Q.-1871    A group of 210 students appeared in some test. The mean of 1/3 rd of students is found to be 60. The mean of the remaining students is found to be 78. The mean of the whole group will be:

(A) 80

(B) 76

(C) 74

(D) 72

Answer Key is: (D)

Q.-1872    Anil after travelling 6 km towards East from his house realized that he has travelled in a wrong direction. He turned and travelled 12 km towards West, turned right and travelled 8 km to reach his office. The straight distance of the office from his house is:

(A) 20 km

(B) 14 km

(C) 12 km

(D) 10 km

Answer Key is: (D)

Q.-1873    The next term in the series: B2E, D5H, F12K, H27N,?  is:

(A) J56I

(B) I62Q

(C) Q62J

(D) J58Q

Answer Key is: (D)

Q.-1874    A party was held in which a grandmother, father, mother, four sons, their wives and one son and two daughters to each of the sons were present. The number of females present in the party is:

(A) 12

(B) 14

(C) 18

(D) 24

Answer Key is: (B)

Q.-1875    P and Q are brothers. R and S are sisters. The son of P is brother of S. Q is related to R as:

(A) Son

(B) Brother

(C) Uncle

(D) Father

Answer Key is: (C)

Q.-1876    Consider the argument given below:

'Pre - employment testing of teachers is quite fair because doctors, architects and engineers who are now employed had to face such a testing.'

What type of argument it is?

(A) Deductive

(B) Analogical

(C) Psychological

(D) Biological

Answer Key is: (B)

Q.-1877    Among the following propositions two are related in such a way that they can both be true although they cannot both be false. Which are those propositions? Select the correct code.

Propositions:

(a) Some priests are cunning.

(b) No priest is cunning.

(c) All priests are cunning.

(d) Some priests are not cunning.

Codes:

(A) (a) and (b)

(B) (c) and (d)

(C) (a) and (c)

(D) (a) and (d)

Answer Key is: (D)

Q.-1878    A Cluster of propositions with a structure that exhibits some inference is called:

(A) An inference

(B) An argument

(C) An explanation

(D) A valid argument

Answer Key is: (B)

Q.-1879    Consider the following assertion (A) and reason (R) and select the correct code given below:

(A): No man is perfect.

(R): Some men are not perfect.

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) does not provide sufficient reason for (A).

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) provides sufficient reason for (A).

(C) (A) is true but (R) is false.

(D) (A) is false but (R) is true.

Answer Key is: (A)

Q.-1880    A definition that has a meaning that is deliberately assigned to some symbol is called:

(A) Lexical

(B) Precising

(C) Stipulative

(D) Persuasive

Answer Key is: (C)

Q.-1881    If the proposition 'No men are honest' is taken to be false which of the following proposition/propositions can be claimed certainly to be true?

Propositions:

(A) All men are honest

(B) Some men are honest

(C) Some men are not honest

(D) No honest person is man

Answer Key is: (B)

Q.-1882    In certain code, SELECTION is coded as QCJCARGML. The code of AMERICANS will be

(A) YKCPGAYLQ

(B) BNFSJDBMR

(C) QLYAGPCKY

(D) YQKLCYPAG

Answer Key is: (A)

Q.-1883    In the series 3, 11, 23, 39, 59, .......... The next term will be

(A) 63

(B) 73

(C) 83

(D) 93

Answer Key is: (C)

Q.-1884    Two railway tickets from city A to B and three tickets from city A to C cost Rs. 177. Three tickets from city A to B and two tickets from city A to C cost Rs. 173. The fare for city B from city A will be Rs.

(A) 25

(B) 27

(C) 30

(D) 33

Answer Key is: (D)

Q.-1885    A person walks 10 m infront and 10 m to the right. Then every time turning to his left, he walks 5, 15 and 15 m respectively. How far is he now from his starting point?

(A) 20 m

(B) 15 m

(C) 10 m

(D) 5 m

Answer Key is: (D)

Q.-1886    A is sister of B. F is daughter of G. C is mother of B. D is father of C. E is mother of D. A is related to D as

(A) Grand daughter

(B) Daughter

(C) Daughter-in-law

(D) Sister

Answer Key is: (A)

Q.-1887    In the series AB, EDC, FGHI, ....?...., OPQRST, the missing term is

(A) JKLMN

(B) JMKNL

(C) NMLKJ

(D) NMKLJ

Answer Key is: (C)

Q.-1888    Among the following propositions two are related in such a way that one is the denial of the other. Which are those propositions? Select the correct code:

Propositions:

(a) All women are equal to men

(b) Some women are equal to men

(c) Some women are not equal to men

(d) No women are equal to men

Codes:

(A) (a) and (b)

(B) (a) and (d)

(C) (c) and (d)

(D) (a) and (c)

Answer Key is: (D)

Q.-1889    If the proposition ‘All thieves are poor’ is false, which of the following propositions can be claimed certainly to be true?

Propositions:

(A) Some thieves are poor.

(B) Some thieves are not poor.

(C) No thief is poor.

(D) No poor person is a thief.

Answer Key is: (B)

Q.-1890    Consider the following statement and select the correct code stating the nature of the argument involved in it:

To suppose that the earth is the only populated world in the infinite space is as absurd as to assert that in an entire field of millet only one grain will grow.

(A) Astronomical

(B) Anthropological

(C) Deductive

(D) Analogical

Answer Key is: (D)