Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

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If 3*1 = 20, 6*1 = 50 and 2*6 = -40, then find the value of 5*8 = ?

A) 100 B) 30
C) -50 D) -30
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) -30

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6 1998
Q:

Looking at a portrait, Advaita said, " Anirudh is the father of my grandmother's daughter's niece. My grandfather had only two kids". How is Anirudh related to Advaita?

A) Brother - Sister B) Husband - Wife
C) Maternal Uncle - Niece D) Father - Daughter
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Father - Daughter

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Filed Under: Blood Relations
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14 1998
Q:

In a certain code, "go home" is written as "ta na" and "nice little home" is written as "na ja pa". How is "go" written in that code?

A) ta B) na
C) ja D) na or ta
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) ta

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0 1997
Q:

If MEAT is coded as 135120. then what will be the code for ZEBRA?

A) 2652181 B) 2652191
C) 2662181 D) 2662191
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 2652181

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1 1996
Q:

A word arranging device rearranges words step-by-step in a particular order according to set of rules. The device stops when the final result is obtained.
Input: but going for crept te light sir
Step 1: crept but going for te light sir
Step 2: crept going light but for te sir
Step 3: crept going light but for sir te
And Step 3 is the last step for this input. Now, find out an appropriate step in the following question following the above rules.

Question:
Input: more fight cats cough sough acts idea
What will be the last step for this input ?

A) cough fight sough acts cats idea more B) cough fight sough acts cats more idea
C) cough more fight sough acts idea cats D) none of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) cough fight sough acts cats idea more

Explanation:

Carefully obsrving the given arrangement, we find the following pattern:
We observe that,first all the words with the highest number of letters are arranged in the alphabetical order, followed by the words with the second highest number of letters and so on.However, the position of only one word is altered at each step.
Input: more fight cats cough sough acts idea
Step1: cough more fight cats sough acts idea
Step2: cough fight more cats sough acts idea
Step3: cough fight sough more cats acts idea
Step4: cough fight sough acts more cats idea
Step5: cough fight sough acts cats more idea
Step6: cough fight sough acts cats idea more

 

Hence, the answer is A

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9 1996
Q:

In a certain code language the word EXAMPLES is written as EMAXSEPL. How will the word BUOYANCY be written in that language?

A) YBANCYOU B) CUOYYBAN
C) CUYOYBAN D) CYOUYBAN
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) CYOUYBAN

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0 1994
Q:

Arrange the given words in the sequence in which they occur in the dictionary.

1. Ropped
2. Roster
3. Roasted
4. Road
5. Roller

A) 35412 B) 45312
C) 34512 D) 43512
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 43512

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0 1992
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Navjot starts moving towards the west. After covering some distance, he turns left and then takes a right. Which direction is he facing now?

A) South B) North
C) West D) East
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) West

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Filed Under: Direction Sense Test
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3 1989