Reasoning Ability Test 1


Direction (Qs. 1-3): In the following questions, choose the missing word in place of sign (?) on the basis of the relationship between the words given on the left/right hand side of the signs.


1. Petrol: Security :: Insurance:?


(A) Money, (B) Policy (C) Savings (D) Risk


Explanation: Petrol provides security (protection) for a vehicle's functioning, metaphorically suggesting protection. // Similarly, insurance provides protection against risk.āĻĒ⧇āĻŸā§ā§°āϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāύāĻŦāĻžāĻšāύāĻ• āϏ⧁⧰āĻ•ā§āώāĻž / āϏāĻšāĻžā§Ÿ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϝāĻžāϤ⧇ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžā§ąā§‡ āϚāϞāĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āϤ⧇āύ⧇āĻĻ⧰⧇, āĻŦā§€āĻŽāĻžāχ āĻ†ā§°ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻĻā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āϏ⧁⧰āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āĨ¤ āĻ¸ā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ…āĻŦāĻŋāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻŸā§‹ āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻĻ (Risk)āĨ¤


Ans: Risk


2. Sty: Pig:: Byre: ?


(A) Eagle (B) Cow (C) Tiger (D) Hen


Explanationsty is a shelter for a pig. (āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻžāχ (Sty) āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ (Pig) ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻš āĻŦāĻž āĻĨāĻ•āĻžā§° āĻ āĻžāχāĨ¤)/A byre is a shelter for a cow. (āĻŦāĻžā§Ÿā§° (Byre) āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ āϗ⧰⧁ (Cow) ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻš āĻŦāĻž āĻĨāĻ•āĻžā§° āĻ āĻžāχāĨ¤


Ans: (B) Cow


3. Night: Day:: Friend: ?


(A) Boy (B) Brother (C) Enemy (D) Classmate


Explanation: Night and Day are opposites. / Similarly, the opposite of a Friend is an Enemy. Night āφ⧰⧁ Day āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§€āϤ āĻ…ā§°ā§āĻĨāĻŦā§‹āϧāĻ• āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĨ¤ āĻāϕ⧇āĻĻ⧰⧇, Friend (āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁) ā§° āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§€āϤ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ Enemy (āĻļāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧁)āĨ¤ āĻ¸ā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ…āĻ­āĻžā§ą āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻŸā§‹ āĻš'āϞ Enemy (āĻļāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧁)āĨ¤


Ans: (C) Enemy


4. A shepherd had 17 sheep. All but nine died. How many was he left with ?


(A) Nil (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 17


Explanation: It does not mean that 9 died - it means 9 survived. So the shepherd is left with 9 living sheep. āĻ‡ā§ŸāĻžāϤ āĻ…ā§°ā§āĻĨ āĻāχ āύāĻšā§Ÿ āϝ⧇ ⧝āϟāĻžāĻ“ āĻŽā§°āĻŋāϞ - āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§€āϤ⧇ "All but nine died" āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āĻ¨ā§ąāϟāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϕ⧀ āϏāĻ•āϞ⧋ āĻŽā§°āĻŋāϞ, āĻ…ā§°ā§āĻĨāĻžā§Ž ⧝āϟāĻž āĻŦāĻžāϚāĻŋ āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻ¸ā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ shepherdāĻ—ā§‹āĻ āĻžāϞāϜāύ⧰ āĻ“āϚ⧰āϤ ⧝āϟāĻž āĻœā§€ā§ŸāĻžāχ āĻĨāĻ•āĻž āϭ⧇āĻĄāĻŧāĻž ⧰⧈ āĻ—'āϞāĨ¤


Ans: (C) 9


5. A bird shooter was asked how many birds he had in the bag. He replied that there were all sparrows but six, all pigeon but six, and all ducks but six. How many birds he had in the bag in all ?


(A) 9 (B) 18 (C) 27 (D) 36


Explanation:


A bird shooter says: All sparrows but six. All pigeons but six. All ducks but six


This means: 6 birds are not sparrows - they must be pigeons or ducks. 6 birds are not pigeons - they must be sparrows or ducks. 6 birds are not ducks - they must be sparrows or pigeons


The only way this is possible is if:


