Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

Q:

A word arranging device rearranges words step-by-step in a particular order according to set of rules. The device stops when the final result is obtained.
Input: but going for crept te light sir
Step 1: crept but going for te light sir
Step 2: crept going light but for te sir
Step 3: crept going light but for sir te
And Step 3 is the last step for this input. Now, find out an appropriate step in the following question following the above rules.

Question:
Input: more fight cats cough sough acts idea
What will be the last step for this input ?

A) cough fight sough acts cats idea more B) cough fight sough acts cats more idea
C) cough more fight sough acts idea cats D) none of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) cough fight sough acts cats idea more

Explanation:

Carefully obsrving the given arrangement, we find the following pattern:
We observe that,first all the words with the highest number of letters are arranged in the alphabetical order, followed by the words with the second highest number of letters and so on.However, the position of only one word is altered at each step.
Input: more fight cats cough sough acts idea
Step1: cough more fight cats sough acts idea
Step2: cough fight more cats sough acts idea
Step3: cough fight sough more cats acts idea
Step4: cough fight sough acts more cats idea
Step5: cough fight sough acts cats more idea
Step6: cough fight sough acts cats idea more

 

Hence, the answer is A

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In a certain coded language, 'hit ka tom' is written as 'tie the shoes', 'ka lo fod' is written as 'shoes of leather' and 'lo tin lot' is written as 'leather and raxin'. How is 'of' written in this code language?

A) fod B) ka
C) lo or fod D) tin
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) fod

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If 'x' means addition, '­' means division, '÷' means subtraction and '+' means multiplication, then which of the equations is correct?

A) 16 x 5 ÷ 10 + 4 ­- 3 = 19 B) 16 + 5 ÷ 10 x 4 -­ 3 = 9
C) 16 + 5 -­ 10 x 4 ÷ 3 = 9 D) 16 -­ 5 x 10 ÷ 4 + 3 = 12
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 16 + 5 -­ 10 x 4 ÷ 3 = 9

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A series is given, with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.

XFB,UGD ,RIG ,OLK, ?

A) OLJ B) LNK
C) LPP D) OLM
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) LPP

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In a row of 15 children, when Raju was shifted three places towards right, he became 8th from the right end. What was his earlier position from the left end of the row?

A) 14 B) 12
C) 6 D) 5
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 5

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Q:

A boy says to a girl, "Your father's wife is the only daughter of my maternal grandmother." How is the boy related to the girl?

A) Brother B) Sister
C) Son D) Cousin
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Brother

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If X has two sisters - Y and Z, and W's mother is the sister of Y's father, then W is Z's ___.

A) Father  B) Niece
C) Mother D) Cousin
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Cousin

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Q:

How many triangles are there in the given figure?

A) 12 B) 13
C) 15 D) 18
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 15

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