Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

Q:

[(84)2÷28×12] ÷24 =7×?

A) 15 B) 17
C) 19 D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) None of these

Explanation:
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Q:

Hemavathi cut a cake into two halves and cuts one half into smaller pieces of equal size. Each of the small pieces is fifteen grams in weight. If she has nine pieces of the cake in all with her, how heavy was the original cake ?

A) 240 gms B) 280 gms
C) 180 gms D) 170 gms
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 240 gms

Explanation:

The nine pieces consist of 8 smaller equal pieces and one half cake piece.
Weight of each small piece = 15 g.
So, total weight of the cake = [2 x (15 x 8)]g = 240 g.

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Q:

Malaria : Disease :: Spear : ?

A) Death B) Weapon
C) Sword D) Wound
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Weapon

Explanation:

Second denotes the class to which the first belongs to. Here Malaria belongs to disease class and similarly, Spear belongs to weapon class.

 

Hence,  Malaria : Disease :: Spear : Weapon.

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Q:

B3D means B is the father of D.
B7D means B is the sister of D.
B2D means B is the brother of D.
B1D means B is the wife of D.

Which of the following means F is the mother of K?

A) F3M1K B) F9M4N3K
C) K3M4N5F D) F1M3K
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) F1M3K

Explanation:

From the given information,

F1M → F is the wife of M
M3K → M is the father of K
Therefore, F is the mother of K.

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Q:

Whale : Mammal :: Rat : ?

A) Rodent B) Mammal
C) Amphibian D) Reptile
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Rodent

Explanation:

Whale belongs to Mammal category whereas Rat belongs to Rodent.

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Q:

In the following question, a matrix of certain characters is given.These characters follow a certain trend, row-wise or column wise.Find out this trend and choose the missing character accordingly.

28 60 48
5 6 7
17 30 7
7 ? 16

A) 18 B) 23
C) 24 D) 27
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 27

Explanation:

 The number in the second column is three times the difference between the numbers in the third and first columns.
So, missing number = 3 x ( 16 - 7 ) = 3 x 9 = 27.

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Q:

In a certain way Derailment is related to Train , Which of the following is related to Aberration in the same way?

A) Market B) Criteria
C) Behaviour D) Condition
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Behaviour

Explanation:

When a Train leaves its usual path Derailment occurs. Similarly, when one's Behave changes its course, aberration in behaviour occurs.

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Q:

There are two examinations rooms P and Q. If 10 students are sent from P to Q, then the number of students in each room is the same. If 20 candidates are sent from Q to P, then the number of students in P is double the number of students in Q. The number of students in room Q is ?

A) 100 B) 70
C) 120 D) 80
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 80

Explanation:

If 'k' is number of students in P and 'l' is number of students in Q, then
From the given conditions, we have
=> k - 10 = l + 10 .......(1)
=> k + 20 = 2(l - 20) ....(2)

Solving these eqns, we get
k = 100 and l = 80.
Therefore, number of students in class Q is 80.

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