3100+ Mental Ability Reasoning Questions and Answers with Explanation

Q:

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

1. Pragmatic
2. Protect
3. Pastel
4. Postal
5. Pebble

A) 43521	B) 35412
C) 34512	D) 43512

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 35412

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Q:

Find the next number in the given number sequence?

4, 15, 37, 81, ?

A) 196	B) 169
C) 144	D) 121

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 169

Explanation:

The given number series follows a pattern that, 4, 15, 37, 81, ?

4

4 + 11 = 15

15 + 22 = 37

37 + 44 = 81

81 + 88 = 169

Hence, the next number in the sequence is 169.

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Q:

Select the related word/letters/numbers from the given alternatives:

4 : 12 :: 5 : ?

A) 25	B) 20
C) 22	D) 30

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 20

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Q:

Seven boys A,B,C,D,E,F and G are standing in a line.

(i) G is between A and E
(ii) F and A have one boy between them
(iii) E and C have two boys between them
(iv) D is immediate right of F
(v) C and B have three boys between them

Who is second from left?

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

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) E

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Q:

34 is related to 12 in the same way as 59 is related to

A) 45	B) 38
C) 26	D) 14

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 45

Explanation:

The second number is the product of the digits of the first.

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Q:

What is the value of a two–digit number?

A. The sum of the digits is 15.
B. The difference of the squares of the digits is 45.
C. The difference of their digits is 3.

A) B and C together are sufficient	B) Any one pair of A and B, B and C or C and A is sufficient
C) C and A together are sufficient	D) A and B together are sufficient

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Any one pair of A and B, B and C or C and A is sufficient

Explanation:

From the given data,

Let the two gits of a number be x & y

A) x + y = 15

B) $x^{2} - y^{2} = 45$

(x+y) (x - y) = 45

C) x - y = 3

From any 2 of the given 3 statements, we can find that 2 digit number as

2x = 18 => x = 9

=> y = 6

Hence, 2 digit number is 96.

Any one pair of A and B, B and C or C and A is sufficient to find.

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Q:

Pointing to a photograph, a man said, "I have no brother or sister but that man’s father is my father’s son." Whose photograph was it?

A) His uncle's	B) His nephew's
C) His son's	D) His Cousin's

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) His son's

Explanation:

Since the narrator has no brother, his father’s son is he himself. So, the man who is talking is the father of the man in the photograph. Thus, the man in the photograph is his son.

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Q:

Select the related word from the given alternatives.

Lips : Smile:: Eyes : ?

A) Black	B) Wink
C) Two	D) Spectacles

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