REASONING FOR SECRETARIAT ASSISTANT

each series, look for the degree and direction of change between the numbers. In other words, do the numbers increase or decrease, and by how much

1.  Look at this series: 2, 1, (1/2), (1/4), ... What number should come next? A. (1/3) B. (1/8) C. (2/8) D. (1/16) View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 2.  Look at this series: 7, 10, 8, 11, 9, 12, ... What number should come next? A. 7 B. 10 C. 12 D. 13 3.  Look at this series: 36, 34, 30, 28, 24, ... What number should come next? A. 20 B. 22 C. 23 D. 26 4.  Look at this series: 22, 21, 23, 22, 24, 23, ... What number should come next? A. 22 B. 24 C. 25 D. 26 5.  Look at this series: 53, 53, 40, 40, 27, 27, ... What number should come next? A. 12 B. 14 C. 27 D. 53

Letter and Symbol Series

n these series, you will be looking at both the letter pattern and the number pattern. Fill the blank in the middle of the series or end of the series.

1.  SCD, TEF, UGH, ____, WKL A. CMN B. UJI C. VIJ D. IJT 2.  B2CD, _____, BCD4, B5CD, BC6D A. B2C2D B. BC3D C. B2C3D D. BCD7 3.  FAG, GAF, HAI, IAH, ____ A. JAK B. HAL C. HAK D. JAI 4.  ELFA, GLHA, ILJA, _____, MLNA A. OLPA B. KLMA C. LLMA D. KLLA 5.  CMM, EOO, GQQ, _____, KUU A. GRR B. GSS C. ISS D. ITT

Verbal Classification

hree of the words will be in the same classification, the remaining one will not be. Your answer will be the one word that does NOT belong in the same classification as the others.

1.  Which word does NOT belong with the others? A. parsley B. basil C. dill D. mayonnaise 2.  Which word does NOT belong with the others? A. inch B. ounce C. centimeter D. yard 3.  Which word does NOT belong with the others? A. tire B. steering wheel C. engine D. car 4.  Which word does NOT belong with the others? A. tulip B. rose C. bud D. daisy 5.  Which word does NOT belong with the others? A. rye B. sourdough C. pumpernickel D. loaf

Statement and Assumption

n each question below is given a statement followed by two assumptions numbered I and II. You have to consider the statement and the following assumptions and decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement. Give answer (A) If only assumption I is implicit (B) If only assumption II is implicit (C) If either I or II is implicit (D) If neither I nor II is implicit (E) If both I and II are implicit.

1.  Statement: "You are hereby appointed as a programmer with a probation period of one year and your performance will be reviewed at the end of the period for confirmation." - A line in an appointment letter. Assumptions:      I.        The performance of an individual generally is not known at the time of appointment offer.     II.        Generally an individual tries to prove his worth in the probation period. A. Only assumption I is implicit B. Only assumption II is implicit C. Either I or II is implicit D. Neither I nor II is implicit E. Both I and II are implicit 2.  Statement: It is desirable to put the child in school at the age of 5 or so. Assumptions:      I.        At that age the child reaches appropriate level of development and is ready to learn.     II.        The schools do not admit children after six years of age. A. Only assumption I is implicit B. Only assumption II is implicit C. Either I or II is implicit D. Neither I nor II is implicit E. Both I and II are implicit 3.  Statement: "In order to bring punctuality in our office, we must provide conveyance allowance to our employees." - In charge of a company tells Personnel Manager. Assumptions:      I.        Conveyance allowance will not help in bringing punctuality.     II.        Discipline and reward should always go hand in hand. A. Only assumption I is implicit B. Only assumption II is implicit C. Either I or II is implicit D. Neither I nor II is implicit E. Both I and II are implicit 4.  Statement: Unemployment allowance should be given to all unemployed Indian youth above 18 years of age. Assumptions:      I.        There are unemployed youth in India who needs monetary support.     II.        The government has sufficient funds to provide allowance to all unemployed youth. A. Only assumption I is implicit B. Only assumption II is implicit C. Either I or II is implicit D. Neither I nor II is implicit E. Both I and II are implicit 5.  Statement: "If you trouble me, I will slap you." - A mother warns her child. Assumptions:      I.        With the warning, the child may stop troubling her.     II.        All children are basically naughty. A. Only assumption I is implicit B. Only assumption II is implicit C. Either I or II is implicit D. Neither I nor II is implicit E. Both I and II are implicit

Analogies

Directions to Solve A good way to figure out the relationship in a given question is to make up a sentence that describes the relationship between the first two words. Then, try to use the same sentence to find out which of the answer choices completes the same relationship with the third word.

