TCS iON CCQT Reasoning Ability Questions and Answers

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TCS iON CCQT Sample Logical Reasoning Questions Answers

Ques 1.       Select the combination of numbers so that letters arranged accordingly will form a meaning word?

Y              E              I                H             G             E              N

1              2              3              4              5              6              7

1.  5142367
2. 7235461
3. 6753124
4. 4153276

Exp:HYGIENE

4153276

Ques  2.   5 : 3125 :: 3 : 27 :: 4 :___

1.   256
2.      1024
3.      128
4.      64

Sol: 5:5:5 :: 3: 33 :: 4:4  4*4*4*4=266

Ques 3.       Pointing towards kusum, Adarsh said,” i am the only son of her mother”s son “,How is kusum related to Adarsh?

1.   Aunt
2.      Cousin
3.      Mother
4.      Niece

Sol: Aunt   Kusum is adarsh”s father sister,Ararsh is kusum”s mother”s son(Kusum brother).

Ques 4.       Which options completes the given series?

3, 7, 15, 27, ?, 63

1.      45
2.   53
3.   43
4.      55

Sol: 3,7,15,27,?,63    multiple of 4 are added to get new term of series +4,+8,+12,+16+,+20

Ques 5.       If SPLINDER is coded as 67408192, how will PRISTINE code as?

1.       72016089
2.   72061089
3.      27061089
4.      72061098

Sol: SPLINDER            PRISTINE

67408192             72061089

Ques  6.       Father”s age at the time of son”s birth was 4 times the oresent age of son.After 7 years from now ,father age will be  3times the son” age. find the present age of father and son respectively.

1.      36 year,8 years
2.      32 years,6 years
3.      35 years,7 years
4.      37 years,9 years

Sol: suppose son”s age present age “X”

Father present age ==4x+x=5x

Father 7 year father”s age = 5x + 7=3(x+7)

5x+7=3x+21

5x-3x= 21- 7=14

Father present age =5*7=35 years.

Ques 7.       The questions given below is folled by two statements,I and II, each containing some data. Decide which of the statement is/are sufficient to answer the questions.

Questions:

Amber ranked 9th in a class of 58 students. What is the rank of Nitish from the bottom of the class?

Statements:

1.                    There are 11 students between Amber and nitish
2.                  There are 5 students between Nitish  and Amber
3.      Statement II alone is Sufficient
4.      Statement I alone is Suffcient
5.      Both statement I and II together are needed
6.      Either statement I alone or statement II alone is sufficient.
7.                     Sol: Alone

11 student between Amber and Nitish suggest these are towards bottom and nitish is 38th from the buttom

III.                5 students in between may be before Amber and his rank from bottom may be 56th

Ques 8.       The questions given below is followed by two statements,I and II, each  containing some data.Decide which of the statement(s) is/are sufficient to answer the questions.

Questions:

Ashoke ranked 10th in the class.how many students are there in the class?

Statement:

1.                    There are 5 students between Ashoke and Prakash.
2.                  Ashok”s rank from the bottom is 20th
3.      Statement I alone is sufficient
4.      Both statement I and II together are needed
5.      Either statement I alone or statement II alone is sufficient.
6.   Statement II alone is sufficient

Sol:

Statement II alone is sufficient.

Ques 9.       Given below is a questions followed by two statements.Decide which of the statements,I and II are sufficient to answer in the given questions.

Qestions:

What is Deepak age?

Statement:

1.                    In 10 years Deepak will be twice as old as Ravi would be.
2.                  Ravi was born 5 years ago
3.      Only I is sufficient
4.      Both I and II are not sufficient
5.      Only Ii is sufficient
6.   Both I and Ii are required

Sol:  As per as statement I and II are required to answer the questions.

Ques 10.   If PREACHER IS coded as 90341830 and THEORY as 583802, what will be the code for ARCHERY?

1.      408032
2.   4081302
3.   4018302
4.      4108302

Sol:

PREACHER           THEORY                ARCHERY

90341830             583802                  4018302

Ques 11.   Sarika said,” Ritesh is my mother”s oly son and father of jaya”s only daughter sonal”.how is Sonal related  sarika?

