Analytical Reasoning
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Find the next number in the series: 6, 11, 17, 24, 32, ? Find the next number in the series: 5, 15, 45, 135, ? Find the next number in the series: 2, 3, 7, 8, 12, 13, ? Find the next number in the series: 120, 99, 80, 63, 48, ? Find the next number in the series: 7, 21, 63, 189, ? Find the next number in the series: 1, 5, 14, 30, 55, ? Find the next letter in the series: A, D, G, J, ? Find the next letter in the series: Y, W, U, S, ? Find the next letter in the series: C, F, I, L, ? Find the next letter in the series: M, K, I, G, ? Find the next term in the series: AB, DE, GH, JK, ? Find the next letter in the series: F, K, P, U, ? Find the next letter in the series: N, L, J, H, ? Find the next term in the series: CA, FD, IG, LJ, ? Find the next letter in the series: D, H, L, P, ? Find the next letter in the series: E, I, M, Q, ? In a certain code, A is written as Z, B as Y, C as X, and so on in reverse order of the alphabet. How is CAT written in this code? If in a code language BOOK is written as ERRN (each letter shifted forward by three), how is LAMP written in the same code? If A=1, B=2, up to Z=26, and each letter's number is increased by 2 to form the code, how is GOLD coded (converted back to letters)? If in a code language SISTER is written as RHRSDQ (each letter shifted backward by one), how is TEACHER coded in the same language?
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Find the next number in the series: 6, 11, 17, 24, 32, ? Find the next number in the series: 5, 15, 45, 135, ? Find the next number in the series: 2, 3, 7, 8, 12, 13, ? Find the next number in the series: 120, 99, 80, 63, 48, ? Find the next number in the series: 7, 21, 63, 189, ? Find the next number in the series: 1, 5, 14, 30, 55, ? Find the next letter in the series: A, D, G, J, ? Find the next letter in the series: Y, W, U, S, ? Find the next letter in the series: C, F, I, L, ? Find the next letter in the series: M, K, I, G, ? Find the next term in the series: AB, DE, GH, JK, ? Find the next letter in the series: F, K, P, U, ? Find the next letter in the series: N, L, J, H, ? Find the next term in the series: CA, FD, IG, LJ, ? Find the next letter in the series: D, H, L, P, ? Find the next letter in the series: E, I, M, Q, ? In a certain code, A is written as Z, B as Y, C as X, and so on in reverse order of the alphabet. How is CAT w... If in a code language BOOK is written as ERRN (each letter shifted forward by three), how is LAMP written in t... If A=1, B=2, up to Z=26, and each letter's number is increased by 2 to form the code, how is GOLD coded (conve... If in a code language SISTER is written as RHRSDQ (each letter shifted backward by one), how is TEACHER coded... In a certain code, TABLE is written as 20-1-2-12-5 (using A=1, B=2, up to Z=26). How is CHAIR written in the s... If in a code language KOLKATA is written as LPMLBUB (each letter shifted forward by one), how is LAHORE writte... In a certain code, each word is spelled in reverse order of its letters. How is COMPUTER written in this code? If in a code language GARDEN is written as KEVHIR (each letter shifted forward by four), how is MARKET coded i... If ROSE is coded as SPTF and LOTUS is coded as MPUVT (each letter shifted forward by one), what is the code fo... If in a code language HOUSE is written as MTZXJ (each letter shifted forward by five), how is CANDLE coded in... If A=26, B=25, C=24, and so on in reverse numbering down to Z=1, what number represents the letter M? In a certain code, each letter of a word is replaced by the letter immediately before it in the alphabet. How... If in a code language PENCIL is written as RGPEKN (each letter shifted forward by two), how is PAPER coded in... In a certain code, the first and last letters of a word are interchanged and the remaining letters stay in pla... If the code for a word is the sum of the alphabet positions of its letters (A=1, B=2, up to Z=26), what is the... A is the mother of B. B is the father of C. How is A related to C? P is the sister of Q. Q has a daughter named R. How is P related to R? Pointing to a boy, a man says, "He is the son of my only daughter." How is the man related to the boy? A is B's sister. C is B's mother. D is C's husband. How is D related to A? Pointing to a girl, a woman says, "Her mother is the only daughter-in-law of my mother." How is the woman rela... X's mother is the sister of Y's father. How is Y related to X? A is the son of B. B and C are sisters. D is the daughter of C. How is D related to A? Pointing to a man, a woman says, "His mother is the only daughter