Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

Q:

Loiter : Dwandle :: Impugn : ?

A) Revenge B) Confiscate
C) Gamble D) Challenge
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Challenge

Explanation:

The words in each pair are synonyms of each other.

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Q:

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

1. Budge

2. Bulb

3. Cannon

4. Bumper

5. Capable

 

A) Bumper B) Bulb
C) Budge D) Capable
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Bulb

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Q:

Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it.

 

1) There are 6 members in a family in which there are two married couples.

2) Sandhya, a lawyer, is married to the engineer and is mother of Charu and Suraj.

3) Bhuvanesh, the teacher, is married Aruna.

4) Aruna has one son and one grandson.

5) Of the two married ladies one is a housewife.

6) There is also one student and one male doctor in the family

 

How is Aruna related to Charu?

 

A) Sister B) Mother
C) Grandfather D) Grandmother
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Grandmother

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Q:

What is one way to appeal to ethos?

A) By referencing trusted sources B) By starting with a specific argument
C) By creating a repetitive pattern D) By choosing descriptive nouns
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) By creating a repetitive pattern

Explanation:

The Three Rhetorical Appeals is an argument made by Aristotle in which he states that there are three elements to the art of persuasion: ethos, pathos and logos.

 

Ethos is the ethical appeal, which intends to persuade the audience of the author's credibility/character.

Pathos is the emotional appeal, which intends to persuade the audience by appealing to their emotions.

Logos is the logical appeal, which intends to persuade the audience using reason and logic.

 

In order to make an ethos, or ethical appeal, convince the audience that you are a reliable, intelligent and can be trusted. Here is how you can achieve this:

1. Provide personal experience or know someone whose experience can relate to what you are talking about

2. Use detailed and recent research in your argument

3. Use professional and appropriate vocabulary

4. Avoid sounding overly emotional

5. Only use first person when talking about personal experience; otherwise, write in third person.

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Q:

If it is possible to make a meaningful word from the second, the seventh, the ninth and the eleventh letters of the word ORGANISATION using each letter only once, then which will be the third letter of that word ? If no such word can be formed, your answer would be 'X' and if more than one such words can be formed, your answer would be 'M' ?

A) T B) R
C) M D) X
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) R

Explanation:

The second, seventh, ninth and eleventh letters of the word ORGANISATION are R, S, T and O respectively. Clearly, only one word can be formed using these letters,
which is SORT. The third letter in SORT is R.

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Q:

How many days will be there from 26th january 2008, to 15th may 2008(both days are included)?

A) 111 B) 112
C) 110 D) 113
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 111

Explanation:

Number of days = (6 + 29 + 31 + 30 + 15) = 111

2008 is a leap year, number of days in february = 29

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Q:

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

 

i. Treasure
ii. Treat
iii. Tremor
iv. Trestle

 

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

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Q:

bc _ b _ c _ b _ ccb

A) c b c b B) b b c b
C) c b b c D) b c b c
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) c b c b

Explanation:

Here 'bccb' repeated 3 times.

b c c b | b c c b | b c c b 

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