Q1. What is the angle between the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock at 6:25?
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Answer: C. 42.5°
|30 × 6 − 5.5 × 25| = |180 − 137.5| → smaller angle = 42.5°.
SSC CGL General Intelligence & Reasoning Intermediate Practice Set 5
25 intermediate questions. Tap an option to check it, or open “Show answer” for the explanation.
Topics: Clock, Mathematical Operations, Dictionary Order, Number Series, Alphabet Series, Coding-Decoding, Analogy, Classification, Direction Sense, Blood Relations, Ranking and Order, Calendar, Alphabet Test
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Q2. If '−' means '×', '×' means '−', then what is the value of 5 − 2 + 6 ÷ 2?
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Answer: A. 13
After substitution: 5 × 2 + 6 ÷ 2 = 13.
Q3. If the following words are arranged in dictionary order, which word comes 4th? Trader, Travel, Trance, Tragic
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Answer: C. Travel
Dictionary order: Trader, Tragic, Trance, Travel. The 4th word is Travel.
Q4. Find the missing number in the series: 8, 17, 33, ?, 133, 267
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Answer: C. 67
Pattern: ×2 + 1, ×2 − 1 alternately.
Q5. Find the next letter in the series: C, F, I, L, ?
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Answer: A. O
Each letter moves 3 places forward: L + 3 = O.
Q6. In a certain code, TIGER is written as TGIKV. How is JUNGLE written in that code?
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Answer: C. GNIPWL
Each letter moves 2 places forward and the result is reversed. So JUNGLE → GNIPWL.
Q7. Find the missing term: 2 : 9 :: 10 : ?
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Answer: D. 1001
Rule: n³ + 1. 10³ + 1 = 1001.
Q8. Find the odd one out: 33, 37, 53, 83
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Answer: D. 33
All except 33 are prime numbers; 33 is composite.
Q9. Pooja walks 3 m towards North, then turns right and walks 2 m, and finally turns left and walks 3 m. In which direction is Pooja now from the starting point?
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Answer: D. North-East
Net displacement: 6 m North and 2 m East. So Pooja is to the North-East of the start.
Q10. Pointing to a photograph, Ritu said, 'His mother is the only daughter of my mother.' How is Ritu related to the person in the photograph?
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Answer: A. Mother
The person's mother is Ritu, so Ritu is the person's mother.
Q11. In a class of 46 students, Amit ranks 34th from the top. What is Amit's rank from the bottom?
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Answer: B. 13th
Rank from bottom = 46 − 34 + 1 = 13.
Q12. If today is Sunday, what day of the week will it be after 177 days?
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Answer: B. Tuesday
177 ÷ 7 leaves remainder 2. Sunday + 2 days = Tuesday.
Q13. What is the angle between the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock at 7:20?
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Answer: C. 100°
|30 × 7 − 5.5 × 20| = |210 − 110| → smaller angle = 100°.
Q14. If '−' means '÷', '×' means '−', '÷' means '×', then what is the value of 11 ÷ 15 + 15 − 3?
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Answer: B. 170
After substitution: 11 × 15 + 15 ÷ 3 = 170.
Q15. Which letter is 5th to the left of the 11th letter from the left in the English alphabet?
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Answer: B. F
The 11th letter is K. 5 places to the left gives F.
Q16. If the following words are arranged in dictionary order, which word comes 4th? Rating, Rather, Ratio, Ration
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Answer: C. Ration
Dictionary order: Rather, Rating, Ratio, Ration. The 4th word is Ration.
Q17. Find the next number in the series: 16, 20, 28, 40, 56, ?
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Answer: B. 76
Differences are 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 (increasing by 4). So 56 + 20 = 76.
Q18. Find the missing number in the series: 7, 15, 29, 59, 117, ?
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Answer: C. 235
Pattern: ×2 + 1, ×2 − 1 alternately.
Q19. Find the next letter in the series: H, L, P, T, ?
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Answer: B. X
Each letter moves 4 places forward: T + 4 = X.
Q20. In a certain code, WINTER is written as DRMGVI. How is CHAIR written in that code?
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Answer: A. XSZRI
Each letter is replaced by its opposite letter (A↔Z, B↔Y, …). So CHAIR → XSZRI.
Q21. Find the missing term: TIG : WLJ :: LIG : ?
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Answer: D. OLJ
Each letter moves 3 places forward: LIG → OLJ.
Q22. Find the odd one out: 36, 49, 50, 196
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Answer: B. 50
All except 50 are perfect squares.
Q23. Arjun walks 7 m towards East, then turns right and walks 5 m, and finally turns left and walks 4 m. In which direction is Arjun now from the starting point?
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Answer: C. South-East
Net displacement: 5 m South and 11 m East. So Arjun is to the South-East of the start.
Q24. Introducing a man, Divya said, 'His wife is the only daughter of my father.' How is the man related to Divya?
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Answer: A. Husband
The only daughter of Divya's father is Divya, so the man is Divya's husband.
Q25. In a class of 40 students, Kunal ranks 18th from the top. What is Kunal's rank from the bottom?
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Answer: C. 23rd
Rank from bottom = 40 − 18 + 1 = 23.