3100+ Mental Ability Reasoning Questions and Answers with Explanation

Q:

In the following question, a matrix of certain characters is given.These characters follow a certain trend, row-wise or column wise.Find out this trend and choose the missing character accordingly.

72	24	6
96	16	12
108	?	18

A) 12	B) 16
C) 18	D) 20

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 12

Explanation:

In the first row, 72 ÷ (²⁴/₂) = 72 ÷ 12 = 6.
In the second row, 96 ÷ (¹⁶/₂) = 96 ÷ 8 = 12.
Let the missing number in the third row be y.
Then, 108 ÷ (^y/₂) = 18 or ^y/₂ = ¹⁰⁸/₁₈ = 6 or y = 12.

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Which of the following terms follows the trend of the given list?

RQPQPQPQ, PSPQPQPQ, PQRQPQPQ, PQPSPQPQ, PQPQRQPQ, _______________.

A) PQPQPQPQ	B) RQPQPQPQ
C) PQPQPSPQ	D) PSPQPQPQ

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) PQPQPSPQ

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Select the related word/letters/numbers from the given alternatives:

BDCE : GIHJ :: QSRT : ?

A) VWXY	B) UWMX
C) VXWY	D) UWNX

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) VXWY

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Arrange the given words in the sequence in which they occur in the dictionary.

i. Ramification
ii. Rampant
iii. Rapport
iv. Radical

A) iii, i, iv, ii	B) iv, i, iii, ii
C) iv, i, ii, iii	D) iii, iv, i, ii

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) iv, i, ii, iii

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Three persons A, B and C are standing in a queue. There are five persons between A and B and eight persons between B and C. If there be three persons ahead of C and 21 persons behind A, what could be the minimum number of persons in the queue?

A) 41	B) 40
C) 28	D) 27

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 28

Explanation:

Three persons A, B, C can be arranged in a queue in six different ways, ie ABC, CBA, BAC, CAB, BCA, ACB. But since there are only 3 persons ahead of C, so C should be in front of the queue. Thus, there are only two possible arrangements, ie CBA and CAB.

We may consider the two cases as under:

Case I: $\overset{3}{\leftarrow} C \overset{8}{\leftrightarrow} B \overset{5}{\leftrightarrow} A \overset{21}{\to}$

Clearly, number of persons in the queue = (3+1+8+1+5+1+21=) 40

Case II: $\overset{3}{\leftarrow} C A \overset{5}{\leftrightarrow} B$

Number of persons between A and C

= (8 - 6) = 2

$∵ [C \overset{8}{\leftrightarrow} B A \overset{21}{\to} B]$

Clearly number of persons in the queue = (3+1+2+1+21) = 28

Now, 28 < 40. So, 28 is the minimum number of persons in the queue.

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Which of the following terms follows the trend of the given list?

YXZYXYXY, YXYXZYXY, YXYXYXZY, YZXYXYXY, YXYZXYXY, _______________.

A) ZYXYXYXY	B) YXZYXYXY
C) YXYXZYXY	D) YXYXYZXY

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) YXYXYZXY

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Which of the following terms follows the trend of the given list?

PQPPPPPQ, PPQPPPPQ, PPPQPPPQ, PPPPQPPQ, PPPPPQPQ, _______________.

A) QPPPPPPQ	B) PQPPPPPQ
C) PPQPPPPQ	D) PPPPPPQQ

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) PPPPPPQQ

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Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it.

There are 6 persons in a family - three males and three females. Out of these, there are two married couples and two persons who are unmarried. Each one of them likes different colour, viz. Blue, Red, Pink, Green, Yellow and white.

Seema, who likes Red colour, is Anitha's mother-in-law and Anitha is Raja's wife. Dinesh is Rohan's father and he does not like the blue colour or white colour. Bavya likes the yellow colour and is Rohan's sister, who likes Pink colour, Raja does not use White colour.

How is Rohan related to Seema?

A) Brother	B) Son
C) Father	D) None of these

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