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for
NTSE (Stage-II) - 2017
MENTAL ABILITY TEST
(For Students of Class X)

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MENTAL ABILITY TEST

1. Some translated words in an artificial Language (in 40  25  15

which the word order is not necessarily same) are 41  24  17
given below 15  17 32
   16
2 2
mie pie sie good person sing
71  36  35
pie sie rie sing good lyrics 50  45  5
tie rie sie love good lyrics 35  5 40
   20
What is the translation for "person love lyrics"? 2 2
100  99  1
(1) pie tie rie (2) tie rie sie
125  70  55
(3) rie mie tie (4) sie mie pie 55  1 56
   28
Answer (3) 2 2
Sol. sie good 4. Find the missing number
12 08 16 07 25 21
rie  lyrics
pie sing
mie person
80 207 ?
tie love
(1) 184
person love lyrics rie mie tie.
(2) 210
2. In the given sequence, some letters are missing.
Which of the given options can fill the blanks in the (3) 241
correct order from left to right? (4) 425
ab_ab_aaa_bbaaa_bbbb Answer (1)
(1) abab (2) abba
12 08 16 07 25 21
(3) aabb (4) baba
Answer (2)
Sol.
Sol. ab a ab b aaa b bbaaa a bbbb
80 207 ?
3. Identify the number in the position of '?'.

24 41 36 71 70 125 (12)2  (08)2  144  64  80

16 20 ? (16)2  (07)2  256  49  207

40 25 50 45 100 99 (25)2  (21)2  625  441  184

5. If A, B, C, D are distinct decimal digits, then which
(1) 24 of the following options is correct?
(2) 28
A 4 BC
(3) 32 ×C
(4) 36 1A1DC
Answer (2)
(1) A = 3 B = 7 C=5 D=9
24 41 36 71 70 125 (2) A = 2 B = 3 C=6 D=5

16 20 ?
(3) A = 3 B = 8 C=6 D=5
Sol.
(4) A = 2 B = 3 C=5 D=7
40 25 50 45 100 99
Answer (4)
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Sol. A = 2, B = 3, C = 5, D = 7 7. Choose appropriate option from given alternatives

2 4 35 such that the relationship defined by ':' is preserved.

×5 PNLJ : LIFC and VTRP : _____

12175 (1) ROLI

(2) SOLH
6. Observe the following figures representing a balance
(3) RPOM
4 gm
(4) DMEN
Answer (1)
7 gm
Sol.
9 gm
P N L J : L I F C
16 14 12 10 12 9 6 3
Which of the following figures represents the correct
balance? –4
–5
–6
5 gm –7
(1)
V T R P : R O L I
22 20 18 16 18 15 12 9
5 gm
(2) 8. A coin is in a fixed position. Another identical coin
is rolled around the edge of the first one. How many
complete revolutions will be made by the revolving
8 gm coin before it reaches its starting position?
(3)

8 gm
(4)

Answer (3)

Sol. Let x 
y
(1) 1 (2) 2
z
(3) 3 (4) 4
x+y=4 .... (i) Answer (2)
y+z=7 .... (ii) Sol. 2 (2r) = n(2r) n = 2

x+z=9 .... (iii)

On solving above equations, we get
r r
x =3
y=1

z=6
9. If South-East becomes North; and North-East
8 gm
So, becomes West; then West becomes
(1) North-East
8+y=x+z
(2) South-East
8+1=3+6
(3) North-West
9=9
(4) South-West
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Answer (2) Conclusion:

