similarities and differences
1. In each of the following question find the odd word/letters/figure/number pair from the given responses.

A. MSWCH B. NSWAH C. GMRVY D. UZEIL

Answers: Option (C)
2. In each of the following question find the odd word/letters/figure/number pair from the given responses.

A. BADC B. JILK C. NMPO D. VUWX

Answers: Option (D)
3. In each of the following question find the odd word/letters/figure/number pair from the given responses.

A. 206 B. 125 C. 27 D. 8

Answers: Option (A)
4. In each of the following question find the odd word/letters/figure/number pair from the given responses.

A. 66 B. 101 C. 41 D. 33

Answers: Option (A)
5. In each of the following question find the odd word/letters/figure/number pair from the given responses.

A. Iron B. Steel C. Gold D. Tin

Answers: Option (B)
Problem-solving
1. Milly likes her coffee made with water and milk in the ratio 4:5. During a week Milly will drink a total of four and a half litres of coffee. How much more milk than water is in the coffee she drinks.

A. Half a litre B. One Litre C. Two litres D. Four litres E. 900 ml

Answers: Option (A)
2. How many buses will be needed to hold 476 people when a bus can hold 52 people.

A. 8 B. 9 C. 7 D. 10 E. 6

Answers: Option (D)
3. A frog is in a well 12m deep. Every time the frog jumps 2m, it falls down 1 m. how many leaps does the frog have to make to reach to the surface?

A. 10 B. 13 C. 12 D. 11 E. 5

Answers: Option (D)
4. If Dan and Don share $48 in the ratio 5:1 how much more than Don will Dan receive?

A. $5 B. $8 C. $32 D. $40 E. $47

Answers: Option (C)
5. 30% of A = 30% of 30 + 30. Find A

A. 100 B. 130 C. 30 D. 31 E. 60

Answers: Option (B)
Analysis
1. Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below: Seven varsity basketball players A, B, C, D, E, F and G are to be honoured at a special luncheon. The players will be seated on the dais in a row. A and G have to leave the luncheon early and so must be seated at the extreme right. B will receive the most valuable player's trophy and so much be in the centre to facilitate presentation. C and D are bitter rivals and therefore, must be seated as far apart as possible.
Which of the following cannot be seated at either end?

A. C B. D C. F D. G

Answers: Option (C)
Explanation: From the given options F is the only possibility.
2. Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below: Seven varsity basketball players A, B, C, D, E, F and G are to be honoured at a special luncheon. The players will be seated on the dais in a row. A and G have to leave the luncheon early and so must be seated at the extreme right. B will receive the most valuable player's trophy and so much be in the centre to facilitate presentation. C and D are bitter rivals and therefore, must be seated as far apart as possible.
Which of the following pairs cannot be seated together?

A. B and D B. C and F C. D and G D. E and A

Answers: Option (D)
Explanation: It we look at the options D and G can sit together, C and F can sit together, B and D can sit together and E and A is the only option which is not possible.
3. Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below: Seven varsity basketball players A, B, C, D, E, F and G are to be honoured at a special luncheon. The players will be seated on the dais in a row. A and G have to leave the luncheon early and so must be seated at the extreme right. B will receive the most valuable player's trophy and so much be in the centre to facilitate presentation. C and D are bitter rivals and therefore, must be seated as far apart as possible.
Which of the following pairs cannot occupy the seats on either side of B?

A. F and D B. D and E C. E and G D. C and F

Answers: Option (C)
Explanation: E and G is the only possibility.
4. Read the text and the statements carefully, and answer the questions. Four people of different nationalities live on the same side of a street in four houses each of different colours. Each person has a different favourite drink. The following additional information is also known:
A. The Englishman lives in the red house. B. Italian drink tea. C. The Norwegian lives in the first house on the left. D. In the second house from the right, they drink milk. E. The Norwegian lives are adjacent to the blue house. F. The Spaniard drinks fruit juice. G. Tea is drunk in the blue house. H. The white house is to the right of the red house.
Milk is drunk by:

A. Norweign B. Englishman C. Italian D. None of these

Answers: Option (B)
5. Read the text and the statements carefully, and answer the questions. Four people of different nationalities live on the same side of a street in four houses each of different colours. Each person has a different favourite drink. The following additional information is also known:
A. The Englishman lives in the red house. B. Italian drink tea. C. The Norwegian lives in the first house on the left. D. In the second house from the right, they drink milk. E. The Norwegian lives are adjacent to the blue house. F. The Spaniard drinks fruit juice. G. Tea is drunk in the blue house. H. The white house is to the right of the red house.
The colour of the Norwegian's house is:

A. Yellow B. White C. Blue D. Red

Answers: Option (A)
Judgment
1. The school principal has received complaints from parents about bullying in the schoolyard during recess. He wants to investigate and end this situation as soon as possible, so he has asked the recess aides to watch closely. Which situation should the recess aides report to the principal?

