MBA MAT February 2013 Reasoning Question Paper

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1. Pointing to a lady, Chouhan said,she is the only daughter of my father-in-laws wife. How is
this lady related to Chouhan?
(1) Mother
(2) Wife
(3) Cousin
(4) Sister
2. Sohan said to Mohan, this girl is the wife of the grandson of my mother. How is Sohan
related to this girl?
(1) Grandfather
(2) Father
(3) Husband
(4) Father-in-law
3. Pointing to a lady, Rishi said, the son of her brother is the brother of my wife. How is this
lady related to Rishi?
(1) Mother-in-law
(2) Mothers sister
(3) Sister of father-in-law
(4) None of these
4. There are five books A, B, C, D, and E. Book C lies above D. Book E is below A; D is above
A; B is below E. Which book is at the bottom?
(1) E
(2) B
(3) A
(4) C
5. A one-rupee coin is placed on a palin paper. How many coin of the same sizecan be placed
around it so that eact one touches the central and adjacent coins?
(1) 4
(2) 3
(3) 7
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(4) 9
6. Five students participated in the scholarship examination. Sudha scored higher than
Puja.Kavita scored lower than Suma but higher than Sudha. Mamta scored between Puja and
Sudha. Who scored lowest in the examination?
(1) Kavita
(2) Puja
(3) Mamta
(4) Sudha
Directons (Qs. 7 - 10): Each of these questions has an assertion (A) and a reason (R). Mark
answer as
(1) if both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(2) if both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(3) if A is true but R is false.
(4) if A is false but R is true.
7. Assertion (A): Copper is used to make electrical wires.
Reason (R): Copper is a good conductor of electricity.
8. Assertion (A): India is a democracy.
Reason (R): People elect their own representetives who from the government.
9. Assertion (A): India celebrates its Independence Day on 15th August.
Reason (R): India became Independent on 15th August 1947.
10. Assertion (A): In India 2nd October is observed as Martyrs Day.
Reason (R): Pt. Nehru was the first Prime Minister of India.
Directions (Qs. 11 - 13): Each of these questions has a statement followed by two
conclusions I and II. Consider the statement and the following conclusions. Decide which of
the conclusions follows from the statement. Mark answer as
(1) if conclusion I follows
(2) if conclusion II follows
(3) if neither conclusion I nor II follows
(4) if both conclusions I and II follow
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11. Statement: Workers feel highly motivated when they get sense of involvement by
participating in the management of companies.
Conclusion:
I. Workers should be motivated to produce more.
II. Workers should be allowed to participate in the management of companies.
12. Statement: Power consumption in everyfamily has been doubled during the last five years.
Conclusion:
I. There is a lot of development in the society.
II. Power rates have become cheaper.
13. Statement: This world is neither good nor evil; each man manufactures a world for himself.
Conclusion:
I. Some people find this world quite good.
II. Some people find this world quite bad.
Directions (Qs. 14 16): Read the following information to answer these questions.
Five friends A, B, C, D, and E travelled to five different cities of India from Mumbai. They went
to Chennai, Kolkata, Delhi, Bangalore and Hyderabad by different modes of transport, i.e., by
bus, train, aeroplane, car and boat. Mumbai is not connected by bus to Delhi and Chennai. The
person who travelled to Delhi did not make use of the boat. C went to Bangalore by car and B
went to Kolkata by aeroplane. D travelled by boat while E travelled by train.
14. Which of the following combination of person and mode os not correct?
(1) D-Boat
(2) B-Aeroplane
(3) E-Aeroplane
(4) C-car
15. Which of the following combinations is true for D?
(1) Delhi Bus
(2) Chennai Bus
(3) Chennai Boat
(4) Chennai Car
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16. Who among the following travelled to Delhi?

