IAS CSAT — Reasoning previous year questions with solutions.
Consider the following arrangement that has some missing letters: abab_b_bcb_dcdcded_d The missing letter which complete the arrangement are:
What is X in the sequence 4, 196, 16, 144, 36, 100, 64, X?
If E is ranked third, then which one of the following is correct?
In 2002, Meenu's age was one-third of the age of Meera, whereas in 2010, Meenu's age was half the age of Meera. What is Meenu's year of birth?
Which year has the same calendar as that of 2009?
Consider two statements S1 and S2 followed by a question: S1: p and q both are prime numbers. S2: p + q is an odd integer. Question: Is pq an odd integer? Which one of the following is correct?
All members of a club went to Mumbai and stayed in a hotel. On the first day, 80% went for shopping and 50% went for Sightseeing, whereas 10% took rest in the hotel. Which of the following conclusion(s) can be drawn from the above data? 1. 40% members went for shopping as well as sightseeing. 2. 20% members went for only shopping. Select the correct answer using the code given below:
In a school, 60% students play cricket. A student, who does not play cricket, plays football. Every football player has got a two-wheeler. Which of the following conclusions cannot be drawn from the above data? 1. 60% of the students do not have two-wheelers. 2. No cricketer has a two-wheeler. 3. Cricket players do not play football.
In the sequence 1, 5, 7, 3, 5, 7, 4, 3, 5, 7, how many such 5s are there which are not immediately preceded by 3 but are immediately followed by 7?
If B scores the least, the rank of C will be
In a group of 15 people; 7 can read French, 8 can read English while 3 of them can read neither of these two languages. The number of people who can read exactly one language is
If every alternative letter of the English alphabet from B onwards (including B) is written in lower case (small letters) and the remaining letters are capitalized, then how is the first month of the second half of the year written?
Consider the following sequence that follows some arrangement: c_accaa_aa_bc_b The letters that appear in the gaps are
Read the following statements SI and S2 and answer the item that follow: S1: Twice the weight of Sohan is less than the weight of Mohan or that of Rohan. S2: Twice the weight of Rohan is greater than the weight of Mohan or that of Sohan. Which one of the following statements is correct?
If $ means ‘divided by’; @ means ‘multiplied by’; # means ‘minus’, then the value of 10#5@1$5 is
If F stands second in the ranking, then the position of B is
P, Q and R are three towns. The distance between P and Q is 60 km, whereas the distance between P and R is 80 km. Q is in the West of P and R is in the South of P. What is the distance between Q and R?
Read the following statements SI and S2 and answer the item that follow: S1: Twice the weight of Sohan is less than the weight of Mohan or that of Rohan. S2: Twice the weight of Rohan is greater than the weight of Mohan or that of Sohan. Which one of the following statements is correct?
A joint family consists of seven members A, B, C, D, E, F and G with three females. G is a widow and sister in-law of D’s father F. B and D are siblings and A is daughter of B. C is cousin of B. Who is E? 1. Wife of F 2. Grandmother of A 3. Aunt of C
A wall clock moves 10 minutes fast in every 24 hours. The clock was set right to show the correct time at 8:00 a.m. on Monday. When the clock shows the time 6:00p.m. on Wednesday, what is the correct time?
A solid cube is painted yellow, blue and black such that opposite faces are of same colour. The cube is then cut into 36 cubes of two different sizes such that 32 cubes are small and the other four cubes are Big. None of the faces of the bigger cubes is painted blue. How many cubes have only one face painted?
What is X in the sequence 132, 129, 124, 117, 106, 93, X?
‘A’ started from his house and walked 20 m towards East, where his friend ‘B’ joined him. They together walked 10 m in the same direction. Then ‘A’ turned left while ‘B’ turned right and travelled 2 m and 8 m respectively. Again ‘B’ turned left to travel 4 m followed by 5 m to his right to reach his office. ‘A’ turned right and travelled 12 m to reach his office. What is the shortest distance between the two offices?
Mr. ‘X’ has three children. The birthday of the first child falls on the 5th Monday of April, that of the second one falls on the 5th Thursday of November. On which day is the birthday of his third child, which falls on 20th December?