Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

Q:

Directions : For the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) below, choose the correct alternative 

Assertion(A)   :    An iron ball floats on mercury but gets immersed in water. 

Reason (R)     :   The specific gravity of iron is more than that of mercury. 

A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. B) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
C) A is true but R is false. D) A is false but R is true.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) A is true but R is false.

Explanation:

Iron with specific gravity less than that of mercury but more than that of water, floats in the former but gets immersed in the second 

 

 

Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: Assertion and Reason

6 9492
Q:

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

 

i. Motives
ii. Meaning
iii. Medieval
iv. Maritime
v. Manufacture

 

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

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: Logical Sequence of Words
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

0 9489
Q:

If the positions of the fifth and twelfth letters of the word 'GLORIFICATIONS' are interchanged; and likewise the position of the fourth and fourteenth letters, the third and tenth letters, the second and eleventh letters and the first and thirteenth letters are interchanged, which of the following will be twelfth letter from the right end ?

A) O B) I
C) T D) R
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) T

Explanation:

The new letter sequence is N I T S O F I C A O L I G R.

The eight twelth from the end is T.

Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: Alphabet Test

18 9485
Q:

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

 

1. Perplex

2. Persistent

3. Periodic

4. Persist

5. People

 

A) 51243   B) 45123  
C) 53142   D) 12354
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 53142  

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: Logical Sequence of Words
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

1 9481
Q:

Select the missing word from the given related pair of words.

 

Ancient : Old :: Bedspread : ___

 

A) Berth B) Pillow
C) Comferter D) Couch
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Comferter

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: Analogy
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

3 9480
Q:

Directions : For the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) below, choose the correct alternative 

Assertion (A)  : Shivaji developed the guerilla warfare. 

 Reason (R)    : Shivaji feared the Mughals. 

A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. B) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
C) A is true but R is false. D) A is false but R is true.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) A is true but R is false.

Explanation:

 Shivaji initiated the guerilla warfare to defeat the Mughuls but he did not fear them. 

Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: Assertion and Reason

6 9476
Q:

Select the related word/letters/numbers from the given alternatives:

9 : 162 :: 8 : ?

A) 96 B) 112
C) 128 D) 160
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 128

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

0 9464
Q:

From the given words, select the word which cannot be formed using the letters of the given word.

SHORTING

A) THORN B) NITRO
C) NOISE D) STING
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) NOISE

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: Logical Sequence of Words
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

0 9432