REASONING ABILITY

TEST OF REASONING-1
Questions asked in R.R.B. (Bhubaneshwar) Station Master Recruitment Examination

Directions for Questions 1-15: Each question below (1) Repent : Sin
has a pair of words, letters or numbers that is given in (2) Forgive : Wrong
bold letters that have certain relationship to each other (3) Arraign : Indictment
and followed by four pair of words (marked 1, 2, 3 and 4). (4) Surrender : Fugitive
Choose from these alternatives the best pair that has the 11. 12 : 144
same relationship as that in the bold and mark your answer (1) 20 : 400 (2) 22 : 464
in the appropriate place on your answer sheet. (3) 15 : 135 (4) 10 : 140
1. BC : FG 12. 11 : 1210
(1) AD : PQ (2) JK : LM (1) 6 : 216 (2) 7 : 1029
(3) HI : LM (4) PQ : ST (3) 9 : 729 (4) 8 : 448
2. BC : GH 13. 14 : 9 : : 26
(1) IJ : NO (2) CD : FG (1) 12 (2) 13
(3) DE : JK (4) IJ : MN (3) 15 (4) 17
3. APA : EQE 14. 7 : 56 : : 9
(1) BQB : FGF (2) ADA : GHG (1) 90 (2) 63
(3) LML : URU (4) IRI : OSO (3) 81 (4) 99
4. BACE : DACE : : FACE 15. 20 : 11 : : 102
(1) LACE (2) HACE (1) 49 (2) 52
(3) NACE (4) HASE (3) 61 (4) 98
5. FISH : SHOAL
(1) Whale : Herd Directions for Questions 16-25: Each of the following
(2) Elephant : Flock questions consists of four words or numbers or pair of
(3) Shark : School Numbers out of which three are alike in some respect and
(4) Audience : Theatre one is odd or different. Find out the odd one and answer
6. HUMANITARIAN : ALTRUISTIC accordingly on your answer sheet.
(1) Artist : Imitative 16. (1) Walk (2) Run
(2) Host : Hospitable (3) Crawl (4) Ride
(3) Idealist : Cynical 17. (1) Square (2) Triangle
(4) Guest : Rude (3) Cube (4) Rectangle
7. ARMY : LOGISTICS 18. (1) Lhasa (2) Bomdila
(1) Business : Strategy (3) Nathula (4) Shipkila
(2) Team : Individual 19. (1) Intimacy (2) Enmity
(3) War : Logic (3) Attachment (4) Friendship
(4) Soldiers : Students 20. (1) Lamprey (2) Salmon
8. SEDAN : AUTOMOBILE (3) Trout (4) Rhea
(1) Hanger : Airplane 21. (1) 11 (2) 13
(2) Marble : Statue (3) 15 (4) 17
(3) Rung : Ladder 22. (1) 81 (2) 21
(4) Rocker : Chair (3) 69 (4) 83
9. MELLIFLUOUS : CACOPHONY 23. (1) 144 (2) 168
(1) Dulcet : Euphony (3) 196 (4) 256
(2) Thrifty : Parsimony 24. (1) 70 - 80 (2) 28 - 32
(3) Fragrant : Noisesomeness (3) 21 - 24 (4) 54 - 62
(4) Florid : Embellishment 25. (1) 7 - 84 (2) 6 - 108
10. PARDON : OFFENSE (3) 5 - 75 (4) 3 - 100

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Directions for Questions 26-30: Read the following teachers.