1.      Sister-in – law
2.   Niece
3.      Grand-daughter
4.      Sister

Sol: Ritest(Brother ) & Sarika (his sister)

Jaya(w/o Ritesh)

Sonal (daughter) sonal is niece of Sarika

Ques 12.   Pointing to a man,a woman says,” His sister is my mother in law. How is her husband related to the  man?

1.      Son-in-law
2.   Son
3.   Grandson
4.      It cannot be determined

Sol: Grandson husbands”s mother”s father is the man.

Ques 13.   If MASSACRE is codded as AMSSCAER,what would  CALAMITY be coded as ?

1.   ACALIMYT
2.      ACALINYT
3.      ACALMIYT
4.      ACALIMYT

Sol: MASSACRE

AMSSCAER

CALAMITY==ACALIMYT

Ques 14.   Kis the brother of X and only son of P, Y is the father of P,How is X related toY?

1.      Daughter in law
2.      Daughter
3.      Sister
4.   Granddaughter

Sol:

Grand Daughter (y father of P)>>>>P>>>(x is daughter )*5(only son of P brother of X).

Ques 15.   Pointing towards kusum, Adarsh said,” i am the only son of her mother”s son “,How is kusum related to Adarsh?

1.   Aunt
2.      Cousin
3.      Mother
4.      Niece

Sol: Aunt   Kusum is adarsh”s father sister,Ararsh is kusum”s mother”s son(Kusum brother).

Ques 16.   Neerja is taller than Sandhya,but not taller that Rama.Rama and Kusun are of the same height.Neerja is shorter than  girija.Amongst all of them who is the shortest?

1.      Neerja
2.      Girijja
3.   Sandhya
4.      Rama and Kusum

Ques 17.   In the certain code HEART is written s FGYTR.How is MOUSE written in that code?

1.      OMWQG
2.      OMSUC
3.   KQSUC
4.      KQWQG

Sol: HEART          PATTERN 2+2-2+2-2

Mouse=kqsuc

Ques 18.   Select the one which is different from the other three alternatives.

1.   398
2.      469
3.      865
4.      676

Sol: others total is 19

4+6+9=19

8+6+5=19

6+7+6=19

Ques 19.   Rahul started from a point “A ” and walked 15m towards south.He turned left and walked 20m.he then turned left and walked 15 meters.he again turned left and walked 35m and reached a point B.How far and in which direction is the point “B” from the point “A.”?

1.      20m north
2.      35m south
3.   15m east
4.   15m west

Ques 20.   If the word TERM  is coded as S2QL and VENTURE as U2MS5Q2,what will OCCASION be codded as?

1.   4BB1R34M
2.   4BB1S34M
3.   4BB1T34M
4.   4BB1R43M

Sol: TERM VENTURE

S2QL   U2MS5Q2

OCCASION

4BB1R34M

Read the Question properly(Question 21–22)

Seven children A,B,C,D,E,F and G are standing in a line.B is to the immediate right of F.G is to the left of E. There are two children between A and D. C is to the immediate right of A and immediate left of F. B is not on the left side of G.Two children are standing between E and F.

Ques 21.   Who is the extreme right?

1.      D
2.      F
3.      A
4.      B

Sol: Extreme right B

Ques 22.   Who is the exactly in the middle?

1.      C
2.      F
3.      A
4.      E

Sol: DGEACFB

Ques 23.   Which one word can not be formed using the letters of the given word(using to the maximum each latter as many times as they appeare in the given word)

1.      Create
2.      Relation
3.      Nation
4.      Trainee

Sol: NATION (IT HAS TWO “N”)

The word “RECREATIONAL” has only one “N”

Ques 24.   Five student Prakesh, Grish, Mayank, Bikram and harish study five different subject—History, geography, math, physicals, botany—meeting the following criteria.

1.                     The first latter of the name and the first latter of the subject are not the same.
2.                   Prakash does not study either botany or history

iii.                  Mayank and Harish do not study Botany.

1.                 Bikram does not study either Physics and History

Which two students study only geography and math?

1.      Bikram and Grish
2.      Prakesh and grish
3.      Bikram and Harish
4.   Prakesh and Bikram

Sol:

	Hist	Geog	Math	Phy
Prakesh	x	y	y	x
Grish	y	x	y	y
Mayank	y	y	x	y
Bikram	x	y	y	x
Harish	x	y	y	y

Ques 25.   Which no is wrong in the given series?

