Armed Forces Nursing Service AFNS Verbal Intelligence Test Mock 3

32, 29, 26, 23, 20, 17, 14, ... choose which pair of numbers comes next?

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Your Answer:

11, 8 11, 8
12, 8 12, 8
11, 7 11, 7
32, 29 32, 29
10, 9 10, 9

If CAT is coded as 3-1-20, what is DOG coded as?

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DOG DOG
4-15-7 4-15-7
4-15-7 4-15-7
43833 43833

Amit and Sohan have two brothers Manju Sohan and Amit's sister who has a son Ravi. So tell me how is Ravi related to Amit?

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Maternal uncle Maternal uncle
Nephew Nephew
Uncle Uncle
Brothe Brothe

Akhil is the maternal uncle of Rashmi. Ramesh is the father of Rashmi. How is Ramesh related to Akhil?

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Your Answer:

Brother-in-law Brother-in-law
Brother Brother
Father Father
Cousin Cousin

Look at the series: 22, 21, 23, 22, 24, 23, ... Next?

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Your Answer:

25 25
24 24
26 26
22 22

In a queue of 50 people, Ravi is 18th from the front. What is his position from the back?

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Your Answer:

33 33
32 32
34 34
31 31

Direction : Two statements I and II are given. These statement may be either independent causes or may be effects of independent causes or a common cause. One of these statements may be the effect of the other statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements. Mark answer : I. Standard of living among the middle class society is constantly going up since part of few years. II. Indian Economy is observing remarkable growth.

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Your Answer:

Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect.
Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect.
Both the statements I and II are independent causes.
Both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes.
Both the statements I and II are effects of some common cause.

75, 65, 85, 55, 45, 85, 35, ... choose which pair of numbers comes next?

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Your Answer:

25, 15 25, 15
25, 85 25, 85
35, 25 35, 25
85, 35 85, 35
25, 75 25, 75

A sum invested at 35% CI becomes \$18225 in 2 years. What will it become in 3 years?

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Your Answer:

\$24550.00 \$24550.00
\$24580.00 \$24580.00
\$24603.75 \$24603.75
\$24650.00 \$24650.00

Statement : The car dealer found that there was a tremendous response for the new XYZ's car-booking with long queues of people complaining about the duration of business hours and arrangements. Courses of Action : I. People should make their arrangement of lunch and snacks while going for car XYZ's booking and be ready to spend several hours. II. Arrangement should be made for more booking desks and increased business hours to serve more people in less time.

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Only I follows Only I follows
Only II follows Only II follows
Either I or II follows Either I or II follows
Neither I nor II follows Neither I nor II follows
Both I and II follow Both I and II follow

In hormone classification, which type is lipid-based: Steroid, Peptide, Amino acid-derived, Protein?

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Steroid Steroid
Peptide Peptide
Amino acid-derived Amino acid-derived
Protein Protein

In a certain code language, ‘random boys talk’ is written as ‘8 3 P’, ‘talk too much girls’ is written as ‘3 4 2 6’. How will ‘talk’ be written in that language?

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Your Answer:

3 3
P P
2 2
8 8

Leela introduces two girls to her friend as the daughters of the only sister of her father. Leela and the girls are ____.

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Cousins Cousins
Friends Friends
Nieces Nieces
Twins Twins

In a code, 'he is good' = 'ja ka la', 'good and bad' = 'la pa ma', 'bad is ugly' = 'ma ka na'. What is the code for 'he'?

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Your Answer:

ka ka
la la
ma ma
ja ja

Directions: In the following question assuming the given statements to be true, find which of the conclusion among the given conclusions is/ are definitely true and then give your answers accordingly

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Your Answer:

Only I is true Only I is true
Only II is true Only II is true
Either I or II is true Either I or II is true
Both I and II is true Both I and II is true
Neither I nor II is true Neither I nor II is true

White Elephant means:

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Costly/Useless Costly/Useless
Rare item Rare item
Albino Albino
Strong Strong

What is the number of students in the given figure who play cricket?

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Your Answer:

25 25
18 18
9 9
41 41

Which symbol means 'not equal to'?

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Your Answer:

= =
≠ ≠
≥ ≥
≤ ≤

Direction : Two statements I and II are given. These statement may be either independent causes or may be effects of independent causes or a common cause. One of these statements may be the effect of the other statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements. Mark answer : I. A huge truck overturned on the middle of the road last night. II. The police had cordoned off the entire area in the locality last morning for half of the day.

