GRE Sample Questions

Analytical Section : Analytical Reasoning

You are required to answer these questions referring to the symbol, alphabet or number sequence given below.

P Y 4 # A Q © K B 8 D 5 * E % 2 S ? 9 R U $ F @ 6 H M 3 W (X)

Question 16

If all the symbols are dropped from the sequence, then which element will be in the center in the new sequence?

Answer: (e)

Clarification: P Y 4 A Q K B 8 D 5 E 2 S 9 R U F 6 H M 3 W. We can see that number of elements is even number (22), there is no center element possible.

Question 17

#8 is related to? W in the same way as BE is related to?

Answer: (e)

Clarification: Number of elements between the second pair of elements is double with respect to the number of elements between the first pair of elements.

Question 18

In a furniture store there are seven lamps. Every lamp has either ceramic or wood base, and every lamp comes with either a red, brown, or yellow color.

Which of the following sentence about the seven lamps is not true?

Answer: (d)

Clarification: It is said that seven lamps have a ceramic base compared to a wood base at least four should have a ceramic base. Therefore, not more than three can have a wood base.

Question 19

Quber, a specialty bistro, is open for people every Monday to Saturday but it is closed on Sundays. The bistro gives out only lunch on Mondays, Tuesdays as well as Thursdays, while it gives out only supper on Wednesdays, Fridays, as well as Saturdays. On days that Quber is open for people, floors are cleaned and trees are watered according to the following guidelines:

• Trees are watered two days every week, but not at all on repeated days and never on the same day are the floors cleaned
• Floors are cleaned three days every week, but never on repeated days and never on the same day are that trees watered

If dinner is given out on a day that trees are watered, which of the following sentence should be true?

Answer: (a)

Clarification: We can see that only in the third alternative plan is dinner is given out on the same day that’s Friday and trees are watered as well. In this situation, floors must be cleaned on Thursday.

Question 20 Joseph, Jackie and Ninda are the three mountaineers. Joseph is Jackie’s brother. Jackie is Ninda’s brother. Ninda is not Joseph’s brother. Therefore, Ninda is Joseph’s sister.

Answer: (a)

Clarification: From the above statement it clear that Ninda is Joseph’s sister