Reasoning Ability Questions and Answers for Competitive Exams

By interchanging the given two signs and numbers which of the following equation will be correct?
 + and –, 7 and 6

In a certain code language, 'ABROAD' is written as 'DFORDH' and ‘ACCESS’ is written as ‘DGECVW’. How will 'AGENCY' be written in that language?

A, B, C, D, E and F are cousins. No two cousins are of the same age. But everyone's birthday comes on the same date. The youngest is 17 years old and the eldest E is 22 years old. F is somewhere between B and D in age. A is older than B and C is older than D.

Which of the following statements is not possible -

A # B’ means ‘A is the brother of B’.
 ‘A @ B’ means ‘A is the daughter of B’.
 ‘A & B’ means ‘A is the husband of B’.
 ‘A % B’ means ‘A is the wife of B’.
 If D @ N @ H & Y @ F % V, then how is N related to F?

Six friends A, B, C, D, E and F are standing in a circle facing the centre. B is between F and C, A is between E and D, and F is to the immediate left of D. Who is between A and F?

If + means −, − means ×, × means ÷, and ÷ means +, what will be the value of the following expression?
 5 ÷ 5 + 5 – 10 × 10 = ?

In a certain code language, ‘PAINT’ is written as ‘80’ and ‘DROP’ is written as ‘59’. How will ‘MARKET’ be written in that language?

A question is given, followed by two statements numbered (I) and (II). You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements is sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements and select the appropriate answer.

Question: Six people sit in two parallel rows. In Row 1 - J, K and L sit facing towards north, and in Row 2 - F, G and H sit facing towards south. Each person in a row faces a person in the other row. Who faces G?

Statements:
 (I) H faces K; L faces an immediate neighbour of H.
 (II) G sits at one of the extreme ends of the row; J sits to the immediate left of L.

A number has been denoted to each of the given letters. Select the option from the following four possible arrangements of these numbers that forms a meaningful word.
 E = 1, Z = 2, L = 3, P = 4, U = 5, Z = 6

Select the option that represents the letters that, when placed from left to right in the following blanks, will complete the letter-series.
 Q W _ R T Q _ F R _ Q W _ _ T _ _ H R T