reasoning Sample Questions for AFCAT exam

reasoning Sample Questions for AFCAT exam
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Air Force Common Admission Test (AFCAT) Reasoning Model Solved Questions
1. Pointing to a man, a1woman said: “His mother is the only daughter of my mother.” How is the woman related to the man?
(a) Mother
(b) Daughter
(c) Sister
(d) Grand Mother
(e) None of these
Ans. (a)

2. Pointing to a man in the photograph, Ashmita said, “His mother’s only daughter is my mother.” How is Ashmita related to that man?
(a) Nephew
(b) Sister
(c) Wife
(d) Niece
(e) Grand mother
Ans. (d)

3. If Kunal says, “John’s mother is the only daughter of my mother.” How is Kunal related to John?
(a) Brother
(b) Father
(c) Grand Father
(d) Can’t be found
(e) None of these
Ans. (e)

Questions 4 to 6.
(i) A is the son of B
(ii) C, who is the sister of B has a son D and a daughter E
(iii) F is the maternal uncle of D.

4. How is A related to D?
(a) Cousin
(b) Nephew
(c) Uncle
(d) Brother
(e) None of these
Ans. (a)

5. How is E related to F?
(a) Sister
(b) Niece
(c) Niece
(d) Wife
(e) Mother
Ans. (c)

6. How many nephews does F have?
(a) None
(b) One
(c) Two
(d) Three
(e) More than three
Ans. (c)

7. How many numbers from 1 to 50 are there each of which is not only exactly divisible by 4 but also contain 4 as a digit in it?
(a) 5
(b) 4
(c) 7
(d) 8
(e) 3
Ans. (a)

8. In a chess tournament each of the seven players will play every other player exactly once. How many matches will be played during the tournament?
(a) 12
(b) 21
(c) 14
(d) 13
(e) 18
Ans. (b)

9. A shepherd had 17 sheep. All but nine died. How many was he left with?
(a) 0
(b) 8
(c) 9
(d) 7
(e) 17
Ans. (c)

Directions (Questions 10 and 11): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it:
The sum of the income of A and B is more than of C and D together. The sum of the income of A and C is the same as that of B and D taken together. Moreover, A earns half as much as the sum of the income of B and D.

10. Whose income is the highest?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) Can’t say
Ans. (b)

11. Which of the following statements is not correct?
(a) A earns more than B
(b) B earns more than D
(c) C earns more than D
(d) B earns more than C
(e) All are correct
Ans. (a)

Directions (Questions 12 to 16): In each of the following questions, arrange the given words in a meaningful sequence and then choose the most appropriate sequence from amongst the alternatives provided below each question.

12. (a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Universe
(c) Tirupathi
(d) World
(e) India
(i) (a), (e), (b), (c), (d)
(ii) (b), (a), (c), (e), (d)
(iii) (c), (a), (e), (d), (b)
(iv) (e), (d), (b), (a), (c)
Ans. (iii)

13. (a) District
(b) Village
(c) State
(d) Town
(e) Country
(i) (b), (a), (d), (c), (e)
(ii) (b), (c), (d), (a), (e)
(iii) (b), (d), (a), (c), (e)
(iv) (c), (b), (a), (d), (e)
Ans. (iii)

14. (a) Income
(b) Status
(c) Education
(d) Well-being
(e) Job
(i) (a), (c), (b), (e), (d)
(ii) (a), (b), (e), (c), (d)
(iii) (c), (a), (e), (b), (d)
(iv) (c), (e), (a), (b), (d)
Ans. (iv)

15. (a) Curd
(b) Grass
(c) Butter
(d) Milk
(e) Cow
(i) (e), (b), (d), (a), (c)
(ii) (e), (b), (c), (d), (a)
(iii) (d), (b), (e), (c), (a)
(iv) (b), (e), (d), (c), (a)
Ans. (ii)

16. (a) Child
(b) Job
(c) Marriage
(d) Infant
(e) Education
(i) (a), (c), (e), (b), (d)
(ii) (b), (d), (a), (c), (e)
(iii) (b), (d), (c), (a), (e)
(iv) (d), (a), (e), (b), (c)
Ans. (iv)

Directions(Q 17-18): Choose the best alternative as the answer.

2. A disease always has
(a) Cure
(b) Medicine
(c) Cause
(d) Germs
(e) Patient
Ans. (c)
3. A man has always
(a) Teeth
(b) Feet
(c) Eyes
(d) Hands
(e) Heart
Ans. (e)

Directions (Questions 19 to 23): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow:
(i) There is a group of five persons—A, B, C, D and E.
(ii) One of them is a horticulturist, one is a physicist, one is a journalist one is an industrialist and one is an advocate.
(iii) Three of them—A, C and advocate prefer tea to coffee and two of them—B and the journalist prefer coffee to tea.
(iv) The industrialist and D and A are friends to one another but two of these prefer coffee to tea.
(v) The horticulturist is C’s brother.

19. Who is a horticulturist?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Ans. (a)

20. Who is an industrialist?
(a) E
(b) C
(c) B
(d) D
(e) A
Ans. (c)

21. Which of the following groups includes a person who likes tea but is not an advocate?
(a) ACE
(b) DE
(c) BCE
(d) BD
(e) None of these
Ans. (e)

22. Who is a physicist?
(a) A
(b) E
(c) D
(d) C
(e) B
Ans. (d)

23. Which of the above statements is superfluous?
(a) (iii)
(b) (iv)
(c) (ii)
(d) (v)
(e)None
Ans. (e)

Directions (Q. 24-25): In the following questions which one is different from rest of the three?


24. (a) Advice
(b) Counsel
(c) Direct
(d) Suggest
Ans. (c)

25. (a) Mansion
(b) Villa
(c) Garage
(d) Apartment
Ans. (a)