Date : 12/06/2019 CODE

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Time : 2 Hrs. NTSE TEST SERIES (S-I) : TEST-3 M.M. : 100

(For Class-X Students)

MENTAL ABILITY TEST (MAT)

Topics Covered :
Mental Ability : Classification (Verbal and Non-Verbal), Direction Sense Test, Coding – Decoding, Blood
Relation, Miscellaneous (Missing number, Pyramid based puzzles, Matrix based questions
etc.)

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS :
1. There are 100 questions in this test. All are compulsory.
2. Since the time allotted for this question paper is very limited you should make the best use of it by not
spending too much time on any one question.
3. Use only Blue/Black ballpoint pen to darken the appropriate circle.
4. The mark should be dark and should completely fill the circle.
5. Darken only one circle for each question.
6. Rough work must not be done on the Answer sheet and do not use white-fluid or any other rubbing
material on the Answer sheet.
7. Each question carries 1 mark. There is no negative marking.

Choose the correct answer :

Directions (Q.1 to Q.5) : Some words are given in 2. The code for ‘Fast’ is
column I. These words are written in a code language (1) L (2) A
in column II. The code in column II are not in order as
(3) X (4) Z
the words given in the column I. Find the correct code
for the words and answer the following questions. 3. The code for ‘Brown’ is
(1) K
Column I Column II
(2) L
Brown Fast Cat AZX (3) Z
Fast Running Dog KZP (4) X

Dog Caught Cat 4. The code for ‘Dog’ is

LAP
(1) K (2) P
Brown Dog Fast ZXP
(3) X (4) L
1. The code for ‘Cat’ is 5. The code for ‘Caught’ is
(1) X (2) P (1) A (2) Z
(3) A (4) Z (3) L (4) P

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Directions (Q.6 to Q.10) : In the following questions, 15. If A = 26, RAT = 42, then MOON = ?
numbers in the given groups follow a definite properties (1) 57 (2) 41
except one number. Find that odd number out of the
group. (3) 51 (4) 47
Directions (Q.16 & Q.17) : Read the given information
6. 13, 17, 29, 37, 43, 69, 89
carefully and answer the following questions
(1) 89 (2) 29
Pushpa is walking towards the east. After walking 200 m
(3) 69 (4) 43 she turn to her left and walks 500 m further in that
7. 8, 64, 216, 343, 512, 1000, 1728 direction. Now she turns to her right and finally walk
300 m and stops.
(1) 216 (2) 1000
16. In which direction is Pushpa going in the end?
(3) 512 (4) 343
(1) South (2) North
8. 122, 212, 242, 322, 329, 422, 252
(3) West (4) East
(1) 329 (2) 422
17. The final point is situated in _____ of the initial
(3) 122 (4) 252 point.
9. 17, 35, 38, 59, 73, 79, 93 (1) East (2) North-east
(1) 17 (2) 93 (3) South (4) South-east
(3) 38 (4) 59 18. Point A is in the east at a distance of 60 m from
the point B, point C is in the north at a distance
144 169 289 400 441 625 900
10. , , , , , , of 80 m from point A . The distance between the
13 14 16 19 20 24 29
point B and point C is
400 289
(1) (2) (1) 100 m (2) 110 m
19 16
(3) 1000 m (4) 210 m
900 144
(3) (4) 19. Sharad is facing towards east. He turns by 135°
29 13
anti-clockwise then 270° in clockwise direction.
Directions (Q.11 to Q.13) : Read the given information Finally he takes right turn. The direction in which
carefully and answer the following questions he is facing now, is
If ‘CHAIR’ is coded as ‘57834’ and ‘TABLE’ is coded as (1) South-east (2) North-east
‘18269’ respectively. How are the following words coded
(3) South-west (4) North-west
according to the given coding?
20. Shanu is moving towards North and takes turns as
11. ETHICAL order given below -
(1) 4173586 (2) 9173584 Right, Right, Left, Right, Left, Left
(3) 9273586 (4) 9173586 Now he is moving towards
12. CALIBER (1) South (2) East
(1) 5863297 (2) 1863294 (3) North (4) West
(3) 5863294 (4) 5163294 Directions (Q.21 to Q.25) : In the following questions
13. LIBRATE choose a figure which is not like the other three figures.

(1) 6324819 (2) 5324819

(3) 6324817 (4) 6524819
21. (1) (2)
14. If ‘EXTEMPORIZED’ is written as
‘XEETPMROZIDE’, then how can ‘MAXIMIZATION’
can be written in that code?
(1) AMXIIMAZITNO (2) AMIXIMAZITNO (3) (4)
(3) AMIXIMAIZTNO (4) AMIXIMAZINTO

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27. How is Sita related to Reena?

