Logical reasoning / Analytical Ability solved question paper of Postal Assistant / Sorting Assistant exam 2013.

Logical reasoning / Analytical Ability solved question paper of Postal Assistant / Sorting Assistant exam 2013. 

Dear Aspirants;

If it is your first click then we recommend you to go through our earlier topics namely PART – I (General Awareness), Part – II (Numerical Ability) and Part – III (General English).

As this article is all about of Topic Part – IV i.e. Reasoning and Analytical Ability of Postal Assistant / Postal Sorting Assistant Exam.

For your kind information, the purpose of including the topic Reasoning and Analytical Ability is to check the students knowledge as how fast he can solve the Reasoning and Analytical ability questions by using only mind but not calculators etc.

Here below are the next 25 questions which are based on the topic Reasoning and Analytical Ability for the Postal Assistant / Sorting Assistant exam.

PART-D 

REASONING AND ANALYTICAL ABILITY

76. Study each of the following table and choose the alternative which can best replace the question mark (?)

1 2 3 2 10 12
2 5 12 10 16 13
1 2 1 ? 10 24

1. 5 
2. 11 
3. 13 
4. 8

77. 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?

1. 19 
2. 35 
3. 15 
4. 21

78. Arrange the given words in the sequence in which they occur in the dictionary and then choose the correct sequence.

1. Wrinkle 
2. Wriggle 
3. Writhe
4. Wratch 
5. Wrath

1. D,E,A,B,C 
2. E,D,B, A,C 
3. D,B,E,A,B 
4. E,B,A,C, D

79. In a certain code SAFER is writ­ten as 5@3#2 and RIDE is writ­ten as 2©%#. HowisFEDS written in that code?

1. 3#©5. 
2. 3@%5 
3. 3#%5 
4. 3#%2

80. If ‘Apple’ is called ‘Orange’, ‘Orange’ is called ‘Peach’, ‘Peach’ is called ‘Potato’, ‘Potato’ is called ‘Banana’, ‘Banana’ is called ‘Papaya’ and ‘Papaya’ is called ‘Guava’, which of the following grows underground ?

1. Potato 
2. Guava 
3. Apple
4. Banana

81. If in a certain code, ‘O’ is written as ‘E’, ‘A’, as ‘C’, ‘M’ as ‘I’, ‘S’ as ‘O’, ‘N’ as ‘P’, ‘E’ as ‘M’, ‘I’ as ‘A’, ‘P’ as ‘N’ and ‘C’ as ‘S’, then how will ‘COMPANIES’ be written in that code?

1. SEIACPAMO 
2. SMINCPAMO
3. SEINCPAMO
4. SEINCPMIO

82. Four groups of letters are given below. Three of them are alike in a certain way while one i different. Choose the odd one.

1. GWOURV 
2. LZKMU 
3. SFXPMG 
4. JOEHNP

83. From the positions in original figure ‘A’ and ‘C’ move diagonally to opposite corners and then one side each clockwise and anticlockwise respectively. ‘D’ and ‘B’ move two sides each clockwise and anticlockwise respectively. Where is ‘A’ now?

1. At the North-East corner 
2. At the North-West corner
3. At the South-West corner
4. At the South-East corner

84.It was 9•35 a.m. in Rakhi’s watch, which kept correct time, when Reena informed her that the last bus left the bus stop at 9•25 a.m. Reena’s watch is 5 minutes fast. The frequency of the bus is every 20 minutes. For how long Rakhi must wait to catch the next bus?

1. 5 minutes 
2. 10 minutes 
3. 15 minutes 
4. 25 minutes

85. Among A, B, P, Q and S, B is immediate next taller than the shortest and Q is taller than P. Which of he following statements (s) is (are) necessary to decide the tallest among them?

1. P is not as tall as S.
2. A is third below Q in height
3. P is second in height above A

1. Only (A) or (B) 
2. Only (B) or (C)
3. Only (A) or (C) 
4. (A) or (B) or (C)

86.If A + B means A is the mother of B; A - B means A is the brother B; A % B means A is the father of B and A x B means A is the sister of B, which of the following shows that P is the maternal uncle of Q? Ans: C

1. Q - N + M x P 
2. P + S x N – Q 
3. P - M + N x Q 
4. Q - S % P

87. Find out the missing number:-

4	6	18
2	3	2
3	4	?
6	8	27

88. Five boys are sitting in a row. Sudhir is sitting next to Prakash but not Tarun. Kumar is sitting next to Ravi who is sitting on the extreme left and Tarun is not sitting next to Kumar. Who are sitting on either side of Sudhir?

1. Prakash & Kumar 
2. Prakash &Ravi 
3. Tarun & Prakash 
4. Prakash alone

89. How many even numbers are there in the following sequence of numbers whiich are immediately followed by an odd number as well as immediately preceded by an even number?


8 6 7 6 8 9 3 2 7 5 3 4 2 2 3 5 5 2 2 8 1 1 9

1. One 
2. Three 
3. Five 
4. None of these.

90.Which one will replace the question mark ?

1. 64 
2. 144 
3. 169 
4. 139

Directions–(Q. 91–95) Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the questions given below.


Q 9 K # P @ 3 E N S A C ★ G © U M 7 F I V % 4 Z 8 Y


91. If all the numbers are dropped from the above arrangement, which of the following will be the seventeenth from the right end ?

1. E 
2. P 
3. I 
4. @

92. Which of the following is the sixth to the left of the fifth to the left of ‘V’ ?

1. 3 
2. A 
3. N 
4. S

93. Which of the following is the eighth to the right of the fourteenth from the left end of the above arrangement?

1. V 
2. 4 
3. % 
4. E

94. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their positions in the above arrangement and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group ?

1. IM% 
2. CNG 
3. 3#N 
4. UGC

95. How many such symbols are there in above arrangement, each of which is immediately preceded by an alphabet and immediately followed by a number ?

1. None 
2. One 
3. Two 
4. Three

Directions (96-100): Answer the questions based on the given line graph.

Ratio of Exports to Imports (in terms of money in Rs. crores) of Two Companies Over the Years





96. In how many of the given years were the exports more than the imports for Company A?

1. 2 
2. 3 
3. 4 
4. 5

97. If the imports of Company A in 1997 were increased by 40 percent, what would be the ratio of exports to the increased imports?

1. 1.25 
2. 1.20 
3. 1.30 
4. None

98. If the exports of Company A in 1998 were Rs. 237 crores, what was the amount of imports in that year?

1. Rs. 189.6 crores 
2. Rs. 243 crores 
3. Rs. 281 crores 
4. Rs. 316 crores

99. In 1995, the export of Company A was double that of Company B. If the imports of Company A during the year was Rs. 180 crores, what was the approximate amount of imports pf Company B during that year?

1. Rs. 190 crores 
2. Rs. 210 crores 
3. Rs. 225 crores 
4. Cannot be determined

100. In which year(s) was the difference between imports and exports of Company B the maximum?

1. 2000 
2. 1996 
3. 1998 to 2000 
4. Cannot be determined

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