Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

Q:

The following question consist of two words each that have a certain relationship to each other, followed by lettered pairs of words.Select the lettered pair that has the same relationship as the original pair of words.

Pedant  :  Erudition

A) Blunt : Politician B) Enemy : Friendly
C) Diplomat : Tactless D) Prude : Modesty
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Prude : Modesty

Explanation:

A pedant is a person who makes a display of erudition ( scholarly learning). Similarly , a prude is a woman who makes display of modesty.

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Mohan, Ritika, Janvi, Priya and Riya are friends. Janvi runs faster than Ritika but slower than Priya. Mohan is the slowest runner and Riya runs faster than Priya. Who runs the fastest among the five?

A) Priya B) Riya
C) Ritika D) Mohan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Riya

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A family consists of six members P, Q, R, S, T and U. There are two married couples. Q is a doctor and the father of T. U is grandfather of R and is a contractor. S is grandmother of T and is a housewife. There is one doctor, one contractor, one nurse, one housewife and two students in the family. What is the profession of P ? 

A) Doctor B) Nurse
C) Housewife D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Nurse

Explanation:

Q, the Doctor, is the father of T. S, the Housewife, is the grandmother of T and hence the mother of Q. Since there are only two married couples one being that of Q, the grandfather of R. i.e, U must be married to S. Thus, R and T will be both children of Q and these must be the students So, P, who remains, shall be the wife of Q and she alone can be the nurse. Thus, U must be the contractor 

P is the nurse. 

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The price of commodity X increases by 60 rupees every year, while the price of commodity Y increases by 20 rupees every year. If in 2002, the price of commodity X was Rs. 320 and that of Y was Rs. 740, in which year commodity X will cost 60 rupees more than the commodity Y ?

A) 2011 B) 2014
C) 2012 D) 2017
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 2014

Explanation:

If After p years , commodity X will cost 60 rupees more than the commodity Y, then

320 + 60p = 740 + 20p + 60
=> p = 12

So in year (2002 + 12 = 2014), commodity X will cost Rs.60 more than the commodity Y.

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Which of the following statement(s) is/are TRUE?

I. The total number of positive factors of 72 is 12.
II. The sum of first 20 odd numbers is 400.
III. Largest two digit prime number is 97.

A) Only I and II B) Only II and III
C) Only I and III D) All are true.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All are true.

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How many such pairs of letters are there in the word ELEVATION each of which have as many letters between them in the word as they have between them in the English Alphabet?

A) One B) Two
C) Three D) More than three
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Three

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Jatin,Kamal and Navin are the 3 mountaineers.Jatin is kamals brother.Kamal is navinsbrother .Navin is not Jatin's brother.Therefore,Navin is jatin's brother

A) True B) Probably false
C) False D) Can't say
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) True

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Q:

How is Giridhar's mother's husband's father-in-law's son's daughter related to Giridhar?

A) Sister B) Wife
C) Niece D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) None of these

Explanation:

The relations may be analysed as follows :

Mother's husband ---> father,  father's father-in-law --->grandfather,  grandfather's son ---> uncle; uncle's daughter ---> cousin.

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