List of practice Questions

Beautiful beaches attract people, no doubt about that. Just look at the city’s most beautiful beaches, which are amongst the most overcrowded places in the state. Which of the following exhibits a pattern of reasoning similar to the one exhibited in the argument above?

Abdul, Mala and Chetan went bird watching. Each of them saw one bird that none of the others did. Each pair saw one bird that the third did not. And one bird was seen by all three. Of the birds Abdul saw, two were yellow. Of the birds Mala saw, three were yellow. Of the birds Chetan saw, four were yellow. How many yellow birds were seen in all? How many non-yellow birds were seen in all?

In each of the following two sets I & II, find the word or pair of words different from the other three words or pair of words:
I: J. Lake K. Brook
L. Stream M. River
II: J. Weighty-Heavy K. Broad-Wide
L. Big-Large M. Tiny-Small

A, B, C and D are standing on the four corners of a square field as shown in the figure. From the positions shown in the figure, A walks to North position and B walks to the East position while C decides to walk two sides in anticlockwise direction. B walks to North and then changes his mind to take the previous position. Identify the choice with correct positions.

A gambler bet on a horse race, but the bookie wouldn’t tell him the results of the race. The bookie gave clues as to how the five horses finished -which may have included some ties - and wouldn’t pay the gambler off unless the gambler could determine how the five horses finished based on the following clues:
o Penn Fe finished before Night Marvel and after Wish Bones.
o If Hallelujah is not tied with Sundae, then Wish Bones is tied with Penn Fe.
o Penn Fe finished as many places after Sundae as Sundae finished after Wish Bones if and only if Wish Bones finished before Night Marvel.
The gambler thought for a moment, then answered correctly. How did the five horses finish the race?

In this question insert the missing number at the sign of interrogation.

Steel cylinders are made so that each one has a large and small hole through the middle. In the drawing six cylinders have been stacked on top of each other. To stop the cylinders from rolling on the smooth floor they are wedged by heavy blocks at each side of bottom row. If the heavy blocks are removed what would be the position of the cylinder when they stopped rolling?

A band passes around all the wheels so that they can all be turned by the driving wheel. When the driving wheel turns in the direction shown, which way will the wheel B turn?

Consider the following statements and answer the question.
M, N, O and P are all different individuals. M is the daughter of N. N is the son of O. O is the father of P.
Which among the following statements is contradictory to above premises?

In a certain language, (A) 'Sun shines brightly' is written as 'ba lo sul'; (B) ' Houses are brightly lit' is written as 'kado udo ari ba'; and (C) 'Light comes from sun' as 'dapi kup lo nro'. What words will be written for 'sun' and 'brightly'?

The drawing shows a cross section where the land meets the sea. The section covered is 5 kilometers. On a hot day, in which direction, indicated by four arrows, is the wind most likely to blow?

Given are the following three equations:

How many circles are equivalent to a square, as per the ratios in the three given equations?

Each child in a family has at least 4 brothers and 3 sisters. What is the smallest number of children the family might have?

In the following question two statements are followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. Assume the two statements are true even if they are at variance with commonly known facts. Then pick the correct answer from the choices given below.
Statements: Some doctors are fools. Joshi is a doctor.
Conclusions:
I. Joshi is a fool.
II. Some fools are doctors.

Debu walks towards the east then towards North and turning 45° right walks for a while and lastly turns towards left. In which direction is he walking now?

Identify the correct sentence.

Which does not make a sensible word/phrase when added to the word:
Honey

Answer the following questions based on the information given below.
Match the several meanings of the word COMPLEX with their appropriate usages.

Meaning		Usage
1.	complicated	5.	A new sports complex is coming up for the Common Wealth Games.
2.	abnormal state of mind	6.	Culture is a complex whole of many things.
3.	group of structures	7.	She has a complex about being overweight.
4.	mixture	8.	His motives in carrying out the crime were complex.

In each of the following sentences, parts of the sentence are left blank. Beneath each sentence, different ways of completing the sentence are indicated. Choose the best alternative among them.
He told the teacher that ___________________.

Select the odd man out from the given alternatives.

Arrange the following in the right order to make a complete sentence
i. with interconnected vibrating balls and springs
ii. in a naïve sense, a field in physics may be envisioned as if space were filled
iii. as the displacement of a ball from its rest position
iv. and the strength of the field can be visualized

Choose the option which is the nearly opposite in meaning to BERATE

Disinterested is closest in meaning to

About the following pair of phrases, choose the correct option.
i. A two days’ visit
ii. A two day’s visit

Pick out the right sentences.
1) I will go with you.
2) There was nobody I could go with.
3) I have a glass with painting on it.
4) The curtains do not match with the furniture.