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Thursday 26 February 2015

MISSING SYMBOL

Complete the square logically.
Solution : 

 Each symbol is associated with another's position; this upside-down spade is always to the left of a right-side-up heart

CIRCLE QUIZ

Using six contiguous straight lines, connect all of the sixteen circles shown below.

Solution : 


Wednesday 25 February 2015

Color Cubes Puzzle

There are nine compositions (A to I) of eight colored cubes. Find two identical compositions. They can be rotated.


Solution : 
                  Compositions D and I are identical

A Hole New Board Game Puzzle

How can I cut the board into only two pieces so that they will fill the hole exactly?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Solution :

 

The Missing Piece

Below the four parts have been reorganized. The four partitions are exactly the same in both arrangements. Why is there a hole?


Hint : 
         This is not an optical illusion. If you print out the puzzle, cut out the pieces and rearrange them, you get the exact same dilemma.

Solution : 
         The gradient of the teal hypotenuse is different than the gradient of the red hypotenuse.



Monday 23 February 2015

Lateral Thinking Puzzles

You are driving down the road in your car on a wild, stormy night, when you pass by a bus stop and you see three people waiting for the bus:

    1. An old lady who looks as if she is about to die.
    2. An old friend who once saved your life.
    3. The perfect partner you have been dreaming about.
Knowing that there can only be one passenger in your car, whom would you choose? 


 Hint
           You can make everyone happy. Your car can only contain one passenger, so whom should it be?


 Solution
           The old lady of course! After helping the old lady into the car, you can give your keys to your friend, and wait with your perfect partner for the bus

Sunday 22 February 2015

Word Arrangement - Logical Reasoning

Q1: Arrange the following words as per order in the Dictionary

1. Inventory  2. Involuntary  3. Invisible  4. Invariable  5. Investigate

A. 4,2,5,3,1
B. 4,5,1,3,2
C. 2,5,4,1,3
D. 4,1,5,3,2

Answer : D

Q2:  Arrange the given words a Meaningful Order

1. Sipahi  2. Captain  3. Naik  4. Brigadier  5. Major

A. 1,2,3,4,5
B. 1,3,2,5,4
C. 1,3,2,4,5
D. 1.2.4.3.5

Answer : B

Q3: Arrange the following words as per order in the Dictionary

1. Noble  2. Nobilitary  3. Noblesse  4. Nobility  5. Nobble

A. 1,4,3,2,5
B. 3,4,1,2,5
C. 5,2,4,1,3
D. 2.4.3.5.1

Answer : C

Q4: Arrange the given words a Meaningful and Ascending Order and Select the Option Indicating the Correct Order

1. Venus  2. Earth  3. Mars  4.Mercury  5. Jupiter

A. 4,2,1,3,5
B. 4,2,1,5,3
C. 4,1,2,3,5
D. 4,1,2,5,3

Answer : C

Q5: Arrange the following words as per order in the Dictionary

1. Inhabit  2. Ingenious  3. Inherit  4. Influence  5. Infatuation

A. 1,2,3,4,5
B. 5,4,1,2,3
C. 4,5,2,1,3
D. 5,4,2,1,3

Answer : D

Classification - Logical Reasoning

Find out the word which is DIFFERENT from the other three words

Q1:

A. Noun
B. Adverb
C. Punctuation
D. Preposition

Answer : C

Solution : Others are Classes of Words


Q2:

A. Street
B. Interstate
C. Freeway
D. Expressway

Answer : A

Solution : Others are High Speed Road

Q3:

A. Pupil
B. Eye
C. Iris
D. Lens

Answer : B

Solution : Others are Part of Eye

Q4:

A. Penguin
B. Eagle
C. Pigeon
D. Flamingo

Answer : A

Solution : Only flightless bird out of the four

Q5:

A. Heading
B. Subject
C. Body
D. Letter

Answer : D

Solution : Others are part of a Letter

Thursday 19 February 2015

Classification - Logical Reasoning

Find out the word which is DIFFERENT from the other three words

Q1:

A. CURD
B. BUTTER
C. CREAM
D. OIL

Answer : D

Solution : Others are different forms of Milk

Q2:

A. DOG
B. CAT
C. HORSE
D. TIGER

Answer : D

Solution : Others are Domestic Animals

Q3:

A. BIRD
B. TAIL
C. WING
D. BILL

Answer : A

Solution : Others are parts of Bird

Q4:

A. TELESCOPE
B. PERISCOPE
C. STETHOSCOPE
D. MICROSCOPE

Answer : C

Solution : Others are Optical Device

Q5:

A. MONTH
B. DAY
C. YEAR
D. CALENDAR

Answer : D

Solution : Others are the terms of Time Measurement

Classification - Logical Reasoning

Find out the word which is DIFFERENT from the other three words

Q1:

A. PISTOL
B. GUN
C. SWORD
D. CANNON

Answer : C

Solution : Others are Firearms

Q2:

