Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

Q:

Find out the wrong term in the series 125, 126, 124, 127, 123, 129

A) 129 B) 125
C) 127 D) 123
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 129

Explanation:

The correct pattern is +1, -2, +3, -4, +5, . . . .
So,129 wrong and must be replaced by 123 + 5 = 128

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Q:

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

 

1. Sympathy

2. Swollen

3. Tablespoon

4. Tactless

5. Tactfu

 

A) 13245 B) 43125
C) 53142 D) 21354
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 21354

Explanation:
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Q:

If two is subtracted from each odd digit and three is added to each even digit in the number 94257636, how many digits will appear twice in the new number thus formed ?

A) 0 B) 1
C) 2 D) 3
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 3

Explanation:

EXP.

Here 5, 7 & 9 are repeating after modulation.

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Q:

When I went back to my hometown three years ago, I found that a lot of changes ______.

A) were taken place B) are taken place
C) had taken place D) have taken place
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) had taken place

Explanation:

Since he is telling about the thing that had happened in past.

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Q:

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

i. Prandial
ii. Preach
iii. Priam
iv. Price
v. Pseudo

A) iii, iv, v, i, ii B) i, v, iv, ii, iii
C) i, ii, iii, iv, v D) v, iii, iv, i, ii
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) i, ii, iii, iv, v

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Q:

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

1. Attempt

2. Alert

3. Attach

4. Assistant

5. Assume

 

A) 13452 B) 24531
C) 42531 D) 53412
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 24531

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Q:

Microphone : Loud :: Microscope : ?

A) Investigate B) Magnify
C) Examine D) Elongate
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Magnify

Explanation:

As Microphone makes sound louder similarly Microscope makes the object magnified.

 

Hence, Microphone : Loud :: Microscope : Magnify.

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Q:

FRIEND : FPIBNZ :: PATRON : ? 

A) PTYOPI B) PYTOPJ
C) PYTOOJ D) PYTPOJ
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) PYTOOJ

Explanation:

FRIEND : FPIBNZ

Follows a pattern that,

F - F

R- second letter to left of R i.e, P

I - I

E - Third letter to left of E i.e, B

N - N

D - Fourth letter to left of D i.e, Z

Similarly, for PATRON 

P - P

A -  second letter to left of A i.e, Y

T - T

R - Third letter to left of R i.e, O

O - O

N - Fourth letter to left of N i.e, J

PATRON : PYTOOJ

 

Therefore, FRIEND : FPIBNZ :: PATRON : PYTOOJ

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