3 : 32
11 11 11
9 6 2 5
4, 5 Hours 4 : 21 4 : 54 4 : 38 4:5
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11 11 11 11
3 7 10
5, 6 Hours 5 : 27 5 : 43 5 : 10
6, 7 Hours 6:32
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6 : 49
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6 : 16
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7, 8 Hours 7 : 38 7:5 7 : 54 7:21
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7 10 3
8, 9 Hours 8:43 8:10 8 : 27
11 11 11
9 Hours
1 4 8
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9, 10 Hours 9 : 49 9 : 16 9 : 32
11 11 11
5
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Reasoning Tricks CALENDAR
CALENDAR
Calendar is used to show days, months and years. Note : A week is of 7 days. Therefore, when number
of week is given, there will be ‘0’ odd days.
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Year Months Weeks Days ‘0’
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YEARS
1 12 52 365
+ 1 Odd Day Ordinary / Normal Year Leap Year
LEAP YEAR
odd days 3
Normal Leap Years Century Leap Years
As we know that there are 7 days in week
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A) North B) East
C) South D) West
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TRICK - 1
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A) 45 m, West B) 45 m. East 75 m
C) 55 m, West D) 55 m. East
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100 m 100 m
45m
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East
25 m
25m
25m
55m 45m TRICK - 2
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A B
100m
N E S E
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100 75 100 25
E E W
55 45 45 North Right
Opposite Directions are Cancelled. Right North + Right = East
Final Direction is South, but initial direction is East. Left
Ans : East, 55m Ans : East
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Reasoning Tricks DICE
3 is opposite to 6
3 4 3
2 is opposite to 5
5 2 3 6 6 4
1 is opposite to 4
Common number is 3 in two figures, so 3. What is the number bottom of figure (I) ?
opposite of 3 is hidden number (1).
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Once more the common number on the top 3 6
surface. 2 6 4 1
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Then left to left is opposite and right to right A) 2 B) 5
is opposite. C) 1 D) 4
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i.e., 5
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2 6
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6 4
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3 is opposite to 1 Common number is 6.
5 is opposite to 6
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2 4
1 3 3 5
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6 is opposite to 5
A) 2 B) 4 C) 5 D) 3 3 is opposite to 4
Trick 2 is opposite to 1
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2 4
Bottom of the figure (I) is 4.
4. Which of the following options is correct ?
1 3 3 5
3 3 3 6
2 1 5 4 2 6 4 1
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Reasoning Tricks DICE
AC 24. Which option is correct ?
DE
B 1
Remember that D and 1 will be connected P
together as they are connected, similarly 2 M N T 4
D
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3
A $ 4, C $ 2, E & 3 will be together M P P P
Option A : B & can't come together.. 2 1 2 1
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P 1 3 T 4 2 1 2
T 3 M 4
Option B : D should be connected with 1. 4 3 4 3
Option C : 1,2,3,4 are in clockwise. (A) (B) (C) (D)
Option D : correct. Trick
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23. Which option is correct ?
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PQ
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D N (1,2,3,4 will be in clockwise
4 A B C 2 direction after folding)
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E Opitons :
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A) After folding we are not get
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D E B D
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4
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4 B) after folding we are not get .
B 3 D 3 A C B C
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2 2
C) correct
(A) (B) (C) (D)
D) (1,2,3 & 4 are in anticlockwise)
Trick 25. Which option is correct ?
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DE
1 4 B
B
2 3
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Options :
A) B &
B
B) D & E
C) A & C (A) (B) (C) (D)
D) A) Only B B) Only C
C) Only B and C D) None
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Reasoning Tricks CODING AND DECODING
Coding is a method to represent something Trick :
by some other symbol or sign.
T E A C H E R
+2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2
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Trick to remembers Alphabet Coding.
C H I L D R E N
+2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2
E J O T Y E J K N F T G P
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5 10 15 20 25 2. If in a code language, PAWAN is writ-
ten as QBXBO, then how JAMUN will
CODING : 4 TYPES be written in the same language?