of my father." How is the woman related to t... A and B are brothers. C and D are sisters. A's son is D's brother. How is B related to C? A's father is C. C has two children, A and B. B is married to D. How is D related to A? P is the mother of Q and R. Q is the father of S. How is P related to S? A is the daughter of B. B is the son of C. D is the daughter of C. How is D related to A? R is the husband of S. S is the mother of T. U is the father of R. How is U related to T? A is the brother of B. C is B's mother. D is C's husband. E is D's father. How is E related to A? P is the husband of Q. R is the only son of P. S is R's sister. How is Q related to S? A man walks 6 km south, then turns left and walks 8 km. How far is he from the starting point? Facing east, a person turns 90 degrees anticlockwise, then turns another 90 degrees anticlockwise. Which direc... A man walks 10 km north, then 10 km west, then 10 km south. In which direction is he from the starting point,... If north-west becomes south and south-west becomes east under a certain rotation, what does north become? A man walks 5 km east, turns right and walks 5 km, turns right again and walks 5 km, then turns right again an... Starting from his house, Ali walks 3 km north, then 4 km east to reach the market. What is the shortest distan... A man is facing south. He turns 45 degrees clockwise, then another 90 degrees clockwise. Which direction is he... Town B is to the east of Town A. Town C is to the south of Town B. In which direction is Town A with respect t... A person walks 12 km north and then 5 km west. How far is he from the starting point? If east becomes north, north becomes west, west becomes south, and south becomes east under a certain rule, wh... All mangoes are fruits. All fruits grow on plants. Which conclusion logically follows? Some teachers are writers. All writers are readers. Which conclusion logically follows? No reptiles are birds. All snakes are reptiles. Which conclusion logically follows? All triangles have three sides. All three-sided figures are polygons. Which conclusion logically follows? Some engineers are managers. Some managers are directors. Which conclusion logically follows? All laptops are electronic devices. Some electronic devices are expensive. Which conclusion logically follows? All planets orbit the sun. Earth is a planet. Which conclusion logically follows? No insects are mammals. All bees are insects. Which conclusion logically follows? All rectangles are parallelograms. All parallelograms are quadrilaterals. Which conclusion logically follows? Some doctors are professors. All professors are educators. Which conclusion logically follows? In a queue of 50 people, Sara is 18th from the front. What is her position from the back? Ahmed is 12th from the top and 25th from the bottom in a list of students. How many students are there in tota... Six friends A, B, C, D, E, and F are standing in a row. C is to the immediate left of D. B is at the extreme l... Among five books P, Q, R, S, and T: Q is thicker than P but thinner than R. S is thicker than R. T is the thin... In a class, Bilal ranks 7th from the top and 33rd from the bottom. How many students are in the class? Five students scored differently in a test. Hassan scored more than Ali but less than Bilal. Sana scored more... In a row of 60 students, Noor is 22nd from the left end. What is her position from the right end? Four friends compare their heights. Fahad is shorter than Imran but taller than Kamran. Kamran is taller than... Which of the following does not belong with the others: Rose, Jasmine, Onion, Lily? Which of the following does not belong with the others: Rectangle, Cube, Cylinder, Sphere? Which of the following does not belong with the others: Tomato, Potato, Carrot, Mango? Which of the following does not belong with the others: Hammer, Saw, Chisel, Nail? Which of the following does not belong with the others: Copper, Iron, Aluminum, Oxygen? Which of the following does not belong with the others: Novel, Poem, Essay, Painting? Which of the following does not belong with the others: Cricket, Football, Hockey, Chess? Which of the following does not belong with the others: Delhi, Karachi, Lahore, Punjab? Find the next number in the series: 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, ? Find the next number in the series: 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, ? Find the next number in the series: 2, 5, 10, 17, 26, ? Find the next number in the series: 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, ? Find the next number in the series: 1, 2, 4, 7, 11, ? Find the next number in the