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MTS Reasoning – Figures, Mirror & Paper Folding (Topic Test)
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- The test contains 14 questions.
- Each question has 4 options, of which only one is correct.
- You have to finish the test in 12 minutes.
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This free practice set from AndamanJobs has 14 questions to be solved in 12 minutes. Every question is listed below with four options. Open Show answer and explanation under a question to see the correct option and why it is correct. Try the timed test above first, then use this list to revise the questions you got wrong.
- A cube painted on all faces is cut into 27 equal cubes. How many have no face painted?
- A. Six
- B. One
- C. Twelve
- D. Eight
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Answer: B. One
Only the single cube at the very centre is untouched by paint.
- If a mirror is placed on the line MN, then which of the answer figures is the right image of the given figure?
- A. D
- B. C
- C. B
- D. A
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Answer: D. A
In a mirror on the left the tube on the left of the flask appears on the right and still points upward (tip higher than the flask end); only A shows this, while B has the tube pointing downward.
- If in a certain language PAPER is written as QBQFS, how is PENCIL written?
- A. PFODJM
- B. QFOCJM
- C. QFODIM
- D. QFODJM
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Answer: D. QFODJM
Each letter moves forward one place: P→Q, E→F, N→O, C→D, I→J, L→M.
- How many triangles are there in the given figure?
- A. 10
- B. 12
- C. 11
- D. 9
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Answer: B. 12
Three lines (the altitude from the apex, the line from the left base corner to the right side, and the segment from the right base corner) meet at one interior point; counting all triangles formed gives 12.
- Choose the alternative that closely resembles the mirror image of the given combination, if the mirror is placed on the right (the vertical line).UTZFY6
- A. [[fc:6YFZTU|nxxxxx]]
- B. [[fc:6YZFTU|xxxxxx]]
- C. [[fc:6YFZTU|xxxxxx]]
- D. [[fc:UTZFY6|xxxxxx]]
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Answer: C. [[fc:6YFZTU|xxxxxx]]
A mirror on the right reverses the order of the characters (6, Y, F, Z, T, U) and turns each one sideways.
- How many triangles are formed when both diagonals of a rectangle are drawn?
- A. Six
- B. Four
- C. Two
- D. Eight
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Answer: D. Eight
Both diagonals create four small triangles and four larger ones, eight in total.
- A piece of paper is folded and cut as shown below in the question figures. From the given answer figures, indicate how it will appear when opened.
- A. D
- B. C
- C. B
- D. A
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Answer: A. D
The correct answer is option D, as given in the official key.
- How many squares are there in the following figure?
- A. 4
- B. 6
- C. 5
- D. 8
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Answer: B. 6
There is the outer square ABDC, the inner square EFGH and four small squares such as AEIH, EBFI, HIGC and IFDG, giving 6.
- From the given answer figures, select the one in which the question figure is hidden/embedded.
- A. A
- B. D
- C. C
- D. B
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Answer: D. B
Only figure B contains the small square with its short vertical stem, in the upper left of the figure.
- Which answer figure will complete the pattern in the question figure?
- A. D
- B. B
- C. A
- D. C
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Answer: C. A
The four quadrants are mirror images of one tile with a centre circle, a dot near the middle and a circle at the outer corner; the missing bottom-right tile must have all three, which only A has.
- A cube is painted blue on all faces and then cut into 27 small cubes of equal size. How many small cubes will have only two faces painted?
- A. 12
- B. 6
- C. 1
- D. 8
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Answer: A. 12
- A cube is painted red on all faces and then cut into 27 equal smaller cubes. How many small cubes have exactly two faces painted?
- A. 4
- B. 8
- C. 12
- D. 6
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Answer: C. 12
The edge cubes that are not corners have two painted faces, one on each of the 12 edges.
- Four positions of a dice are given below. Identify the number opposite to 3.
Position 1: (1,2,3) | Position 2: (1,3,5) | Position 3: (1,5,6) | Position 4: (2,3,4)- A. 4
- B. 5
- C. 1
- D. 6
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Answer: D. 6
- Count the number of triangles in the given figure: a square with both diagonals drawn and one horizontal line through the centre.
- A. 14
- B. 18
- C. 16
- D. 12
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Answer: D. 12
The two diagonals alone make 8 triangles (4 small and 4 large). The horizontal line through the centre adds 4 more triangles with the sides and diagonals, one at each corner of the centre point. Total 12.