Sol. A. Some boats are pens
N
NW NE W B. Some birds are papers
C. None of the pens are birds
W E SE (1) Only A and B (2) Only A
(3) Only C (4) Only A and C
SW SE N
S Answer (2)
10. A cube is 6 cm in length, breadth and height. It is Sol. Only A
painted red on two opposite faces, black on the
other two opposite faces and green on the left over Boats
faces. It is then cut into 216 cubes of side 1 cm.
Papers Birds
How many small cubes have no face painted?
(1) 16 (2) 8 Pens
(3) 64 (4) 24
Answer (3)
Sol. (n – 2)3, where n is cube root of total number of
small cubes that is 216. 13. How many quadrilaterals are there in the given figure?
 n=6
 (6 – 2)3
 43
 64
11. Find the odd-one out of the following terms :
(1) 10 (2) 11
EF22, JK42, GH24, VW90, IJ38
(3) 12 (4) 13
(1) EF22 (2) GH24
Answer (3)
(3) IJ38 (4) VW90
Sol. 12 quardrilaterals will formed.
Answer (2)
14. Which of the following alternatives will fit in place of
Sol. EF22
‘M’?
E F
255, 3610, 4915, M, 8125
5 + 6  11 × 2 = 22
(1) 5100
JK42
J K (2) 5420
10 + 11  21 × 2 = 42 (3) 6420
GH24 (4) 6422
G H Answer (3)
7 + 8  15 × 2 = 30  24
25 5
VW90 Sol.
5×5 5×1
V W
36 10
22 + 23  45 × 2 = 90
6×6 5×2
12. Choose the conclusions which logically follow from
the given statements. 49 15
7×7 5×3
Statements:
64 20
All the pens are papers
8×8 5×4
All the papers are boats
81 25
Some birds are boats 9×9 5×5
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15. Which of the following alternatives will fit in place of 18. With what operators, should the symbols @ and <
‘M’? be replaced so that the following expression is valid?
L6, O8, R11, M, X25, A42, D75 100 – 81  27 @ 3 < 6 = 115
(1) U15 (2) U16 (1) + and – (2) × and 
(3) W14 (4) U14
(3) + and × (4)  and –
Answer (2)
Answer (3)
+3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3
Sol. 100 – 81  27 @ 3 < 6 = 115
Sol. L6 O8 R11 M X25 A42 D75
100 – 81  27 + 3 × 6 = 115
+2 +3 +5 +9 +17 +33
M = U16 100 – 3 + 18 = 115
16. Which of the following alternatives will fit in place of 115 = 115
‘M’? 19. x is an integer such that it leaves a remainder of 2
7 3 6 2 when divided by 3, leaves a remainder of 3 when
divided by 5, and leaves a remainder of 5 when
2 8 5 4 divided by 7. What could be a possible value of x
from among the following options?
1 1 2 4
(1) 53 (2) 68
4 2 1 M (3) 74 (4) 83
(1) 6 (2) 5
Answer (2)
(3) 4 (4) 3
Sol. Only 68 is the required number that satisfy the given
Answer (3)
conditions.
Sol. 7 3 6 2
20. In how many ways can you distribute 10 identical
2 8 5 4 balls into two non-identical boxes so that none are
1 1 2 4 empty?
4 2 1 M (1) 2 (2) 8
14 14 14 14 (3) 9 (4) 10
Sum is 14
Answer (3)
2 + 4 + 4 + M = 14
 M=4 Sol. (1, 9) (2, 8) (3, 7) (4, 6) (5, 5) (6, 4) (7, 3) (8, 2) (9, 1)
17. If ‘’ means ‘×’, ‘’ means ‘  ’, ‘’ means ‘+’ and ‘’  In 9 ways we can distribute 10 identical balls
means ‘–’ then evaluate the following expression into two non-identical boxes.
using standard operator precedence. 21. One line forms two regions in a plane. Similarly, two
56(68)41 lines in a plane can form a maximum of four regions.
(1) 52 (2) 24 These are shown in the figures below :
(3) 15 (4) 43
Region 2
Answer (3)
Region 1
Sol.   ×
Region 1 Region 2
  Region 3
+ Region 4
–
56(68) ∑ 4  1 What is the maximum number of regions that can
56  (6  8)  4  1 be formed by 4 lines in a plane? Lines need not be
concurrent.
56  14  4  1
(1) 7 (2) 8
4 4 1
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Answer (4) 24. The average age of A, B and C is 43 years. Which

