PREVIOUS YEAR REASONING QUESTIONS | 19.06.2017

It’s always been good to learn from history since history repeats itself, similarly, it goes with the exam pattern we always try to find previous year questions to mentally prepare ourselves for upcoming hurdles in the exam and to check whether the level of our preparation is or is not up to the mark. Previous year questions give guidance to us and provide a base for the preparation of any competitive exam. It is always good to have an experience of how the level of exam varies from year to year. For every subject like in Reasoning Ability, we come to know the pattern of questions must be followed to prepare the examination.

Directions (1-5): Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the questions given below:

B 2 3 G U ₤ * F T L 5 9 1 6 Q # M N J D C H^S W X R @ I A 4 7 Z $ V E Y 8

1. Which of the following element is tenth to the right of the ninth element from the left end if the first thirty characters of the above arrangement are reversed?

(a) 5 (b) 9 (c) J (d) D (e) None of these

2. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the series given below based on the above arrangement?

*5S 99H M1D ? RQ#

(a) HQN (b) ^6N (c) H6N (d) H6M (e) None of these

3. How many such consonants are there in the above arrangement each of which is immediately preceded by a number but not immediately followed by a symbol?

(a) None (b) One (c Two (d) Three (e) None of these

4. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?

(a) #NDH (b) SX@A (c) 7$E8 (d) G₤FL (e) #69L

5. If every fifth character starting from U (delete U first) is deleted, then which character will be exactly midway between the tenth element from the left and the same-positioned element from the right, in the newly obtained series?

(a) J (b) # (c) D (d) ^ (e) None of these

SOLUTION-

S1. Ans.(b)

S2. Ans.(c)

S3. Ans.(b)

S4. Ans.(e)

S5. Ans.(a)