24 November 2025 · Shift 2

Area of a path The path is built outside the field, so it adds 3 m on each of the four sides. Outer length $=24+2\times 3=30$ m and outer width $=18+2\times 3=24$ m. Area of the outer rectangle $=30\times 24=720$ sq m. Area of the field $=24\times 18=432$ sq m. Area of the path =720-432=288 sq m, so option (c) is correct.

Area of a square For a square, perimeter $=4\times a$, where a is the side. So 4a=24, which gives $a=\frac{24}{4}=6$ m. Area of a square $=a^2=6^2=36$ sq m, so option (b) is correct.

Workplace behaviour The files fell by accident, so no one is at fault and the question is only about the right response. The mature workplace reaction is to help gather the files and reply politely - it settles the matter at once and keeps the working relationship healthy. Getting irritated and blaming the senior, laughing loudly, or walking away are all unhelpful and unprofessional. Hence option (a) is correct.

Symbol substitution Put the real sign in place of every substitute symbol: the symbol standing for division becomes $÷$ and the symbol standing for multiplication becomes $\times$. The expression therefore reads $12÷3-18\times 6$. By BODMAS, division and multiplication are done before subtraction. $12÷3=4$ and $18\times 6=108$. So the value =4-108=-104, and option (b) is correct.

Letter coding Compare BALL with CBMM letter by letter: B→C, A→B, L→M, L→M. Every letter moves one step forward in the alphabet, so the rule is +1. Apply the same +1 shift to CROW: C→D, R→S, O→P, W→X. So CROW is written as DSPX, and option (a) is correct.

Odd one out Test each number for being a perfect square: $9=3^2$, $16=4^2$, $25=5^2$, $36=6^2$. 30 lies between $25=5^2$ and $36=6^2$, so it is not the square of any whole number. Hence 30 is the odd one out, and option (d) is correct.

Organisation and headquarters The relation is 'organisation : city where its headquarters is located'. NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, has its headquarters at Brussels in Belgium. ASEAN, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, has its Secretariat at Jakarta in Indonesia. Bangkok is only where ASEAN was founded in 1967, Kathmandu is the SAARC headquarters and Vienna hosts OPEC and the IAEA, so option (a) is correct.

Word reversal Write the letters of INDIA backwards: I-N-D-I-A read from the end gives A-I-D-N-I, which is exactly the given code AIDNI. So the rule is simply to reverse the order of the letters. Reversing PATNA: P-A-T-N-A read from the end gives A-N-T-A-P. Hence the answer is ANTAP, and option (d) is correct.

Letter-cluster coding Compare EARTH with BXOPD position by position: E→B, A→X, R→O, T→P, H→D. The first three letters move 3 places backward and the last two move 4 places backward; the alphabet is treated as circular, so A moved 3 back gives X. The pattern of shifts is therefore $-3,-3,-3,-4,-4$. Apply it to VENUS: V-3=S, E-3=B, N-3=K, U-4=Q, S-4=O. So VENUS is coded as SBKQO, and option (c) is correct; options (a) and (b) merely swap the last two letters.

Number series Take the differences between consecutive terms: 91-79=12, 79-64=15, 64-46=18. These differences themselves rise by 3 each time, so the next difference is 18+3=21. Hence the next term =46-21=25, and option (b) is correct.

Circular seating When people face the centre, a person's right hand points anticlockwise, so 'X is to the immediate right of Y' means X comes just before Y in clockwise order. The three clues therefore give the clockwise blocks (B, D), (F, A) and (E, C), which must be placed round the table in some order. If the order were B, D, E, C, F, A then C and F would sit next to each other, which the last clue forbids. So the clockwise order is B, D, F, A, E, C; here B faces A and E faces D, so B and E are not opposite - both conditions are satisfied. Facing the centre, 'to the left' means moving clockwise: from A the first is E, the second is C and the third is B. Hence B is seated third to the left of A, and option (b) is correct.

Address matching Compare each candidate with the master address element by element - shop number, mall name, road, locality and PIN code. Option (a) changes the road number to 220 Ft. Road; option (c) changes the shop to G-16 and expands 'Ft.' into 'Feet'; option (d) spells 'Center' for 'Centre' and ends with PIN 411002. Only option (b) reproduces every element exactly - Shop No. G-15, City Centre Mall, 120 Ft. Road, Jayanagar, Pune - 411001. Hence option (b) is correct.

Address matching Check four things in each candidate: the house number, the initials, the bracketed part and the PIN code. Option (a) drops the full stops and writes 'KP Towers'; option (c) writes '12 A' with a space instead of '12/A'; option (d) shortens 'Brigade Road' to 'Brigade Rd'. Option (b) keeps every character of the master address, punctuation included. Hence option (b) is correct.

Number series Add each pair of consecutive terms: 2+3=5, 3+5=8, 5+8=13. Every term is the sum of the two terms before it, which is the Fibonacci pattern. So the next term =8+13=21, and option (c) is correct.

