3100+ Mental Ability Reasoning Questions and Answers with Explanation

Q:

Arrange the following words as per order in the dictionary.

1. Modicum

2. Modal

3. Mode

4. Modifier

A) 2,3,1,4	B) 2,3,4,1
C) 3,2,1,4	D) 3,2,4,1

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 2,3,1,4

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Q:

Introducing a man to her husband , a woman said "His brother's father is the only son of my grandfather". How is the woman related to this man?

A) Mother	B) Aunt
C) Sister	D) Aunt

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Sister

Explanation:

Only son of woman's grandfather - woman's father; Man's brother's father - Man's father

So, man's father is woman's father i.e woman is the man's sister.

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Q:

Find out the wrong term in the series 2, 5, 10, 50, 500, 5000

A) 5000	B) 500
C) 10	D) 50

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 5000

Explanation:

Each term of the series is the product of the preceding two terms
So, 5000 is wrong and it must be replaced by (500*50) = 25000

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Q:

Pointing to a man in a photograph. Asha said. "His mother's only daughter is my mother." How is Asha related to that man ?

A) Nephew	B) Sister
C) Wife	D) Niece

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Niece

Explanation:

Asha's mother's mother is man's mother i.e.. A.sha's mother is man's sister or Asita is man's niece.

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Q:

In a certain coding language, iF GO = 32 & SHE = 49 then SOME will be equal to ?

A) 56	B) 58
C) 62	D) 64

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 56

Explanation:

If we count letters till the end of the alphabet including that letter in reverse order then
Here the values are nothing but the values corresponding to the alphabets when taken in a reverse order,i.e,A=26 ,B=25...,Z=1
G = 20 and O = 12 totaling 32
S = 8, H = 19 and E = 22 totaling 49

So
SOME = 8 + 12 + 14 + 22 = 56.

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Q:

In the following question, select the missing number from the given series.

123, 120, 116, 111, ?, 98

A) 100	B) 105
C) 99	D) 103

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 105

Explanation:

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Q:

Which of the following terms follows the trend of the given list?

abaBABAB, AbabABAB, ABabaBAB, ABAbabAB, ABABabaB, _______________.

A) aBABABab	B) ABABAbab
C) abaBABAB	D) AbabABAB

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) ABABAbab

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Which of the following terms follows the trend of the given list?

XXXXXXx, XXXXXxX, XXXXxXX, XXXxXXX, XXxXXXX, _______________.

A) xXXXXXX	B) XXXXXXx
C) XxXXXXX	D) XXXXXxX

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