Mathmenus General Intelligence & Reasoning – Matrix

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Matrix Based Reasoning Questions, Answers & Explanation

EXERCISE MATRIX I
DIRECTIONS: (Qs.1-24): For following questions,
two matrices given below, in each matrix there are 25 0 1 2 3 4
cells and these cells contain two classes of alphabets. 0 1 L A D C
The columns and rows of matrix. 1 D C 1 L A
I are numbered from 0 to 4 and that of matrix II from 5 2 A I D C L
to 9 A letter from these matrices can be represented first 3 L A C I D
by is now number and next by its column number 4 C D L A I
Identify one set of number pairs out of (a), (b), (c) and
(d) which represents the number. Matrix II
Matrix I
5 6 7 8 9
0 1 2 3 4 5 W R T E Y
0 A P O R H
6 R W Y T E
1 R E P O A
7 E Y W R T
2 O A E P R
3 E O R A P 8 Y T E W R
4 P R A E O 9 T E R Y W

Matrix II 6. DAILY
5 6 7 8 9 (a) 10,31,21,42,85 (b) 22, 43, 00, 32, 67
5 F N M S T (c) 41,14, 13, 24,98 (d) 34, 44, 21, 01, 76
6 T M F N S 7. RATE
7 M S T I N (a) 89, 20, 96, 69 (b) 65, 03, 86, 96
8 N F S T M (c) 78, 14, 95, 58 (d) 56, 31, 58, 87
9 S T N M F 8. CIAT
1. MORT (a) 11,21,31,87 (b) 32, 44, 20, 68
(a) 66,21 32, 77 (b) 75,44,02,65 (c) 23,34,43,95 (d) 04, 14, 02, 57
(c) 57,13, 03, 88 (d) 68, 31, 41, 96 9. WEAR
2. FASE (a) 77,87,32,89 (b) 99, 78, 14, 56
(a) 67, 33, 95, 43 (b) 56, 21, 59, 11 (c) 88,69,21,65 (d) 66, 87, 31, 97
(c) 86, 42, 77, 22 (d) 99,00,87,31
3. SERAF 10. DWART
(a) 69, 04, 10, 21, 88 (b) 87,04,24, 42,78 (a) 10, 77, 32, 89, 68 (b) 22, 88, 02, 89, 57
(c) 76, 43, 24, 32, 99 (d) 58, 30, 32, 44,67 (c) 34, 99, 43, 66, 79 (d) 41, 66, 20, 78, 88
4. PANT For (Qs. 11-15) matrices are given below.
(a) 12,33,69,77 (b) 23,43,79, 88 Matrix I
(c) 01, 21, 56, 66 (d) 01, 21, 85, 77
0 1 2 3 4
5. TORN
(a) 96, 13, 24, 69 (b) 77,31,42, 85 0 E H J O A
1 H O E A J
(c) 65, 23, 32, 79 (d) 88, 02, 11,56
2 O J A E H
For (Qs. 6 – 10) matrices are given below.
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3 J A O H E 8 T N P R C
4 A E H J O 9 R T N C P

