Q&A: practice questions with answers

Concept: The given figure (a quarter-circle arc on top of a straight edge, followed by a slanting arrow-head shape) must appear inside an option exactly as it is — same size and same orientation, with no rotation.

1. Locate the curved part first: every option has a central circle, so look for a quarter of that circle whose straight edge continues into a slanting V-shaped part.
2. In option (D) the upper-left quarter of the circle, together with the vertical grid line and the slanting lines of the triangle part, traces the given figure in the same orientation.
3. In (A), (B) and (C) the slanting part lies on the wrong side of the arc, so the figure would fit only after rotation or flipping.

Trick: Fix the most distinctive part (the arc) first, then check only the direction of the remaining lines.

Answer: (D) Option (D)

Concept: Track each of the four letter positions separately.

1. 1st letters: E, F, G, ?, I → $+1$ each, so H.
2. 2nd letters: L, J, H, ?, D → $-2$ each, so F.
3. 3rd letters: S, V, Y, ?, E → $+3$ each (Y $+3$ wraps to B), so B.
4. 4th letters: V, R, N, ?, F → $-4$ each, so J.

Trick: Write position values (E = 5, L = 12 …) column-wise; constant gaps appear at once.

Answer: (C) HFBJ

Concept: Check the gaps between the first three letters and the relation of the last letter with the first.

1. WVTD: W $\to$ V ($-1$), V $\to$ T ($-2$); W and D are opposite letters ($23+4=27$).
2. JIGQ: $-1$, $-2$; J and Q opposite ($10+17=27$). SRPH: $-1$, $-2$; S and H opposite ($19+8=27$).
3. KLNP: K $\to$ L is $+1$, L $\to$ N is $+2$ — the gaps move forward, not backward. So KLNP is different.

Trick: Opposite-letter pairs add up to 27 (A–Z, D–W, H–S, J–Q).

Answer: (D) KLNP

Concept: Fix the definite positions first (D, then F), then try the cases for the pairs.

1. Only 1 person to the left of D → D is 2nd from left. A is a neighbour of D → A is 1st or 3rd.
2. 2 people between F and D → F is 5th. 3 people between C and G → they take 3rd and 7th (1st/5th is not possible with F at 5th).
3. So A is 1st, and 2 people between E and A → E is 4th; B is 6th.
4. B is not a neighbour of G → G is not 7th, so G = 3rd and C = 7th. Row: A D G E F B C.

Trick: In a north-facing row, your left = row's left; place the 'only 1 to the left' person first.

Answer: (C) C

Concept: A letter common to two words gets the digit common to their codes.

1. GAME = 8426 and MUST = 7853.
2. The only common letter is M; the only common digit is 8.
3. So M = 8.

Trick: Common letter ↔ common digit — no need to decode anything else.

Answer: (A) 8

Concept: Draw the minimal Venn diagram: 'All X are Y' puts circle X fully inside circle Y.

1. All leaves are flowers and all flowers are trees → Leaves ⊂ Flowers ⊂ Trees.
2. Conclusion II: All leaves are trees — leaves lie inside trees, so it follows.
3. Conclusion I: All trees are flowers — trees may be bigger than flowers, so it does not follow.

Trick: 'All A are B' + 'All B are C' ⇒ 'All A are C'; the reverse 'All C are B' never follows.

Answer: (C) Only Conclusion II follows.

Concept: Numbers seen together with a face are adjacent to it; the one never seen with it is opposite.

1. Face 1 appears in all three positions.
2. Faces shown with 1: 6, 5 (fig 1), 2, 6 (fig 2), 4, 2 (fig 3) → adjacent faces 2, 4, 5, 6.
3. The only number never seen with 1 is 3, so 3 is opposite 1.

Trick: A cube face has exactly 4 neighbours; the 5th number left over is its opposite.

Answer: (A) 3

Concept: With a vertical mirror (MN) on the right, left and right are interchanged while top and bottom stay the same; every letter/number is also laterally inverted.

1. Elements on the right (P, the half-shaded circle, V) shift to the left side, and D, 7, S shift to the right; 2 stays on top and 6 stays at the bottom.
2. The horizontal hand that pointed right (towards P) now points left, ending with its small arc; the arrow still points down.
3. Each character must be mirrored: (D) shows an unmirrored 6, (A) shows an unmirrored P, and in (B) the hand still points right. Only (C) satisfies all.

Trick: Vertical mirror: swap left ↔ right only; check one asymmetric character (like 6 or P) to eliminate options fast.

Answer: (C) Option (C)

Concept: Replace the symbols as directed, then apply BODMAS.

1. ÷ → +, × → ÷, – → ×, + → –.
2. $137÷56\times 7-6+31\to 137+56÷7\times 6-31$
3. $=137+8\times 6-31=137+48-31$
4. $=154$

Trick: Rewrite the whole expression with new symbols first; never mix substitution and calculation.

Answer: (D) $154$

Concept: Compare words letter by letter; the first differing letter decides the order.

1. All start with 'Lo'. Third letters: Logician (g), Loincloth (i), Lollipop (l), Lonely (n), Longways (n).
2. Lonely vs Longways: 'lone' vs 'long' → e comes before g, so Lonely first.
3. Order: Logician, Loincloth, Lollipop, Lonely, Longways = 4, 2, 1, 5, 3.

