Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

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A is B's sister. C is B's mother. D is C's father. E is D's mother. Then, how is A related to D?

A) Grandfather B) Grandmother
C) Daughter D) Granddaughter
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Granddaughter

Explanation:

A is the sister of B and B is the daughter of C.

So, A is the daughter of C. Also, D is the father of C.

So, A is the granddaughter of D. 

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Consider the following information and answer the questions based on it.

 

Out of 60 people in a colony, 10 speak only Bengali, 5 speak only Assamese, 10 speak both Hindi and Odia, 12 speak both Marathi and Hindi, 13 speak English, Tamil and Marathi, 5 speak both Assamese and Hindi and the remaining speak both Bengali and Hindi.

 

In all, how many people speak Hindi?

 

A) 22 B) 27
C) 32 D) 45
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 32

Explanation:
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If the first five letters of English alphabet are reversed , so are the next five and so on and last letter is left unchanged then what will be 2nd letter to the left of 17th letter from the right?

A) S B) G
C) H D) R
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) H

Explanation:

2nd letter to the left of 17th letter from the right means (2 + 17 = ) 19th letter from the right = (26 - 19 + 1 =) 8th letter from the left end , i.e H.  Thus, 8th letter falls into the second section of the reversed sequence. Now, the sequence FGHIJ is reversed and becomes JIHGF. Clearly, position of H remains unchanged. Hence the required letter is H.

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Find the wrong number in the series.

1, 2, 6, 15, 31, 56, 91

A) 31 B) 15
C) 56 D) 91
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 91

Explanation:

The difference of the two consecutive numbers are 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 35. 

This is clearly , +12, +22, +32, +42, +52,+62 

Here 35 is wrong, So our wrong number is 91

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A E C B % 7 D $ E B 5 C ? 3 D E 9 @ 2 # 

If all the vowels are dropped from the above arrangement which of the following will be the twelth from the left end of the above arrangement?

A) 3 B) @
C) D D) 9
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) D

Explanation:

After dropping  vowels we have the following arrangement:

C B % 7 D $ B 5 C ? 3 D 9 @ 2 #

Hence, D is twelth from the left end of the above arrangement.

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What should come in place of question mark (?) in the following number series?

 132       156       ?         210          240          272 

A) 196 B) 182
C) 199 D) 204
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 182

Explanation:

The given series follows a logic that

11 x 12, 12 x 13, 13 x 14, 14 x 15, 15 x 16,...

So the missing number is 13 x 14 = 182

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Find the missing alphabet in the given sequence ?

A, Z, Y, B, C, ?, W, D

A) E B) Z
C) X D) F
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) X

Explanation:

first letter A with last letter Z
similarly 2nd last letter Y with 2nd letter B
Now 3rd letter C with 3rd last letter X
4th last letter W with 4th letter D
and so on....

Therefore the missing letter is X

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Q 2 3 B 9 V 5 L S R F P

 

If one is subtracted from each of the numbers, which of the following will be the fourth to the right of the tenth from the right ?

A) 4 B) 8
C) 2 D) 1
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 4

Explanation:

Fourth to the right of the tenth from the right means (10 - 4 = )6th from the right, ie 5. But according to the queswtion, one is subtracted from each of the numbers, ie 4. 

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