Quest For Clerk Mains: Reasoning Quiz

1. Vinay moves towards South-East a distance of 14m. then he moves towards West and travels a distance of 28m.From here, he moves towards North-West a distance of 14m. and finally he moves a distance of 8m towards East and comes to a halt. How far is the starting point where he stood?

20 m

22 m

6 m

8 m

None of these

Answer:

2. From the word ‘INTENSIFICATION’, how many independent words can be made without changing the order of the letters and using each letter only once?

Four

Five

Six

More than six

None of these

3. In a class of 180, where girls are twice the number of boys, Rupesh, a boy, ranked thirty-fourth from the top. If there are eighteen girls ahead of Rupesh, how many boys are after him in rank? 

45

44

60

Can’t be determined

None of these

 4. Two priests A and B were talking to each other. A said to B, “My mobile set rings every 15 minutes”. B retorted, “My mobile set rings every 18 minutes.” The mobile sets of both A and B rang simultaneously at 8 am. Four of the following five timings of a certain day are alike with respect to the above situation and hence form a group. Which of the following timings is different from the group?

6.30 am

5.30 pm

3.30 pm

9.30 am

6.30 pm

5. Pointing to a girl, Mr Raju said, “This girl is the only daughter of the husband of the mother of my wife’s brother.” Who is Raju to the girl?

Husband

Brother-in-law

Father-in-law

Either husband or brother-in-law

None of these

Directions(6-8):The following questions are based on the five three digit numbers given below:                              
394 632 783 576 895

6. If the positions of the first and the second digits within each number are interchanged, which of the following will be the second highest number?

632

783

576

895

394

7. If the first and second digits of each of the numbers are added the resulting sum of which of the following numbers will not be exactly divisible by 3?

895

394

576

632

783

8. If 2 is added to the last digit of each number and then the positions of the first and the third digits are interchanged, which of the following will be the highest number?

576

895

783

394

632

9. Q types faster than R but not as fast as V. T types faster than R. S types faster than V. Who amongst the five of them types the fastest?

V

T

S

Data inadequate

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10. D said, ‘A’s father is the only brother of my sister’s son’. How is A’s father related to D? 

Cousin

Nephew

Aunt

Data inadequate

None of these