REASONING FOR SSC PRELIMS

Reasoning ability , considered as deciding factor in most of the competitive exams. But day by day it increases its level of difficulty that cannot take it in cold soldered. Only way to increase your grade in this particular section is to practise continuously in daily basis with your heart and mind. And to practice this portion with latest pattern question AVISION24x7 REASONING QUIZ is providing you the similar pattern question which are being asked.

1. Look at this series: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, …What number should come next?
a. 11
b. 12
c. 13
d. 14
2. Look at this series: 58, 52, 46, 40, 34, . . . What
number should come next?
a. 26
b. 28
c. 30
d. 32
3. Look at this series: 40, 40, 47, 47, 54, . . . What
number should come next?
a. 40
b. 44
c. 54
d. 61
4. Look at this series: 544, 509, 474, 439, . . . What
number should come next?
a. 404
b. 414
c. 420
d. 445
5. Look at this series: 201, 202, 204, 207, . . . What
number should come next?
a. 205
b. 208
c. 210
d. 211

6. Which word does NOT belong with the
others?
a. leopard
b. cougar
c. elephant
d. lion
7. Which word does NOT belong with the
others?
a. couch
b. rug
c. table
d. chair

Each question has an underlined
word followed by four answer choices. You will choose
the word that is a necessary part of the underlined
word. A good way to approach this type of question is
to say the following sentence: “A ______ could not
exist without ______.” Put the underlined word in the
first blank. Try each of the answer choices in the second
blank to see which choice is most logical.
For questions 137 through 151, find the word that
names a necessary part of the underlined word.

8. book
a. fiction
b. pages
c. pictures
d. learning
9. guitar
a. band
b. teacher
c. songs
d. strings
10. shoe
a. sole
b. leather
c. laces
d. walking

ANSWER:

b. This is a simple addition series. Each number increases by 2.
b. This is a simple subtraction series. Each number is 6 less than the previous number.
c. This is an alternation with repetition series in which each number repeats itself and then increases by 7.
a. This is a simple subtraction series. Each number is 35 less than the previous number.
d. In this addition series, 1 is added to the first number; 2 is added to the second number; 3 is added to the third number; and so forth.
c. A leopard, cougar, and lion all belong to the cat family; an elephant does not.
b. The couch, table, and chair are pieces of furniture; the rug is not
b. The necessary part of a book is its pages; there is no book without pages. Not all books are fiction (choice a), and not all books have pictures (choice c). Learning (choice d) may or may not take place with a book.
d. A guitar does not exist without strings, so strings are an essential part of a guitar. A band is not necessary to a guitar (choice a). Guitar
playing can be learned without a teacher (choice b). Songs are byproducts of a guitar (choice c).
a. All shoes have a sole of some sort. Not all shoes are made of leather (choice b); nor do they all have laces (choice c). Walking (choice d) is not
essential to a shoe