Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

Q:

What is the next number in series?

10, 9, 60, 90, 70, 66, ?

A) 73 B) 19
C) 96 D) 22
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 96

Explanation:

ten = 3(number of letters)
nine = 4(number of letters)
sixty = 5(number of letters)
ninety = 6(number of letters)
seventy = 7(number of letters)
sixtysix = 8(number of letters)
ninetysix=96(number of letters)

Then, likwise choose the number which has 9 letters in its Spelling.

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Q:

LAP  BUT  CAR  SON  HID

 

If the positions of the first and the third alphabets of each of the words are interchanged, which of the following would form a meaningful word in the new arrangement?

A) HID B) SON
C) Both LAP and BUT D) Both CAR and LAP
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Both LAP and BUT

Explanation:

When positions of first and the third alphabets of each of the words are interchanged, we have PAL  TUB  RAC  NOS  DIH

Clearly, PAL and TUB are the only meaningful words. These words are obtained from LAP and BUT respectively. 

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Q:

Which can not be formed using the letters of the given word ? 

CONCEPTUALIZATION 

A) Actual B) Petrol
C) Total D) Petal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Petrol

Explanation:
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Q:

C U B A E D E D A B E B A U C D B C A D B D U B C A C B E D A 

 

If all the A's are dropped from the above arrangement, which of the following will be eleventh from the left end of the above arrangement?

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

Explanation:

If all the A's are dropped from the above arrangement, we get

 

C U B E D E D B E B U C D B C D B D U B C C B E D. 

 

Here the eleventh from the left end of the above arrangement is U

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Q:

In the following question, select the missing number from the given series.

 

5, 9, 13, 17, 21, ?

 

A) 32 B) 26
C) 25 D) 29
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 25

Explanation:
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Q:

In the following question, select the related number from the given alternatives.

50 : 65 : : 122 : ?

 

 

 

A) 157 B) 145
C) 147 D) 155
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 145

Explanation:
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Q:

Choose a similar word ?

Kolkata, Mumbai, Mangalore

A) Hyderabad B) Delhi
C) Cochin D) Jaipur
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Cochin

Explanation:

All cities belong to port cities of India.

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Q:

In a certain code language, '3a, 2b, 7c' means 'Truth is Eternal';

'7c, 9a, 8b, 3a' means 'Enmity is not Eternal'  and

'9a, 4d, 2b, 8b' means 'Truth does not perish'.

Which of the following means 'enmity' in that language ?

A) 3a B) 7c
C) 8b D) 9a
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 8b

Explanation:

Justification:      

In the second and third statements, the common code is '9a' and the common word is 'not'.

So, '9a' means 'not'.
In the first and second statements, the common codes are '7c' and '3a' and the common words are 'is' and 'Eternal'.
So, in the second statement, '8b' means 'enmity'.

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