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NTSE PAPER 2012-13
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Time allowed : One & half hours (90 Minutes) Maximum Marks : 90

Direction (1-5) : In each question there is a number series with one term missing shown by question mark (?).
This term is one of the alternatives among the four numbers given under it. That number is :

1. 2, 30, 6, 20, 12, 12, (?)

(1) 26 (2) 22 (3) 20 (4) 24

2. 6, 20, 36, 48, 50, (?), 0

(1) 36 (2) 40 (3) 46 (4) 56

3. 7, 15, 28, 59, 114, (?)

(1) 243 (2) 233 (3) 213 (4) 223

4. 25, 49, 89, 145, 217, (?)

(1) 305 (2) 327 (3) 309 (4) 303

5. 0, 2, 2, 3, 3, 5, 8, 4, 10, (?), 5, 17
(1) 6 (2) 7 (3) 9 (4) 15

Direction (6-10) : These questions consists of a number series which contains a wrong term. This term is given as
one of the four alternatives among the four numbers given below. The wrong term is :

6. 89, 78, 86, 80, 85, 82, 83

(1) 83 (2) 82 (3) 86 (4) 78

7. 1, 1, 3, 9, 6, 36, 10, 100, 16, 225

(1) 225 (2) 16 (3) 10 (4) 9

8. 444, 300, 200, 136, 87, 84, 80

(1) 300 (2) 200 (3) 136 (4) 87

9. 8, 15, 31, 61, 123, 247, 491

(1) 247 (2) 491 (3) 121 (4) 61

10. 3, 6, 24, 30, 63, 72, 122, 132

(1) 132 (2) 30 (3) 122 (4) 72

Direction (11-14) : Each question consists of four groups. One set is different from other three in someway. Find
out the different set :

11. (1) PROQN (2) DFCEG (3) GIFHE (4) KMJLI

12. (1) ACEGF (2) FHJLK (3) KMOQP (4) UWYZA

13. (1) CADGE (2) JHKNL (3) ECFGI (4) XVYBZ

14. (1) 6253 (2) 1881 (3) 7043 (4) 8210

Direction (15-19) : In the following questions there is a letter series with one term missing shown by (?). Find this
term from the four given alternatives.

15. YANWY, DFMBD, IKNGI, NPMLN, (?) XZMVX

(1) RUMSR (2) SUNQS (3) UWNSU (4) VUMTV

16. PEXKW, RFWMU, TGVOS, VHUQQ, XITSO, (?)

(1) ZJSUM (2) YJSUZ (3) ZKSVJ (4) JZSTN

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17. AYBZC, DWEXF, GUHVI, JSKTL, (?), POQPR
(1) MQDRN (2) QMONR (3) MQNRO (4) NQMOR

18. ZYYZR, ABVUN, (?), BCUTM, XWABT, CDTSL

(1) YXZAS (2) ZYABT (3) XWYZR (4) YXZAB

19. deb, ijg, nol, (?), xyv

(1) rsp (2) stp (3) rsq (4) stq

Direction (20-23) : In each question there are circles. Certain numbers are given inside/outside the circles
according to a particular rule. In each question one of the circle has a (?) mark in side it. Choose the correct
answer to fill in the space marked (?) from the given alternatives.

20.

(1) 144 (2) 136 (3) 135 (4) 124

21.

(1) 102 (2) 152 (3) 162 (4) 172

22.

(1) 91 (2) 108 (3) 116 (4) 119

23.

(1) 10.25 (2) 10.50 (3) 11.25 (4) 11.50

Direction (24-26) : These questions are based on letter series in which some of the letters are missing. The
missing letters are given in the proper sequence in one of the alternatives among the four given under each
question. Find out the correct alternatives for each question.

24. ab _ acc _ _ da _ bba _

(1) cdabc (2) badaa (3) cdbcd (4) dbacd

25. abb _ _ ab _ b _ bba _ a

(1) bbbab (2) babba (3) abaab (4) bbabb

26. b _ a _ bab _ ab _ a
(1) baba (2) babb (3) abab (4) abba

Direction (27-31) : Out of nine cells of a square one cell is left blank and in the rest of the cells numbers are
written which follow some rule. Get the rule and find out the proper option for the blank cell (?)

27.

(1) 4 (2) 6 (3) 8 (4) 10

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28.

(1) 66 (2) 68 (3) 69 (4) 71

29.

(1) 34 (2) 16 (3) 7 (4) 1

30.

(1) 50 (2) 48 (3) 47 (4) 51

31.

(1) 4 (2) 16 (3) 30 (4) 55

Direction (32-33) : Find out the correct alternative of the questions based on the Dice figures.

32.

