3100+ Mental Ability Reasoning Questions and Answers with Explanation

Q:

In the following question, a matrix of certain characters is given.These characters follow a certain trend, row-wise or column wise.Find out this trend and choose the missing character accordingly.

72	24	6
96	16	12
108	?	18

A) 12	B) 16
C) 18	D) 20

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 12

Explanation:

In the first row, 72 ÷ (²⁴/₂) = 72 ÷ 12 = 6.
In the second row, 96 ÷ (¹⁶/₂) = 96 ÷ 8 = 12.
Let the missing number in the third row be y.
Then, 108 ÷ (^y/₂) = 18 or ^y/₂ = ¹⁰⁸/₁₈ = 6 or y = 12.

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Which of the following terms follows the trend of the given list?

XYXYZXYXY, XYXYXYZXY, XYXYXYXYZ, ZXYXYXYXY, XYZXYXYXY, _______________.

A) XYXYZXYXY	B) XYZXYXYXY
C) XYXYXZYXY	D) XYXYXYZXY

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) XYXYZXYXY

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Arrange the following words as per order in the dictionary

a. Guarantee b. Group c. Grotesque d. Guard e. Groan

A) a, c, e, b, d	B) b, e, a, d, c
C) b, c, e, a, d	D) e, c, b, a, d

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) e, c, b, a, d

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Which of the following terms follows the trend of the given list?

PRQPQPQPQ, PQRPQPQPQ, PQPRQPQPQ, PQPQRPQPQ, PQPQPRQPQ, _______________.

A) PQPQPQRPQ	B) RPQPQPQPQ
C) PRQPQPQPQ	D) PQRPQPQPQ

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) PQPQPQRPQ

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Three persons A, B and C are standing in a queue. There are five persons between A and B and eight persons between B and C. If there be three persons ahead of C and 21 persons behind A, what could be the minimum number of persons in the queue?

A) 41	B) 40
C) 28	D) 27

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 28

Explanation:

Three persons A, B, C can be arranged in a queue in six different ways, ie ABC, CBA, BAC, CAB, BCA, ACB. But since there are only 3 persons ahead of C, so C should be in front of the queue. Thus, there are only two possible arrangements, ie CBA and CAB.

We may consider the two cases as under:

Case I: $\overset{3}{\leftarrow} C \overset{8}{\leftrightarrow} B \overset{5}{\leftrightarrow} A \overset{21}{\to}$

Clearly, number of persons in the queue = (3+1+8+1+5+1+21=) 40

Case II: $\overset{3}{\leftarrow} C A \overset{5}{\leftrightarrow} B$

Number of persons between A and C

= (8 - 6) = 2

$∵ [C \overset{8}{\leftrightarrow} B A \overset{21}{\to} B]$

Clearly number of persons in the queue = (3+1+2+1+21) = 28

Now, 28 < 40. So, 28 is the minimum number of persons in the queue.

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Q:

Based on figures A and C, select the option that can replace the question mar in figure B.

A) 37	B) 39
C) 41	D) 47

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 41

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Select the term missing from the following series.

GPW, GPUW, GIPUW, GIPSUW, ___

A) GIPKSUW	B) GIJPSUW
C) GIKPSW	D) GIKPSUW

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) GIKPSUW

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Q:

Showing the man receiving the prize, Saroj said, "He is the brother of my uncle's daughter." Who is the man to Saroj ?

A) Son	B) Cousin
C) Nephew	D) Brother-in-law

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