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                     Reasoning Study Material and topics for CCAT

1 . ANOLOY

Q. Pen : Pencil : Ink :: 

A. Orange : Banana : Juice 

B. Table : Chair : Carpenter

 C. Cow : Milk : Curd

 D. Fish : Shark : Water 

Ans : A 

Q. Planet : Orbit :: Projectile : ?

 A. Track 

B. Path 

C. Milky Way

 D. Trajectory 

Ans D

 Q. Pigeon : Peace :: White Flag : ?

 A. Friendship 

B. Victory 

C. Surrender 

D. War 

Ans C. (negotiations)

Q. 25 : 37 :: 49 : ? 

A. 41

 B. 56

 C. 60

 D. 65

 Ans : D

Q. 5 : 35 :: ? 

A. 7 : 77 

B. 9 : 45 

C. 11 : 55

 D. 3 : 24

Ans : A  

Q. 9 : 8 :: 16 : ?

 A. 27

 B. 17

 C. 14

 D. 18

 Ans: A 

Q1. 8 : 256 :: ?

 A. 7 : 343 

B. 9 : 243 

C. 10 : 500

 D. 5 : 75 

Ans C 

Q2. 8 : 28 :: 27 : ? 

A. 8

 B. 28

 C. 64

 D. 65

 Ans D

 Q3. 3 : 11 :: 7 : ? 

A. 22 

B. 29 

C. 18 

D. 51

 Ans D 

Q1. Newspaper : Press :: Cloth : ?

 A. Tailor 

B. Textile

 C. Factory

 D. Mill

 Ans D

 Q2. Train : Track ::

 A. Idea : Brain

 B. Bullet : Barrel 

 C. Water : Boat

 D. Fame : Television 

Ans B 

Q3. Fear : Threat :: Anger : ?

 A. Compulsion

 B. Panic 

C. Provocation

 D. Force 

Ans C 

2. ODD  ONE  OUT

Q. Find the odd one out: 

 A. 263 

B. 111 

C. 551

 D. 383 

Ans : D 

Q. Find the odd one out -

 A. Newspaper-Editor 

B. Film – Director 

C. Car – Driver 

D. Book - Author

 Ans : C

Q. Find the odd one out – 

A. Sprinkle - Pour 

B. Happiness - Merriment 

 C. Mist – Fog 

D. Sad – Unhappy 

Ans : D 

Q1. 

A. Curd 

B. Butter 

C. Oil 

D. Cheese 

Ans C

 Q2. 

A. POCG 

B. KLIZ 

C. BUDX 

D. FMQV 

Ans D 

Q3.

 A. 751

 B. 734

 C. 981

 D. 862

 Ans A 

Q4. 

A. 12 

B. 25 

C. 37 

D. 64

 Ans C 

Q5. 

A. Arrow 

B. Axe

C. Dagger 

D. Sword 

E. Knife 

Ans : A 

3. COADING  AND  DECOADING

Q. In a coded language “SHOWER” is coded as “RHWOES”. What is the code for “FATHER”? 

A. RHAEFT      B. RAHTEF       C. RTHAEF        D. THAREF 

Ans : B 

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 

Z Y X W V U T S R Q P O N ………….Reverse order of Alphabet 

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N 

P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ………….Forward order of Alphabet 

                          

Q. DIRECT : WRIVXG :: SOME : ______

 A. RPQS        B. HNLK          C. HLNV         D. VNOP 

Ans: C

Q. If DELHI is written as EDMGJ in a certain code. How is NEPAL written in that code? 

A. ODQZM        B. FENHK        C. OFQBM         D. EFMIJ 

Ans: A

Q1. BANK : CBOL :: GROVE : _______ 

A. SPOMP      B. HSPWF      C. EVORG       D. PSWFH 

Ans : B

 Q2. LARGE : NCTIG :: QUIET : _______ 

A. SWKGV       B. GKVWS        C. RPQMN        D. TEIUG 

Ans A 

Q3: If in a code language. COULD is written as BNTKC and MARGIN is written as LZQFHM, how will MOULDING be written in that code?

 A. CHMFINTK 

B. LNKTCHMF 

C. LNTKCHMF 

D. NITKHCMF 

E. None of these 

Ans: C 

In a certain code, POETRY is written as QONDSQX and OVER is written as PNUDQ. How is MORE written in that code language? 