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Your Answer:

If statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect.
If statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect.
If both the statements I and II are independent causes.
If both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes.
If both the statement I and II are effects of some common cause.

If $$a:b = 2:3$$, $$b:c = 4:5$$, $$c:d = 6:7$$, find $$a:d$$.

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Your Answer:

0.34791666666667 0.34791666666667
0.17708333333333 0.17708333333333
0.088194444444444 0.088194444444444
0.69097222222222 0.69097222222222

A series is given with one term missing. Select the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.AY, CW, EU, ?

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Your Answer:

GS GS
HS HS
GR GR
HR HR

Statement : A large number of people visiting India from country X have been tested positive for carrying viruses of a killer disease. Courses of Action : I. The government of India should immediately put a complete ban on people coming to India from country X including those Indians who are settled in country X. II. The government of India should immediately set up detection centres at all its airports and seaports to identify and quarantine those who are tested positive.

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Only I follows Only I follows
Only II follows Only II follows
Either I or II follows Either I or II follows
Neither I nor II follows Neither I nor II follows
Both I and II follow Both I and II follow

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.) Cloth: Closet :: Gun : ?

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Armoury Armoury
Almirah Almirah
Bullet Bullet
Chest Chest

Select the word-pair that best represents a similar relationship to the one expressed in the given pair of words. (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) Hen : Coop

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Horse : Field Horse : Field
Bee : Hive Bee : Hive
Elephant : Leaves Elephant : Leaves
Cow : Hay Cow : Hay

If MIND becomes KGLB and ARGUE becomes YPESC, then what will DIAGRAM be in that code ?

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Your Answer:

BGYEPYK BGYEPYK
BGYPYEK BGYPYEK
GLPEYKB GLPEYKB
LKBGYPK LKBGYPK

What is 18 ÷ 2?

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Your Answer:

8 8
10 10
11 11
9 9

Calculate: $(50 - 20) \times 2 - 15 \div 3$

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Your Answer:

35 35
45 45
55 55
65 65

Antonym of "RELUCTANT":

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Your Answer:

Slow Slow
Eager Eager
Happy Happy
Sad Sad

If $P$ means $+$, $Q$ means $-$, then 5 P 4 Q 3 = ?

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Your Answer:

6 6
7 7
5 5
4 4

Select the combination of letters that when sequentially placed in the blanks of the given series will complete the series.rtx_sx_z_txy_ _ yz

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Your Answer:

yyrsx yyrsx
yyrxs yyrxs
sysyx sysyx
yxyrs yxyrs

It is up to our government and planners to devise ways and means for the mobilisation of about ten crore workers whose families total up about forty crore men, women and children. Our agriculture is over-manned. A lesser number of agriculturists would mean more purchasing or spending power to every agriculturist. This will result in the shortage of man-power for many commodities to be produced for which there will be a new demand from a prosperous agrarian class. This shortage will be removed by surplus man-power released from agriculture as suggested above. The passage best supports the statement that:

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employment in production is more fruitful than employment in agriculture.
Indian economy is in a poor shape basically due to improper mobilisation of man-power.
a shift of labour from agricultural sector to the industrial sector would uplift the living standard.
the industrial sector is labour-deficient while the agricultural sector is over-manned in our country.

Identify the next number: 5, 11, 23, 47, ?

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Your Answer:

94 94
95 95
96 96
90 90

What comes next: 2, 15, 41, 80, 132, ?

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Your Answer:

180 180
190 190
195 195
197 197

Statements: All dogs are cats. No cat is a rat. Conclusion: No dog is a rat.

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Your Answer:

1 1
Option 2 Option 2
Probable Probable
None None

Statement : India today is midstream in its demographic transaction. In the last 60 years there has been an almost continuous decline in mortality; while fertility has declined over the last 20 years. The consequence is that there has been a rapid growth in population over the last 50 years. Courses of Action : I. India should immediately revitalise its family planning programme. II. The Government should immediately launch a massive education programme through mass media highlighting the implication of population growth at the present rate.