of the following statements are required to find the
Sol. eldest among them?
11
1 Statements:
9
I. Age of C is 65 years.
10
2 3 8 II. Age of A is 25 years.
6
4
5
(1) I is sufficient
7
(2) Both I and II are required
(3) I and II together are not sufficient
Maximum 11 regions are there in a plane.
22. You need to take n arbitrary points on or inside a (4) II is sufficient
square of side 2 cm such that there will always be Answer (1)
a pair of points at a distance of not more than
2 cm . What is the minimum value of n? A B C
Sol.  43
3
(1) 2 (2) 4
(3) 5 (4) 8 A  B  C  129
Answer (3) Sum of age of B and C is less than 65 years.
Sol. Direction (Questions 25–26)
A B
A class is to be taught five subjects — Hindi,
Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics by five
P Q different teachers — A, B, C, D and E in five periods
(1 to 5). A teacher can teach in only one of the
1 cm periods. The following details are available about the
O teachinig.
 A teaches mathematics which is not taught in
S R the first period.
 Physics is taught by D in an even numbered
D C
period.
P, Q, R, S and O are required points.
23. The following facts are known about an unknown  Chemistry is taught in an odd period and it
number X : precedes mathematics period.

I : The sum of digits of X is 15.  E teaches in the first period.

II : The unit's digit of X is 6.  C teaches chemistry but not in the first or the
Then which of the following statement is certainly last period.
true about X?  Hindi is taught in the last period.
(1) X is divisible by 3 but not by 6 Solutions for Q. 25 and Q.26
(2) X is divisible by 6 but not by 9
Subject Period
(3) X is not divisible by 6 but divisible by 9
A – Maths 4
(4) X is divisible by both 6 and 9
B – Hindi 5
Answer (2)
Sol. Sum is 15 X is divisible by 3 and unit's digit is 6. C – Chemistry 3
 X is divisible by 2. D – Physics 2
 X is also divisible by 6 but not by 9. E – Biology 1

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25. Which of the following statements is necessarily Solutions for Q. 29 and Q.30
true? 150
(1) Third period is of Hindi taught by B
Hockey Kabaddi
(2) Second period is of Physics taught by C
10 20
(3) Fourth period is of Mathematics taught by A 30
(4) Fifth period is of Biology taught by D
Answer (3) 25
35
26. Which subject is taught by B?
(1) Physics (2) Chemistry 20

(3) Biology (4) Hindi Football

Answer (4)
27. A solid metallic cylinder of radius 12 cm and height 29. How many students play only kabaddi?
175 cm is melted and moulded into another solid (1) 10 (2) 20
cylinder of height 63 cm. What is the radius of the
(3) 30 (4) 40
new cylinder?
Answer (3)
(1) 14 (2) 4
30. How many students play only hockey?
(3) 20 (4) 5 (1) 10 (2) 15
Answer (3) (3) 20 (4) 25
Answer (1)
Sol. r 2 h  r 2H
31. What will be the number in the blank box?
(12)2 × 175 = R2 × 63
1 3 4 6 7 9
144  175
  R2
63 2 14 5 77 8
 R = 20 (1) 98 (2) 128
28. Choose the option which shows the correct mirror (3) 189 (4) 194
image of the characters given below. Answer (4)
DIVERT6475ALE Sol.
1 3 4 6 7 9
(1)
(2) 2 14 5 77 8

(3) 12 + 22 + 32 = 14
42 + 52 + 62 = 77
(4)
72 + 82 + 92 = 194
Answer (3)
32. What is the total number of circles in the figure
Sol. Mirror image is given below?
Direction (Questions 29-30)
There are 150 students in a class. 20 students play
both hockey and kabaddi. The same numbers of
students play only football. 35 students play both
hockey and football but not kabaddi. 25 play both
football and kabaddi but not hockey. The number of
students who play only hockey is the same as the (1) 13 (2) 14
number of students who do not play any of the three (3) 15 (4) 16
mentioned games and the number of students who
Answer (3)
play only hockey is half of the number of students
who play only football. Sol. 15 circles are there.

