Solved Question Papers, Answer : Probationary Officer Reasoning

Solved Question Papers, Answer : Probationary Officer Reasoning
General intelligence and reasoning solved papers
1. Rearrange the first four letters, in any way, of the word DECISION. Find how many words can be formed by using all the four words.
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) More than three
(e) No meaningful word is formed
Ans. (a)
2. A number of friends decided to go on a picnic and planned to spend Rs 960 on food. Four of them, however, did not turn up. As a consequence, the remaining ones had to contribute Rs 40 each extra. The number of those who attended the picnic was:
(a) 8
(b) 12
(c) 16
(d) 24
Ans. (a)
3. In a caravan, in addition to 50 hens, there are 45 goats and 8 camels with some keepers. If the total number of feet be 224 more than the number of heads in the caravan, find the number of keepers.
(a) 5
(b) 8
(c) 10
(d) 15
Ans. (d)
Directions (Questions 4 and 5): Study the following information and answer the questions given below it:
There is a group of five persons K, G, H, R and J.
(i) K, G and H are intelligent
(ii) K, R and J are hard-working
(iii) R, H and J are honest and
(iv) K, G and J are ambitious
4. Which of the following persons is neither hardworking nor ambitious?
(a) K
(b) G
(c) H
(d) R
(e) None of these
Ans. (c)
5. Which of the following persons is neither honest nor hard working but is ambitious?
(a) K
(b) G
(c) R
(d) H
(e) None of these
Ans. (b)
6. Six persons A, B, C, D, E and Fare sitting in a circle. B is between F and C; A is between E and D; F is to the left of D. Who is between A and F?
(a) B
(b) C
(c) D
(d) A
(e) F
Ans. (c)

7. In a group of cows and hens, the number of legs is 14 more than twice the number of heads. How many cows are in the group?
(a) 5
(b) 7
(c) 11
(d) 12
(e) 9
Ans. (b)

8. If 36 ? 32 = 9623; 25 ? 82 = 8522; 68 ? 75 = 7856, then 47 ? 52 = ?
(a) 5742
(b) 5274
(c) 7427
(d) 5724
(e) 2574
Ans. (d)

9. If 32 ? 41 = 15; 51 ? 34 = 46; 41 ? 52 = 37, then 87 ? 53 = ?
(a) 68
(b) 64
(c) 85
(d) 18
(e) 42
Ans. (d)
10. Which letter occurs most often in the word?
APPROPRIATE
(a) A
(b) E
(c) R
(d) P
Ans. (d)
11. How many independent words can be formed without changing the order of the letters and using each letter only once?
CAPABILITY
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) Four
(e) None
Ans. (b)
12. If it is possible to form a word with the first, fourth, seventh and eleventh letters of the word ‘SUPERFLOUS’, write the first letter of that word. Otherwise, X is the answer.
(a) S
(b) L
(c) O
(d) X
Ans. (d)
Directions (Questions 13 to 16): Each of the following questions is based on the following alphabet series.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
13. Which letter is eighth to the left of sixteenth letter from the right end?
(a) B
(b) S
(c) C
(d) H
Ans. (c)
14. Which letter is exactly midway between H and S in the given alphabet?
(a) No such letter
(b) L
(c) M
(d) O
Ans. (a)
15. Which letter should be ninth letter to the left of ninth letter from the right, if the first half of the given alphabet is reversed.
(a) D
(b) E
(c) F
(d) I
Ans. (b)
16. If every even letter beginning from B is replaced by odd number starting with 3, which letter/number will be the third to the right of the tenth number/letter counting from your right.
(a) M
(b) S
(c) 11
(d) 21
Ans. (d)
17. Pointing out to a photograph, a man tells his friend, “She is the daughter of the only son of my father’s wife.” How is the girl related to the man in the photograph?
(a) Daughter
(b) Cousin
(c) Mother
(d) Sister
(e) Niece
Ans. (a)
18. Pointing to a man in a photograph, a woman said, “His brother’s father is the only son of my grand father.” How is the woman related to the man in the photograph?
(a) Mother
(b) Aunt
(c) Sister
(d) Daughter
(e) Grand mother
Ans. (c)
19. In a row of students of Ravi's class, Ravi is 17th from either end of the row. How many students are there in his class?
(a) 34
(b) 35
(c) 33
(d) 19
(e) 36
Ans. (c)
20. In a cricket season, India defeated Australia twice, West Indies defeated India twice, Australia defeated West Indies twice, India defeated New Zealand twice and West Indies defeated New Zealand twice which country has lost most number of times?
(a) India
(b) Australia
(c) New Zealand
(d) West Indies
(e) None of these
Ans. (c)
21. Six students A, B, C, D, Band F are sitting in a field. A and B are from Delhi while the rest are from Bangalore. D and F are tall while others are short A, C, Dare girls while others are boys. Which is the tall girl from Bangalore?
(a) C
(b) D
(c) E
(d) F
(e) None of these
Ans. (b)