Reasoning Ability Questions & Videos

It is a dream of every students to get a good job. Whether it is a central or state govt. job, usually there are two phases in the process of getting a job.

    a) Written Test

    b) Interview

It is very important to get good marks in written test. Questions are basically MCQ type. Questions from reasoning ability & Quantitative Aptitude are very common. Here, we are providing question from various previous year question papers along with some practice question from each and every topic. 

Syllabus for Reasoning Ability:

1. Series Test
2. Alphabet Test
3. Mathematical Operations
4. Syllogism
5. Number, Ranking and Time Sequence Test
6. Blood Relations
7. Direction Sense Test
8. Sitting Arrangement
9. Coding-Decoding

Syllabus for Quantitative Aptitude:

1. Ratio and Proportion
2. Average
3. Time and Distance
4. Simple Interest and Compound Interest
5. Time and Work
6. Percentage
7. Mensuration
8. Pie chart

SERIES TEST:

Choose the correct alternative that will continue the same pattern and replace the question mark in the given series:

1.    2, 5, 9, ?, 20, 27

        Link: https://youtu.be/jlLHA_uyuvE

2.    2, 5, 10, 17, 26, ?

        Link: https://youtu.be/67Y5K_v9Geg

3.    2, 5, 10, 17, 28, 41, __, __, __
        [APSC 2021]

        a) 58, 77, 100
        b) 64, 81, 100
        c) 43, 47, 53
        d) 55, 89, 113

        Link: https://youtu.be/hi6TMGsAsWM 

4.    7, 14, 25, 38, 55, 74, ?

        Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJMn5wy-XWU

5.    6, 17, 39, 72, ?

        Link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJMn5wy-XWU

6.    What would come next in the series given below? 
        [APSC 2021]
        2Z5, 7Y7, 14X9, 23W11, 34V13

        a) 47U15
        b) 47V14
        c) 45U15
        d) 27U24

7.     In the series 65, 76, 78, 95, 91, 114, 104, 133, ……… the two missing terms are:
        [APSC 2013]

        a) 152, 117                 
        b) 117, 152
        c) 116, 150
        d) 150, 116   

8.     A series of numbers set as 8, 20, 50. What will be the next in the order of sequence?
        [APSC 2001]

        a) 150                         
        b) 110
        c) 125
        d) 115 

9.     The continue number of a special series is read as 9531, 9642, 975. 
        What will be the next correct order in the numerical series? [APSC 2001]

        a) 9420                                   
        b) 8751                       
        c) 8642
        d) 9864                    

ALPHABET TEST:

1.    Find the next letters of the series ABE, FGJ, KLO 
        [APSC 2021]

        a) PQR
        b) PQT
        c) PQS
        d) PST

2.     Which one of the following will replace the question mark (?) in the series given below?
        [APSC 15]

         CG, GH, LJ, RM, ?

         a) ZR                          
b) YR                         
c) ZQ
d) YQ  

CODING - DECODING:

1.      If MASTER is coded as OCUVGT, which one of the following will be the code for BRING?
[APSC 1998]

         a) ETKPB     
b) DTKPI
c) DTKPB
d) ETEPI

2.      If ATAZ is coded 74, then LATA will be coded as:
[APSC 2001]

         a) 47                           
         b) 48                           
         c) 74                           
         d) 77

3.     If ‘CAT’ and ‘BOAT’ are written as ‘XZG’ and ‘YLZG’ respectively in a code language, then how is ‘EGG’ to be written in the same language? [APSC 2014]

         a) VSS                        
         b) URR
         c) VTT
         d) UTT 

             

MATHEMATICAL OPERATIONS:   

If + is x, - is +, x is / and / is -, then answer the following questions based on this information:

1.      21 / 8 + 2 - 12 x 3 = ?