S.S.C Practice Test Paper (Reasoning)

Reasoning Questions

Directions—(Q.1-7) In each of the following questions a series is given. Which one of the alternatives will replace the question-mark (?) ?

1. CG, GH, LJ, RM, ?
(A) ZR
(B) YR
(C) ZQ
(D) YQ
(E) None of these
Ans : (D)


2. FRP, HPQ. JNS, LLV, ?
(A) PKZ
(B) NJZ
(C) OJZ
(D) MKZ
(E) None of these
Ans : (B)

3. Z15A, W13C, ?, Q9G, N7I.
(A) T12F
(B) R11F
(C) T11E
(D) R13D
(E) None of these
Ans : (C)

4. MN, NM, MNO, ONM, MNOP, ?
(A) NPOM
(B) POMN
(C) MOPN
(D) PONM
(E) None of these
Ans : (D)


5. CVD, CTE, DQE, DMF, EHF, ?
(A) ECG
(B) FCG
(C) EBG
(D) FBG
(E) None of these
Ans : (C)


6. JKL, LKJ, JKLM, MLKJ, JKLMN, ?
(A) LMJKN
(B) NLMKJ
(C) NMUK
(D) NMLKJ
(E) None of these
Ans : (D)


7. 7T19, 9Q16, 11N13, 13K10, 15H7, ?
(A) 17E4
(B) 18F5
(C) 17E3
(D) 18D4
(E) None of these
Ans : (A)


Directions— (Q.8-10) In each of the following questions one number-series is given in which one term is wrong. Find out the wrong term.


8. 5, 7, 11, 20, 35, 67.
(A) 11
(B) 20
(C) 35
(D) 67
(E) None of these
Ans : (B)


9. 4, 11, 21, 34, 49, 69,91.
(A) 34
(B) 69
(C) 49
(D) 21
(E) None of these
Ans : (C)


10. 5, 12, 19, 33, 47, 75, 104.
(A) 33
(B) 47
(C) 75
(D) 104
(E) None of these
Ans : (D)


Directions—(Q.11-15) In each of the following questions a number-sereis is given. Which one of the alternatives will replace the question mark (?) ?


11. 4, 9, 19, 39, 79, ?
(A) 169
(B) 159
(C) 119
(D) 139
(E) None of these
Ans : (B)


12. 0, 7, 26, 65, 124, 215, ?
(A) 305
(B) 295
(C) 342
(D) 323
(E) None of these
Ans : (C)


13. 4, 7, 10, 10, 16, 13, ?
(A) 19
(B) 23
(C) 21
(D) 22
(E) None of these
Ans : (D)


14. 7, 12, 19, 28, 39, ?
(A) 52
(B) 50
(C) 51
(D) 48
(E) None of these
Ans : (A)


15. 2, 11, 47, 191, 767, ?
(A) 2981
(B) 3068
(C) 3081
(D) 3058
(E) None of these
Ans : (E)


Directions—(Q.16-20) In each of the following questions a letter-series is given, in which some letters are missing. The missing letters are given in the proper sequence as one of the alternatives. Find the correct alternative.


16. mno—p—no—p—n—opm.
(A) opmno
(B) pmomn
(C) pmmpn
(D) nmopo
(E) None of these
Ans : (B)


17. ba—abab—b—ba—aba.
(A) abab
(B) aabb
(C) baab
(D) bbaa
(E) None of these
Ans : (C)


18. —acca—ccca—acccc—aaa.
(A) caac
(B) ccaa
(C) acca
(D) caaa
(E) None of these
Ans : (D)


19. mnm—mn—m—mn.
(A) nmnn
(B) nmnm
(C) mmmn
(D) nmnm
(E) None of these
Ans : (A)


20. ac—cab—baca—aba—acac.
(A) acbc
(B) abca
(C) bacb
(D) acbb
(E) None of these
Ans : (E)


21. If the position of Raja is 15th from one end and 13th from the other end in his class, what is the total number of students in his class? .
(A) 28
(B) 24
(C) 27
(D) 29
(E) None of these
Ans : (C)


22. The position of Satyam is 13th from the last. If there are 21 students in all in his class, what is his position from the beginning?
(A) 8th
(B) 9th
(C) 7th
(D)) 10th
(E) None of these
Ans : (B)


23. In the class of 40 students, if Sangita is at 30th place from one end, what is his position from the other end?
(A) 9th
(B) 12th
(C) 10th
(D) 11th
(E) None of these
Ans : (D)


24. In a row of girls, Neelam is 15th from the left and Vinita is 23rd from the right. If they interchange their positions, then Neelam becomes 18 th from the left. Then at what position will Vinita be from the right?
(A) 25th
(B) 24th
(C) 26th
(D) 20th
(E) None of these
Ans : (C)


25. In a row of ladies Manokamana is 20th from the right and Kamala is 10th from the left. When they interchange their positions Manokamana becomes 25th from the right. What is the total number of ladies in the row ?
(A) 35
(B) 34
(C) 44
(D) 24
(E) None of these
Ans : (B)