3100+ Mental Ability Reasoning Questions and Answers with Explanation

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Frugal : Parsimonious :: ?

A) joy : ecstasy	B) rich : poor
C) love : hate	D) poor : misery

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) joy : ecstasy

Explanation:

Frugal and parsimonious are synonyms of each other and bear the meaning 'being stingy' or 'sparing'. Similarly, joy and ecstasy are related to happiness.

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Thrice the square of a natural number decreased by 4 times the number is equal to 50 more than the number. The number is ?

A) 5	B) 4
C) 7	D) 6

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 5

Explanation:

Let the number be x. Then,

$3 x^{2}$ - 4x = x + 50

$3 x^{2}$ - 5x - 50 = 0

(3x + 10)(x - 5) = 0

x = 5

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Q:

Which number will complete the series?

14, 27, 52, 101, 198, ?

A) 381	B) 395
C) 391	D) 394

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 391

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

1. Brides

2. Boastful

3. Blizzard

4. Biology

5. Brilliant

A) 15234	B) 54321
C) 43215	D) 32145

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 43215

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

i. Optimistic
ii. Opposition
iii. Organization
iv. Ordinary

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

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

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Read the following information and answer the following questions below.

Bindu is standing exactly in the middle of a line of girls. Asha is 6th to the left of Bindu and Ritu is 16th to Bindu's right.

What is Asha's position in the line ?

A) 22	B) 12
C) 18	D) 11

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 11

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Arrange the following words as per order in the dictionary.

1. Weather 2. Weasand 3. Wealth 4. Weapon 5. Weekend

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

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

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Select the missing number from the given responses?

A) 2197	B) 729
C) 709	D) 1000

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