A. A girl is sitting glumly on a bench reading a book and not interacting with her peers. B. Four girls are surrounding another girl and seem to have possession of her backpack. C. Two boys are playing a one-on-one game of basketball and are arguing over the last basket scored. D. Three boys are huddled over a handheld video game, which isn’t supposed to be on school grounds.

Answers: Option (B)
Explanation: Seeing four girls surrounding another girl, while in possession of her backpack, is the most suspicious of the incidents described.
2. Mark is working with a realtor to find a location for the toy store he plans to open in his town. He is looking for a place that is either in, or not too far from, the centre of town and one that would attract the right kind of foot traffic. Which of the following locations should Mark’s realtor call to his attention?

A. a storefront in a new high-rise building near the train station in the centre of the town whose occupants are mainly young, childless professionals who use the train to commute to their offices each day B. a little shop three blocks away from the town’s main street, located across the street from an elementary school and next door to an ice cream store C. a stand-alone storefront on a quiet residential street ten blocks away from the town’s centre D. a storefront in a small strip mall located on the outskirts of town that is also occupied by a pharmacy and a dry cleaner

Answers: Option (B)
Explanation: This option is both near the centre of town and in a location (near a school and an ice cream store) where children and their parents are sure to be around. This is the only option that meets both of Mark’s requirements.
3. Rita, an accomplished pastry chef who is well known for her artistic and exquisite wedding cakes, opened a bakery one year ago and is surprised that business has been so slow. A consultant she hired to conduct market research has reported that the local population doesn’t think of her shop as one they would visit on a daily basis but rather a place they’d visit if they were celebrating a special occasion. Which of the following strategies should Rita employ to increase her daily business?

A. making coupons available that entitle the coupon holder to receive a 25% discount on wedding, anniversary, or birthday cakes B. exhibiting at the next Bridal Expo and having pieces of one of her wedding cakes available for tasting C. placing a series of ads in the local newspaper that advertise the wide array of bread, muffins, and cookies offered at her shop D. moving the bakery to the other side of town

Answers: Option (C)
Explanation: This is the only option that would encourage people to think of the bakery as a shop they would visit regularly and not just on special occasions.
4. Mrs Carson took a taxi to meet her three friends for lunch. They were waiting for her outside the restaurant when she pulled up in the car. She was so excited to see her friends that she left her tote bag in the taxi. As the taxi pulled away, she and her friends took notice of the license plate number so they would be able to identify the car when they called the taxi company. The four license plate numbers below represent what each of the four women thinks she saw. Which one is most likely the license plate number of the taxi?

A. JXK 12L B. JYK 12L C. JXK 12I D. JXX 12L

Answers: Option (A)
Explanation: The four women seem to agree that the plate starts out with the letter J. Three of them agree that the plate ends with 12L. Three of them think that the second letter is X, and a different three think that the third letter is K. The plate description that has all of these common elements is a.
5. Zachary has invited his three buddies over to watch the basketball game on his wide-screen television. They are all hungry, but no one wants to leave to get food. Just as they are arguing about who should make the food run, a commercial comes on for a local pizzeria that delivers. The phone number flashes on the screen briefly and they all try to remember it. By the time Zachary grabs a pen and paper, each of them recollects a different number. Which of the numbers is most likely the telephone number of the pizzeria?

A. 995-9266 B. 995-9336 C. 995-9268 D. 995-8266

Answers: Option (A)
Explanation: All of the men agree that the first three numbers are 995. Three of them agree that the fourth number is 9. Three agree that the fifth number is 2. Three agree that the sixth number is 6; three others agree that the seventh number is also 6. Choice a is the best choice because it is made up of the numbers that most of the men agree they saw.
Decision making
1. You are a Deputy secretary in a ministry of the government of India where you are dealing with the appointment of ‘Technical Assistants’ on the basis of a written examination.10 candidates have been shortlisted for the two posts. Based on their educational and previous work experience you have to make your recommendation in order to preference. A senior official in the ministry. Who is known to you asks you to recommend the name of a candidate amongst the first two choices? What will you do?

