3100+ Mental Ability Reasoning Questions and Answers with Explanation

Q:

How many meaningful English words can be made from the letters EOPR using each letter only once?

A) None	B) One
C) Two	D) Three

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Two

Explanation:

PORE and ROPE

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In a row of boys, Haran is eleventh from the left and manoj is seventeenth form the right. When they exchange their places than Haran will be thirteenth from the left. Which of the following will be the new position of Manoj from the right ?

A) 11	B) 19
C) 13	D) 17

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 19

Explanation:

exp.

Here total number of boys in the row = 11 + 19 = 13 + 17 = 30

Here after exchanging the places of Haran & Manoj

=> Manoj replaces Harans place of 11th from left

But in the question he asked Manoj's place from right = 30 - 11 = 19th place.

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Study the diagram given below and answer the questions based on it.

$∆$ represents Persons who like Reading

$○$ represents Persons who like Cycling

$□$ represents Persons who like Trekking

How many persons like reading?

A) 170	B) 154
C) 176	D) 117

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 170

Explanation:

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The primitive atmosphere was reducing because:

A) Hydrogen atoms were few	B) Hydrogen atoms were active and in greater numbers
C) Oxygen atoms were more	D) Nitrogen atoms were more

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Hydrogen atoms were active and in greater numbers

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In the following question, various terms of an alphabet series are given with one or more terms missing as shown by (?). Choose the missing terms out of the given alternatives. AZ, GT, MN, ?, YB

A) TS	B) SH
C) KF	D) RX

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) SH

Explanation:

First letter moves 6 steps forward. Second letter moves 6 steps backward.

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The positions of the first and sixth digits in the number 5109238674 are interchanged. Similarly the positions of the second and the seventh digits are interchanged and so on . which of the following will be the third digit from the right end after the after the rearrangement?

A) 9	B) 0
C) 6	D) 3

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 0

Explanation:

There are 10 digits. Now, third digit from the right means (10-3+1 = ) 8th digit from the left. But, from the question , third and eighth digits are interchanged. Hence, the required digit is the third digit of the given number, ie 0.

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The following questions are based on the information given below:

An advertising agency finds that, of its 170 clients, 115 read Indian Express, 110 read The Hindu and 130 read Times of India. Also 85 read Indian Express and Times of India, 75 read Indian Express and The Hindu, 95 read The Hindu and Times of India and 70 read all the three.

How many read only Indian Express?

A) 15	B) 25
C) 5	D) 10

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 25

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If "#" means "subtraction", "&" means "division", "@" means "addition" and "%" means "multiplication" then

516 & 6 # 11 @ 50 % 4 = ?

A) 210	B) 274
C) 250	D) 275

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