CSAT Reasoning questions from IAS 2014.
Consider the following matrix: [Image: Question Image] Which one of the following figures fits into the blank part of the above matrix?
There are 50 students admitted to a nursery class. Some students can speak only English and some can speak only Hindi. Ten students can speak both English and Hindi. If the number of students who can speak English is 21, then how many students can speak Hindi, how many can speak only Hindi and how many can speak only English?
A, B, C, D, E, F are members of a family. They are engineer, stenographer, doctor, draughtsman, lawyer and judge (not in order). A, the engineer is married to the lady stenographer. The judge is married to the lawyer. F, the draughtsman is the son of B and brother of E. C, the lawyer is the daughter in-law of D. E is the unmarried doctor. D is the grandmother of F. There are two married couples in the family. Which of the following is/are a couple/couples?
Consider that: 1. A is taller than B. 2. C is taller than A. 3. D is taller than C. 4. E is the tallest of all. If they are made to sit in the above order of their height, who will occupy the mid position?
Consider the following figures: [Image: image] Change in positions of beads in the four figures above follows a sequence. Following the same sequence, which of the figures below should appear as the fifth figure above?
Six identical cards are placed on a table. Each card has number ‘1’ marked on one side and number ‘2’ marked on its other side. All the six cards are placed in such a manner that the number ‘1’ is on the upper side. In one try, exactly four (neither more nor less) cards are turned upside down. In how many least number of tries can the cards be turned upside down such that all the six cards show number ‘2’ on the upper side?
A, B, C, D, E, F are members of a family. They are engineer, stenographer, doctor, draughtsman, lawyer and judge (not in order). A, the engineer is married to the lady stenographer. The judge is married to the lawyer. F, the draughtsman is the son of B and brother of E. C, the lawyer is the daughter in-law of D. E is the unmarried doctor. D is the grandmother of F. There are two married couples in the family. What is the profession of B?
Assume that 1. The hour and minute hands of a clock move without jerking. 2. The clock shows a time between 8 o’ clock and 9 o’ clock. 3. the two hands of the clock are one above the other. After how many minutes (nearest integer) will the two hands be again lying one above the other?
Location of B is north of A and location of C is east of A. The distances AB and AC are 5 km and 12 km, respectively. The shortest distance (in km) between the locations B and C is
‘Liberty, therefore, is never real unless the Government can be called to account when it invades rights’. Which one of the following is the best justification of the above statements?
Four persons, Alok, Bhupesh, Chander and Dinesh have a total of ₹ 100 among themselves. Alok and Bhupesh between them have as much money as Chander and Dinesh between them, but Alok has more money than Bhupesh; and Chander has only half the money that Dinesh has. Alok has in fact ₹ 5 more than Dinesh has. Who has the maximum amount of money?
In a group of six women there are four dancers, four vocal musicians, one actress and three violinists. Girija and Vanaja are among the violinists while Jalaja and Shailaja do not know how to play on the violin. Shailaja and Tanuja are among the dancers. Jalaja, Vanaja, Shailaja and Tanuja are all vocal musicians and two of them are also violinists. If Pooja is an actress, who among the following is certainly a dancer and a violinist?
Consider the following matrix with one empty block in the lower extreme corner: [Image: image] Which of the following figures could fit in the empty block and thus complete the matrix?
In a row ‘A’ is in the 11th position from the left and ‘B’ is the 10th position from the right. If ‘A’ and ‘B’ interchange, then ‘A’ becomes 18th from the left. How many persons are there is the row other than ‘A’ and ‘B’?
The number of deaths among the army personnel is 8 in 1000, but among the civilian population it is 20 per 1000. Which one of the following inferences can be drawn from this statement?
If the third day of a month is Monday, which one of the following will be the fifth day from 21st of this month?
Given the statements: ‘Buses are the cause of more accidents than cars, and trucks cause fewer accidents than buses’, which of the following conclusions can we draw from the statement?
Four children are sitting in a row. A is occupying the seat next to B but not next to C. If C is not sitting next to D, who is/are occupying seat/ seats adjacent to D?
There are seven up on a ladder, A, B, C, D, E, F and G (not in that order). A is further up than E but is lower than C. B is in the middle. G is between A and B. E is between B and F. If F is between E and D, the person on the bottom step of the ladder will be
A, B, C, D, E, F are members of a family. They are engineer, stenographer, doctor, draughtsman, lawyer and judge (not in order). A, the engineer is married to the lady stenographer. The judge is married to the lawyer. F, the draughtsman is the son of B and brother of E. C, the lawyer is the daughter in-law of D. E is the unmarried doctor. D is the grandmother of F. There are two married couples in the family. What is the profession of D?
Out of a total of 120 musicians in a club, 5 percent can play all the three instruments, guitar, violin and flute. It so happens that the number of musicians who can play any two and only two of the above instruments is 30. The number of musicians who can play the guitar alone is 40. What is the total number of those who can play violin alone or flute alone?
Six books are labelled A, B, C, D, E and F and are placed side by side. Books B, C, E and F have green covers while others have yellow covers. Books A, B and D are new while the rest are old volumes. Books A, B and C are law reports while the rest are medical extracts. Which two books are old medical extracts and have green covers?
The letters L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S and T in their order are substituted by nine integers 1 to 9 but not in that order. Integer 4 is assigned to P. The difference between P and T is 5. The difference between N and T is 3. What is the integer assigned to N?
Examine the following statements: 1. George attends Music classes on Monday. 2. He attends Mathematics classes on Wednesday. 3. His Literature classes are not on Friday. 4. He attends History classes on the day following the day of his Mathematics classes. 5. On Tuesday he attends his Sports classes. If he attends just one subject in a day and his Sunday is free, then he is also free on
Examine the following figure: [Image: Question Image] Which one of the following figures has the above figure embedded in it?
A question paper must have a question on one of the eight poets: A, B, C, D, E, F, G or H. The first four belong to the medieval period while the rest are considered modern poets. Generally, modern poets figure in the question paper in alternate years. Generally those who like H like G also; and those who like F like E also. The paper-setter does not like to ask about F as he has written a book on F, but the likes F. Last year, the paper contained a question on A. On the basis of the information given, this year’s paper is most likely to contain a questions on
Consider the table given below in which the numbers bear certain relationship among themselves along the rows: 29 | 13 | 18 33 | X | 19 30 | 27 | 3 Which one of the following numbers is the missing number indicated above by X?
Consider the following statements: 1. There are six villages A, B, C, D, E and F. 2. F is 1 km to the west of D. 3. B is 1 km to the east of E. 4. A is 2 km to the north of E. 5. C is 1 km to the east of A. 6. D is 1 km to the south of A. Which three villages are in a line?