A. Bring the matter to the knowledge of your immediate superior officer and do as be verbally directs. B. Company to the request of the senior officer. Who approached you and recommend the name of his candidate in the top two despite knowing that he is not among the best two. C. Examine the profile of all ten candidates and take a decision on merits even. If it means that the candidate Y is eventually selected. D. See to it that the candidates Y is not selected at all by placing him down in the preference E. For selecting Best alternative in these type of circumstances you are required to adopt virtue approach as in these circumstances you must be loyal to take an ethical and moral decision

Answers: Option (C)
Explanation: Selecting an option. (A)would harm your relationship with the senior official while option. (B) is the complete negation of ethics and morality of an officer. Selecting option(D) is also not ethics and so, in this case, the best option is to examine the profile of all the candidates and to take a decision on the basis of merit. Thus the correct answer is an option (C).
2. You Just go to know that your friend has met with an accident and hearing this you immediately leave for the accident and hearing stop along with one more friend. In a hurry, you forget to take your license and helmet. You were flagged down to stop at the traffic intersection by the traffic constable. You will?

A. Dodge the policeman B. Stop and pay time C. Stop and reason it out with about the policeman D. Stop and use references E. None of these

Answers: Option (B)
Explanation: (B) The policeman is doing his duty. So he won’t understand your reason. Also, that could be a wastage of time. So option (C) is eliminated. Dodging the policeman is making a crime hence it is also not ethical. Using references is again not ethical behaviour. Hence the most appropriate option is (B) as you have done mistake so you have to pay fine for it.
3. You are a team manager, you find that your employee's performance is inappropriate that induces /creates stress for you. You should:

A. Explore the reason for inappropriate performance and report to the higher authorities. B. Start an incentive mechanism for better Performance. C. Create an organizational culture in which the employees feel to be concerned D. Implement special Human resource training for the employees E. None of these

Answers: Option (C)
Explanation: Reporting the reasons for the higher authorities as mentioned on option (A) shows your inability to tackle the problem while options(B) and (D) do not serve the purpose effectively. For improving, employees performance team managers should create an Organisational culture in which the employees feel to be concerned as mentioned in option(C). So, Option (C) is the best possible solution to this problem.
4. You are competing with your batch mate for a prestigious award to be decided based on an oral presentation. Ten minutes are allowed for each presentation. You have been asked by the committee to finish on time. Your friend, however, is allowed more than the stipulated time period you would.

A. Lodge a complaint to the chairperson against the discrimination B. Not listen to any justification from the committee C. Ask for withdrawal of your name D. Protest and leave the place.

Answers: Option (A)
Explanation: option (B) Would not be moral as everyone has the right to given justification while option. (C) is an escapist attitude, protesting is correct, but lodging a complaint to the concerned authority will give the result. Do option (A) Is the best course of action.
5. As a citizen, you have some work with a government department. The officials call you again and again and without directly asking you sends out feelers for a bribe. You want to get your work done you would.

A. Give a bribe. B. Behaves as, If you have not understood the feelers and persist with your application. C. Go to the higher officer for help and verbally complaining about feelers. D. Send in a formal complaint

Answers: Option (C)
Explanation: Option (A) is not correct and ethically not permitted. Option (B) will not solve your problem giving a written complaint about the feeler as mentioned in Option (D) is logically not correct. So the best course of action is to go to the higher officer for help and verbally Complaining about feelers.
Visual memory
Six dice with upper faces erased are as shows.

The sum of the numbers of dots on the opposite face is 7.
1. If even-numbered dice have even number of dots on their top faces, then what would be the total number of dots on the top faces of their dice?

A. 12 B. 14 C. 18 D. 24

Answers: Option (C)
Explanation: Even numbered dice are: (II), (IV) and (VI) No. of dots on the top face of (II) dice = 6 No. of dots on the top face of (IV) dice = 6 and No. of dots on the top face of (VI) dice = 6 Therefore Required total = 6 + 6 + 6 = 18
2. If the odd-numbered dice have even number of dots on their top faces, then what would be the total number of dots on the top faces of their dice?

