Question 1:
A man pointing to a photograph says, “The lady in the photograph is my nephew’s maternal
grandmother.” How is the lady in the photograph related to the man’s sister who has no other
sister?
• Correct Answer: Mother
• Reasoning: The man’s nephew’s maternal grandmother = the mother of the nephew’s
mother. Since the man has no sister other than the one mentioned, his sister is the
nephew’s mother. Hence, the lady in the photograph is his mother.
Question 2:
If in a certain language, book is called watch, watch is called bag, bag is called dictionary and
dictionary is called window, which is used to carry the books?
• Correct Answer: Dictionary
• Reasoning: Books are carried in a bag. According to the code: “bag” is called
“dictionary”. Hence, the answer is dictionary.
Question 3:
Which one of the following is a flaw in the argument about printed vs. e-books?
• Correct Answer: It bases its conclusion on predictions of future sales rather than
hard evidence.
• Reasoning: The argument draws a sweeping conclusion about e-books’ triumph based on
projections, not solid data. This is a classic logical flaw.
Question 4:
A complex seating arrangement puzzle; which one doesn’t belong?
• Correct Answer: (Pending detailed seating chart — would require visual layout)
• Note: If you'd like a precise answer here, I can reconstruct the arrangement for you —
please confirm.
Question 5:
Which expresses the flaw in the argument about fruit & vegetable guidelines?
• Correct Answer: The increased consumption of fruit and vegetables will not
necessarily result in the decreased consumption of meat and dairy products.
• Reasoning: The argument assumes that more fruits and vegetables automatically mean
less meat and dairy consumption, which may not be the case.
Question 6:
Which is the odd one out: metre, foot, inch, litre? Question 7:
The sum of Ben and Carol's age is 36. Nine years ago, Ben was twice as old as Carol. How old is
each now?
• Correct Answer: Ben is 21, Carol is 15
• Reasoning:
Let Ben = B and Carol = C
B+C=36B + C = 36B+C=36
B−9=2(C−9)B - 9 = 2(C - 9)B−9=2(C−9)
Substitute from the first:
36−C−9=2(C−9)36 - C - 9 = 2(C - 9)36−C−9=2(C−9)
27−C=2C−1827 - C = 2C - 1827−C=2C−18
45=3C⇒C=1545 = 3C \Rightarrow C = 1545=3C⇒C=15, then B=21B = 21B=21
Question 8:
A museum has an average of 510 visitors on Sunday and 240 on other days. Find the average
number of visitors per day in a month of 30 days beginning with a Sunday.
• Correct Answer: 285
• Reasoning:
o A 30-day month starting on Sunday has 5 Sundays and 25 other days.
o Total = (510×5)+(240×25)=2550+6000=8550(510 × 5) + (240 × 25) = 2550 +
6000 = 8550(510×5)+(240×25)=2550+6000=8550
o Average per day = 8550÷30=2858550 ÷ 30 = 2858550÷30=285
Question 9:
If yesterday were tomorrow, then today would be Friday. What day is today?
• Correct Answer: Saturday
• Reasoning:
Let’s reframe: "If yesterday were tomorrow" means today is two days after tomorrow =
today is Friday.
So “today” is Saturday.
Question 10:
What is the missing number in this series? 8 2 14 6 11 ? 14 6 18 12
• Correct Answer: 10
• Reasoning:
Separate into two alternating series:
o 1st, 3rd, 5th...: 8, 14, 11, 14, 18 → Pattern: +6, -3, +3, +4
o 2nd, 4th, 6th...: 2, 6, ?, 6, 12 → Pattern: +4, ?, 0, +6 ⇒ The missing number is 10
Question 11:
Choose the best revision: “Less than a minute after he had finished steam cleaning the carpet,
Steve’s dog tracked mud all through the house.”
• Correct Answer: Steve had finished steam cleaning the carpet, his dog
• Reasoning: This option avoids redundancy, improves clarity, and is grammatically clean.
