Reasoning Questions for SSC CGL Exam 2017

Q1. Find the missing term in the below series?
8, 28, 116, 584,?
(a) 2752
(b) 3504
(c) 3508
(d) 3506

Q2. Select the odd one out from the given alternatives.
(64, 83), (100, 121), (16, 25), (36, 49)
(a) 64, 83
(b) 100, 121
(c) 16, 25
(d) 36, 49

Q3. Which of the following word cannot be formed by using the letters of the given word? LIBERATIONIST
(a) LIBERAL
(b) RELATION
(c) SERIAL
(d) BITTERN

Q4. Find the missing word?
Book : Publisher : : Film : ?
(a) Editor
(b) Director
(c) Producer
(d) Actor

Q5. A man leaves for his office from his house. He walks towards East. After moving a distance of 20 m, he turns towards South and walks 10 m. Then he walks 35 m towards the West and further 5 m towards the North. He then turns towards East and walks 15 m. What is the straight distance in metres between his initial and final positions ?
(a) 0
(b) 5
(c) 10
(d) Cannot be determined

Q6. If three days before yesterday was Wednesday, what will be two days after tomorrow’?
(a) Wednesday
(b) Monday
(c) Friday
(d) Tuesday

Q7. If HEATER is written as KBDQHO, how will you encode COOLER?
(a) ALRIHV
(b) FLRIHO
(c) FLIRHO
(d) FRLIHO

Q8. Four students are sitting in a row. ‘X’ is on the right of ‘Y’. ‘N’ is on the left of ‘Y’. ‘X’ is on the left of ‘P’. Who is sitting first from the left?
(a) Y
(b) P
(c) X
(d) N

Q9. In the letter series some of the letters are missing which are given in that order as one of the alternatives below it. Choose the correct alternative.
ab__aa __caabc__ab__
(a) bbca
(b) bcbc
(c) cbac
(d) baca

Q10. If wall is called window, window is called door, door is called floor, floor is called roof and roof is called ventilator, what will a person stand on ?
(a) Window
(b) Wall
(c) Floor
(d) Roof

Q11. Which one of the given responses would be a meaningful order of the following:
1. Implementation
2. Conceptual Modelling
3. Requirements Analysis
4. Logical Modelling
5. Physical Model
6. Schema Refinement
(a) 3, 2, 1, 4, 6, 5
(b) 3, 2, 4, 6, 5, 1
(c) 1, 3, 2, 6, 5, 4
(d) 3, 2, 5, 4, 6, 1

Q12. In a certain code language, '526' means 'sky is blue'; '24' means 'blue colour' and '436' means 'colour is fun'. Which digit in that language means 'fun'?
(a) 5
(6) 4
(c) 3
(d) 2

Q13. Pointing out to a lady, a girl said, "She is the daughter-in-law of the grandmother of my father's only son." How is the lady related to the girl?
(a) Sister-in-law
(b) Mother
(c) Aunt
(d) Mother-in-law

Q14. If MADRAS can be written as ARSARS. how can ARKONAM be written in that
code?
(a) ROAANM
(b) ROAROA
(c) ROAKNM
(d) ROAKNA

Q15. Find the missing term in the following series?
AZ, BY, CX, ?
(a)EF
(b)GH
(c)IJ
(d)DW

Solutions

1.C

2.A

3.A

4.C

5.B

6.A

7.B

8.D

9.C

10.D

11.B

12.C

13.B

14.B

15.D