3, 12, 25, 48, 75, 108

1.      48
2.      25
3.      108
4.      75

Sol: x, x+3x,+5x,+7x,+9x,+11x,+13x….

3,3+9=12, 12+15, 27+12, 48+27, 75+33(QA)25 = 27 = 45 =75 =108

Ques 26.   A statement followed by some conclusions is given  here

Statement: Sycophancy has almost always seemed repellent to self respective people who tend to avoid entering polities.

Conclusions:

1.                    Self-respecting people are not sycophants.
2.                  Self-respecting people do not enter politics.

which of the given conclusion logically follows from the given statement?

1.      Only conclusion II follows
2.      Neither I nor II follow
3.      Both I and II follow
4.      Only conclusion I follows

Sol: neither I nor II follows

Ques 27.   Complete the analogy:

GJMP: MPSV :: HKNQ :____

1.      RTVX
2.      PSVY
3.      JLNP
4.      PSVX

Sol: Eight steps forward HKNQ : PSVY

Ques 28.   Take the given Statement to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly knows facts and decide which of the given conclusion logically follows from the given statements.

Statement

1.       All doctors are good
2.       Some woman are good
3.      Only conclusion I follows
4.      Both conclusion I and Ii follow
5.      Only conclusion II follows
6.      Neither conclusion i nor Ii follow.

Sol:Conclusion II is sufficient.

Ques 29.   In a code language PROUD is coded as ADUORPA, and QUEEN is coded as ANEEUQA.How would GENTLEMEN be coded?

The letters of the word are the reverse and the letters “A ” is added in the begging and at the end.

ADD “A’ BEGINGING & END ANEMELTNEQA

1.      ANEMELTNEGA
2.      ANAMELTNEGA
3.      ANEMELTNAGA
4.      ANELNTEGA

Sol: PROUD

Reversed latters DUORP

Code Add “A”=ADUORPA

GEENTLEMEN

REV: NEMELTNEG

Ques 30.In a certain code languange the code for “England” is “fdmofhkmbzmoce”.How will India be coded in that language?

1. jhmocejhbz
2. Jhmoecjhbz
3. hjmocejhzb
4. hjmocejhbz

Set 2

Ques. 1 Which one word cannot be formed using the letters of the given word (using to the maximum each letter as many times as they appear in the given word)?

RECREATIONAL

1. Create
2. Relation
3. Trainee
4. Nation

Answer:-NATION (It has two ‘N’) The word ‘RECREATIONAL’ has only one ‘N’.

Ques. 2 Take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts and decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements.

Statements:

1. All plants are fruits.
2. All fruits are flowers.

Conclusions:

1. All plants are flowers.
2. All flowers are plants.

III. All fruits are plants.

1. All conclusion I, II and III follow.
2. Both conclusion II and III follow
3. Only conclusion I follows
4. Both conclusionn I and II follow

Answer:-

Ques. 3 In a code language, ‘GRAIN’ is written as `HIRAILM’ and ‘PQRSTIWW’ as `QRQRSTUVU’. Which of the following statements would be a safe conclusion?

1. Only the vowels remain constant
2. The last letter is replaced by two letters that succeed it.
3. The first letter is replaced by two letters that succeed it and the last letter is replaced by two letters that precede it
4. The first letter is replaced by two letters that precede it.

Answer:-

first letter replaced by its following (Succeeding) two letters Last letter is replaced by its preceding two letters.

Ques. 4 X and K are the son and grandson of Y, respectively. K’s grandmother. P. has a daughter-in-law G and only one child. How is X related to P?

Y P (K’s Grandmother)

X (Y’s son) G (P’s Daughter in law)

1. Son
2. Son-in-law
3. Grandson
4. Brother

Answer:-K (X’s son, Y’s ,grandson)

Ques. 5 In the following equation, two signs need to be interchanged to make it correct. Choose the signs from the given Q5. alternatives.

9 + 5 ÷ 4 x 3 — 6 = 12

1. + and x
2. + and —
3. ÷ and —
4. ÷ and x

Answer:-9 + 5 ÷ 4 X 3 — 6 = 12 = 14 —2 = 12

1. Find the odd one out.
2. Mercury
3. Titan
4. Mars
5. Jupiter

Answer:-Titan others are planets

Ques. 6 Facing North, Aditi turns 45° clockwise and 225° anticlockwise. Which direction is she facing now?

