3100+ Mental Ability Reasoning Questions and Answers with Explanation

Q:

If UPTO is coded as PTUO, how is CANT coded?

A) NCTA	B) ANCT
C) ANTC	D) NTCA

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) ANCT

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Q:

Rita ? into the cellar.

Which of the following words best suitable in the place of '?'

A) ascended	B) rescinded
C) descended	D) intended

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) descended

Explanation:

Rita descended into the cellar.

Descended means went down. As the cellar is in the basement, she must go down.

Options and meanings ::

descended - went down

rescinded - cancelled or annulled

ascended - went up

intended - meant

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Q:

Select the related word/letters/number from the given alternatives.

Deep: Shallow::Ocean: _______

A) Pond	B) Depth
C) Well	D) Spring

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Pond

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Q:

If train is called bus, bus is called tractor, tractor is called car, car is called scooter, scooter is called bicycle, bicycle is called moped, which is used to plough a field ?

A) Train	B) Bus
C) Tractor	D) Car

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Car

Explanation:

A 'tractor' is used to plough a field.

But a 'tractor' is called 'car'.
So, a 'car' will be used to plough the field.

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Q:

In the following sum, “?” stands for which digit ?

8 + ?8 + 28 + 83 + 8? = 2?8

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

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 1

Explanation:

By trial and error method from the given options,

'1' satisfies the above given equation.

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Q:

Find the next number in the given number series?

2, 3, 7, 16, 32, ?

A) 49	B) 52
C) 54	D) 57

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 57

Explanation:

The given number series is 2, 3, 7, 16, 32, ?

$2 2 + 1^{2} = 3 3 + 2^{2} = 7 7 + 3^{2} = 16 16 + 4^{2} = 32 32 + 5^{2} = 57$

Hence, the next number in the given number series is 57.

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Q:

If NOTEBOOK is coded as REGOLEEN, and SHIRT as XYZBG, then TORN is coded as

A) GZBR	B) GEBN
C) GEBR	D) GOBR

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) GEBR

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Q:

Introducing a man to her husband , a woman said "His brother's father is the only son of my grandfather". How is the woman related to this man?

A) Mother	B) Aunt
C) Sister	D) Aunt

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Sister

Explanation:

Only son of woman's grandfather - woman's father; Man's brother's father - Man's father

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