3100+ Mental Ability Reasoning Questions and Answers with Explanation

Q:

Tile : Mosaic :: Knot : ?

A) Embroidery	B) Abacus
C) Macrame	D) Easle

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Macrame

Explanation:

Just as tiles in mosaic make a pattern, so also the knots in a piece of macrame make a pattern.

Hence, Tile : Mosaic :: Knot : Macrame.

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Q:

Car is to garage as aeroplane is to

A) Hangar	B) Port
C) Harbour	D) Depot

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Hangar

Explanation:

We park car temporarily in garrage, similarly, aeroplane is temporarily parked in hangar.

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Q:

Vishal, Priyatham, Raghu, Karthik and Veeru are five friends. Vishal is twice as old as priyatham. Raghu is half age of Priyatham. Vishal is half the age of Veeru and Raghu is twice the age of Karthik.

Question:
Who is the youngest ?

A) Veeru	B) Karthik
C) Vishal	D) Raghu

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Karthik

Explanation:

Let Priyatham's age = x

Then, Vishal's age = 2x; Raghu's age = x/2; Veeru's age = 4x ; Karthik's age = x/4

So, the descending order of ages is :

Veeru > Vishal > Priyatham > Raghu > Karthik

Therefore, Karthik is the youngest.

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Q:

Plane is to locomotive as pilot is to

A) flight	B) helicopter
C) engineer	D) None of the above

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) engineer

Explanation:

Plane and locomotive are synonyms to each other, Similarly, pilot and flight engineer are synonyms to each other.

Hence, plane is to locomotive as pilot is to engineer.

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Q:

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 do not know any of the three languages?

A) 550	B) 500
C) 400	D) 450

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 450

Explanation:

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Q:

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

A) Four	B) One
C) Two	D) Three

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Four

Explanation:

Letters in the word Letters in the alphabet

SEQ SRQ

QUEN QPON

SEQUEN SRQPO

ENTIA EDCBA

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Q:

The presence ofcalcium in milk makes it white.Rice,too,is white.Therefore rice also contains calcium

A) False	B) Probably true
C) True	D) Can't say

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Can't say

Explanation:

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Q:

Find the errors in the below given A, B, C & D sentences.

$\frac{F o r m e r p r i m e m i n i s t e r r u l e d h i m s e l f o u t}{(A)} / \frac{a s a n a l t e r n a t i v e r i g h t w i n g c a n d i d a t e f o r h i s p a r t y c o l l e a g u e}{(B)} /$

$\frac{w h o s e c a m p a i g n h a s b e e n t h r o w n i n t o c h a o s}{(C)} / \frac{b y a f a k e j o b s s c a n d a l}{(D)}$

A) A & C	B) B & D
C) A & D	D) C & B

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) A & D

Explanation:

A) As prime minister is an honorable person it must start with an Article 'The'.

D) a fake jobs => a indicates it is singular, so job will come.

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