Reasoning Quiz

1. How many meaningful words can be made from the letters ‘DEIV’ using each letter only once?
(1) None
(2) One
(3) Two
(4) Three
(5) More than three

2. If Star is called Planet, Planet is called Satellite, Satellite is called Galaxy, Galaxy is called Comet then Earth is classified under which category?
1. Galaxy 
2. Comet
3. Planet 
4. Star
5. Satellite

3. In a certain code, ROPE is written as %57$ , DOUBT is written as35#8*  and LIVE is written as@24$ . How is TROUBLE written in that code?
(1) *%5#*@$
(2) @%#58@$
(3) *%5#8@4
(4) *%#58$@
(5) None of these

4. If in the number 589463271 all the odd digits are first arranged in ascending order and then all the even digits are arranged in ascending order, which digit will be second to the right of fifth digit from the right end?
(1) 5 
(2) 6
(3) 2
(4) 4
(5) None

5. If the letters of the word VERTICAL arranged alphabetically, how many letters will remain at the same position?
(1) Four 
(2) Three
(3) Two
(4) One
(5) None

6. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word EXAMINATION, each of which has as many letters between them in the word, as they have in the English alphabet?
(1) None 
(2) One
(3) Two
(4) Three
(5) More than three

7. If it is possible to make a three-digit number from the third, the fifth and the sixth digits of the number 30651972, using each digit only once which is the square of an odd number the last digit of that three-digit number is your answer. If no such number can be formed your answer is 4 and if more than one such number can be formed your answer is 8.
(1) 1 
(2) 9
(3) 6
(4) 4
(5) 8

8.  If it possible to make only one meaningful word from the third, the sixth, the ninth and the tenth letters of the word PARENTHESIS, using each letter only once, last letter of the word is your answer. If no such word can be formed your answer is X and if more than one such word can be formed your answer is Y.
(1) R 
(2) T 
(3) S
(4) X 
(5) Y

9. Four of the following two are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to the group?
(1) Iron 
(2) Silver 
(3) Copper
(4) Mercury 
(5) Aluminium

10. In a certain code HUMANITY is written as BNVIZUJO. How is EQUATION written in that code?
(1) BVRFJPQ 
(2) BVRFOPJU
(3) BUVJPRFO 
(4) BVJURFPO
(5) None of these

Answers:

1. (4): Words that can be formed are:  DIVE, DEVI and VIDE.

2. (5)

3. (5)

4. (4): According to the given condition, the arrangement we get is

1  3  5  7  9  2  4  6  8

5. (5):

V E R T I C A L

A C E I L R T V

None will remain at same position.

6. (3): There are two such pairs i.e. EI and ON.

7. (5)

8. (1)

9. (4)

10. (2):