1.  Odometer is to mileage as compass is to A. speed B. hiking C. needle D. direction 2.  Marathon is to race as hibernation is to A. winter B. bear C. dream D. sleep 3.  Window is to pane as book is to A. novel B. glass C. cover D. page 4.  Cup is to coffee as bowl is to A. dish B. soup C. spoon D. food 5.  Yard is to inch as quart is to A. gallon B. ounce C. milk D. liquid

Artificial Language

Directions to Solve First, you will be given a list of three "nonsense" words and their English word meanings. The question(s) that follow will ask you to reverse the process and translate an English word into the artificial language.

1.  Here are some words translated from an artificial language. gorblflur means fan belt pixngorbl means ceiling fan arthtusl means tile roof Which word could mean "ceiling tile"? A. gorbltusl B. flurgorbl C. arthflur D. pixnarth 2.  Here are some words translated from an artificial language. hapllesh means cloudburst srenchoch means pinball resbosrench means ninepin Which word could mean "cloud nine"? A. leshsrench B. ochhapl C. haploch D. haplresbo 3.  Here are some words translated from an artificial language. agnoscrenia means poisonous spider delanocrenia means poisonous snake agnosdeery means brown spider Which word could mean "black widow spider"? A. deeryclostagnos B. agnosdelano C. agnosvitriblunin D. trymuttiagnos 4.  Here are some words translated from an artificial language. moolokarn means blue sky wilkospadi means bicycle race moolowilko means blue bicycle Which word could mean "racecar"? A. wilkozwet B. spadiwilko C. moolobreil D. spadivolo 5.  Here are some words translated from an artificial language. migenlasan means cupboard lasanpoen means boardwalk cuopdansa means pullman Which word could mean "walkway"? A. poenmigen B. cuopeisel C. lasandansa D. poenforc

ajesh started from point A and Travelled 8kms towards the north to point B, he then turned right and travelled 7 kms to point C, from point C he took the first right and drove 5 kms to point D, he took another right and travelled 7 kms to point E, and finally turned right and travelled for another 3 kms to point F. What is the distance between point F and B?

a.1km

b.2kms

c.3 kms

d. 4 kms

e. none of these

2. Among R, L, T and J each having different weights, T is heavier than only L. R is not heavy as J. who is the heaviest?

a. R

b. J

c. T

d. can’t be determined

e. none of these

3. How many meaning full English words can be formed with the letters STIF starting with F, using each letter only once in each word?

a. None

b. 1

c.2

d.3

e. more than 3

4. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word RELUCTANCE  each of which has many letters between them in the word(in both forward and backward) as they have  between them in the English alphabetical series?

a. none

b. 1

c. 2

d. 3

e. 4

5. In a certain code FIGHT is coded as GJFIU and WRITE is coded as XSHUF. then how will JUDGE be coded in the same code?

a. KVCHF

b. HFEKV

c. KVEHF

d. VKCFH

e. KVDHF

6. Four of the following 5 are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is one that does not belong to the group?

a. sugar

b. sand

c. stone

d. lave

5. Rock

7. which of the following will come in place of the question mark?

AC   BE     DH   ?     KQ

1.    GL

2.    FK

3.    GK

4.    HL

5.    HM

8. If it is possible to make only one meaningful word from the first, seventh and eighth letters of the word SPONTANEOUS, then the second letter from the left is your answer. If no such word can be formed then your answer is x and if more than one such word can be formed your answer is y

a. X

b.T

c. E

d. S

e. Y

9. if 2 is subtracted from each even digit and 1 is added to each odd digit in the  number 8567284. Which of the following will be the sum of the third digit from the left and second digit from the right of the new number thus formed?

a.10

b. 8

c. 4

d.6

e.16

10. Smita correctly remembers that last year Diwali was celebrated before November but after May. Sanjay correctly remembers that last year he had Diwali holidays after July. Mohan correctly remembers that the month in which Diwali was celebrated had only 30 days. In which month of the year was Diwali definitely celebrated?

a. July

b. August

c. September

d. October

e. November

11. directions 11-15

Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the questions given below

A E C B % 7 D $ E B 5 C ? 3 D E 9 @ 2 #

11. How many digits are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately preceded by a symbol?

a.1

b. 2

c. 3

4. 4

e. 5

12. how many such pairs of alphabets are there in the series highlighted in BOLD  in the above arrangement  each of which has as many letters between them(in both forward and backward directions) as they have between them in the English alphabetical series?

a.none

b. 1

c. 2

d.3

e. more than 3

13. If all the vowels are dropped from the above arrangements, which of the following end of the twelfth from the left end of the above arrangement?

a. 3

b. @

c.E

d.9

e.D

14. Which of the following is second to the left of fourteenth from  the left end of the above arrangement?

a. A

b.E

c. D

e.B

e.C

15.if all the digits are arranged in ascending order from left to right, while the other elements in the arrangement  remain unchanged, which of the following will be fourteenth from the left end of the arrangement?

a. 2

b.5

c.3

d.7

e. none of the above

Answers For above Questions:

2,4,2,4,1,1,1,3,1,3,3,3,5,5,2