1) Letter Coding
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PAWAN QBXBO
2) Number Coding JAMUN
3) Mixed Coding
4) Matrix Coding
3) Cross pattern P A W A N
4) Position pattern +1 +1 +1 +1 +1
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EXERCISE K B N V O
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D) EJKNEGTP D) KVOHMF
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Reasoning Tricks MATRIX CODING
MATRIX CODING
EXERCISE
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MATRIX CODING A can be coded as 03, 12, 21, 30, 44
From Matrix II:
In this matrix coding, a letter in a cell is
W can be coded as 55, 69, 78, 87, 96
represented first by its column number
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and then by its row number Option (d) is right
II. BAND
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Sol:
a) 43, 21, 97, 33 b) 11, 21, 79, 41
c) 34, 44, 66, 14 d) 20, 30, 89, 23
From Matrix - I
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1. Matrix - I
B 02, 11, 20, 34, 43
0 1 2 3 4 A 03, 12, 21, 30, 44
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O D O B A I
From Matrix II
1 O B A I D
2 B A I D O N 56, 65, 79, 88, 97
3 A I D O B From Matrix I
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4 I D O B A
D 00, 14, 23, 32, 41
Matrix - II Option (b) is right
5 6 7 8 9 III. BLOW
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a) 11, 68, 42, 69 b) 21, 95, 33, 97
6 N R M L W
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From Matrix - II
a) 41, 66, 23, 55 b) 32, 75, 44, 76
c) 23, 57 30, 68 d) 14, 89, 12, 78 L 59, 68, 77, 86, 95
Sol: From Matrix I From Matrix - I
D can be coded as 00, 14, 23, 32, 41 O 01, 10, 24, 33, 42
From Matrix II: From Matrix - II
R can be coded as 57, 66, 75, 89, 98 W 55, 69, 78, 87, 96
From Matrix -I Option (a) is right
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Reasoning Tricks DICTIONARY
DICTIONARY
The words in the dictionary are arranged (ii) Arrange these words according to
according to English alphabetical order. To dictionary:
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arrange some given words according to the
dictionary, they will be compared on the basis Cut, Cutter, Cow and Crow.
of the first letters of these words. If the first Sol: Here the first letters of all the words are the
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letters of the words are the same, the words same, so the second letters will be compared.
will be compared on the basis of the second The second letters of the words are U, U, O
letters. Similarly if the second letters of the and R respectively. If they are arranged
be compared and so on. For e.g. AT
words are the same then their third letters will
The third letters of these two words are the
same and ‘Cut’ is a 3 letter word.
Therefore it will come before the word ‘Cutter’.
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Cat, Boy, Dog and Fish. U, U, O R
Sol: The first letters of these words are C, B, D,
and F. If these letters are arranged according O, R, UR
CowCrow
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Reasoning Tricks JUMBLING
JUMBLING
In this topic, some letters are given in c) 11, 10, 1, 3, 7, 4, 6, 8, 9, 2, 5, 12
disorganised form and we have to rearrange them d) 10, 1, 5, 2, 8, 9, 7, 3, 4, 12, 11, 6
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into a meaningful word. The option in which we
Sol: Option (A)
find the correct order of a meaningful word, that
will be our answer. Such questions are completely 9 12 11 1 6 7 8 10 3 5 2 4
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related to word knowledge. If we cannot directly E A E C L Y P N O D I C
understand the meaningful word that is formed, This is not a meaningful word.
then we have to find it by placing the letters
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according to the sequence given in the options.
Option (B)
11 10 1 7 4 6 3 8 9 5 2 12
E N C Y C L O P E D I A
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This is a meaningful word. Hence Ans (B)
[If there formed no meaningful word in
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Example - 1 : ]
Letters of a word have been jumbled up and Example - 2 :
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numbered as given. Select the option that Letters of a word have been jumbled up and
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gives the correct order of the letters as numbered as given. Select the option that
indicated by the numbers to form the word? gives the correct order of the letters as
indicated by the numbers to form the word?
