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PSA for Class 11 (Student Resource)

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PROBLEM SOLVING ASSESSMENTQualitative Reasoning

Analysis of Qualitative Reasoning Question Types

S. No. Question Type

1. Analogy questions (synonym relation, antonym, degree of difference, cause and

effect, whole and part, function composition action, sequential)

2. Complete the series

3. Symbol representation

4. Symbol relationship

5. Classification (Odd one out)

6. Venn diagrams

7. Coding/decoding

8. Directions

9. Blood relation

10. Ranking

11. Dice type test

12. Syllogism (Some, all, none)

13. Comprehension

Note: The questions can be one or more of the types given above.

Division of Qualitative Reasoning Questions

PSA Type Total No. of Questions Question Types

Qualitative

aptitude/reasoning

18 Reasoning (6 1 = 6);

Passage based MCQs(6 2 = 12)


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Solved Qualitative Reasoning Questions

1. Petal : Flower : : Tyre : ?

Options

(a) Bicycle (b) Ball (c) Shoes (d) Salt

Solution

(a) BicycleExplanation:This explanation is based on whole and part analogy. Petal is a part of a flower, similarly, tyre is a

part of a bicycle.

2. Keyboard : Type: : Telephone : ?

(a) Wire (b) Call (c) Internet (d) Mobile

Solution

(b) Call

Explanation:

This shows a relationship between object and function. A keyboard is used to type, similarly, a

telephone is used to call.

3. Complete the following series:3, 12, 27, 48, 75, 108, ?

(a) 147 (b) 157 (c) 163 (d) 182

Solution

(a) 147The terms in the series are: 3 12, 3 22, 3 32, 3 42, 3 52, 3 62,The next term in series would be 3 72, so the answer is 147.

4. Rohan starts walking northwards. After some time, he first turns to his right and then a little

further to his left. Finally, he walks a distance of one kilometre, and then turns to his left again.

In which direction is he walking now?


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(a) North (b) South (c) West (d) East

Solution

(c)West

Explanation:

The following figure shows the directions that Rohan has taken while walking. He starts from A and

travels northwards to B, then eastwards from B to C, again northwards from C to D and finally

westwards from D to E.

5. The dices are kept in two positions as shown below. What are the number of points that willappear on the opposite to the face containing 5 points?

(a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 4

Solution

(d)

In these two positions, one face has 1 point in the same position. In such cases, the remaining faces will

be opposite each other. So, the number of points on the face opposite to the face showing 5 points will be

4.

6. Mohans train got delayed and it reached Delhi at 2 am. It was his first visit to the city, andhe had no idea where to go. He asked a porter to get him an inexpensive bed in a dormitory.

The porter said that if Mohan gave him ten rupees, he would take him to one. But poor

Mohan was reluctant to part with the little money that he had and walked out of the station.

He wandered around and asked a number of people but could not find an inexpensive


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lodging. Finally, he sat down on a bench in a park and began to think as to what he should

do next. He was so tired that he fell asleep on the bench. The next morning when he woke

up, he had stiff limbs but he smiled when he realized that it was the most inexpensive

night's lodging that he had ever had in his life.

(i) The night Mohan spent on the bench in the park

(a) refreshed him.

(b) made his limbs stronger.

(c) gave him body ache.

(d) made him feel warm.

Solution(c)

(ii) The porter refused to help Mohan because

(a) he was rude to the porter.

(b) he had no previous acquaintance with the porter.

(c) he spoke a language which the porter did not understand.

(d) he refused to pay the porter any money.

Solution

(d )

(iii) From the passage, Mohan emerges as

(a) an adventurous person.

(b) a thrifty person.

(c) a spendthrift.

(d) a happy-go-lucky person.

Solution

(b)

(iv) Mohan could not get any accommodation for the night because


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(a) he wanted to spend the night in the open.

(b) the hotels were too expensive for him to afford.

(c) all the hotel rooms were booked.

(d) all the hotels in the city were closed.

Solution

(b)

(v) Mohan reached Delhi late in the night because

(a) his car broke down on the way.

(b) his train got delayed.

(c) he missed the bus.

(d) he started late from his village.

(vi) Mohan smiled in the morning after getting up because

(a) he slept in the open air.

(b) he had stiff limbs.

(c) the police did not arrest him.

(d) this was the most inexpensive lodging that he had had.

Solution

(d)

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