# Reasoning Ability Practice Test for NIACL Assistants

REASONING ABILITY PRACTICE TEST
Directions(1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

There are eight friends in an engineering college, namely, Suman, Aditya, Suresh, Bhuvan, Vinay, Mukund, Mithun and Ankur. Each of them has a different weight. They are studying in three departments, namely, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. Three of them study in Civil Engineering and Electrical Engineering each and two of them study Mechanical Engineering.
>> The lightest boy does not study in Civil Engineering and the heaviest boy does not study in Mechanical Engineering.
>> Mukund is heavier than Suman and Bhuvan, but lighter than Ankur and Aditya.
>> Vinay does not study in Civil Engineering and he is heavier than Aditya and he is also the second heaviest among the all boys.

>> Mithun is lighter than Bhuvan but heavier than Suman.
>> Ankur is fourth heaviest and studies in Electrical Engineering along with Bhuvan.
>> Mithun does not study either in Civil Engineering or in Mechanical Engineering.
>> Aditya does not study in Mechanical Engineering.

1.Who among the following is the heaviest?
a)Suresh
b)Vinay
c)Ankur
e)Can't be determined

2.Who is lighter than Bhuvan?
a)Mithun
c)Ankur
d)Mukund
e)Can't be determined

3.The boys, who study in Mechanical Egineering are:
a)Vinay - Suman
b)Mithun - Ankur
c)Ankur - Mukund
d)Vinay - Mukund
e)None of these

4.The boys, who study in Civil Egineering are:
b)Suresh - Vinay - Mithun
c)Suresh - Suman - Vinay
e)Can't be determined

5.Vinay studies in:
a)Mechanical Engineering
b)Civil Engineering
c)Electrical Engineering
d)Both (a) and (b)
e)None of these

Directions(6-10): Study the following information and answer the given questions.
M I & R S 2 K 3 # T 6 L E % A F G U $H * 5 9 J 4 D W 7 @ Q ! © N B 6.What will come in place of question mark(?) &SK TL% G$*       ?
a)JDW
b)JD7
c)94W
d)JW@
e)Can't be determined

7.Which of the following is odd from the others?
a)7W@
b)T6#
c)GFU
d)J94
e)R&S

8.How many such consonants are there in the arrangement, each of which is immediately preceded by a consonant and also immediately followed by a number?
a)One
b)Two
c)Three
d)Four
e)Five

9.After dropping the all symbols, what will be the twelfth from the left end?
a)D
b)E
c)F
d)G
e)None of these

10.Which of the following is eighth to the right of the nineteenth from the right end of the arrangement?
a)9
b)J
c)4
d)3
e)Can't be determined

1.a)
2.a)
3.a)
4.a)
5.a)
6.b)
7.b)
8.b)
9.e)
10.b)

Solution
(1-5):
Rank according to the weight,
Suresh > Vinay > Aditya > Ankur > Mukund > Bhuvan > Mithun > Suman
Suresh : Civil Engineering
Mukund : Civil Engineering
Ankur : Electrical Engineering
Bhuvan : Electrical Engineering
Mithun : Electrical Engineering
Vinay : Mechanical Engineering
Suman : Mechanical Engineering

6.&(+7) = T(+7) = G(+7) = J
S(+7) = L(+7) = \$(+7) = D
K(+7) = %(+7) = *(+7) = 7

7.G(-1) = F(+2) = U
J(-1) = 9(+2) = 4
R(-1) = &(+2) = S
T(+1) = 6(-2) = #
7(-1) = W(+2) = @

8.|Consonant|Consonant|Number|
Such combinations are: RS2 , DW7

9.M I R S 2 K 3 T 6 L E A F G U H 5 9 J 4 D W 7 Q N B
so, 12th from left end is : A

10.8th to the right of the 19th from the right end means 11th from the right end, i.e, J