22 November 2025 · Shift 2

Decimal to fraction A decimal is written as a fraction by putting the digits after the point over 1 followed by as many zeros as there are decimal places. 0.35 has two decimal places, so $0.35=\frac{35}{100}$. The other choices do not have this value: $\frac{7}{10}=0.7$ and $\frac{1}{35}\approx 0.03$, while $\frac{3.5}{10}$ still keeps a decimal in the numerator, so it is not written in fraction form at all. Hence, the fraction that stands for 0.35 is $\frac{35}{100}$, i.e. option (b).

Direction sense Take the starting point as O and draw the three moves one after another. The 12 km walked towards the north is exactly cancelled by the 12 km walked towards the south, so in the north-south direction he finishes level with O. Only the 20 km walked towards the west is left uncancelled, so the final point lies due west of O. Therefore the distance from the starting point is 20 km, i.e. option (b).

Letter series Write the alphabet position of each term: K = 11, M = 13, O = 15, Q = 17. Every term is 2 more than the term before it, so the rule of the series is +2. The next position is 17+2=19, and the 19th letter of the alphabet is S. Hence, option (c) is the correct answer.

Decision making The manager's aim is sound - better morale - but the means he is weighing is a promise of money the company does not have. A promise that has to be withdrawn later destroys trust and leaves morale lower than it was, so the responsible course keeps the aim and drops the unaffordable means. Announcing the hike anyway buys a few days of cheer at the cost of credibility, ignoring the problem leaves it untouched, and blaming market conditions only shifts the blame without doing anything. Incentives the company can actually deliver, announced with a phased plan of improvement, are honest and still lift morale. Hence, option (d) is the correct answer.

Number analogy Look for the operation that turns the first number of the pair into the second: $6\times 6\times 6=216$, so $216=6^3$. The rule is therefore 'second number = cube of the first number'. Applying the same rule to 9 gives $9^3=9\times 9\times 9=729$. Hence, option (a) is the correct answer.

Quantity and SI unit In the given pair the relation is 'physical quantity : its SI unit', because electric current is measured in ampere. The SI unit of force is the newton - the force that gives a mass of 1 kilogram an acceleration of 1 metre per second squared. Volt is the unit of potential difference, joule of work or energy and watt of power, so none of them belongs to force. Hence, option (b) is the correct answer.

Word coding by reversal Read SPAIN from the last letter to the first: N, I, A, P, S - that is exactly NIAPS. So the code of a word is simply the word written in reverse order. Reversing BRAZIL in the same way gives L, I, Z, A, R, B, i.e. LIZARB. Hence, option (a) is the correct answer.

Letter cluster analogy Compare CATS with STAC: S, T, A, C is CATS read backwards, so the rule is a plain reversal. Now reverse RANOS: the letters taken from the end are S, O, N, A, R. That spells SONAR, which appears among the options. Hence, option (b) is the correct answer.

Letter cluster analogy Place SUNFLOWER above RSUNFLOWE and compare: the last letter R has jumped to the front and the remaining eight letters SUNFLOWE have shifted one place to the right, their order untouched. Apply the same operation to LOTUS, whose last letter is S. S goes to the front and LOTU follows it, giving SLOTU. Hence, option (d) is the correct answer.

Number series Break the given string into two-digit numbers: 20, 12, 22, 14, 24, 16. The terms form two alternating chains - the 1st, 3rd and 5th terms are 20, 22, 24 and the 2nd, 4th and 6th terms are 12, 14, 16. Each chain rises by 2, so the next term of the first chain is 24+2=26 and the next term of the second chain is 16+2=18. Written one after the other these give 2618. Hence, option (d) is the correct answer.

Ranking in a row Rahul is 12th from the left, so the block from the left end up to Rahul contains 12 boys. Amit is 18th from the right, so the block from the right end up to Amit contains 18 boys. These two blocks do not overlap, and exactly 5 boys stand between Rahul and Amit. Total number of boys =12+5+18=35. Hence, option (a) is the correct answer.

Odd one out Find the gap between consecutive letters of each group using their alphabet positions. FDB: F(6), D(4), B(2) - the steps are -2 and -2; NLJ: N(14), L(12), J(10) and PNL: P(16), N(14), L(12) show the same -2, -2 pattern. WUT: W(23), U(21), T(20) - the first step is -2 but the second is only -1. So WUT alone breaks the pattern, and option (d) is the correct answer.

Address matching Compare each candidate with the master address field by field - house number, colony, landmark, city and PIN code. Option (a) ends in the PIN 110033 and option (b) in 110044, whereas the master address has 110034. Option (d) changes the house number from 4-5-55/A to 4-5-55/B. Only option (c) keeps every word, punctuation mark and digit exactly as in the master address. Hence, option (c) is the correct answer.

Address matching Check the candidates against the master address one field at a time - flat number, building, sector, locality and PIN code. Option (a) reads Sector 18 in place of Sector 28, and option (b) ends in the PIN 110075 instead of 110065. Option (c) changes the flat number from D-102 to D-103. Option (d) reproduces every field, comma and digit exactly as in the master address. Hence, option (d) is the correct answer.

