3100+ Mental Ability Reasoning Questions and Answers with Explanation

Q:

From the given alternatives, according to dictionary, which word will come at THIRD position?

1. Serious

2. Single

3. Salted

4. Sand

5. Sickle

A) Single	B) Sand
C) Sickle	D) Serious

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Serious

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Yard is to Inch as Quart is to

A) Milk	B) Gallon
C) Liquid	D) Ounce

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Ounce

Explanation:

Yard is to Inch as Quart is to Ounce.

Because Yard and Inch are units of measurement Where Yard is larger than Inch i.e, 1 Yard = 36 Inches.

So, here Quart and Ounce are also units of measurement where Quart is larger than Ounce i.e, 1 Quart = 32 Ounces.

Gallon is not correct because Gallon is larger than Quart and Milk and Liquid are not units of measurement.

So, Ounce is correct.

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

i. Next
ii. Noisy
iii. Neutral
iv. Neither

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

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

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Q:

Select the missing numbers from the given alternatives

8 21 4

27 ? 53

A) 35	B) 40
C) 17	D) 23

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 40

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Arrange the following words as per order in the dictionary.

1. Preach
2. Praise
3. Precinet
4. Precept
5. Precede

A) 2, 1, 5, 4, 3	B) 2, 1, 3, 4, 5
C) 2, 5, 1, 4, 3	D) 1, 2, 5, 4, 3

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 2, 1, 5, 4, 3

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A is the son of B, C. B's sister has a son D and a daughter E. F is the maternal uncle of D. How many nephews does F have ?

A) 0	B) 1
C) 2	D) 3

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 2

Explanation:

Clearly, F is the maternal uncle of D means F is the brother of D's mother i.e., F is the brother of C. C is the sister of B.

So, F is the brother of B who is A's mother. Thus. F is the maternal uncle of A. So, A and D are the nephews of F i.e., F has two nephews

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Q:

It takes five minutes to pass a rumour from one person to two other persons. The tree of rumour continues. Find how many minutes does it take spread the rumour to 729 persons ?

A) 45 min	B) 25 min
C) 30 min	D) 36 min

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 30 min

Explanation:

After 5 mins ..... 3 persons will get rumour
After 10 mins .... 3x2 + 3 = 9 = $3^{2}$ persons will get
after 15 =5x3 min ......9x2 + 9 =27 = $3^{3}$ persons will get news.
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after 5x6 mins ... $3^{6}$ = 729 persons will get news.

Therefore, time taken to spread the rumour to 729 persons is 30 minutes.

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The following questions are based on the information given below:

Out of a group of 60 students, 25 play Cricket, 30 play Football, 24 play Volleyball, 10 play Cricket and Football, 9 play Cricket and Volleyball, 12 play Volleyball and Football and 5 play all the three.

How many students play exactly two games?

A) 7	B) 13
C) 5	D) 16

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