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Direction and Distance

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Direction and Distance In this test, the questions consist of a sort of direction puzzle. A successive follow up of direction is formulated and the candidate is required to ascertain the final direction or the distance between two points. The test is meant to judge the candidate's ability to trace, follow and sense the direction correctly. N NW NE E W SW                 SE S The figure shows the four main directions (North N, South S, East E, West W) and the four cardinals (North East NE, North West NW, South East SE, South West SW) to help the candidates to know the directions. To solve such problems it is necessary to make sketches on paper as per the direction of the questions. Generally to confuse the candidates the left or right turns are provided in the direction (question). Here it is necessary to understand t...
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Alphabet Analogy

There is another kind of analogy that can be asked in this section. In this type of questions, two groups of letters related to each other in some way are given. The candidate is required to find this relationship and choose a group of letters which is related in the same way to the third group provided in the question. Eg. 1. NFK : PHM :: AXH :? (a) BYI   (b) ZWG (c) CZJ  (d) DAK Ans: (c) Each letter of the first group is moved two steps forward to obtain the cor-responding letter of the second group. A similar relationship will exist between the third and the fourth groups. 1.   EGI : JLO :: PRT :? a)     AYW                b)  WAY            c)  YWA            d)  UWZ 2.   NOP : UVW :: PON : ? a)     VUW ...
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Cause and Effect Reasoning

CAUSE AND EFFECT Directions: Given below are pairs of events ‘A’ and ‘B’. You have to read both the events ‘A’ and ‘B’ and decide their nature of relationship. You have to assume that the information given in ‘A’ and ‘B’ is true and you will not assume anything beyond the given information in deciding the answer. Mark answer 1)     If ‘A’ is the effect and ‘B’ is its immediate and principal cause 2)     If ‘A’ is the immediate and principal cause and ‘B’ is its effect 3)     If ‘A’ is an effect but ‘B’ is not its immediate and principal cause 4)     If ‘B’ is an effect but ‘A’ is not its immediate and principal cause. 5)     None of these 1.     Event (A): The CBI has arrested the deputy director-general. Event (B): He was alleged to have amassed a huge amount of assets through illegal and corrupt means. 2.     Event (A): India is lodging a strong protes...
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