Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

Q:

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

 

2, 4, 6, 8, ?, 12

 

A) 12 B) 10
C) 9 D) 11
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 10

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Choose the missing terms out of the given alternatives Z, S, W, O, T, K, Q, G, ?, ?

A) N,D B) N,C
C) O,D D) O,C
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) N,C

Explanation:

The given sequence a combination of two series:
I)Z, W, T, Q, ?      and      II)S, O, K, G, ?


The pattern I is
Z - 3 = W
W - 3 = T
T - 3 = Q
Q - 3 = N


The pattern in II is
S - 4 = O
O - 4 = K
K - 4 = G
G - 4 = C

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Q:

Pride is to lion as shoal is to

A) Fish B) School
C) Deer D) Plants
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Fish

Explanation:

Given Pride is to lion as shoal is to ?.

Pride means a group of lions. Similarly, Shoal means a group of fish swimming. Here the other options have no relation with the given word in that manner.

 

Hence, Pride is to Lion as Shoal is to Fish.

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Q:

In the following question, select the missing number from the given series.
 
192, 186, 180, 174, ?, 162

A) 166 B) 168
C) 164 D) 170
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 168

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Q:

In the following question, select the odd word from the given alternatives.

 

A) Area B) Cube
C) Volume D) Perimeter
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Cube

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Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow:

Seven persons Tina, Vini, Yasir, Rishi, Sanya, Pankaj and Urmila live on the separate floors of a 7- floor building. Ground floor is number one; second floor is number two and so on. Each of them goes to a city viz. Paris, Istanbul, Shanghai, Durban, London, Madrid and Dubai but not necessarily in the same order.

Only three people live above the floor on which Sanya lives. Only one person lives between Sanya and the one who goes to Paris. Vini lives just below the person who goes to Madrid. Only three people live between the one who goes to Paris and London. The person who goes to Madrid lives on an even numbered floor. Urmila lives just above Rishi. Urmila does not go to London. Only two persons live between Pankaj and the one who goes to Durban. Pankaj lives above the person who goes to Durban. Yasir does not go to Istanbul. Tina does not live just above or just below Sanya. The one who goes to Shanghai does not live just above or just below Pankaj.

Who among the following lives on floor number 7?

A) Tina  B) Yasir
C) Pankaj D) Urmila
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Tina 

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Q:

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

i. Carrier
ii. Capability
iii. Cause
iv. Course

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

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Q:

Amongst the given responses choose the meaningful logical series.

1. College
2. Infant
3. Child
4. School
5. Youth

A) 2,4,3,1,5 B) 2,3,4,1,5
C) 2,4,3,5,1 D) 2,3,4,5,1
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 2,3,4,5,1

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