series: 81, 27, 9, 3, ? Find the next number in the series: 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, ? Find the next number in the series: 10, 20, 40, 80, 160, ? Find the next number in the series: 5, 11, 19, 29, 41, ? Find the next number in the series: 1, 8, 27, 64, ? Find the next number in the series: 90, 80, 71, 63, 56, ? Find the next number in the series: 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, ? Find the next number in the series: 2, 4, 7, 11, 16, ? Among five people P, Q, R, S, and T: P is taller than Q but shorter than R. S is taller than R. T is the short... Which of the following does not belong with the others: Carrot, Apple, Banana, Mango? Which of the following does not belong with the others: Sphere, Triangle, Square, Circle? Which of the following does not belong with the others: Sparrow, Dog, Cat, Lion? Which of the following does not belong with the others: Flute, Piano, Guitar, Violin? Which of the following does not belong with the others: Hospital, Doctor, Engineer, Teacher? Find the next number in the series: 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, ? Find the next number in the series: 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, ? Find the next number in the series: 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, ? Find the next number in the series: 5, 10, 20, 40, 80, ? Find the next number in the series: 2, 3, 5, 8, 12, ? Find the next number in the series: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, ? Find the next number in the series: 100, 90, 81, 73, 66, ? Find the next number in the series: 7, 14, 28, 56, ? Find the next number in the series: 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, ? Find the next number in the series: 3, 9, 27, 81, ? Find the next letter in the series: A, C, E, G, ? Find the next letter in the series: Z, Y, X, W, ? Find the next letter in the series: B, D, F, H, ? Find the next term in the series: AZ, BY, CX, DW, ? Find the next letter in the series: J, L, N, P, ? If in a certain code CAT is written as DBU, how is DOG written in that code? If BOOK is coded as CPPL, how is PAGE coded in the same language? If RAIN is written as SBJO in a code, how is SNOW written in the same code? If A=1, B=2, C=3, up to Z=26, what word is represented by 3-15-4-5? If PENCIL is coded as QFODJM (each letter shifted forward by one), how is PAPER coded? If GARDEN is coded as HBSEFO, what is the code for FOREST in the same language? If TEACHER is coded as VGCEJGT (each letter shifted forward by two), how is STUDENT coded? If NORTH is coded as MNQSG (each letter shifted backward by one), how is SOUTH coded? Pointing to a photograph, a man said, "She is the daughter of my grandfather's only son." How is the woman rel... A is B's brother. C is A's mother. D is C's father. How is D related to B? Introducing a man, a woman said, "His wife is the only daughter of my mother." How is the woman related to the... P is the son of Q. Q and R are siblings. S is R's mother. How is S related to P? A's father is B. B's mother is C. How is C related to A? X is the brother of Y. Y is the sister of Z. Z is the father of W. How is X related to W? Pointing to a man, a woman says, "He is the son of my husband's mother." Who is he to the woman (assuming he i... A is the father of B. B is the sister of C. C is the son of D. How is D related to A? A man walks 5 km toward north, then turns right and walks 3 km, then turns right again and walks 5 km. How far... Facing north, a person turns 90 degrees clockwise and then 180 degrees. Which direction is he facing now? A man walks 4 km east, then 3 km north. How far is he from the starting point? If south-east becomes north and north-east becomes west under a certain rotation, what does south become? A person starts from point A, walks 6 km north to reach point B, then walks 8 km east to reach point C. What i... All roses are flowers. All flowers need water. Which conclusion logically follows? All cats are animals. Some animals are wild. Which conclusion logically follows? All doctors are educated. Some educated people are rich. Which conclusion logically follows? No fish are mammals. All whales are mammals. Which conclusion logically follows? All squares are rectangles. All rectangles are quadrilaterals. Which conclusion logically follows? In a class of 40 students, Ali ranks 10th from the top. What is his rank from the bottom? Sana is 15th from the left and 20th from the right in a row of students. How many students are there in total? Five friends A, B, C, D, and E are sitting in a row. B is to the immediate right of A. C is to the immediate r...