Trick: Ignore the common prefix and compare the first differing letter.

Answer: (C) 4, 2, 1, 5, 3

Concept: Check each letter position of the clusters separately.

1. 1st letters: A, F, K, P → $+5$ each → U.
2. 2nd letters: B, F, J, N → $+4$ → R.
3. 3rd letters: E, H, K, N → $+3$ → Q.
4. 4th letters: G, I, K, M → $+2$ → O.

Trick: Gaps $+5,+4,+3,+2$ across the four positions — a neat decreasing pattern.

Answer: (A) URQO

Concept: Find which class contains which, and which classes only partly overlap.

1. Refrigerators and freezers are both electrical appliances → both circles lie inside 'Electrical Appliance'.
2. Many refrigerators have a freezer compartment, and some freezers work as refrigerators → the two classes partly overlap.
3. So: one big circle containing two intersecting circles — option (B).

Trick: Whole class outside, related sub-classes inside; overlap them if some members are common.

Answer: (B) Option (B)

Concept: Find the rule linking the three numbers in each given set.

1. $(7,35,42)$: $7\times 5=35$ and $35+7=42$.
2. $(4,20,24)$: $4\times 5=20$ and $20+4=24$.
3. $(9,45,54)$: $9\times 5=45$ and $45+9=54$ ✓. Check (A): $8\times 5=40\ne 56$ ✗.

Trick: Third number $=6\times$ first number ($42=6\times 7$, $24=6\times 4$, $54=6\times 9$).

Answer: (C) $(9,45,54)$

Concept: Plot each move on a grid with Z at the origin; a right turn while facing south means facing west.

1. 7 km south → $(0,-7)$. Right turn (west) 5 km → $(-5,-7)$.
2. Right turn (north) 3 km → $(-5,-4)$. Right turn (east) 1 km → $(-4,-4)$.
3. Left turn (north) 4 km → X $=(-4,0)$.
4. Z $=(0,0)$ is 4 km to the east of X.

Trick: Net N–S: $-7+3+4=0$; net E–W: $-5+1=-4$ → Z is 4 km east of X.

Answer: (B) 4 km East

Concept: Track the two small circles and the end block of the shape separately.

1. Circles: (top-right, bottom-right) → (top-left, top-right) → (top-left, bottom-left): the pair moves one side anticlockwise each step.
2. Next pair: bottom-left and bottom-right.
3. End block alternates black → white → black, so the 4th figure has a white block.
4. Only (A) has circles at the two bottom corners with a white block.

Trick: Split the figure into parts and find one rule per part.

Answer: (A) Option (A)

Concept: If two positions share a face in the same place, the other faces rotate around it; track where 1 goes.

1. Position 1: top 1, front 5, right 4. Position 2: top 5, front 6, right 4.
2. Face 4 stays on the right, so the die has rolled about that axis: 5 went from front to top, 1 from top to back, and 6 came from the bottom to the front.
3. The bottom of position 1 (opposite 1) is therefore 6.

Trick: Common face in the same place → rotate the other faces in one direction (top → back, front → top, bottom → front).

Answer: (A) $6$

Concept: Draw a basic Venn diagram and test each conclusion for certainty.

1. All plants are vegetables → Plants circle inside Vegetables. Some plants are poisonous → Poisonous overlaps Plants.
2. Conclusion I (All vegetables are poisonous): not certain — part of Vegetables may lie outside Poisonous. ✗
3. Conclusion II (Some vegetables are plants): 'All plants are vegetables' converts to 'Some vegetables are plants'. ✓

Trick: 'All A are B' always gives 'Some B are A' (conversion).

Answer: (D) Only conclusion II follows

Concept: All words begin with 'Des'; compare from the fourth letter onward.

1. 4th letters: Descend (c), Desire (i), Desolate (o), Desperate (p), Destination (t), Destructive (t).
2. Destination vs Destructive: 5th letters i and r → Destination first.
3. Order: Descend, Desire, Desolate, Desperate, Destination, Destructive = 3, 1, 5, 6, 2, 4.

Trick: Write only the first differing letters: c, i, o, p, ti, tr.

Answer: (C) 3, 1, 5, 6, 2, 4

Concept: Follow the position of the short line that crosses one vertex of the hexagon.

1. Fig 1: line at the upper-left vertex; Fig 2: upper-right vertex; Fig 3: lower-right vertex.
2. The line moves clockwise round the hexagon, skipping ahead by about a quarter turn each step.
3. Next position: the lower-left vertex, with the line crossing the vertex (part inside, part outside) as in every figure.
4. Option (C) shows this; (D) has only an outside stub and (A), (B) are at wrong vertices.

Trick: Track one moving element; check both its position and its style (crossing vs touching).

Answer: (C) Option (C)

Concept: All numbers seen together with a face are adjacent to it; the remaining one is opposite.

1. Faces shown with 4: 6, 3 (fig 2) and 5, 1 (fig 3).
2. So 4 is adjacent to 1, 3, 5, 6.
3. The only number left is 2 → 2 is opposite 4.

Trick: Once four neighbours of a face are known, the fifth leftover number is its opposite.

Answer: (B) $2$