Q&A: practice questions with answers

Concept: Each unfolding acts like a mirror across the fold line; every cut gets reflected.

1. Fold 1: top half went onto bottom half. Fold 2: left half went onto right half. So the punch sits in the bottom-right quarter.
2. Open fold 2: copy the bottom-right design as a left-right mirror image into the bottom-left quarter.
3. Open fold 1: reflect the whole lower half upwards, so in the top quarters the small nick flips from the lower arm to the upper arm.
4. (b) and (d) show no proper mirroring; (a) mirrors only sideways. Only (c) mirrors both ways.

Trick: Last fold opens first. Check one asymmetric detail (like the small nick) – it must flip in the upper half.

Answer: (C) – figure (c)

Concept: Decode each symbol pair one by one, then walk from T back to P.

1. P + Q → P is Q's daughter; Q ÷ R → Q is R's father.
2. So P and R are both daughters of Q → sisters (R is female, being a wife).
3. R × S → R is S's wife; S − T → S is T's brother.
4. From T: brother (S) → his wife (R) → her sister (P).

Trick: Always start the reading from the person asked about (T) and move towards P.

Answer: (A) Brother's wife's sister

Concept: Find the uniform letter shift between the given pairs.

1. Every letter of DSXL moves 2 steps ahead (D+2 = F … L+2 = N).
2. Check: G→I, M→O, U→W, B→D (+2) ✓.
3. TFON +2 → T→V, F→H, O→Q, N→P = VHQP.

Trick: Just check the first letter: T+2 = V leaves (B) and (D); second-last O+2 = Q picks (B).

Answer: (B) VHQP

Concept: Swap the signs first, then solve using BODMAS.

1. After swapping: 19 − 55 ÷ 5 + 7 × 3.
2. 55 ÷ 5 = 11; 7 × 3 = 21.
3. 19 − 11 + 21 = 29.

Trick: Rewrite the whole expression with new signs before calculating – never swap mentally midway.

Answer: (C) 29

Concept: North-facing and south-facing people have opposite 'right' directions; fix row 2 first.

1. Number columns 1–4. Row 2 (north): right = towards 4. Row 1 (south): right = towards 1.
2. Q immediately right of S, R not at an end → S1, Q2, R3, P4.
3. Two between L and M → ends; S faces L → L1, M4.
4. Person facing N is immediate left of P → column 3 (R) → N3, so O2.
5. O (col 2) faces Q.

Trick: Draw columns once; for the facing row, simply reverse left/right.

Answer: (D) Q

Concept: Differences between terms increase steadily.

1. Differences: +2, +4, +6, +8.
2. Next difference = +10.
3. 898 + 10 = 908.

Trick: Differences are consecutive even numbers – very common SSC pattern.

Answer: (C) 908

Concept: Decide for each pair: inside, separate, or partly common.

1. A married person may or may not be a woman → partial overlap.
2. A woman may or may not be a doctor → partial overlap.
3. A doctor may or may not be married → partial overlap.
4. All three pairs overlap partly → three intersecting circles.

Trick: If each pair shares only some members, pick the figure where all three circles cut each other.

Answer: (A) – figure (a)

Concept: Code = alphabet position of each letter + 2.

1. MRGF = 13,18,7,6 → +2 → 15-20-9-8 ✓.
2. YDXB = 25,4,24,2 → 27-6-26-4 ✓.
3. JWAS = 10,23,1,19 → 12-25-3-21.

Trick: A = 1 → its code is 3; only option (C) has 3 in the third place.

Answer: (C) 12-25-3-21

Concept: Each letter moves back by an increasing amount.

1. D→C (−1), K→I (−2), S→P (−3), O→K (−4).
2. LAPZ → KYMV follows the same.
3. EYGN: E−1 = D, Y−2 = W, G−3 = D, N−4 = J → DWDJ.

Trick: First letter E−1 = D – only option (B) starts with D.

