Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

Q:

Sword : Slaughter : : Scalpel : ?

A) Chopping B) Surgery
C) Stab D) Murder
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Surgery

Explanation:

Second denotes the purpose for which the first is used .

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Q:

Food : Stomach : : Fuel : ?

A) truck B) Plane
C) Engine D) Automobile
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Engine

Explanation:

Food is processed by the stomach to provide energy for the functioning of the body.
Similarly, fuel is processed by the engine to provide energy for the functioning of automobile.

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Q:

In a family, each daughter has the same number of brothers as she has sisters and each son has twice as many sisters as he has brothers. How many sons are there in the family ?

A) 1 B) 2
C) 3 D) 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 3

Explanation:

Assume the family has X girls and Y boys, according to the question,
we can have 2 equations:
X-1=Y, 2(Y-2)=X.
Solve the equations, we get X=4, Y=3.

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Q:

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

 

1) There are 6 members in a family in which there are two married couples.

2) Sandhya, a lawyer, is married to the engineer and is mother of Charu and Suraj.

3) Bhuvanesh, the teacher, is married Aruna.

4) Aruna has one son and one grandson.

5) Of the two married ladies one is a housewife.

6) There is also one student and one male doctor in the family

 

Who among the following is the housewife?

A) Charu B) Aruna
C) Sandhiya D) None
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Aruna

Explanation:
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Q:

In the following question, select the missing number from the given series.

 

29, 27, 24, ?, 15, 9

 

A) 22 B) 18
C) 20 D) 16
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 20

Explanation:
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Q:

What is the antonym of "Censure" ?

A) commend B) augment
C) enthral D) reform
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) enthral

Explanation:

"Censure" means expressing formal disapproval. "Enthral" means spellbound or enchant, which is farthest in meaning to the given word.

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Q:

There are five books of different thickness. A is thicker than C and B is thicker than D. E is not as thick as B, but is thicker than C. D is not as thick as C. Which is the thinnest book?

A) E B) D
C) B D) C
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) D

Explanation:

A > C  -----(i),   B > D  -----(ii),  E < B  --------(iii),  E > C  ---------(iv),  C > D  ---------(v)

from (i) and (v),   we get    A > C > D   ---------(I)

from (iii) and (iv), we get    B > E > C    --------(II)

From (I) and (II) , it is clear that 'D' is the thinnest.

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Q:

How many independent words can 'DETERMINATION' be divided into without changing the order of the letters and using each letter only once ?  

A) Three B) Two
C) Four D) One
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Two

Explanation:

The words are DE, TERMINATION

OR

DETER,   NATION

OR

TERM,   NATION

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