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1 NTSE (Stage-1) Sample Paper-2 MENTAL ABILITY TEST (MAT) Time : 2 Hrs. Max. Marks : 100 General instructions: 1. The question paper contains 100 questions. 2. Every correct answer will be awarded 1 mark. There will be no negative marking. Directions (Q.1 to 3) : In each of the following questions, four words are given. Which of them will come in the first if all of them are arranged alphabetically as in a dictionary? 1. (A) Spine (B) Spinal (C) Spinner (D) Spinet 2. (A) Praise (B) Practical (C) Prank (D) Prayer 3. (A) Heaven (B) Hillock (C) Hawker (D) Hilt Directions (Q.4 to 5) : In each of the following questions, find out how many such pairs of letters are there in the given word each of which has as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet. 4. PREAMBLE (A) One (B) Two (C) Three (D) More than three 5. CREATIVE (A) One (B) Two (C) Three (D) Four 6. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word CLEARING each of which has two letters between them in the word as also in the alphabet? (A) Nil (B) One (C) Two (D) Three Directions (Q.7 to 8) : In each of the following questions, find out which of the letter-series follows the given rule. 7. Number of letters skipped in between adjacent letters in the series is two (A) MPSVYBE (B) QSVYZCF (C) SVZCGJN (D) ZCGKMPR 8. The group of letters should not contain more than two vowels. (A) BDEJOLY (B) JKAPIXU (C) PRAQEOS (D) ZILERAM Directions (Q.9 to 11) : Answer the given questions based on the following English alphabet: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 9. Which letter is fifth to the right of the Eighteenth letter from your right? (A) C (B) N (C) E (D) M H.O. 92, Rajeev Gandhi Nagar, Kota (Raj.) Mob , , Ph

2 10. If all the vowels are removed from the alphabet, which letter will be the seventh to the right of the fifth letter from the left? (A) L (B) M (C) N (D) P 11. If every alternate letter, starting with A, is removed from the alphabet, which letter among the remaining letters would be the third to the right of the fifth letter from the right? (A) X (B) V (C) L (D) J 12. A meaningful word starting with A is made from the first, the second, the fourth, the fifth and the sixth letters of the word CONTRACT. Which of the following is the middle letter of that word? (A) C (B) O (C) R (D) T 13. If it is possible to make a meaningful word with the third, fifth, eighth and tenth letters of the word DISTRIBUTE, which of the following will be the third letter of that word? If more than one such words can be made, give 'M' as the answer (A) S (B) R (C) E (D) X 14. 2, 4, 8, 3, 9, 27, 5, 25, 125,,, (A) 6, 36, 216 (B) 9, 81, 729 (C) 9,81,100 (D) 7,49, ,16, 64, 256,,4096 (A) 1024 (B) 1000 (C) 1248 (D) , 30, 36, 44, 52, 60 (A) 76 (B) 64 (C) 90 (D) , 1385, 1169, 1044, 980, (A) 972 (B) 916 (C) 954 (D) , 4, 48, 180, 448, (A) 1584 (B) 1331 (C) 1000 (D) (A) 1002 (B) 1102 (C) 1012 (D) , 10, 29, 66, 127,? (A) 164 (B) 187 (C) 216 (D) , 12, 36, 80, 150,? (A) 194 (B) 210 (C) 252 (D) In the series 2, 6, 18, 54,... what will be the 8th term? (A) 4370 (B) 4374 (C) 7443 (D) 7434 H.O. 92, Rajeev Gandhi Nagar, Kota (Raj.) Mob , , Ph