A. 8 B. 10 C. 12 D. 14

Answers: Option (A)
Explanation: Odd numbered dice are : (II), (III) and (V) No. of dots on the top faces of these dice are 2, 2 and 4 respectively. Required total = 2 + 2 + 4 = 8.
3. If dice (I), (II) and (III) have even number of dots on their bottom faces and the dice (IV), (V) and (VI) have odd number of dots on their top faces, then what would be the difference in the total number of top faces between these two sets?

A. 0 B. 2 C. 4 D. 6

Answers: Option (D)
Explanation: No. of faces on the top faces of the dice (I), (II) and (III) are 5, 1 and 5 respectively. Therefore, Total of these numbers = 5 + 1 + 5 = 11 No. of dots on the top faces of the dice (IV), (V) and (VI) are 1, 3 and 1 respectively. Therefore, Total of these numbers = 1 + 3 + 1 = 5 Required difference = 11 - 5 = 6
4. If the even numbers of dice have the odd number of dots on their top faces and odd numbered dice have even of dots on their bottom faces, then what would be the total number of dots on their top faces?

A. 12 B. 14 C. 16 D. 18

Answers: Option (C)
Explanation: No. of dots on the top faces of the dice (II), (IV) and (VI) are 1, 1 and 1 respectively. No. of dots on the top faces of the dice (I), (III) and (V) are 5, 5 and 3 respectively. Required total = 5 + 5 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 16
5. If the dice (I), (II) and (III) have even number of dots on their bottom faces, then what would be the total number of dots on their top faces?

A. 7 B. 11 C. 12 D. 14

Answers: Option (B)
Explanation: No. of dots on the top faces of dice (I), (II) and (III) are 5, 1 and 5 respectively. Required total = 5 + 1 + 5 = 11.
Discriminating observation
1. Which of these describes a case of individual discrimination?

A. A female executive believes that women are superior negotiators because they are better at finding a compromise. When a position opened up for a negotiator, she only interviewed women. B. A professor thinks that all girls are bad at math but treats all of his students the same. C. A bartender knows a man who stopped drinking. The man no longer goes out to the bar. This causes the bartender to believe that people who do not drink do not know how to have fun. D. A baseball fan does not like fans of a rival team and believes that they must be less intelligent if they like such a bad team.

Answers: Option (A)
2. The broken windows theory is integrated into law enforcement strategies across the United States. Improper implementation of this policy has resulted in discrimination against people of lower socioeconomic status, minorities, and the mentally ill. Many of these individuals obtain criminal records. Most states restrict the voting rights of felons. Which type of discrimination does this scenario describe?

A. The restriction of the franchise for felons is a result of past-in-present discrimination. B. The restriction of the franchise for felons is a result of side-effect discrimination. C. The restriction of the franchise for felons is a result of individual discrimination. D. The restriction of the franchise for felons is a result of institutional discrimination.

Answers: Option (B)
3. A voter will not vote for a politician because he is old and all older people are slower and less competent. How could this voter’s actions be categorized?

A. The voter’s actions are ageism or prejudice and discrimination against a person based on age. B. The voter’s actions are ageism or false stereotypes about a person based on age. C. The voter’s actions are ageism or prejudice against a person based on age. D. The voter’s actions are ageism or thoughts and beliefs about a person based on age.

Answers: Option (A)
4. Racial steering occurs when prospective homeowners are shown available homes only in certain neighbourhoods. Which example would describe the beliefs and actions of a real estate agent, who is an unprejudiced discriminator?

A. The agent is tolerant and accepting, but purposely shows houses in a certain part of the city to Asian immigrants. B. The agent believes in accepting people as individuals but shows African-Americans only certain areas without conscious discrimination. C. The agent believes that people from the Middle East are suspicious and does not show anyone of Middle-Eastern decent homes in neighbourhoods with low crime. D. The agent is not tolerant; however, she shows clients every house that is within the client’s price range.

Answers: Option (B)
5. A legislator in the United States believes that all illegal aliens are from Mexico, criminals, and social pariahs. Which term correctly identifies the beliefs of the legislator?

A. The legislator is discriminating against illegal aliens. B. The legislator is prejudiced against illegal aliens. C. The legislator believes illegal aliens should be assimilated into the dominant culture. D. The legislator believes the United States should be pluralistic.

