Rrb ntpc reasoning test - I

Time: 50 min. m.m.:50 neg. marking:1/3

1. How many points will be on the face opposite to in face which contains 2 points?

(a)1 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 6 (e) 3

2. Two positions of a dice are shown below. When number '1' is on the top. What number will be at the
bottom?

(a)3 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 6 (e) 4

3. Two positions of a cubical block are shown. When 5 is at the top which number will be at bottom?

(a)1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4 (e) 6

4. From the positions of a cube are shown below, which number will be on the face opposite to face
with '1'?

a. 5 b. 6 c. 3 d. 4 e. 2

(Direction 5 – 8): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
In a certain code language,
“food is good for health” is coded as “ka ha ga ma ca”.
“eat tasty food daily” is coded as “ga la ba da”.
“keep good health daily” is coded as “ba ma ka fa”.
“food is for eat” is coded as “ha da na ga”.

5. What could be the code for ‘food’?

a) ga b) ma c) ha d) da e) ca
6. What could be the code for ‘health is’ in the given language?
a) ma ha b) ma ca c) da ca d) ma ga e) Cannot be determined

7. Which of the following could be coded as ‘ha’ in the given language?

a) food b) eat c) health d) for e) good

8. What could be the code for ‘food is tasty’ in the given language?
a) ga ka ba b) ha ba da c) ga ca la d) ga ma na e) la fa na

9. If ROSE is coded as 6821, CHAIR is coded as 73456 and PREACH is coded as 961473, what will be
the code for SEARCH?

a)246173 b) 214673 c) 214763 d) 216473 e) 241673

(Directions 10 – 14): Given below are the codes for the digits/symbols. Study the conditions given below
and answer the questions that follow.

Conditions:
1. If both the first and last elements are prime number, then interchange their codes.
2. If the second element is an even digit and the fourth element is a symbol, then code both of them with
the code of the fourth element.
3. If the first element is a perfect square and the last element is a symbol, then code both of them as Z.
4. If the third element is an even prime and the fifth element is an odd prime, then code both of them as S.

10. %&2#7@
a) EBSVSG b) EBSGSV c) EDSGSV d) GBSVSB e) EBLGMV

11. 3*8!#5
a) IOXYGR b) ROYXGI c) IOYXGI d) IOYXGR e) ROVXGR

12. 9%72^@
a) ZEMLKZ b) ZWMLKZ c) ZEMLKV d) AEMLKZ e) WAMLZK

13. @4#&92
a) VBGABL b) BVGBAL c) VBGBAL d) VQGBAL e) None of these
 14. 8#9^3%
a) YGAKRM b) YGARKE c) GAYERK d) KAYGRA e) None of these

DIRECTIONS(15 – 19): WHAT WILL COME IN PLACE OF QUESTION MARK (?) IN THE
FOLLOWING SERIES?

15. 2, 17, 89, 359, 1079, ?

a) 2143 b) 2152 c) 2169 d) 2159 e) 2148

16. 7, 7, 13, 37, 97, ?

a) 237 b) 247 c) 217 d) 227 e) 257

17. 1, 20, 58, 134, 286, ?

a)600 b)590 c)580 d)570 e)560

18. 1650, ?, 50, 9.5, 1.17, -0.415

a) 1050 b) 270 c)560 d) 750 e) 980

19. 7, 9, 8, 6, 10, 9, 5, 11, 10, ? , 12

a)4 b) 11 c)56 d) 5 e) 29

Direction (20 - 26): Statements are followed by some conclusions. Determine which conclusion(s)
follow(s) from the given statements.

20. Statements: All H are G. Some G are D. No D is C. Some C are T.

Conclusions:
I. No C is G
II. Some G are not C.
III. All D are H is a possibility.
IV. All D are T is a possibility.

A) Only II, III and either I or IV follow.

B) Only III follows
C) All follows.
D) Only II, III and IV follow
E) None of these

21. Statements: All B are F. Some H are F. All P are H. No J is F.

Conclusions:
I. All J being H is a possibility
II. Some P are not J
III. Some H are not J.
IV. Some P are F
 A) Only II, III and IV follow.
B) Only I and III follows
C) All follows.
D) Only I, III and IV follow
E) None of these.

22. Statements:
A few of my friends are teachers.
Teachers are rude.
Some rude persons are good at heart.

Conclusions:
I. A few of my friends are good at heart.
II. Some rude persons may not be teachers.

A)Only I follows.
B)Only II follows.
C)Both I or II follows.
D)Neither I nor II follows.
E)Either I or II follows.

23. Statements :
Mr. Verma likes apples.
Apples are highly priced.
Some highly priced things are sweet.

Conclusions :
I. Some highly priced things are liked by Mr. Verma.
II. Some apples are sweet.

A)Only I follows.
B)Only II follows.
C)Both I or II follows.
D)Neither I nor II follows.
E)Either I or II follows.

24. Statements:
No cream is lotion.
Not a single lotion is oil.
Every oil is shampoo.

Conclusions:
I. Some shampoos which are oil are cream as well.
II. No cream is an oil.

A)Only I follows.
B)Only II follows.
C)Both I or II follows.
D)Neither I nor II follows.
 E)Either I or II follows.

