3100+ Mental Ability Reasoning Questions and Answers with Explanation

Q:

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

i. Speaker
ii. Surreptitious
iii. Spontaneous
iv. Spurious

A) iv, ii, i, iii	B) iii, ii, iv, i
C) iv, iii, i, ii	D) i, iii, iv, ii

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) i, iii, iv, ii

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Q:

I. A, B, C, D, E and F are six members of a family.

II. One couple has parents and their children in the family.

III. A is the son of C and E is the daughter of A.

IV. D is the daughter of F who is the mother of E.

What relationship do D and E bear to each other ?

A) Sister and Brother	B) Mother and Son
C) Grandmother and Grand daughter	D) Sisters

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Sisters

Explanation:

E is the daughter of A and F is the mother of E. So, A is the father of E and hence the husband of F. Now,

D is the daughter of F. So, D and E are the daughters of A and F Also. A is the son of C.

Now, only B remains. Thus, B and C are the parents of A.

Clearly. D and E are sisters

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Q:

What should be replaced in the place of '?' in the following series ?

JAK, KBL, LCM, MDN, ?

A) MEN	B) NEM
C) NEO	D) OEP

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) NEO

Explanation:

This is an alternating series in alphabetical order. The middle letters follow the order ABCDE. The first and third letters are alphabetical beginning with J. The third letter is repeated as a first letter in each subsequent three-letter segment.

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Filed Under: Number Series
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Q:

In the following sum, “?” stands for which digit ?

8 + ?8 + 28 + 83 + 8? = 2?8

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

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 1

Explanation:

By trial and error method from the given options,

'1' satisfies the above given equation.

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Q:

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

13, 17, 26, 42, 67, ?

A) 103	B) 91
C) 109	D) 111

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 103

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Q:

7, 8, 18, 57, ?, 1165, 6996

A) 228	B) 542
C) 232	D) 415

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 232

Explanation:

Here 2nd number = (1st number x 1 )+1

3rd number = (2nd number x 2 +2)

4th number = (3rd number x 3 )+3 and so on..

Therefore, 5th number = (4th number x 4) +4 =57 x 4 + 4 =232.

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Q:

Select the missing term from the related pair of letter clusters.

BEAK : EIFQ :: SAIL : ___

A) VREN	B) RENV
C) VERN	D) VENR

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) VENR

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Q:

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

1. Telephone

2. Teleworker

3. Tendency

4. Temperature

5. Themselves

A) 34521	B) 42153
C) 52314	D) 12435

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