Numerical Relations and Analogies - General Aptitude - General Aptitude (GA) Previous Year Questions

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2012 · General Aptitude (GA) · General Aptitude · Numerical Relations and Analogies

Life Sciences (XL) 2012

There are eight bags of rice looking alike, seven of which have equal weight and one is slightly heavier. The weighing balance is of unlimited capacity. Using this balance, the minimum number of weighings required to identify the heavier bag is

A

2

B

3

C

4

D

8

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2015 · General Aptitude (GA) · General Aptitude · Numerical Relations and Analogies

Life Sciences (XL) 2015

The order of succession of microbes in the spoilage of milk, involving (P) Lactobacillus, (Q) protein digesting bacteria, (R) Lactococcus lactis, (S) yeasts and molds, is

A

S->R->Q->P

B

S->Q->R->P

C

R->P->S->Q

D

Q->S->P->R

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2016 · General Aptitude (GA) · General Aptitude · Numerical Relations and Analogies

Life Sciences (XL) 2016

Pick the odd one out in the following:
13, 23, 33, 43, 53

A

23

B

33

C

43

D

53

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2019 · General Aptitude (GA) · General Aptitude · Numerical Relations and Analogies

Life Sciences (XL) 2019

If IMHO = JNIP, IDK = JEL; and SO = TP, then IDC = ____.

A

JDE

B

JED

C

JDC

D

JCD

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2024 · General Aptitude (GA) · General Aptitude · Numerical Relations and Analogies

Life Sciences (XL) 2024

In the sequence 6, 9, 14, x, 30, 41, a possible value of x is

A

25

B

21

C

18

D

20

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2026 · General Aptitude (GA) · General Aptitude · Numerical Relations and Analogies

Life Sciences (XL) 2026

To continue the sequence of tiles shown, the tile indicated by the question mark should be

A

3 dots

B

6 dots

C

8 dots

D

9 dots

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2026 · General Aptitude (GA) · General Aptitude · Numerical Relations and Analogies

Life Sciences (XL) 2026

The 2^nd of June is a Thursday in a certain year. Which day of the week is the 3^rd of July in that year?

A

Thursday

B

Friday

C

Saturday

D

Sunday

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2026 · General Aptitude (GA) · General Aptitude · Numerical Relations and Analogies

Life Sciences (XL) 2026

A coin with heads facing up is shown as \(\textcircled{H}\) and a coin with tails facing up is shown as \(\textcircled{T}\).
Six coins are placed in the Starting Arrangement, as shown in the figure below. A “step” is defined as interchanging a pair of adjacent coins without flipping them. The minimum number of steps needed to go from the Starting Arrangement to the Final Arrangement, as shown in the figure, is ________.

A

3

B

6

C

9

D

12

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