A. LNNQD 

B. NNNQD 

C. NLNQD 

D. NLPQD 

E. None of these

 Ans: C 

(The first letter of the word is replaced by a set of two letters - one following it and the other preceding it - in the code. The remaining letters of the word are each moved one step backward )

 COADING   AND  DECOADING  2ND  PART

Q. If in a certain language "sing and play" is coded as "ra pa le", "I play football" is coded as "pa se fa" and "she can sing" is coded as "te ra ba" then what is the code for the word "and" in the code language? A.le           B. se

C. fa         D. te 

Ans : A 

Q. Study the given information and select the most appropriate term for 'save more money' 'time and money' is coded as 'tis nim jes' 'manage money judiciously' is coded as 'lop xer nim' 'save more time' is coded as 'jes kib dob' 'save enough judiciously' is coded as 'xer kib hix'. 

A. nim hix kib 

B. jes nim dob 

C. kib nim dob

 D. none of these 

Ans: C 

4.  NUMBERS  SERIES

• Series : In case of a series there may not be a particular formula but the terms have definite relationship which has to be recognized.

 • Difference or Sum Type Series 1, 4, 10, 19, 31, ? 

Difference between 2 terms increases in multiples of 3

 • Cumulative Series 1, 3, 4, 7, 11, 18…. Each term is the addition of the previous terms. 

• Power Series 0, 6, 24, 60, 120, …. Here each term is defined as n3 – n 

• Alternate Series 1, 5, 9, 10, 25, 15, 49,…. Consists of two series of alternate terms having relationship.

5.  PUZZLE   TEST

Q. If 'paper' is called 'wood', 'wood' is called 'straw', 'straw' is called 'grass', 'grass' is called 'rubber' and 'rubber' is called 'cloth', what is furniture made up of - 

A. grass    B. straw    C. wood       D. paper 

Ans: B 

• If white is called blue, blue is called red, red is called yellow, yellow is called green, green is called black, black is called violet and violet is called orange, what would be the colour of human blood ?

 • A. Red      B. Green      C. Yellow      D. Voilet      E. Orange

 • Ans: C

 • If sky is called sea, sea is called water, water is called air and air is called cloud, then what do we drink when thirsty? 

A. Sky      B. Air      C. Water      D. Sea  

Ans: B 

• If pen is called butter, butter is called soap, soap is called ink, ink is called honey. Which of the following is used for washing clothes? 

A. Honey      B. Butter      C. Red      D. Ink 

Ans: D

 • If air is called green, green is called blue, blue is called sky, sky is called yellow, then what is the colour of clear sky?

 A. Yellow      B. Pink      C. Sky     D. Water 

Ans: C 

• If book is called watch, watch is called bag, bag is called bottle and bottle is called window. Which is used to carry the books? 

A. Bottle      B. Bag      C. Book      D. Watch 

Ans: A 

• If fork is called glass, glass is called tray, tray is called bucket, then what is used to drink water?

 A. Fork      B. Glass     C. Tray      D. Bucket 

Ans: C 

6.  LINEAR  ARRENGMENT

Five friends are sitting on a bench. Sunil is sitting next to Sunita & Sanjay is next to Bindu. Bindu is not sitting with Sumit. Sumit is on the left end of the bench & Sanjay is on the second position from the right. Sunil is on the right of Sunita & Sunita on the right side of Sumit. Sunil & Sanjay are sitting together. Based on the above data, answer the following:

Q1. Who occupies the centre position?

 A. Sumit    B. Sunil     C. Sanjay    D. Bindu 

Ans: B

 Q2 Sunil is sitting between 

 A. Sunita & Bindu   B. Sumit & Bindu   C. Sunita & Sanjay    D. Sanjay & Sumit

 Ans: C

 Q3. Sumit is sitting on the 

A. second place from right        B. extreme left

 C. second place from left          D. extreme right 

Ans: B 

Q4. Sunita is sitting how many places away from Bindu? 