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Only I follows Only I follows
Only II follows Only II follows
Either I or II follows Either I or II follows
Neither I nor II follows Neither I nor II follows
Both I and II follow Both I and II follow

Directions : Each of the following question consists of a statement followed by two arguments I and II. You have to decide which of the arguments is a STRONG arguments and which is a WEAK Argument. Statement : Should there be compulsory medical examination of both the man and the woman before they marry each other? Arguments : I. No. This is an intrusion to the privacy of an individual and hence cannot be tolerated. II. Yes. This will substantially reduce the risk of giving birth to children with serious ailments.

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Your Answer:

Only argument I is strong Only argument I is strong
Only argument II is strong Only argument II is strong
Either I or II is strong Either I or II is strong
Neither I nor II is strong Neither I nor II is strong
Both I and II are strong Both I and II are strong

6 : 8 :: 3 : ?

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Your Answer:

6 6
8 8
2 2
4 4

Statements: The Government has decided to hold a single entrance test for admission to all the medical colleges in India. The State Government has debarred students from other States to apply for the seats in the medical colleges in the State.

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Your Answer:

Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect.
Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect.
Both the statements I and II are independent causes.
Both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes.
Both the statements I and II are effects of some common cause.

Statements : All pens are chalks. All chairs are chalks. Conclusions : I. Some pens are chairs. II. Some chalks are pens.

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Your Answer:

Only conclusion I follows Only conclusion I follows
Only conclusion II follows Only conclusion II follows
Either I or II follows Either I or II follows
Neither I nor II follows Neither I nor II follows
Both I and II follow Both I and II follow

If A=1, B=3, C=5 (Odd numbers), what is the value of DESK?

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Your Answer:

70 70
74 74
76 76
80 80

Pointing to a girl Vineet said, she is the only daughter of my father's only son. How is Vineet related to that girl?

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Your Answer:

Brother Brother
Uncle Uncle
Son Son
Father Father

Three numbers are in ratio 2:3:4. If sum of their squares is 1740, find the largest number.

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Your Answer:

28 28
31 31
32 32
36 36

Most dresses in that shop are expensive.

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Your Answer:

There are no cheap dresses available in that shop.
Handloom dresses in that shop are cheap.
There are cheap dresses also in that shop.
Some dresses in that shop are expensive.
Two-fifth of the boys play only football.

Select the option that is related to the fifth alphanumeric-cluster in the same way as the second alphanumeric-cluster is related to the first alphanumeric-cluster and the fourth alphanumeric-cluster is related to the third alphanumeric-cluster. WXY72 : ZAB29 :: CDE12 : FGH21 :: IJK30 : ?

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Your Answer:

MNO39 MNO39
MNO40 MNO40
LMN29 LMN29
LMN39 LMN39

Direction : Two statements I and II are given. These statement may be either independent causes or may be effects of independent causes or a common cause. One of these statements may be the effect of the other statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements. Mark answer : I. The vegetables price in the local market have increase manifold during the past few days. II. Incessant rains have created flood like situation in most rural parts of the State.

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Your Answer:

If statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect.
If statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect.
If both the statements I and II are independent causes.
If both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes.
If both the statement I and II are effects of some common cause.

Direction: Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below.

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Grandson Grandson
Father-in-law Father-in-law
Son-in-law Son-in-law
Brother-in-law Brother-in-law
Uncle Uncle

9, 11, 33, 13, 15, 33, 17, ... choose which pair of numbers comes next?

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Your Answer:

19, 33 19, 33
33, 35 33, 35
33, 19 33, 19
15, 33 15, 33
19, 21 19, 21

Statements: The committee appointed by the Government on the fee structure of the professional courses has drastically reduced the fees of various courses in comparison to those charged in the last year. The parents of aspiring students seeking admission to professional courses had launched a severe agitation protesting against the high fees charged by the professional institutes and the admission process was delayed considerably.

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Your Answer:

Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect.
Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect.
Both the statements I and II are independent causes.
Both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes.
Both the statements I and II are effects of some common cause.

Find out the two signs to be interchanged for making following equation correct. 5 + 3 x 66 - 11 ÷ 8 = 15

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Your Answer:

+ and x + and x
+ and ÷ + and ÷
+ and – + and –
- and ÷ - and ÷

A clock is set right at 5AM. It loses 16 min in 24 hours. What is the true time when clock indicates 10PM on 4th day?

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Your Answer:

0.91666666666667 0.91666666666667
0.95833333333333 0.95833333333333
0.875 0.875
0.5 0.5

Statements: L = M, M ≠ N. Conclusions: I. L ≠ N II. L = N. Which is definitely true?

