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Logical and analytical reasoning

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  1. Find the missing number in the series: ?
  2. Find the next term in the series: ?
  3. What comes next in the letter sequence: B, E, I, N, T, ??
  4. Find the missing term in the alphanumeric series: 2B, 4D, 8H, 16P, ??
  5. In a certain code, STREAM is written as TUSFBN. How will DOCTOR be written in that code?
  6. If A = 26, SUN = 27, what is the numerical code for CAT?
  7. Complete the analogy: Ophthalmologist : Eye :: Dermatologist : ?
  8. Select the related number: 6 : 222 :: 7 : ?
  9. Choose the word which is least like the other words in the group:
  10. Find the odd number out from the given options:
  11. Pointing to a photograph of a boy, Suresh said, 'He is the son of the only son of my mother.' How is Suresh related to that boy?
  12. If 'P + Q' means P is the father of Q; 'P - Q' means P is the sister of Q; 'P Q' means P is the brother of Q. Which of the following expressions indicates that M is the aunt of N*?
  13. A cyclist rides North, then turns East and rides . How far and in which direction is he now from his initial starting point?
  14. Ravi is facing West. He turns clockwise, then another in the same direction, and then anticlockwise. Which direction is he facing now?
  15. In a row of students, Rahul ranks 11th from the left end and 19th from the right end. How many students are there in the row?
  16. In a row, A is 10th from the left and B is 9th from the right. When they interchange their positions, A becomes 15th from the left. How many persons are there in the row?
  17. Five friends P, Q, R, S, and T are sitting in a row facing North. R is sitting between P and T. Q is to the immediate right of T. S is at the extreme left end. Who is sitting in the exact middle?
  18. Statements: (1) All roses are flowers. (2) Some flowers are red.
    Conclusions:
    I. Some roses are red.
    II. Some red items are flowers.
    Which conclusion(s) logically follow?
  19. Statements: (1) No cat is a dog. (2) All dogs are mammals.
    Conclusions:
    I. No cat is a mammal.
    II. Some mammals are dogs.
    Which conclusion(s) logically follow?
  20. Between 4 o'clock and 5 o'clock, at what exact time do the hands of a clock coincide (overlap)?
  21. How many leap years are there in a standard 400-year Gregorian calendar cycle?
  22. If in a code language, WHITE is called BLUE, BLUE is called RED, RED is called YELLOW, and YELLOW is called GREEN, what is the color of human blood in that language?
  23. Find the missing number in the grid:
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  24. Statement: 'Please consult a registered physician before taking this medication.'
    Assumptions:
    I. A physician possesses the professional competence to evaluate appropriate medication.
    II. Unsupervised…
  25. If '+' means multiplication, '-' means division, '*' means addition, and '/' means subtraction, what is the value of: ?
  26. On a standard six-faced die where the sum of numbers on opposite faces is always 7, which number is opposite to the face showing 3?

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