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11 MOST APPROPRIATE

MISSING PART QUESTION

(LOGIC BASED)

Each statement has a part missing. Choose the best option

from those given below the statement to make up the

missing part. Please note that more than one choice may

fit in to make a syntactically correct sentence, but select

the choice that is logical in the context of the sentence.

12 IDENTIFICATION OF

CORRECT SENTENCES

QUESTION

Each question consists of four/five sentences on a topic.

Some sentences are grammatically incorrect or

inappropriate. Select the option that indicates the

grammatically correct and appropriate sentence(s).

13 IDENTIFICATION OF

INCORRECT SENTENCES

QUESTION

Each question consists of four/five sentences on a topic.

Some sentences are grammatically incorrect or

inappropriate. Select the option that indicates the

grammatically incorrect and inappropriate sentence(s).

14 NONSENSICAL WORD

QUESTION

Each of the following questions has a aragraph with one

italicized word that does not make sense. Choose the most

appropriate replacement for that word, from the options

given below the paragraph.

15 WORD CONFUSABLES

QUESTION

In each question, there are four/five sentences. Each

sentence has pairs of words/phrases that are italicized

and highlighted. From the italicized and highlighted

word(s)/phrase(s), select the most appropriate

word(s)/phrase(s) to form correct sentences. Then from

the options given, choose the best one.

16 MOST APPROPRIATE

MISSING PART QUESTION

(GRAMMAR BASED)

Each statement has a part missing. Choose the best option

from those given below the statement to make up the

missing part. Please note that more than one choice mayfit in to make a logically correct sentence, but select the

choice that is grammatically correct & appropriate in the

context of the sentence.

17 BEST REPLACEMENT OF

THE UNDERLINED PART

QUESTION

In each of the following sentences, a part of the sentence

is underlined. Beneath each sentence, four/five different

ways of phrasing the underlined part are indicated.

Choose the best alternative and mark its number as your

answer.

18 ARGUMENT BASED

LOGICAL REASONING

QUESTION TYPE I

(IDENTIFYING THE

CONCLUSION)

Each of these critical reasoning questions is based on a

short argument, a set if statements, or a plan of action.

For each question, select the correct alternative from the

given choices.

19 PARAGRAPH FORMATION

QUESTION TYPE I

In the following question, statements 1 and 6 are

respectively the first and the last sentences of a

paragraph. Statements A, B, C, D come in between them.

Rearrange A, B, C, D in such a manner that they make a

coherent paragraph together with the statements 1 and 6.

Select the correct order from the given choices and markits number as your answer.


QUESTION TYPE II [5

The sentences given in each of the following questions,

when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph.


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STATEMENTS] Each sentence is labelled with a letter. From among the

choices given below each question, choose the most

logical order of sentences that constructs a coherent

paragraph.


QUESTION TYPE III [6

STATEMENTS]



Each sentence is labelled with a letter. From among the



paragraph.


QUESTION TYPE IV

In each question, there are five sentences/paragraphs.

The sentence/paragraph labelled A is in its correct place.

The four that follow are labelled B, C, D and E, and need to

be arranged in the logical order to form a coherent

paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the

most appropriate option.


QUESTION TYPE V [4

STATEMENTS]






paragraph.

24 BEST STATEMENT

QUESTION (GRAMMAR

BASED)

In each question, four/five different ways of presenting an

idea are given. Choose the one that conforms most closely

to standard English usage.

25 BEST RESTATEMENTQUESTION (LOGIC

BASED)

Each question has a statement. Pick from the options themost appropriate restatement of the given statement.

Note that all the choices may be grammatically correct but

you have to select the one that is closest in meaning to

the given statement.

26 ERROR IDENTIFICATION

QUESTION (BROKEN

SENTENCE)

Each of the sentences given below is divided into four/five

parts. One of them has an error. Mark the number of the

incorrect part as your answer.

27 PARAGRAPH

COMPLETION QUESTION

TYPE I (BASED ON LOGIC)

The following question has a paragraph from which the

last sentence has benn deleted. From the given options,

choose the one that completes the pararaph in the most

appropriate way.

