TCS NQT

REASONING ABILITY
SET - 4
 DEF,DEF2,DE2F2,___ ,D2E2F3

A. DEF3
B. D2E3F
C. D3EF3
D. D2E2F2

R1
 Choose the odd one out in the following series:
888, 440, 216, 104, 48, 22, 6

A. 440
B. 216
C. 104
D. 22

R2
 If MACHINE is coded as 19 – 7 – 9 – 14 – 15 –
20 – 11, how will you code DANGER ?

A. 10-7-20-13-11-24
B. 11-7-20-16-11-24
C. 13-7-20-9-11-25
D. 13-7-20-10-11-25

R3
 In each of the five pairs of letter clusters, the letters
in the second term are a rearranged/ transformed
form of the letters in the first term in a particular
pattern. In which two pairs, the transformation has
been done the same way?

FRESH - SRHFE
CLIMB - BMILC
DOUGH - UODHG
MIXER - XRMIE
CRANK - ACRKN

A. B and E
B. C and D
C. A and D
R4 D. None of these
 In a coded from A+B means A is the daughter of
B; A x B means A is the brother of B; A/B means
A is the husband of B and A-B means A is the
sister of B. Which of the following shows that T is
the niece of P?

A. (T / S – R + Q x P)
B. (T – S + R x Q / P)
C. (P + Q x R – S + T)
D. (P x Q – R / S + T)
E. None of these

R5
 Sara is mother-in-law of Vini who is sister-in-
law of Deeraj. Raj is father of Rahul, the only
brother of Deeraj. How is Sara related to
Deeraj?

A. Mother-in-law
B. Aunt
C. Wife
D. Mother
E. None of these

R6
 Priti crawls 10 ft, turns right and crawls another
10 ft, then turns left two times and crawls 15 ft
each time. If she started crawling in the
westward direction, towards which direction is
she crawling now?

A. East
B. South
C. North
D. West

R7
 From a point a girl starts walking towards south
and after walking 40 meters, she turns to her left
and walks 20 metres, then she turns left again
and walks 40 m. Then, she turns to her right and
walks 20 m and finally turns to her right and
walks 40 m. In which direction is she with
reference to the starting point?

A. North
B. South
C. North-East
D. East
E. None of these
R8
 Each of these questions are based on the information
given below : 8 persons E, F, G, H, I, J, K and L are
seated around a square table - two on each side. There
are 3 ladies who are not seated next to each other. J is
between L and F. G is between I and F. H, a lady
member is second to the left of J. F, a male member is
seated opposite to E, a lady member. There is a lady
member between F and I.

Who among the following is to the immediate left of F?

A. G
B. I
C. J
D. F
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 Each of these questions are based on the information
given below : 8 persons E, F, G, H, I, J, K and L are
seated around a square table - two on each side.
There are 3 ladies who are not seated next to each
other. J is between L and F. G is between I and F. H, a
lady member is second to the left of J. F, a male
member is seated opposite to E, a lady member.
There is a lady member between F and I.

What is true about J and K?

A. J is male, K is female
B. J is female, K is male
C. Both are female
D. Both are male
R10
 Each of these questions are based on the
information given below : 8 persons E, F, G, H, I, J, K
and L are seated around a square table - two on
each side. There are 3 ladies who are not seated
next to each other. J is between L and F. G is
between I and F. H, a lady member is second to the
left of J. F, a male member is seated opposite to E, a
lady member. There is a lady member between F
and I.

How many persons are seated between K and F ?

A. 1
B. 2
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C. 3
D. 4
 M + N = A is smaller than B.
M * N = A is greater than or equal to B.
M & N = A is smaller than or equal to B.
M $ N = A is greater than B.
M # N = A is equal to B.

