Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

Q:

Find the next number in the given sequence?

11, 17, 39, 85, ?

A) 133 B) 143
C) 153 D) 163
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 163

Explanation:

Her the given number series is 11, 17, 39, 85, ?

 

 

1111 + 32 - 3 = 1717 + (52 - 3) = 3939 + (72 - 3) = 8585 + (92 - 3) = 163

 

Hence, the next number in the given sequence is 163.

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Q:

One word substitution:

Commencement of words with the same letter.

A) Alliteration B) Oxymoron
C) Pun D) Transferred epithet
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Alliteration

Explanation:

Alliteration is the one-word substitute for Commencement of words with the same letter.

 

Alliteration is a figure of speech which is identified as the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

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Q:

One Word substitute :

Extreme old age when a man behaves like a fool

A) Superannuation B) Imbecility
C) Senility D) Dotage
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Dotage

Explanation:
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Q:

Select the related word from the given alternatives.

Cow : Milk :: Bees : ?

A) Silk B) Honey
C) Flower D) Water
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Honey

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Q:

Re-arrange the following sentences into a meaningful paragraph.

 

(A) comes into effect from today. The bank's savings account rate was 3.5 per cent during March 2003 to May 2011 for all savings bank account customers

(B) The bank's decision comes two days ahead of RBI's monetary policy meet and is likely to trigger

(C) with deposits of above Rs 1 crore, it said in a statement. The two-tier savings bank account interest rate

(D) to 3.5 per cent, lowest in six years, a decision that will impact 90 per cent of its customers

(E) The country's largest lender however will continue to pay 4 per cent interest on savings bank accounts

(F) SBI today cut interest rate on savings bank account deposits up to Rs 1 crore by 0.5 per cent

(G) rate war among peers. SBI's savings bank account base is of around Rs 9 lakh crore. 

A) BDFACEG B) BFDCAGE
C) EGACDFB D) FDBGECA
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) FDBGECA

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Q:

What is the next number of the following sequence ?

21, 77, 165, 285, ......

A) 404 B) 415
C) 426 D) 437
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 437

Explanation:

The series follow the rule,

 


21 = 
77 = 92-4
165 = 132-4
285 = 172-4


5,9,13,17,21,(+4)...
In the same way next no. will be
212-4 = 441 - 4 = 437

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Q:

Select the related word/letters/number from the given alternatives.

Sachin Tendulkar : Cricket : : Roger Federer : ?

A) Lawn Tennis B) Football
C) Basket Ball D) Volley Ball
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Lawn Tennis

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Q:

Arrange the following in a logical order :

1. Euphoria     2. Happiness     3. Ambivalence     4. Ecstasy     5. Pleasure

A) 1, 4, 2, 5, 3 B) 2, 1, 3, 4, 5
C) 3, 2, 5, 1, 4 D) 4, 1, 3, 2, 5
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 3, 2, 5, 1, 4

Explanation:

All the given words stand for 'Joy', but the intensity increases in the order - Ambivalence, Happiness, Pleasure, Euphoria, Ecstasy.

Thus the correct order is 3, 2, 5, 1, 4.

Hence the answer is (C)

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