Matrix II 16. TUNE

(a) 68, 31, 79, 41 (b) 85, 10, 97, 22
5 6 7 8 9 (c) 79, 23, 86, 30 (d) 96, 42, 65, 12
5 L F S K T 17. CROPS
6 T K L S F (a) 89, 95, 11, 75, 20 (b) 67, 77, 32, 87, 34
7 S L F T K (c) 76, 88, 40, 67, 13 (d) 98, 56, 04, 58, 43
8 K S T F L 18. SENT
9 F T K L S (a) 20, 31, 86, 79 (b) 34, 24, 59, 89
11. JOLE: (c) 13, 03, 66, 85 (d) 42, 17, 78, 96
(a) 21, 44,89,34 (b) 30, 11, 68, 41 19. PART
(c) 14, 33, 98, 23 (d) 43, 20, 76, 13 (a) 75, 21, 89, 96 (b) 66, 14, 88, 57
12. FATH (c) 87, 00, 95, 69 (d) 99, 43, 78, 85
(a) 69,13, 79,24 (b) 95, 31, 99, 12 20. SPENT
(c) 88,21,87,42 (d) 77, 22, 96, 33 (a) 13, 66, 25, 86, 96 (b) 20, 75, 30, 98, 57
13. KHOLE (c) 34, 87, 41, 59, 85 (d) 42, 58, 03, 65, 78
(a) 66,24,20,76,24 (b) 85, 10, 32, 67, 41 21. A word is represented by only one set of
(c) 97,33,12,89,34 (d) 79, 43, 03, 98, 12 numbers as given in any one of the alternatives.
14. FEAST The sets of numbers given in the alternatives are
(a) 77, 00, 14, 86, 96 (b) 56, 12, 22, 69, 65 represented by two classes of alphabets as in two
(c) 69,23, 31,75,87 (c) 88, 33, 40, 99, 59 matrices given below. The columns and rows of
15. LOHA Matrix I are numbered from 0 to 4 and that of
(a) 98,20,42,04 (b) 76, 32, 01, 41 Matrix II are numbered from 5 to 9. A letter
(c) 67,12,24,31 (d) 55, 03, 11, 22 from these matrices can be represented first by
For (Qs. 16-20) matrices are given below. its row and next by its column, e.g., ‘G’ can be
represented by 04,40 etc. and ‘K’ can be
Matrix I represented by 56, 75 etc. Similarly, you have to
identify the set for the word 'CHILD'.
0 1 2 3 4 22.
0 A S U E O Matrix-I
1 U O E S A 0 1 2 3 4
2 S A O U E 0 C D E F G
3 E U A O S
1 F G C D E
4 O E S A U
2 D E F G C
Matrix II 3 E F G C D
4 G C D E F
5 6 7 8 9
5 C R T P N
Matrix II
6 N P C T R
7 P C R N T
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5 6 7 8 9 identify the set for the given word.

“DAKU"
5 H K L I N
Matrix-I
6 I N H K L
7 K L I N H 0 1 2 3 4
8 L I N H K 4 A F K P U
3 F K A U P
9 N H K L I
2 P U F K A
(a) 24, 21, 99, 57, 01 (b) 12, 79, 99, 57, 01 1 K P U A F
0 U A P F L
(c) 33, 57, 99, 57, 01, (d) 41, 79, 99, 57, 11
Matrix-II
23. Matrix-I
5 6 8 97
0 1 2 3 4 9 D N S X
I
0 R H E L I 8 X S
I D N
1 I E L R H 7 N SX I D
2 H L R I E 6 S D
X N I
3 E R I H L 5 I N
D X S
4 L I H E R (a) 95, 40, 04, 42 (b) 24, 95, 20, 27
(c) 88, 24, 10, 34 (d) 57, 13, 23, 21
Matrix-II 25. A word is represented by one set of numbers as
given in any one of the alternatives. The sets of
5 6 7 8 9
numbers given in the alternatives are represented
5 B S N A D by two classes of alphabets as in two matrices
6 D N B S A given below. The columns and rows of Matrix I
7 A B D N S are numbered from 0 to 4 and that of Matrix II
8 S D A B N are numbered from 5 to 9. A letter from these
9 N A S D B matrices can be represented first by its row and
next by its column e.g. ‘A’ can be represented
(a) 58, 02, 13, 01 (b) 85, 42, 31, 14 by 40, 01, 31, 32, and ‘N’ can be represented by
(c) 68, 20, 13, 32 (d) 85, 02, 44, 30 56, 68, 89 etc. Similarly you have to identify the
24. A word is represented by only one set of set for the word given below:
numbers as given in any one of the alternatives. SIX-KIDS
The sets of numbers given in the alternatives are Matrix -I
represented by two classes of alphabets as in two
matrices given below. The columns and rows of 0 1 2 3 4
Matrix I are numbered from 0 to 4 and that of 4 A F K P U
Matrix II are numbered from 5 to 9. A letter 3 F K A U P
from these matrices can be represented first by 2 P U F K A
its row and next by its column, e.g., ‘F’ can be 1 K P U A F
represented by 30, 22, etc. and ‘N’ can be 0 U A P F K
represented by 97,89, etc. Similarly, you have to
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Matrix –II (a) 86, 87, 99 – 40, 41, 86, 64

