3100+ Mental Ability Reasoning Questions and Answers with Explanation

Q:

Q's mother is sister of P and daughter of M. S is daughter of P and sister of T.How is M related to T?

A) Father	B) Grandfather
C) Grandmother	D) Either Grandmother or Grandfather

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Either Grandmother or Grandfather

Explanation:

Q's mother is sister of P & daughter of M.[sex of P and M are not clear]

S is daughter of P and sister of T. [sex of P and T is not clear]

M's children : Q's mother and P

P's children :S[female] and T

M is either Grandmother or Grandfather of T

Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: Blood Relations
Exam Prep: AIEEE , Bank Exams , CAT
Job Role: Bank Clerk

98 16082

Q:

From the word 'LAPAROSCOPY' how many independent meaningful words can be made without changing the order of the letters and using each letter only once ?

A) 3	B) 4
C) 1	D) 2

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 2

Explanation:

The words are LAP and COPY.

Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: Alphabet Test

196 16053

Q:

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

Assertion (A) : a Vaccines prevent diseases.

Reason (R) : Vaccines must be given to children.

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: B) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.

Explanation:

Vaccines prevent diseases by developing immunity inside the body and vaccines must be given to children to build in them a resistance against diseases.

Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: Assertion and Reason

5 16033

Q:

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

Assertion (A) : We prefer to wear white clothes in winter.

Reason (R) : White clothes are good reflectors of heat.

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: D) A is false but R is true.

Explanation:

We prefer to wear dark clothes in winter because they absorb the heat and keep the body warm. However, white clothes are good reflectors of heat and are worn in summer.

Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: Assertion and Reason

17 15994

Q:

Arrange the following words will come in middle if all of them are arranged alphabetically as in a dictionary?

A) Savage	B) Savour
C) Save	D) Saviour

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Save

Explanation:

Sausage, Savage, Save, Saviour, Savour

Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: Alphabet Test

54 15964

Q:

How many gift boxes were sold on Monday ?

I. It was 10% more than the boxes sold on the earlier day i.e. Sunday.

II. Every third visitor to the shop purchased the box and 1500 visitors were there on Sunday

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 II. we can conclude that 500 boxes were sold on Sunday

From I. we find that number of boxes sold on Monday 500 +10% of 500 = 550.

Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: Data Sufficiency

2 15951

Q:

In a certain code '13' means 'stop smoking' and '59' means 'injurious habit'. What is the meaning of '9' and '5' respectively in that code ?

I. '157' means 'stop bad habit'.

II. '839' means 'smoking is injurious'.

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 even in both the statements together are not sufficient to answer the question

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) If the data either in I or II alone are sufficient to answer the question;

Explanation:

'59' means Injurious habit' and '157' means 'stop bad habit' (from I). Thus, the common code number '5' stands for common word 'habit'. So. '9' represents 'injurious'.Hence, I is sufficient.

Also, '59' means Injurious habit' and '839' means 'smoking is injurious'. Thus, the common code number '9' stands for common word 'injurious'. So, '5' represents 'habit'. Thus, II is also sufficient.

Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: Data Sufficiency

50 15919

Q:

Insert the missing character depicted by '?'

A) 41	B) 64
C) 35	D) 61

Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

Quick Links