3100+ Mental Ability Reasoning Questions and Answers with Explanation

Q:

Insert the missing character marked as '?'.

A) 2	B) 3
C) 4	D) 5

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 3

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

i. Manufacture
ii. Manualism
iii.Manumission
iv. Manual

A) iv, ii, i, iii	B) iii, ii, i, iv
C) ii, iv, i, iii	D) i, ii, iii, iv

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) iv, ii, i, iii

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

Assertion (A) : a Leaves of plants are green.

Reason (R) : Plants contain chromoplasts, the green pigment.

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:

Leaves of plants are green because they contain the green pigment, chlorophyll. However, plants contain chromoplasts but they are not green pigments.

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Q:

Thrice the square of a natural number decreased by 4 times the number is equal to 50 more than the number. The number is ?

A) 5	B) 4
C) 7	D) 6

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 5

Explanation:

Let the number be x. Then,

$3 x^{2}$ - 4x = x + 50

$3 x^{2}$ - 5x - 50 = 0

(3x + 10)(x - 5) = 0

x = 5

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How many sons does D have ?

I. A's father has three children.

II. B is A's brother and son of D.

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 both I and II together, we can conclude that A and B are the children of D, but the sex of A and the third child of D is not known. So, both the statements together are also not sufficient to answer the question.

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

23, 19, 15, 11, ?

A) 3	B) 9
C) 5	D) 7

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 7

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

1. Clamp
2. Cloud
3. Cable
4. Cannal
5. Capricon

A) 35412	B) 34512
C) 43512	D) 45312

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 34512

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

i. Pitiful
ii. Plague
iii. Pitiless
iv. Plaque
v. Plankton

A) iii, i, ii, v, iv	B) i, iii, iv, v, ii
C) i, iii, ii, iv, v	D) i, iii, ii, v, iv

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