paragraph carefully and answer the questions that follow: Courses of action:
Six lectures A, B, C, D, E and F are to be organised in a I. The State government should immediately
span of seven days from Sunday to Saturday, only one lecture abolish the pension benefit scheme for the
on each day according to the following schedule: teachers.
(i) A should not be organised on Thursday, (ii) C should II. The State government should reduce all the
be organised immediately after F, (iii) There should be a gap wasteful expenditure to arrange to pay the
of two days between D and E, (iv) One day there will be no pension to the school teachers.
lecture and Friday is not that day and just before that day D Statement:
will be organised, (v) B should be organised on Tuesday and 33. The sale of a particular product has gone down
should not be followed by D. considerably causing great concern to the company.
26. On which day there is no lecture? Courses of action:
(1) Tuesday I. The company should immediately stop
(2) Saturday production of the said product.
(3) Wednesday II. The price of the product should be reduced and
(4) Monday quality improved.
27. How many lectures are organised between C and Statement:
D? 34. People residing in some tribal areas are far from
(1) None education.
(2) Three Courses of action:
(3) Five I. Government should open schools in those areas.
(4) Four II. Government should render all help to the NGO’s
28. Which day will the lecture F be organised? to open schools there.
(1) Thursday Statement:
(2) Friday 35. Some serious blunders were detected in the
(3) Saturday Account section of a factory.
(4) Sunday Courses of action:
29. Which of the following is the last lecture in the I. An efficient team of auditors should be appointed
series? to check the accounts.
(1) D (2) A II. A show cause notice should be issued to all the
(3) E (4) B employees of the accounts section.
30. Which of the following information is not required 36. In an examination a student scores 4 marks for
in finding the complete sequence of organisation of lectures? every correct answer and loses one mark for every wrong
(1) (i) only (2) (ii) only answer. If he attempts all the 75 questions and scores 125
(3) All are required (4) (iii) only marks, the number of questions he attempts correctly is:
(1) 35 (2) 38
Directions for Questions 31-35: In each question below (3) 41 (4) 40
there is a statement followed by two courses of action 37. Robin says “If Jai gives me Rs 40, he will have half
numbered I and II. You are to assume everything in the as much as Atul, but if Atul gives me Rs 40 then the three of
statement to be true, then decide which of the two us will have the same amount.” What is the total amount of
suggested courses of action logically follows for pursuing money that Robin, Jai and Atul have between them?
by answering (1) if only I follows, (2) if only II follows, (3) (1) Rs 360 (2) Rs 240
if either I or II or both I and II follow and (4) if neither I (3) Rs 320 (4) Rs 400
nor II follows. 38. A group of 1200 persons consisting of Captains
Statement: and soldiers is travelling in a train. If for every 15 soldiers
31. A group of school students was reported to be there is one Captain then the number of Captains in the
enjoying at a picnic spot during school hours. group is:
Courses of action: (1) 70 (2) 75
I. The principal of the school should contact the (3) 80 (4) 82
parents of those students and inform them with 39. A student got twice as many sums wrong as he got
a real warning for future. right. If he attempted 48 sums in all, how many did he solve
II. Some disciplinary action must be taken against correctly?
those students for the awareness of all the other (1) 24 (2) 18
students. (3) 20 (4) 16
Statement: 40. At the end of a business conference the ten people
32. Financial stringency prevented the State present all shake hands with each other once. How many
government from paying pensions to the retired school handshakes will there be altogether?

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(1) 90 (2) 55 53. Father would(1) not let(2) Samir and I(3) attend
(3) 45 (4) 20 the(4) basketball game.
54. Irregardless(1) of what(2) you say, you will(3) still
Directions for Questions 41-45: Read the following be suspect(4).
statements carefully and answer the questions that follow. 55. One of our(1) employees have(2) not yet(3) shown
There are six persons P, Q, R, S, T and U, R is the sister up(4) for work.
of U, Q is the brother of T’s husband. S is the father of P and 56. After climbing the stairs(1) her heart(2) almost gave
grandfather of U. There are two fathers, three brothers and out(3) from(4) exhaustion.
a mother in the group. 57. He felt that he had become(1) what he was(2)
41. Who is the mother? because, over the course of years, that was(3) the way his
(1) P (2) Q mother raised(4) him.
(3) S (4) T 58. Soma and Tanu waited(1) breathlessly(2) for the
42. Who is T’s husband? announcement, both girls(3) hoping she had won(4) the
(1) P (2) Q coveted award.
(3) R (4) T
43. How many male members are there in the group? In each question below some short conversations
(1) Three (2) Four between two speakers X and Y are given followed by a
(3) Two (4) One question along with four alternative responses marked 1,
44. How is U related to T? 2, 3 and 4. Choose the one response that would best answer
(1) Uncle (2) Husband the question and mark on the answer sheet.
(3) Son (4) Daughter 59. X: Even though it is farther away, I do all my
45. Which of the following is a group of brothers? shopping at the super market.
(1) PQU (2) PQS Y: Well, I prefer the personal service in the smaller
(3) QUR (4) QSU shops, although I do know that the prices are somewhat
46. In a certain code the word FIRE is written as QHOE higher.
and MOVE as ZMWE. Following the same rule of coding Question:
what should be the code for the word OVER? Where the shopping is cheaper?
(1) MWOE (2) MWZO (1) Local shop
(3) MWEO (4) MWED (2) Super market
47. In a certain code the word COLD is coded as (3) Smaller shop
DPME. Following the same rule of coding what should be (4) Large market
the code for the word GIVEN? 60. X: A newspaper survey just revealed that large
(1) HJWIM (2) HKWJM cars are much safer to drive than the smaller models.
(3) FHUDM (4) HJWFO Y: I know that, I wish now that I had bought a
48. In a certain code the word ROAD is coded as WTFI. bigger car.
Following the same rule of coding which of the following Question:
words would be coded as GJFY? What size car had the man probably purchased?
(1) BEAT (2) LATE (1) A smaller car
(3) TAKE (4) REAP (2) A large car
49. If the word TERMINATION is coded as (3) A trailer
12345671586, what should be the code for the word (4) A small foreign car
MOTION? 61. X: Mita seems to be a very shy type of person.
(1) 458569 (2) 481586 Y: Actually, she’s not. She acts that way only with
(3) 438586 (4) 485186 strangers.
50. In a certain code the word DEAL is coded as 4-5- Question:
1-12. Following the same rule of coding what should be the How well does X appear to know Mita?
word LADY? (1) She is a close friend
(1) 10-1-4-23 (2) 12-1-4-22 (2) He does not know her at all
(3) 12-1-4-25 (4) 12-4-1-25 (3) He knows her only slightly
(4) She is his relative
Directions for Questions 51-58: In each of the following 62. X: There are supposed to be forty five people
sentences some words or phrases are underlined. Find out, registered for this course.
if any one is wrong and put your answer choice on the Y: I know. But I think thirteen have cancelled their
answer sheet. registrations and ten others indicated that they could not
51. The magician performed his(1) tricks so skilful(2) make the first class.
that(3) the audience was(4) pleased. Question:
52. I(1) think it(2) is your(3) who is(4) wrong. According to Y, how many people will not show up for