25. Statements:
Only a few wines are cashews.
Some bottles are wine.
No dot is a cashew.

Conclusions:
I. At least some wines are dots.
II. All cashews being bottle is a possibility.

A)Only I follows.
B)Only II follows.
C)Both I or II follows.
D)Neither I nor II follows.
E)Either I or II follows.

26. Statements:
Only a few dogs are cats.
No cat is a wolf.
Some wolf are dogs.

Conclusions:
I.All wolf are cats.
II. Some dogs are not wolves.

A)Only I follows.
B)Only II follows.
C)Both I or II follows.
D)Neither I nor II follows.
E)Either I or II follows.

27. Statements:
No Professor is Student
Only a few Student is Lecturer.
All Lecturer is Principal.

Conclusions:
I.All Professor being Principal is a possibility.
II. All Student being Lecturer is a possibility

A)Only I follows.
B)Only II follows.
C)Both I or II follows.
D)Neither I nor II follows.
E)Either I or II follows.

28. Statements:
Only a few Pink are Yellow.
Only a few yellow are Red.
Only a few Red are White
 Conclusions:
I.Some White are Pink is a possibility.
II. All White are Yellow.

A)Only I follows.
B)Only II follows.
C)Both I or II follows.
D)Neither I nor II follows.
E)Either I or II follows.

DIRECTIONS (29 – 34): In each of the following questions, five words are given, out of which four are
alike in a certain manner and the fifth one is different.

29. Choose the odd one:

a) 3375 b) 1728 c) 2754 d) 729 e) 12167

30. Choose the odd one:

a) 187 b) 136 c) 141 d) 238 e) 289

31. Choose the odd one:

a) Maharashtra b) Orissa c) Gujrat d) Madhya Pradesh e) Tamil nadu

32. Choose the odd one:

a) Iron b) mercury c) Copper d) zinc e) aluminium

33. Choose the odd one:

a) Violet b) indigo c) green d) yellow e) pink

34. Choose the odd one:

a) WHO b) WTO c) ILO d) UNESCO e) UNCTAD

35. Quartz : Radio :: ? : Cement

a) Leather b) gypsum c) Plaster of Paris d) Plastic e) None of these

36. Farming : monsoons :: Market : ?

a) supply b) Rate c) Volume d) Demand e) None of these

37. Footwear: Leather :: Apparel: ?

a) shirt b) pant c) cloth d) jeans e) None of these

Answer – c) cloth
Explanation :
Footwear is made up of leather similarly apparel is made up of cloth

38. Software: Auto-Cad : : ? : Keyboard

a) Driver b) hardware c) graphics d) windows e) None of these
 Answer – b) hardware
Explanation :
Auto-Cad is a software while keyboard is hardware

39. Duck: cricket :: dunk: ?

a) Volleyball b) basketball c) snooker d) Rugby e) None of these

Answer – b) basketball
Explanation :
Dunk is term associated from basketball

40. Red fort: Delhi : : Salar Jung museum: ?

a) Bangalore b) Hyderabad c) Mysore d) Chennai e) None of these

Answer – b) Hyderabad
Explanation :
Salar-jung museum is in Hyderabad

(Direction 41– 45): In each of the following questions two rows of numbers are given. The resultant
number in each row is to be worked out separately based on the following rules and the question below
the rows of numbers are to be answered. The operations of numbers progress from left to right.
Rules:
i) If the odd number is following by a two digit even number then they are added to each other.
ii) If the odd number is following by a two digit odd number then the second number is to be subtracted
from the first number.
iii) If the even number is following by a number which is a perfect square of a number then the second
number is to be divided by the first number.
iv) If the even number is following by a two digit even number then the first number is to be multiplied
by the second number.

41.
What will be the answer if the resultant of the second row is subtracted from the resultant of the first
row?
a) 144 b) 92 c) 129 d) 112 e) None of these

42.
What is the answer if the resultant of the first row is multiplied by the resultant of the second row?
a) 19 b) 30 c) 16 d) 20 e) None of these
43.
What is the sum of the resultant of first row and second row?
a) 22 b) 20 c) 18 d) 42 e) None of these

44.
What is the difference between the resultant of the first row of numbers and the second row of
numbers?
a) 20 b) 210 c) 69 d) 54 e) None of these

45.
What is the answer if the resultant of the first row is multiplied by the resultant row?
a) 248 b) 364 c) 192 d) 148 e) None of these

DIRECTIONS(46 – 50):IN EACH OF THE FOLLOWING NUMBER SERIES GIVEN, ONE

PARTICULAR NUMBER IS WRONG. FIND OUT THAT WRONG NUMBER IN EACH SERIES.

46. 8,19, 52, 151, 447

a)19 b)8 c)52 d)447 e)151

47. 4, 2, 3, 7.5, 26.75

a)26.75 b)7.5 c)3 d)2 e)4

48. 15, 18, 20, 29, 45, 70, 106

a)18 b)20 c)29 d)45 e70

49. 2, 3, 10, 40, 172, 885, 5346

a)3 b)885 c)40 d)172 e)10

50. 10, 5, 19, 12, 39, 26, 73, 54

a)5 b)19 c)39 d)26 e)54