A. 1

 B. 4

 C. 2 

D. 5

 Ans: C 

   1                     2                   3                         4                        5 

Sumit            Sunita              Sunil                  Sanjay                Bindu 

Q. A, B, C, D, E, F & G are sitting on a wall all facing east. C is immediate to the right of D. B is at an extreme end and has E as his neighbor. G is between E and F. D is sitting third from the south end. Who are D’s neighbors? 

A. C,E     

 B. A,C 

C. C,F

 D. A,F

Ans: C

7.  CICULAR  ARRENGMENT

Q. Six friends are playing a card game on a round table. Subodh is to the right of Prabodh. There is one person between Sudha and Uma. Prabir is between Subodh & Uma & second to the left of Alok. Who is to the right of Sudha?

 A. Prabodh 

B. Uma

C. Alok

 D. Prabir 

Ans : A

Who is diagonally opposite of Prabir? 

A. Prabodh 

B. Uma

C. Sudha 

D. Prabir 

Ans : C 

8.  MATRIX ARRENGMENT

Q. There are 6 friends A,B,C,D,E & F. Each one is proficient in one of the games, namely, Badminton, Volleyball, Cricket, Hockey, Tennis & Polo. Each owns a different colored car, namely, yellow, green, black, white, blue & red. D plays Polo & owns a yellow car. C does not play either Tennis or Hockey & owns neither Blue nor Yellow car. E owns a White car & plays Badminton. B does not play Tennis, he owns a Red car. A plays Cricket & owns a Black car.

 Q1. Who plays Volleyball?  

A. B           B. C              C. F                 D. Data Inadequate 

Ans : B 

Q2. What is the color of F’s car?

 A. Green       B. Blue         C. Red           D. Either Green or Blue. 

Ans : B 

9.   DIRECTIONS

Q. A walks 10m in front and 10m to the right. Then every time turning to his left, he walks 5, 15 and 15m respectively. How far is he now from his starting point and facing in which direction? 

A. 5m south                       B. 15m north

 C. 5m north                      D. 15m south 

Ans : A 

Q. I start walking towards east and after 35 metres turn right and walk another 15 metres and again turn right and walk further 15 metres and stop. What is the minimum distance I have to walk to get to my starting point? 

A. 25 metres

 B. 30 metres 

C. 35 metres

 D. 20 metres 

Ans: A 

“In a right-angled triangle, the square of the hypotenuse side is equal to the sum of squares of the other two sides“, hypotenuse is the longest side, as it is opposite to the angle 90°

 Hypotenuse2 = Perpendicular2 + Base2

 By Pythagoras Theorem –

 Min dist =√(202+152 )

 = √400+225 

 = √625

 = 25

Q. Starting from a point x Ramu walked 25 meters towards the west he turned to his left and walked 30 meters he then turned to his left and walked 25 meters he then further turned to his right and walked 12 meters how far is Ramu from the point x and in which direction? 

A. 42 m south

 B. 47 m east

 C. 42 m north

 D. 27 m south

 Ans : A 

Q. I am facing East. Turning to the right I go 20 m, then turning to the left I go 20 m and turning to the right I go 20 m, then again turning to the right I go 40 m and then again I go 40 m to the right. In which direction am I from my original position? 

A. North

 B. West

 C. South 

D. East

Ans : B 

10.  BLOOD  RELATION

Q. ‘P+Q’ means P is the brother of Q ‘PXQ’ means P is the father of Q ‘P- Q’ means P is the sister of Q Which of the following represents ‘S’ is the niece of ‘T’? 

 A. T x S + M - K 

 B. T + M x S - K

 C. K – S x M + T 

 D. T x M + S - K 

Ans : B

Q. Pointing to a boy in the photograph, Monika said, “His sister is the only daughter of my father”. How is the boy related to Monika’s father?

 A. Nephew 

B. Father 

C. Son 

D. Brother 

E. None of these

 Ans: C  

Q. Introducing a man, a woman said, "He is the only son of my mother's mother." How is the woman related to the man ? 

A. Mother 

B. Aunt

 C. Sister 

D. Niece 

E. None of these

 Ans: D

 (Mother's mother---Maternal grand mother; Maternal grand mother's only son----Maternal uncle. So, the man is woman's maternal uncle i.e., the woman is man's niece.) 

