Practice questions covering analogy, series, coding-decoding, and direction sense
Focused reasoning practice based on previous SSC CGL exam trends
Sample reasoning questions to understand SSC CGL exam style
Section-wise reasoning practice for SSC CGL aspirants
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{
“question”: “What is 30% of 200?”,
“options”: [“50”, “60”, “70”, “80”],
“correct_answer”: “60”,
“explanation”: “30% means 30 per 100. 30% of 200 = (30/100) × 200 = 60.”,
“difficulty”: “easy”
},
{
“question”: “If A is coded as C and B as D, how is DOG coded?”,
“options”: [“FQI”, “EPH”, “FQH”, “EOH”],
“correct_answer”: “EPH”,
“explanation”: “Each letter is moved two steps forward: D→E, O→P, G→H.”,
“difficulty”: “easy”
},
{
“question”: “Choose the correct synonym of ‘Rapid’.”,
“options”: [“Slow”, “Quick”, “Lazy”, “Weak”],
“correct_answer”: “Quick”,
“explanation”: “Rapid means fast or quick.”,
“difficulty”: “easy”
},
{
“question”: “Which body controls monetary policy in India?”,
“options”: [“SEBI”, “RBI”, “NABARD”, “Finance Ministry”],
“correct_answer”: “RBI”,
“explanation”: “The Reserve Bank of India controls monetary policy.”,
“difficulty”: “easy”
},
{
“question”: “Find the next number: 5, 10, 15, 20, ?”,
“options”: [“20”, “25”, “30”, “35”],
“correct_answer”: “25”,
“explanation”: “The series increases by 5 each time.”,
“difficulty”: “easy”
},
{
“question”: “If the selling price is ₹120 and cost price is ₹100, what is the profit?”,
“options”: [“₹10”, “₹15”, “₹20”, “₹25”],
“correct_answer”: “₹20”,
“explanation”: “Profit = Selling Price − Cost Price = 120 − 100 = 20.”,
“difficulty”: “easy”
},
{
“question”: “Choose the correctly spelled word.”,
“options”: [“Succesful”, “Successfull”, “Successful”, “Sucessful”],
“correct_answer”: “Successful”,
“explanation”: “The correct spelling is ‘Successful’.”,
“difficulty”: “easy”
},
{
“question”: “What does KYC stand for?”,
“options”: [“Know Your Customer”, “Keep Your Cash”, “Know Your Credit”, “Keep Your Code”],
“correct_answer”: “Know Your Customer”,
“explanation”: “KYC means Know Your Customer.”,
“difficulty”: “easy”
},
{
“question”: “A train travels 180 km in 3 hours. What is its speed?”,
“options”: [“50 km/h”, “55 km/h”, “60 km/h”, “65 km/h”],
“correct_answer”: “60 km/h”,
“explanation”: “Speed = Distance ÷ Time = 180 ÷ 3 = 60 km/h.”,
“difficulty”: “medium”
},
{
“question”: “Pointing to a man, Ramesh said, ‘He is the brother of my mother.’ How is the man related to Ramesh?”,
“options”: [“Father”, “Uncle”, “Brother”, “Cousin”],
“correct_answer”: “Uncle”,
“explanation”: “Brother of mother is maternal uncle.”,
“difficulty”: “medium”
},
{
“question”: “Fill in the blank: She is good _ mathematics.”,
“options”: [“in”, “at”, “on”, “with”],
“correct_answer”: “at”,
“explanation”: “The correct preposition used with ‘good’ is ‘at’.”,
“difficulty”: “medium”
},
{
“question”: “CRR is maintained by banks in the form of cash with which authority?”,
“options”: [“Government”, “SEBI”, “RBI”, “NABARD”],
“correct_answer”: “RBI”,
“explanation”: “CRR is maintained with the Reserve Bank of India.”,
“difficulty”: “medium”
},
{
“question”: “If the average of 4 numbers is 25, what is their total?”,
“options”: [“90”, “95”, “100”, “110”],
“correct_answer”: “100”,
“explanation”: “Total = Average × Number of values = 25 × 4 = 100.”,
“difficulty”: “medium”
},
{
“question”: “Find the odd one out.”,
“options”: [“Pen”, “Pencil”, “Eraser”, “Paper”],
“correct_answer”: “Paper”,
“explanation”: “Paper is not a writing instrument, others are.”,
“difficulty”: “medium”
},
{
“question”: “Choose the passive voice: ‘She completed the work.'”,
“options”: [
“The work was completed by her.”,
“She was completing the work.”,
“The work completed her.”,
“The work is completed.”
],
“correct_answer”: “The work was completed by her.”,
“explanation”: “The object becomes the subject in passive voice.”,
“difficulty”: “medium”
},
{
“question”: “What is the full form of NEFT?”,
“options”: [
“National Electronic Funds Transfer”,
“New Electronic Funds Transfer”,
“National Easy Fund Transfer”,
“New Easy Funds Transfer”
],
“correct_answer”: “National Electronic Funds Transfer”,
“explanation”: “NEFT stands for National Electronic Funds Transfer.”,
“difficulty”: “medium”
},
{
“question”: “If a number is increased by 20% and then decreased by 20%, what is the net change?”,
“options”: [“No change”, “4% decrease”, “4% increase”, “20% decrease”],
“correct_answer”: “4% decrease”,
“explanation”: “Net change = −(20×20)/100 = −4%.”,
“difficulty”: “hard”
},
{
“question”: “In a certain code, BANK is written as CBO M. How is LOAN written?”,
“options”: [“MPBO”, “MPBO”, “MPAO”, “MPBN”],
“correct_answer”: “MPBO”,
“explanation”: “Each letter is shifted one position forward.”,
“difficulty”: “hard”
},
{
“question”: “Choose the correct sentence.”,
“options”: [
“Neither of the answers are correct.”,
“Neither of the answers is correct.”,
“Neither answers are correct.”,
“Neither answer is correct.”
],
“correct_answer”: “Neither of the answers is correct.”,
“explanation”: “‘Neither’ is treated as singular.”,
“difficulty”: “hard”
},
{
“question”: “Which committee recommended the introduction of banking ombudsman?”,
“options”: [“Narasimham Committee”, “Rangarajan Committee”, “Urjit Patel Committee”, “Malegam Committee”],
“correct_answer”: “Narasimham Committee”,
“explanation”: “The Banking Ombudsman Scheme was recommended by the Narasimham Committee.”,
“difficulty”: “hard”
}
]