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the first class? relationship.

(1) Thirteen 8. (4)
It is a type and category relationship.
(2) Ten 9. (3)
The words are opposites.
(3) Thirty 10. (2)
A positive measure and cause relationship.
(4) Twenty three 11. (1)
Second number is the square of the first.
63. X: I know that the coat is a little too large but it 12. (4)
It is the square of number multiplied by its preceding
was, such a good to buy, I am going to keep it. number; i.e. 112 × 10; 82 × 7.
Y: Well, that doesn’t make much sense to me. 13. (3) 7 × 2 = 14; 7 +2 = 9 : : 13 × 2 = 26; 13 + 2 = 15.
Question: 14. (1) Multiply the first number by the next number
Why was ‘X’ going to keep the coat? 7 : 7 × 8 = 56 : : 9 : 9 × 10 = 90.
(1) Because she liked it 15. (2) The second number is half plus one of the first
(2) Because it fits well number.
(3) Because it was cheap 16. (4) For others you don’t need anything other than your
(4) Because it was a gift own body (horse, bicycle etc).
17. (3) It is the only three-dimensional object among two
Directions for Questions 64-67: Choose the word which dimensional figures.
is most nearly the SAME in meaning as the word given in 18. (1) It is the capital of Tibet.
bold as used in the passage: 19. (2) All the others are positive qualities.
64. Mighty: 20. (4) It is a bird.
(1) strong (2) humble 21. (3) All the others are primary numbers.
(3) loud (4) hungry 22. (4) All the others are divisible by 3.
65. Test: 23. (2) All the others are squares of numbers.
(1) observe (2) notice 24. (4) All the others have a ratio of 7 : 8.
(3) experience (4) experiment 25. (4) All the second numbers are divisible by first number.
66. Shouted: 26-30. Sun-D; Mon-; Tue-B; Wed-E; Thu-F; Fri-C; Sat-A.
(1) wondered (2) left 26. (4) 27. (2) 28. (1) 29. (2) 30. (1)
(3) screamed (4) jumped 31. (3) 32. (2) 33. (4) 34. (3) 35. (1)
67. Chose: 36. (4) 40 × 4 – 35.
(1) tried (2) found 37. (1) Jai Rs 120, Robin Rs 80 and Atul Rs 160.
(3) expected (4) desired 38. (2)
39. (4)
Directions for Questions (68-70): Choose the word 40. (3) 9 + 8 + 7 + 6 + 5 + 4 + 3 + 2 + 1
which is most opposite in meaning of the word given in 41-45. S
bold as used in the passage.
68. assemble:
(1) join (2) separate Q P+T
(son) (son) (P’s wife)
(3) pool (4) combine
69. amass:
(1) collect (2) distribute
(3) allot (4) earn (son) U R (daughter)
70. huge: 41. (4) 42. (1) 43. (2) 44. (3) 45. (1)
(1) big (2) small 46. (3) 47. (4) Next letter in alphabets.
(3) little (4) long 48. (1) Fifth letter in the alphabetic order is code for each
letter.
ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS 49. (2)
50. (3) Each code is the place of the letter in alphabets.
1. (3) First and second set drop two letters (DE; JK) 51. (2) skilfully.
between them. 52. (3) you
2. (1) The sets drop three letters between them. 53. (3) me
3. (4) Two vowels are followed by next vowels and have 54. (1) Regardless
consecutive letters between them. 55. (2) has
4. (2) First letter of the second set has gap of one letter. (B 56. (4) of
and D; F and H) 57. (4) had raised.
5. (3) It is the species and its group relationship. 58. (3) each of the girl/each girl.
6. (2) They have the person and attributed quality 59. (2) 60. (1) 61. (1) 62. (4) 63. (1)
relationship. 64. (1) 65. (4) 66. (3) 67. (4) 68. (2)
7. (1) It is the specific job and plan to implement 69. (2) 70. (2)

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