It shows correct sequencing of past perfect followed by past action.
Question 12:
Find the one which is different from the group: UVVX, HIIJ, PQQR, NOOP
• Correct Answer: UVVX
• Reasoning: All other options follow a pattern of repetition and sequence:
o HIIJ: H-I-I-J (I repeated)
o PQQR: P-Q-Q-R
o NOOP: N-O-O-P
o UVVX: U-V-V-X (non-sequential jump to X), less aligned with pattern logic.
Reasoning: Litre is a unit of volume, while metre, foot, and inch are units of length.
Question 13:
X and Y are young ones of Z. Z is the father of X but Y is not the son of Z. How are Y and Z
related?
• Correct Answer: Daughter and Father
• Reasoning: Z is the father of X. Y is not the son of Z, but still a child (young one) of Z
— so Y must be his daughter.
Question 14:
In a certain code, ‘La Lu Le’ means ‘I love you’, and ‘La ki Le’ means ‘I and You’. What is the
code for ‘love’?
• Correct Answer: Lu
• Reasoning:
Compare both codes:
o La Lu Le = I love you
o La ki Le = I and you
Common words: La and Le → I and You
Remaining word in first code is Lu → must mean love.
Question 15:
Flaw in the argument: Expensive films failing, low-budget films succeeding ⇒ low budgets make
popular films.
• Correct Answer: The cost of a film need not be the factor that determines its
popularity.
• Reasoning: The conclusion falsely assumes a causal link between budget and popularity,
while popularity may depend on many factors (script, cast, marketing, etc.).
Question 16:
Find the missing term from: ACF acf G_______
• Correct Answer: GJL
• Reasoning:
Pattern: Letters spaced with 2-letter gaps
o A(1), C(3), F(6) → gap +2, +3 → G(7), J(10), L(12)
→ So, GJL
Question 17:
Find the number of triangles in the given figure.
(Note: No image is provided, but options are 16, 18, 14, 15)
• Correct Answer: 16 (Assumed based on standard triangle counting questions)
• Note: Please confirm or provide the figure for verification.
Question 18:
Food : Stomach :: Fuel : ?
• Correct Answer: Engine
• Reasoning: Just as food powers the stomach/body, fuel powers an engine. Logical
analogy.
Question 19:
Which one of the following most closely parallels: "All trees have leaves. An oak is a tree.
Therefore oaks have leaves"?
• Correct Answer: All trees have leaves. That plant has leaves. Therefore that plant is
a tree.
• Reasoning: This is a logical fallacy — affirming the consequent — and it mimics the
structure of the original flawed reasoning.
Question 20:
Pick the odd man out: Unfaithfulness, Loyalty, Betrayal, Infidelity
• Correct Answer: Loyalty
• Reasoning: All the others are negative in connotation (unfaithfulness, betrayal,
infidelity), while loyalty is positive and the opposite of the rest.
Question 21:
Number of hours and minutes from 6:14 AM to 8:02 PM on the same day?
• Correct Answer: 13 h and 48 min
• Reasoning:
o From 6:14 AM to 8:02 PM = 13 hours and 48 minutes
▪ 6:14 AM → 6:14 PM = 12 hours
▪ 6:14 PM to 8:02 PM = 1 hour 48 minutes
Question 22:
What does the second sentence do?
"Serving on a jury is an important obligation of citizenship. Many companies allow their
employees paid leaves of absence to serve on juries."
• Correct Answer: It supports what is stated in the first.
• Reasoning: It provides supportive evidence that aligns with the claim about the civic
importance of jury service.
Question 23:
Which is the odd one out: 0.75 inches, 1.0 inches, 0.5 inches, 1.25 inches?
• Correct Answer: 0.5 inches
• Reasoning: All the other values are multiples of 0.25 inches, but 0.5 is exactly half of 1,
making it uniquely simple or distinct in terms of precision scale.
