Reasoning and mental Aptitude Sample Paper

Reasoning and mental Aptitude Sample Paper
Sample Papers Series REASONING - MENTAL ABILITY - APTITUDE
Reasoning (Mental Aptitude) Solved Sample Question Paper.

1. A bird shooter was asked how many birds he had in the bag. He replied that there were all sparrows but six, all pigeons but six, and all ducks but six. How many birds had he in all?
(a) 9
(b) 18
(c) 27
(d) 36
Ans. (a)

2. In an examination, a student scores 4 marks for every correct answer and loses 1 mark for every wrong answer. If he attempts all 75 questions and secures 125 marks, the number of questions he attempted correctly, is
(a) 35
(b) 40
(c) 42
(d) 46
Ans. (b)
3. Between two ends of a bookshelf in your study are displayed five of your favorite puzzle books. If you decide to arrange these five books in every possible combination and move just one book every minute, how long would it take you to do so?
(a) One hour Two hours
(b) Two hours
(c) Three hours
(d) Four hours
Ans. (b)
4. A father is, at present, three times as old as his son. Five years back, he was four times as old as his son. Find the age of his son.
(a) 12 years
(b) 15 years
(c) 18 years
(d) 20 years
Ans. (b)
5. If A stands for +, B stands for -, C stands for Х, then what is the value of (10 C 4) A (4 C 4) B 6?
(a) 60
(b) 56
(c) 50
(d) 20
Ans. (c)
6. If + stands for ‘division’, Х stands for ‘addition’, - stands for ‘multiplication’ and ÷ stands for ‘subtraction’, then which of the following equations is correct?
(a) 36 Х 6 + 7 ÷ 2 – 6 = 20
(b) 36 ÷ 6 + 3 Х 5 – 3 = 45
(c) 36 + 6 - 3 Х 5 ÷ 3 = 34
(d) 36 - 6 + 3 Х 5 ÷ 3 = 74
Ans. (d)
Directions: In each of the following questions if the interchanges are made in signs and numbers, which one of the four equations would be correct?
7. Given interchanges: Signs: - and ÷ and numbers 4 and 8
(a) 6 – 8 ÷ 4 = - 1
(b) 8 – 6 ÷ 4 = 1
(c) 4 ÷ 8 – 2 = 6
(d) 4 – 8 ÷ 6 = 2
Ans. (c)
8. Given interchanges: Signs: ÷ and + and numbers 4 and 2
(a) 4 + 2 ÷ 1 = 3/2
(b) 2 + 4 ÷ 3 = 6
(c) 4 + 2 ÷ 3 = 3
(d) 2 + 4 ÷ 5 = 8
Ans. (a)
9. Given interchanges: Signs: Х and + and numbers 2 and 8
(a) 8 Х 2 + 9 = 19
(b) 2 Х 8 + 10 = 13
(c) 2 + 8 Х 6 = 22
(d) 8 Х 2 + 6 = 19
Ans. (c)
10. Given interchanges: Signs: - and + and numbers 8 and 4
(a) 4 + 8 – 1 = 5
(b) 4 – 8 + 5 = 9
(c) 4 + 8 – 5 = 10
(d) 4 – 8 + 12 = 1
Ans. (a)

11. If 3 + 8 = 17; 5 – 2 = 23; 6 Х 2 = 72; then 8 ÷ 4 = ?
(a) 12
(b) 18
(c) 25
(d) 16
(e) 42
Ans. (d)
12. If 3 Х 4 = 14; 5 Х 6 = 33; 7 Х 8 = 60, then 8 Х 9 = ?
(a) 77
(b) 89
(c) 98
(d) 79
(e) 72
Ans. (a)
13. In a class of 60, the number of girls are twice that of boys. Kamal ranked seventeenth from the top. If there are nine girls ahead of Kamal, how many boys are after him in rank?
(a) 3
(b) 7
(c) 12
(d) 23
Ans. (c)
14. Arrange the given words in alphabetical order and tick the one that comes at the second place.
(a) Music
(b) Mint
(c) Mink
(d) Murder
(e) Multiple
Ans. (b)
15. If a meaningful word can be formed by re-arranging the letters USCALA, the last letter of the word so formed is the answer. Which one is that?
(a) C
(b) S
(c) A
(d) L
(e) U
Ans. (d)
Hint : ANS: CASUAL