New Pattern Reasoning Questions for NICL AO Mains Exam

Reasoning is a game of wits and presence of mind! Yes, it is true and it might seem as the greatest of the challenge after English Section’s surprises but yet this one can easily be dealt with. You just need correct practice and hardwire your brain to quickly make decisions of what to attempt and what to leave. Practice with these new pattern reasoning question for NICL AO Mains Exam.

Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

There are eight members Amit, Bipu, Chetan, Dinesh, Esha, Fiza, Geeta, Hina in a family, all are seated in row and facing to north (but not necessarily in the same order). Among them only two are married couple , there are only 3 male members in family. Also they are of different ages i.e. 60, 55, 36, 30, 27, 18, 16, 15 (but not necessarily n the same order).

The Sister of Chetan sits third to the left end of the row and both are immediate neighbor of each other. Amit is married to Dinesh’s grandmother. The Brother of Geeta sits second to the left of his grandmother. Fiza is son of Amit who is the oldest person of the family.The Age of Chetan’s mother-in-law is a multiplication of 11.The Wife of Amit sits extreme right end of the row. Geeta sits second to the right of Esha whose age in a perfect cube. Bipu is the mother of Fiza whose age is double of the one of his daughter. Dinesh sits between her grandmother and her father’s only son. Dinesh is sister of Geeta and Hina. Amit sits second to the left of Fiza’s sister-in-law. Geeta is the daughter of Chetan. Chetan is the daughter-in-law of Bipu. Fiza sits immediate right of Esha. Hina is the youngest member of the family. Geeta’s sister age is in a perfect square.

Q1. Who among the following is the son of Esha’s brother-in-law?
(a) Hina
(b) Geeta
(c) Dinesh
(d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these

Q2. What is the age of Fiza?
(a) 55
(b) 27
(c) 36
(d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these

Q3. Which of the following is the combination of male members in the family?
(a) Amit, Fiza, Hina
(b) Amit, Fiza, Chetan
(c) Fiza, Hina, Geeta
(d) Hina, Amit, Chetan
(e) Cannot be determined

Q4. Which of the following is true regarding to the seating arrangement?
(a) Dinesh is the daughter of the one whose age is 60
(b) The one whose age is 15 is brother of Geeta
(c) No one is true
(d) Esha is the wife of Fiza
(e) Fiza has two sons

Q5. Which of the following is Amit’s position with respect to Esha?
(a) Second to the left
(b) Second to the right
(c) Third to the left
(d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these

Directions (6-10): Study the information and answer the following questions:
In a certain code language
“with more than six” is coded as  “9@G  9#W  15@D  8@M “
“cases of farm suicide” is coded as ” 1#R  21#D  6@E  1@L”
“stress due to mounting” is coded as ” 20@R  15@F  21#D  15@N “

Q6. What is the code for “farmers”?
(a) 1#R
(b) 1@R
(c) 1#S
(d) 11#R
(e) None of these

Q7. What is the code for “marginal”?
(a) 1@R
(b) 1@K
(c) 11@K
(d) 1#K
(e) None of these

Q8. What is the code for “further”?
(a) 21#R
(b) 21@Q
(c) 22#Q
(d) 21#Q
(e) None of these

Q9. What is the code for “stagnant”?
(a) 20@S
(b) 10@S
(c) 20@T
(d) 20#S
(e) None of these

Q10. What is the code for “yields”?
(a) 9@T
(b) 19@R
(c) 9@S
(d) 9@R
(e) None of these

Q11. ‘A + B’ means ‘A is the son of B’, ‘A – B’ means ‘A is the wife of B’. ‘A × B’ means ‘A is the brother of B’, ‘A ÷ B’ means ‘A is the mother of B’, ‘A = B’ means ‘A is the sister of B’. Which of the following represents P is the nephew of Q? 
(a) R × P ÷ Q
(b) P × R ÷ Q
(c) P + R ÷ Q
(d) P + R × Q
(e) None of these

Q12. If A + B means A is the brother of B; A ÷ B means A is the father of B and A × B means A is the sister of B; which of the following means M is the uncle of P? 
(a) N × P ÷ M
(b) M + S ÷ R ÷ P
(c) M ÷ N × P
(d) M + K ÷ T × P
(e) None of these

Directions (13-15): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow.
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H and I are nine points. C is 2m East of B. A is 1m North of B and H is 2m South of A. G is 1m West of H while D is 3m East of G and F is 2m North of G. If I is situated just in middle of B and C while E is just in middle of H and D.

Q13. Distance between E and G is 
(a) 1m
(b) 1.5m
(c) 2 m
(d) 5 m
(e) None of these

Q14. Distance between E and I is 
(a) 1 m
(b) 2 m
(c) 3 m
(d) 4 m
(e) None of these

Q15. Distance between A and F is 
(a) 1m
(b) 1.41 m
(c) 2 m
(d) 3 m
(e) None of these