Reasoning (Previous Year Questions)

REASONING (PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTIONS)

1 INFOMATHS/MCA/REASONING (Previous year questions)

SERIES

1.The missing number in the given series is

3, 6, 6, 12, 9, ______, 12

NIMCET-2012

(a) 15(b) 18(c) 11(d) 13

2.The missing number in the following series is

6, 12, 21, ….., 48

NIMCET-2012

(a) 40(b) 33(c) 38(d) 45

3.Friday the odd number in the series : 2, 9, 28, 65, 126, 216, 344, …..

NIMCET-2012

(a) 28(b) 65(c) 26(d) 216

4. Given the sequence A, BB, CCC, DDDD ...... and so on, the 253rd letter in the sequence will be :

PU CHD-2012

(A) V (B) U(C) T (D) W

5.In the following question a number series is given. Which one of the alternatives will replace the question mark (?)?

4, 9, 19, 39, 79, …..?

BHU-2011

(a) 169(b) 159(c) 119(d) 139

6.Letters of which of the alternative answers when placed at the blank places one after another will complete the given letter series?

a…bbc…aab…cca…bbcc

BHU-2011

(a) acba (b) bacb (c) caba(d) abba

7.In the following series a missing term is to be find out(?)

DKM, FJP, HIS, JHV, ……….

BHU-2011

(a) HGY(b) IGZ(c) IGY(d) LGY

8.In the following number series one number is wrong. Find out the wrong number.

9, 15, 22, 30, 40, 49, 60

BHU-2011

(a) 15(b) 30(c) 40(d) 49

9.In the following series, find the term in place of question mark(?)

3, 8, 27, 112, 565, ?

BHU-2011

(a) 3400(b) 3396(c) 1596(d) 2266

10. In the following number-series, one term is wrong. Which term is wrong?

5, 12, 19, 33, 47, 75, 104

NIMCET-2011

(a) 33 (b) 47 (c) 75 (d) 104

11.Which should be the next two numbers in the series

28 25 5 21 18 5 14

NIMCET-2010

(a) 11, 5(b) 10, 7(c) 11, 8(d) 5, 10

Directions : Questions 12 and 13: In each of the following questions, a number series is given with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative that will continue the same pattern and fill in the blank spaces.

12.3, 8, 13, 24, 41, (…..)

NIMCET-2010

(a) 70(b) 75(c) 80(d) 85

13.4, 23, 60, 121, (…..)

NIMCET-2010

(a) 212(b) 221(c) 241(d) 242

Questions 14 - 15 are based on the following information.

The people of Namor have a peculiar number system. They use theEnglish alphabet for writing numbers.Any letter with one straight line such as'D', 'B', etc. is used to representthe number '1'. Any letter with twostraight lines ('V', 'T', etc.) representsthe number '5'; any letter with threestraight lines ('A', 'Z', etc.) represents '10' and finally letters with fourstraight lines ('E','W' etc.) stand for'100.' Numbers are written as a sequence of letters from left to right. Ifthe value of a letter is less than thatof the one on its right, then it is subtracted from the larger one. If the values of a letter is equal to or greaterthan the one on its right, nothing isdone. After doing all possible subtractions, the resulting numbers areadded together. For example, the sequence 'VANE' represents the number '95[(10-5) + (100-10)].'

14. The word 'WANT' isequal to

HCU-2010

(a) 120(b) 115(c) 125(d) 35

15. Which of the following statements istrue?

HCU-2010

(a) MAZE = FALL(b) EAT: FEET

16.which of the following will come in place of the question mark (?) in the series below?

ZGLXHNVIQTJU?

PGCET : MCA-2009

(a)QKZ(b)RKY(c)RLZ(d)RKZ

17.Identify the group of letters,w2hich is different from othersJNU : MCA -2009

(a) BDGK(b) JLOS

18.How many pairs of letters are there jjin the word ‘PRISON’, each of which has as many letters between its two letters in the word as there are between them in the English alphabet?

NIMCET : MCA -2009

(a) Two (b One (c) Four (d) Three

19.How many 5s are there in the following number series each of which is immediately followed by 4 but not immediately preceded by 6 ?

4566564554556544564565454

NIMCET : MCA -2009

(a) One (b) Three(c) Four(d) Two

20.What is the next letter in the series. O T T F F S S E N______MCA: NIMCET-2008

(1)T(2) O(3) E(4) N

21.Substitute digits for the letters to make the following relation true.