1. A + B means A is the brother of B

 2. A × B means A is the father of B

 3. A ÷ B means A is the mother of B 

Which of the following would mean "G is the son of H"?

 A. H × I × G 

B. H + G × I 

C. H ÷ G ÷ I 

D. H × G + I

 Ans: D 

Q. A + B means A is the son of B;

 A - B means A is the wife of B; 

A x B means A is the brother of B;

 A ÷ B means A is the mother of B;

 and A = B means A is the sister of B.

 What does P = R ÷ Q mean ? 

a. P is the aunt of Q.

 b. P is the sister of Q. 

c. Q is the niece of P.

 d. Q is the daughter of P.

 Ans: a 

11.  SYLLOGISM

TYPES   OF     SYLLOGISM

1. All A are B 

• A is contained in B but not necessarily vice versa.

 • This means A is a subset of B, but B may not be a subset of A. 

• 2. A = B 

• In this case, the conclusion is similar to the first type,

 i.e. “All A are B”

. Here not only “All A are B”, but also “All B are A”. 

• This means A is a subset of B and B is also a subset of A.

• 3. No A are B 

• B does not contain any of A and so A is not contained in B. 

 • This means that A and B are disjoint sets

 • 4. Some A are B 

• This is the case when some of A is in B that is A and B are intersecting, and thus some B are A will also be true.

• 5. Some A are not B 

• This means that some portion of A is not included in B for sure while the other part of A is uncertain whether it is included in B or not.

• Statement I: Some plums are peaches

 • Statement II: All peaches are apples 

• Statement III: Some apples are mangoes 

• Conclusion I: Some mangoes are peaches 

• Conclusion II: Some apples are peaches 

• A. If only conclusion I follow

 • B. If only conclusion II follows

 • C. If conclusion I and II both follow 

• D. If neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows

 • E. If either conclusion I or conclusion II follows

 • Ans: B

Q. Statements: All men are vertebrates.

 Some mammals are vertebrates. 

Conclusions: 1. All men are mammals. 

2. All mammals are men. 

3. Some vertebrates are mammals. 

4. All vertebrates are men.

 A. Only (4) 

B. Only (2) 

C. Only (3) 

D. Only (1) 

E. Only (1) and (3)

 Ans: C

12.  RANKING  AND  ORDERING

Q. Arush ranks seventh from the top and twenty-sixth from the bottom in a class. How many students are there in the class?

 A. 31 students

 B. 32 students 

C. 33 students

 D. 34 students

 Ans: B 

• The whole class consists of: 

 • |---------------------| Arush |-------------------------|

 6 students                                          25 students 

So, total students = (6 + 1 + 25) = 32 students.

Q. Rahim ranks 7th from the top and 28th from bottom in a class. How many students are there in the class ? 

A. 34 students 

B. 35 students 

C. 36 students 

D. 37 students 

Ans: A

 Total number of students = [7 + 28 ] – 1 = 35 – 1 = 34 students

Q. In class of 40 students rank of A from end is 20. Find rank of B from start if she is 5 ranks ahead of A? 

A. 14th 

B. 15th 

C. 16th 

D. 17th 

 Soln: 

• |----------| B |--------------| A |----------------------------| 

• ?                        4            20                19

 • Rank of B from last = 20 + 5 = 25th 

• Position of person from upward = [total number of persons – position of person from down] + 1

 • Rank of A from start = (40 – 25) + 1 = 15 + 1 = 16th

 • So, B is 16th from the start.  

In a row of girls , Sheena is eighth from the left and Heena is seventeenth from the right. If they interchange their positions, Sheena becomes fourteenth from the left. How many girls are there in the row? 

A. 34 

B. 35

 C. 30

 D. 37 

Ans: C 

Total number of girls = [present position of Sheena + previous position of Heena ] – 1 

 = [14 + 17 ] -1 

 = 30 

Q. In a row of children, Dipa is fifth from the left and Vinay is sixth from the right. When they interchange their places among themselves, Dipa becomes thirteenth from the left. Then, what will be Vinay’s position from right?

 A. 4th

 B. 14th 

C. 8 th

 D. 12th

 Ans: B 

Present position of Vinay = Difference of two positions of Dipa + previous position of Vinay 

= (13 – 5) + 6 

 = 14th