(Model Paper) LIC AAO Exam (Reasoning)
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Model Paper for LIC AAO Exam (Test - III: Reasoning)
81. Venerate: Worship:: Extol: ?
(1) Glorify
(2) Homage
(3) Compliment
(4) Recommend
(5) None of these
82. Four of the following are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
(1) Apple
(2) Orange
(3) Papaya
(4) Water-melon
(5) Mango
83. How many pairs of letters are there in the word VALETUDINARIAN which have number of letters between them in the word two more than the number of letters between them in English alphabet?
(1) 8
(2) 9
(3) 10
(4) 11
(5) None of these
84. If it is possible to make a meaningful word with the first, the third, the sixth and the seventh letters of the word ASSUMPTION, using each letter only once, then which of the following will be the first letter of that word? If no such word can be formed give 'X' as the answer, and if only two such words can be formed, give 'Y' as your answer. If more than two such words can be made give 'Z' as the answer.
(1) P
(2) X
(3) Y
(4) Z
(5) None of these
85. In a certain code language INHALE is written as 'FLKQEKZBKMDF'. How is PARCEL written in that code?
(1) MSDXOUBDDFKM
(2) MSXDUOBDDFKM
(3) MSXDOVBDDFKM
(4) MSXDOUBDDFFM
(5) None of these
86. Four of the following five pair are similar in same way. One of them is different from the others. Find out the odd pair.
(1) 2620,2924
(2) 5020,5564
(3) 6232,6368
(4) 1184,1210
(5) 3262,6386
87. If the letters in the word HAEMOPHILIA are arranged in the alphabetical order and each letter is assigned numerical value equal to its serial number from the left in this rearranged order, what is the difference in the total of numerical values of vowels and that of consonants?
(1) 8
(2) 9
(3) 10
(4) 7
(5) None of these
88. One afternoon, Manisha and Madhuri were talking to each other face to face in Bhopal on MG Road. If Manisha's shadow was exactly to the left of Madhuri, which direction was Manisha facing?
(1) North
(2) South
(3) East
(4) Data inadequate
(5) None of these
89. If the first day of the year (other than the leap year) was Friday, then which was the last day of that year ?
(1) Monday
(2) Friday
(3) Saturday
(4) Sunday
(5) None of these
90. Pointing to a photograph Monica said, "He is the brother of the son of my grand- father's only daughter. "How is the man related to Monica?
(1) brother
(2) cousin
(3) nephew
(4) Can't say
(5) None of these
In a family of eight persons – P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W - there are four males and four females. There are three married couples and two persons are unmarried. Each of them reads a different magazine, viz. India Today (E), India Today (H), Outlook (E), Outlook (H), Frontline, The Week, Businessworld and Sportsstar. No couple reads both the versions of the same magazine.
In the family of two generations, each male member except W has two brothers and one sister. V is the mother-in-law of R and who reads India Today (H). Q, who reads Outlook (E), is the daughter-in-law of W. T, who reads Frontline, is the unmarried brother of U, who does not read Businessworld. No female reads Outlook (H) or The Week. S is the brother-in-law of R but he does not read Businessworld, Sportsstar or The Week. P does not read The Week. W has no son-in-law. U is Q's sister-in-law.
91. Who among the following reads Outlook (H)?
(1) Can't say
(2) S
(3) P
(4) R
(5) None of these
92. R reads which of the following magazines?
(1) Can't say
(2) India Today (E)
(3) Businessworld
(4) Sportsstar
(5) None of these
93. Which of the following pairs of persons does not represent the couples?
I. W and V
II. P and R
III. S and Q
(1) Can't say
(2) Only I
(3) Only II
(4) Only III
(5) All of the above pairs of persons represent the couples
94. How many sons does W have?
(1) Two
(2) Three
(3) One
(4) Can't say
(5) None of these
95. How is P related with U?
(1) Father
(2) Brother
(3) Husband
(4) Can't say
(5) None of these
Directions (Q. 96-100): Below are given three statements followed by four conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they appear to be at variance with commonly known facts, and then decide which of the conclusions logically follow(s) from the given statements. For each question, mark out an appropriate answer choice that you think is correct.
