Insurance Assistant Administrative Officer (AAO) Exam

Insurance Assistant Administrative Officer (AAO) Exam

AAO Reasoning Ability Model Solved Paper

1. If the first 6 letters of the English Alphabet series are written in reversed order, then the next 6 letters are written In reversed order and so on, and at the end Y is interchanged by Z. then which letter Is fourth letter to the right of 13th letter from the left?

(1) M

(2) N

(3) Q

(4) P

Ans. (2)

2. If the letters in each of the following five groups of letters are first rearranged in the alphabetical order and then the groups of letters so formed are rearranged as in a dictionary, which letter group would have its group of letters in the MIDDLE among the five letter-groups?

MEET, DEAF, ROAD, CODE, LACK

(1) LACK

(2) MEET

(3) ROAD

(4) DEAF

Ans. (3)

3. Select the series in which the letters skipped in between adjacent letters do not decrease in order

(1) MGVFK

(2) PJXHM

(3) EQZFI

(4) GWIQU

Ans. (2)

4. If the English Alphabet series is written in the reverse order and every alternate letter starting from Y Is dropped, which latter will be exactly in the middle of the remaining letters of the Alphabet series?

(1) L

(2) 0

(3) M

(4) N

Ans. (4)

5. The letters skipped in between the adjacent letters in the series are followed by equal space. Which of the following series observes this rule?

(1) HKNGSW

(2) EIMQVZ

(3) SUXADF

(4) RVZDHL

Ans. (4)

6.

(1) c

(2) q

(3) e

(4) j

Ans. (1)

7.

(1) g

(2) i

(3) p

(4) j

Ans. (3)

8.

(1) it

(2) rk

(3) mp

(4) ti

Ans. (1)

9.

(1) dx

(2) ms

(3) vp

(4) io

Ans. (3)

10.

(1) g

(2) b

(3) r

(4) k

Ans. (3)

11. A boy started walking positioning his back towards the sun. After sometirnes, he turned-left, then turned right and then towards the left again. In which direction is he going now?

(1) East or West

(2) North or West

(3) South or West

(4) North or South

Ans. (4)

12. How many Capital letters are in Series I and in Series II each of which is either followed by or preceded by the same positioned capital letter of English alphabet from the other end?

(1) 4, 3

(2) 6, 2

(3) 8, 1

(4) 10, 0

Ans. (4)

13. Which of the following pairs of elements shows the elements of Series I and Series II respectively, which are exactly in the middle of the seventh element from the left end and the sixth element from the right end in Series I and II?

(1) hy

(2) Hy

(3) sQ

(4) Sq

Ans. (3)

14. A cow runs 20 metres towards East and turns to right, run0 metres and turn to right, runs 9 metres and again. barns to left, runs 5 metres and then turns to left, runs 12 metres and finally turns to left and runs 6 metres. Now which direction is the cow facing?

(i) North

(2) East

(3) South

(4) West

Ans. (1)

15.  If the positions of the first twelve elements of Series I are reversed, and similarly the positions of the last twelve elements of Series II are reversed, then the third element to the right of the seventh element from the left end of Series I will be whereas the third element to the left of the seventh element from the right end of Series II will be

(1) L, x

(2) j, x

(3) U, (11)

(4) x, L

Ans. (1)

16. How many such vowels are there in the above arrangements, each of which is immediately preceded by a digit and immediately followed by a consonant?

(1) 1

(2) 2

(3) 3

(4) 4

Ans. (2)

17. A travel towards East. B travels towards North. C and D travel in opposite directions. D travels towards right of A. Which of the following is definitely true?

(1) B and C travel in opposite directions

(2) C travels towards West

(3) D travels towards North

(4) B and C travel in the same direction

Ans. (4)

18. Three of the following four are alike in a certain way based on their position in the above series. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?

(1) azj

(2) emb

(3) qdf

(4) xtk

Ans. (2)

19. In a row of boys facing North, a boy is thirteen from the left. When shifted to his right by three places, he becomes seventeenth from right end of the row. How many boys are there in the row?

(1) 32

(2) 31

(3) 33

(4) 30

Ans. (1)

20. If Thursday was the day after the day before yesterday five days ago, what is the least number of days ago when Sunday was three days before the day after tomorrow?

(1) 1

(2) 2

(3) 3

(4) 4

Ans. (3)

21. Three of the following four are alike in a certain way and hence form a group. Which one of the following does net belong to that group?

(1) 7

(2) 9

(3) 17

(4) 33

Ans. (2)

22. 136 vehicles are parked in a parking lot in a single row. After the first car there is one scooter. After the second car, there are two scooters. After the third car, there are three scooters and so on. Work out the number of scooters in the second half of the row.

(1) 61

(3) 63

(2) 62

(4) 64

Ans. (3)

23. Choose the odd numeral pair in the following:

(1) 140-45

(2) 120-35

(3) 110-35

(4) 80-25

Ans. (3)

24. Choose that set of numbers from the four alternative sets, that is similar to the given set. Given set: (246, 257, 358)

(1) (145, 235, 325)

(2) (143, 253, 246)

(3) (273, 365, 367)

(4) (233, 343, 345)

Ans. (1)

25. Three of the following four are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?

(1) 156 

(2) 152

(3) 72

(4) 42

Ans. (2)