28 PARAGRAPH

COMPLETION QUESTION

TYPE II

Each of the following questions has a paragraph, from

which the last sentence has benn deleted, followed by

four/five sentences A, B, C, D or A, B, C, D, E which may

or may not logically conclude the paragraph. From the

given options, choose the sentence(s) that CANNOT

logically conclude the paragraph.

29 FACTS, INFERENCES AND

JUDGMENTS QUESTION

Each questio has a set of four/five sequentially ordered

statements. Each statement can be classified as one of thefollowing.

- Facts, which deal with pieces of information that one has

heard, seen or read, and which are open to discovery or


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verification (the answer option indicates such a statement

with an F).

- Inferences, which are conclusions drawn about the

unknown, on the basis of the known (the answer option

indicates such a statement with an I).

- Judgements, which are opinions that imply approval or

disapproval of persons, objects, situations and

occurrences in the past, the present or the future (the

answer option indicates such a statement with a J)

Select the answer option that best describes the set of

four/five statements.

30 UPSTREAM

DOWNSTREAM

ARGUMENT QUESTION

Each question has a main statement followed by four/five

question statements - A, B, C, D or A, B, C, D, E. Read the

main statement and identify each question statement as

(U) if the main statement can be derived from the

question statement (UPSTREAM ARGUMENT)

(D) if the question statement can be derived from the

main statement (DOWNSTREAM ARGUMENT)

(L) if the question statement supports the main statement

(LATERAL ARGUMENT)

(I) if the question statement is not relevant to the main

statement (IRRELEVANT STATEMENT)



31 BEST SUMMARY

QUESTION TYPE I

(FACTUAL PARAGRAPHS)

Four/Five alternative summaries are given below each

text. Choose the option that best captures the essenceof

the text.

32 ODD MAN OUT QUESTION

TYPE I (RELATIONSHIP

BASED)

Find the odd man out.

33 SYNONYM QUESTION

TYPE I

Each question gives a word followed by four/five choices.

From the choices, select the most suitable synonym (word

which means the same) for the main word and mark its

number as the answer.

34 ANTONYM QUESTION

TYPE I

Each question gives a word followed by four/five choices.

From the choices, identify the one which is an antonym

(word which means the opposite) to the main word and

mark its number as the answer.

35 LCFI ARGUMENT

QUESTION

Each paragraph is followed by four/five question

statements - A, B, C, D or A, B, C, D, E. Study each

question statement in the light of what is said in the

paragraph, and mark your answer as

(L) if the question statement can be logically concluded

from the paragraph (LOGICAL CONCLUSION)

(C) if the question statement contradicts the intent of theparagraph (CONTRADICTION)

(F) if the question statement is a far-fetched conclusion

from the paragraph (FAR-FETCHED CONCLUSION)


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(I) if the question statement is not relevant to the intent

of the paragraph (IRRELEVANT STATEMENT)



36 READING

COMPREHENSION

QUESTION TYPE I (MAIN

THEME OR CENTRAL

IDEA)

These questions are based on the following passages.

Read each passage carefully and choose the best answer

for the questions that follow it.

37 DEDUCTIONS QUESTION

TYPE I (TWO PREMISES)

Select the alternative that logically follows from the two

given statements, but not from one stateme alone.


TYPE II

Each of these questions consist of five or six statements

followed by sets of three statements each. Find the set in

which the third statement can be logically concluded from

the first two statements.

39 CONNECTIVES QUESTION

TYPE I

Each question has a main statement followed by four

statements labelled A, B, C, D. Choose the ordered pair of

statements where the first statement implies the second,

and the two statements are logically consistent with the

main statement.

40 CONNECTIVES QUESTION

TYPE II

Each question below consists of a main statement

followed by four numbered statements. From the

numbered statements, select the one that logically

negates the main statement.


TYPE III

The questions given below have four groups of three

statements each. Read the statements in each groupcarefully and identify the group/groups where the third

statement logically follows the first two statements in the

group.


TYPE IV

Each question consists of a set of numbered statements.

Assume that each ones of these statements is individually

true. Each of the four/five choices consists of a subset of

these statements. Choose the subset as your answer

where the statements therein are logically consistent

among themselves.