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33. A bucket contains milk mixed with water, of which 3

parts are water and 5 parts are milk. A part of the D
mixture is removed from the bucket and is replaced
by water. What portion of the mixture should have
been removed so that the new mix contains milk
and water in equal proportion?

1 1 S
(1) (2)
3 4
(1) 8 (2) 10
1 1 (3) 12 (4) 14
(3) (4)
5 6 Answer (3)
Answer (3) Sol. 12 ways are there.
Sol. Let total quantity be a litre. 36. Which number will come in the place of 'M'?
3a 5a
Water = Milk = 16 7 2 20
8 8
Let b litre mixutre is removed 25 8 2 30
3a 3b 5a 5b
 b  36 9 5 24
8 8 8 8
b 1
 49 10 7 M
a 5
34. You need to colour the circles in such a way that no (1) 21 (2) 32
two circles connected by a line get the same colour. (3) 40 (4) 63
What is the minimum number of distinct colours
Answer (1)
needed to colour all the circles in the figure?
Sol. 16  4, 7  2  5, 5  4  20

25  5, 8  2  6, 5  6  30

36  6, 9  5  4, 6  4  24

49  7, 10  7  3, 7  3  21
(1) 4 (2) 5
37. The square of the length of a rod AB is 72 cm2. If
(3) 6 (4) 7
we place the rod in the corner of a room, so that the
Answer (1*) end A is always on the edge between the two walls
G of the corner and the end B is always on the floor,
G R
Sol. what is the maximum possible area of the triangle
R
R formed by the rod, the edge between the walls and
R
G the floor?
W
W

R
(1) 6 cm2 (2) 12 cm2

G
(3) 18 cm2 (4) 24 cm2

Minimum number of distinct colours needed is 3. Answer (3)

So, we take nearest option (1) i.e., 4 colours. Sol. Maximum area is possible only when base and
35. From each box you can move only to the immediate height of triangle are equal.
right box or the immediate top box. You cannot  a2 + a2 = 72
move into or through a shaded box. How many ways  a=6
are there to move from the box marked S to the box
1
marked D?  Area of triangle =  6  6  18 cm2
2
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38. What is the missing term (?) in the following series? 41. What number comes inside the square in place of
2, 6, 6, 5, 10, 4, 14, 3, 18, ? 'X'?

(1) 1 4 3 2
(2) 2 5 3 5 1 1
(3) 19
6 1 2 8 3 3 1
(4) 22
Answer (2) 7 2 8 4 3

9 X 3
1 1 1 1
(1) 5
2, 6, 6, 5, 10, 4, 14, 3, 18, ?
Sol. (2) 6
+4 +4 +4 +4 (3) 7
39. In the question given below, there are two statements (4) 8
followed by two conclusions. You have to take the Answer (2)
given statements to be true even if they seem to be
at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the 42
conclusions, and then decide which of the given Sol. 3
2
conclusions logically follows from the given
statements? 5  3  1 1
5
2
Statements :
6  1 2  3  3  1
Some kings are queens. 8
2
All queens are beautiful
7243
Conclusions: 8
2
I: All the kings are beautiful
93
6
II: All the queens are kings 2
(1) Only I follows 42. Find the alphabet that will replace '?'.
(2) Only II follows I 2 2 3 1 5
(3) Neither I nor II follows II 3 4 2 4 2
(4) Both I and II follow III H P I ? Y
Answer (3) (1) A (2) D
Sol. All the kings are not beautiful and all the queens are (3) O (4) N
not kings.
Answer (1)
40. If prime numbers are assigned to English alphabets
Sol. 23 = 8 = H
from A to Z in order, MAT will be
24 = 16 = P
(1) 31 1 67
32 = 9 = I
(2) 41 1 67
14 = 1 = A
(3) 37 2 71
52 = 25 = Y
(4) 41 2 71
43. In a certain language IMPHAL is coded as JLRFDI.
Answer (4)
How will MYSURU be coded in the same language?
Sol. M  41
(1) NXUSUR
A2
(2) RUSUXN
T  71
(3) NXSUUR
M A T  41 2 71
(4) NXTTUR

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Answer (1) 46. Find the missing term.

