Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

Q:

Choose the pair in which the words are differently related.

A) Farmer : Plough B) Butcher : Chopper
C) Author : Book D) Jockey : Tack
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Author : Book

Explanation:

In all other pairs, second is the tool used by the first. 

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Q:

P’s son Q is married with R whose sister S is married to T the brother of Q. How S is related to P ?

A) Daughter-in-law B) Sister
C) Cousin D) Sister-in-law
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Daughter-in-law

Explanation:

Since T is the brother of Q
Therefore, P is the father of T
but S is the wife of T.
Hence, S is the daughter-in-law of P.

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Q:

If it is possible to make a meaningful word with the second, the seventh, the ninth, the tenth and the thirteenth letters of the word PROCRASTINATED which of the following will be the third letter of that word? If no such word can be formed give 'X' as the answer, if two or three words can be formed give 'Y' as the answer, and if more than three such words can be formed give 'Z' as the answer.

A) S B) Y
C) X D) Z
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Z

Explanation:

Here specified letters are R, S, I, N and E following are the words formed with the help of the above letters:
1. RESIN    2. RISEN  3. RINSE   4. SIREN

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Rajitha has a calculator, which has 10 digits. She want to clean the calculator by removing all the keys and while reassembling it, she interchanged the locations of 3 pairs of keys. For example, if she placed the key ‘3’ in the place of the key ‘7’, she placed the key ‘7’ only in the place of the key ‘3’ and not any other key. All keys that were interchanged corresponded only to numbers. Later, she input some calculations and obtained outputs as provided in the table below. The input is shown in terms of the keys that Kavitapressed, while the output is the output displayed by the calculator.

Output:

1.   95 + 84=128
2.   128 + 64=195
3.   912 + 43=942
4.   178 + 19=192

Question :

Which of the following pair of digits is unchanged ?

A) 9, 0, 3 B) 1, 3, 8
C) 7, 0, 1 D) 2, 4, 1
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 7, 0, 1

Explanation:
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
0 1 4 8 2 6 5 7 3 9

Here pairs interchanged are

2, 4 

3, 8

5, 6

Unchanged are 0, 1, 7, 9

 

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Q:

I, J , K and L are all distinct individual. I is the daughter of J. J is the son of K and 'K' is the father of L. If B is the son of J and B has one brother, 'D'. Then which of the following statements is/ are true ?

I. I is the sister of D.

II. D and B are brother.

III. K is the grand father of D.

A) Only I B) I & II
C) Only III D) All of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All of these

Explanation:

   K

   |

   J -- L

   |

   I -- D -- B

Here I is female

J, K, L & D , B are males

Then from the above conditions,

All of the given statements are true.

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Q:

L is the daughter of K's brother's wife's father-in-law's daughter. K is L's __

A) Son B) Aunt
C) Uncle D) Can't be determined
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Can't be determined

Explanation:

K's brother's wife's father-in-law is K's brother's father i.e. K's father. K's father's daughter is K's Sister.
L is daughter of K's sister => K is L's Uncle or Aunt.

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Q:

Find out which pair of words can be filled up in the blanks in the sentence to make the sentence meaningfully complete.

The policy on foreign direct investment in multi- brand retail may be _______ in a political impasse, but big retail chains are using India as sourcing base and making an _________ on local businesses.

A) Caught, impact B) Caught, effect
C) Fetched, affect D) Fetching, impact
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Caught, impact

Explanation:

Caught - according to the sentence given caught means to become involved in something, often without wanting to.

Impasse - means a situation in which further development is impossible.

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Q:

The missing number in the series 9 81 ? 6561 59049

A) 729 B) 3561
C) 4213 D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 729

Explanation:

The given series is 9 81 ? 6561 59049

It follows a pattern that

 

9

81 = 9 x 9

729 = 9 x 9 x 9

6561 = 9 x 9 x 9 x 9

59049 = 9 x 9 x 9 x 9 x 9

 

Hence, the missing number in the series is 729.

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