Answer: (B) DWDJ

Concept: Track each element separately; all three move anticlockwise one step at a time.

1. Small down-arrow: TL → BL → BR → TR → next TL.
2. Small circle (one step ahead): BL → BR → TR → TL → next BL.
3. Outer arrow: bottom → right → top-right → top-left → next left side.
4. Only figure (d) has arrow at TL, circle at BL and outer arrow on the left.

Trick: Follow one element at a time and eliminate options after each one.

Answer: (D) – figure (d)

Concept: Arrange letters A→Z and compare place by place.

1. SCRAMBLE → alphabetical: A B C E L M R S.
2. Original vs sorted: 1st S≠A, 2nd C≠B, … 8th E≠S – check all eight.
3. No position matches.

Trick: Write both rows one below the other – matching takes 5 seconds.

Answer: (B) None

Concept: Consecutive differences go up by 1.

1. Differences: 12, 13, 14, 15.
2. Next difference = 16.
3. 137 + 16 = 153.

Trick: Last term is odd and the next difference is even → answer is odd; only 153 among close values fits.

Answer: (B) 153

Concept: A face that touches four other faces is opposite the remaining fifth one.

1. E appears in both views.
2. Neighbours of E: L, T (view 1) and C, U (view 2).
3. Only A never touches E → A is opposite E.

Trick: Look for the letter common to both positions and list all its neighbours.

Answer: (B) E

Concept: All A are B + All B are C gives All A are C; 'All' also gives a 'Some' converse.

1. Cars ⊂ Rabbits ⊂ Bananas ⊂ Lamps.
2. So all cars are lamps → I follows.
3. All rabbits are lamps → some lamps are rabbits → II follows.

Trick: In an 'All' chain, any first-to-later 'All' conclusion and any reverse 'Some' conclusion are true.

Answer: (C) Both conclusions (I) and (II) follow.

Concept: Facing north: right means moving to a higher seat number from the left.

1. G–F–D block with G at an end → G1, F2, D3.
2. E right of D → E4; A second right of E → A6.
3. C at other end → C7; B second left of C → B5.
4. Order: G F D E B A C → between B and C is A.

Trick: Place the biggest fixed block (G F D E) first; the rest falls in place.

Answer: (C) A

Concept: 20 places = 4 repeats of a 5-letter block.

1. Block: A S G F D.
2. Split: A_ _FD | _SGF_ | A_ _FD | AS_ _D.
3. Blanks: SG, AD, SG, GF → SGADSGGF.

Trick: Find the block length from the given letters (here 5) before filling.

Answer: (C) SGADSGGF

Concept: Each position of the cluster moves +4.

1. 1st: G, K, O, S → W.
2. 2nd: I, M, Q, U → Y.
3. 3rd: D, H, L, P → T.
4. Next = WYT.

Trick: Only (A) and (C) start WY; third letter P+4 = T picks (C).

Answer: (C) WYT

Concept: Compare the gaps from the first letter in each cluster.

1. GKI: +4, +2. MQO: +4, +2. SWU: +4, +2.
2. KON: +4, +3 → breaks the rule.

Trick: The middle letter of the group's 3rd letter is exactly halfway (G _ I _ K): only KON fails.

Answer: (D) KON

Concept: Find the same shape, in the same orientation, inside one option.

1. Figure X: flat base, vertical right side, long slanting left side and a short slant cut at the top.
2. In (b), the lower-right part of the square forms exactly this outline.
3. In the others the slant is on the wrong side or the top cut is missing.

Trick: Match the most unusual edge (the short top cut) first, then confirm the rest.

Answer: (B) – figure (b)

Concept: Code depends on the number of letters, not on which letters.

1. WEDS: 4 letters → 3.
2. MAIUFQX: 7 letters → 6.
3. GIQRBZLA: 8 letters → 8 − 1 = 7.

Trick: When a word is coded as a single small number, count its letters first.

Answer: (A) 7