Q&A: practice questions with answers

Concept: Find the word meaning 'using very few words'.

1. Wordy = using more words than needed.
2. Laconic = brief, using very few words → opposite.
3. Redundant, verbose, inflated all mean excess → synonyms, not antonyms.

Trick: Three options mean the same thing (excess); the odd one out is the antonym.

Answer: (B) Laconic

Concept: Ghastly = horrifying, shocking.

1. Context: crime scene description made everyone uneasy.
2. Gruesome = causing horror → same meaning.
3. Cheerful, ordinary, mild are near-opposites.

Trick: 'Ghastly' sounds like 'ghost' – something frightening.

Answer: (C) Gruesome

Concept: List the accepted noun and verb meanings of 'condition'.

1. Noun: state of a person/thing (B); a requirement to be met (D).
2. Verb: to train someone to behave a certain way (C).
3. 'To make stronger or more flexible' is not the tested sense here.

Yaad rakhein: 'Conditioned reflex' (Pavlov) uses the verb sense 'to train behaviour'.

Answer: (A) To make something stronger or more flexible

Concept: Cortege = a solemn funeral procession.

1. Cortege – mourners following a coffin.
2. Claque = hired applauders; Assembly = any gathering; Carousal = drunken party.

Yaad rakhein: Cortège (French) – also used for any formal procession of attendants.

Answer: (C) Cortege

Concept: A person who rejects all authority and rules = anarchist.

1. Description: resists authority, control and traditional norms.
2. Anarchist – opposes all imposed authority.
3. Conformist and traditionalist accept rules; optimist is unrelated.

Trick: an-archy = 'without a ruler' (Greek an = without, archos = ruler).

Answer: (D) Anarchist

Concept: Decode the symbols, then solve with BODMAS (division before subtraction).

1. Decoded: $7-9-8÷6$
2. $8÷6=\frac{4}{3}$
3. $7-9=-2$ → $-2-\frac{4}{3}=-\frac{6}{3}-\frac{4}{3}=$ $-\frac{10}{3}$ (printed as −103)

Trick: Sign check: 7 − 9 − (positive) must be a little below −2, so only $-\frac{10}{3}\approx -3.33$ fits.

Answer: (B) $-\frac{10}{3}$

Concept: Convert both positions to the same end, then between = difference − 1.

1. B from front = 60 − 22 + 1 = 39
2. A from front = 18
3. Between = 39 − 18 − 1 = 20

Trick: If positions don't overlap: Between = Total − (front rank + back rank) = 60 − 40 = 20.

Answer: (C) 20

Concept: Items on one side = Total − position from the other side.

1. Red candle is 6th from left → 6 candles counted (including it).
2. To its right = 15 − 6 = 9

Yaad rakhein: Position from right = 15 − 6 + 1 = 10th; candles to its right = 10 − 1 = 9.

Answer: (C) 9

Concept: Check the gaps between terms.

1. Gaps: +4, +8, … and at the end +20, +24.
2. Gaps rise by 4: +4, +8, +12, +16, +20, +24.
3. Missing = −500 + 12 = −488; check −488 + 16 = −472 ✓

Trick: Differences form the 4-table – fill the middle gap (12) directly.

Answer: (D) -488

Concept: Each term is 3 times the previous one.

1. $-5\times 3=-15$, $-15\times 3=-45$
2. Missing = $-45\times 3=$ −135
3. Check: $-135\times 3=-405$ ✓

Trick: Big jumps in a series → test ratio first, not difference.

Answer: (B) -135

Concept: Guess the signs from the first equation and confirm with the second.

1. $450÷9=50$; $50-151=-101$ → '!' = ÷, '*' = −
2. Check: $320÷8=40$; $40-291=-251$ ✓
3. $250÷5=50$; $50-361=$ −311

Trick: Numbers like 450 & 9, 320 & 8 divide exactly – a hint that '!' is ÷.

Answer: (C) -311

Concept: A vertical mirror swaps left and right only; top and bottom stay.

1. In the figure: bracket on the left, two-triangle fan on the right, arrowhead pointing left.
2. In the image: fan moves to the left, bracket to the right, arrowhead points right.
3. Only option A shows this with the triangles still one above the other.

Trick: Check one asymmetric detail (arrow direction) – it must flip left↔right.

Answer: (A) Figure (A)

Concept: Two folds → each cut appears 4 times when opened, symmetric about the fold lines.

1. Sheet is folded along both diagonals into a quarter triangle (right side).
2. The single circle near the centre → 4 circles around the centre.
3. The edge cuts on the right side → notches on all four sides.
4. Option B matches.

Trick: Number of copies = $2^{\text{number of folds}}=2^2=4$.

Answer: (B) Figure (B)

Concept: A cut touching a fold line opens into a double shape; a cut away from folds is just copied.

1. Sheet folded twice into a quarter (lower right).
2. Half-triangles cut on the fold lines open into diamonds (4 in total).
3. The full triangle away from the folds appears 4 times.
4. Option D shows 4 diamonds + 4 triangles.

Trick: Cut on a fold = shape doubled by reflection (half-triangle → diamond).

Answer: (D) Figure (D)

Concept: Fill the sure facts first; the remaining options get forced.

1. P – Hyderabad, T – Lucknow, Q – Pune.
2. Left: Kolkata, Bangalore for R and S.
3. S not Kolkata → S = Bangalore, R = Kolkata (likes Red).

Trick: Only two persons and two cities remain – one negative clue settles it.

Answer: (C) R

Concept: Each term = previous × 2 + 1.

1. $3\times 2+1=7$, $7\times 2+1=15$, $15\times 2+1=31$, $31\times 2+1=63$
2. Next = $63\times 2+1=$ 127

Trick: Terms are $2^n-1$: 4−1, 8−1, 16−1, 32−1, 64−1 → $128-1=127$.

Answer: (A) 127

Concept: Find the rule from the complete rows and apply it to the incomplete row.

1. Test a rule (sum, product, difference) on row 1.
2. Confirm the same rule on row 2.
3. Applying it to row 3 gives 4.

Yaad rakhein: Always confirm the rule on two rows before applying it to the third.

Answer: (A) 4

Concept: Count square parts by size, then add triangles made by the extra line.

1. Diagonals + midpoint lines split the square into 8 small triangles.
2. Two-part triangles = 4; four-part (half-square) triangles = 4 → 16.
3. Short top line + vertical diagonal: 2 small + 1 whole = 3.
4. Total = 16 + 3 = 19

Trick: A line across the corner of an angle split by one ray adds 3 triangles.

Answer: (D) 19

Concept: Count in layers: basic figure first, then each added line.

1. Two diagonals: 4 quarters + 4 halves = 8.
2. Top horizontal line: 2 small + 1 = 3.
3. Bottom horizontal line: 3 more.
4. Slanting middle line: 6 new triangles.
5. Total = 8 + 3 + 3 + 6 = 20

Trick: Add lines one at a time and count only the new triangles each creates.

Answer: (B) 20

Concept: 'Yellow are green' = inside circle AND triangle (rectangle doesn't matter).

1. Circle ∩ triangle only (outside rectangle) = 8
2. Circle ∩ triangle ∩ rectangle = 22
3. Total = 8 + 22 = 30

Trick: Shade the overlap of the two named shapes; add every number in that shaded area.

Answer: (C) 30