Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

Q:

P’s son Q is married with R whose sister S is married to T the brother of Q. How S is related to P ?

A) Daughter-in-law B) Sister
C) Cousin D) Sister-in-law
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Daughter-in-law

Explanation:

Since T is the brother of Q
Therefore, P is the father of T
but S is the wife of T.
Hence, S is the daughter-in-law of P.

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-20 , -16 , -12 , -8 .... 

In the sequence above, each term after the first is 4 greater than the preceding term. Which of the following could not be a term in the sequence? 

A) 220 B) 440
C) 668 D) 762
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 762

Explanation:

All terms in the sequence will be multiples of 4.

762 and 902 are not multiples of 4

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Q:

Which letter in the word SELFRIGHTEOUSNESS' does not change its position when the letters are reversed ? 

A) G B) T
C) E D) H
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) T

Explanation:

Clearly, when the letters of a Word are written in reverse order, the position of the middle letter remains unchanged.

Thus, in the word SELFRIGHTEOUSNESS, the middle letter it T does not change its position when the letters are reversed.

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Q:

Pointing to a photograph, a woman says, "This man's son's sister is my mother-in-law." How is the woman's husband related to the man in the photograph ?

A) son B) nephew
C) grandson D) son-in-law
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) grandson

Explanation:

Man's son's sister---Man's daughter.
So, the man's daughter is the mother of the woman's husband. Thus, the woman's husband is the grandson of the man in the photograph.

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Q:

In the following question, a matrix of certain characters is given.These characters follow a certain trend, row-wise or column wise.Find out this trend and choose the missing character accordingly.

1 4 9 ?
1 2 3 4
2 4 6 ?

A) 16,8 B) 49,7
C) 36,4 D) 25,5
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 16,8

Explanation:

 

The numbers in the first row form a series 12, 22, 32.
So, missing number in the first row = 42 = 16.
The number in the second row from the series, 1, 2, 3, 4.
The number in the third row from the series 2, 4, 6.
So, missing number in the third row = 6 + 2 = 8.

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Q:

On the eve of Christmas, all the things are kept in apple-pie order.

A) with neatness B) in perfect order
C) in jumbled order D) Both A & B
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Both A & B

Explanation:
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Q:

Spelling test - find correct spelling :

A) Skillfull B) Skillfful
C) Skillful D) Skkillful
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Skillful

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Q:

Which of the following groups of alphabets should replace the blank spaces so that the group of alphabets, given in bold, follow a logical pattern from the preceding and the following group of alphabets?

b w _ y z a,  d s t u v _ ,  _ o p q r e 

A) x, e, d B) x, c, f
C) x, e, n D) x, c, d
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) x, c, f

Explanation:

b w x y z a d s t u v cf o p q r e

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