Reasoning Questions for SSC and DSSSB Exams

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What this section tests

Reasoning is two different skills sharing one section. Verbal questions (analogies, series, coding, blood relations) are solved by reading and applying a rule. Non-verbal questions (dice, mirror and water images, paper folding) are solved by looking, so they are worth timing yourself on.

What is in this bank, by topic

The largest groups are Verbal Reasoning (112, 55%), Analytical Reasoning (73, 36%), Non-Verbal Reasoning (19, 9%). Figure questions are the smallest group in this bank. If your paper leans harder on them than this bank does, these tests will under-prepare you for that part and you will need figures from elsewhere.

Grouped by keyword on 16.09.2026, one topic per question. A question on the boundary of two topics can sit in either group, so read this as a guide. The live total above can be higher, because questions are added after this count.

Where these questions come from

A question from a DSSSB paper carries DSSSB's own answer; a practice-pool question carries ours.

Solved reasoning questions

A few from the bank, with the answer and the working behind a toggle. Try them before you open the answer.

1. If all roses are flowers and some flowers are red, which of the following must be true?
   1. All roses are red
   2. Some roses are red
   3. Some flowers are roses
   4. All red things are roses
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   Answer: (C) Some flowers are roses

   This follows from the given statements using logical reasoning.
2. Complete the series: 2, 6, 12, 20, ?
   1. 28
   2. 30
   3. 32
   4. 36
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   Answer: (B) 30

   The pattern is n(n+1): 1x2=2, 2x3=6, 3x4=12, 4x5=20, 5x6=30
3. Unhappy : Sad :: Moisten : ?
   अप्रसन्न : दुखी :: नम : ?
   1. Deny
      अस्वीकृत
   2. Blunder
      चूक
   3. Drench
      सराबोर
   4. War
      युद्ध
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   Answer: (C) Drench
   सराबोर

   Unhappy and Sad are synonyms. Similarly, Moisten and Drench are synonyms.
   अप्रसन्न और दुखी पर्यायवाची हैं। इसी प्रकार, नम और सराबोर पर्यायवाची हैं।
4. 343 : 720 :: 512 : ?
   343 : 720 :: 512 : ?
   1. 643
   2. 729
   3. 100
   4. 990
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   Answer: (D) 990

   Logic: n^3 : (n+2)^3 - (n+2). Here 7^3 : 9^3 - 9. For 512 (8^3), it is 10^3 - 10 = 990.
   तर्क: n^3 : (n+2)^3 - (n+2). यहाँ 7^3 : 9^3 - 9. 512 (8^3) के लिए, यह 10^3 - 10 = 990 है।