TEST - I : REASONING

1. Among P, Q, R, S, T and U, R is taller than only P and U. S is shorter than only T and Q. If each of them has a different height, who among them will be the third from top when they are arranged in descending order of their heights ? (1) R (2) P (3) S (4) Q (5) None of these 2. Pointing to a boy, Meena said, He is the only grand- son of my grandfather. How is the boy related to Meena? (1) Brother (2) Cousin (3) Uncle (4) Data inadequate (5) None of these 3. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group? (1) Fruit (2) Flower (3) Leaf (4) Petal (5) Tree 4. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word TERMINATE each of which has as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet? (1) None (2) One (3) Two (4) Three (5) More than three 5. If it is possible to make only one meaningful English word with the second, the fifth, the sixth and the tenth letters of the word STREAMLINE, which of the following will be the third letter of that word? If no such word can be made, give X as the answer and if more than one such word can be made, give Y as the answer. (1) E (2) A (3) M (4) X (5) Y Directions (6-10) : In the following questions, the symbols @, , %, $ and 5 are used with the following meaning as illustrated below: P @ Q means P is not smaller than Q. P 5 Q means P is neither greater than nor equal to Q. P Q means P is neither greater than nor smaller than Q. P $ Q means P is not greater than Q. P % Q means P is neither smaller than nor equal to Q. Now in each of the following questions assuming the given statements to be true, find which of the three conclusions I, II and III given below them is/are definitely true and give your answer accordingly. 6. Statements: R@ V, V $ J , J 5 K Conclusions : I. K % R (1) Only I is true (4) Only III is true 7. Statements: D % H, H @ V, V $ W Conclusions: I. H % W II. D % V III. D % W (1) Only I is true (2) Only II is true (3) Onlu III is true 8. Statements: M $ T, T 5 J, J N Conclusions: I. N % M II. J % M (1) Only I is true Conclusions: I. K % R 9. Statements: N $ R, R D, D 5 K II. D % R III. D @ R (3) Only III is true (1) Only either II or III and I are true (4) All are true (5) None of these 10. Statements: F K, K % M, M T Conclusions: I. T 5 K 1 II. F % M III. T 5 F (2) Only either II or III is true III. M $ N (5) None of these (2) Only II is true (3) Only I and II are true (4) All are true (4) All are true (5) None of these II. J @ R III. K % V (2) Only II is true (5) None of these (3) Only I and II are true

(1) Only I is true (4) Only II and III are true

(2) Only II is true (5) All are true

(3) Only I and II are true

Directions (11-13) : The questions given below contain two statements giving certain data. You have to decide whether the data given in the statements are sufficient for answering the question. Mark answer : (1) If statements I alone is sufficient but statements II alone is not sufficient. (2) If statements II alone is sufficient but statements I alone is not sufficient. (3) If each statements alone (either I or II ) is sufficient. (4) If statements I and II together are not sufficient. (5) If both statements together are sufficient, but but neither statements alone is sufficient. 11. On which day of the week did Sohan visit temple? I. Surabhi correctly remembers that Sohan visited temple after Monday but before Friday. II. Sachin correctly remembers that Sohan visited temple after Wednesday but before Sunday. 12. How is D related to R ? I. Ds brother is the only son of Rs father. II. Ds sister is daughter of J. 13. If Mentioned in the Passage is written as La Ta Pa Na in a code language, what is the code for Passage? I. The Passage is based is written as Qa La Xa Ta. II. The style of the Passage is written as Sa La Ta Ra La. Directions (14-17) : Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the questions given below: M 4 E T % J 9 I B @ U 8 N # W F I V 752 A H 3 Y 5 $ 6 K 14. Which of the following is the ninth to the right of the seventeenth from the right end of the above arrangement? (1) A (2) % (3) I (4) Y (5) None of these 15. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following series based on the above arrangement ? 4T% 9B@ 8N# FV7 ? (1) 2 H 3 (2) 2 H Y (3) 5 A H (4) 5 A 3 (5) None of these 16. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their positions in the above arrangement and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group? (1) J I T (2) 3 5 A (3) $ K Y (4) A 3 5 (5) 8 @ 17. How many such vowels are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately preceded by a number and immediately followed by a consonant? (1) None (2) One (3) Two (4) Three (5) Four Directions (18-22) : Study the following information carefully to answer these questions. A, B, C, D, E, F and G are members of a sports club and have liking for different games, viz Carrom, Table Tennis, Badminton, Bridge, Hockey, Football and Lawn Tennis but not necessarily in the same order. Each one of them has a liking for different musical instruments, viz Sitar, Guitar, Harmonium, Flute, Table, Banjo and Santoor, not necessarity in the same order. B likes Carrom and Banjo. E likes to play Bridge but not Harmonium or Tabla. The one who plays Hockey plays Sitar. F plays Guitar but not Table Tennis or Lawn Tennis. A plays Badminton and Flute. The one who plays Lawn Tennis does not play Tabla. C plays Harmonium and G plays Hockey. 18. Who plays Santoor? (1) D (2) A (3) E (4) D or E (5) None of these