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Your Answer:

Only I Only I
Only II Only II
Either I or II Either I or II
Neither Neither

Statements : All young scientists are open-minded. No open-minded men are superstitious. Conclusions : I. No scientist is superstitious. II. No young people are superstitious.

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Your Answer:

Only conclusion I follows Only conclusion I follows
Only conclusion II follows Only conclusion II follows
Either I or II follows Either I or II follows
Neither I nor II follows Neither I nor II follows
Both I and II follow Both I and II follow

In a row of 66 people, A is 28th from the left and B is 30th from the right. How many people are between them?

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Your Answer:

7 7
9 9
6 6
8 8

Vikram started from point R and walked straight 7 km west, then turned left and walked 2 km and again turned left and walked straight 4 km. In which direction is he from R?

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North-East North-East
South-West South-West
South-East South-East
North-West North-West

If ‘+’ means ‘÷’, `-` means `×`, `÷` means `+` and `×` means `-`, then36 × 12 + 4 ÷ 6 + 2 - 3 = ?

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Your Answer:

42 42
18 18
40 40
2 2

Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer : Statements : All those political prisoners were released on bail who had gone to jail for reasons other than political dharnas. Bail was not granted to persons involved in murders. Conclusions : I. No political - prisoner had committed murder. II. Some politicians were not arrested.

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Your Answer:

Only conclusion I follows Only conclusion I follows
Only conclusion II follows Only conclusion II follows
Either I or II follows Either I or II follows
Neither I nor II follows Neither I nor II follows
Both I and II follow Both I and II follow

A sum becomes 4 times in 2 years at CI. In how many years will it become 16 times?

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Your Answer:

4 years 4 years
5 years 5 years
6 years 6 years
8 years 8 years

SPECIFICATION

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Your Answer:

PACIFIC PACIFIC
FACTION FACTION
FAINTING FAINTING
TONIC TONIC

By interchanging the given two signs which of the following equation will be not correct? + and –

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Your Answer:

8 ÷ 4 × 6 + 5 – 9 = 16 8 ÷ 4 × 6 + 5 – 9 = 16
15 + 3 × 4 – 6 ÷ 2 = 6 15 + 3 × 4 – 6 ÷ 2 = 6
3 × 2 – 72 ÷ 6 + 8 = 18 3 × 2 – 72 ÷ 6 + 8 = 18
3 + 4 – 2 × 5 ÷ 1 = 9 3 + 4 – 2 × 5 ÷ 1 = 9

Statement: $X > Y \ge Z$. Which is definitely false?

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Your Answer:

$X > Z$ $X > Z$
$Z > X$ $Z > X$
$Y \ge Z$ $Y \ge Z$
$Z \le X$ $Z \le X$

Choose the correct order of the given alternative : a _ ca _ bc _ bcc _ bca

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Your Answer:

bbaa bbaa
bbab bbab
aabb aabb
baba baba

The weights of 4 boxes are 70, 100, 20 and 40 kilograms. Which of the following cannot be the total weight, in kilograms, of any combination of these boxes and in a combination a box can be used only once.

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160 160
200 200
230 230
190 190

Select the word-pair that best represents a similar relationship to the one expressed in the pair of words given below. (The words must be considered as meaningful English words and must not be related to each other based on the number of letters/numbers of consonants/vowels in the word) Race : Track

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Athletics : Stadium Athletics : Stadium
Cart : Wheel Cart : Wheel
Wrestling : Court Wrestling : Court
Exercise : Course Exercise : Course

Arrange the words given below in a meaningful sequence. 1. Butterfly 2. Cocoon 3. Egg 4. Worm

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1, 3, 4, 2 1, 3, 4, 2
1, 4, 3, 2 1, 4, 3, 2
2, 4, 1, 3 2, 4, 1, 3
3, 4, 2, 1 3, 4, 2, 1

Four of the following five are alike in a certain way so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?

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Gold Gold
Nickel Nickel
Platinum Platinum
Tungsten Tungsten
Diamond Diamond

Pointing towards a girl in the picture, Sarita said, "She is the mother of Neha whose father is my son." How is Sarita related to the girl in the picture?

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Your Answer:

Mother Mother
Aunt Aunt
Cousin Cousin
Data inadequate Data inadequate
None of these None of these

A is 3 years older to B and 3 years younger to C, while B and D are twins. How many years older is C to D?

