Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

Q:

Pointing to a person, a man said to a woman, "His mother is the only daughter of your father." How was the woman related to the person ? 

A) Aunt B) Mother
C) Wife D) Daughter
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Aunt

Explanation:

Daughter of your father — Your sister. So, the person's mother is woman's sister or the woman is person's aunt. 

 

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Q:

Find the next number in the given number series?

6, 6, 12, 36, 144, 720, ?

A) 4320 B) 3547
C) 2154 D) 1765
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 4320

Explanation:

The given series is 6, 6, 12, 36, 144, 720, ?

6

6 x 1 = 6

6 x 2 = 12

12 x 3 = 36

36 x 4 = 144

144 x 5 = 720

720 x 6 = 4320

 

Hence, the next number in the given number series is 4320.

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Q:

Correct underlined words if necessary in the following sentence ?

Have you been more careful, the accident could have been averted.

A) Have you been B) If you have been
C) Had you been D) If you could have been
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Had you been

Explanation:

As the sentence talks about the past it is apt to say. 'Had you been more careful ...'.

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Q:

Fill in the blank with a suitable word from the given words.

All the efforts of the batsmen went _____ vain as the bowlers failed to perform well.

A) for B) off
C) in D) out
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) in

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Q:

In the following question, select the missing number from the given series.

 

7, 11, 15, 19, 23, ?

 

A)  29   B)  30  
C) 27   D) 31
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 27  

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Q:

In the following question, select the related word pair from the given alternatives.


River : Krishna : : ? : ?

 

A) Planet : Sun B) Mountain : K2
C) Moon : Satellite D) Earth : Grass
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Mountain : K2

Explanation:
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Q:

In the following question, select the related word pair from the given alternatives.


Circumference : Circle : : ? : ?

 

A)  Cube : Volume B)  Square : Area
C) Sphere : Circle D) Perimeter : Rectangle
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Perimeter : Rectangle

Explanation:
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Q:

If HAT is coded as 'jcv' then what will GUN be coded as?

 

A) iwp B) IKM
C) kip D) Klp
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) iwp

Explanation:

Here HAT is coded as jcv

=> Leaving a letter in between i.e, after H leave i write j in small letters

In the same way, A => c, T => v

Similarly for GUN => iwp 

 

 

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