(1) Daughter (2) Sister
22. (1) (2)
(3) Cousin (4) Mother
28. How is Shveta related to Soumya?
(1) Sister (2) Daughter
(3) (4) (3) Sister-in-law (4) Mother
29. How is Chandra Pal related to Shalini?
(1) Brother (2) Father
(3) Brother-in-law (4) Father-in-law
23. (1) (2)
30. How is Mrs. Ramvati related to Mr. Jitendra ?
(1) Grandmother in law (2) Mother
(3) Mother-in-law (4) Grandmother
(3) (4) 31. If at 6 'O' clock, the hour hand of the clock
pointing towards the east, then the direction in
which minute hand points at 8 'O' clock is

•• • (1) West (2) North

• •
24. (1)
• •
(2) • •• (3) South (4) East
• • •
32. Hari starts moving towards east and after covering
some distance he takes two times left turn and
• • •• • one time right turn. Now he is walking towards
• • •
(3) • • •• (4) • • (1) West (2) North
(3) East (4) South
33. Point L is in north of point D, which is in the east
of point M. The distance between point D and M
25. (1) (2) is 60 m while distance between point L and
point M is 65 m. The distance between point L and
point D is
(1) 15 m (2) 35 m
(3) (4) (3) 25 m (4) 5 m
Directions (Q.34 & Q.35) : Study the given figure and
Directions (Q.26 to Q.30) : Read the given information answer the following questions by considering the
carefully and answer the following questions. direction according to it.
Umesh, Deepak, Shveta and Shalini are 4 children of E
Mr. Ramniwas and Mrs Asha. Deepak has only two
E• N S
sister, while Shalini has only two brothers. The name of
paternal grandfather of Umesh is Mr. Siyaram, who is W
husband of Mrs. Ramvati. Pinku and Sunny are sons of
Shalini. Sita is wife of Umesh. Deepak and Soumya are
D• •C
married couple who has no child. Shveta is unmarried,
while Reena is only daughter of Umesh. Mr Jitendra is A• •B
father of Sunny and son of Mr. Chandra Pal.
26. How is Shalini related to Deepak? 34. Point E is situated in the ? of point A.

(1) Cousin (2) Sister (1) North (2) South

(3) Wife (4) Mother (3) East (4) West

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35. If AB = CD = 10 m , BC = 4 m and DE = 6 m, 44. (1) A5F (2) B6I

then the position of point E with respect to point B (3) C7J (4) H3K
is
45. (1) 11 - 17 (2) 17 - 19
(1) 10 3 m, North-West (3) 3 - 5 (4) 5 - 7
(2) 15 2 m, South-East Directions (Q.46 to Q.49) : In a certain code language
‘M’ is coded as ‘31’, ‘A’ is coded as ‘10’ and ‘L’ is coded
(3) 12 2 m, South-West
as ‘21’. Now answer the following questions.
(4) 10 2 m, North-East
46. The code for ‘T’ is
36. If A is father of C and uncle of E, then how C is
(1) 20 (2) 21
related to E?
(3) 02 (4) 04
(1) Brother (2) Sister
47. The code for ‘TWO’ is
(3) Son (4) Cousin
(1) 023261 (2) 023251
37. Ramesh is brother of Seema, who is mother of
Pankaj . Manoj is father of Pankaj and Rita. How (3) 023151 (4) 033251
is Ramesh is related to Manoj? 48. Which of the following pair is not correct?
(1) Brother-in-law (2) Uncle (1) K - 11 (2) Q - 71
(3) Brother (4) Father (3) X - 41 (4) B - 20
Directions (Q.38 to Q.40) : Read the following relation 49. The code ‘029041’ is stand for
statements and answer the following questions.
(1) TEN
I. Suruchi is sister of Navdeep and Divya. Deepak is
(2) TIE
husband of Divya, who is mother of Yugati.
(3) TEK
II. Urmila is mother of Harshini, who is daughter of
Navdeep. (4) TIN

