BPSC Reasoning & Mental Ability — Previous Year Questions

This page has 41 solved questions on Reasoning & Mental Ability across 4 papers (2023–2025). Every one is solved below — open a question for the answer, why it is right, and why each wrong option was written to tempt you.

BPSC's published Prelims syllabus does not name this as a separate field. These questions come under field 7 — "Questions on General Mental Ability".

1. 71st CCE (2025)Q1In the following question, out of four words given below, three are alike in some manner and fourth word is different. Find the different one.Answer: C
2. 71st CCE (2025)Q2SPRING is written in a code as UNUFRC. How will the word MOBILE be mentioned in that code language?Answer: A
3. 71st CCE (2025)Q3Mukesh said to his friend, “Rita is the mother of my son’s wife’s daughter”. How is Mukesh related to Rita?Answer: D
4. 70th CCE Re-exam (2025)Q3What should come in place of ? in the following series ? 117, 98, 80, 64, ?, 42Answer: A
5. 71st CCE (2025)Q4Ram goes North, turns right, then goes right again and then goes to left. In which direction Ram is now?Answer: A
6. 71st CCE (2025)Q5Writing in Alphabetical order, which name of the following will appear in the last?Answer: B
7. 71st CCE (2025)Q6Nitin is 7 ranks ahead of Joginder in a class of 39. If Joginder’s rank is 17th from the last, what is Nitin’s rank from the beginning?Answer: D
8. 71st CCE (2025)Q7If + means ×, × means −, ÷ means + and − means ÷, then 175 − 25 ÷ 5 + 20 × 3 + 10 equals to:Answer: A
9. 71st CCE (2025)Q8Rahul is 3 times as old as Seema. Laxmi was twice as old as Rahul four years ago. In four year’s time, Rahul will be 31. What are the present ages of Seema and Laxmi?Answer: D
10. 71st CCE (2025)Q9Find the missing number from the given alternatives: 28 | 20 | 7 84 | ? | 12 45 | 25 | 9Answer: B
11. 71st CCE (2025)Q10RAIN is written in a code as 8$%6 and MORE is mentioned as 7#8@. How will REMAIN be mentioned in code language?Answer: D
12. 70th CCE Re-exam (2025)Q10How many triangles are there in the following figure ?Answer: B
13. 70th CCE Re-exam (2025)Q32Raj travelled from a point X straight to Y at a distance of 80 metres. He turned right and walked 50 metres, then again turned right and walked 70 metres. Finally, he turned right and walked 50 metres. How far is he from the starting point ?Answer: B
14. 70th CCE Re-exam (2025)Q42At what time between 2 and 3 O'Clock will the hands of a clock be together ?Answer: B
15. 70th CCE Re-exam (2025)Q46Choose the correct pair from the following options.Answer: B
16. 70th CCE Re-exam (2025)Q65Choose the odd pair among the following options.Answer: C
17. 70th CCE Re-exam (2025)Q97CIRCLE is related to RICELC in the same way SQUARE is related toAnswer: D
18. 70th CCE Re-exam (2025)Q105January 1, 2008 is Tuesday. What day of the week lies on January 1, 2009 ?Answer: D
19. 70th CCE Re-exam (2025)Q139If triangle represents Men, rectangle represents Businessman and circle represents Millionaire, then which number represents Men that are both Businessman and Millionaire ?Answer: A
20. 70th CCE Re-exam (2025)Q144If C is brother of B, B is son of A, D is father of C and A is female, then A isAnswer: A
21. 70th CCE Re-exam (2025)Q149There are 15 chairs in a row. Position of P is at the middle, and Q is at 12th position counting from the right. How many chairs are there between P and Q ?Answer: A
22. 70th CCE (2024)Q44Choose the group of letters which is different from others.Answer: A
23. 70th CCE (2024)Q52Motorcycle is related to battery in the same way as Life is related toAnswer: C
24. 70th CCE (2024)Q60Gaurav walks 20 metres towards North. He then turns left and walks 40 metres. He again turns left and walks 20 metres. Further, he moves 20 metres after turning to the right. How far is he from his original position ?Answer: D
25. 70th CCE (2024)Q78If February 1, 1996 is Wednesday, what day is March 3, 1996 ?Answer: D
26. 70th CCE (2024)Q83If ÷ means +, – means ÷, × means – and + means ×, then the value of ((36 × 4) – 8 × 4) / (4 + 8 × 2 + 16 ÷ 1) isAnswer: A
27. 70th CCE (2024)Q92How many triangles are there in the following figure PQRS ?Answer: C
28. 70th CCE (2024)Q99In a certain code language COMPUTER is written as RFUVQNPC. How will MEDICINE be written in that code language ?Answer: D
29. 70th CCE (2024)Q109What is the 14th term of the sequence 14, 10, 6, 2,.... ?Answer: C
30. 70th CCE (2024)Q121How many times do the hands of a clock coincide in a day ?Answer: C
31. 70th CCE (2024)Q130What should come in place of question mark (?) in the following ?Answer: B
32. 69th CCE (2023)Q141In a certain code language, ‘GAME’ is written as ‘$ ÷ * %’ and ‘BEAD’ is written as ‘# % ÷ ×’. How will the word ‘MADE’ be written in that code language?Answer: C
33. 69th CCE (2023)Q142Q travels towards East. M travels towards North. S and T travel in opposite directions. T travels towards right of Q. Which of the following is definitely true?Answer: D
34. 69th CCE (2023)Q143A man ‘Ramesh’, who owns a plot of land of 100 square yards, increases his plot of land by acquiring 10% more from his neighbour ‘Suresh’, who also owns 100 square yards land. After 2 years, he sells back 10% of the total plot to the neighbour. Which of the following is correct?Answer: B
35. 69th CCE (2023)Q144Find the odd pair among the following options.Answer: D
36. 69th CCE (2023)Q145What should come in place of question mark (?) in the following number series? 132 156 ? 210 240 272Answer: B
37. 69th CCE (2023)Q146Select the missing number from the given alternatives : 44 49 37 52 ? 41 58 35 53Answer: B
38. 69th CCE (2023)Q147Read the given statement and conclusions carefully. Decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the statement. Statement : In a one-day cricket match, the total runs made by a team were 200, of which 160 runs were made by spinners. Conclusions : 1. 80% of the team consisted of spinners. 2. The opening batsmen were spinners. Select the correct answer.Answer: D
39. 69th CCE (2023)Q148In a code language, if GREAT is written as 718222620 and MONK is written as 13121411, then how will VIGOROUS be written in the same language?Answer: A
40. 69th CCE (2023)Q149Find the odd one in the following groups : Q,W,Z,B B,H,K,M W,C,G,J M,S,V,XAnswer: C
41. 69th CCE (2023)Q150Four branches of a company are located at M, N , O and P . M is in the North of N at a distance of 4 km; P is in the South of O at a distance of 2 km; N is in the Southeast of O by 1 km. What is the distance between M and P in km?Answer: A