3 Direction (Q23) Find the wrong term in given series , 169, 144, 121, 101 (A) 101 (B) 121 (C) 169 (D) 196 Directions (Q.24 to 25) : In each of the following questions, various terms of a letter series are given with one term missing as shown by (?). Choose the missing term out of the given alternatives. 24.?, siy, oeu, kaq, gwm, cri, (A) wnc (B) wnb (C) vnc (D) wmc 25. QPO, SRQ, UTS, WVU,? (A) XVZ (B) ZYA (C) YXW (D) VMX 26. J2Z, K4X, I7V,?, H16R, M22P (A) I11T (B) L11S (C) L12T (D) L11T 27. C4X, F9U, I16R,? (A) K25P (B) L25P (C) L250 (D) L27P 28. A, CD, GHI,?, UVWXY (A) LMNO (B) MNO (C) NOPQ (D) MNOP 29. APZLT, CQYNR, ERXPP, GSWRN, ITVTL, (?) (A) KUUVJ (B) KVUUJ (C) JUVUK (D) JUUVK 30. a b c - - c d a c d - - d a b - (A) d a b a b (B) c a b d b (C) a d a b c (D) d b a b c 31. a b - - a - d c a c b - a c d - (A) d c b d b (B) c d b b d (C) d a b d b (D) c d b b d 32. a b - a c c - - d a - b b - (A) c d a b c (B) b a d a a (C) d b a c d (D) c d b c d Directions (Q33. to 35) : In each of the following questions, three sequences of letters/number are given which correspond to each other in some way. In each question, you have to find out the letters/numerals that come in the vacant places marked by (?). These are given as one of the four alternatives under the question, Mark your answer as instructed. 33. C B D _ B A B C C B ???? a _ a b _ c _ b (A) 3, 4, 4, 3 (B) 3, 2, 2, 3 (C) 3, 1, 1, 3 (D) 1, 4, 4, 1 H.O. 92, Rajeev Gandhi Nagar, Kota (Raj.) Mob , , Ph

7 9 11 2 3 2 53 90? (A) 120 (B) 100 (C) 125 (D) 64 38. 2 2 4 3 9 27 2? 18 (A) 10 (B) 9 (C) 8 (D) 6 39. 3 (A) 262 (B) 622 (C) 631 (D) 752 40.

4 34. _ A C _ B D _ C D C D 2 _ 4 1 _ 1 4 c d _ b c _ a???? (A) a, b, a, b (B) a, c, a, c (C) c, b, c, b (D) c, d, c, d 35. _ A D A C B B D C C a b c d???? (A) a, c, d, d (B) a, d, c, c (C) c, a, d, d (D) d, c, a, a 36. (A) 125 (B) 25 (C) 625 (D) ? (A) 120 (B) 100 (C) 125 (D) ? 18 (A) 10 (B) 9 (C) 8 (D) (A) 262 (B) 622 (C) 631 (D) (A) 125 (B) 216 (C) 121 (D) (A) 76 (B) 26 (C) 25 (D) 20 H.O. 92, Rajeev Gandhi Nagar, Kota (Raj.) Mob , , Ph

5 42. (A) 49 (B) 50 (C) 48 (D) (A) 40 (B) 32 (C) 35 (D) ? 903 (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) (A) 9 (B) 10 (C) 8 (D) (A) 24 (B) 48 (C) 13 (D) (A) 3.1 (B) 3.2 (C) 3.9 (D) 3.5 Directions (Q48 to 52) Refer to the data below and answer the questions that follow. A B = A B A B ; A O B = ; A B = A B 2 2 A B ; A * B = A B A B H.O. 92, Rajeev Gandhi Nagar, Kota (Raj.) Mob , , Ph

6 48. Find the value of (2 8) O.(6 4). (A) 10 (B) 20 (C) 0 (D) Find the value of 12 6 (A) 5 (B) 12 (C) 18 (D) Find the value of (10 6) (28 20). (A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) Which of the options is greatest? (A) (2 3) O (2 3) (B) (7 3) 4 (C) (7 * 4) (7 4) (D) 9 3 9*3 52. Which of the following is true? (i) A B = (A O B) (ii) A B = A B AO B (iii) A * B = AO B A B (A) (i) and (ii) (B) (ii) and (iii) (C) (i) and (iii) (D) (i), (ii) and (iii) 53. Which one of the four interchanges in signs and numbers would make the given equation correct? = 4 (A) + and, 2 and 3 (B) + and, 2 and 5 (C) + and, 3 and 5 (D) None of these 54. If means +, means, means and + means, then (36 4) 8 4? (A) 0 (B) 8 (C) 12 (D) If A means, B means, C means + and D means, then 1 5 B 3 C 2 4 A 1 2 D 2 =? (A) 34 (B) 2 (C) 5/9 (D) None of these Directions (Q.56 to 58) : Below are given some symbols indicating some relations given against them. Read these symbols carefully and then answer the questions given below. There are five options (answers) to each question of which only is correct. Find the correct answer. x greater than not less than O not equal to equal to + not greater than less than 56. If a + b + c, it does not imply that (A) a b c (B) c b a (C) a b c (D) a b c H.O. 92, Rajeev Gandhi Nagar, Kota (Raj.) Mob , , Ph