38. How is Suruchi related to Harshini ? 50. If A ~ zb, H ~ gi and P ~ oq, then L ~ ?

(1) Sister (2) Mother (1) kn (2) km

(3) Aunt (4) Sister-in-law (3) jm (4) ko

39. How is Deepak related to Suruchi ? Directions (Q.51 to Q.55) : Choose the odd figure out
of the given option in each of the following question.
(1) Brother-in-law (2) Uncle
(3) Brother (4) Father
40. If Ishan is brother of Harshini, then how is Ishan
51. (1) (2)
related to Deepak ?
(1) Father
(2) Nephew
(3) Brother
(3) (4)
(4) Son
Directions (Q.41 to Q.45) : Choose the odd one out of
the given option in each of the following question.
41. (1) Horse (2) Lion 52. (1) (2)
(3) Puma (4) Tiger
42. (1) Lily (2) Lotus
(3) Rose (4) Apple
43. (1) ACEG (2) JLNP (3) (4)
(3) MOQT (4) RTVX

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59. How is Eshwar related to Deepali?

(1) Father-in-law (2) Father
53. (1) (2) (3) Uncle (4) Brother
60. How is Bhanupriya related to Deepali?
(1) Mother (2) Sister
(3) Mother-in-law (4) Sister-in-law
(3) (4)
61. Mitthu put his timepiece on the table in such a
way that at 6 P.M. hour hand points to South. In
which direction the minute hand will point at 7.15
P.M. ?
54. (1) (2) (1) North (2) South
(3) East (4) West
62. P is 20 m north-west of Q. If R is 20 m north-east
of Q, then R is in which direction of P?
(3) (4) (1) East (2) North
(3) Southeast (4) Northeast
Directions (Q.63 to Q.66) : Consider the directions as
given in the figure and study it carefully to answer the
55. (1) E (2) K following questions.
Q P C
E

(3) J (4) T D N S A

56. When Dinkar saw Manish, he recalled, "He is the W

son of the father of my daughter." How is Manish
R S B
related with Dinkar ?
63. The position of Q with respect to B is
(1) Brother-in-law (2) Son
(1) Southwest (2) Northeast
(3) Cousin (4) Uncle
(3) North (4) East
Directions (Q.57 to Q.60) : Read the given information
64. Who is in the south of D?
carefully and answer the following questions
(1) Q (2) R
In a family Arun, Bhanupriya, Chandra, Deepali,
Eshwar, Geeta and Harsh are seven members. Arun is (3) Both Q and R (4) A
son of Eshwar and brother of Chandra. Bhanupriya and 65. If C starts walking straight towards R, then C is
Deepali are daughter-in-law of Geeta, who is mother of facing towards
Chandra. Deepali is wife of Arun. There are three couple
(1) Northeast
in the family.
(2) Southwest
57. Who is mother of Arun?
(3) Northwest
(1) Deepali (2) Geeta
(4) Southeast
(3) Bhanupriya (4) Can't be determine
66. If Q and B interchanges their places, then who are
58. How is Bhanupriya related to Arun? in the west of B after changing the places?
(1) Sister (2) Mother (1) D and R (2) P and C
(3) Sister-in-law (4) Aunt (3) D and P (4) C and R