Performance appraisal An appraisal must measure everything the job actually demands, not the one part that is convenient to measure. The employee finishes his own tasks efficiently, so judging by output alone would earn him a high rating. But refusing to cooperate slows the whole team down, and cooperation is part of the job, so team behaviour cannot be left out either. A fair assessment therefore weighs performance and teamwork together, while personal annoyance is a bias and has no place in it. Hence, option (c) is the correct answer.

Ranking by length 'Length of Q is less than only three boxes' means exactly three boxes are longer than Q, so Q stands 4th from the longest end. 'Length of no box is less than S' makes S the shortest box, so S takes the 5th place. 'R is not more than T but more than P' gives T>R>P, and since no two lengths are equal these three fill the first three places. The complete order from the longest to the shortest is therefore T>R>P>Q>S. Only P, Q and S lie below R, that is 3 boxes. Hence, option (b) is the correct answer.

Linear seating arrangement Number the eight seats 1 to 8, counting towards the girls' right. A is immediately to the right of E and A is fifth to the right of F, so A=E+1 and A=F+5, which gives E=F+4. D is fifth to the left of E, so D=E-5=F-1; and H is third to the right of D, so H=D+3=F+2. Every seat number must lie between 1 and 8, and $D=F-1\ge 1$ with $A=F+5\le 8$ forces F=2. That fixes D=1, F=2, H=4, E=6 and A=7. G is an immediate neighbour of A, and seat 6 is already E's, so G takes seat 8. Exactly two girls sit between B and G, so B is on seat 5, and the one seat left, seat 3, goes to C. C is on seat 3, and seat 4 - the seat to her immediate right - belongs to H. Hence, option (a) is the correct answer.

Direction rotation Read both given changes on the compass dial to find one common rotation. South-East turned through ${135}^{\circ }$ in the anticlockwise sense reaches North, and North-East turned through the same ${135}^{\circ }$ anticlockwise reaches West. So in the new system every direction is the old direction rotated ${135}^{\circ }$ anticlockwise. Apply the same turn to South-West: South-West → South (${45}^{\circ }$) → South-East (${90}^{\circ }$) → East (${135}^{\circ }$). Hence South-West becomes East, option (c).

Direction sense F starts facing east and covers 15 m east. A left turn from east makes him face north, and he covers 9 m north. A right turn from north makes him face east again, and he covers 12 m east. The last right turn from east makes him face south, and he covers 9 m south. The 9 m north and the 9 m south cancel, so no north-south displacement is left. The eastward movement adds up to 15+12=27 m. Hence he is 27 m east of the starting point, option (c).

Direction and distance Take the common starting point O as the origin. X walks 7 km north; facing north, his right hand points east, so after the right turn he walks 5 km east and stands 5 km east and 7 km north of O. Y walks 5 km south, so Y stands 5 km south of O. The north-south gap between X and Y is 7+5=12 km and the east-west gap is 5 km. These two gaps are the legs of a right triangle, so $XY=\sqrt{{12}^2+5^2}=\sqrt{144+25}=\sqrt{169}=13$ km. The straight line joining the two lies along the south-west - north-east line, so the required answer is 13 km along the south-west direction. Hence, option (d) is the correct answer.

Interchanging numbers Only the complete numbers 2 and 6 are to be exchanged; 12 is a single number and is left untouched. So $6\times 4+2-12÷3$ becomes $2\times 4+6-12÷3$. By BODMAS, do division and multiplication first: $12÷3=4$ and $2\times 4=8$. The expression is now 8+6-4=10. Hence, option (c) is the correct answer.

Interchanging numbers Exchange the numbers 4 and 7 wherever either of them appears as a complete number, then test each equation. Equation I becomes $4\times 5+7-3÷1=20+7-3=24$, and the right-hand side is also 24, so I remains correct. Equation II becomes $7\times 8+4-15÷5=56+4-3=57$, while the right-hand side is 30, so II is not correct. Thus only equation II fails after the interchange. Hence, option (b) is the correct answer.

Number coding Replace each letter by its opposite letter of the alphabet, whose place value is 27- (place value of the letter), add these values and then subtract 2. SNAKE: the opposite values are 8, 13, 26, 16, 22, whose sum is 8+13+26+16+22=85, and 85-2=83. MATCH: the opposite values are 14, 26, 7, 24, 19, whose sum is 14+26+7+24+19=90, and 90-2=88. For SING the opposite values are $S\to 8$, $I\to 18$, $N\to 13$, $G\to 20$. Their sum is 8+18+13+20=59, so the code is 59-2=57. Hence, option (b) is the correct answer.

Word formation The letters available in SIGHT are S, I, G, H and T, each occurring once. THIS needs T, H, I, S - all four are present, so it can be formed. GIST needs G, I, S, T and HITS needs H, I, T, S - again every letter is present, so both can be formed. SING needs the letter N, and N does not occur in SIGHT, so this word alone cannot be formed. Hence, option (d) is the correct answer.

Jumbled word The capitalised group is LUAHG, made of the letters L, U, A, H and G. The sentence says the movie made the speaker do something 'out loud', so the missing word must be a verb such as a sound one makes. Arranged as L, A, U, G, H these very letters spell LAUGH, which fits the sentence perfectly. The other options are only further jumbles of the same letters and carry no meaning. Hence, option (b) is the correct answer.