A. INCH
B. CENTIMETER
C. OUNCE
D. YARD

Answer : C

Solution : Others are used in Distance Measurement

Q3:

A. DIAMOND
B. GOLD
C. COAL
D. GRAPHITE

Answer : B

Solution : Others are different forms of Carbon

Q4:

A. STEM
B. ROOT
C. LEAF
D. TREE

Answer : D

Solution : Others are part of Tree

Q5:

A. ASIA
B. AFRICA
C. CANADA
D. AUSTRALIA

Answer : C

Solution : Others are Continent

 

Coding Decoding - Logical Reasoning

Q1: If GRAPE is written as 27354 and FOUR is written as 1687, then GROUP can be written as

A. 27384
B. 27684
C. 27685
D. 27658

Answer: C

Q2: If WAYIN is written as TXVFK, LBUK can be written as

A. IYRH
B. KATJ
C. JZSI
D. NDWM

Answer : A

Q3: If PARTNER is coded as OZQSMDQ, then SEGMENT is coded as

A. TFHNFOU
B. RDFLDMS
C. RDELMDS
D. RDFEDNS

Answer : B

Q4: If DOCTOR is written as FQEVQT, how PATIENT can be written as

A. RVKGPVG
B. RCKPGVV
C. RCVKGPV
D. RVCKGVP

Answer : C

Q5: If SPARK is coded as TQBSL, then FLAME can be coded as

A. GMBNF
B. GNBNF
C. GMCND
D. GMBMF

Answer : A

Coding Decoding - Logical Reasoning

Q1: If BAKE is coded as 5796 and FIRE is coded as 3146, then FEAR is coded as

A. 3564
B. 3674
C. 3574
D. 3654

Answer : B

Q2: If MADRAS is written as NBESBT, then BOMBAY is written as

A. CPNCBZ
B. CLNCYX
C. ACVCDF
D. BDENOA

Answer : A

Q3: If DELHI is coded as 73541 and CALCUTTA as 82589662, then CALICUT is coded as

A. 8246815
B. 8341567
C. 6354892
D. 8251896

Answer : D

Q4: If 35796 is coded as 44887, then 46824 is coded as

A. 55926
B. 44916
C. 55915
D. 44816

Answer : C

Q5: If SYSTEM is written as SYSMET and NEARER written as AENRER, then FRACTION can be written as

A. ACRFNOIT
B. CARFNOIT
C. CAFRNOIT
D. CRAFNOIT

Answer : B

Q6: If DFIN is coded as WURM, then HJMO can be coded as

A. RPNO
B. SQNP
C. SQNL
D. TRPO

Answer : C

Wednesday 18 February 2015

Letter Series - Logical Reasoning

Find out what should come in place of the Question mark (?) in the following Letter Series

Q1: BMRG, DLTF, FKVE, HJXD, ?

A. JIZC
B. JZIB
C. GIFB
D. MOLC

Answer : A

Solution : First letter of each word moves 2 steps forward, second letter one step backward, third letter two steps forward, fourth letter one step backward.

Q2: FLU, GMV, HNW, IOX, ?

A. JYP
B. WYP
C. WPY
D. JPY

Answer : D

Solution : Each letter move one step forward in the next  word.

Q3: BCFG, JKNO, RSVW, ?

A. ZADE
B. HIKL
C. STUX
D. MNPQ

Answer : A

Solution : Each letter move 8 steps forward in the next word.

Q4: CIM, HNR, MSW, ?

A. SXA
B. DYB
C. RXB
D. ZEH

Answer : C

Solution : Each letter move 5 steps forward in the next word.

Q5: YYZ, VYZ, SYZ, PYZ, ?

A. RYZ
B. MYZ
C. XYZ
D. TYZ

Answer : B

Solution : First letter of each word move 3 steps backward, beginning from last word.

Tuesday 17 February 2015

Letter Series - Logical Reasoning

Find out what should come in place of the Question mark (?) in the following Letter Series

Q1: U, O, I, ?, A

A. D
B. E
C. J
D. N

Answer : B

Solution : Vowels in reverse order.

Q2: BFH, CHI, DJJ, ?

A. EKL
B. ELK
C. FLK
D. FKL

Answer : B

Solution : First and Third letter move 1 step forward and Second letter move 2 steps.

Q3: A1BC, AB2C, ?, A4BC

A. ABC3
B. A3BC
C. AB2C
D. ABC4

Answer : A

Solution : 1,2,3....numbers follows each letter in order.

Q4: AGMSY, CIOUA, EKQWC, ?, IOUAG, KQWCI

A. GMSYE
B. FMSYE
C. GNSYD
D. FMYES

Answer : A

Solution : Each letter moves 2 steps forward.

Q5 : ?, PSVYB, EHKNQ, TWZCF, ILORU

A. BEHKN
B. ADGJM
C. SVYBE
D. ZCFIL

Answer : B

Solution : Each letter 3 steps forward within the word and first letter of alternate word move 4 steps forward. 

