Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

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Neelam, who is Deepak's daughter, says to Deepika, Your mother Rekha is the younger sister of my father who is the third child of Ramlal." How is Ramisl related to Deepika ? 

A) Uncle B) Father
C) Grandfather D) Father-in.law
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Grandfather

Explanation:

Neelam's father is Deepak. Deepika's mother is` Rekha. Deepak is the third child of Ramlal. 

So, Deepak's younger sister Rekha is the daughter of Ramlal. So. Ramlal is father of Rekha and grandfather of her daughter Deepika. 

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Q:

Sword : Slaughter : : Scalpel : ?

A) Chopping B) Surgery
C) Stab D) Murder
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Surgery

Explanation:

Second denotes the purpose for which the first is used .

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How many independent words can 'DETERMINATION' be divided into without changing the order of the letters and using each letter only once ?  

A) Three B) Two
C) Four D) One
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Two

Explanation:

The words are DE, TERMINATION

OR

DETER,   NATION

OR

TERM,   NATION

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The following questions are based on the information given below

 

In a school of 4000 students 3000 know English, 2000 know French and 5000 know Hindi, 1500 know French and English, 300 know French and Hindi, 200 know English and Hindi and 50 know all the three languages.

 

How many know atleast one language?

A) 3500 B) 3000
C) 1850 D) 3550
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 3500

Explanation:
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If a meaningful word can be formed using the five letters NWROD each only once, then the fourth letter of that word is your answer. If more than one such word can be formed then Y is your answer, and if no such word can be formed then 'Z' is your answer.

A) D B) W
C) Y D) Z
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) W

Explanation:

Here specified letters are N,W,R,O and D. The meaningful word made from these letters is DRO W N. Fourth letter of the word is W.

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Rearrange the following sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph.

(A) It causes a lot of physical problems especially for our eyes, body and mind.
(B) Such a lifestyle makes man lazy and excessively dependent on machines.
(C) Innovative products such as computers, laptops, mobile phones,
(D) Harmful radiation causes various terminal diseases.
(E) Technology has advanced rapidly and man cannot seem to live without it now.
(F) iPads have made things easier for us, but it also has its disadvantages.

Which of the following options is the correct arrangement ?

 

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

Explanation:
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There are five books of different thickness. A is thicker than C and B is thicker than D. E is not as thick as B, but is thicker than C. D is not as thick as C. Which is the thinnest book?

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

Explanation:

A > C  -----(i),   B > D  -----(ii),  E < B  --------(iii),  E > C  ---------(iv),  C > D  ---------(v)

from (i) and (v),   we get    A > C > D   ---------(I)

from (iii) and (iv), we get    B > E > C    --------(II)

From (I) and (II) , it is clear that 'D' is the thinnest.

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In the arrangement of letters and numbers given below , first all the numbers are arranged in the descending order and then all the letters are written in the alphabetical order. Then which letter / number will be fourth to the left of the 11th element from the left end in the new arrangement?

 

P N 3 W 9 Q 1 8 L K 4 6 B 7 

A) K B) 3
C) B D) 1
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 1

Explanation:

New arrangement becomes as follows:

9 8 7 6 4 3 1 B K L N P Q W

4th to the left of 11th element from the left means (10 - 3 = ) 7th element from the left, i.e 1

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