TYPE V

Each of the following questions consists of two/three/four

statements followed by two/three/four conclusions.

Consider the statements to be true even if they vary from

the normally known facts and find out which of the

conclusion(s) logically follow(s) the given statements and

choose the proper alternative from the given choices.

Mark 1 if Only 1 follows

Mark 2 if Only 2 follows

Mark 3 if Only one of them can follow

Mark 4 if None of them follow44 CONTEXTUAL

VOCABULARY QUESTION

TYPE I

In the questions that follow, you will see a passage with

some highlighted text. Among the options given below the

passage, choose the option that is nearest in meaning to


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that of the highlighted text.

45 MISCELLANEOUS

QUESTION

Provided below are 6 statements that form the content of

a single paragraph. While one statement of the paragraph

is in the right sequential position, the other 5 are not.

Answer the 3 questions that follow this set of statements,

following the specific directions given for each.

(1) X is the nth statement of the paragraph. From the

choices below, pick the one that represents the sequence

of the other 5 which, when read with X, would result in a

paragraph that delivers the best sense.

(2) Some of the six statements, are not in keeping with

the elements of standard English usage in some part(s).

The errors may be in grammatical structure of the

sentences including punctuation, appropriate use of

words, logical sense, and /or spellings. The six sentences

should present a logically coherent paragraph. With this is

mind, identify the statements that are incorrect, and pick

the set of the incorrect statements from the following

choices.

(3) Each of the statements contains a blank followed by

two words in bold print. One of these is the word better

suited to the blank. Identify the appropriate word for each

statement and pick, from the following choices, the one

that you think represents the correct sequence of

appropriate words in the six statements.

46 SYNONYM QUESTION

TYPE II

A word along with four/five sentences is given below.

There is a word highlighted in each of the sentences.

Choose the option in which the highlighted word is a

synonym of the base word.

47 SYNONYM QUESTION

TYPE III

Two sentences, each with a highlighted word, are given.

Choose the word which is closest in meaning to both these

words.

48 CONTEXTUAL

VOCABULARY QUESTION

TYPE II

In the questions that follow, you will see a passage with

some highlighted text. Among the options given below the

passage, choose the option that is farthest in meaning to

that of the highlighted text.

49 ANTONYM QUESTION

TYPE II

A word along with five sentences is given below. There is a

word highlighted in each of the sentences. Choose an

answer option which has the highlighted word as an

antonym of the base word.

50 ANTONYM QUESTION

TYPE III

There are two sentences given below. Each sentence has a

word highlighted in it. From the options choose the word

that is an antonym of both the highlighted words.

51 FILL IN THE BLANKS

QUESTION TYPE III

Choose a word, which is an antonym of the word that

should replace the blank.52 SYNONYM QUESTION

TYPE IV

Replace the underlined word with its nearest synonym.

53 ODD MAN OUT QUESTION Given below are five sentences, each with a highlighted


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TYPE II (ODD

SENTENCES)

word. Choose the option whose highlighted word is not

related to those of the other options.

54 PARAGRAPH

COMPLETION QUESTION

TYPE III (BASED ON

VOCABULARY/GRAMMAR)


last sentence has benn deleted. From the given options,


appropriate way.

55 PARAGRAPHCOMPLETION QUESTION

TYPE IV (FIND THE

CONCLUSION)

The following question has a paragraph from which thelast sentence has benn deleted. From the given options,


appropriate way.

56 PARAGRAPH

COMPLETION QUESTION

TYPE V (FIND THE

ASSUMPTIONS/INFERENC

ES) I.E. (FIND THE FIRST

SENTENCE)


first sentence has benn deleted. From the given options,


appropriate way.

57 PARAGRAPH

COMPLETION QUESTION

TYPE VI (CONNECT THE

TWO PARAGRAPHS)

The following question has two paragraphs from which the

middle sentence has benn deleted. From the given

options, choose the one that completes the pararaph in

the most appropriate way.

