NTSE Practice Paper - Scholastic Aptitude Test (Mental Ability Test)

Number Series Questions (1 to 6)

• Objective: Find the missing number in the series.
• Examples:
  1. Series: 4, 13, 31, 58, ...
     • Options: 90, 85, 49, 40, 94
     • Answer: 94
  2. Series: 90, 81, 74, 69, ...
     • Options: 64, 66, 65, 78, 72
     • Answer: 66
  3. Series: 785, 664, 543, 422, ...
     • Options: 301, 201, 101, 300, 303
     • Answer: 301
  4. Series: 1875, ..., 75, 15, 3
     • Options: 370, 275, 380, 375, 365
     • Answer: 375
  5. Series: 3, 6, 24, 192, ...
     • Options: 2972, 576, 3072, 1536, 1152
     • Answer: 3072
  6. Series: 365, 345, 320, 290, ...
     • Options: 300, 245, 255, 260, 265
     • Answer: 255

Letter Analogy Questions (7 to 10)

• Objective: Find the missing letter combination that has a similar relationship to the given pair.
• Examples: 7. PBL : NDJ :: VCR : ?
  • Options: SEP, SEO, SEN, SFO, SFN
  • Answer: SFO
  8. ACEG : BDEF :: JLNP : ?
     • Options: KLNO, KMNP, LMNP, LMNO, KMNO
     • Answer: KMNO
  9. SRCA : ONDB :: TSGE : ?
     • Options: POHF, POFH, POGH, POHG, OPHF
     • Answer: POHF
  10. ABCDE : CDEAB :: RSTUV : ?
      • Options: TUVSR, SRTUV, RTUVS, TUVRS, STUVR
      • Answer: TUVRS

Sequence Order Questions (11 to 14)

• Objective: Identify the missing sequence in the order.
• Examples: 11. ACFH, BDGI, CEHJ, ... - Options: DEIK, DFIK, DFJK, DEJK, DEHJ - Answer: DFIK 12. UABP, TBCO, SCDN, ... - Options: RDEN, RDEO, RDEM, RDFM, REGM - Answer: RDEM 13. YXV, BCE, UTR, ... - Options: FGI, FGH, FHI, EGI, FGJ - Answer: FGI 14. LMNOP, MNOPL, NOPLM, ... - Options: PLMNO, PONLM, ONMLP, NMLOP, OPLMN - Answer: OPLMN

Odd One Out Questions (15 to 20)

• Objective: Identify the item that does not belong to the group.
• Examples: 15. Korea, China, Thailand, Finland, Bangladesh - Answer: Finland 16. Leopard, Elephant, Tiger, Cheetah, Lion - Answer: Elephant 17. Moon, Earth, Saturn, Neptune, Venus - Answer: Moon 18. Portuguese, Romanian, Italian, Russian, Pali - Answer: Pali 19. Srinivasa Ramanujan, Sir C.V. Raman, U.R. Anantha Murthy, U.R. Rao, M.S. Swanminathan - Answer: U.R. Anantha Murthy 20. Coimbatore, Shimoga, Patiala, Ranchi, Kozhikode - Answer: Ranchi

Word Pair Relationship Questions (21 to 25)

• Objective: Find the word that completes the pair.
• Examples: 21. Rome : Italy :: Helsinki : ? - Answer: Finland 22. Godaan : Munshi Premchand :: Anandamath : ? - Answer: Bankim Chandra Chatterjee 23. Theory of evolution : Darwin :: Crescograph : ? - Answer: Jagadish Chandra Bose 24. Jaipur : Rajasthan :: Dehradun : ? - Answer: Uttarakhand 25. Rahul Bajaj : Business :: Chandrasekhar Azad : ? - Answer: Freedom Struggle

Diagram-Based Questions (26 to 30)

• Objective: Understand and analyze diagrams to choose the correct answer.
• Categories include:
  • Snakes, Cobra, Vipers
  • Elephants, Camel, Cows
  • Kilogram, Centigram, Milligram
  • Apple, Fruits, Potato
  • Musicians, Pianist, Guitarist

Diagram Analysis Questions (31 to 35)

• Objective: Use the diagram to answer questions about relationships among doctors, philosophers, artists, and musicians.
• Examples: 31. Doctors who are also Artists and Philosophers - Answer: g 32. Philosophers who are also Musicians and Artists - Answer: i 33. Philosophers who are Doctors, Artists, and Musicians - Answer: f 34. Philosopher Doctors who are neither Musicians nor Artists - Answer: h 35. Doctors who are also Philosophers and Musicians - Answer: j

Word Code Questions (36 to 38)

• Objective: Determine the numerical code for words based on given examples.
• Examples: 36. HASTE - Answer: 13852 37. KARARTE - Answer: 934352 38. RISK - Answer: 4789

Arithmetic Questions (39 to 42)

• Objective: Solve simple arithmetic problems.
• Examples: 39. 159 % ... = 15900 - Answer: 0.01 40. (65 % 100) x 7 - Answer: 4.55 41. - Answer: 5.03 42. - Answer: 5

Figure Analogies Questions (43 to 46)

• Objective: Find the figure that completes the analogy.
• Examples: 43. - Answer: 1 44. - Answer: 4 45. - Answer: 3 46. - Answer: 1

Series Completion Questions (47 to 50)

• Objective: Select the figure that completes the series.
• Examples: 47. - Answer: 4 48. - Answer: 2 49. - Answer: 5 50. - Answer: 3

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These notes summarize the questions and answers from the NTSE Practice Paper focused on mental ability tests, covering various logical reasoning and analytical problem-solving types.