S T I L L

Note that the leftmost letter can’t be zero in any word. Also, there must be a one –to –one mapping between digits and letters, e.g. if you substitute 3 for the letters S, no other letter can be 3 and all other S in the puzzle must be 3. MCA: NIMCET-2008

(a) 98533+258056=356589

(b) 41211+527013=938224

(d) 47166+517013=614179

22.Choose one word out of the given alternatives, which cannot be formed from the letters of the word “CONSULTATION” MCA: KIITEE-2008

(1)constant(2) station

(3) salute (4) nation

23.In a queue of girls. Deepika is eighth from the right and Neha is twelfth from the left. When Deepika and Neha interchange positions,Neha becomes twenty first from the left which of the following will be Deepika’s position from the right ? MCA: KIITEE-2008

(a)21st(b) 17th

24.Choose the term which will continue the following series. P 3 C R 5 F T 8 1 V 12 L ?

(a) X 17 O(b) Y 17 O

25.In the letter series:

QT, BE, KN, ?, HK

At the place of ‘?’ there will be:

MCA: MP COMBINED-2008

(1) LP(2) FJ(3) WZ(4) HI

26.Which of the following words is different from other words of a group?MCA: MP COMBINED-2008

(1) Geometry(2) Algebra

(3) Mathematics(4) Tigonometry

27.In the following word pairs one pair is different from others, that is :MCA: MP COMBINED-2008

(1) Capital-wealth(2) Milk –Curd

(3) Brightness –Light (4) Poor-Penniless

28.In the following, what is different from others ?

MCA: MP COMBINED-2008

(a) Sitar(b) Violin

29.AFHO : GBDM : : CHFM : ?MCA: JNU -2008

(1) GBLD(2) GBJO

(3) GPLD(4) GBDM

30.The collating sequence of five alphabets is W, P, Z, A, E, Given four strings

PUNE : MCA SOLVED PAPER -2007

(i) AZPWW (ii) APAEP

(iii) ZPAPA(iv) ZAPWE

31.Among the four groups of letters three are alike in some way while one is different. Find the one which is different TANCET : MCA PAPER -2003

(a) BONE (b) OUTR

32.Find out the next in the following letter sequence LUX, NRY, POZ,……..

TANCET : MCA PAPER -2003

(a) RNB(b) RLA(c) QNA(d) RMD

33.How many 7’s are there in the following sequence which are immediately preceded by a digit which is a multiple of 3 and followed by an even number?

7234576378877307423077 6 7 0 1

(a) three(b) five(c) seven(d) nine

TANCET : MCA PAPER -2003

34.How many pairs of letters are there in the word STRENGTH Which have as many letters between them as in the alphabet?

TANCET : MCA PAPER -2003

(a) One (b) Two

35.If 10.81; then 8:?TANCET : MCA PAPER -2003

(a) 84(b) 64(c) 49(d) N.O.T

36.Complete the sequence.

1, 9, 25, 49,……..TANCET : MCA PAPER -2003

(a) 64 (b) 169(c) 121(d) 81

Directions (37-38): Complete the sequence

37.abG.cdI? , ? TANCET : MCA PAPER -2003

(a) ekf, ihm(b) efk, ihm

38.esf, mtj, npn, oir ?TANCET : MCA PAPER -2003

(a) pwx(b) phv(c) pwx(d) N.O.T

Directions (85-89): The following questions are based on the following sequence of letters /symbols

 A B J C Z O U f X p r Q e t  y  G

TANCET : MCA PAPER -2003

39.Which letter/symbol is in the middle.

(a) Q(b) U(c) X(d) Can’t tsay

40.Complete the series:

TANCET : MCA PAPER -2003

 A b, CZO, X Pr ?

(a)  G(b) ef(c)  Y (d)  QU

41.If first half is written in reverse order then which letter/symbol is 12th from the right end:

(a) f(b) b(c) A(d) N.O.T

TANCET : MCA PAPER -2003

42.Which one does not belong to the group.

TANCET : MCA PAPER -2003

(a) A j Z(b) Q t Y(c) O f P(d) #ep

43.Which letter/symbol is midway between the mid symbol and 14th from right end.

TANCET : MCA PAPER -2003

(a) Q(b) X(c) U(d) N.O.T

44.Which letter follows 4 in the sequence

1A 2D 3I 4_ 5Y

HCU-2006

(a) A(b) Q(c) T

(d) P(e) None of the above

SERIES

1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10
B / B / D / A / B / A / D / C / B / D
11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20
A / A / A / C / D / D / D / C / D / A
21 / 22 / 23 / 24 / 25 / 26 / 27 / 28 / 29 / 30
A / C / B / A / C / C / B / B / D / D
31 / 32 / 33 / 34 / 35 / 36 / 37 / 38 / 39 / 40
C / B / A / B / C / D / D / D / C / C
41 / 42 / 43 / 44
C / D / C / D

1 INFOMATHS/MCA/REASONING (Previous year questions)