7 57. If a b c, it implies that (A) a b c (B) c b a (C) b a c (D) a b a 58. If a O b O c, it does not imply that (A) a b c (B) b c a (C) a c b (D) b a c 59. If 'Leader' is coded as 'Actor', 'Actor' as an 'Administrator', 'Administrator' as a 'Traitor', 'Traitor' as a 'Social-reformer', then who takes part in the Parliamentary elections? (A) Actor (B) Leader (C) Traitor (D) Social-Reformist 60. In a certain code 'DELHI' is written as 'CDKGH' 'MADRAS' as 'LZCQZR' how will 'PATNA' be coded? (A) OZSMZ (B) QBUMB (C) OZTMZ (D) OZMSZ 61. If TOPER = , then HORNS =? (A) (B) (C) (D) If RED is coded as 6720, then how would GREEN be coded? (A) (B) (C) (D) Directions (Q.63) The coding scheme for following question is A = Z, B = Y, C = X and so on. 63. GROUP (A) TILEL (B) TILFK (C) TFGFK (D) TILGH 64. If 'sti nro kti' stands for 'clouds pour down', 'nro bsi mit' stands for 'down he goes' and 'bsi nro zpi' stands for 'died down he', which would mean 'goes'? (A) nro (B) mit (C) kti (D) bsi 65. If "ACT" is coded as " ", how you code the "BELOW"? (A) (B) (C) (D) Directions (Q.66 to 67) The capital letters in each of the following words are coded and written in small letters but not in the same order as the letters in the word. Find the coded for letters and answer the questions : RATE : ulhb DATE : ahul MALE : gpul NAME : cgul ROAD : buaf TALE : hplu 66. What will be code in correct order for the word TOAD? (A) bfal (B) gufb (C) hfua (D) hufl H.O. 92, Rajeev Gandhi Nagar, Kota (Raj.) Mob , , Ph

8 67. How will NORMAL be coded in correct order? (A) cfbhue (B) rfbgup (C) cubgfl (D) clubpg Directions (Q.68 to 69) In each of the following questions, a word is represented by only one set of numbers as given in any one of the alternatives. The sets of numbers given in the alternatives are represented by two classes of alphabets as in the two given matrices. The columns and rows of Matrix I are numbered from 0 to 4 and those of Matrix II from 5 to 9. A letter from these matrices can be represented first by row and then the column number, e.g., M can be represented by 02, 14, 21etc. Matrix I Matrix II F O M S R 1 S R F O M 2 O M S R F 3 R F O M S 4 M S R F O A T D I P 6 I P A T D 7 T D I P A 8 P A T D I 9 D I P A T 68. MOST (A) 40, 44, 22, 89 (B) 33, 20, 11, 79 (C) 21, 00, 03, 88 (D) 02, 13, 34, ROAD (A) 42, 32, 79, 58 (B) 23, 32, 98, 99 (C) 11, 13, 67, 69 (D) 04, 20, 55, If "BARS" = 10 and "BEERT" = 10, "DEEZ" will be? (A) 12 (B) 15 (C) 14 (D) If 'PEN'= 32, 'PAPER'= 51, then 'DESK'=? (A) 35 (B) 40 (C) 80 (D) If 'GOD' is coded as ' ', then how will 'BEN' be coded? (A) (B) (C) (D) Directions : (Q.73 to 78) Study the following number line and answer the questions that follow How many times is number 3 preceded by number 7 and not followed by an even number? (A) 6 (B) 5 (C) 4 (D) How many times is number 5 followed by 1 or 2, but not preceded by 8? (A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) How many times is number 9 preceded by 1 and succeeded by 7 which is not followed by 5? (A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) In a queue, Ramesh is the 7th from the back, Suresh is standing 6th from the front and only Shyam is standing in exactly between the two. Find the minimum number of boys standing in the queue? (A) 8 (B) 10 (C) 12 (D) 14 H.O. 92, Rajeev Gandhi Nagar, Kota (Raj.) Mob , , Ph