(Alternatively, if choosing the highest or lowest were expected, clarify intent.)
Question 24:
Father took ¼ of the cake and had 3 times as much as each of the other members. How many
family members are there?
• Correct Answer: 5
• Reasoning:
Let total cake = 1
Father takes ¼ → Remaining = ¾
This ¾ is equally divided among others. Let x be number of other members:
o Each gets = ¾ ÷ x
Father has ¼, which is 3 times each person’s share:
⇒ 14=3×34x\frac{1}{4} = 3 × \frac{3}{4x}41=3×4x3
⇒ 14=94x\frac{1}{4} = \frac{9}{4x}41=4x9
⇒x=9
Total members = x + 1 (father) = 10
→ Wait — there appears to be an inconsistency with the provided answer options
(likely includes 5).
Let's redo with correct algebra:
Let other members = x
Father's share = 1/4
So 3x × (each share) = 1/4
Each share = 1/4 ÷ 3 = 1/12
So total other share = x × 1/12 = 3/4
⇒x=9
→ Total members = 10
But the original assumption was wrong.
Correction:
Father has 1/4, others each get 1/x of remaining 3/4.
Let y be amount each of x others gets = 3/4 ÷ x
If father has 3y = 1/4 → y = 1/12 → x = 9
So, Answer: 10 family members
Correct Answer: None of the given options match — answer is likely NOT
PRESENT
Question 25:
Which of the following, if true, would weaken the argument that all new EU members should
provide welfare like older members?
• Correct Answer: Some of the newer members of the European Union do not have
such developed economies as the founder members.
• Reasoning: This introduces a practical constraint that undermines the assumption that
all can equally provide welfare.
Question 26:
If ‘LINGER’ is ‘123456’ and ‘FORCE’ is ‘56789’, what is ‘FIERCE’?
• Correct Answer: 567689
• Reasoning:
o Assign letters:
▪ L = 1, I = 2, N = 3, G = 4, E = 6, R = 5
▪ F = 5, O = 7, C = 8
o So: F (5), I (2), E (6), R (5), C (8), E (6)
→ FIERCE = 526586
But wait, FORCE = 56789 = F (5), O (6), R (7), C (8), E (9)
So mapping is:
o F = 5, O = 6, R = 7, C = 8, E = 9
→ From LINGER: L = 1, I = 2, N = 3, G = 4, E = 6, R = 5
Conflict in mapping indicates question is ambiguous or part of a logic code
system with overlaps.
Given that, if F=5, I=?, E=9, R=7, C=8 ⇒ I not clearly defined
So Correct Answer: Cannot be determined (unless options show 56789-like code)
Question 27:
On kidney failure, blood is purified by:
• Correct Answer: Dialysis
• Reasoning: Standard medical treatment to remove waste from the blood in case of
kidney failure.
Question 28:
If jasmine means onion, onion means jaggery, jaggery means guava, guava means grass – which
is manmade?
• Correct Answer: Onion (which stands for jaggery)
• Reasoning: Jaggery is manmade (processed sugar from cane), and onion means jaggery
in this code.
Question 29:
Choose the word most similar in meaning to "noisome":
• Correct Answer: Offensive
• Reasoning: "Noisome" means foul-smelling or offensive (not "noisy"). So offensive is
the correct synonym.
Question 30:
The largest natural number which exactly divides the product of any four consecutive natural
numbers is:
• Correct Answer: 24
• Reasoning: The product of four consecutive natural numbers is always divisible by 24
(since it includes multiples of 2, 3, and another even number).
Question 31:
In a 500 m race, speed ratio of A and B is 3:4. A has a head start of 140 m. Who wins and by
how much?
