SSC MTS Reasoning Questions
20 questions on General Intelligence and Reasoning for SSC MTS, including questions from 2024 papers. Each comes with the correct answer and a worked explanation.
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- Easy
- 11
- Moderate
- 9
Reasoning topics
Reasoning questions with solutions
Select the letter that will come next in the following series. L, N, P, R, T, ?
- (A)V
- (B)U
- (C)W
- (D)T
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Correct answer: (A) V
Each letter is 2 positions ahead of the previous one in the English alphabet (L → N → P …). Moving 2 positions ahead of T gives V.
Select the letter that will come next in the following series. D, H, L, P, T, ?
- (A)Y
- (B)X
- (C)V
- (D)W
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Correct answer: (B) X
Each letter is 4 positions ahead of the previous one in the English alphabet (D → H → L …). Moving 4 positions ahead of T gives X.
Select the letter that will come next in the following series. F, J, N, R, V, ?
- (A)Y
- (B)Z
- (C)W
- (D)X
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Correct answer: (B) Z
Each letter is 4 positions ahead of the previous one in the English alphabet (F → J → N …). Moving 4 positions ahead of V gives Z.
Three of the following four numbers are alike in a certain way and one is different. Select the odd one out.
- (A)27
- (B)13
- (C)47
- (D)19
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Correct answer: (A) 27
Each of 13, 47, 19 is a prime number, whereas 27 is not a prime number. Therefore 27 does not belong to the group and is the odd one out.
Manoj walks 10 km towards the east, then turns and walks 24 km towards the south. How far is Manoj from the starting point?
- (A)26 km
- (B)25 km
- (C)34 km
- (D)14 km
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Correct answer: (A) 26 km
The two legs of the walk are at right angles, so the shortest distance from the start is the hypotenuse: √(10² + 24²) = √(100 + 576) = √676 = 26 km.
Shortcut: 10-24-26 is a Pythagorean triple.
In a row of students, Pooja is 15th from the left end and 13th from the right end. How many students are there in the row?
- (A)27
- (B)29
- (C)26
- (D)28
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Correct answer: (A) 27
Total students = (position from left) + (position from right) − 1, because Pooja is counted twice. So the total = 15 + 13 − 1 = 27.
Shortcut: Total = left rank + right rank − 1.
If 'P' means '×', 'Q' means '+' and 'R' means '−', what is the value of the following expression? 8 P 5 Q 19 R 1
- (A)31
- (B)39
- (C)59
- (D)58
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Correct answer: (D) 58
Replacing the letters with the operations gives 8 × 5 + 19 − 1. Following BODMAS, multiply first: 40 + 19 − 1 = 58.
Manoj says, "The woman in the picture is the mother of my father's only grandchild's father." If Manoj has no siblings, how is the woman related to Manoj?
- (A)Daughter
- (B)Mother
- (C)Wife
- (D)Sister
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Correct answer: (B) Mother
Manoj has no siblings, so the father's only grandchild is Manoj's own child, and that child's father is Manoj. The mother of Manoj is therefore the woman in the picture.
Select the number that will come next in the following series. 2, 6, 18, 54, 162, ?
- (A)488
- (B)485
- (C)484
- (D)486
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Correct answer: (D) 486
Each term is obtained by multiplying the previous term by 3. Applying the same pattern to the last given term 162 gives 486, which is the next number in the series.
Select the option that is related to the third number in the same way as the second number is related to the first number. 4 : 20 :: 11 : ?
- (A)122
- (B)121
- (C)132
- (D)143
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Correct answer: (C) 132
In the first pair, 20 is the product of the first number and the next consecutive number (4 → 20). Applying the same relation to 11 gives 132, so 132 completes the analogy.
In a certain code language, 'QUEEN' is written as 'UYIIR'. How will 'TABLE' be written in that language?
- (A)YFGQJ
- (B)PWXHA
- (C)XEFPI
- (D)WDEOH
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Correct answer: (C) XEFPI
Comparing 'QUEEN' with 'UYIIR', every letter is moved 4 places forward in the English alphabet. Moving each letter of 'TABLE' 4 places forward gives 'XEFPI'.
Three of the following four numbers are alike in a certain way and one is different. Select the odd one out.
- (A)37
- (B)17
- (C)27
- (D)11
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Correct answer: (C) 27
Each of 37, 17, 11 is a prime number, whereas 27 is not a prime number. Therefore 27 does not belong to the group and is the odd one out.
Pooja walks 7 km towards the south, then turns and walks 24 km towards the west. How far is Pooja from the starting point?
- (A)24 km
- (B)25 km
- (C)31 km
- (D)27 km
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Correct answer: (B) 25 km
The two legs of the walk are at right angles, so the shortest distance from the start is the hypotenuse: √(7² + 24²) = √(49 + 576) = √625 = 25 km.
Shortcut: 7-24-25 is a Pythagorean triple.
In a row of students, Rahul is 24th from the left end and 14th from the right end. How many students are there in the row?
- (A)37
- (B)36
- (C)38
- (D)39
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Correct answer: (A) 37
Total students = (position from left) + (position from right) − 1, because Rahul is counted twice. So the total = 24 + 14 − 1 = 37.
Shortcut: Total = left rank + right rank − 1.
If 'P' means '×', 'Q' means '+' and 'R' means '−', what is the value of the following expression? 8 P 8 Q 7 R 3
- (A)20
- (B)70
- (C)68
- (D)71
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Correct answer: (C) 68
Replacing the letters with the operations gives 8 × 8 + 7 − 3. Following BODMAS, multiply first: 64 + 7 − 3 = 68.
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How many SSC MTS Reasoning questions can I practise here?
20 questions — 11 easy and 9 moderate. 15 are shown on this page with answers and explanations, and the practice set draws from all of them.
How should I practise Reasoning for SSC MTS?
Read through a few solved questions first to see the method, then take a timed practice set. Afterwards, check which questions you got wrong or spent longest on and redo those before moving on.