The number opposite side the face having the no. 4 will be :
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 5 (4) 6

33.

These positions of a Dice are shown. In figure (iii) which number will come in place of (?)
(1) 5 (2) 3 (3) 6 (4) 1

34. The following figure is converted into a cube. Its correct shape will be :

(1) (2) (3) (4)

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35. The following figure is converted into a cube. Its four positions (a), (b), (c) and (d) are shown. On the basis
of these select correct alternative.

(1) A only (2) B only (3) A and C only (4) A, B, C and D

Direction (36-40) : The following question are based on the arrangement of numbers in the form of a pyramid. In
each question there is some relationship between the two numbers on the left of the (::). The same relationship
exists between the two terms in the right of which one is missing. Find the missing are from the given alternatives.
1
2 3 4
9 8 7 6 5
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17
26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37

36. 132220 : 211412 : : 222931 : (?)

(1) 304345 (2) 302123 (3) 442931 (4) 312022

37. 2873 : 13212014 : : 10242311 : (?)

(1) 29282423 (2) 28274746 (3) 25272824 (4) 29454430

38. 241214 : 752119 : : 14163234 : (?)

(1) 19174139 (2) 20184240 (3) 21194341 (4) 20224244

39. 25224447 : 23204245 : : 11143229 : (?)

(1) 13163431 (2) 24214341 (3) 24214346 (4) 13102421

40. 82224 : 133133 : : 62022 : (?)

(1) 91221 (2) 81312 (3) 153335 (4) 51921

Direction (41-45) : Words in Capital letters in column-I are written in small letters in a code language in column-II.
Decode the Language and find out the correct alternative for the given letters in each questions.
COLUMN-I COLUMN-II
HERO Tbfw
JOIN Bakp
LAZY Nsvg
MINE Pdkt
PART Rwsx
SAURY Wveos
BLUE Eglt
CIGAR Vsqwp
WRIT Wpxy
VIRUS Pzwoe
QUACK Jqems
PIRL wprg

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41. Code for letters in the word TOIL are :
(1) pxba (2) bpgn (3) bpxg (4) mpxg

42. Code for letters in the word COST are :

(1) boqx (2) xgps (3) qost (4) xqnr

43. Code for letters in the word ULCER are :

(1) ggwmr (2) teqwp (3) ktegp (4) gteqw

44. Code for letters in the word SINE are :

(1) ptkl (2) toka (3) ptok (4) optb

45. Code for letters in the word ARCH are :

(1) frsq (2) wfsq (3) wqfp (4) sqfn

46. A and B are brother. C and D are sisters. As son is Ds brother. How is B relate to C ?
(1) Brother (2) Father (3) Uncle (4) Son

Direction (47) : Read the following information carefully and answer the question given below:
A + B means A is the daughter of B;
A B means A is the husband of B;
A B means A is the brother of B.

47. If P + Q R, which one of the following is true ?

(1) R is the mother of P (2) R is the sister-in-law of P
(3) R is the aunt of P (4) R is the mother-in-law of P

Direction (48-50) : Find out the missing one from the given alternatives.

48. 08 : 28 : : (?) : 65
(1) 9 (2) 12 (3) 15 (4) 18

49. 35 : 91 : : 189 : (?)

(1) 343 (2) 341 (3) 280 (4) 210

7 13 19
50. : :: : (?)
11 17 23
25 29 23 29
(1) (2) (3) (4)
27 31 29 33

Direction (51-53) : Following four diagrams marked 1, 2, 3 and 4 are given as alternatives. Choose the best
suitable alternative diagram marked 1, 2, 3 and 4, the one that represent the best relationship amongst the three
given groups.

(1) (2) (3) (4)

51. Birds, Crows, Cats

52. Snakes, Land creatures, Water eveatures

53. Males, Nephews, Nieces

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Direction (54-56) : In the following questions some relations are written by particular indicators as shown below:
O = Greater than
+ = Equal to
= Not equal to
= Not greater than
= Not less than
= Less than

54. If p q O r, it is possible that :

(1) p q r (2) p q r (3) p q r (4) p q r

55. If p q r, it is not possible that :

(1) p q r (2) p qr (3) p q r (4) p + q r

56. If p q r, it is not possible that :

(1) p q r (2) p q + r (3) p q O r (4) p O q + r
th
57. If your birth day 30 June, 2003 falls on Monday, on what day of the week does your birth day fall in the
year 2005 ?
(1) Sunday (2) Tuesday (3) Wednesday (4) Thursday
th
58. On what day of the week India will celebrate its Republic Day on 26 January, 2015 ?
(1) Sunday (2) Monday (3) Tuesday (4) Wednesday

59. At what angle are the hands of a clock inclined at 30 minutes past 6 ?
1 1
(1) 7 (2) 11 (3) 15 (4) 23
2 2

60. A clock is set to show the correct time at 11 a.m. The clock gains 12 minutes in 12 hours what will be the
th
true when the watch indicates 1 p.m. on the 6 day ?
(1) 10 a.m. (2) 11 a.m. (3) 12 noon (4) None of these

Direction (61-64) : Two Sets of the figures are given. One set of Question-figures and another set is of Answer
figure. Question-figures are arranged in a sequence. One figure from the Answer figures is to be selected such that
it can be placed after the series of Question-figures. Find the correct Serial number of the selected Answer-figure.

