Karnataka NMMS 2022 Question Paper MAT

Question Booklet Sl. No.
MAT (K-8) NMMS
MAT – 2022-23
– 1 / PAPER – 1
/ MENTAL ABILITY TEST
REGISTER NO. :
90 90
TIME : 90 MINUTES ENGLISH / KANNADA MAX. MARKS : 90
Instructions to Students
1. This Question Booklet contains 90 questions. 1. 90
2. All questions are compulsory. Each question carries 2.
one mark and there will be no negative marking.
3. Each correct answer will be awarded one mark. 3.
4. Write your Eleven digit Register number as allotted to 4.
you in the admission ticket clearly on the test booklet.
5. During the examination, 5.
Read the questions carefully.
(OMR)
Completely darken/shade the relevant circle against
Question No. in the OMR answer sheet using blue/
black ball point pen. Do not try to alter the entry
and not to do any stray marks on OMR Sheet.
Example : In a question booklet if Option ‘C’ is (OMR)
the correct answer for Question No. 20, then in
20 ‘C’
the OMR answer sheet, shade the circle ‘C’ using
(OMR) ‘C’
blue / black ball point pen as follows.

20. A B C D (This is an example only)
20. A B C D ( )
6. If more than one circle is darkened for a given question, 6.
such answer is treated as wrong and no marks will be
given.
7. The Student and Room Invigilator should sign in 7. (OMR)
the OMR sheet in the space provided.
8. Candidate should return the answered OMR sheet only 8. (OMR)
to the Room Invigilator before leaving the examination
hall.
9. The calculator, mobiles and any other electronic 9.
equipments are not allowed inside the examination
hall.
10. English version of the question paper will be 10.

out of variation in translated version.
11. Rough work can be done in the place provided in the 11.
Question Booklet.

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Directions : (Questions : 1 – 3) 1–3
Complete the following number series

the given choices :

1. 1.
A) 75 B) 95 A) 75 B) 95
C) 109 D) 94 C) 109 D) 94

A) 325 B) 345 A) 325 B) 345
C) 79 D) 81 C) 79 D) 81

A) 210 B) 222 A) 210 B) 222
C) 216 D) 248 C) 216 D) 248

The wrong number in the given series
is :

A) 67 A) 67
B) 71 B) 71
C) 73 C) 73
D) 75 D) 75

A) 36 A) 36
B) 16 B) 16
C) 10 C) 10
D) 7 D) 7
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Directions : (Questions : 6 – 8) 6–8

correct answer from the given choices :

A) 31 A) 31
B) 33 B) 33
C) 39 C) 39
D) 37 D) 37

A) 0.000243 A) 0.000243
B) 2.43 B) 2.43
C) 0.0000243 C) 0.0000243
D) 0.00243 D) 0.00243

A) 16 A) 16
B) 18 B) 18
C) 33 C) 33
D) 36 D) 36

Directions : (Questions : 9 – 10) 9 – 10
The odd one out of the following is :

9. A) (49, 8) 9. A) (49, 8)
B) (31, 5) B) (31, 5)
C) (19, 3) C) (19, 3)
D) (56, 9) D) (56, 9)
10. A) BGKNP 10. A) BGKNP
B) AFJMO B) AFJMO
C) FJMOP C) FJMOP
D) EJNQS D) EJNQS

Directions : (Questions : 11 – 12) 11 – 12
Choose and substitute the correct set
of signs in place of * *
selecting from the given alternatives to
make the equation meaningful.

A) + = × A) + = ×
B) = × – B) = × –
C) – + = C) – + =
D) – × = D) – × =

A) + – = × A) + – = ×
B) – + = B) – + =
C) + = × C) + = ×
D) – × = D) – × =

Choose the numbers/signs which should
be interchanged to get the correct
equation among given alternatives.

13.
A) 3 and 2 A) 3 2
B) + and = B) + =
C) 16 and 7 C) 16 7
D) × and + D) × +

A) 4 and 2 A) 4 2
B) × and – B) × –
C) 10 and 6 C) 10 6
D) ÷ and = D) ÷ =

Find the missing number in the given
matrices.

A) 45 A) 45
B) 60 B) 60
C) 48 C) 48
D) 65 D) 65

16. 16.

A) 109 A) 109
B) 91 B) 91
C) 39 C) 39
D) 141 D) 141

A) 10 A) 10
B) 12 B) 12
C) 13 C) 13
D) 20 D) 20
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Directions : (Questions : 18 – 20) 18 – 20
Find the missing letter in the given
matrices.

18. 18.

A) E A) E
B) W B) W
C) Y C) Y
D) F D) F

19. 19.

A) S A) S
B) F B) F
C) U C) U
D) Q D) Q

20. 20.

