Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

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Three words in bold letters are given in each question, which have something in common among themselves. Out of the four given alternatives, choose the most appropriate description about these three words.

Yeats: Ghalib: Kabir

A) They were social reformers. B) They were famous poets.
C) They were saints D) They were yoga instructors.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) They were famous poets.

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They were famous poets.

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The weights of 4 boxes are 100, 70, 50 and 90 kilograms. Which of the following cannot be the total weight, in kilograms, of any combination of these boxes and in a combination a box can be used only once?

A) 310 B) 260
C) 230 D) 210
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 230

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In a row, there are 12 professors between Akash and Bhumi and Akash being the first professor in the row. There are 6 professors between Bhumi and Charu. If there are 15 professors after Charu, then how many minimum professors are there in the row?

A) 21 B) 24
C) 20 D) 22
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 22

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In the question, a word is represented by only one set of numbers as given in any one of the alternatives. The sets of numbers given in the alternatives are represented by two classes of alphabets as in two matrices given below. The columns and rows of Matrix I are numbered from 0 to 4 and that of Matrix II are numbered from 5 to 9. A letter from these matrices can be represented first by its row and next by its column, e.g., 'C' can be represented by 21, 43, etc. and 'U' can be represented by 75, 98 etc. You have to identify the set for the word 'ROAD'.

 

 

A) 40, 56, 68, 21, 31 B) 01, 67, 95, 11, 23
C) 22, 75, 86, 03, 24 D) 32, 98, 77, 43, 14
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 40, 56, 68, 21, 31

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In the following question, by using which mathematical operators will the expression become correct?
15 _ 3 _ 4 _ 20

A) x, ÷ and > B) ÷, x and <
C) ÷, x and = D) +, x and =
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) ÷, x and =

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In a certain code, 'book is big' is written as 756; 'big is story' is 764 and 'story book is interesting' is 4356. Which digit represents 'interesting'?

A) 3 B) 4
C) 5 D) 6
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 3

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A series is given with one term missing. Select the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.

Pranab Mukherjee, Pratibha Patil, APJ Abdul Kalam,?

A) Rajendra Prasad B) K.R.Narayanan
C) Shankar Dyal Sharma D) V.V.Giri
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) K.R.Narayanan

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If the triangle ABC and DEF follows the given equation, then these two triangles are similar by which of the following criterion?

ABDE = BCEF =ACDF

 

A) SAS similarity B) SSS similarity
C) AAA similarity D) None of the these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) SSS similarity

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