1. North
2. North-East
3. South
4. South-West

Answer:-

225° anticlockwise mean return of 45 degree to be straight then reversed.

Ques. 7 A team of four students is to be selected from among four boys A. B. C and D. and four girls E. F. G and H. meeting the following criteria.

1. A will not be with E.
2. B and F must be together.
3. G will not be with C.
4. F will not be with H.
5. D and H must be together.

The selected team will be:

1. BEGH
2. ADEH
3. BDFH
4. ABFG

Answer:-`A’ is not with `E’

`B’ and ‘F’ are together

`0′ is not with ‘C’

`F’ is not with ‘H’

`D’ and ‘H’ are not there

ABFG

Ques. 8 Which of the following triplets is similar to the given triplet?

(47, 53, 59)

1. (16, 22, 28)
2. (7, 13, 19)
3. (19, 23, 29)
4. (57, 63, 69)

Answer:-The numbers are consecutive prime numbers. Hence answer is (19, 23, 29).

Ques. 9 Given below is a question followed by two statements. Decide which of the statements, I and II are sufficient to answer the given question.

Among M, N, 0, P and Q, who is the third from the top when arranged in the descending order of their weight?

Statements:

1. ’13’ is heavier than ‘M’ and ‘N’, but weighs less than ‘Q’ who is not the heaviest.
2. ‘M’ is heavier than only ‘N’.

1. Both I and II required.
2. Only I is sufficient.
3. Only II is sufficient.
4. Both I and II are not sufficient.

Answer:-As per statement Only I is sufficient to answer the question.

Ques. 10 Find the odd one out.

512, 343, 216, 125, 101

1. 216
2. 343
3. 125
4. 101

Answer:-  512, 343,216, 125, 101

8^3,  7^3, 6^3, 5^3,—

Ques. 11 Select the option that is related to the third term in the same way as the second term is related to the first one.

XVTR : WUSQ PNLJ : ?

1. QOKM
2. OMKI
3. LNPR
4. JLMP

Answer:-XVTR : WUSQ : : PNLJ : OMKI

To create next term move each left backward only one step

Ques. 12 Take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts and decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements.

Statements:

1. All mangoes are apples.
2. No apple is red.

Conclusions:

1. No mango is red.
2. Some mangoes are red.

III. All apples are mangoes.

1. Only conclusion I follows
2. All three conclusions follow
3. Only conclusion II follows.
4. Only conclusions II and III follow.

Answer:-

Ques. 13  ‘J – K’ means `J is father of K’

‘j – K’ means ‘j is daughter of K’

‘J x K’ means ‘J is son of K’

‘J / K’ means is wife of K’

Which of the following means ‘D is grandson of F’?

1. D / ExF
2. D x E – F
3. D – E + F
4. DxE / F

Answer:-

+’ father of , – = Daughter of , X = son of , = wife of

DXE = D is son of E’D’ is son of E who is daughter of F

E-F = E is daughter of Fmean ‘D’ is grandson of F

Ques. 14 Ram has a brother, Shankar. Ram is Devika’s son. Shekhar is Devika’s father. How is Shankar related to Shekhar?

1. Brother
2. Son
3. Uncle
4. Grandson

Answer:-

Ques. 15 ‘P x Q’ means `P is the brother of Q’;

`P ÷Q’ means `P is the father of Q’;

‘P + Q’ means `P is the sister of Q’;

`P- Q’ means ’13 is the mother of Q’.

Which of the following means ‘R. is the paternal uncle of T’?

1. R – S÷T
2. R x S ÷ T
3. R x S+T
4. R + S –T

Answer:-

(OC) RxS÷T

R x S = ‘R’ is brother of ‘S’

S ÷T = ‘S’ is father of ‘T’

So ‘R’ is paternal uncle of ‘T’

Ques. 16 A statement followed by some conclusions is given below.

Statement: The PM suggested, “The Council of Ministers should work from now onwards from an outcome perspective.”

Conclusions:

I.All the ministers have not been working from an outcome perspective.

II.The need to work from an outcome perspective is a clear message.

Which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the given statement?