9 77. In a queue of 10 persons, A is standing on 7th from front and B is standing 6th from back. 3 persons entered the queue disrupting the positions of A and B. Find the pair of numbers indicating minimum possible disruption in their position from the front? (A) 6, 10 (B) 6, 9 (C) 7, 10 (D) 7, Amit said, This girl is the wife of the grandson of my mother. How is Amit related to the girl? (A) Father (B) Father-in-law (C) Grandfather (D) Husband 79. Introducing a girl, Vipin said, "Her mother is the only daughter of my mother-in-law. "How is Vipin related to the girl? (A) Uncle (B) Father (C) Brother (D) Husband 80. Showing the lady in the park, Vineet said, "She is the daughter of my grand father's only son. How is Vineet related to that lady? (A) Brother (B) Cousin (C) Father (D) Uncle 81. Pointing to a man, Amit said, His son is my son's uncle. How is that man related to Amit? (A) Brother (B) Uncle (C) Father (D) Grandfather 82. Pointing to a man Asha said, His brother s father is the only son of my grand father. How Asha is related to the man. (A) Mother (B) Aunt (C) Sister (D) Daughter 83. If P is the brother of the son of Q s Son, how is P related to Q? (A) Son (B) Brother (C) Cousin (D) Grandson 84. T is the son of P. S is the son of Q. T is married to R. R is Q's daughter. How is S related to T? (A) Brother (B) Uncle (C) Father-in-law (D) Brother-in-law Directions : (Q.85 to 94) In each question, two statements are followed by two conclusions, I and II. You have to take the given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts. Mark the answer (A) if only conclusion I follows (B) if only conclusion II follows (C) if both I and II follow. (D) if none follows 85. Statements : All pens are roads. All roads are houses. Conclusions : I. All houses are pens. II. Some houses are pens. 86. Statements : Some tins are pens. Some pens are rods. Conclusions: I. No rod is tin. II. All tins are rods. H.O. 92, Rajeev Gandhi Nagar, Kota (Raj.) Mob , , Ph

10 87. Statements : Some sabres are bombs. Key is a sabre. Conclusions : I. Some bombs are sabres. II. Some keys are bombs. 88. Statements : All lenses are horns. No horn is colourful. Conclusions: I. Some lenses are colourful. II. No lens is colourful. 89. Statements: All flirts are smart. All smart are rotten. Conclusions: I. All rotten are flirts. II. All smarts are flirts. 90. Statements: All puppies are dogs. All dogs are trained. Conclusions: I. Some trained are puppies. II. All trained are puppies. 91. Statements: All advocates are obese. Some obese are priests. Conclusions: I. Some advocates are priests. II. Some priests are advocates. 92. Statements: Some psychiatrists are singers. All singers are tall. Conclusions: I. Some psychiatrists are tall. II. All psychiatrists are tall. 93. Statements: All coins are crows. Some crows are pens. Conclusions: I. No pen is coin. II. All coins are pens. 94. Statements: All magicians are dumb. Some magicians are educated. Conclusions: I. Some dumb are magicians. II. Some educated are dumb. 95. Kumar stands with his face pointing to the South-East direction. He walked 15 metre and then turned Northwards and walked another 12 metre. How far was he then from the starting point? (A) 12 metre (B) 10 metre (C) 5 metre (D) None of these H.O. 92, Rajeev Gandhi Nagar, Kota (Raj.) Mob , , Ph

11 96. Vinod travelled 6 km South from the starting point D, then turned right and moved 4 km and again turned right and travelled 6 km and turned left and travelled 8 km. Find out how many kilometer he has to cover to reach his starting point D. (A) 10 km (B) 12 km (C) 14 km (D) 16 km 97. Suresh moves a distance of 7 km form a place P towards North, then turns left and walks 4 km, again turns towards right and walks 3 km, then again turns right and walks 2 km to reach his destination Q. Which direction is he facing now? (A) West (B) East (C) North-West (D) South 98. A child goes 50 metre towards South and then turning to his right, he goes 50 metre. Then, turning to his left, he goes 30 metre. Again he turns to his left and goes 50 metre. How far is he from his initial position? (A) 30 metre (B) 40 metre (C) 50 metre (D) 80 metre 99. Ganesh moves 20 metres towards East from his house. Then he turns left 3 times each time covering a distance of 20 meters. Finally he takes 2 successive right turns, each time covering a distance of 20 metres. In which direction is he with respect to his house? (A) North (B) North-East (C) South-West (D) North-West 100. Ashok is facing North. He turns 45 degrees in the clockwise direction and then turns 90 degrees in the anticlockwise direction. Finally, he turns back. Which direction is he facing now? (A) South-East (B) South-West (C) North-East (D) North-West H.O. 92, Rajeev Gandhi Nagar, Kota (Raj.) Mob , , Ph

TA Reasoning Section

TA Reasoning Section Sn o Answ er Key Question 1 c What comes next in the series 3, 20, 63, 144, 275? 2 d What comes next in the series 8, 12, 18, 27,... A. 60.75 B. 62 C. 58 D. 60.5 3 d What comes next in the series 8, 29,