Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

Q:

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

 

46, 45, 43, 42, 40, 39, ?

 

A) 35 B) 36
C) 38 D) 37
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 37

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Q:

Arrange the given words in the sequence in which they occur in the dictionary.

i. Beguile
ii. Bigot
iii. Begun
iv. Bigamy

A) i, iii, ii, iv B) i, iii, iv, ii
C) i, ii, iii, iv D) i, iv, iii, ii
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) i, iii, iv, ii

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How is B related to A ? 

I. A is B's sister. 

II. is the father of A and B. 

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: D) If the data even in both the statements together are not sufficient to answer the question

Explanation:

From statements I and II together, we can conclude only that either B is the sister or brother of A.

So, even from both the statements, the exact relation cannot be known. 

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Q:

 ______ : trail :: grain : grail

A) path B) holy
C) train D) wheat
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) train

Explanation:

Train becomes trail when the "n" is replaced by an "l", and grain becomes grail when the "n" is replaced by an "l".

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Q:

A bird lover was asked how many birds he had in the basket. He replied that there were all parrots but six, all pigeons but six, and all koel but six. How many birds he had in the basket in all ?

A) 8 B) 18
C) 9 D) 10
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 9

Explanation:

There were all parrots but six means that six birds were not parrots but only pigeons and koels.

Similarly, number of parrots + number of koels = 6 and number of parrots + number of pigeons = 6.

This is possible when there are 3 parrots, 3 pigeons and 3 koels i.e. 9 birds in all.

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Q:

Derepak is brother of Ravi. Rekha is sister of Atul. Ravi is son of Rekha. How is Deepak related to Rekha ? 

A) Son B) Brother
C) Nephew D) Father
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Son

Explanation:

Deepak is the son of Ravi, who is the son of Rekha. 

Thus, Deepak is the son of Rekha 

 

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Q:

A is the son of B, C.  B's sister has a son D and a daughter E. F is the maternal uncle of D. How is A related to D ? 

A) Cousin B) Uncle
C) Nephew D) Brother
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Cousin

Explanation:

A is the son of B and D is the son of the sister of B. So, A is the cousin of D. 

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Q:

A man has a certain number of small boxes to pack into parcles. If he packs 3, 4, 5 or 6 in a parcel, he is left with one over; if he packs 7 in a parcle, none is left over. What is the number of boxes, he may have to pack?

A) 106 B) 301
C) 309 D) 400
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 301

Explanation:

Clearly, the required number would be such that it leaves a remainder of 1 when divided by 3, 4, 5, or 6 and no remainder when divided by 7. Thus, the number must be of the form (L.C.M of 3, 4, 5, 6) x + 1 i.e., (60x + 1 ) and a multiple of 7. Clearly, for x = 5, the number is a multiple of 7. So the number is 301.

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