Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

Q:

………….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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All the six members of a family A, B, C, D, E and F are travelling together. B is the son of C but C is not the mother of B. A and C are a married couple. E is the brother of C. D is the daughter of A. F is the brother of B.  How many children does A have ? 

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

Explanation:

B is the son of C but C is not the mother of B means C is the father of B A is marned to C means A is the mother of B. F is brother of B means F is son of A and C. D is daughter of A means D is daughter of A and C

A has son B, son F and daughter D it three children. 

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A family consists of six members P, Q, R, S, T and U. There are two married couples. Q is a doctor and the father of T. U is grandfather of R and is a contractor. S is grandmother of T and is a housewife. There is one doctor, one contractor, one nurse, one housewife and two students in the family. Who is the sister of T ? 

A) R B) U
C) T D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) R

Explanation:

Q, the Doctor, is the father of T. S, the Housewife, is the grandmother of T and hence the mother of Q. Since there are only two married couples one being that of Q, the grandfather of R. i.e, U must be married to S. Thus, R and T will be both children of Q and these must be the students So, P, who remains, shall be the wife of Q and she alone can be the nurse. Thus, U must be the contractor 

Clearly, R and T are children of same parent, So. R will be the sister of T. 

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Q:

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

Explanation:
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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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 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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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 a letter-series is given, in which some letters are missing. The missing letters are given in the proper sequence as one of the alternatives. Choose the correct alternatives. ab __ d __ aaba __ na _ badna _ b

A) andaa B) babda
C) dbanb D) badna
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) andaa

Explanation:

The series is abadna/abadna/abadna/ab.
The pattern 'abadna' is repeated

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