17 questionswith explanationsfor RAS, Patwari, VDO and other Rajasthan exams
Find the set among the four sets which is like the given set - 13 : 20 : 27
Answer: (2) 18 : 25 : 32
Explanation
In 13 : 20 : 27 each number is 7 more than the one before. 18 : 25 : 32 follows the same rule (+7, +7).
Find a pair similar to “ARROW : BOW” -
Answer: (3) Bullet : Rifle
Explanation
An arrow is shot from a bow; in the same way a bullet is fired from a rifle.
Find the missing term in the second group - AEJO : BFKP : : CGLQ : ………
Answer: (3) DHMR
Explanation
Each letter of AEJO moves one place forward to give BFKP. Doing the same to CGLQ gives DHMR.
Which option figure will come in place of the question mark? (Figure: Pot, Plant, Thread, ?)
Answer: (1) Needle
Explanation
VMOU's key gives the needle: a plant is set in a pot, and in the same way thread is put into a needle, the thing that holds and carries it.
Choose the best alternative - 125 : 216 : : ………. : 512
Answer: (4) 343
Explanation
125 = 5³ and 216 = 6³ are cubes of consecutive numbers. 512 = 8³, so the missing term is 7³ = 343.
‘Engineer’ is related to ‘Production’ in the same way as ‘Doctor’ is related to -
Answer: (1) Cure
Explanation
An engineer's work results in production; a doctor's work results in a cure.
Find the correct alternative for the following question - Cow : Bull : : Mare : ……….
Answer: (3) Horse
Explanation
A cow is the female and a bull the male of cattle; a mare is the female and a horse the male.
Use the same relationship to find the second analogy of the second pair - 16 : 2 : : 256 : …………….
Answer: (1) 4
Explanation
16 = 2⁴, so the second number is the fourth root of the first. 256 = 4⁴, so the answer is 4.
Petal : Flower :: Page : ?
Answer: (1) Book
Explanation
A petal is a part of a flower in the same way as a page is a part of a book (part : whole). A pen or ink is used for writing a page but is not a part of it, so the pair does not match.
Painter : Brush :: Surgeon : ?
Answer: (4) Scalpel
Explanation
A painter works with a brush as a surgeon operates with a scalpel (worker : main tool). A hospital is the place of work, not the tool, and the patient is the person treated.
Drizzle : Downpour :: Breeze : ?
Answer: (1) Gale
Explanation
A downpour is rain of the same kind as a drizzle but far stronger (a difference of degree); a gale is likewise wind of the same kind as a breeze but far stronger. Mist, cloud and humidity are not stronger forms of wind.
Choose the number that completes the analogy: 342 : 24 :: 523 : ?
Answer: (4) 30
Explanation
The second number is the product of the digits: 3 × 4 × 2 = 24, so 5 × 2 × 3 = 30. The sum of the digits (5 + 2 + 3 = 10) is the common wrong choice; 342 has digit sum 9, which is not 24.
Choose the pair that has the same relationship as 'Seed : Plant'.
Answer: (4) Egg : Chick
Explanation
A seed grows into a plant just as an egg hatches into a chick (the thing : what it becomes). In 'Milk : Cow' and 'Flour : Wheat' the order is reversed, because the cow gives the milk and wheat is ground into flour.
STOP : POTS :: LIVE : ?
Answer: (3) EVIL
Explanation
POTS is STOP written backwards, so the word for LIVE is EVIL (LIVE backwards). VILE and VEIL use the same letters but are not the reverse of LIVE.
Choose the number that completes the analogy: 13 : 17 :: 23 : ?
Answer: (1) 29
Explanation
17 is the prime number that comes right after 13, so the answer is the prime right after 23, which is 29 (24 to 28 are not prime). 31 is the second prime after 23, and adding 4 as in 13 + 4 would give 27, which is not a prime.
Monday : Thursday :: Saturday : ?
Answer: (1) Tuesday
Explanation
Thursday is 3 days after Monday, and 3 days after Saturday comes Tuesday (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday). Monday would be only 2 days later.
Cloth : Weaver :: Statue : ?
Answer: (3) Sculptor
Explanation
A weaver makes cloth just as a sculptor makes a statue (product : maker). Marble is the material and the chisel the tool, while a museum is only a place where it is kept.