Sol. I M P H A L a, b, d, ___, p
+1 1 +2 2 +3 3 (1) h (2) i

J L R F D I (3) j (4) k
Answer (1)
M Y S U R U Sol. a, b, d, ____ p
+1 1 +2 2 +3 3
1  a (1)
N X U S U R 1 × 2  b (2)
44. What time should the IV clock show? 2 × 2  d (4)
4 × 2  h (8)
11 12 11 12 11 12
10
1
2 10
1
2 10
1
2
8 × 2  p (16)
9 3 9 3 9 3 47. A is East of B and West of C, D is South-West of
8 4 8 4 8 4 C, and B is South-East of E.
7 6 5 7 6 5 7 6 5
When seen from West to East, which of the
(I) (II) (III) following sequences are possible?
I. EBDAC II. DEBAC
11 12 1 11 12 1 11 12 1
10 2 10 2 10 2 III. EBADC IV. EDBAC
9 3 9 3 9 3

4 4 4
(1) I and III (2) I, III and IV
8 8 8
7 5 7 5 7 5
6 6 6 (3) I, II and III (4) All I, II, III and IV
Answer (4)
(IV) (V) (VI)

(1) 1:00
Sol. E

(2) 1:20 B A C
(3) 1:40 D
(4) 2:00 D
D
D
Answer (2)
All four possibilities are there
Sol. 11: 20 
20
 11: 40 
40
 12 : 20 
60
 1: 20 EBDAC

80
 2 : 40 
100
4 : 20 DEBAC
EBADC
45. How many crosses should be there in the box EDBAC
marked with '?' ?
48. A, B, C and D are to be seated in a row. C and D
XX XX XX XX cannot be on adjacent seat. Also, B cannot be at
X X X XX X X XXX X X
XX XX
the third place. Which of the following must be
X X XX X X XX X ? X XX false?
(1) 1 (1) A is at the fourth place
(2) 2 (2) A is at the third place
(3) A is at the second place
(3) 3
(4) A is at the first place
(4) 4
Answer (4)
Answer (4)
Sol. CBDA
Sol. Total number of X CBAD
4, 6, 8, 10, 12 CABD
4 X should be there. A is never at the first place.

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49. Mrs. Kirandeep, a driving instructor, has to arrange Answer (4)

training schedule for some of her pupils. She has 8 Sol. Morning Evening
new pupil who wish to book either a morning or Tuesday Mrs. Sabita Mr. Fridaus
evening of a particular day. The appointment can be
given for Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.
Wednesday Mr. Aaditya Mr. Naved
The instructor instructs only one pupil in morning and
one in the evening session. Friday Mrs. Seema Mrs. Shalu
 Mrs. Sabita is only available Tuesday morning
Saturday Mr. Ronald Mrs. Ritu
but Mr. Aaditya can make any time on a
Wednesday. 50. Just before sunset Veena and Zeba were talking to
 Mrs. Firdaus is free on Tuesday all day but each other standing face-to-face. If Veena sees
Mr. Naved is only free Wednesday evening. Zeba's shadow to be exactly towards the right of
Zeba, which direction was Veena facing?
 Mrs. Seema is only available Friday morning
whereas Mrs. Ritu can only make Saturday (1) South
evening. (2) North
 Mrs. Shalu is available all day Fridays whereas (3) East
Mr. Ronald can make any time on a Saturday. (4) North-East
Which of the following two should have morning Answer (1)
appointments?
Sol.
(1) Mr. Ronald and Mrs. Shalu
N
(2) Mr. Ronald and Mrs. Firdaus
Veena
(3) Mr. Aaditya and Mrs. Firdaus W E
Zeba Zeba's Shadow
(4) Mr. Aaditya and Mr. Ronald S

  

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