Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

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Which letter is in the middle of 13th letter from the left and 4th letter from the right?

A) R B) I
C) J D) S
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) R

Explanation:

Find out the positions of both the letters from the left and divide the sum of the positions of both the letters from the left by 2. Here 13+23=36. Now divide 36 by 2 , i.e 18. Hence R is the required letter.

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Find the wrong number in the series.

1, 2, 6, 15, 31, 56, 91

A) 31 B) 15
C) 56 D) 91
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 91

Explanation:

The difference of the two consecutive numbers are 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 35. 

This is clearly , +12, +22, +32, +42, +52,+62 

Here 35 is wrong, So our wrong number is 91

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Choose the Antonym of the given word from the following options

'Jettison'

A) Salvage B) Submerge
C) Repent D) Descend
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Salvage

Explanation:

'Jettison' means to discard and 'salvage' means to rescue something discarded. Hence, 'salvage' is the word which is farthest in meaning to the given word 'Jettison'.

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(A)  '134' means 'you are well';

(B)  '758' means 'they go home';

(C)  '839' means 'we are home';

Which of the statements can be dispensed with while answering the above question?

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

Explanation:

Justification:      

We can find the code for 'home' from the second and third statements.

For finding the code for 'they', we need the code for 'go' which cannot be determined from the given data.
Clearly, statement A is not necessary.

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Q 2 3 B 9 V 5 L S R F P

 

If one is subtracted from each of the numbers, which of the following will be the fourth to the right of the tenth from the right ?

A) 4 B) 8
C) 2 D) 1
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 4

Explanation:

Fourth to the right of the tenth from the right means (10 - 4 = )6th from the right, ie 5. But according to the queswtion, one is subtracted from each of the numbers, ie 4. 

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In the following question, select the missing number from the given series.

 

5, 9, 13, 17, 21, ?

 

A) 32 B) 26
C) 25 D) 29
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 25

Explanation:
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What is the next number in series?

10, 9, 60, 90, 70, 66, ?

A) 73 B) 19
C) 96 D) 22
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 96

Explanation:

ten = 3(number of letters)
nine = 4(number of letters)
sixty = 5(number of letters)
ninety = 6(number of letters)
seventy = 7(number of letters)
sixtysix = 8(number of letters)
ninetysix=96(number of letters)

Then, likwise choose the number which has 9 letters in its Spelling.

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Find the missing alphabet in the given sequence ?

A, Z, Y, B, C, ?, W, D

A) E B) Z
C) X D) F
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) X

Explanation:

first letter A with last letter Z
similarly 2nd last letter Y with 2nd letter B
Now 3rd letter C with 3rd last letter X
4th last letter W with 4th letter D
and so on....

Therefore the missing letter is X

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