Letter Series - Logical Reasoning

Find out what should come in place of the Question mark (?) in the following Letter Series

Q1: A, C, F, H, ?, M

A. J
B. K
C. L
D. O

Answer : B

Solution : Letters are added 2 and 3 steps forward alternately.

Q2: CAT, ECV, GEX, ?

A. IGZ
B. JLN
C. FMU
D. KFY

Answer : A

Solution : Each letter forwarded 2 steps to get the letter in next word.

Q3. ANN, CPP, ERR, ?

A. FTT
B. GOO
C. GTT
D. FOO

Answer : C

Solution : Each letter forwarded 2 steps to get the letter in next word.

Q4. BCB, DED, FGF, HIH, ?

A. IHI
B. JIJ
C. KIK
D. JKJ

Answer : D

Solution : Each letter forwarded 2 steps to get the letter in next word.

Q5: AZ, CX, FU, ?

A. JQ
B. IV
C. HL
D. KO

Answer : A

Solution : First letter moved 2 steps, 3 steps ...forward, Second letter moved backward in same order.


Number Series - Logical Reasoning

Find out what should come in place of the Question mark (?) in the following  Number Series.

Q1: 1, 3, 4, 7, 11, 18, 29, ?

A. 31
B. 39
C. 43
D. 47

Answer : D

Solution : Each number is the Addition of Previous Two Numbers

Q2: 975,864, 753, 642, ?

A. 431
B. 314
C. 531
D. 532

Answer : C

Solution : Each number is Subtraction of 111

Q3: 8, 24, 12, ?, 18, 54

A. 28
B. 36
C. 46
D. 38

Answer : B

Solution : 8*3=24, 12*3=36, 18*3= 54




Saturday 14 February 2015

Number Series - Logical Reasoning

Find out what should come in place of the Question mark (?) in the following Number Series

Q1 : 63, 63, 50, 50, 37, 37, ?

A. 23
B. 25
C. 24
D. 27

Answer : C

Solution : Each repeated number is Subtracted by 13


Q2 : 2, 6, 18, 54, ?

A. 84
B. 112
C. 146
D. 162

Answer : D

Solution : Each number Multiplication of 3 with previous number


Q3 : 1, 8, 27, 64, ?

A. 86
B. 112
C. 125
D. 146

Answer : C

Solution : Each number is Cubes of 1, 2, 3 . . . serially


Q4 : 7.5, 6.8, 6.1, 5.4, ?

A. 4.9
B. 4.7
C. 4.3
D. 3.9

Answer : B

Solution : Each number is Subtraction of 0.7 from Previous number


Q5 : 0, 6, 24, 60, ?, 210

A. 92
B. 108
C. 120
D. 148

Answer : C

Solution : 0*1*2=0, 1*2*3=6, 2*3*4=24, 3*4*5=60, . . .



Number Series - Logical Reasoning

Find out What should come in place of the Question mark (?) in the following Number Series

Q1 : 4, 9, 19, 34, ?

A. 39
B. 54
C. 69
D. 82

Answer : B

Solution :  Add an additional 5 to each number


Q2 : 1, 6, 13, 22, 33, ?

A. 43
B. 44
C. 45
D. 46

Answer : D

Solution : Add numbers in the Series of 5,7,9,11, ...


Q3 : 5, 8, 6, 9, 7, ?

A. 10
B. 11
C. 12
D. 15

Answer : A

Solution : Each alternating number is an Addition of 1


Q4 : 2, 5, 11, 23, 47, ?

A. 63
B. 86
C. 95
D. 118

Answer : C

Solution : Numbers are added by 3*1=3, 3*2=6, 6*2=12, 12*2=24, ...


Q5 : 36, 34, 30, 28, 24, ?

A. 20
B. 22
C. 21
D. 18

Answer : B

Solution : Numbers are subtracted by 2 and 4 alternately




Thursday 12 February 2015

Analogies - Logical Reasoning

Find out Best Matches word that should come in place of the Question mark(?) in the following Questions

Q1: Push : Pull : : Throw : ?

A. Run
B. Jump
C. Pick
D. Gather
Answer : C

Q2: Warm : Hot : : ? : Hilarious

A. Amusing
B. Humid
C. Serious
D. Sad
Answer : A

Q3: Poetry : Rhyme : : Philosophy : ?

A. Words
B. Song
C. Theory
D. Book
Answer : C




Coding DeCoding-Logical Reasoning

If CEJQ is written as XVQJ, then BDIP is written as

A. YXUP
B. YWRK
C. XPJN
D. UXOK

Answer : B

Coding DeCoding-Logical Reasoning

If ANCIENT is coded as 2516859 and NATURE is coded as 529048, then TRAIN is coded as,

A. 94285
B. 92456
C. 94265
D. 94168

Answer: C

Wednesday 11 February 2015

Coding DeCoding-Logical Reasoning

If BLUE is written as EUBL,then BULB is written as

A. BLUB
B. BBUL
C. BBLU
D. BLBU

Answer : D