Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

Q:

Assertion(A) : Most of the Himalayan rivers are perennial.
Reason(R) : They are fed by melting snow.

A) R correctly explains A B) R is true but A is fale
C) A is true but R is false D) Both A and R are false
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) R correctly explains A

Explanation:

Most Himalayan rivers are perennial because they are fed by the melting snow throughout the year.
Thus, both A and R are true & R correctly explains A.

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Q:

Choose the number which is different from others in the group?

A) 380 B) 120
C) 290 D) 168
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 380

Explanation:

Each of the numbers except 380, is either one less or one more than the square of a certain number

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Q:

Find the correct sentence from the following options ?

A) The dacoits having stopped to divide the booty, the police had overtaken them B) The dacoits being stopped to divide the booty, the police overtook them.
C) The dacoits having been stopped for dividing the booty, the police overtook them D) The dacoits having stopped for dividing the booty, the police overtook them
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) The dacoits having stopped for dividing the booty, the police overtook them

Explanation:

As it is the past continuous sentence.

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Q:

On sport’s day, if 12 children were made to stand in each column, 98 columns could be formed. After a certain music being played the plan was that the children have to stand in concentric circles such that the innermost circle will have one student, the next circle will have two students, the third circle will have 3 students and so on. How many circles will be formed in this manner ?

A) 44 B) 46
C) 48 D) 49
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 48

Explanation:

No. of students will be 98 x 12 = 1176
let us consider n circles then 1 + 2 + 3 + ....+ n = 1176
n(n+1)/2 = 1176
n = 48 circles.

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Q:

Which of the following is associated with diamond?

A) Brilliance B) Conductivity
C) Sharpness D) Hardness
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Hardness

Explanation:
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Q:

A race always  has______

A) Prize B) Victory
C) Rivals D) Referee
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Rivals

Explanation:
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Q:

Root : Stem : Branch : ?

A) Soil B) Tree
C) Wood D) Leaf
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Leaf

Explanation:

Root : Stem : Branch : Leaf

Since all are parts of a tree.

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Q:

All the six members of a family A, B, C, D, E and F are travelling together. B is the son of C but C is not the mother of B. A and C are a married couple. E is the brother of C. D is the daughter of A. F is the brother of B.  Who is the wife of E ? 

A) A B) F
C) E D) Cant be determined
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Cant be determined

Explanation:

B is the son of C but C is not the mother of B means C is the father of B A is married to C means A is the mother of B. 

F is brother of B means F is son of A and C. D is daughter of A means D is daughter of A and C

Clearly. from the data available. the wife of E cannot be determined. 

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