Tricky questions of Reasoning for SSC CHSL 2016

Q1.Select the missing number from the given responses:

(a) 14

(b) 16

(c) 21

(d) 22

Q2.Raj walks 30 metres towards south. Then turns to his right and starts walking straight till he completes another 30 metres. Then again turning to his left he walks for 20 metres. He then turns to his left and walks for 30 metres. How far is he from his initial position?

(a) 50 metres

(b) 30 metres

(c) 10 metres

(d) 60 metres

Q3. You have to consider the statement to be true, even if it seems to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions I, II, III & IV , if any, follow from the given statements.

Statements:

1. All teachers are actors.

2. Some actors are women.

Conclusion:

I. All teachers are women.

II. Some women are teachers.

III. Some women are actors.

IV. All actors are teachers.

(a) Only Conclusion I follows

(b) Only Conclusion II & IV follows

(c) Only Conclusion III follows

(d) None of the conclusions follows.

Q4.How many triangles are there in the following figure PQRS?

(a) 12

(b) 20

(c) 24

(d) 28

Q5. Which of the following alternative is correct, if number of letters skipped in between the adjacent letters in the series is equal?

(a) HKNGSW

(b) RVZDFG

(c) RVZDHL

(d) SUXADF

Q6. Which of the following alternative is correct, if Number of letters skipped in between adjacent letters in the series decreases by one each time?

(a) BHNSV

(b) IMTXB

(c) MSYBG

(d) TZEIL

Directions (7-8): Arrange the given words in alphabetical order and choose the one that comes first. 

Q7. 

(a) Antecedent 

(b) Antibiotic 

(c) Antelope 

(d) Anthropology 

Q8.  

(a) Propriety 

(b) Proposition 

(c) Prosecute 

(d) Prosody 

Q9. A, P, R, X, S and Z are sitting in a row. S and Z are in the centre, and A and P are at the ends. R is sitting on the left of A. Then who is sitting on the right of P?   

(a) A

(b) S

(c) X

(d) Z

 

Q10. Five children are sitting in a row. S is sitting next to P but not T. K is sitting next to R who is sitting on the extreme left and T is not sitting next to K. Who are sitting adjacent to S?  

(a) K and P

(b) R and P

(c) Only P 

(d) P and T 

Q11. When Anuj saw Manish, he recalled, “He is the son of the father of my daughter’s mother.” Who is Manish to Anuj? 

(a) Brother-in-law 

(b) Brother 

(c) Cousin 

(d) Uncle 

Q12. A girl introduced a boy as the son of the daughter of the father of her uncle. The boy is girl’s 

(a) Brother 

(b) Son 

(c) Uncle 

(d) Son-in-law 

Q13. Pointing to a man in a photograph, a woman said, “His brother’s father is the only son of my grandfather.” How is the woman related to the man in the photograph? 

(a) Mother 

(b) Aunt 

(c) Sister 

(d) Daughter 

Q14. If ‘orange’ is called ‘butter’, ‘butter’ is called ‘soap’, ‘soap’ is called ‘ink’, ‘ink’ is called ‘honey’ and ‘honey’ is called ‘orange’, which of the following is used for washing clothes?  

(a) Honey  

(b) Butter 

(c) Orange 

(d) Ink 

Q15. If, in a language, ‘finger’ is called ‘toe’, ‘toe’ is called ‘foot’, ‘foot’ is called ‘thumb’, ‘thumb’ is called ‘ankle’, ankle’ is called ‘palm’ and ‘palm’ is called ‘knee’, then in that language, what will an illiterate man put to mark signatures?  

(a) Toe 

(b) Knee 

(c) Thumb 

(d) Ankle 

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