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SSC CGL Reasoning – Mock Test 2 – Tier I Reasoning (Sectional) – Mock Test 2 · Tier I Reasoning · Sectional – 23 questions, subject: General Intelligence & Reasoning. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.

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1.  
Number analogySelect the number that is related to the third number in the same way as the second number is related to the first.
11 : 132 :: 14 : ?

Correct Answer: A [210]

Explanation:

n × (n + 1): 11 × 12 = 132, so 14 × 15 = 210.

2.  
Letter analogySelect the letter pair that completes the analogy.
AZ : BY :: GT : ?

Correct Answer: D [HS]

Explanation:

First letter +1, second letter −1: G → H, T → S.

3.  
Odd one outSelect the odd number out: 11, 23, 29, 33

Correct Answer: B [33]

Explanation:

11, 23 and 29 are prime; 33 = 3 × 11 is not.

4.  
Odd one outThree of the following letter pairs are alike in some way. Select the odd one: AZ, CX, EV, GS

Correct Answer: C [GS]

Explanation:

A–Z, C–X and E–V are opposite letters (positions add up to 27); G (7) and S (19) add up to 26.

5.  
Number seriesFind the missing term: 3, 7, 13, 21, ?, 43

Correct Answer: A [31]

Explanation:

n² + n + 1: 3, 7, 13, 21, 31, 43 (differences 4, 6, 8, 10, 12).

6.  
Letter seriesWhich letter pair comes next? BY, DW, FU, HS, ?

Correct Answer: D [JQ]

Explanation:

First letters B, D, F, H, J (+2); second letters Y, W, U, S, Q (−2).

7.  
Coding–decodingIn a certain code, MOTHER is written as NNUGFQ and BROWN as CQPVO. How is SISTER written in that code?

Correct Answer: B [THTSFQ]

Explanation:

Letters move +1, −1, +1, −1 …: S+1 = T, I−1 = H, S+1 = T, T−1 = S, E+1 = F, R−1 = Q.

8.  
Coding–decodingIn a certain code, 'red blue green' is written as 'ka la ma', 'blue black white' as 'la pa ta', 'green white pink' as 'ma ta ra' and 'red pink grey' as 'ka ra sa'. What is the code for 'green'?

Correct Answer: C [ma]

Explanation:

'green' is common to the 1st and 3rd sentences, whose only common code is 'ma'.

9.  
Symbolic operationIf 5 ★ 2 = 30, 4 ★ 3 = 26 and 6 ★ 1 = 38, then 3 ★ 5 = ?

Correct Answer: B [35]

Explanation:

a ★ b = a² + b² + 1: 25 + 4 + 1 = 30, 16 + 9 + 1 = 26, 36 + 1 + 1 = 38 → 9 + 25 + 1 = 35.

10.  
Dictionary orderArrange in dictionary order: PLANT, PLANE, PLANK, PLAIN, PLATE. Which word comes third?

Correct Answer: A [PLANK]

Explanation:

PLAIN, PLANE, PLANK, PLANT, PLATE (4th letters I < N < T; then E < K < T).

11.  
Word buildingWhich word CANNOT be formed from the letters of DETERMINATION (each letter used only as often as it appears)?

Correct Answer: C [DETONATOR]

Explanation:

DETONATOR needs two O's; DETERMINATION has only one.

12.  
Address matchingWhich of the following is exactly the same as:
H.No. 58/3, Gandhi Chowk, Ward 11, Bhilai 490006

Correct Answer: D [H.No. 58/3, Gandhi Chowk, Ward 11, Bhilai 490006]

Explanation:

Chunk by chunk: the others change 58 → 85, the PIN 490006 → 490060, or the spelling Gandhi → Ghandi.

13.  
Coded relationP × Q means P is the brother of Q; P + Q means P is the father of Q; P − Q means P is the sister of Q. If A + B − C × D, how is A related to D?

Correct Answer: A [Father]

Explanation:

A is B's father; B, C and D are brothers and sisters → A is D's father too.

14.  
Blood relationM is the son of N. N is the husband of O. O is the sister of P. How is P related to M?

Correct Answer: D [Cannot be determined]

Explanation:

P is a brother or sister of M's mother O – an uncle or an aunt – but P's sex is not given.

15.  
Direction senseRavi faces North-East. He turns 90° anticlockwise and then 225° clockwise. Which direction is he facing now?

Correct Answer: C [South]

Explanation:

45° − 90° + 225° = 180° = South.

16.  
Direction senseX is 9 km south of Y. Z is 12 km east of Y. How far is X from Z, and in which direction?

Correct Answer: B [15 km South-West]

Explanation:

From Z, X is 12 km west and 9 km south → √(144 + 81) = 15 km, South-West.

17.  
DiceThe same die is shown in three different positions. Which number lies on the face opposite 5?

Correct Answer: B [1]

Explanation:

Faces seen next to 5 cannot be opposite it: the views show 5 beside 2, 3, 4, 6.

18.  
ClockAt what time between 8 o'clock and 9 o'clock are the hands of a clock together?

Correct Answer: D [43 7/11 minutes past 8]

Explanation:

Together when 5.5 m = 240 → m = 480/11 = 43 7/11 minutes.

19.  
SyllogismStatements: Some cups are plates. No plate is a spoon.
Conclusions: I. Some cups are not spoons. II. No cup is a spoon.

Correct Answer: A [Only conclusion I follows]

Explanation:

The cups that are plates cannot be spoons → I is definite.

20.  
Venn countingIn a survey of 100 people, 60 read newspaper A, 50 read newspaper B and 25 read both. How many read neither?

Correct Answer: C [15]

Explanation:

At least one = 60 + 50 − 25 = 85; neither = 100 − 85 = 15.

21.  
Seating arrangementSix friends P, Q, R, S, T and U sit around a round table facing the centre. S sits opposite P. Q sits immediately to the right of P. U sits immediately to the left of S. T does not sit opposite Q. Who sits opposite R?

Correct Answer: D [Q]

Explanation:

Seats clockwise from P: P, T, R, S, U, Q – the only arrangement; R is opposite Q.

22.  
Missing numberFind the missing number.
2, 3, 11
4, 5, 29
3, 7, ?

Correct Answer: C [31]

Explanation:

Third = first × second + first + second: 6 + 5 = 11, 20 + 9 = 29 → 21 + 10 = 31.

23.  
Counting figuresThe figure is a grid of 4 × 3 equal squares. How many squares of any size does it contain?

Correct Answer: C [20]

Explanation:

By size: 12 of size 1 × 1, 6 of size 2 × 2 and 2 of size 3 × 3 → 20.

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