3100+ Mental Ability Reasoning Questions and Answers with Explanation

Q:

P’s son Q is married with R whose sister S is married to T the brother of Q. How S is related to P ?

A) Daughter-in-law	B) Sister
C) Cousin	D) Sister-in-law

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Daughter-in-law

Explanation:

Since T is the brother of Q
Therefore, P is the father of T
but S is the wife of T.
Hence, S is the daughter-in-law of P.

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Q:

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. CMW, HRB, ?, RBL, WGQ, BLV

A) WMX	B) MWG
C) LVF	D) LWG

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) MWG

Explanation:

The letters move five steps forward.

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There are five bags. In the first bag we put some fruits. Each bag the number of fruits is reduced by 1/4. The last bag contains 4. Then the number of fruits in the first bag is ?

A) 2596	B) 1024
C) 256	D) 64

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1024

Explanation:

Fruits reduced by 1/4.
Total no. of bags N = 5
Formula to find no. of fruits in 1st bag = 4^n
Last Bag = 4 fruits.
That means, 4th bag = 4 x 4 = 16 fruits
3rd bag = 16 x 4 = 64 fruits
2nd bag = 64 x 4 = 256 fruits
1st bag = 256 x 4= 1024 fruits.

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Q:

Three of the following four are alike in a certain way and hence form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?

A) 20	B) 35
C) 45	D) 80

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 35

Explanation:

Except 35, all others are obtained by multiplying 5 with a composite Number.

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Q:

Nitin correctly remembers that Nidhi's birthday is before Friday but after Tuesday. Dheeraj correctly remembers that Nidhi's birthday is after Wednesday but before Saturday. On which of the following days does Nidhi's birthday definitely fall?

A) Monday	B) Tuesday
C) Wednesday	D) Thursday

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Thursday

Explanation:

According to Nitin, Nidhi's birthday falls on Wednesday or Thursday ---------(i)

According to Dheeraj , Nidhi's birthday falls on Thursday or Friday ---------(ii)

From (i) and (ii), Nidhi's birthday falls on Thursday.

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I learnt from my experience that by______ my anger and resentment, and by avoiding _________ I could overcome opponents more successfully than could those who openly defied their adversaries.

A) suppressing, conflict	B) expressing, hostility
C) stifling, temperance	D) rousing, wrath

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) suppressing, conflict

Explanation:

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If '/' denotes 'subtraction', '-' denotes 'addition', '+' denotes 'multiplication' and 'x' denotes 'division', which of the following is the value of the expression

182/91x7+3-1

A) 16	B) 24
C) 144	D) 150

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 144

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-20 , -16 , -12 , -8 ....

In the sequence above, each term after the first is 4 greater than the preceding term. Which of the following could not be a term in the sequence?

A) 220	B) 440
C) 668	D) 762

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