Statement: T + Q, S * M, Q * R, U + S, S + T

Conclusions
1. Q $ S
2. U + T

A. If conclusion 1 is true
B. If conclusion 2 is true
C. If both conclusion 1 and 2 are true
D. If either conclusion 1 or 2 are true
R12 E. If neither conclusion 1 nor 2 is true
 In the question, the symbols +, -, \, | and ® are used with the
following meaning:
n ® m means n is not greater than m.
n | m means n is neither smaller nor equal to m.
n - m means n is neither smaller nor greater than m
n \ m means n is neither greater nor equal to m.
n + m means n is not smaller than m.
Now assume the given statements to be true and find which out
of the two conclusions I and II is/are definitely true.

Statements:
v ® u, e | G, u \ G

Conclusions:
1. v \ e 2. e | u

A. Only conclusion I is true

B. Only conclusion II follows
R13 C. Neither I or II follows
D. Both I and II follows
 Statements:
No apple is a plum.
All plums are oranges.
All oranges are mangoes.

Conclusions:
I. All plums are mangoes.
II. At least some mangoes are oranges

A. Only I follow
B. Both I and II follow
C. Only II follows
D. Neither I nor II follows
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 Statements:
Some plums are peaches
All peaches are apples
Some apples are mangoes

Conclusion:
Some mangoes are peaches
Some apples are peaches

A. If only conclusion I follow

B. If only conclusion II follows
C. If conclusion I and II both follow
D. If neither conclusion I nor conclusion II
follows
R15
 The ratio of fees of two different schools is 2: 2.5.
What would be the fees of the school if discounts of
25% and 35% are given to both the schools
respectively?

Statements:
l. Discount on the second school fees is Rs. 8750.
ll. Difference between the discount on the two school
fees is Rs. 3750.

A. Statement ll alone is sufficient

B. Statement l alone is sufficient
C. Both Statement l and ll together are not
sufficient.
D. Both Statement l and ll together are sufficient
R16
 Out of 600 million literates, 150 million have been to
school only till the primary level. 50 million have passed
the middle school. 125 million have passed class X, while
50 million are graduates of these 30 million are girls.

1- On the basis of the given data, the percentage of girls

who are graduates as compared to the total number of
literates in India is 5%.
2- The ratio between graduate boys and graduate girls is
2:3.

A. The Combination of both the statement l and ll

are necessary.
B. The Combination of both the statement l and ll
are not necessary.
C. Statement ll alone is sufficient
R17 D. Statement l alone is sufficient.
 What is the income from the sale of medicines used for
the treatment of cancer in January?

Statements:
I. The number of cancer patients who were being
treated at a multi-speciality hospital during January
2020 was twice the number of cancer patients treated
in December 2019.
II. The sale of medicines used for the treatment had
gone up by 20% in the same period.

A. Both I and II together are sufficient.

B. Statements II alone is sufficient
C. Statements I alone is sufficient
D. Both I and II together are not sufficient.
R18
 In the following figure triangle represents 'girls',
square players and circle-coach. Which part of the
diagram represents the girls who are player but
not coach?

A. P
B. Q
C. R
D. S

R19
 In the figure given below, square represents
doctors, triangle represents ladies and circle
represents surgeon. By which letter the ladies who
doctor and surgeon both are represented ?

A. U
B. T
C. S
D. P

R20
R20
 A square transparent sheet (X) with a pattern is
given. Figure out from amongst the four alternatives
as to how the patter would appear when the
transparent sheet is folded at the dotted line. Find
out from amongst the four alternatives as to how
the pattern would appear when the transparent
sheet is folded at the dotted line.

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
R21 D. 4
 A set of three figures X, Y and Z showing a sequence of
folding of apiece of paper. Figure (Z) shows the manner
in which the folded paper has been cut. These three
figures are followed by four answer figures from which
you have to choose a figure which would most closely
resemble the unfolded form of figure (Z). Choose a
figure which would most closely resemble the unfolded
form of Figure (Z).

A. 1
B. 2
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C. 3
D. 4
 Identify the figure that completes the pattern.

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

R23
 Identify the figure that completes the pattern.

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

R24
 Select a suitable figure from the four alternatives
that would complete the figure matrix.