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67. In a certain code language ‘BASQUED ’ is coded Directions (Q.76 to Q.80) : Read the given information
as ‘CCVUZKK’, then the code for ‘BATTERY’ will be carefully and answer the following questions.
(1) CCWXJXE (2) CCWXJXF Mr. Kohali and Mr. Sharma are relatives of Mr. Verma.
Arun is the only son of Mrs. Kohali and husband of
(3) CCWXJWF (4) CCWXKXF
Aarti. Saurabh is son of Arun, who is brother of Sunita.
68. In a certain code language ‘ADMIRERS’ is coded Amrit is only son of Mr. Sharma, who is father of
as‘IMDASRER’, then the code for ‘BACKFLIP’ will Shikha. Gauri is only daughter of Sunita and Amrit.
be Dinkar and Riya are brother and sister. Indrajeet is the
(1) KCABPIFL (2) KACBPILF only son of Mr Verma, who is father-in-law of Shikha.
Riya is daughter of Shikha.
(3) KCBAPILF (4) KCABPILF
76. Who is mother of Saurabh?
69. Choose the odd one out of the following options.
(1) Mrs Kohali
(1) 1K1 (2) 0C3
(2) Sunita
(3) 1N3 (4) 1P6
(3) Mrs Sharma
70. If A % B means A is the son of B, A @ B means
A is the sister of B and A $ B means A is the father (4) Aarti
of B, then which of the following statement shows 77. Who is mother of Dinkar?
that Q is grand-daughter of E? (1) Mrs Sharma (2) Mrs Verma
(1) Q @ P % F % E (2) P $ F $ E % Q (3) Shikha (4) Sunita
(3) Q % P $ F $ E (4) E % P $ F $ Q 78. How is Riya related to Gauri?
Directions (Q.71 to Q.75) : Read the given information (1) Cousin
carefully and answer the following questions
(2) Sister
Ram starts moving from point P and after moving 80 m
(3) Aunt
he reaches at point Q. From point Q he turns towards
his right and further move 60 m and reaches at point R. (4) Mother
From point R he turns towards his left and moves 79. How is Mrs Kohali related to Amrit?
80 m and reaches at point S. Finally he turns towards
his right, moves 60 m and stops at point T. Now he is (1) Mother (2) Sister
facing towards east. (3) Mother-in-law (4) Aunt
71. The distance between point P and point R is 80. How is Aarti related to Sunita?
(1) 200 m (2) 100 m (1) Daughter-in-law (2) Sister-in-law
(3) 120 m (4) 150 m (3) Mother-in-law (4) Daughter
72. The distance between point R and point T is Directions (Q.81 to Q.85) : Some words are given in
column I. These words are written in a code language
(1) 100 m (2) 150 m
in column II. The code equivalents of the words given
(3) 140 m (4) 80 m in the column I and column II are not necessarily in the
73. The distance between point P and point T is corresponding order. Choose the correct code for the
words from the given options.
(1) 120 m (2) 160 m
Column I Column II
(3) 200 m (4) 270 m LIMIT 42132
74. In which direction Ram starts moving from point P? TABLE 71654
(1) East (2) West LITE 2741
MAT 354
(3) South (4) North
BITE 2746
75. The position of point S with respect to point P is 81. The code for ‘I’ is
(1) North of east (2) West (1) 1 (2) 2
(3) South of east (4) South (3) 3 (4) 4

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82. The code for ‘T’ is 89. a1b, b4c, c9d, d16e, f 25g, ?
(1) 1 (2) 2 (1) g36h (2) f36h
(3) 3 (4) 4 (3) g36e (4) g25h
83. The code for ‘M’ is 90. af : 125 :: bg : ?
(1) 5 (2) 6 (1) 136 (2) 936
(3) 3 (4) 4 (3) 436 (4) 1636
84. The code for ‘A’ can be Directions (Q.91 to Q.95) : Choose the odd one out of
(1) 5 the given option in each of the following question.

(2) 7 91. (1) 49 (2) 25

(3) 4 (3) 81 (4) 9
(4) 6 92. (1) Week (2) Calendar
85. The code for ‘B’ can be (3) Day (4) Month
(1) 2 (2) 7 93. (1) I81 (2) U441
(3) 6 (4) 4 (3) A1 (4) O224
Directions (Q.86 to Q.88) : In each of the following 94. (1) Gram (2) Quintal
questions same pattern is followed by each figure. (3) Gallon (4) Ounce
Choose the correct option.
95. (1) ABCH (2) MNOR
16 14 4 (3) JKLO (4) TUVY
15 34 ? 96. Complete the following figure matrix.
86.
3 16 15 + +

(1) 25 (2) 9
(3) 15 (4) 29 +
+
25 17 41
32 83 11 ++
87. +
26 26 ?
?
(1) 35 (2) 26 +
(3) 20 (4) 31

10 12 8
(1)
16 30 7 +
88.
? 11 15

(1) 1 (2) 2 (2)

+
(3) 3 (4) 4
Directions (Q.89 & Q.90) : Read the given information +
carefully and answer the following questions
(3)
a b c
d e
1 4 9 16
f g h
25 36 (4)
i +

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Directions (Q.97 to Q.99) : Study the given pyramid of 100. Complete the following figure matrix.
the numbers carefully and answer the following
questions.
1
2 24
3 23 25
4 22 26 40
5 21 27 39 41
6 20 28 38 42 48
7 19 29 37 43 47 49
8 18 30 36 44 46
9 17 31 35 45
10 16 32 34 ?
11 15 33
12 14
13
97. 18 : 35 :: 26 : 41 :: 20 : ?
(1) 27 (2) 31 (1)
(3) 37 (4) 45
98. Choose the missing terms in the following pattern
3, 25, 41, 5, 7, 49, 45, 9, ?, ?
(2)
(1) 11, 34
(2) 11, 33
(3) 8, 46
(4) 10, 34 (3)

99. If 2 23 = 76, 22 27 = 566, 37 44 = 1583,

then 17 32 = ?
(1) 511 (2) 565 (4)
(3) 525 (4) 465

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