(1) C
(2) D
(3) E
(4) A
Directions (Qs. 17-19): Read the following information to answer these questions.
Rajneesh, Kavita, Suresh, Gambhir and Mahesh are friends and good players. Rajneesh and
Kavita are good in hockey and volleyball. Suresh and Rajneesh are good in hockey and tennis.
Gambhir and Kavita are good in cricket and volleyball. Suresh, Gambhir and Mahesh are good in
football and tennis.
17. Who is good in hockey, volleyball and cricket?
(1) Rajneesh
(2) Suresh
(3) Kavita
(4) Gambhir
18. Who is good in tennis, cricket, volleyball and football?
(1) Suresh
(2) Kavita
(3) Rajneesh
(4) Gambhir
19. Who is good in tennis, volleyball and hockey?
(1) Gambhir
(2) Kavita
(3) Suresh
(4) Rajneesh
A Kala Manch has six performing ladies consisting of four vocal musicians, two dancers, one
actress and three violinists. Gauri and Vandana are among the violinists while Jaya and Shailja
do not know playing on violin. Shailja and Tanya are the dancers. Jaya, Shailja, Vandana and
Tanya are all vocal musicians and two of them are also violinists. Pooja is an actress.
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20. Who among these performing artists is both a vocalist and a violinist?
(1) Shailja
(2) Pooja
(3) Vandana
(4) Jaya
21. Who amongst these lady artists is a dancer, a vocal musician and a violinist?
(1) Shailja
(2) Jaya
(3) Tanya
(4) Vandana
22. Who amongst these artists is a violinist only?
(1) Jaya
(2) Tanya
(3) Gauri
(4) Shailja
Four young men namely Rajesh, Pran, Vinod and Arun are in love with four girls namely
Shobhira, Kamla, Vimla and Promila. Shobhita and Vimla are good friends. Vinod's girl-friend
does not like Shobhita and Vimla. Kamla does not care for Vinod. Prari's girl-friend is friendly
with Shobhita. Shobhita does not like Rajesh.
23. Who is Rajesh's girl-friend?
(1) Shobhita
(2) Kamla
(3) Vimla
(4) Promila
24. Who is Promila's boy-friend?
(1) Arun
(2) Pran
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(3) Vinod
(4) Rajesh
25. Who is Arun's girl-friend?
(1) Promila
(2) Vimla
(3) Shobhita
(4) Kamla
Three friends Surinder, Varinder and joginder wore shirts of black, blue and orange colours (not
necessarily in that order) and pants of green, yellow and orange colours (not necessarily in that
order). No person wore pant and shirt of the same colour. Further, it is given that
Surinder did not wear shirt of black colour.

Varinder did not wear shirt of blue colour.
Joginder did not wear shirt of orange colour.
Surinder did not wear pant of green colour.
Varinder wore pant of orange colour.
26. What were the colours of pant and shirt worn by Joginder, respectively
(1) Orange and black
(2) Yellow and black
(3) Green and blue
(4) Yellow and blue
27. What was the colour of the shirt worn by Varinder?
(1) Blue
(2) Orange
(3) Black
(4) Green
28. What was the colour of the pant worn by Surinder?
(1) Orange
(2) Green
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(3) Yellow
(4) Blue
Directions (Qs. 29 -31): In each of these questions, two statements I and II are given. These
may have a cause and effect relationship or may have independent causes or be the effects
of independent causes. Read the statements and mark answer as(1) if statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect.
(2) if statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect.
(3) if both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes.
(4) if both the statements I and II are effects of some common cause.
29. Statement I:
A mobile phone, if kept on during an air flight, can actually disrupt the plane's electronic systems
and eventually lead to a crash, a study has revealed. Older planes are most at risk to mobiles,
Laptops and iPads.
Statement II:
One case involved a Boeing 747 flying at a height of 4500 feet whose pilot disengaged by itself.
When the flight attendants went through the cabin, they found four passengers using their cell
phones. Once these were switched off, the flight carried on without any problem.
30. Statement I:
Indian women don't believe in donating blood. According to the first ever data bank on gender
distribution of blood donors, India has only 6% blood donations by women. The rest 94% were
male donors.
Statement II:
Just twenty-five countries in the world collect more than 40% of their blood supplies from
female donors, these include Australia, US, Thailand, Swaziland, Portugal, New Zealand,
Mongolia, Zimbabwe, ete.
31. Statement I:
Six months after Glaxo SmithKline (GSK) consumer health care India brought in its global oral
care brand Sensodyne to the Indian market, Sensodyne has garnered a 10% share of the sensitive
toothpaste market.
Statement II:
GSK has not only invested heavily in the advertising and promotion of the brand but has
contacted 15000 dentists in two months and is keen on building on the Sensodyne equity.
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Directions (Qs. 32-35): Each of these questions consists of a pair of words bearing a certain
relationship. From amongst the alternatives, pick up the pair that best illustrates a similar
relationship.
32. Sunrise: Sunset
(1) Dawn: Twilight
(2) Noon: Midnight
(3) Morning: Night
(4) Energetic: Lazy
33. River: Ocean
(1) Child: School
(2) Book: Library
(3) Lane: Road
(4) Cloth: Body
34. Glove: Hand
(1) Neck: Collar
(2) Tie: Shirt
(3) Socks: Feet
(4) Coat: Pocket
35. Sound: Muffled
(1) Moisture: Humid
(2) Colour: Faded
(3) Despair: Anger
(4) Odour: Pungent
Directions (Qs. 36-40): Complete the series by replacing the '?'.
36. BD3FH, AC5EG, JL7NP, ?
(1) IK9MO
(2) IK11MO
(3) IK13MO
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(4) IK17MO
37. AB 11 CD, EF 13 GH, IJ 17 KL,?
(1) M 18 OP
(2) MN 19 OP
(3) MN 21 OP
(4) MN 23 OP
38. X24C3, V22E5, T20G7, ?
(1) R16 I7
(2) R17 I9
(3) R18 I9
(4) R19 I10
39. Y4X9, W16V25, ?, S64R81
(1) U39T49
(2) U36T49
(3) U32T48
(4) U36T46
40. T49S64, R81Q100, P121O144, ?
(1) N169M196
(2) N160M190
(3) N164M194
(4) N170M200
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