Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

Q:

-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
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 762

Explanation:

All terms in the sequence will be multiples of 4.

762 and 902 are not multiples of 4

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Q:

Identify the diagram that best represents the relationship among the given classes.

 

French, German, Spanish, Languages

A) 1 B) 2
C) 3 D) 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1

Explanation:
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Q:

Which of the following diagrams indicates the best relation between Females, Doctors, and Patients?

A) A B) B
C) C D) D
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) C

Explanation:
Some females can be doctors; some female can also be patient. Some Doctors can be patients. So, Option C fits into the question.
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Q:

Choose the word which is least like the others word in a group?

A) Mechanic B) Blacksmith
C) Engineer D) Mason
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Mechanic

Explanation:

All except Mechanic help in building a house.

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Q:

Rajitha has a calculator, which has 10 digits. She want to clean the calculator by removing all the keys and while reassembling it, she interchanged the locations of 3 pairs of keys. For example, if she placed the key ‘3’ in the place of the key ‘7’, she placed the key ‘7’ only in the place of the key ‘3’ and not any other key. All keys that were interchanged corresponded only to numbers. Later, she input some calculations and obtained outputs as provided in the table below. The input is shown in terms of the keys that Kavitapressed, while the output is the output displayed by the calculator.

Output:

1.   95 + 84=128
2.   128 + 64=195
3.   912 + 43=942
4.   178 + 19=192

Question :

Which of the following pair of digits is unchanged ?

A) 9, 0, 3 B) 1, 3, 8
C) 7, 0, 1 D) 2, 4, 1
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 7, 0, 1

Explanation:
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
0 1 4 8 2 6 5 7 3 9

Here pairs interchanged are

2, 4 

3, 8

5, 6

Unchanged are 0, 1, 7, 9

 

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Q:

The missing number in the series 9 81 ? 6561 59049

A) 729 B) 3561
C) 4213 D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 729

Explanation:

The given series is 9 81 ? 6561 59049

It follows a pattern that

 

9

81 = 9 x 9

729 = 9 x 9 x 9

6561 = 9 x 9 x 9 x 9

59049 = 9 x 9 x 9 x 9 x 9

 

Hence, the missing number in the series is 729.

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Q:

Boxing : Ring :: Wrestling : ?

A) Ring B) Court
C) Arena D) none of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Arena

Explanation:

Boxing is played in the ring whereas Wrestling is played in Arena.

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Q:

 

As per the given Venn diagram, the total number of students who play cricket as well as football but not Kabaddi is ___.

A) R B) T
C) P D) V
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) V

Explanation:
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