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(IGP) IAS Pre Paper - 2: GS - Logical Reasoning & Analytical Ability - Analytical Reasoning (MCQ -10)
Logical Reasoning & Analytical Ability
Analytical Reasoning (MCQ -10)
1. Which is the shortest route one can take to
travel from Delhi toMumbai ?
(a) Delhi BDG Mumbai
(b) Delhi BEFGMumbai
(c) Delhi BCFG Mumbai.
(d) Delhi ADG Mumbai
2. If a critical route is defined as the route which
takes the longest time. then the critical route between Delhi and Mumbai is
(a) Delhi ADG Mumbai
(b) Delhi BEFGMumbai
(c) Delhi BCFGMumbai
(d) None of these
3. If Mahesh starts from Delhi at 9.00 am in the
morning forMumbai and if, his activities enroute are as follows
(i) He spends 30 min at B for lunch.
(ii) At C, he takes 45 min for shopping.
(iii) At E, he takes a tea break for 15 min.
(iv) His car breaks down at G and it takes about an hour to repair.
Find that at what time he will reach ‘Mumbai’ ?
(a) Mid-night
(b) 11 pm
(c) 1:30 am
(d) None of these
4. How many routes are there to travel from ‘Delhi’
to ‘Mumbai’ ?
(a) 2
(b) 4
(c) 1
(d) None of these
5. A person travels to ‘Mumbai’ via Delhi, B, C, E,
F andG and returns via G, D, A and back to Delhi. How many hours has he
travelled ?
(a) 29 h
(b) 31 h
(c) 28 h
(d) 32 h
6. A person is travelling by car and the mileage is
100 mL. of petrol per mile (Petrol costs RS.10 per litre). If a person travels
from Delhi to Mumbai, what is the cost of petrol’?
(a) RS. 24.5
(b) RS. 37.6
(c) RS. 43.8
(d) Can’t be determined
7. My bag can carry nomore than. ten
books. Imust carry at least one book each of Management, Mathematics, Physics
and Fiction. Also, for every Management book I carry Imust carry two ormore
Fiction books and for every Mathematics book I carry I must carry two or more
Physics books. I earn 4, 3, 2 and 1 points for each Management, Mathematics,
Physics and Fiction book, respectively, I carry inmy bag. Iwant tomaximize the
points, I can earn by carrying the most appropriate combination of books in my
bag. The maximum points that I can earn are
(a) 20
(b) 21
(c) 22
(d) 238.
8 (i) Six friends A, B, C, D, E and F are seated in
a circle facing each other.
(ii) A is between D and B and F is between C and E.
(iii) C is the third to the left of B.
Which of the following is the position of A in relation to F ?
(a) Second to the left
(b) Second to the right
(c) Fourth to the right
(d) Third to the right
9. Six roads lead to a country.
Theymay be indicated by letters X, Y, Z and digits 1, 2, 3. When there is a
storm, Y is blocked. When there are floods, XI and 2 will be affected. When road
1 is blocked, Z also is blocked. At a time when there are floods and a storm,
which road can be used ?
(a) 3
(b) Z
(c) Y
(d) 2
10. Eight friends, namely P, Q, R,
S, T, U, V and W are sitting around a circular table facing towards the centre.
Qis sitting between V and S.Wis third to the left of Q and second to the right
of P. R is sitting between P and V. Q and T are not sitting opposite each
other.Who is sitting third to the left of S ?
(a) T
RS.(b) P
(c) U
(d) S
11. Six children B, D, C,M, J and K are split into
two groups of three each and are made to stand in two rows in such a way that a
child in one row is exactly facing a child in the other row.Mis not at the ends
of an v row and is to the right of J, who is facing C. K is to the left of D who
is facing M. Which of the following groups of children are in the same row ?
(a) MJK
(b) BM D
(c) BDC
(d) None of these
12. If Ankit puts E, H andM on the
East wall, which of the following must he true ?
(a) R and M cannot face each other.
(b) O cannot be in the centre of the West wall.
(c) E cannot be in the centre of the East wall.
(d) T and M cannot face each other.
13. If Ankit’smother is coming to visit and he
decides to celebrate the visit by having his paintings spell ‘MOTHER’,
startingwith the leftmost painting on the East wall and going around the room,
which of the following will be false ?
(a) O is opposite to E
(b) H is next to E
(c) T is next to O
(d) T is opposite to R
14. Which of the following is not possible ?
(a) T andO to be opposite to each other
(b) T, H and R to be on the same wall
(c) H, M and R to he on the same wall
(d) M andO to be opposite to each other
15. If Ankit trades his M painting for another O
painting just like the one he has now, which of the following must be false ?
(a) O can be on opposite walls in the middle
(b) Either R or H will be next to an O
(c) Either R or H will be next to either T or E
(d) T will be opposite to either O or E
16. Which of the following is
correctly matchedRS. regarding the posts and day of joining ?
(a) Manager — Tuesday
(b) Officer - Wednesday
(c) Clerk - Thursday
(d) Technician - Monday
17. Who joined on Wednesday ?
(a) Chetan
(b) Clerk
(c) Amar
(d) Manager
18. Who joined the firm on Friday ?
(a) Bijay
(b) Chetan
(c) Bijay or Chetan
(d) Amar
19. Who was the last person to join
the firm ?
(a) Esha
(b) Farukh
(c) Amar
(d) Bijay
20. On which of the following days
did the Sales Executive joined
(a) Tuesday
(b) Thursday
(c) Saturday
(d) Friday
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