A) R A) R
B) Q B) Q
C) O C) O
D) A D) A

Directions : (Questions : 21 – 22) 21 – 22
The following questions are based on
the numbers and letters arranged in the

O
19 20 21
J K L M N
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
A B C D E F G H I
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

A) M 17 F B) M 16 F A) M 17 F B) M 16 F
C) L 16 E D) L 15 E C) L 16 E D) L 15 E

A) 17 H 10 B) 17 G 18 A) 17 H 10 B) 17 G 18
C) 16 G 9 D) 16 F 7 C) 16 G 9 D) 16 F 7

23. The total number of rectangles in 23.

A) 16 B) 17 A) 16 B) 17
C) 18 D) 19 C) 18 D) 19

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of triangles and the total number of

A) 12 and 7 B) 10 and 6 A) 12 7 B) 10 6
C) 7 and 12 D) 8 and 11 C) 7 12 D) 8 11

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the following is :

A) A)

B) B)

C) C)

D) D)

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Directions : (Questions : 26 – 28) 26 – 28

Read the following informations and
answer the questions below it.
A + B means A is the daughter of B A+B A B
A × B means A is the son of B A×B A B
A – B means A is the wife of B A–B A B

26. If P × Q – S then the correct 26. P × Q – S
statement among the following is :
A) S is the wife of Q A) Q S
B) S is the father of P B) P S
C) P is the daughter of Q C) Q P
D) Q is the father of P D) P Q

T–S×B–M
statement among the following is :
A) B is the mother of S A) S B
B) M is the husband of B B) B M
C) T is the wife of S C) S T
D) S is the daughter of B D) B S

28. Q P R S
s P S
related to R as : R Q
A) Father A)
B) Brother B)
C) Grandfather C)
D) Husband D)
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Directions : (Questions : 29 – 31) 29 – 31

word.

29. TEMPLE VHQNIA
then CHURCH can be coded as : CHURCH

A) EKYWIF A) EKYWIF
B) EKYQZD B) EKYQZD
C) EKYPZD C) EKYPZD
D) EKYQWD D) EKYQWD

30. COMPUTER is coded as 30. COMPUTER RFUVQNPC
STUDENTS
can be coded as :
A) TVOEFVUT A) TVOEFVUT

B) TUVEFOUT B) TUVEFOUT

C) SSMTDCSS C) SSMTDCSS
D) SUOFEVUS D) SUOFEVUS

31.

then CAR can be coded as : CAR
A) 3
B) 6 A) 3
B) 6
C) 8
C) 8
D) 10 D) 10
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32. When the following Net diagram is 32.
folded 6
that lies opposite to the face bearing

dots :

A) 1 B) 4 A) 1 B) 4
C) 5 D) 2 C) 5 D) 2

33. A sheet of paper shown in the 33.
figure is folded to form a cube.
The arrangement of signs that lie 3
opposite to face 3 is :

A)
A)

B) B)

C) C)

D) D)

12

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f

rolled down three times. The three

when the cube is unfolded is :

b e f a
c d c f b d b c
a a a f
f e b d c e e d

A) B) C) D)

st 2022 1

A) Saturday A)
B) Friday B)
C) Thursday C)
D) Wednesday D)
th
36. 2021

A)
A) Wednesday
B) Friday B)
C) Tuesday C)
D) Monday D)
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Now the direction she is going is :
A) North B) East A) B)
C) South D) West C) D)

38.
8 km
11 km
right and walks 11 km. Now the
distance he is from his house is :
A) 5 km B) 6 km A) 5 km B) 6 km
C) 8 km D) 10 km C) 8 km D) 10 km

The following Venn diagrams show
the relationship among the three given

diagram to show the relationship among
them.

39.
A) b B) c A) b B) c
C) d D) e C) d D) e

A) c B) d A) c B) d
C) e D) f C) e D) f

A) a B) b A) a B) b
C) c D) d C) c D) d

A) c B) d A) c B) d
C) e D) f C) e D) f

In the questions given below the numbers

relationship and find the missing
number.

A) 16 B) 15 A) 16 B) 15
C) 14 D) 17 C) 14 D) 17

A) 7 B) 8 A) 7 B) 8
C) 10 D) 9 C) 10 D) 9

A) 4 B) 5 A) 4 B) 5
C) 3 D) 6 C) 3 D) 6

A) 4 B) 3 A) 4 B) 3
C) 2 D) 5 C) 2 D) 5

Four groups of numbers/letters are given
for each question. Among them three
are alike and one is different. Select the
different one.

A) MAT A) MAT
B) P AN B) P AN
C) COP C) COP
D) LOG D) LOG

A) P T L A) P T L
B) V Z R B) V Z R
C) Z D L C) Z D L
D) WA S D) WA S

A) 3, 25, 27 A) 3, 25, 27
B) 2, 4, 8 B) 2, 4, 8
C) 3, 16, 36 C) 3, 16, 36
D) 4, 4, 32 D) 4, 4, 32
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answer the questions.
E
circle facing towards the centre of the
circle. i. ‘B’ ‘C’ ‘D’
i. ‘B’ is between ‘C’ and ‘D’.
ii. ‘D’ ‘A’
ii. ‘D’ is second to the right of ‘A’.
iii. ‘E’ ‘A’ ‘C’
iii. ‘E’ is not between ‘A’ and ‘C’.

