SSC-CGL 2023 Reasoning

Practice subject-wise previous year questions

Question 1

Logical Reasoning

Select the option that represents the correct order of the given words as they would appear in an English dictionary. 1. Warriors 2. Warehouse 3. Warcraft 4. Warranty 5. Wardrobe 6. Wardenship

Warriors

Warehouse

Warcraft

Warranty 5. Wardrobe 6. Wardenship

Question 2

Logical Reasoning

Three statements are given, followed by four conclusions numbered I, II, III and IV. Assuming the statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements. Statements: Some desks are trays. Some trays are plates. Some plates are desks. Conclusions: I. All desks are plates. II. All plates are desks. III. Some plates are trays. IV. All trays are desks.

Only conclusion III follows

Only conclusion IV follows

Only conclusion II follows

Only conclusion I follows

Question 3

Logical Reasoning

Select the option that is related to the third word in the same way as the second word is related to the first word. (The words must be considered as meaningful English words and must not be related to each other based on the number of letters/number of consonants/vowels in the word.) Skin : Touch :: Nose : ?

Smell

Taste

Nose ring

Sweat

Question 4

Logical Reasoning

Ganesh was taking a walk with his mother’s brother’s father’s granddaughter. Who was he walking with?

Daughter

Mother

Cousin

Granddaughter

Question 5

Logical Reasoning

Which of the following letter-clusters will replace the question mark (?) in the given series? UV, OY, IB, EE, ?

Question 6

Logical Reasoning

The second number in the given number-pairs is obtained by performing certain mathematical operation(s) on the first number. The same operation(s) is/are followed in all the number-pairs except one. Find that odd number-pair.

20 : 11

6 : 4

15 : 9

12 : 7

Question 7

Logical Reasoning

Three different positions of the same dice are shown. Find the number on the face opposite the face showing ‘1’.

Question 8

Logical Reasoning

Select the set in which the numbers are related in the same way as are the numbers of the following sets. (55, 11, 25) (64,16, 16) (NOTE : Operations should be performed on the whole numbers, without breaking down the numbers into its constituent digits. E.g. 13 – Operations on 13 such as adding /subtracting /multiplying etc. to 13 can be performed. Breaking down 13 into 1 and 3 and then performing mathematical operations on 1 and 3 is NOT allowed)

(33, 11, 9)

(33, 11, 22)

(33, 11, 3)

(33, 11, 10)

Question 9

Logical Reasoning

Select the option that is related to the sixth letter-cluster in the same way as the first letter-cluster is related to the second letter-cluster and the third letter-cluster is related to the fourth letter-cluster. HMD : KOE : : BNQ : EPR :: ? : FLV

SJE

UJC

EJS

CJU

Question 10

Logical Reasoning

Four letter-clusters have been given, out of which three are alike in some manner and one is different. Select the odd letter-cluster.

BFJN

DHLP

HJKP

JNRV

Question 11

Logical Reasoning

Select the option that is related to the fifth number in the same way as the second number is related to the first number and the fourth number is related to the third number. 5 : 45::3 : 3::6 : ?

106

110

Question 12

Logical Reasoning

Which of the following numbers will replace the question mark (?) in the given series? 8, 15, 26, ? , 56, 75

Question 13

Logical Reasoning

Select the option that is related to the third term in the same way as the second term is related to the first term and the sixth term is related to the fifth term. 7183 : 3850 :: 6957 : ? :: 8972 : 5639

3426

3624

3246

3642

Question 14

Logical Reasoning

Select the option that is related to the fifth number in the same way as the second number is related to the first number and the fourth number is related to the third number. 625 : 5 :: 2560 : 8 :: 5000 : ?

Question 15

Logical Reasoning

In a certain code language, ‘ASK’ is written as ‘62’ and ‘BYE’ is written as ‘64’. How will ‘CRY’ be written in that language?

Question 16

Logical Reasoning

Select the correct combination of mathematical signs that can sequentially replace the * signs and balance the given equation. 256 * 4 * 9 * 3 * 14 = 51

× + − ÷

÷ × − +

× ÷ + −

÷ − × +

Question 17

Logical Reasoning

Select the option that represents the letters that, when placed from left to right in the following blanks, will complete the letter-series. C L _ V E C _ _ W E C L O _ _ C _ O _ E

O L P X E L Y

O L O Y E L Z

O L O X F M Y

O L O X E L Y

Question 18

Logical Reasoning

In a certain code language, ‘TABLE’ is coded as ELEAT and ‘SWING’ is coded as GNLWS. How will ‘FRAME’ be coded in the same language?

EMERF

EMDRF

ERMDF

MEDFR

Question 19

Logical Reasoning

Which two signs should be interchanged to make the given equation correct? 588 ÷ 28 × 32 + 72 – 160 = 760

– and +

÷ and –

+ and ×

÷ and +

Question 20

Logical Reasoning

Select the option that represents the letters that, when sequentially placed from left to right in the blanks below, will complete the letter series. _ D R G _ Z D R _ B Z D _ G B Z _ R G B

ZBGRB

ZBGRD

BBGRD

ZBDRD

Question 21

Logical Reasoning

In this question, three statements are given, followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and III. Assuming the statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements. Statements: All cars are birds. Some birds are plants. All plants are leaves. Conclusions: I.Some birds are cars. II.Some plants are birds. III.Some leaves are plants.

Only conclusions II and III follow.

All the conclusions follow.

Only conclusions I and III follow.

None of the conclusions follows.

Question 22

Logical Reasoning

In a certain code language, ‘FLBS’ is coded as ‘156’ and ‘MXT’ is coded as ‘228’. How will ‘VDZN’ be coded in the same language?

220

160

264

180

Question 23

Logical Reasoning

How many triangles are there in the given figure?

Question 24

Logical Reasoning

Three of the following four options are alike in a certain way and thus form a group. Which is the one that does NOT belong to that group? (NOTE: Operations should be performed on the whole numbers, without breaking down the numbers into its constituent digits. E.g. 13 – Operations on 13 such as adding/subtracting/multiplying etc. to 13 can be performed. Breaking down 13 into 1 and 3 and then performing mathematical operations on 1 and 3 is not allowed.)

26 – 95 – 21

22 – 67 – 22

20 – 15 – 51

16 – 45 – 21

Question 25

Logical Reasoning

Select the term from among the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series. PJ 16, SM 25, VP 36, YS 49, ?

DW 64

CW 81

BV 64

CV 36

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