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C, I, O, C, D, L, Y, P, E, N, E, A
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
a) 9, 12, 11, 1, 6, 7, 8, 10, 3, 5, 2, 4 S, A, B, I, T, S, L, H
b) 11, 10, 1, 7, 4, 6, 3, 8, 9, 5, 2, 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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Reasoning Tricks WORD FORMATION
WORD FORMATION
In the questions related to this topic we are Sol: The words given in options (b), (c) and (d)
given a word and we are asked whether a have been formed using the letters of word
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new word can be formed or not, using the ‘TRANSFORM’.
letters of the given word. Thus there are bcd
asked two types of questions in it: ‘TRANSFORM’
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While the letter ‘I’ of word ‘TRAIN’ in option
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In this we are given a word along with 4 options.
Here in three options out of the four options
(a) is not present in word ‘TRANSFORM’.
a‘TRAIN’‘I’
‘TRANSFORM’
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there form new words using the letters of the Hence Ans (a)
word, whereas in one remaining option, no new In this also we are given a word along with 4
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word is formed using the letters of the word. options. Here in 3 options out of 4 options
there form no new word using the letters of
the given word, whereas in one remaining
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Given below are a few tips and tricks that
may help you solve the input-output based
questions faster, saving you some time in the
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final examination:
(1) The first and the most important thing is to
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read the question carefully and analyse the
steps based on which the Output is given.
Once you carefully see the steps. You shall
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be able to apprehend the pattern that is being
followed to get the Output.
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(2) At times, just looking at Step 1 and step 2
only candidates shall be able to understand
the pattern followed.
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(3) Use tabular form while solving the question
as the length of the Input may be longer and
may make the solution even more confusing.
(4) Do not try solving this type of question verbally Sample Questions – Input Output Reasoning
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Reasoning Tricks PUZZLE TEST
PUZZLE TEST
CONCEPT
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Puzzles are raw information given for a
Several types of questions are asking in this
sequence (or) an order of things, which
topic, in various governmental competitive
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need to be arranged systematically, So that
examination. especially in Banking, Railway,
sequence (or) order of things can be
SSC and other state Board examinations.
correctly, depicted. In puzzles, candidates
are provided with the information in
jumbled (or) haphazard format. AT
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In previous topic we have learnt seating
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arrangement and its types. In this we learn all the
types of puzzles for all important examinations.
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It checks candidates mental and analytical
ability in solving these problems. There is no
such formulaes in these topic to solve them. TYPES OF PUZZES
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zig - zag way, so, we need to arrange themin Scheduling Based - Day -
sequencial order according to the conditions. Year -
Designation Based -
As there is no fixed rules to solve these
Age based
problems, only practice can make some one
Comparison Based -
master in cracking these types of problexs.
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Reasoning Tricks MISSING NUMBER
Example - 5 : a) 16 b) 18
c) 25 d) 32
7 6 8
Sol: 14 + 12 + 3 + 7 = 36
5 4 9
9 + 11 + x + 16 = 54
3 2 1
83 56 ? x = 18 Ans (b)
c) 148 d) 146 4 8 20
Column: I 72 + 52 + 32 = 83 9 3 15
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II 62 + 42 + 22 = 56 6 6 ?
III 82 + 92 + 12 = 146 Ans (d) a) 22 b) 18
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Example - 6 : c) 16 d) 20
Sol: 8 2 + 4 = 20
11 12 14 10
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9 7
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3 2 + 9 = 15
6 2 + 6 = 18
Example - 10 :
Ans (b)
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a) 84 b) 74
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c) 108 d) 94
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Sol: 12 11 - 9 6 = 78 137 8 2
14 10 - 8 7 = 84 Ans (a) 17
Example - 7 : a) 907 b) 97
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c) 1097 d) 9107
18 16 7
Sol: 2 8 + 1 = 17
35 25 ?