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Your Answer:

2 2
3 3
6 6
12 12

What is $3000 - [1200 - \{800 - (500 - 250)\} \times 3] + 200$

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Your Answer:

1550 1550
3650 3650
4850 4850
6200 6200

Statements: Police authority has recently increased vigil during the evening hours in the locality. There has been considerable reduction in the incidents of petty crimes in the locality.

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Your Answer:

Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect.
Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect.
Both the statements I and II are independent causes.
Both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes.
Both the statements I and II are effects of some common cause.

One who hates marriage:

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Misogynist Misogynist
Misogamist Misogamist
Misanthrope Misanthrope
Polygamist Polygamist

A car always has

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Your Answer:

Driver Driver
Wheels Wheels
Bonnet Bonnet
Bumper Bumper

Direction : Two statements I and II are given. These statement may be either independent causes or may be effects of independent causes or a common cause. One of these statements may be the effect of the other statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements. Mark answer : I. The university authority has instructed all the colleges under its jurisdiction to ban use of all phones inside the college premises. II. Majority of the teachers of the colleges signed a joint petition to the university complaining the disturbances caused by cell phone ring-tones inside the classrooms.

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Your Answer:

Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect
Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect
Both the statements I and II are independent causes
Both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes
Both the statements I and II are effects of some common cause

Once in a blue moon:

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Your Answer:

Often Often
Daily Daily
Weekly Weekly
Rarely Rarely

In the following question, select the odd number from the given alternatives.

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Your Answer:

9413 9413
5612 5612
6260 6260
8411 8411

Which is NOT a classification of igneous rocks by texture: Phaneritic, Aphanitic, Porphyritic, Sedimentary?

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Your Answer:

Phaneritic Phaneritic
Aphanitic Aphanitic
Porphyritic Porphyritic
Sedimentary Sedimentary

Statement: Should income tax be abolished in India? Arguments: Yes. It is an unnecessary burden on the wage earners. No. It is a good source of revenue.

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Your Answer:

Only argument I is strong Only argument I is strong
Only argument II is strong Only argument II is strong
Either I or II is strong Either I or II is strong
Neither I nor II is strong Neither I nor II is strong
Both I and II are strong Both I and II are strong

Which one is odd?

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Your Answer:

Doctor Doctor
Teacher Teacher
Engineer Engineer
Hospital Hospital

A is older than B by 9 years. C is older than B by 3 years. If A is 33 years old, how old is C?

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Your Answer:

26 26
28 28
27 27
25 25

If SIKKIM is coded THLJJL, then how is MANIPUR coded?

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Your Answer:

NZOHQTQ NZOHQTQ
NZOHQTS NZOHQTS
NBOHQTQ NBOHQTQ
NZOJQTQ NZOJQTQ

Race : Fatigue :: Fast : ?

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Your Answer:

Food Food
Hunger Hunger
Appetite Appetite
Weakness Weakness

Analogy: Architect : Building :: Sculptor : ?

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Your Answer:

Statue Statue
Museum Museum
Chisel Chisel
Stone Stone

Fire : Ashes :: Explosion : ?

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Your Answer:

Sound Sound
Debris Debris
Flame Flame
Death Death

Starting from O, a person walks 51 km South to A, 140 km East to B, 51 km North to C, 90 km West to D. What is distance OD?

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Your Answer:

281 km 281 km
191 km 191 km
140 km 140 km
50 km 50 km

In a certain code language, 'ACD' is coded as '12', and 'BEA' is coded as '10'. How will 'ECG' be coded in that language?

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Your Answer:

105 105
85 85
115 115
125 125

If 'CAPACITY' is coded as '81' and 'VOLUME' is coded as '91', then how will 'AMOUNT' be coded?

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Your Answer:

84 84
87 87
86 86
85 85

How many triangles are there in the figure?

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Your Answer:

24 24
14 14
28 28
20 20

Rahul walks 6km towards south and then he turns right and walks 5km. Again he turns left and walks 7km. In which direction and how far is he from his starting point?

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Your Answer:

South-west, 13.93 km South-west, 13.93 km
East, 6km East, 6km
North-east, 11.23 km North-east, 11.23 km
West, 5 km West, 5 km

Evaluating Your Answers

Armed Forces Nursing Service AFNS Verbal Intelligence Test Mock 3 : Question 1 of 87