Rational decision making A fair decision must rest on evidence, not on personal closeness or on how one feels. So the correct course is to hear both colleagues, weigh their arguments against the facts available, and then decide. Siding with a friend (a) and going by personal preference (b) are both biased, while avoiding the decision (d) leaves the project stuck. Hence option (c) is correct.

Relief priority decision Only 8 of the 12 waiting people can be lifted, so the seats must go to those who are least able to survive the wait on their own. Elderly people and children have the lowest physical capacity to withstand aftershocks, cold, hunger or a long delay, so they form the most vulnerable group. Healthy adults can wait, move out on foot and even help at the site, so evacuating them first would expose the weakest to greater danger. 'First come, first serve' and random selection ignore need altogether, which is exactly what a relief operation must not do. Hence option (c) is correct.

Number series (cubes) Read the terms as powers rather than as differences: $1=1^3$, $8=2^3$, $27=3^3$, $64=4^3$ and $125=5^3$. So the series is simply the cubes of consecutive natural numbers. The next term must therefore be $6^3=6\times 6\times 6=216$. Option (a) 217 and option (c) $343=7^3$ break the order of the cubes. Hence option (b) is correct.

Number series (differences) Take the successive differences: 56-30=26, 90-56=34 and 132-90=42. These differences themselves grow by 8 each time, so the next difference is 42+8=50. Therefore the required term is 132+50=182. The same rule can be seen as a product of consecutive numbers: $30=5\times 6$, $56=7\times 8$, $90=9\times 10$, $132=11\times 12$ and $182=13\times 14$. Hence option (b) is correct.

Linear seating arrangement Number the seats 1 to 8 from the left end; everyone faces north, so left and right are as seen on the page. P1 is immediately left of P5 and P4 is fifth to the right of P5, so P4 sits six places to the right of P1, while P6 sits five places to the right of P1. A seat six places to the right of P1 must still lie in the row, so P1 can only be at seat 1 or seat 2. P7 is a neighbour of P1. If P1 were at seat 1, its only neighbour is seat 2, which is already P5; so P1 is at seat 2 and P7 at seat 1. Then P5 is at seat 3, P6 at seat 7 and P4 at seat 8, and P2, being third to the right of P7, is at seat 4. Exactly two persons sit between P8 and P4 (seat 8), which puts P8 at seat 5, and the only person left, P3, takes seat 6. Counting from the right end, seat 8 is first, seat 7 second and seat 6 third, and seat 6 is P3. Hence option (a) is correct.

Direction sense distance Take the first stretch as due east: R walks 12 km east from the starting point. Turning left while facing east means he now faces north, so the second stretch of 5 km is perpendicular to the first. The two stretches form the legs of a right-angled triangle, so the direct distance is the hypotenuse: $\sqrt{{12}^2+5^2}$. $\sqrt{144+25}=\sqrt{169}=13$. Hence option (a) is correct.

Number analogy As the note directs, treat each number as a whole and compare the complete pairs. In the second pair, 7214-6372=842, and in the third pair, 5673-4831=842. So the rule is: second number = first number +842. For the missing first number, 5263-842=4421. Check: 4421+842=5263, which matches the given pair. Hence option (b) is correct.

Symbol substitution Replace every symbol by the meaning given: + becomes $÷$, - becomes +, $\times$ becomes - and $÷$ becomes $\times$. So $36+4-12\times 3÷6$ turns into $36÷4+12-3\times 6$. Now apply BODMAS: $36÷4=9$ and $3\times 6=18$. The expression becomes 9+12-18=21-18=3. Hence option (a) is correct.

Interchanging signs Interchanging the two given signs means writing $÷$ wherever + appears and + wherever $÷$ appears. So $40+8÷10-2\times 3$ becomes $40÷8+10-2\times 3$. By BODMAS, do division and multiplication first: $40÷8=5$ and $2\times 3=6$. The expression reduces to 5+10-6=15-6=9. Hence option (b) is correct.

Interchanging numbers Interchanging the numbers 3 and 6 means every standalone 3 becomes 6 and every standalone 6 becomes 3; digits inside a bigger number such as 12 are untouched. Equation I, $6\times 4-3+8÷2=18$, becomes $3\times 4-6+8÷2$. By BODMAS, 12-6+4=10, which is not 18, so I is not correct. Equation II, $3\times 2+6-12÷4=13$, becomes $6\times 2+3-12÷4$. By BODMAS, 12+3-3=12, which is not 13, so II is not correct either. Since both equations fail, option (c) is correct.

Word formation To form PEARL you need the five letters P, E, A, R and L. PARCEL, PLAYER and PARLEY each contain all five of them, so PEARL can be formed from every one of these words. PLEASE is made of P, L, E, A, S, E - it has no R, so PEARL cannot be formed from it. Hence option (c) is correct.