IAS CSAT — Reasoning previous year questions with solutions.
Consider the following figures 1, 2, 3 and 4: [Image: Question Image] In the figure from 1 to 4 above, two symbols are shown to change their position in a regular direction. Following the same sequence, which one of the following will appear at the fifth stage?
A cube has six numbers marked 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 on its faces. Three views of the cube are shown below: [Image: image] What possible numbers can exist on the two faces marked (A) and (B), respectively on the cube? [Image: image]
Which game do B, C and D play?
A tennis coach is trying to put together a team of four players for the forthcoming tournament. For this, 7 players are available: males A, B and C; and females W, X, Y and Z. All players have equal capability and at least two males will be there in the team. For a team of four, all players must be able to play with each other. But B cannot play with W, C cannot play with Z and W cannot play with Y. If all the three males are selected, then how many combinations of four member teams are possible?
Directions: (85-88) Read the following statements and answer the four items that follow: Five cities P, Q, R, S and T are connected by different modes of transport as follows: P and Q are connected by boat as well as rail. S and R are connected by bus and boat. Q and T are connected by air only. P and R are connected by boat only. T and R are connected by rail and bus. Which mode of transport would help one to reach R starting from Q, but without changing the mode of transport?
Which one of the following pairs of cities is connected by any of the routes directly without going to any other city?
There are some balls of red, green and yellow colour lying on a table. There are as many red balls as there are yellow balls. There are twice as many yellow balls as there are green ones. The number of red balls.
The music director of a film wants to select four persons to work on different aspects of the composition of a piece of music. Seven persons are available for this work; they are Rohit, Tanya, Shobha, Kaushal, Kunal, Mukesh and Jaswant. Rohit and Tanya will not work together. Kunal and Shobha will not work together. Mukesh and Kunal want to work together. Which of the following is the most acceptable group of the people that can be selected by the music director?
A tennis coach is trying to put together a team of four players for the forthcoming tournament. For this, 7 players are available: males A, B and C; and females W, X, Y and Z. All players have equal capability and at least two males will be there in the team. For a team of four, all players must be able to play with each other. But B cannot play with W, C cannot play with Z and W cannot play with Y. If B is selected and Y is rejected, the team will consist of which one of the following groups?
If a person visits each of the places starting from P and gets back to P, which of the following places must he visit twice?
Examine carefully the following statements and answer the three items that follow: Out of four friends A, B, C and D, A and B play football and cricket, B and C play cricket and hockey, A and D play basketball and football, C and D play hockey and basketball. Who does not play hockey?
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Between which two cities among the pairs of cities given below are there maximum travel options available?
While travelling in a Delhi-registered commercial taxi from Delhi to an adjacent city (another State), your taxi driver informs you that as he has no permit for running the taxi in that city, he will stop at its Transport Office and pay the prescribed fee of ₹40 for a day. While paying the fee at the counter, you find that the transport clerk is taking an extra ₹50 for which no receipt is being given. You are in a hurry for your meeting. In such circumstances, what would you do?
You are in charge of implementing the Family Planning programme in an area where there is a strong opposition to the present policy. You want to convince the residents of the need for keeping small families. What would be the best way of communicating this message?
A tennis coach is trying to put together a team of four players for the forthcoming tournament. For this, 7 players are available: males A, B and C; and females W, X, Y and Z. All players have equal capability and at least two males will be there in the team. For a team of four, all players must be able to play with each other. But B cannot play with W, C cannot play with Z and W cannot play with Y. If Y is selected and B is rejected, the team will consist of which one of the following groups?
Who plays football, basketball and hockey?
Consider the following matrix: 3 | 370 | 7 2 | 224 | 6 1 | 730 | X What is the number at ‘X’ in the above matrix?
There is a shortage of sugar in your district where you are the District Magistrate. The Government has ordered that only a maximum amount of 30 kg sugar is to be released for wedding celebrations. A son of your close friend is getting married and your friend requests you to release at least 50 kg sugar for his son's wedding. He expresses annoyance when you tell him about the Government's restrictions on this matter. He feels that since you are the District Magistrate, you can release any amount. You do not want to spoil your friendship with him. In such circumstances, how would you deal with the situation?
A, B, C, D and E belong to five different cities P, Q, R, S and T (not necessarily in that order). Each one of them comes from a different city. Further it is given that: 1. B and C do not belong to Q 2. B and E do not belong to P and R 3. A and C do not belong to R, S and T 4. D and E do not belong to Q and T Which one of the following statements is not correct?
Given that, 1. A is the brother of B. 2. C is the father of A. 3. D is the brother of E. 4. E is the daughter of B. Then, the uncle of D is
Gita is prettier than Sita but not as pretty as Rita. Then,
You are the chairperson of a state sports committee. You have received a complaint and later it was found that an athlete in the junior age category who has won a medal has crossed the age criteria by 5 days. You would:
Examine the following statements: 1. Either A and B are of the same age or A is older than B. 2. Either C and D are of the same age or D is older than C. 3. B is older than C. Which one of the following conclusions can be drawn from the above statements?