Railway Exam General Intelligence and Reasoning Mock Tests

Reasoning is the section most candidates can improve fastest in a railway paper, because the question families are familiar and finite.

A scoring section with steady practice

Railway reasoning draws on analogies, classification, number and letter series, coding-decoding, venn diagrams and basic arrangement questions. The same few formats repeat, so each hour of practice returns more than in a section with unpredictable questions.

Core families

  • Number and letter series, analogy and odd-one-out
  • Coding-decoding, blood relations and direction sense
  • Venn diagrams, syllogisms and statement-conclusion questions
  • Non-verbal reasoning such as mirror and water images

Test routine

Take a 30-question reasoning set at least twice a week and time it. Log your weakest family and spend your next topic session on it before the next full test. Remember that a quick pass through familiar families first leaves more time for harder ones. The section-planning ideas in time management across sections apply directly.

Related: Mathematics and General Awareness.

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Frequently asked questions

Analogies, series, coding-decoding and simple direction questions are often the quickest, though it depends on your practice.

A couple of section tests weekly plus full papers near the exam is a reasonable starting point.