Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

In the question given below, a statement is given followed by three courses of action. A course of action is taken for improvement, follow up, etc. Read the statement carefully and give your answer.

Statement:
A knife-wielding assailant killed a 29- year-old man and injured four others in a lively neighbourhood near Paris’ famed Opera Garnier before he was killed by police on Saturday night.

Courses of Action:
I. The government should ban the sale of knives in all major cities.
II. Any person seen carrying a knife should be immediately taken into police custody.
III. Policemen should be posted near all major tourist spots to avoid such untoward incidents.

A series is given with one term missing. Select the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.
Narendra Modi, Manmohan Singh, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, ?

Raj left for his office in a car. He drove 15 km towards North and then 10 km towards West. He then turned to the South and covered 5 km. Further he turned to the East and moved 8 km. Finally he turned right and drove 10 km. In which direction is he from his starting point?

In the following question, which one set of letters when sequentially placed at the gaps in the given letter series shall complete it?

b_d_ed_b_c_e

A series is given with one term missing. Select the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.

YZ, VW, ST, ?, MN

In the following series, one term is missing as shown by the ?. Select the missing term from the given options.

AZ, BY, CX, DW, ?

A series is given with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.

Mesopotamian civilization, Egyptian civilization, ? , Chinese civilization