Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

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STIMULANT : ACTIVITY ::

A) diagnosis : treatment B) fertilizer : growth
C) symptom : disease D) food : hunger
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) fertilizer : growth

Explanation:
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The following questions are based on the information given below

 

In a school of 4000 students 3000 know English, 2000 know French and 5000 know Hindi, 1500 know French and English, 300 know French and Hindi, 200 know English and Hindi and 50 know all the three languages.

 

How many do not know any of the three languages?

A) 550 B) 500
C) 400 D) 450
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 450

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Q:

Find out the wrong term in the series 169,144,121,100,85,64

A) 144 B) 100
C) 85 D) 64
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 85

Explanation:

The sequence is 13*13,12*12,11*11,10*10,9*9,8*8, . . . . . .
So,85 is wrong term and must be replaced by 9*81

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Read the information carefully and answer the following questions

 

Six girls are sitting in a circle facing to the centre of the circle. They are Priya, Neha, Rashmi, Sonali, Tina and Veera. Tina is not between Neha and Sonali but some other one. Priya is next to the left of Veera. Rashmi is 4th to the Right of Priya.

 

Which one is sitting just right to Veera?

A) Priya B) Tina
C) Rashmi D) Sonali
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Tina

Explanation:

Tina

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In a certain code language, '851' means 'good sweet fruit' ; '783' means 'good red rose' and '341' means 'rose and fruit'. Which of the following digits stands for 'sweet' in that language ?

A) 8 B) 5
C) 1 D) 3
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 5

Explanation:

Justification:      

In the first and second statements, the common code digit is '8' and the commmon word is 'good'.

So, '8' means 'good'.
In the first and third statements, the common code digit is '1' and the common word is 'fruit'.
So, '1' means 'fruit'.
Thus, in the first statement, '5' means 'sweet'.

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Dilatory : Expeditious :: Direct : ?

A) Straight B) Curved
C) Circumlocutory D) Tortuous
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Circumlocutory

Explanation:

The words in each pair are opposites of each other. 

Hence, Dilatory : Expeditious :: Direct : Circumlocutory.

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'BE' is related to 'GJ' in the same way as 'PS' is related to ?

A) VX B) TU
C) UX D) TV
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) UX

Explanation:

Each corresponding letter moves five places forward in the alphabet.
Here as BE is related to GJ then PS will relate to UX.

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According to the given Venn diagram, the total number of students in the class is ___.

 

A) 55 B) 56
C) 53 D) 54
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 55

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