Reasoning & Mental Ability – Previous Year Questions
94 questions from past HTET Common Portion papers, each with the correct answer. Open any question for its explanation.
- If it was Saturday on 10th December, 2022, what will be the day on 8th December, 2024 ?
- In a certain code language "sun shines brightly" is written as "ba lo sul", "houses are brightly lit" as "kado ula ari ba" and "light comes from sun" as "dopi kup lo nro". What code words are written for "sun" and "brig…
- Find the next term of the following letter series : MQNRO, JSKTL, GUHVI, DWEXF, ?
- Find the missing term in the following number series : 2, 9, 28, ?, 126, 217, 344
- Line : Square : : Arc : ?
- A, P, R, X, Y and Z are sitting in a row. Y and Z are in the centre and A and P are at the ends. R is sitting on the immediate left of A. Who is sitting on the immediate right of P ?
- Next term of the following series is : (AG/d)6, (CK/g)21, (EO/j)45, (GS/m)78, ?
- A is father of C and D is son of B. E is brother of A. C is sister of D. How is B related to E ?
- Five men P, Q, R, S and T read a newspaper. The one who reads first, gives it to R. The one who reads last, had taken from P. T was not the first or last to read. There were two readers between P and Q. Who reads the ne…
- Rekha walks 10 km straight and then turns right and walks 10 km. Then every time turning to her left, she walks 5, 15 and 15 km respectively. How far is she now from her starting point ?
- Find the odd one :
- A, B, C, D and E are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. Only A is between E and B. D is to the immediate left of B. Who is to the immediate left of C ?
- Shekhar walks 10 metres towards North. Then he walks 6 metres towards South. Then he walks 3 metres towards East. How far is he from his starting point ?
- Next term of the following number series will be : 5, 6, 9, 15, 25, ?
- Sachin is shorter than Kamal, but taller than Ram. Mohan is the tallest. Arun is a little shorter than Kamal and a little taller than Sachin. Who is the second tallest among these five persons ?
- P is Q's sister. R is Q's mother. S is R's father. T is S's mother. How is P related to S ?
- If ZIP = 300 and ZAN = 400, then ZOO =
- Find the missing term in the following letter series : AYD, BVF, DRH, ?, KGL
- If the letters in the word CYBERNETICS are rearranged in the alphabetical order, which letter will be in the middle in order after rearrangement ?
- If A stands on his head with his face towards North, in which direction will his left hand point ?
- In a group of 15 people, 7 read Hindi, 8 read English, while 3 of them read none of these two. How many of them read Hindi and English both ?
- In a class of 35 students, A is placed 7th from the bottom whereas B is placed 9th from the top and C is placed exactly between these two. What is A's position from C ?
- In a certain code language 'CEG' is written as 'TSR' and 'FHJ' is written as 'QPO', then in the same code language 'IKM' is written as :
- How many meaningful words can be formed with the letter EAML ?
- Find the next term of the following number series : 2, 3, 10, 15, 26, ?
- In a certain pattern, if 38 * 15 = 32, 62 * 91 = 7 and 74 * 81 = 29, then in the same pattern the value of 47 * 33 is :
- If it was Saturday on 17th December, 2002, what was the day on 22nd December, 2004 ?
- The next of the series is : Z1A, X2D, V6G, T21J, ?
- In English alphabet, the number of letters skipped in between adjacent letters in the series is decreased by one. Which of the following series observes the rule ?
- A travels 8 km from East to West and turns right and travel 2 km. Now again he turn right and travel 5 km. In which direction is he now positioned with reference to starting point ?