Practice Set - 1 (Reasoning)

Practice Set for OSSSC (RI, ARI, Amin, SFS, ICDS)

Paper - Reasoning  - 20 Questions for Prelims

1. If Radha is the mother of the father of Sunil, then what will be the relation of Radha's husband with Sunil?

A. Father                 B. Grandfather 

C. Brother               D. Uncle 

2. The minute and the hour hands of a clock make an accute angle between them. Which of these could be the time that the clock is showing?

A. 2:30      B. 6:30        C. 4:00       D. 5:45

3. In a certain language, ADVENTUROUS is coded as DVNTRS. How would ABSOLUTELY be coded in this language?

A. ABSTL                   B. BSTEOL

C. BSLTLY                 D. LYABST

4. Some persons are standing in a queue.  If the last person moves to front, then the position of the middle person changes to fourteenth from the last. What will be the position of the third person from last when seen from front?

A. 27th       B. 9th       C. 18th      D. 13th

5. I am a geometrical figure.  I have no corners and no edges. I am three dimensional. What am I?

A. Pyramid   B. Cube    C. Prism   D. Sphere 

6. Sunita is running around a circular track.  She starts running when she is facing North-West direction.  Which direction would she be facing when she has run three and a half rounds?

A. North-East           B. North 

C. South-West           D. South-East

7. If it is possible to form a word with the first,  fourth,  seventh and eleventh letters in the word 'SUPERFLUOUS', write the first letter of that word.

      A. L        B. O        C. E          D. S

8. If P denotes ÷, Q denotes ×, R denotes + and S denotes －, then 16Q12P6R5S4 =?

     A. 31       B. 32       C. 33        D. 30

9. Choose the similar group of numbers on the basis of certain common properties they possess:  (72, 66, 96)

A. (54, 57, 78)             B. (24, 69, 58)

C. (55, 66, 77)              D. (63, 70, 86)

10. Female : Feminine  :: Male : ________?

A. Manager B. Man C. Masculine D. Macho 

11. Decide which of the given conclusions/assumptions,  if any, follows from the given statements.

Statements :

(i) Some papers are pens.

(ii) All the pencils are pens.

Conclusions : 

I. Some pens are pencils.

II. Some pens are papers.

A. Only II conclusions follows

B. Either I or II follows 

C. Both I and II follows 

D. Only I conclusions follows 

12. The mall is 250 m north-west of the market.  The school is 250 m south-west of the west of the market. In which direction is the school from the mall?

A. East      B. West      C. South     D. North 

13. Seven persons are standing in a line. A is to the left of G. There are two persons between B and C. C is to the right of F and left of A. G is between D and A. Who is exactly in the middle?

   A. C           B. A          C. E           D. F

14. All boys in a class are asked to stand in a circle.  They are all evenly spaced and the 11th boy is diametrically opposite to the 24th boy. How many boys are there in the class?

     A. 30         B. 28         C. 26       D. 24

15. Find the missing number at 'X' in the given sequence: 26, 18, 12, X, 6

     A. 7            B. 8           C. 9         D. 10

16. Ram travels 6 km towards West and then turns left and travels 4 km. Again he turns left and walks for 6 km. Finally he travels 6 km towards North.  How far is he from the starting point?

A. 2 km         B. 3 km        C. 4 km      D. 6 km

17. If * means lesser than, △ means greater than  and □ means equal to,  then a * b □ c *d means:

A. a △ b    B. b △ d    C. d △ b △ a   D. c △ d

18. At what angle are the hands of a clock inclined at 4 hours 20 minutes?

   A. 5°           B. 10°         C. 15°        D. 20°

19. Find the missing letters in the series:

AD, EH, IL, ______, QT

 A. LM          B. MN         C. MP         D. OM

20. 1/8 : 1/64 :: 1/16 : 1/?

  A. 128        B. 126          C. 144         D. 132