Indian Assurance AO Reasoning Ability Test

Indian Assurance AO Reasoning Ability Test
Insurance Officer Model Solved Paper

1. Among A, B, C, D and E, each having a different weight, D is not lighter than B and E is not heavier than A. C is not the heaviest. Who among them is the lightest?

(l) D

(2) B

(3) E

(4) Data inadequate

(5) None of these

Ans. (4)

2. 712 + 92 x 0.50 - 83=?

(1) 685

(2) 625

(3) 635

(4) 675

(5)None of thee

Ans. (4)

3. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?

(1) VT

(2) MK

(3) DB

(4) KH

(5) XV

Ans. (4)

4. Each consonant In the word BISCUIT is replaced by the next letter in the English alphabet and each vowel is replaced by the previous letter In the English alphabet and the letters so obtained are rearranged in alphabetical order, which of the following will be the third from the left end alter the rearrangement?

(1) C

(2) D.

(3) H

(4) T

(5) None of these

Ans. (3)

5. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word DISCREDIT each of which has as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet?

(1) None

(2) One

(3) Two

(4) Three

(5) More than three

Ans. (5)

6 In a row of forty children, Q is fourteenth from the left end and there are sixteen children between 9 and M. What is M’s position from the right end of the row?

(1) 11th

(2)10th

(3) 30th

(4) Data inadequate

(5) None of these

Ans. (1)

7. In a certain code DONE is written as’5139’ and SEAL is written as 8942’. How is LOAD written in that code?

(1) 2415

(2) 2145

(3) 2945

(4) 2182

(5) None of these

Ans. (2)

8. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?

(1) 187

(2) 323

(3) 119

(4) 221

(5) 289

Ans. (5)

9. Statements:

All books are tents.

Some tents are lakes.

All lakes are ponds.

Conclusions:

I. Some ponds are book.

II. Some ponds are tents.

III. Some lakes are books.

(1) None follows

(2) Only I follows

(3) Only II follows

(4) Only III follows.

(5) Only II and III follow

Ans. (3)

10. Statements:

All baskets are marbles.

Some marb1es are sticks.

No stick is garden.

Conclusions:

I. Some gardens are baskets.

II. Some sticks are baskets.

III. No garden is basket.

(1) Only I follows

(2) Only III follows

(3) Only either I or III follows

(4) Only II follows

(5) None of these

Ans. (3)

11. Statements:

All buildings are rivers.

All rivers are Jungles.

All jungles are mountains.

Conclusions:

I. Some mountains are rivers.

II. Some Jungles are buildings.

III. Some mountains are buildings.

(1) Only I and II follow

(2) Only I and III follow

(3) Only II and III follow

(4) All I, II and III follow

(5) None of these

Ans. (4)

12.  Statements:

R * D, D © K, K $ M

Conclusions: I. M * R

          II. K $ R

          III. D * M

(1) None is true

(2) Only I is true

(3) Only II is true

(4) Only III is true

(5) Only II and III are true

Ans. (3)

13. Statements:

H @ B, B © R, A $ R

Conclusions: I. B * A

          II. R % H

          III. A $ H

(1) Only I and II are true

(2) Only I and III are true

(3) Only II and III are true

(4) All I, II and III are true

(5) None of these

Ans. (4)

14. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their positions in the above arrangement and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?

(1) % R 5

(2) F N *

(3) 1 W H

(4) U $ P

(5) 2 V 7

Ans. (1)

15. Which of the following is the sixth to the right of the thirteenth from the left end of the above arrangement?

(l) #

(2) 8

(3) W

(4) E

(5) None of these

Ans. (3)

16. How many such numbers are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately preceded by a consonant and immediately followed by a vowel?

(1) None

(2) One

(3) Two

(4) Three

(5) Four

Ans. (2)

17. HPEIUM

(1) @46*δ %

(2) %46*δ©

(3) @46* δ@

(4) #46*δ#

(5) None of these

Ans. (5)

18 FWHRKE

(1) 6©@976

(2) 6$©@97

(3) 6©@97$

(4) $©@976

(5) None of these

Ans. (3)

19. Who is third to the right of B?

(1) W

(2) M

(3) K

(4) H

(5) None of these

Ans. (4)

20. Who is third to the right of W?

(1) P

(2) D

(3) K

(4) R

(5) Data inadequate

Ans. (2)

21. Who is to the immediate left of B?

(1) Q

(2) P

(3) W

(4) Data Inadequate

(5) None of these

Ans. (1)

22. If it is possible to make only one meaningful English word with the third, the fourth, the sixth and the eighth letters of the word SINGLETON, which of the following will be the third letter of that word? If no such word can be made, give ‘X’ as the answer and if more than one such word can be made, give ‘Y’ as the answer.

(1) N

(2) 0

(3) E

(4) X

(5) Y

Ans. (1)

23. What should come next in the following number series?

9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

8 9 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

(1) 8

(2) 1

(3) 9

(4) 2

(5) None of these

Ans. (3)

24. Statements:

All pictures are walls.

Some walls are rooms.

Some rooms are windows.

Conclusions:

I. Some windows are walls.

II.Some windows are pictures.

III. Some rooms are walls.

(1) None follows

(2) Only I follows

(3) Only II follows

(4) Only III follows

(5) Only II and III follow

Ans. (4)

25. Statements:

Some bulbs are tubes.

Some tubes are wires.

Some wires are lamps.

Conclusions:

I. Some lamps are tubes.

II. Some wires are bulbs

III. Some lamps are bulbs.

(1) None follows

(2) Only III follows

(3) Only II follows

(4) Only I follows

(5) Only I and II follow

Ans. (1)