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
R25
 In a coded from A+B means A is the daughter of B;
A x B means A is the brother of B; A/B means A is
the husband of B and A-B means A is the sister of
B. Which of the following Shows that T is the niece
of P?

A. (T/ S-R+ Q x P)
B. (T- S+R x Q/P)
C. (P+ Q x R- S+T)
D. (P x Q-R/S+T)
E. None of these

R26
 2, 5, 15, 52.5, 210, ____, 4725

A. 945
B. 420
C. 2356
D. 2362.5

R27
 If STUDENT is coded as RUTE DOS, which word
would be coded as RDGPKBQ ?

A. SHERBET
B. SCHOLAR
C. SHINGLE
D. SHACKLE

R28
 If GENERALS is coded as DFGPEVAT, then
determine how CHEMICAL will be coded?

A. BGGOMGIT
B. GBOGGMTI
C. ITMGGOBG
D. BOGGMTGI

R29
 In a certain code, P+Q means P is the father of Q;
P-Q means P is the sister of Q and P/Q means P is
the brother of Q.

Which is the following equation, shows that A is

the uncle of D ?

A. (A+B+C-D)
B. (A-D+C/B)
C. (A+B/C-D)
D. (A/B+C/D)
E. None of these

R30
 M, the son-in-law of N is the brother-in-law of
O who is the brother of P. How is O related to
N?

A. Daughter
B. None of these
C. Aunt
D. Sister

R31
 A toddler was trying to find its mother. He was
facing West and walked for 20 mt. He turned
north then and walked another 20 mt. Then he
started walking towards south, he walked for 40
mt and turned east. He walked 20 mt. and moved
north for 4 mt. In which direction is it from the
original position and how far?

A. 60 mt north-east
B. 10 m north-east
C. 16 mt south
D. can’t be determined

R32
 Rachna walked 40 m towards west from a point
‘M’ and then turned left and walked another 40
m. Now she turned to her right and walked 20 m
and turning to left walked another 20 m. Finally
turned to my left and walked 60 m to reach a
point ‘n’. What is the shortest straight distance
between points ‘M’ and N’?

A. 20 m
B. 25 m
C. 30 m
D. 40 m
E. 60 m
R33
 In a class there are seven students (including boys
and girls) A, B, C, D, E, F and G. They sit on three
benches I, II and III. Such that at least two students
on each bench and at least one girl on each bench.
C who is a girl student, does not sit with A, E and
D. F the boy student sits with only B. A sits on the
bench I with his best friends. G sits on the bench
III. E is the brother of C.

How many girls are there out of these 7 students ?

A. 3
B. 3 or 4
C. 4
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D. none
 In a class there are seven students (including boys
and girls) A, B, C, D, E, F and G. They sit on three
benches I, II and III. Such that at least two
students on each bench and at least one girl on
each bench. C who is a girl student, does not sit
with A, E and D. F the boy student sits with only B.
A sits on the bench I with his best friends. G sits
on the bench III. E is the brother of C.
Which of the following is the group of girls ?

A. BCD
B. DCF
C. GED
D. ECB
R35
 In a class there are seven students (including
boys and girls) A, B, C, D, E, F and G. They sit on
three benches I, II and III. Such that at least two
students on each bench and at least one girl on
each bench. C who is a girl student, does not sit
with A, E and D. F the boy student sits with only
B. A sits on the bench I with his best friends. G
sits on the bench III. E is the brother of C.
On which bench there are three students ?

A. Bench I
B. Bench II
C. Bench III
D. Bench I or II
R36
 P^Q = P greater than Q.
P@Q = P smaller than or equal to Q.
P!Q = P is equal to Q.
P*Q = P is greater than equal to Q.
P&Q = P is smaller than Q.

Statement: A*B, C!A, C*E

Conclusions 1. C*B 2. B@E

A. If conclusion 1 is true
B. If conclusion 2 is true
C. If both conclusion 1 and 2 are true
D. If either conclusion 1 or 2 are true
R37 E. If neither conclusion 1 nor 2 is true