Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

Q:

Mastic : Gum : : Suet : ?

A) Fur B) Hide
C) Fat D) Milk
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Fat

Explanation:

Mastic is a gum obtained from plants and suet is a fat obtained from animals.

 

Hence, Mastic : Gum :: Suet : Fat.

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Q:

Minute is to hour as second is to

A) Milli seconds B) Hour
C) Minute D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Minute

Explanation:

We know that, 60 minutes = 1 Hour. Similarly, 60 seconds = 1 Minute.

 

Therefore, Minute is to hour as second is to Minute.

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Q:

A hater of knowledge and learning is

A) Philologist B) Misologist
C) Bibliophile D) Misogynist
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Misologist

Explanation:

The one word substitution for a hater of knowledge and learning is Misologist.

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Q:

In the case of how many letters of the word RAIMENT will their order in the word and that when the letters are arranged in the alphabetical order, remain the same?

A) None B) One
C) Two D) Three
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Three

Explanation:

After the rearrangement of letters, the new order of the letters is as follows:

New Order : A E I M N R T

Given word: R A I M E N T

Clearly, positions of three letters I, M and T will remain unchanged.

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Q:

 _ po _ mp _ n _ _ onmpo_.

A) opmpnm B) mponpo
C) mnompn D) mnopnm
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) mnompn

Explanation:

The pattern 'mpon' is repeated.

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Q:

The admission ticket for an exhibition bears a password which is changed after every clock hour based on set of words chosen for each day. The following is an illustration of the code and steps of rearrangement for subsequent clock hours. The time is 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

 

Day's first password :       

First Batch  -----  9 a.m. to 10 a.m.

is not ready cloth simple harmony burning

Second Batch  -----  10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

ready not is cloth burning harmony simple

Third Batch  -----  11 a.m. to 12 noon

cloth is not ready simple harmony burning

Fourth Batch  -----  12 noon to 1 p.m.

not is cloth ready burning harmony simple

Fifth Batch  -----  1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

ready cloth is not simple harmony burning and so on. 

 

 If the password for 11 a.m. to 12 noon was --- "soap shy miss pen yet the she", what was the password for the first batch ? 

A) pen miss shy soap she the yet B) shy miss pen soap yet the she
C) soap pen miss shy she the yet D) miss shy soap pen she the yet
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) shy miss pen soap yet the she

Explanation:

Clearly, the given arrangement is as under :
In the first step, the first three and the last three letters are written in a reverse order.
Then, the first four and the last three letters are written in a reverse order.

 

The process is repeated to obtain successive output steps. 

Third batch : soap shy miss pen yet the she

Second batch : pen miss shy soap she the yet

First batch : shy miss pen soap yet the she

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Q:

Each boy contribute rupees equal to the number of girls and each girl contribute rupees equal to the number of boys in a class of 60 students. If the total contribution collected is Rs.1600,how many girls are there in the class ?

A) 30 B) 25
C) 15 D) 40
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 40

Explanation:
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Q:

Mature : Regressed :: Varied : ?

A) Monotonous B) Rhythmice
C) Obsolete D) Decorous
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Monotonous

Explanation:

The words in each pair are opposites of each other.

Here Mature and Regressed are opposite to each other. Then the required word should be opposite of varied and it is monotonous.

 

Hence, Mature : Regressed :: Varied : Monotonous.

 

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