17 8 + 1 = 137
7 23 58
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a) 19 b) 15 Example - 11 :
c) 13 d) 14 4 7 9
Sol: Column: I 35 + 7 - 18 = 24 8 6 8
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II 25 + 23 - 16 = 32 3 7 9
III x + 58 - 7 = 65 35 49 ?
x = 14 Ans (b)
a) 89 b) 81
Example - 8 : c) 64 d) 63
14 12 9 Sol: Column: I 4 8 + 3 = 35
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36 54 II 7 6 + 7 = 49
7 3 16 ? III 9 8 + 9 = 81 Ans (b)
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Reasoning Tricks LOGICAL VENN DIAGRAMS
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circles to show the relationships among things
of finite groups of things. Delhi, India, Asia;
Asia
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India
Delhi
Circles that overlap have a commonality while
TYPE-1
For three different Identities. EXAMPLES
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Tea
Bat Book
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Reasoning Tricks COUNTING OF FIGURES
Hence, total rectangles a) 5 b) 7 c) 6 d) 8
= (Original rectangles) + (Other rectangles) Sol.
= (3 + 21 + 3) + (3 + 3)
= 27 + 6 = 33 (Ans. A)
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given figure?
18. Find out the number of triangles in the
given figure?
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a) 23 b) 21 c) 18 d) 25
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a) 2 b) 4 c) 3 d) 5
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Reasoning Tricks PAPER CUTTING - PAPER FOLDING
(40) Problem Figures
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(a) (b) (c) (d)
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(37) Problem Figures
Folding Cut Open
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? (a)
(42)Problem Figures
(b) (c) (d)
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Reasoning Tricks STATEMENTS AND ASSUMPTIONS
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Something that you sayor write, especially formally. • It would have some reason for its existence.
If statement is an official notice, then;
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• It would have some impact on the staff.
Assumption :
• Its implementation would be good for
Assumption is something assumed,
the company.
supported and taken for granted.
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i.e. Assumption is the logical support for
the statement, it can be supposed (or)
assumed on the basis of the given statement.
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Assumptions topic plays a vital role in all
Competitive Exams in Present days.
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i) statement of an advertisements;
and select the given below options which are
• It has some impact on its readers.
followed for implint.
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Reasoning Tricks SYLLOGISM
SYLLOGISM
INTRODUCTION
Syllogism is a "Greek" word that means
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inference or deduction, conclusion.
‘A’‘B’ (+) "All"
‘A’‘B’ (–) "NO"
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In this chapter, some statements and 2. PARTICULAR
conclusions are given in this questions and The statements which provides less than 100%
or false or can be true. AT
we have to tell which conclusions are true information (or) Incomplete information.
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Example :
Some dogs are cats.
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Affirmative = Positive
I. Some ‘A’ are ‘B’ (+) "Some"
II. Some ‘A’ are not ‘B’ (–) "Some not.
1) Universal
‘A’‘B’
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Reasoning Tricks CAUSE & EFFECT
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events or things, where one is the result of the may be cause and effect relationship between
other or others. This is combination of action and two statements. Choose the correct option.
reaction. Something happens that’s leads to effect. A) If statement I is cause and statement II is
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its effect.
B) If statement II is cause and statement I is
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its effect.
C) If bot h the st atement s I and II are
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A cause is something that produce an event independent causes
or condition. D) If both the statements I and II are effects of
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EFFECT : WHAT HAPPENS AS A I
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DATA INTERPRETATION
PAIR FORMATION
PRODUCTION UNIT
Data interpretation refers to the process of
reviewing provided data and to use these Month A B C D E F
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data for calculating the required value. The April 310 180 169 137 140 120
data can be provided in various forms like in May 318 179 177 162 140 122
Table format, Bar graph, Line graph, Pie June 320 160 188 173 135 130
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July 326 167 187 180 146 130
chart, Caselet or a combination of these.
August 327 150 185 178 145 128
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1. In which month the unit B has a
contribution of approximately 15% in the
total sugar production ?
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Types of Data Interpretation:
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3. Line Graphs = 310 + 180 + 169 + 137 + 104 + 120 = 1056
4. Pie Charts 15
15% of 1056 1056 158.4
5. Mixed Charts 100
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