3100+ Mental Ability Reasoning Questions and Answers with Explanation

Q:

Choose the word which is least like the others word in a group?

A) Sparrow	B) Parrot
C) Swan	D) Vulture

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Swan

Explanation:

Only swan is a water bird

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Q:

Pointing towards Sweety, Sripad said, " I am the only son of her mother's son." How is Sweety related to Sripad ?

A) Niece	B) Aunt
C) Mother	D) Cousin

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Aunt

Explanation:

Sweety's mother's son---Sweety's brother.
So, Sripad is the son of Sweety's brother or Sweety is Sripad's Aunt.

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Q:

Choose the number which is different from others in the group?

A) 380	B) 120
C) 290	D) 168

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 380

Explanation:

Each of the numbers except 380, is either one less or one more than the square of a certain number

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Q:

a _ c _ abb _ a _ bc _ bc _ ab

A) c b c a a a	B) b c c c a b
C) b c c a a c	D) a c b a b c

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) b c c a a c

Explanation:

The series is a b c c a b | b c a a b c | a b c c a b

Here, the pattern a b c c a b | b c a a b c is repeated alternatively.

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The following question consist of two words each that have a certain relationship to each other, followed by lettered pairs of words.Select the lettered pair that has the same relationship as the original pair of words.

Fury : Ire

A) Amusement : Happiness	B) Joke : Laugh
C) Cry : Whisper	D) Convulsion : Spasm

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Convulsion : Spasm

Explanation:

Second is a more intense form of the first

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Q:

In the following question, select the related word from the given alternatives. Player : Team : : Minister : ?

A) Army	B) Troupe
C) Council	D) Crowd

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Council

Explanation:

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There are six persons A, B, C, D E and F. C is the sister of F. B is the brother of E's husband. D is the father of A and grandfather of F. There are two fathers, three brothers and a mother in the group. Who is E's husband ?

A) B	B) C
C) E	D) A

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) A

Explanation:

D is father of A and grandfather of F. So, A is father of F.

Thus. D and A are the two fathers. C is the sister of F So. C is the daughter of A.

Since there is only one mother, it is evident that E is the wife of A and hence the mother of C and F.

So, B is brother of A There are three brothers. So. F is the brother of C.

A is E's husband

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If '+' and 'x' signs as well as '3' and '2' are interchanged, which of the one following is correct?

A) 4 + 2 x 3 = 14	B) 14 + 3 x 2 = 4
C) 4 + 2 x 14 = 3	D) 2 + 3 x 4 = 14

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