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SSC & Bank Exams: Reasoning एसएससी व बैंक: तर्कशक्ति

Unlimited exam-style reasoning practice with tricks, hints and worked steps: coding-decoding, alphabet test, analogy, series, direction sense, blood relations, ranking, inequalities, odd one out, calendar and clocks.

Coding-decoding

Coding-decoding (letter shift)Compare each letter of the word with its code using alphabet positions (A=1 … Z=26); find the shift, then apply it to the new word.

Alphabet test

Alphabet position testPosition from right = 27 − position from left. Learn EJOTY: E=5, J=10, O=15, T=20, Y=25.

Analogy

Number analogyFind the rule linking the first pair (square, cube, ±1, n × (n + 1) …) and apply the same rule to the third number.

Series

Letter seriesConvert letters to positions (A=1 … Z=26) and look for the gap pattern: fixed, increasing, or two letters moving in opposite directions.

Direction sense

Direction sense: distance and directionTrack the position on a grid (East = +x, North = +y). Add up the x and y movements, then distance = √(x² + y²).

Blood relations

Blood relationsDraw a small family tree: generations go up and down, siblings and spouses sit side by side. Mark each person’s gender.

Order & ranking

Ranking and order (position in a row)Total = left position + right position − 1. Position from right = total − left position + 1.

Inequalities

Inequalities (direct and coded)Two letters are related only if every sign between them points the same way. Any > or < makes it strict; only = signs give equality.

Classification

Odd one out (numbers)Test common properties one by one: prime, perfect square, perfect cube, multiple of 7/11/13, same digit sum.

Calendar

Calendar: find the day of the weekCount the days between the dates, divide by 7: the remainder (odd days) tells how many weekdays to move. A normal year has 1 odd day, a leap year 2.

Clocks

Clock: angle between the handsAngle = |30H − 5.5M| degrees. If it is more than 180°, subtract it from 360° for the smaller angle.