3100+ Mental Ability Reasoning Questions and Answers with Explanation

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Directions : For the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) below, choose the correct alternative

Assertion(A) : An iron ball floats on mercury but gets immersed in water.

Reason (R) : The specific gravity of iron is more than that of mercury.

A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.	B) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
C) A is true but R is false.	D) A is false but R is true.

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) A is true but R is false.

Explanation:

Iron with specific gravity less than that of mercury but more than that of water, floats in the former but gets immersed in the second

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Detect an error part labelled (1), (2), (3) & (4) in the following question.

$\frac{w h o l e n o r t h e r n s t a t e s i n}{(1)} / \frac{i n d i a a r e r e e l i n g u n d e r t h e}{(2)} / \frac{d e v a s t a t i n g}{(3)} / \frac{o f t h e d r o u g h t}{(4)}$

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

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1

Explanation:

Error is in the first part of the sentence. 'Whole' is used with singular nouns.
The correct sentence is - 'All Northern states in India are reeling under the devastating of the drought.

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Race : Fatigue :: Fast : ?

A) Weakness	B) Hunger
C) Appetite	D) Food

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Hunger

Explanation:

First causes the second. Here Race causes Fatigue and similarly, Fast causes Hunger.

Hence, Race : Fatigue :: Fast : Hunger.

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In the following question, various terms of an alphabet series are given with one or more terms missing as shown by (?). Choose the missing terms out of the given alternatives. AZ, GT, MN, ?, YB

A) TS	B) SH
C) KF	D) RX

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) SH

Explanation:

First letter moves 6 steps forward. Second letter moves 6 steps backward.

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If in a certain code language PREMONITION is written as 68530492904, how will the word MONITOR be written in that code language?

A) 1234567	B) 3049208
C) 3029408	D) 3049258

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 3049208

Explanation:

Letters of the word PREMONITION are coded as follows:

Letters : P R E M O N I T I O N

Code: 6 8 5 3 0 4 9 2 9 0 4

See the code below Is and Ns. Codes for I and N are 9 and 4 respectively. This indicates that the digits below each letters represent its code. Therefore, code for the word MONITOR is 3049208

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Directions : For the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) below, choose the correct alternative

Assertion (A) : Most of the Himalayan rivers are perennial.

Reason (R) : They are fed by melting snow.

A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.	B) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
C) A is true but R is false.	D) A is false but R is true.

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

Explanation:

Most Himalayan rivers originating in Himalayan peaks are perennial because they are fed by the melting snow throughout the year.

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Directions : For the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) below, choose the correct alternative

Assertion(A) : Tamil Nadu gets most of the rainfall in winter.

Reason (R) : Tamil Nadu gets rainfall from retreating monsoons.

A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.	B) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
C) A is true but R is false.	D) A is false but R is true.

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

Explanation:

Rainfall in Tamil Nadu is caused by the retreating monsoons which occur in winter.

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Q:

Which of the following Venn diagrams correctly represents the following classes

Lion, Tiger, Animals

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

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