3100+ Mental Ability Reasoning Questions and Answers with Explanation

Q:

Opposite word of Enormous?

A) tiny	B) large in size
C) high quantity	D) to the most extent

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) tiny

Explanation:

Enormous means very large in quantity or size or extent.

Antonym or opposite of enormous is little, small or tiny.

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Q:

Find the odd man out
2 4 8 16 36

A) 4	B) 8
C) 16	D) 36

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 36

Explanation:

2+2=4

4+4=8

8+8=16

16+16=32 but it is given 36

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Q:

How many pairs of letters are there in the word 'PRESENTMENT which have as many letters between them in the word as in the alphabet ?

A) Nil	B) Three
C) Two	D) One

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Two

Explanation:

Letters in the word Letters in the alphabet

$P R E S - -$

$P Q R S - -$

$R E S E N - -$ $R Q P O N - -$

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Q:

Total money with Naresh and Ajay is 28 percent of that with Usman. How much money is Ajay having ?

I. Usman has got Rs 75000.

II. The ratio of money of Naresh to money held by Ajay is 1: 3.

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 in both the statements together are needed.

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) If the data in both the statements together are needed.

Explanation:

From 1, we find that

Total money with Naresh and Ajay = Rs {(28/1OO)x 75000} = 21000.

From II, we find that money with Ajay = Rs {(3/4) x 21000 } = 15750.

So, both I and II art required

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Q:

-20 , -16 , -12 , -8 ....

In the sequence above, each term after the first is 4 greater than the preceding term. Which of the following could not be a term in the sequence?

A) 220	B) 440
C) 668	D) 762

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 762

Explanation:

All terms in the sequence will be multiples of 4.

762 and 902 are not multiples of 4

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Q:

Whale : Mammal :: Rat : ?

A) Rodent	B) Mammal
C) Amphibian	D) Reptile

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Rodent

Explanation:

Whale belongs to Mammal category whereas Rat belongs to Rodent.

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Q:

A bus for Shiridi leaves after every fifty two minutes from a bus stand. An enquiry officer told a passenger that the bus had already left sixteen minutes ago and the next bus will leave at 08:15 p.m. At what time did the enquiry officer give the information to the passenger?

A) 07:23 p.m	B) 06:25 p.m
C) 07:39 p.m	D) 06:23 p.m

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 07:39 p.m

Explanation:

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Q:

Arrange the following words will come in first if all of them are arranged alphabetically as in a dictionary?

A) Collotype	B) Colon
C) College	D) Collective

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