Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

Q:

A family consists of six members P, Q, R, S, T and U. There are two married couples. Q is a doctor and the father of T. U is grandfather of R and is a contractor. S is grandmother of T and is a housewife. There is one doctor, one contractor, one nurse, one housewife and two students in the family.  Who is the husband of P? 

A) R B) U
C) Q D) S
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Q

Explanation:

Q, the Doctor, is the father of T. S, the Housewife, is the grandmother of T and hence the mother of Q. Since there are only two married couples one being that of Q, the grandfather of R. i.e. U must be married to S. Thus, R and T will be both children of Q and these must be the students So, P, who remains, shall be the wife of Q and she alone can be the nurse. Thus, U must be the contractor 

The husband of P will be Q. 

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Q:

Eric is the son of Tom who is the brother of Jerry who is the daughter of Sin. Doremon is the sister of Popoy who is son of Chain. Ivanka is the daughter of Popoy who is the husband of Jerry. Sin is the male person and Chain is the female person.

How is Ivanka related to Eric ?

A) Cousin sister B) Nephew
C) Niece D) Daughter
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Cousin sister

Explanation:

Since Eric's father and Ivanka's mother are Brother and sister, 

=> Ivanka is Eric's Aunt Daughter => Cousin Sister. 

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Q:

 

According to the given Venn diagram, the total number of students who play cricket as well as Kabaddi but not football is ___.

A) V B) R
C) U D) T
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) T

Explanation:
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Q:

Which of the following statements is correct?

 

A) I am very happy to start this Program B) I am too happy to start this Program
C) Both A & B D) None
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) I am very happy to start this Program

Explanation:

Here I am very happy to start this Program is correct statement.

"Too" is not used with pleasant adjectives. It means 'more than required' and is usually used with unpleasant adjectives.

So, 'too healthy', 'too happy', 'too glad' etc are wrong.

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Q:

Three of the following four are alike in a certain way and hence form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?

A) 42 B) 72
C) 110 D) 152
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 152

Explanation:

42 = 72 - 7

 92 - 9 = 72

 112 - 11 = 110

 122 + 8 = 152

Except 152, others show the same trend.

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Q:

Inflection best relates to

A) Tone B) Volume
C) Pace D) Vocabulary
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Tone

Explanation:

Inflection most often refers to the pitch and tone patterns in a person's speech that is where the voice rises and falls.

 

Hence, Inflection best relates to Tone.

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Q:

In a certain code language, “pen” means “paper”, “paper” means “yellow”, “yellow” means “blanket”, “blanket” means “shirt” and “shirt” means “pencil”.Where do we write?

 

A) pen B) blanket
C) yellow D) shirt
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) yellow

Explanation:
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Q:

If wall is called window, window is called door, door is called floor, floor is called roof and roof is called ventilator, What will a person stand on ?

A) Window B) Wall
C) Floor D) Roof
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Roof

Explanation:

A person will stand on the floor and floor is called roof. So, a person will stand on the roof

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