19. D plays which game? (1) Table Tennis (2) Lawn Tennis (3) Football (4) Cannot be determined (5) None of these 20. Which of the following combinations of game- person-musical intrument is difinitely correct? (1) Badminton-B-Flute (2) Table Tennis-E-Santoor (3) Lawn Tennis-D-Tabla (4) Table Tennis-C-Tabla (5) None of these 21. Who plays Football? (1) C (2) D (3) G (4) F (5) None of these 22. Who plays Table Tennis? (1) C (2) F (3) D (4) Cannot be determined (5) None of these Directions (23-25) : In each question given below some statements are followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from the commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and decide which logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts. (1) If only conclusion I follows. (2) If only conclusion II follows. (3) If either conclusion I or II follows. (4) If neither conclusion I nor II follows. (5) If both conclusion I and II follow. Q. (23-24) : Statements : All market are sensex. No sensex is a commodity. All commodity are risk. 23. Conclusions : I. No market is a commodity. II. All market being risk is a possibility 24. Conclusions : I. No risk a market. II. All sensex being risk is a possibility. 25. Statements : Some Public are corrupted. All M.L.A are corrupted. Conclusions : I. All public being M.L.A is a possibility II. No M.L. A is a public. Directions (26-29) : Following are the criteria for Selection of officers in an organisation . The candidate must I. have passed HSC examination in first class with at least 60% marks. II. have passed graduation degree in any discipline with at least 55% marks. III. have completed a certificate/diploma/degree course in Computer Science. IV. be not less than 21 years and not more than 30 years of age as on 1.7.2008. If a candidate satisfies all the above mentioned criteria expect(a) at (ii) above but is a postgraduate, the case may be referred to the Executive Director (ED). (b) at (iii) above but has studied Computer Science as one of subjects of curriculum, the case may be referred to the Vice President (VP). In each of the questions below, information of one candidate is given . You have to take one of the following five decisions based on the information provide and the criteria and conditions given above. You are not to assume anything other than the information provide in each question. All these cases are given to you as on 01.07.2008. You have to indicate your decision by marking answers to each question as follows:

Mark answer (1) if the case is to be referred to ED. Mark answer (2) if the case is to be referred to VP. Mark answer (3) if the candidate is to be selected. Mark answer (4) if the information is inadequate to take a decision. Mark answer (5) if the candidate is not to be selected. 26. Ashutosh, a Commerce graduate, passed in first class with 67% marks. He had secured 73% marks in HSC. He has studied Computer Science as one of the subjects at HSC. His date of birth is 22.9.1982. 27. Rajni has passed BMS degree examination in second class with 58% marks and HSC in first class with 65% marks . She has completed a diploma in Computer Science. She completed 25 years of age in November 2007. 28. Raj Grover has passed HSC exam in first class with 89% marks. There after he did a 6-month certificate course in Computer Science and presently is pursuing final year of engineering degree examination. His date of birth is 28.12.1980. 29. Shamika Gupta is a Science graduate passed in 2006 with 47% at the age of 22 years. She had scored 64% marks in HSC. She has also passed MSc with 58% marks . She has done a certificate course in computers. Directions (30-35) : Study the following information and answer the questions given below: M, N, P, R, T, W, F and H are sitting around a circle facing the centre. P is third to the left of M and second to the right of T.N is second to the right of P. R is second to the right of w1 who is second to the right of M.F is not an immediate neighbour of p. 30. Who is to the immediate right of P ? (1) H (5) None of these 31. Who is to the immediate right of H ? (1) R (5) None of these 32. Who is to the immediate left of R ? (1) P (5) Data inadequate 33. Who is third to the right of H ? (1) T (5) Data inadequate 34. Who is second to the right of F ? (1) M (5) None of these 35. In which of following is the first person sitting in between the second and the third person ? (1) NHM (3) TRP (5) None of these (2) PHN (4) TWF (2) R (3) T (4) Data inadequate (2) W (3) R (4) F (2) H (3) W (4) T (2) F (3) M (4) Data inadequate (2) F (3) R (4) Data inadequate

Directions (36-40) : In each of the questions given below which one of the five answer figures on the right should come after the problem figures on the left, if the sequence were continued?
Problem Figures : 36.
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Answer Figures :
TINSG ZINGS ZINGS TINSG ZINGS B C PEA B C PEA B C PEA B C PAE B C PAE

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