08/10/2014
1.Paw : Cat : : Hoof : ?
a) Horse b) Lion
c) Lamb d) Elephant e) None of these
2. Four of the following five are a like in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
a) Cube b) Rhombus
c) Trapezium d) Square e) Parallelogram
3. Which pair of letters in the word METICULOUS has the same relationship between its letters with respect to their position in the English alphabet as the pair “MU” ?
a) EI b) IL
c) IO d) MS e) None of these
4. If it is possible to make a meaningful word with the second, the fourth, the fifth, the sixth, the eighth, the ninth, the tenth and the eleventh letters of the word ESTABLISHMENT, which of the following will be the fourth letter of that word? If more than one such word
can be formed, give “N” as the answer. If no such word
can be formed,
give “Z” as the answer.
a) N b) Z
c) M d) A e) E
5. In a certain code language the word ATMOSPHERE is written as BSLPROGFQF. How will the word NEIGHBOURS will be written in that language?
a) MFJHGAPVQR b) MFJFGAPVQR
c) ODJFIAPTSR d) ODJEIAPTSR e) None of these
6. Abhay gave an application for a new ration card to the clerk on Monday afternoon. Next day was a holiday. So the clerk cleared the papers on the next working day on resumption of duty. The senior clerk checked it on the same day but forwarded it to the head clerk on the next day. The head clerk decided to dispose the case on the subsequent day. On which of the following days was the case put up to the head clerk by the senior clerk?
a) Wednesday b) Thursday
c) Friday d) Saturday e) None of these
7. Pointing to a lady a man said, her mother’s husband’s sister is my aunt. How is the lady related to the man?
a) Mother b) Sister
c) Aunt d) Daughter e) Grand Daughter
Directions (Q. 8-10): Following questions are based on the information given below:
“P x Q” means “P is mother of Q”.
“P / Q” means “P is sister of Q”.
“P + Q” means “P is brother of Q”.
“P - Q” means “P is father of Q”.
8. Which of the following means “K is son of R”?
a) R x K b) R - K
c) K + T x R d) R - J / K + M e) None of these
9. Which of the following means “M is parental uncle of T”?
a) M + J - T b) M + J x T
c) M / J - T d) M + J + T e) None of these
10. Which of the following means “D is cousin of W”?
a) D / M + W b) D + M / W
c) D x T + W d) D - T / N x W e) None of these
Answer.
1.(a) Solve. First is the name given to the foot of the second. Meaning if the word “Paw” is a foot of an animal with claw or nails and the meaning of the word “Hoof” is the hard part of the foot of certain animals like horses, As Paw is related Cat, similarly Hoof is related to Horse.
Hence (a) is correct answer.
2.(a) Solve. Except it all others are plane figures.
3. (e)
4. (c) Solve. SHAMBLES
5.(b)Solve. Vowels shift one place forward while the consonants shift one place backward as in alphabet.
6. (b) Solve.
Submitted application form: Monday
Holiday: Tuesday
Clearance from clerk: Wednesday
Clearance from senior clerk: Wednesday
Submitted to the head clerk: Thursday
7. (b)Solve. Lady’s mother’s husband is lady’s father. Lady’s father’s sister is lady’s aunt. As given, Lady’s aunt is man’s aunt, therefore lady is man’s sister.
8. (d)Solve. Here, we study all the options one by one. Reject (a) as the gender of K is not known. Reject (b) For the same reason as (a). Reject (c) as K is the maternal uncle of R. Now in the option (d), R is the father of J, J is the sister of K and K is the brother of M. Hence K is son R.
9. (a)
10. (e)