1. Only conclusion I follows.
2. Neither I nor II follows.
3. Only conclusion II follows.
4. Both I and II follow.

Answer:-

Only conclusion II follows

Ques. 17 Ahmed starts from his home in the eastern suburbs and walking straight towards the West, comes to a four-crossing. The road to the left takes one to the seaside, straight ahead is the university office and he turns right, proceeds 1 km and turns to the left to reach the library. In which direction is he walking now?

1. East
2. South
3. West
4. North

Answer:-west

Ques. 18 Which number will come next in the given number series?

3, 9, 21, 39, 63, _____

1. 87
2. 93
3. 90
4. 97

Answer:-pattern – add multiple of 6 to get next term

3   ,  9     ,    21   ,    39   , 63    ,    93

+6         +12     +18      +24      +30

Ques. 19 Which two villages are the farthest?

1. D and F
2. A and E
3. G and F
4. G and b

Answer:- G and F are farthest

Ques. 20 How far and in which direction is F from B?

1. 2 km south
2. 1 km north
3. 1 km east
4. 1 km south

Answer:- 1 km south F and B

Ques. 21 If CANTER is written as ACENRT215364, what would be the code for DETAIL?

1. ADEILT231645
2. ADEILT236145
3. ADEILT412563
4. 412563ADEELT

Answer:-CANTER ACENRT 215364, DETAIL ADEILT 412563

157569                         CA157569

Ques. 22 If BATTER is coded as TERTAB and GOTHAM is coded as HAMTOG, what would ICEMAN be coded as?

1. MANECI
2. MANIEC
3. ICENAM
4. NAMICE

Answer:-Divide the word in two parts, second part is taken as first and first part in reverse order as second BAT TER = TER TAB (reversed)

ICE MAN = MAN ECI

Ques. 23 A, B, C, D and E are sitting around a circular table. ‘C’ is to the right of ‘A’ and is second to the left of ‘D’. `E’ is not between ‘A’ and ‘D’. Who is second to the left of ‘C’?

1. E
2. D
3. A
4. B

Answer:-

Ques. 24 Select the combination of numbers so that the letters arranged accordingly will form a meaningful word.

CEEEEINPRX

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0

1. 5 0 8 4 9 6 3 1 2 1
2. 2 0 8 3 9 6 4 7 1 5
3. 3084965127
4. 8962371540

Answer:-The word is EXPERIENCE

                       2 0 8 3 1 6 4 71 5

Ques. 25 Find the odd one out.

125, 27, 729, 1331, 343

1. 125
2. 1331
3. 729
4. 27
5. 343

Answer:-125, 27, 729, 1331, 343

5^3   , 3^3 , 9^3  , 11^3 , 7^3

= 729 =9^3

Others are cubes of prime numbers

Ques. 26 Each of the options given has three statements. Take these statements to be true even if they look factually absurd. In which of the given options is the third statement implied by the first two statements?

1. All windows are doors.

Some walls are doors.

So, all windows are walls

2. All mangoes are blue.

Some guavas are mangoes.

So, all guavas are blue.

3. All tigers are wild.

All jackals are wild.

So, all jackals are tigers.

4. All parrots can swim.

All fishes are parrots.

So, all fishes can swim.

Answer:-

Ques. 27 In a certain code language, the word VALEDICTORIAN is coded as LAVIDECROTNAI. In that code, what would CRISSCROSSING become?

1. IRCSCSRSOSGNI
2. ICRCCSSRSSOGI
3. IRCCSSRSSOGNI
4. IRCCSRSSOSGNI

Answer:-

The word is divided in groups of 3 letters and letters of each group are reversed VAL EDIC TORIAN Middle letter remains unchanged LAV DEC ROT NAI

CRISSCROSSINC = IRCCSSRSSOGNI

Ques. 28 Namita is taller than Shashi, Alka is taller than Namita, Garima is taller than Alka, and Tanya is the tallest of all. If they stand according to their height, who will be in the middle?

1. Garima
2. Namita
3. Shashi
4. Alka

Answer:-T > G >Allca> N > S

Alka

Ques. 29 Rana’s Villa is to the South of Alka’s and Chand’s is to the East of Alka’s. In what direction is Rana’s villa with reference to Chand’s?

1. North-East
2. South-East
3. South-West
4. North-West

Answer:-

South-East