96.
Statements:
(1) Some charts are darts.
(2) All darts are carts.
(3) Some carts are smarts.
Conclusions:
I. Some charts are carts.
II. Some carts are darts.
III. Some darts are smarts.
IV. Some smarts are charts.
(1) Only I and III follow
(2) Only U and III follow
(3) I and II follow
(4) 1, III and IV follow
(5) None of these
97.
Statements :
(1) All boxes are tables.
(2) No desks are tables.
(3) Some desks are curtains.
Conclusions :
I. No boxes are desks.
II. Some boxes are desks.
III. Some curtains are not boxes
IV. Some curtains are boxes.
(1) 111 and either I or II follow
(2) I and either III or IV follow
(3) Either I or II, and either III or IV follow
(4) I and III follow
(5) None of these
98.
Statements :(1) Some drops are cups.
(2) All cups are docks.
(3) No dock is a flop.
Conclusions :
I. Some drops are not flops.
II. Some docks are drops.
III. No cup is a flop.
IV. Some flops are not cups.
(1) I, II and III follow
(2) II, III and IV follow
(3) I, II and IV follow
(4) I, III and IV follow
(5) All follow
99.
Statements :
(1) Some big are small.
(2) No small is large.
(3) Some large are tiny.
Conclusions :
I. Some large are not big.
II. No big is large.
III. Some small are not tiny.
IV. Some big are not tiny.
(1) Only I follows
(2) Only II follows
(3) Only III follows
(4) Only IV follows
(5) None follows
100.
Statements :
(1) No student is decent.
(2) Some decent are bags.
(3) All bags are roses.
Conclusions :
I. Some bags are not students.
II. All bags are students.
III. Some decent are roses.
IV. All roses are decent.
(1) Only I follows
(2) Either I or II follows
(3) Only III follows
(4) Either I or II and III follow
(5) I and III follow
Directions (Q. 101-120) :a The following five questions are based on the following diagram in which the triangle represents female graduates, small circle represents self-employed females and the big circle represents self-employed females with bank loan facility. Numbers are shown in the different sections of the diagram. On the basis of these numbers, answer the following:
101. How many female graduates are self-employed ?
(1) 12
(2) 13
(3) 1.5
(4) 20
(5) None of these
102. How many female graduates are not self-employed?
(1) 4
(2) 10
(3) 12
(4) 15
(5) None of these
103. How many non-graduate females are self-employed?
(1) 9
(2) 11
(3) 12
(4) 21
(5) None of these
104. How many self-employed female graduates are with bank loan facility?
(1) 5
(2) 7
(3) 12
(4) 20
(5) None of these
105. How many non-graduate self-employed females are with bank loan facility?
(1) 3
(2) 8
(3) 9
(4) 12
(5) None of these
106. Mr X started walking straight towards North from a point P. After walking 10 m he reached a point Q, Again he turned right and walked 15 m and reached a point R. Again he turned right and walked 30 m and reached a point S. Again he turned left and walked 15 m and reached a point T. Again he turned left and walked 10 m and reached a point U. Approximately what is the shortest distance between the points P and U?
(1) 31.62 metre
(2) 3.3.54 metre
(3) 36 metre
(4) 40 metre
(5) None of these
107. In a row of boys there are eight persons between P and R and ten persons between Q and R. Three persons are ahead of P and there are fifteen persons behind Q. What is the total number of persons in the row?
(1) 17
(2) 39
(3) 30
(4) Data inadequate
(5) None of these
108. If (40 P 10) Q 5 R 8 P (40 S 20) = 100, then which of the following correctly shows the meaning of P, Q, R and S?
109. Pointing towards a female, Mr X says , "She is the daughter of the father of my matrnal uncle". How is the female related to Mr X?
(1) Mother
(2) Maternal aunt
(3) Sister
(4) Daughter
(5) Data Inadequate
110. If 1st January 2001 was monday then 1st January 2015 will be
(1) Monday
(2) Tuesday
(3) Wednesday
(4) Thursday
(5) None of these