• Correct Answer: A wins by 10 m
• Reasoning:
o A runs 360 m while B runs 500 m.
o Time is same, so set up equation using speed:
3603=120 time units\frac{360}{3} = 120 \text{ time units}3360=120 time units
Distance B covers in 120 time units=4×120=480\text{Distance B covers in 120
time units} = 4 × 120 = 480Distance B covers in 120 time units=4×120=480
→ A finishes at 500 m, B reaches only 480 m.
→ A wins by 20 m, but since this is not in the options,
likely misprinted. Double-check the ratio again.
Actually:
▪ Time taken by A = 3603=120\frac{360}{3} = 1203360=120
▪ B’s distance in 120 units = 4×120=4804 × 120 = 4804×120=480
→ So A wins by 20 m, not 10 m.
→ If 10 m is listed, there may be an error in options or question
interpretation.
Question 32:
Komakech travelled 1200 km by air, forming 2/5 of the trip. One third was by car. What was the
train distance?
• Correct Answer: 600 km
• Reasoning:
o Total trip = 12002/5=3000\frac{1200}{2/5} = 30002/51200=3000
o Car = 1/3×3000=10001/3 × 3000 = 10001/3×3000=1000
o Train = 3000 - 1200 - 1000 = 800 km
But wait — options were: 600, 700, 800, 900 → Correct: 800 km
Question 33:
*Words in artificial language:
• jalkamofti = happy birthday
• moftihoze = birthday party
• mentogunn = goodness*
Which word could mean “happiness”?
• Correct Answer: jalkagunn
• Reasoning:
o mofti = birthday
o jalka = happy
o gunn = goodness
→ jalkagunn = happy + goodness = “happiness”
Question 34:
(Group with professions: 2 lecturers, 2 singers, 1 doctor, 1 engineer)
Who are the pair of singers?
• Correct Answer: B and E
• Reasoning:
o A is lecturer, married to C (doctor)
o B married to engineer (must be F), and has same profession as E → B and E =
singers
o E is F’s brother = all roles accounted
Question 35:
Kamulegeya is 6 ranks ahead of Suuna, who is 16th in class of 42. What is Kamulegeya’s rank
from last?
• Correct Answer: 21
• Reasoning:
o Suuna = 16th → Kamulegeya = 10th
o From last: 42 - 10 + 1 = 33rd
Wait — that logic assumes ranking from top.
Correction:
• Kamulegeya is 6 ranks ahead → 10th
• Rank from last = 42 - 10 = 32
→ But with +1 rule → 33rd from last
Check again — options may include 33
Question 36:
Total marks in PCM is 150 more than Physics. What’s average of Chemistry and Maths?
• Correct Answer: 75
• Reasoning:
Let Physics = x
Total = x + 150 → Chemistry + Maths = 150
Average = 150 ÷ 2 = 75
Question 37:
Selling price of sofa set — two statements:
I. Cost price is given
II. Selling price of two sets given
• Correct Answer: Either of the statements individually is sufficient
• Reasoning:
o From I: If cost price and profit margin known → SP can be found
o From II: Total SP of two → divide by 2 = SP of one
So, each statement is sufficient alone
Question 38:
Arrange the following: 1. Dress, 2. Yarn, 3. Cotton, 4. Stitching, 5. Plant
• Correct Answer: 5, 3, 2, 4, 1
• Reasoning:
Logical order of production:
Plant → Cotton → Yarn → Stitching → Dress
Question 39:
Child path problem: 3 km S, 5 km E, 3 km N, 2 km W — distance from start?
• Correct Answer: 3 km
• Reasoning:
o Net South-North = 3 - 3 = 0
o Net East-West = 5 - 2 = 3
→ Final position = 3 km East of start
Question 40:
What is the 5th number?
I: 1st and 2nd are 1 and 2
II: 3rd and 4th are 3 and 4
• Correct Answer: Both statements put together are sufficient
• Reasoning:
o From I alone: No info beyond 2nd
o From II alone: No info about start
o Together: You get 1, 2, 3, 4 ⇒ 5th is 5
