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.
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- In a certain code language "PARTICLE" is written as "USBQFMDJ" and "GENERATE" is written as "FOFHFUBS", then in same code language "DOCUMENT" will be written as :
- In a row of girls, A is 10th from the left and B is 14th from the right. If they interchange their positions, A becomes 24th from the left. How many girls are there in a row ?
- D is taller than C and E. A is not as tall as E. C is taller than A. D is not as tall as B. Who is the tallest among them ?
- Pointing to a girl in photograph, X said "She is the daughter of my grandfather's only son". How is the girl related to X ?
- A steam engine train runs from east to west and wind is blowing from north to south, then the smoke from the train would blow in which direction ?
- The next term of the following number series is : 3, 13, 22, 32, 59, 69, 120, 130, ?
- In a certain code MONKEY is written as XDJMNL. How is TIGER written in that code ?
- In a certain pattern, if 9 * 3 = 36, 10 * 6 = 64, 9 * 1 = 25, then in same pattern what is the value of 23 * 3 ?
- If the Independence Day in 1988 was celebrated on Wednesday. On what day was it celebrated in the year 1989 ?
- Vijay walks 10 km towards North, from there, he walks 6 km towards South, then he walks 3 km towards East. How far and in which direction is he with reference to his starting point ?
- There are five different houses A to E in a row. A is to the right of B and E is to the left of C and right of A. B is to the right of D. Which of the house is exactly in the middle ?
- In a row of girls, Shilpa is 8th from the left and Reena is 17th from the right, if they interchange their positions, Shilpa becomes 14th from the left. How many girls are there in a row ?
- Find the next term of the number series : 127, 128, 136, 163, 227, ……
- If A means 'plus', B means 'minus', C means 'divide by', D means 'multiply'. Then what will be simplified value of 18 A 12 C 6 D 2 B 5 = ?
- Find the missing letters in the given letter series : a − cdaab − cc − daa − bbb − ccddd
- The numbers in the following question are written according to a certain pattern row-wise or column-wise. Identify the pattern and find the missing number accordingly : 6 11 25 8 6 16 12 5 ?
- Earth is related to Axis in the same way as wheel is related to :
- Anil introduces Prashant, "He is the husband of the grand daughter of the father of my father". How is Prashant related to Anil ?
- Four groups of letters are given below, three of them are alike in certain way while one is different, choose the odd one :
- Find the next term in the following letter series : LXF, MTJ, NPN, OLR, ……..
- In a certain code '786' means 'Study very hard', '958' means 'Hard work pays', '645' means 'Study and work', which is the code for 'very' ?
- If A is 40 meter South-West of B, C is 40 meter South-East of B, then C is in which direction of A ?
- Find the next term in the following number series : 2, 7, 24, 77, 238, ……..
- If × stands for − , ÷ stands for +, + stands for ÷, − stands for ×, then what is the value of 15 − 5 ÷ 5 × 20 + 10 ?
- Which term is wrong in the following series ? 8, 13, 21, 32, 47, 63, 83
- The next term of the following letter series will be : CAE, HFJ, MKO, RPT, ….
- Among five persons A, B, C, D and E, A is shorter than B but taller than E. C is the tallest. D is shorter than B but taller than A. Who among them is shortest ?
- A said "that boy is the grandson of my mother's husband. I have no brother or sister." How is the boy related to A ?
- Find the wrong number in the following series : 135, 226, 353, 552, 739
- Find the wrong term of the following series : G4T, J9R, M20P, P41N, S90L