Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

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

 

3, 5, 7, 9, ?

 

A) 10 B) 11
C) 12 D) 13
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 11

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Select the most suitable Venn diagram to represent the following relationship.

 

India, Maharashtra and Kerala

 

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

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Consider the following information and answer the questions based on it.

 

Out of the 75 birders, 15 wanted to see only sunbird, 10 wanted to see only flycatcher, 12 wanted to see both sunbird and nuthatch, 15 wanted to see only bee-eater, 13 wanted to see both sunbird and bee-eater, 5 wanted to see both flycatcher and nuthatch and the remaining wanted to see only nuthatch.

 

How many birders wanted to see only one bird?

A) 30 B) 40
C) 45 D) 50
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 45

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Q:

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

1. Attempt

2. Alert

3. Attach

4. Assistant

5. Assume

 

A) 13452 B) 24531
C) 42531 D) 53412
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 24531

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Q:

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

9 : 162 :: 8 : ?

A) 96 B) 112
C) 128 D) 160
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 128

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Q:

Pride is to lion as shoal is to

A) Fish B) School
C) Deer D) Plants
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Fish

Explanation:

Given Pride is to lion as shoal is to ?.

Pride means a group of lions. Similarly, Shoal means a group of fish swimming. Here the other options have no relation with the given word in that manner.

 

Hence, Pride is to Lion as Shoal is to Fish.

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Directions : For the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) below, choose the correct alternative 

Assertion (A)  : Carbon dioxide turns lime water milky. 

Reason (R)     : Carbon dioxide sullies the water. 

A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. B) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
C) A is true but R is false. D) A is false but R is true.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) A is true but R is false.

Explanation:

Carbon dioxide reacts with lime water (calcium hydroxide) to form milky precipitate of calcium carbonate 

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


i. Cooperate
ii. Cultivate
iii. Culmination
iv. Corporate

A) iv, ii, i, iii B) ii, i, iii, iv
C) ii, iii, i, iv D) i, iv, iii, ii
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) i, iv, iii, ii

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