following is : A) ‘E’ ‘B’

A) ‘E’ is to the immediate left
B) ‘A’ ‘B’ ‘D’
of ‘B’
B) ‘A’ is in between ‘B’ and ‘D’ C) ‘D’ ‘E’
C) ‘D’ is to the immediate left
of ‘E’ D) ‘C’ ‘A’ ‘B’
D) ‘C’ is in between ‘A’ and ‘B’

‘A’
A) Second right to ‘B’ A) ‘B’
B) Fourth right to ‘D’ B) ‘D’
C) Third left to ‘C’ C) ‘C’
D) On the immediate right of ‘E’ D) ‘E’

‘E’
A) D and B A) D B
B) A and B B) A B
C) D and A C) D A
D) C and A D) C A

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Rahul completes the same work in
12
them to complete the same work
together is :
A) 4 B) 5 A) 4 B) 5
C) 9 D) 18 C) 9 D) 18
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then the rate of simple interest is :
A) 8% B) % A) 8% B) %
C) % D) 9% C) % D) 9%

below. The highest speed among
the following is : A) 25
A) 25 m/second
B) 1800 m/minute B) 1800
C) 72 km/hr C) 72
D) 36000 m/hr D) 36000

is given. Find the alternative in which the

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A) 50°
A) 50°
B) 95° B) 95°
C) 120° C) 120°
D) 145° D) 145°
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60.
10

hand in angles is :
A) 2° B) 2.5° A) 2° B) 2.5°
C) 5° D) 10° C) 5° D) 10°

61. The number of times the hour 61.
hand and minute hand of a clock

A) 12 B) 22 A) 12 B) 22
C) 24 D) 26 C) 24 D) 26

62.

numbers which appear between
odd numbers is :

A) 2 B) 3 A) 2 B) 3
C) 4 D) 5 C) 4 D) 5

63.
the number of ‘2’s that appear ‘2’
number is :

A) 6 B) 5 A) 6 B) 5
C) 4 D) 3 C) 4 D) 3

consecutive numbers which differ
‘3’

A) 3 B) 4 A) 3 B) 4
C) 5 D) 6 C) 5 D) 6
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the 3rd number to the right of 8 3
8th number from the left is :

A) 4 B) 5 A) 4 B) 5
C) 8 D) 9 C) 8 D) 9

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the four alternatives.

66.

A) B) C) D)

A) B) C) D)
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68.

more than half of her mother’s age.

less than half of her mother’s age.
Then the age of Sneha is :
A) 15 years A) 15
B) 10 years B) 10
C) 16 years C) 16
D) 12 years D) 12

69.
age
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A) 24 years
A) 24
B) 14 years B) 14
C) 16 years C) 16
D) 12 years D) 12

given alternatives.

A) uN A) uN
B) 5 N B) 5 N
C) C)
D) u D) u
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The order of the letters that need to
come in the boxes to complete a certain
pattern is :

lm n o qqr s lm n o qqr s
A) m p o s A) m p o s
B) m p s o B) m p s o
C) m o p s C) m o p s
D) p m s o D) p m s o

ab b a ccc a ab b a ccc a
A) b b a c A) b b a c
B) b b c a B) b b c a
C) b c a b C) b c a b
D) c c b a D) c c b a

a a ac d e a a ac d e
A) a b d a A) a b d a
B) a c b d B) a c b d
C) a b c a C) a b c a
D) a b a a D) a b a a
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Following questions are based on the

from the choices :

The following questions are based on the

represents a group.

A) 3 B) 2 A) 3 B) 2
C) 4 D) 5 C) 4 D) 5

travel either in train or in ship :
A) 22 B) 2 A) 22 B) 2
C) 6 D) 11 C) 6 D) 11
80. The total number of passengers 80.
who do not travel in ship :
A) 11 B) 15 A) 11 B) 15
C) 7 D) 5 C) 7 D) 5
Directions : (Questions : 81 – 82) 81 – 82
Assume the given statements as true and
decide which of the following conclusions

81. Statements : 81.
a. All Crows are Pigeons. a.
b. All Pigeons are Parrots. b.
Conclusions :
I. All Pigeons are Crows. I.
II. All Crows are Parrots. II.
A) Only I is correct A) I
B) Only II is correct B) II
C) Both I and II are correct C) I II
D) Both I and II are wrong D) I II
82. Statements : 82.
a. All papers are books. a.
b. Some books are pens. b.
Conclusions :
I. Some books are papers. I.
II. Some pens are books. II.
A) Only I is correct A) I
B) Only II is correct B) II
C) Both I and II are correct C) I II
D) Both I and II are wrong D) I II
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it is cut (shaded region) and all these are

the given four alternatives how does it
appear if the paper is unfolded.

83.

P Q

in the given options is :

86.

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Directions : (Questions : 88 – 90) 88 – 90

between first two figures. The same
relationship exists between the next two

alternatives.

88.

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89.

90.

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