58 READING

COMPREHENSION

QUESTION TYPE II

(AUTHORS OPINION,

ATTITUDE OR POINT OF

VIEW)




59 READING

COMPREHENSION

QUESTION TYPE III

(EXPLICIT INFORMATION)




60 READING

COMPREHENSION

QUESTION TYPE IV

(IMPLIED INFORMATION)




61 READING

COMPREHENSION

QUESTION TYPE V

(WORD/PHRASE IN

CONTEXT)




62 READING

COMPREHENSION

QUESTION TYPE VI

(PASSAGE STRUCTURE

OR TECHNIQUE)




63 READING

COMPREHENSION

QUESTION TYPE VII

(ANALOGOUS





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ARGUMENT)

64 READING

COMPREHENSION

QUESTION TYPE VIII

(QUESTIONS RELATING

TWO PASSAGES)




65 CAUSE AND EFFECTQUESTION

Each question has two statements. Identify the nature ofthe relationship between them.

Options:

(1) if statement A is the cause and statement B is the

effect.

(2) if statement B is the cause and statement A is the

effect.

(3) if statements A and B are independent causes.

(4) if statements A and B are effects of independent

causes.

(5) if statements A and B are effects of a common cause.

66 COURSE OF ACTION

QUESTION

Consider the information in the statement to be true and

on the basis of that read the following questions and mark

them as:

(a) if only A is the course of action.

(b) if only B is the course of action.

(c) if either of the two is the course of action.

(d) if neither of the two is the course of action.

(e) if both of them are the courses of action.

67 ARGUMENT BASEDLOGICAL REASONING

QUESTION TYPE II

(IDENTIFYING THE

ASSUMPTION)

Each of these critical reasoning questions is based on ashort argument, a set if statements, or a plan of action.


given choices.

68 ARGUMENT BASED

LOGICAL REASONING

QUESTION TYPE III

(IDENTIFYING A

STRENGTHENING

ARGUMENT)




given choices.

69 ARGUMENT BASED

LOGICAL REASONING

QUESTION TYPE IV

(IDENTIFYING A

WEAKENING ARGUMENT)




given choices.

70 ARGUMENT BASED

LOGICAL REASONING

QUESTION TYPE V

(PARALLEL REASONING)




given choices.71 ARGUMENT BASED

LOGICAL REASONING

QUESTION TYPE VI





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(IDENTIFYING A

INFERENCE)

given choices.

72 IMPLICIT STATEMENT

QUESTION

For the questions given below, a small passage is

provided, followed by three conclusions. You have to

identify whether the statements are implicit in the given

passage.

73 SENTENCE FORMATIONQUESTION

Arrange the given statements in a logical order to form ameaningful sentence.


QUESTION TYPE VI

(SINGLE LOT OF 8

SENTENCES AND 5

QUESTIONS PER SET)






paragraph.

75 BEST SUMMARY

QUESTION TYPE II

(ABSTRACT

PARAGRAPHS)



the text.

76 BEST SUMMARY

QUESTION TYPE III

(LOGICAL SUMMARIES)



the text.

77 PROBABLY/DEFINITELY

TRUE OR FALSE

QUESTION

Given below is a passage followed by several inferences.

Examine the inferences separately in the context of the

passage, and determine whether they are true or false.

Mark1. if the inference is definitely true, i.e. it directly follows

from the statement of facts given.

2. if the inference is probably true, though not directly

true, in the light of the statement of facts given.

3. if the inference is uncertain, i.e. data is insufficient to

decide whether the inference is true or false

4. if the inference is probably false, though not definitely

false, in the light of the statement of facts given.

5. if the inference is definitely false, i.e. it cannot possibly

be inferred from the statement of facts given.

78 STRONG/WEAK

ARGUMENT QUESTION

For the questions given below, a statement is provided,

followed by some arguments. You have to identify whether

the arguments are strong or weak and select the correct

alternative. Strong arguments are important and directly

related to the question. Weak arguments may not be

directly related or may be related to trivial aspects of the

question and may be of lesser importance.


TYPE VI

Each question has one statement followed by four

numbered statements. Answer options begin with one ofthe numbered statements which is to be treated as the

second premise and the second numbered statement

which is to be treated as conclusion. Choose the correct


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syllogism.

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