National Talent Search Examination Sample Paper

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The sample paper for the Mental Ability test topic question paper of the National Talent Search Examination is as given below:

1.
In a certain code,
TRIPPLE is written as SQHOOKD. How is DISPOSE written in that code?
(a) CHRONRD
(b) DSOESPI
(c) ESJTPTF
(d) ESOPSID

2.
I : Wheat : : Brick : II
I.
[A] Cereal
[B] Field
[C] Bread
[D] Farme
II.[P] Building
[Q] Mason
[R] Clay
[S] Kiln
(a) AP
(b) BS
(c) CR
(d) DQ

3.
Six roads lead to a country. They may be indicated by letters X, Y, Z and digits 1, 2, 3. When there is a storm, Y is blocked. When there are floods, X, 1 and 2 will be affected. When road 1 is blocked, Z is also blocked. At a time when there are floods and a storm, which road can be used?
(a) 3
(b) Z
(c) Y
(d) 2

4.
(Bottle : Wine), (Cup : Tea), (Pitcher : Water), (Ball : Bat), (Inkpot : Ink)
(a) Bottle : Wine
(b) Cup : Tea
(c) Pitcher : Water
(d) Ball : Bat

5.
Pointing towards Neha, Sanchit says, “This girl is the daughter of only child of my father.” What is the relation of Sanchit’s wife to Neha?
(a) Daughter
(b) Mother
(c) Aunt
(d) Sister

6.
If ‘+’ means ‘minus’, ‘’ means ‘divided by’, ‘’ means ‘plus’ and ‘–‘ means multiplied
y’, then which of the following will be the value of the expression 2529 –5 + 32 92 =
(a) 95
(b) 168
(c) 192
(d) 200

7. A train 300 m long has a speed of 10 m/s. How long will it take to pass a platform of 50 m?
(a) 35s
(b) 25 s
(c) 70 s
(d) 50 s

8.
A child is looking for his father He went 90m in the East before turning to his right. He went 20m before turning to his right again to look for his father at his uncle’s place 30 m from this point. His father was not there. From here he went 100 m to the North before meeting his father in a street. How far did the son meet his father from the starting point?
(a) 80 m
(b) 100 m
(c) 140 m
(d) 260 m

9.
J2Z, K4X, I7V, ?, H16R, M22P
(a) I11T
(b) L11S
(c) L12T
(d) L11T

10.
Series
: 5 1 4 7 3 9 8 5 7 2 6 3 1 5 8 6 3 8 5 2 2 4 3 4 9 6
How many odd numbers are there in the sequence which are immediately preceded and also
immediately followed by an even number?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4

11.
Parth left home for the bus stop 15 minutes
earlier than usual. It takes 10 minutes to reach the stop. He
reached the stop at 8.40 a.m. What time does he
usually leave home for the bu
stop?
(a) 8.30 .am.
(b) 8.45 pm.
(c) 8.55 a.m.
(d) None of these

Direction(Q. Nos. 12): In the following question, statements are given followed by conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusion logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

12.
Statements:
Some ants are parrots.
All the p
arrots are apples.
Conclusions
:
1. All the apples are parrots.
2. Some ants are apples.
(a) Only (1) conclusion follows.
(b) Only (2) conclusion follows.
(c) Either (1) or (2) follows.
(d) Neither (1)
nor (2) follows.

13.
Speed of a boat in standing water is 9 kmph and the speed of the stream is 1.5 kmph. A man rows to a
place at a distance of 105 km and comes back to the starting point. The total time taken
by him is
(a) 16 hours
(b) 18 hours
(c) 20 hours
(d) 24 hours

Directions(Q. Nos. 14):
Choose odd Number.

14.
119, 136, 147, 153
(a) 119
(b) 136
(c) 147
(d) 153

Direction (Q. Nos. 15 to 16):
In a school, there were five teachers. A and B were teaching Hindi and English. C and D were teaching English and Geography. D and A were teaching Mathematics and Hindi E and B were teaching History and French.

15.
Who among the teachers was teaching ma
ximum number of subjects?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) E

16.
D, B and A were teaching which of the following subjects?
(a) English only
(b) Hind
i and English
(c) Hindi only
(d) English and Geography

Directions(Q. Nos. 17) : Choose the missing term from options.

17.
eac, gce, ieg, ?
(a) jhi
(b) jgi
(c) kgi
(d) khi

18.
Ritesh is performing yoga with his head down and legs up. His face is towards the west. In which
direction will his left hand be?
(a) North
(b) South
(c) East
(d) West

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