Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

Q:

A woman introduces a man as the son of the brother of her mother. How is the man, related to the woman ? 

A) Nephew B) Son
C) Cousin D) Uncle to Grandson
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Cousin

Explanation:

Brother of mother — Uncle: Uncle's son — Cousin

 

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Q:

How many pairs of letters in the word 'CHAIRS' have as many letters between them in the word as in the alphabet? 

A) 2 B) 3
C) 1 D) 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 2

Explanation:

Letters in the word           Letters in the alphabet

 

CHA-   -                            CBA-   -

 

RS--                             RS--       

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Q:

Find the missing alphabet in the given sequence ?

A, Z, Y, B, C, ?, W, D

A) E B) Z
C) X D) F
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) X

Explanation:

first letter A with last letter Z
similarly 2nd last letter Y with 2nd letter B
Now 3rd letter C with 3rd last letter X
4th last letter W with 4th letter D
and so on....

Therefore the missing letter is X

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Q:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

If the first half of English alphabet is reversed and the second half of the English alphabet is left undisturbed then which letter will be 10th to the left of 16th letter from the left?

A) H B) F
C) Z D) U
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) H

Explanation:

If the first half of the English alphabet is reversed and the remaining part has been left undisturbed, then it becomes very easy to find out the required letters, if required letters come in the first half. According to the question, 10th to the left of 16th letter from the left = (16 - 10 =) 6th letter from the left in new series.

=>  6th letter from the left in new series = (13 + 1 - 6=) 8th letter from the left in the original series, i.e H.

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Q:

Biped : Quadruped :: Ostrich : ?

A) Cat B) Kangaroo
C) Penguin D) Duck
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Cat

Explanation:

A biped is an animal that uses two legs for walking and the quadrupeds are animals that use four legs for walking.

 

From the Given options, Cat only have 4 legs.

 

So Biped : Quadruped :: Ostrich : Cat.

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Q:

In a certain code, MONKEY is written as XDJMNL. How is TIGER written in that code ?

A) SHFDQ B) HFDSQ
C) RSAFD D) QDFHS
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) QDFHS

Explanation:

The letter of the word are written in a reverse order and then each letter is moved one step backward to obtain the code.

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Q:

P is the brother of Q and R. S is R's mother. T is P's father. Which of the following statements cannot be definitely true ? 

A) T is Q's father B) S is P's mother
C) P is S's son D) Q is T's son
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Q is T's son

Explanation:

P, Q, R are children of same parents. So. S who is R's mother and T, who is R's father will be mother and father of all three. 

However, it is not mentioned whether Q is male or female So, D cannot be definitely true. 

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Q:

If you write down all the numbers from 1 to 100, then how many times do you write 3 ?

A) 11 B) 18
C) 20 D) 21
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 20

Explanation:

Clearly, From 1 to 100, there are ten numbers with 3 as the unit's digit - 3, 13, 23, 33, 43, 53, 63, 73, 83, 93 and ten numbers with 3 as the ten's digit - 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39.

 

So, required number = 10 + 10 = 20.

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