Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

Q:

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

1. Faint
2. Facelift
3. Facade
4. Fade
5. Fake

 

A) 32415 B) 52143
C) 32541 D) 25431
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 32415

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Q:

Identify the diagram that best represents the relationship among the given classes.

Husband, Wife, Son

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

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Q:

Optimist is to cheerful as Pessimist is to

A) Helpful B) Mean
C) Petty D) Gloomy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Gloomy

Explanation:

The given words are related in a way that, an optimist is a person whose outlook is cheerful. Similarly, a pessimist is a person whose outlook is gloomy.

 

The answer is not (b) because a pessimist does not have to be mean. Options (c) and (a) are incorrect because neither words describe the outlook of a pessimist.

 

Hence, Optimist is to cheerful as Pessimist is to Gloomy.

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Q:

From the given alternatives, according to dictionary, which word will come at FIRST position?

1. Glorious

2. Glider

3. Golden

4. Glisten

5. Grapes

 

A) Glider B) Golden
C) Grapes D) Glisten
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Glider

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Q:

Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. which one does not belong to that group?

1. Metre   2. Furlong    3. Yard   4. Mile    5.Acre

Answer

Answer : (5)


Acre measurers area whereas others are distance measures.

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Q:

In the following question, select the related letter/letters from the given alternatives.

 

IMO : PTV : : KOQ : ?

 

A) QUX   B) SVW  
C) RVX   D) RUW
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) RVX  

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Q:

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

 

11, 13, 17, 19, 23, ?

 

A) 29   B) 27  
C) 31   D) 37
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 29  

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Q:

Foresight : Anticipation :: Insomnia : ?

A) Gems B) Sleeplessness
C) Iron D) Diamond
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Sleeplessness

Explanation:

The words in each pair are synonyms. Here Foresight and Anticipation are synonyms to each other and Insomnia is a synonym to Sleeplessness.

 

Hence, Foresight : Anticipation :: Insomnia : Sleeplessness.

 

 

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