Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

Q:

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

School : Teacher : : Hospital : ?

A) Clerk B) Doctor
C) Student D) Patient
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Doctor

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Q:

Select the pair in which the numbers are similarly related as in the given pair.

 

9 : 27 :: __ : __

A) 5:125 B) 8:64
C) 15:135 D) 81:729
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 81:729

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Q:

In a certain code language, '3a, 2b, 7c' means 'Truth is Eternal';

'7c, 9a, 8b, 3a' means 'Enmity is not Eternal'  and

'9a, 4d, 2b, 8b' means 'Truth does not perish'.

Which of the following means 'enmity' in that language ?

A) 3a B) 7c
C) 8b D) 9a
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 8b

Explanation:

Justification:      

In the second and third statements, the common code is '9a' and the common word is 'not'.

So, '9a' means 'not'.
In the first and second statements, the common codes are '7c' and '3a' and the common words are 'is' and 'Eternal'.
So, in the second statement, '8b' means 'enmity'.

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Q:

In a certain code language COMPUTER is written as RFUVQNPC. How will MEDICINE be written in that code language?

A) MFEDJJOE B) EOJDEJFM
C) MFEJDJOE D) EOJDJEFM
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) EOJDJEFM

Explanation:

- There are 8 letters in the word.

- The coded word can be obtained by taking the immediately following letters of word, expect the first and the last letters of the given word but in the reverse order. That means, in the coded form the first and the last letters have been interchanged while the remaining letters are coded by taking their immediate next letters in the reverse order.

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Q:

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

What will come in place of ( ? ) the following series.

NDP ,  QWB ,  ZFR ,  ?

A) SVI B) AFS
C) IVS D) SFA
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) SVI

Explanation:

N + 3 = Q,  Q + 3 = Z,  Z + 3 = S

D - 2 = W,  W - 2 = F,   F - 2 = V

P + 3 = B,   B + 3 = R,  R + 3 =I

Hence , ? = SVI

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C U B A E D E D A B E B A U C D B C A D B D U B C A C B E D A 

 

If all the A's are dropped from the above arrangement, which of the following will be eleventh from the left end of the above arrangement?

A) E B) C
C) D D) U
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) U

Explanation:

If all the A's are dropped from the above arrangement, we get

 

C U B E D E D B E B U C D B C D B D U B C C B E D. 

 

Here the eleventh from the left end of the above arrangement is U

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Q:

In a certain code language,

(A) ‘pit dar na’ means ‘you are good’

(B) ‘dar tok pa’ means ‘good and bad’

(C) ‘tim na tok’ means 'they are bad’

In that language, which word stands for 'they' ?

A) na B) tok
C) tim D) pit
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) tim

Explanation:

Justification:      

In the first and third statements, the common word is 'na' and the common word is 'are'.

So, 'na' means 'are'.
In the second and third statements, the common code word is 'tok' and the common word is 'bad'.
So, 'tok' means 'bad'.
Thus, in the third statements, 'tim' stands for 'they'.

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Q:

How many pairs of letters are there in the word " CASTRAPHONE" which have as many letters between them in the word as in the alphabet?

A) 3 B) 4
C) 5 D) 6
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 6

Explanation:

Looking into the alphabets there are six such pairs namely ON, HONE, ST, TRAPHO, TRAPHON, RAP.

1. ON  - NO

2. HONE - EFGH

3. ST - ST

4. TRAPHO - OPQRST

5. TRAPHON - NOPQRST

6. RAP - PQR

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