61. Question-Figures :

Answer-Figures :

(1) (2) (3) (4)

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62. Question-Figures :

Answer-Figures :

63. Question-Figures :

Answer-Figures :

64. Question-Figures :

Answer-Figures :

Directions (65-68) : In each of the following questions four figures are given. One of these figures does not fit with
the rest of the figures. Find out that correct serial number.

65.

66.

67.

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68.

Direction (69-72) : In the following questions there is some relationship between the two figure on the left of (::)
the same relationship exists between the two term on the right, of which one is missing. Find the missing one from
the given alternative.

69. Questions-Figures :

Answer-Figures :

70. Questions-Figures :

Answer-Figures :

71. Questions-Figures :

Answer-Figures :

72. Questions-Figures :

Answer-Figures :

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Direction (73-76) : The following questions are related to paper cutting. The questions that follow contain a set of
three figures X, Y and Z, showing a sequence of folding of a piece of paper. Fig. (Z) shows the manner in which
the folded paper has been cut. These three figures are followed by four answer figures 1, 2, 3 and 4 (IInd Set) from
which you have to choose a figure which would most closely resemble the unfolded form of fig. (Z).

73. Sequence of folding the paper.

Answer-Figures :

74. Sequence of folding the paper.

Answer-Figures :

75. Sequence of folding the paper.

Answer-Figures :

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76. Sequence of folding the paper.

Answer-Figures :

77. X, Y, Z and P are sitting around a circular table and discussing their trades.
(1) X, sits opposite to cook
(2) Y, sits right to the barber
(3) The washerman is on the left of the tailor
(4) P, sits opposite Z
What are the trades X and Y ?
(1) Tailor and Barber (2) Barber and Cook (3) Tailor and Cook (4) Tailor and Washerman

78. Six persons, A, B, C, D, E and F are standing in a circle. B is between F and C, A is between E and D, F is
to the left of D.
Who is between A and F ?
(1) B (2) C (3) D (4) E

79. Six students are sitting in a row. K is sitting between V and R. V is sitting next to M. M is sitting next to B
who is sitting on the extreme left and Q is sitting next to R.
Who are sitting adjacent to V ?
(1) R and Q (2) B and M (3) K and R (4) M and K

80. If 27 3 = 243
5 4 = 80
Then what is the value of 3 * 7 ?
(1) 84 (2) 147 (3) 63 (4) 23

Direction (81 - 84) : The six faces of a cube are painted in a manner that no two adjacent faces have the same
colour. The three colours used in painting are red, blue and green. The cube is then cut into 36 smaller cubes in
such a manner that 32 cubes are of one size and the rest of a bigger size and each of the bigger cubes has no red
side. Answer the following questions.

81. How many cubes in all have a red side ?

(1) 16 (2) 32 (3) 8 (4) 20

82. How many cubes in all have only one side coloured ?
(1) 20 (2) 16 (3) 0 (4) 8

83. How many cubes are coloured on three sides ?

(1) 20 (2) 16 (3) 8 (4) 0

84. How many cubes are there which have two or more sides painted ?
(1) 36 (2) 28 (3) 20 (4) 32

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85. In a coded language NUMBER is written as in MFNYVI, Then FIGURE may be written in coded language
as :
(1) ERHFID (2) URTVSF (3) GJTFSF (4) URTFIV

86. In a coded language SHIFT is written as UFKDV, Then COVET may be written in coded language as :
(1) EMXCV (2) FNYDU (3) EXCUV (4) EQUDS

87. If
PET = 4
LET = 3
JEY = 2
Then what is the value of XET ?
(1) 1 (2) 5 (3) 6 (4) 8

88. In a coded language is HOME = 2541, SHOP, = 8256, WORK = 9573, then coded for SMOKE will be :
(1) 85431 (2) 84531 (3) 83451 (4) 84351

89. What will be the number of Hexagonals in the given figure ?

(1) 2 (2) 4 (3) 5 (4) 6

90. What will be the number of Parallelograms in the given figure ?

(1) 15 (2) 17 (3) 13 (4) 16

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