He has : 3 sparrow, 3 pigeons, 3 ducks


So, Total Birds: 3 + 3 + 3 = 9 nos


āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž : āĻāϜāύ āĻĒāĻ•ā§āώ⧀ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āĻ• āϏ⧋āϧāĻž āĻšā§ˆāĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϤ⧇āĻ“āρ⧰ āĻĨ⧇āϞāĻžāϤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āϚ⧰āĻžāχ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āϤ⧇āĻ“āρ āĻ•’āϞ⧇ - All sparrows but six → āĻ›ā§ŸāϟāĻž āϚ⧰āĻžāχ āϚāĻĒā§‹āύ āύāĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ All pigeons but six → āĻ›ā§ŸāϟāĻž āϚ⧰āĻžāχ āĻĒāĻžā§Ÿā§°ā§€ āύāĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ All ducks but six → āĻ›ā§ŸāϟāĻž āϚ⧰āĻžāχ āĻšāĻžāρāĻš āύāĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ āĻ‡ā§ŸāĻžā§° āĻ…ā§°ā§āĻĨ: ā§ŦāϟāĻž āϚāĻĒā§‹āύ āύāĻšā§Ÿ → āϏ⧇āχāĻŦā§‹ā§° āĻĒāĻžā§Ÿā§°ā§€ āĻŦāĻž āĻšāĻžāρāĻšāĨ¤ ā§ŦāϟāĻž āĻĒāĻžā§Ÿā§°ā§€ āύāĻšā§Ÿ → āϏ⧇āχāĻŦā§‹ā§° āϚāĻĒā§‹āύ āĻŦāĻž āĻšāĻžāρāĻšāĨ¤ ā§ŦāϟāĻž āĻšāĻžāρāĻš āύāĻšā§Ÿ → āϏ⧇āχāĻŦā§‹ā§° āϚāĻĒā§‹āύ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒāĻžā§Ÿā§°ā§€āĨ¤


āĻŽā§āĻ  āϚ⧰āĻžāχ: 3 + 3 + 3 = 9 āϟāĻž


Ans: (A) 9


Direction (Qs. 6-8): In each of the following questions, two words/numbers/letters are given to the left sign (::) and one word/number/letter and a question mark are given to the right of sign (::) select one word/number/letter from the given alternatives which bears the same relationship to the word/number/letter given to the right of sign (::) as that of the words/numbers/letters given to the left of sign (::).


6. NOPQ : MLKJ :: HIJK : ?


(A) DEFG  (B) EFGH  (C) FEDC  (D) GFED


Explanation:


NOPQ : MLKJ


Let’s check corresponding positions: N - M (−1), O - L (−3), P - K (−5), Q - J (−7)


So the pattern is: -1, -3, -5, -7


Apply the same to HIJK: H - G (−1), I - F (−3), J - E (−5), K - D (−7)


Ans: (D) GFED


7. QPRS : TUWV :: JIKL : ?


(A) BKPR (B) MNOP (C) MNCC (D) MNPO


Explanation: QPRS - TUWV


Check corresponding positions: Q - T (+3), P - U (+5), R - W (+5), S - V (+3)


Now apply same pattern to JIKL: J - M (+3), I - N (+5), K - P (+5), L - O (+3)


Ans: (D) MNPO


8. JLNP : OMKI :: SUWY : ?


(A) FGHI  (B) MLKJ  (C) PLHD  (D) XVTR


JLNP : OMKI


J - O (+5), L - M (+1), N - K (−3), P - I (−7)


Pattern: +5, +1, −3, −7


Now apply to SUWY: S - S +5 = X, U - U +1 = V, W - W −3 = T, Y - Y −7 = R


So: X V T R


Ans: (D) XVTR


9. Part is related to Whole :: Arc is related to ?


(A) Trapezium (B) Circle  (C) Triangle  (D) Square


Explanation: A part is a portion of a whole. An arc is a part of a circle


āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž : Part (āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ) āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ Whole (āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ) ā§° āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāĨ¤āϏ⧇āχāϧ⧰āϪ⧇, Arc (āϧāύ⧁⧰⧇āĻ–āĻž) āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ Circle (āĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤ) ā§° āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāĨ¤


Ans: (B) Circle


10. Shoes is related to Cobbler in the same way, as Eyeglasses is related to .......?


 (A) Oculist (B) Ophthalmologist (C) Optometrist  (D) Optician


Shoes : Cobbler


A cobbler is the person who makes or repairs shoes.


So we need to find who makes or fixes eyeglasses.


The options: (A) Oculist – A general term for eye doctor (now rarely used) (B) Ophthalmologist – A medical doctor who treats eye diseases and can perform surgery (C) Optometrist – Tests eyesight and prescribes lenses (D) OpticianMakes and fits eyeglasses as per prescription


Shoes : Cobbler


āĻ•āĻŦā§āϞāĻžā§° āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ āϏ⧇āχ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āϝāĻŋ āĻœā§‹āϤāĻž āĻŦāύāĻžāχ āĻŦāĻž āĻŽā§‡ā§°āĻžāĻŽāϤāĻŋ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


