Chapter 165 of 192
General Intelligence & Reasoning
BEAUTIFUL has the vowels E, A, U, I and U.
Their values are 3, 1, 9, 5 and 9.
3 + 1 + 9 + 5 + 9.
= 27 — option (c).
Pune was on 9 March and Lucknow on 5 March, a gap of 4 days.
So Lucknow falls 4 days BEFORE Thursday.
Thursday → Wednesday → Tuesday → Monday → Sunday.
= Sunday — option (c).
Rule: square the first number and add the second.
Check: 4² + 6 = 16 + 6 = 22 ✓.
5² + 101 = 25 + 101.
= 126 — option (b).
Rule: add the digits of the number.
Check: 5 + 7 + 4 = 16 ✓ and 9 + 6 + 3 = 18 ✓.
4 + 1 + 3.
= 8 — option (a).
Put X = + and Y = −: 96 ÷ 8 + 2 × 144 − 16.
BODMAS: 96 ÷ 8 = 12 and 2 × 144 = 288.
12 + 288 − 16 = 300 − 16.
= 284 ✓ — option (c).
Ahmedabad, Surat and Vadodara are all cities of GUJARAT.
Jaipur is in Rajasthan.
So it belongs to a different state.
Hence option (c).
Q and R are wife and husband.
P is the son of Q, so P is also the son of R.
R is male.
R is P’s father — option (b).
Net change = a + b + .
= 20 + 30 + .
= 50 + 6.
= 56% — option (b).
Rule: square the number and multiply by the number one less.
Check: 7² × 6 = 49 × 6 = 294 ✓.
8² × 7 = 64 × 7.
= 448 — option (c).
All doctors lie inside the skilled group, and no skilled person is allowed.
So no doctor is allowed — conclusion I says the exact opposite ✗.
"No skilled is allowed" also rules out any skilled person being allowed, so II is false ✗.
Neither follows — option (d).
Only SOME papers are red, and books need not be among those red papers — so nothing links books to wood.
A counter-case settles it: let every book be made of wood, with the red papers lying outside wood. All three statements still hold, yet conclusion I is false ✗.
Nothing is said about wood being paper either, so II is not certain ✗.
Neither follows — option (d).
Every letter moves one place BACK: R−1 = Q, A−1 = Z (cyclic), M−1 = L, A−1 = Z, N−1 = M ✓.
Apply to BHABHA: B−1 = A, H−1 = G, A−1 = Z.
Then again B−1 = A, H−1 = G, A−1 = Z.
Hence AGZAGZ — option (a).
The letters D, F, H, J, L move forward by 2 each time.
The numbers should rise by 2 as well: 7, 9, 11, 13, then 15.
The series shows L17 in place of L15 ✗.
Hence option (d).
These are the cubes of consecutive numbers.
2³ = 8, 3³ = 27, 4³ = 64 ✓.
Next is 5³.
= 125 — option (a).
Ganga, Godavari, Krishna and Yamuna are all rivers of INDIA.
The Nile flows through Africa.
So it belongs to a different continent.
Hence option (c).
1st letters: C, E, G, I — each +2 ⇒ next is K.
2nd letters: Y, X, W, V — each −1 ⇒ next is U.
So the pair is K and U.
Hence KU — option (d).
The rule alternates + 3 and × 2.
15 + 3 = 18, 18 × 2 = 36, 36 + 3 = 39, 39 × 2 = 78 ✓.
The next step is + 3.
78 + 3 = 81 — option (a).
Amount = P(1 + )ᵗ.
= 8,000 × (1.10)².
= 8,000 × 1.21.
= ₹9,680 — option (a).
Compare BRAVE with ASBWD: B−1 = A, R+1 = S, A+1 = B, V+1 = W, E−1 = D.
So the first and last letters move −1 while the middle three move +1.
Apply to FIGHT: F−1 = E, I+1 = J, G+1 = H, H+1 = I, T−1 = S.
Hence EJHIS — option (c).
A number divisible by both 3 and 7 must be a multiple of 21.
36 is divisible by 3 but not 7; 49 by 7 but not 3; 50 by neither.
42 = 21 × 2, so it is divisible by both.
Hence option (b).
Each letter is simply replaced by its position in the alphabet.
Y = 25, U = 21, R = 18, C = 3.
T = 20, N = 14, O = 15.
Hence 25-21-18-3-20-14-15 — option (a).
"My father’s only daughter" is Rohit’s sister.
The person is her only son.
So he is Rohit’s sister’s son.
That makes him Rohit’s nephew — option (b).
Every letter moves one place back: N−1 = M, B−1 = A, S−1 = R, L−1 = K, F−1 = E, U−1 = T ✓.
Apply the same rule to MARKET: M−1 = L, A−1 = Z (cyclic), R−1 = Q.
K−1 = J, E−1 = D, T−1 = S.
Hence LZQJDS — option (a).
These are consecutive PRIME numbers.
13, 17, 19, 23, 29 ✓.
The next prime after 29 is 31.
= 31 — option (b).Finished reading? Now test yourself.
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