Question 1

Read the following passage and choose the option that cannot be said to be an implicit assumption:

The pollution level in the city has skyrocketed in the past few months. The city corporation, in an attempt to curb the pollution, has made it mandatory for all vehicles to be fitted with catalytic converters. Also, it has proposed a policy by which only vehicles of a particular parity (odd or even numbered vehicles) can be driven on a particular day.

A Pollution from causes other than vehicles is negligible.

B Restricting the vehicles that can be driven will force people to opt for alternative modes of transport or to pool the resources.

C Vehicles are one of the major contributors to the pollution in the city.

D Catalytic converters help to reduce the harmful emissions of the vehicles.

Question 2

Given below is a statement is followed by two assumptions. An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted. You have to consider the statement to be true even though it may seem untrue in the real life and decide which of the assumptions is implied in the statement.

Statement: Watching TV for long hours also causes obesity.

Assumption
1: There are many causes of obesity of which watching TV is one.
2: Watching TV for short hours doesn’t cause obesity.

A Only assumption 1 is implicit

B Only assumption 2 is implicit

C Either assumption 1 or assumption 2 is implicit

D Neither assumption 1 nor assumption 2 is implicit

Question 3

A series is given with one missing term. Choose the correct alternative from the given options that will complete the series.

24, 26.5, 21.5, 29, 19, ?

A 29.5

B 33

C 31.5

D 27.5

Question 4

Each of the following questions has a series of numbers which follow a definite pattern except for one number. Identify the incorrect term of the series.

13, 14, 27, 81, 320, 1605

A 81

B 14

C 27

D 1605

Question 5

There of the four options are alike in a certain way. Choose the one which does not belong to that group.

A GMJ

B MQO

C KPM

D DHF

Question 6

P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are six friends who are seated in a row. All of them are facing north. V is second to the right of U. S is third to the left of Q. There are 3 people sitting between P and W and neither P nor W are seated at the end positions. W is to the right of P and there are 4 people between R and T with R being to the left of T. There are 3 people T and U.

Four of the following are similar in some way. Pick the odd one out.

A RU

B VT

C ST

D WQ

Question 7

In a certain code language,

“happy life is forever” is coded as “ky st oi lm”

“match risky is betting” is coded as “le oi pn az”

“key to be happy” is coded as “lm dk kr fc”

“bottle life to match” is coded as “le rc st dk”

Answer following questions based on the given information:

“fc” is the code for which of the following?

A key

B Happy

C to

D Either key or be

Question 8

In a certain code language, ‘CRICKET’ is written as ‘DTLGPKA’ and ‘SUNNY’ is written as ‘TWQRE’, then what is the code for ‘BANNER’?

A DCQRJX’

B CBQQJX’

C CCQQJX’

D CCQRJX

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Question 9

A is son of the father of B. D is the mother of the granddaughter of C. E is the daughter of B and D is married to B. K is A’s son. How is K related to E?

A Brother

B Cousin

C Uncle

D Nephew

Question 10

A man goes to a party and meets Rakesh, who is the man's mother's only son's daughter's husband. How is the man related to Rakesh?

A cousin

B father-in-law

C brother

D son-in-law

Question 11

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase:

2. Salt of the earth

A There’s a good aspect to every bad situation

B Reverse the situation

C To be practical and sensible.

D Being honest and good

Question 12

Sachin played _____ matches per year towards the end of his career. That was because he had _____ time on his hands than before.

A less, lesser

B fewer, less

C fewer, fewer

D lesser, lesser

Question 13

Ravi walks 5 km east, then 3 km north, then 5 km west. How far is he from the starting point?

A) 3 km
B) 5 km
C) 8 km
D) 13 km

Question 14

Which word looks the same when reversed?

A) LEVEL
B) TABLE
C) WATER
D) CHAIR

Question 15

Which pair does not follow the same relation?

A) Pen : Write
B) Knife : Cut
C) Spoon : Eat
D) Chair : Sleep

1️⃣The steps to curb pollution mainly addresses the vehicular pollution. Therefore, vehicles must be one of the major contributors to pollution level in the city. Since the corporation wants the people to install catalytic converters, we can infer that catalytic converters can reduce the emission levels. Also, the corporation proposes to allow vehicles of only a particular parity on a day. Therefore, the corporation thinks that this will force people to adopt alternative modes of transport to reach their destination. Also, the corporation puts down all the rules with a belief that the citizens will implement it. All options from B, C, D and E are implicit assumptions on which the rule has been made.

