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)

Reasoning Solved objective test for AFCAT

Reasoning Solved objective test for AFCAT
AFCAT Reasoning Solved Sample Question Paper
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1. Moon: Satellite: Earth:?
(a) Sun
(b) Planet
(c) Solar system
(d) Asteroid
Ans. (b)


Choose one number which is similar to the numbers in the given set of three numbers.

2. Given set: 363, 489, 579
(a) 562
(b) 471
(c) 382
(d) 281
Ans. (b)

3. Given set: 992, 733, 845
(a) 114
(b) 326
(c) 425
(d) 947
Ans. (c)

4. Given set: 282, 354, 444
(a) 453
(b) 417
(c) 336
(d) 255
Ans. (a)

5. Given set: 134, 246, 358
(a) 372
(b) 460
(c) 572
(d) 684
Ans. (b)

6. Given set: 235, 347, 527
(a) 935
(b) 436
(c) 835
(d) 909
(d)

7. Mahesh walks 20 metres towards North. He then turns left and walks 40 metres. He again turns left and walks 20 metres. Further, he moves 20 metres after turning to the right. How far is he from his original position?
(a) 20m
(b) 30m
(c) 50m
(d) 60m
(e) 75m
Ans. (d)

8. A rat runs 20 m towards East and turns to right, runs 10 m and turns to right, runs 9 and again turns to left, runs 5 m and turns to left, runs 12 m and finally turns to left and runs 6 m. Now which direction is the rat facing?
(a) East
(b) West
(c) North
(d) North-east
(e) South
Ans. (c)

9. A watch reads 9:00 o’clock and I found that the hour hand is pointing South-east. In what direction, the minute hand of my watch is at that time?
(a) East
(b) North
(c) South
(d) North-east
(e) South-west
Ans. (e)

10. One evening before sunset two friends Sumit and Mohit were talking to each other face to face. If Mohit’s shadow was exactly to his right side, which direction was nmit facing?
(a) North
(b) South
(c) West
(d) Data inadequate
(e) None of these
Ans. (b)


11. A clock is so placed that at 12 noon its minute hand points towards North-east. In which direction does its hour hand point at 1:30 p.m?
(a) North
(b) South
(c) East
(d) West
(e) North-west
Ans. (c)

12. While facing East, Rohit turns to his left and walks 10 meters, then he turns left and walks 10 meters. Now he turns 450 towards his right and goes straight to cover 25 meters. In which direction is he from his starting point?
(a) North-east
(b) North-west
(c) South-west
(d) South-east
(e) East
Ans. (b)

Complete the series.
13. 8, 9, 11, 14, 18, 23…
(a) 28
(b) 30
(c) 32
(d) 33
(e) 29
Ans. (e)

14. 54, 165, 276, 387,.
(a) 498
(b) 496
(c) 497
(d) 501
(e) 509
Ans. (a)


15. 11, 23, 48, 99, 202...
(a) 409
(b) 408
(c) 407
(d) 406
(e) 405
Ans. (a)


16. 5, 7, 10, 15, 22,……..
(a) 31
(b) 32
(c) 38
(d) 34
(e) 35
Ans. (e)


17. 2, 10, 26, 50, 82,…….
(a) 110
(b) 112
(c) 120
(d) 122
(e) 126
Ans. (d)

18. 7, 15, 29, 59, 117,…….
(a) 230
(b) 231
(c) 233
(d) 234
(e) 235
Ans. (e)

19. 10, 19, 40, 77, 158,…..
(a) 311
(b) 307
(c) 301
(d) 299
(e) 297
Ans. (a)



20. 0, 6, 24, 60, 120, 210,….
(a) 240
(b) 290
(c) 336
(d) 504
(e) None of these
Ans. (d)