Reasoning Questions for SSC CGL Exam

Q1. Three of the following four are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
(a) Mustard
(b) Jowar
(c) Wheat
(d) Paddy

Q2. Three of the following four are alike in a certain way based on the English alphabetical series and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
(a) MLJ
(b) WVT
(c) OMK
(d) JIG

Q3. Three of the following four pairs are alike in a certain way and hence form a group. Which one does not belong to that group?
(a) DONE : NOED
(b) WANT : NATW
(c) WITH : TIHW
(d) HAVE : AVEH

Q4. Town D is 13 km towards the East of town A. A bus starts from town A, travels 8 km towards West and takes a right turn. After taking the right turn, it travels 5 km and reaches town B. From town B the bus takes a right turn again, travels 21 km and stops. How far and towards which direction must the bus travel to reach town D?
(a) 13 km towards South
(b) 5 km towards West
(c) 21 km towards South
(d) 5 km towards South

Q5. Three of the following four are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
(a) 21
(b) 35
(c) 49
(d) 36

Directions (6-7): What should come in place of question mark (?) in the following number series?

Q6. 15, 19, 83, 119, 631, (?)
(a) 783
(b) 993
(c) 702
(d) 731

Q7. 342, 337.5, 328.5, 315, 297, (?)
(a) 365.5
(b) 360
(c) 270
(d) 274.5

Direction (8-9): In each of these questions, a number series is given. In each series, only one number is wrong number.Find out the wrong number?

Q8. 32, 16, 24, 65, 210, 945, 5197.5
(a) 210
(b) 65
(c) 32
(d)5197.5

Q9. 6, 91, 584, 2935, 11756, 35277, 70558
(a) 70558
(b) 91
(c) 2935
(d) 584

Q10. Which one of the letters when sequentially placed at the gaps in the given letter series shall complete it?
a__cd__bd__abc__a__dc
(a) c a c b a
(b) b a b c c
(c) b a c d b
(d) b a b a d

Q11. In a row of children facing North, Ritesh is twelfth from the left end. Sudhir who is twenty-second from the right end is fourth to the right of Ritesh. Total how many children are there in the row?
(a) 35
(b) 36
(c) 37
(d) 34

Directions(12-15):For each of the following questions there is some relationship between the two terms to the left of :: and the same relationship obtains between the two terms to its right. In each of these questions the fourth term is missing. This term is one of the alternatives among the five terms given below. Find out this term.

Q12. XWV : UTS : : LKJ : ... ?
(a) IHG
(b) JKL
(c) STU
(d) MNO

Q13. NUMBER : UNBMRE : : GHOST : ?
(a) HOGST
(b) HOGTS
(c) HGOST
(d) HGSOT

Q14. 3 : 10 : : 48 : ?
(a) 19
(b) 65
(c) 78
(d) 72

Q15. 08 : 09 : : 64 : ?
(a) 16
(b) 25
(c) 125
(d) 32

Solutions

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.D

5.D

6.D

7.D

8.B

9.D

10.C

11.C

12.A

13.D

14.B

15.B