Answers: Option (B)
Direction (1-5): Study the given information carefully:
A,B,C,D,E & F are six members of a family. A & B are married couples. A is male. D is C’s only son, who is A’s brother. E is D’s sister & B is granddaughter of a widow F.
1. How F is related to A?

A. Sister-in-law (Nanad) B. Sister C. Mother-in-law D. Mother

Answers: Option (D)
2. How E is Related to C?

A. Sister B. Aunt C. Mother-in-law D. Mother

Answers: Option (D)
3. How B is related to C?

A. Sister-in-law (Bhabhi) B. Sister C. Niece D. Daughter-in-law

Answers: Option (A)
4. How many women are in the family?

A. One B. Two C. Three D. Four

Answers: Option (B)
5. How C is related to F?

A. Son-in-law B. Brother-in-law C. Nephew D. Son

Answers: Option (D)
Figure classification
Direction (1 - 5):In each problem, out of the five figures marked (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5), four are similar in a certain manner. However, one figure is not like the other four. Choose the figure which is different from the rest.
1. Choose the figure which is different from the rest.

A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. 5

Answers: Option (B)
Explanation: In each one of the other figures, the small line segment lies one space ahead of the dot, in a CW direction.
2. Choose the figure which is different from the rest.

A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. 5

Answers: Option (D)
Explanation: In all other figures, the dot appears in the same corner of the square as the line outside it.
3. Choose the figure which is different from the rest.

A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. 5

Answers: Option (A)
Explanation: In all other figures, the black rhombus appears adjacent to white square; the black circle appears adjacent to the white circle and the clamp appears adjacent to the T-shaped element.
4. Choose the figure which is different from the rest.

A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. 5

Answers: Option (B)
Explanation: In all other figures, both the arrowheads lie towards the diameter of the semicircle.
5. Choose the figure which is different from the rest.

A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. 5

Answers: Option (E)
Explanation: Only in fig. (5), the shadings occupy similar positions in the two halves of the circle.
Arithmetical number series
1. 17,13,11,7,5,?

A. -1 B. 1 C. 0 D. 2

Answers: Option (B)
Explanation: There are three groups 17 ---13, 11--- 7, and 5----1. Besides every next group start by 2 less than its previous one
2. 9, .....18, 28, 27,21,36,14

A. 30 B. 35 C. 23 D. 40

Answers: Option (B)
Explanation: There are two series, 9,18,27,36 and 35,28,21,14
3. 4,9,19,39...

A. 49 B. 79 C. 89 D. 59

Answers: Option (B)
Explanation: The difference is being doubled at every number in every pair
4. 0,7,26,63

A. 124 B. 125 C. 93 D. 103

Answers: Option (A)
5. 3,2,7,6,11

A. 13 B. 8 C. 4 D. 10

Answers: Option (D)
Explanation: There are two series 3, 7, 11 and 2, 6, 10 with an equal difference of 4 everywhere.
Non-verbal series
Direction (1 - 5):Each of the following questions consists of five figures marked A, B, C, D and E called the Problem Figures followed by five other figures marked 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 called the Answer Figures. Select a figure from amongst the Answer Figures which will continue the same series as established by the five Problem Figures.
1. Select a figure from amongst the Answer Figures which will continue the same series as established by the five Problem Figures.

A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. 5

Answers: Option (B)
Explanation: All the symbols move CW half the side of the square in each step. The symbols are replaced by new ones sequentially in an ACW direction.
2. Select a figure from amongst the Answer Figures which will continue the same series as established by the five Problem Figures.

A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. 5

Answers: Option (E)
Explanation: One of the pins gets inverted in each step. The pins get inverted sequentially from right to left.
3. Select a figure from amongst the Answer Figures which will continue the same series as established by the five Problem Figures.

A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. 5

Answers: Option (E)
Explanation: Five line segments are added in each step to complete the squares in an ACW direction.
4. Select a figure from amongst the Answer Figures which will continue the same series as established by the five Problem Figures.

A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. 5

Answers: Option (C)
Explanation: The number of symbols added sequentially is 3, 2, 5, 2, 7, 2, .... These symbols are added to form a sequence of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 identical symbols.
5. Select a figure from amongst the Answer Figures which will continue the same series as established by the five Problem Figures.

A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. 5

Answers: Option (E)
Explanation: A similar figure appears alternately and each time a figure reappears, all the elements move one step CW.