(b) 98, 96, 85 – 42, 78, 88, 77
5 6 7 8 9 (c) 77, 69, 76 – 22, 95, 28, 31
9 D I N S X (d) 65, 55, 67 – 05, 25, 91, 40
8 X S I D N
7 N X S I D
6 S D X N I
5 I N D X S

ANSWER KEY
1 (c) 4 (d) 7 (c) 10 (b) 13 (b) 16 (c) 19 (b) 22 (c)
2 (a) 5 (c) 8 (b) 11 (a) 14 (c) 17 (a) 20 (c) 23 (d)
3 (b) 6 (a) 9 (d) 12 (d) 15 (a) 18 (d) 21 (b) 24 (b)

HINTS & EXPLANATIONS Solutions for 11 to 15

Solutions for I to 5 E → 00, 12, 23, 34, 41
A → 00, 14, 21, 33, 42 H → 01, 10, 24, 33, 42
P → 01, 12, 23, 34, 40 J → 02, 14, 21, 30, 43
O → 02, 13, 20, 31, 44 O → 03, 11, 20, 32, 44
R → 03, 10, 24, 32, 41 A → 04, 13,22, 31, 40
E → 04, 11, 22, 30, 43 L → 55, 67, 76, 89, 98
F → 55, 67, 78, 86, 99 F → 56, 69, 77, 88, 95
N → 56, 68, 79, 85, 97 S → 57, 68, 75, 86, 99
M → 57, 66, 75, 89, 98 K → 58, 66, 79, 85, 97
S → 58, 69, 76, 87, 95 T → 59, 65, 78, 87, 96
T → 59, 65, 77, 88, 96 11. (a) 12. (d) 13. (b) 14. (c) 15. (a)
1. (c) 2. (a) 3. (b) 4. (d) 5. (c) Solutions for 16 to 20
Solutions for 6 to 10 A → 00, 14, 21, 32, 43
I → 00, 12, 21, 33, 44 S → 01, 13, 20, 34, 42
L → 01, 13, 24, 30, 42 U → 02, 10, 23, 31, 44
A → 02, 14, 20, 31, 43 E → 03, 12, 24, 30, 41
D → 03, 10, 22, 34, 41 O → 04, 11, 22, 33, 40
C → 04, 11, 23, 32, 40 C → 55, 67, 76, 89, 98
W → 55, 66, 77, 88, 99 R → 56, 69, 77, 88, 95
R → 56, 65, 78, 89, 97 T → 57, 68, 79, 85, 96
T → 57, 68, 79, 86, 95 P → 58, 66, 75, 87, 99
E → 58, 69, 75, 87, 96 N → 59, 65, 78, 86, 97
Y → 59, 67, 76, 85, 98 16. (b) 17. (a) 18. (d) 19. (b) 20. (c)
6. (a) 7. (c) 8. (b) 9. (d) 10. (b) 21. (b) C = 00, 12, 24, 33, 41
H = 55, 67, 79, 88, 96
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I = 58, 65, 77, 86, 99 H→ 01, 14, 20, 33, 42

L = 57, 69, 76, 85, 98 R → 00, 13, 22, 31, 44
D =01, 13, 20, 34, 42 I → 04, 10, 23, 32, 41
∴CHILD=12, 79, 99, 57, 01 23. (b)
22. (c) S → 56, 68, 79, 85, 97