Just because the pollution control measures address vehicular pollution, we cannot say that the pollution from other sources are negligible. Vehicular pollution can be the major contributor, but it does not necessarily mean that the other sources will not have significant share. Therefore, option A cannot be said to be an implicit assumption and hence, option A is the right answer.

option A is the right answer.

2️⃣ 1- The position of the word “also” implies that watching TV (for long hours) causes many illnesses of which obesity is one. However, no information regarding obesity and its other causes is given. Hence, we cannot say that Assumption 1 is implicit.

2 - The statement clearly mentions long hours. If watching TV for short hours also caused obesity then there would have been no need to specify "long hours". Hence, Assumption 2 is implicit.

option A is the right answer.

3️⃣ 24 + 2.5 = 26.5
26.5 - 5 = 21.5
21.5 + 7.5 = 29
29 - 10 = 19
19 + 12.5 = 31.5

Hence, option C is the right answer.

4️⃣14 = 13 x1 + 1
26 = 14x2 - 2
81 = 26x3 + 3
320 = 81x4 - 4
320*5 + 5 = 1605

27 is the incorrect term in the given series and hence, option C is the right answer.

5️⃣In each of the options the third letter is the letter which lies exactly in the middle of first and second letters in English alphabets. This relationship is not being followed in option C. Hence C is the odd one out.

6️⃣Let’s number the positions as 1 to 8 from left to right. So 1 is the extreme left end and 8 is the extreme right end.

Now it is given that there are 4 people between R and T with R being to the left of T. Hence the possible combinations are (1, 6), (2, 7) or (3, 8).

Let’s consider all three cases.

If R is at first position and T is 6th. Now U will have to be at 2nd position. This would mean that V is 4th. S is third to the left of Q. The only possibility for this would be that S is 5th and Q is 8th. P must be 3rd and W must be 7th. So our seating arrangement would be the one shown below.

R U P V S T W Q

Let’s consider the second case.

If R is 2nd and T is 7th: In this case U will be at 3rd position. V will be 5th. Now there will be no place for S to be 3rd of Q. Hence this arrangement is not possible.

Let’s have a look at the third possibility.

R is 3rd and T is 8th. Here U will be 4th and V will be 6th. The only possibility for S to be third to the left of Q would be Q at 5 and S at 2. But in this case there will be 5 people between P and W which is in contradiction to the given information. Hence, this is also not possible. So, only first arrangement is possible. Hence our final arrangement would be

R U P V S T W

Correct option is B.

7️⃣On comparing I and II, we can infer that “is” is the common word where “oi” is the code for it. Similarly, if we compare I and III and I and IV we get the codes for “happy” and “life” as “lm” and “st”.

On comparing IV with II and III, we can see that the common words are “match” and “to”. The code which is common between them is “le” and “dk”. Hence, the code for “match” is “le” and for “to” it is “dk”. The remaining code “rc” is for Bottle and “ky” is for “forever”.

The codes for the given words are as follows,

Happy - lm

is - oi

match - le

to - dk

life - st

bottle - rc

forever - ky

risky/betting = pn/az

key/be = kr/fc

The code for key/be is kr/fc. fc can be either “key” or “be”. Hence, option D is the correct answer.

8️⃣In the code language, the first letter of the original word is replaced with its next letter in the English alphabet. The second letter is replaced with a letter that is two ahead of the original letter, in the English alphabet and so on. So, the code for ‘BANNER’ is ‘CCQRJX’. Option (d) is the correct answer.

9️⃣ A is the son of the father of B. Hence A and B are siblings. D is B’s wife. E is B’s daughter. Hence, K and E are cousins.

🔟The man's mother's only son would be the man himself and the man's daughter's husband - Rakesh would be his son-in-law. Thus, the man is the father-in-law of Rakesh.

1️⃣1️⃣‘Salt of the earth’ refers to be honest, and good at the same time. Therefore, option D is the right answer.

1️⃣2️⃣‘fewer’ is used with countable nouns and ‘less’ is used with uncountable nouns. So, the correct option in this case is option B).

1️⃣3️⃣.3 km → A
East 5 and west 5 cancel out. He is 3 km north of starting point.

1️⃣4️⃣LEVEL → A
LEVEL reads the same forward and backward.

1️⃣5️⃣.D) Chair : Sleep

Reason:
Pen is used to write.
Knife is used to cut.
Spoon is used to eat.
But chair is mainly used to sit, not sleep.