Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

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Below question has with a part of it underlined. The question is followed by four alternatives to replace the underlined part of the sentence. Choose the best alternative which is grammatically correct.

In this particular job we have discovered that to be diligent is more important than being bright.

A) for one to be diligent is more important than being bright. B) by being diligent is important than being bright.
C) being diligent is more important than being bright. D) diligence is more important than brightness.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) diligence is more important than brightness.

Explanation:

Parallel construction error in the original statement. A similar form is required on each side of the comparison. " Diligence - brightness ".

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………….being poor, Kavitha still dresses more appropriately than most of her friends.

A) Although B) Inspite
C) Since D) Despite
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Despite

Explanation:

Despite, Its meaning is "without effected by ", without effecting by their poverty, Kavitha still dresses more appropriately than most of her friends.

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 The Chairman of a big company visits one department on Monday of every week except for the Monday of third week of every month. When did he visit the Purchase department ? 

  I. He visited Accounts department in the second week of September after having visited Purchase department on the earlier occasion. 

  II. He had visited Purchase department immediately after visiting Stores department but before visiting Accounts department. 

A) If the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question B) If the data in statement II alone are sufficient answer the question
C) If the data either in I or II alone are sufficient to answer the question; D) If the data even in both the statements together are not sufficient to answer the question
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) If the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question

Explanation:

From statement I. we can conclude that the Chairman visited Purchase department on Monday of the first week of September. So, I alone is sufficient, The time of visit of no department is mentioned in II. which is, therefore, insufficient 

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In a certain code language, “blue” means “car”, “car” means “wood”, “wood” means “rice”, “rice” means “chair” and “chair” means “table”. What do we eat?

A) rice B) chair
C) wood D) blue
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) chair

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Q:

Choose the correct alternative that will continue the same pattern and replace 'x' in the series 3,12,27,48,75,x,147

A) 108 B) 127
C) 112 D) 85
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 108

Explanation:

The terms of the given series are 3*(1*1),3*(2*2),3*(3*3),3*(4*4), . . . .
So,missing term is 3*(6*6)=108

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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. Z, U, Q, ?, L

A) N B) M
C) I D) K
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) N

Explanation:

The letters move 5, 4, 3, ... steps backward.

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Which of the following pairs represents the immediate neighbours of Q?

A) PT B) PB
C) PD D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) None of these

Explanation:

From the above arrangements, P and R are the immediate neighbours of Q.

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Q:

Select the correct set that represents the following Venn diagram.

 

 

 

 

A) Office boys, government employees, educated person B) Males, fathers, doctors
C) Cat, toys, girl D) Doctors, human beings, cows
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Office boys, government employees, educated person

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