IPAT Abstract Reasoning

Question 1

In a sequence of shapes: circle, square, triangle, circle, square, triangle, circle, ___. What comes next?

Accepted Answer

Square

Answer

The pattern repeats every three shapes: circle, square, triangle. After the third circle, the next shape in the cycle is a square.

Question 2

Complete the number sequence: 2, 6, 18, 54, ___

Accepted Answer

162

Answer

Each number is multiplied by 3 to get the next: 2×3=6, 6×3=18, 18×3=54, 54×3=162.

Question 3

If all BLOOPS are RAZZLES, and some RAZZLES are LAZZLES, which statement must be true?

Accepted Answer

Some BLOOPS might be LAZZLES

Answer

Since all BLOOPS are RAZZLES, and some RAZZLES are LAZZLES, it is possible that some BLOOPS (being RAZZLES) are also LAZZLES. We cannot say definitively that they are or aren't — only that they might be.

Question 4

What number should replace the question mark? 3, 5, 9, 15, 23, ?

Accepted Answer

33

Answer

The differences between consecutive numbers form an arithmetic sequence: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10. So 23 + 10 = 33.

Question 5

In a coded language, POLICE is written as QPMJDF. How would CRIME be written?

Accepted Answer

DSJNF

Answer

Each letter is shifted forward by one position in the alphabet: P→Q, O→P, L→M, I→J, C→D, E→F. Applying the same to CRIME: C→D, R→S, I→J, M→N, E→F = DSJNF.

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IPAT Abstract Reasoning