Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

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The length and breadth of a room are 8 m and 6 m respectively. A cat runs along all the four walls and finally along a diagonal order to catch a rat. How much total distance is covered by the cat?

A) 10 B) 14
C) 38 D) 48
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 38

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

 

147, 149, 152, 156, 161, ?

 

A) 168 B) 167
C) 166 D) 165
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 167

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Buses are always punctual in city X. How long, at the most, will Mr. Roy have to wait for the bus ?

I. Mr. Roy has come to the bus stand at 9 A.M. 

II. There is a bus at 10 A.M. and possibly another bus even earlier. 

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 both the given statements, we find that Mr. Roy reached the bus stand at 9 AM and a bus is sure to arrive at 10 AM. So. Mr. Roy has to wait for at the most one hour. 

 

 

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Identify the diagram that best represents the relationship among the given classes.

Reptiles, Lizard, Lion

 

1)

A) 1 B) 2
C) 3 D) 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 3

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Find the missing term for the related pair of letter clusters.

 

RAMA : MARA :: SITA : ___

A) SIAT B) TISA
C) TIAS D) TSAI
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) TISA

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Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow:

Seven persons Tina, Vini, Yasir, Rishi, Sanya, Pankaj and Urmila live on the separate floors of a 7- floor building. Ground floor is number one; second floor is number two and so on. Each of them goes to a city viz. Paris, Istanbul, Shanghai, Durban, London, Madrid and Dubai but not necessarily in the same order.

Only three people live above the floor on which Sanya lives. Only one person lives between Sanya and the one who goes to Paris. Vini lives just below the person who goes to Madrid. Only three people live between the one who goes to Paris and London. The person who goes to Madrid lives on an even numbered floor. Urmila lives just above Rishi. Urmila does not go to London. Only two persons live between Pankaj and the one who goes to Durban. Pankaj lives above the person who goes to Durban. Yasir does not go to Istanbul. Tina does not live just above or just below Sanya. The one who goes to Shanghai does not live just above or just below Pankaj.

Who among the following lives on floor number 7?

A) Tina  B) Yasir
C) Pankaj D) Urmila
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Tina 

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Peacock : India :: Bear : ?

A) England B) America
C) Russia D) Africa
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Russia

Explanation:

Here the relation between the given words is that the first word is the National animal of the second word.

As Peacock is the national bird of India, similarly Bear is the national animal of Russia.

 

Hence, Peacock : India :: Bear : Russia.

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Q:

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

 

1. Sympathy

2. Swollen

3. Tablespoon

4. Tactless

5. Tactfu

 

A) 13245 B) 43125
C) 53142 D) 21354
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 21354

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