āĻāϤāĻŋ⧟āĻž āϚāĻļāĻŽāĻžā§° āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§ā§°āϤ: Oculist — āĻāϚ⧁⧰āĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ; āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖ āϚāϕ⧁āϚāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋā§ŽāϏāĻ•āĻ• āĻŦ⧁āϜāĻžā§ŸāĨ¤ Ophthalmologist — āϚāϕ⧁⧰ āϚāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋā§ŽāϏāĻ•, āϝāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϚāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋā§ŽāϏāĻž āφ⧰⧁ āĻļāĻ˛ā§āϝāϚāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋā§ŽāϏāĻž āĻĻā§ā§Ÿā§‹āϟāĻž āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤ Optometrist — āϚāϕ⧁⧰ āĻĻ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§°ā§€āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āϕ⧰⧇ āφ⧰⧁ āϞ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏ/āĻĒāĻžā§ąāĻžā§°ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻžāĻŽā§°ā§āĻļ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āĨ¤ Optician — āϚāϕ⧁⧰ āĻĒāĻžā§ąāĻžā§° āĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§āϰ⧇āϏāĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋāĻĒāĻ›āύ⧰ āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āϚāĻļāĻŽāĻž āĻŦāύāĻžāχ āφ⧰⧁ āϏāĻžāϜāĻžāχ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āĨ¤


āϚāĻļāĻŽāĻžā§° āϏ⧈āϤ⧇ āĻ¸ā§°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ• āĻŽāĻŋāϞ āĻšā§Ÿ — OpticianāĨ¤


Ans: (D) Optician


Because an optician is to eyeglasses what a cobbler is to shoes — they both prepare or fix the item.


11. If 'diamond' is called 'gold', 'gold' is called 'silver', 'silver' is called 'ruby' and 'ruby' is called 'emerald', which is the cheapest jewel ?


(A) ruby  (B) silver  (C) diamond  (D) gold


Given Code Words: "diamond" is called "gold", "gold" is called "silver", "silver" is called "ruby", "ruby" is called "emerald"


We know in real life, the order of value (from most to least valuable) typically is:


Diamond > Gold > Silver> Ruby > Emerald


So the cheapest real jewel is: Emerald


But we are told: "Ruby" is called "Emerald",  So, "Ruby" (the word used) actually means Emerald (the cheapest jewel)


āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ (coding): "diamond" āĻ• "gold" āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ•ā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇. "gold" āĻ• "silver" āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ•ā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇. "silver" āĻ• "ruby" āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ•ā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇. "ruby" āĻ• "emerald" āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ•ā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇


āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ąāĻŋāĻ• āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ⧰ āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŽ (āĻŦāĻšā§āϤ⧋ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§ā§°āϤ): Diamond > Gold > Silver > Ruby > Emerald (āĻĄāĻžā§ŸāĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄ āĻ¸ā§°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ• āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāύ āφ⧰⧁ Emerald āĻ¸ā§°ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāύ) āĻ¸ā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ąāĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ¸ā§°ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ⧰ ā§°āĻ¤ā§āύ āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇: Emerald


āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύāϤ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āϏ⧰āĻŋ: "Ruby" is called "Emerald" āĻ…ā§°ā§āĻĨāĻžā§Ž 'Ruby' āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻŸā§‹ āχāϝāĻŧāĻžāϤ Emerald āĻŦ⧁āϜāĻžāχāϛ⧇, āϝāĻŋāĻŸā§‹ āĻ¸ā§°ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ⧰āĨ¤


12. If 'sky' is 'star', 'star' is 'cloud', 'cloud' is 'earth', 'earth' is 'tree' and 'tree' is 'book', then where do the birds fly ?


         A)   cloud  (B) sky  (C) star  (D) Data inadequate


Code Word Mapping: "sky" → star, "star" → cloud, "cloud" → earth, "earth" → tree, "tree" → book


In real life, birds fly in the sky.


But in this code: The word "sky" is called "star" So, when birds fly in the sky, and sky is called star."sky" āĻ• "star" āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ•ā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇. "star" āĻ• "cloud" āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ•ā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇. "cloud" āĻ• "earth" āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ•ā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇. "earth" āĻ• "tree" āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ•ā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇. "tree" āĻ• "book" āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ•ā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇


Explanation : āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ąāĻŋāĻ• āĻœā§€ā§ąāύāϤ āϚ⧰āĻžāχ āφāĻ•āĻžāĻļāϤ āĻ‰ā§œā§‡āĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύāϤ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ⧰ āύāĻŋ⧟āĻŽ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏ⧰āĻŋ: "sky" → star


āĻ…ā§°ā§āĻĨāĻžā§Ž, āφāĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻ• 'star' āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ•ā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āϏ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇ āϚ⧰āĻžāχ āϝ⧇āϤāĻŋ⧟āĻž āφāĻ•āĻžāĻļāϤ āω⧰⧇, āĻāχ code āĻ…āύ⧁āϝāĻžā§Ÿā§€ āϏ⧇āχ āĻ āĻžāχ⧰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻš'āĻŦ starāĨ¤


 Ans: (C) star