Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

Q:

All dolls are windows.All bottles are windows.All cars are bottles.

1. All cars are windows

2. some cars are dolls

3. some windows are cars

Which among the above listed are true

A) only 1 and 2 follow B) only 2 and 3 follow
C) only 1 and 3 follow D) all follow
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) only 1 and 3 follow

Explanation:

All cars are bottles.All bottles are windows.

 

Since both premises are universal,the conclusion must be universal and should'nt contain the middle term.So it follows that 'All cars are windows'.Thus,1 follows.Also 3 is the converse of this conclusion and hence it holds

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Q:

Select the related word/letters/numbers from the given alternatives:

12:20::30: ?

A) 15 B) 35
C) 42 D) 48
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 42

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Arrange the given words in the sequence in which they occur in the dictionary.

 

1. Perplex

2. Persistent

3. Periodic

4. Persist

5. People

 

A) 51243   B) 45123  
C) 53142   D) 12354
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 53142  

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Choose the correct alternative which will complete the following series:

 

21, 55, 19, 50, 17, 45, ?

 

A) 12 B) 14
C) 13 D) 15
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 15

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Select the related word/letters/numbers from the given alternatives:

Calender : Dates : : Dictionary: ?

A) Words B) Books
C) Language D) Vocabulary
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Words

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If air is called green , green is called blue, blue is called sky, sky is called yellow, yellow is called water and water is called pink, then what is the color of clear sky ?

A) Blue B) Sky
C) Yellow D) Water
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Sky

Explanation:

The colour of clear sky is 'blue' and as given, 'blue' is called 'sky'.

So, the colour of clear sky is 'sky'.

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In each of the following questions find out the alternative which will replace the question mark.

Capriciousness : Reliability :: ?:?

A) Heated : Boiling B) Tenacious : Practicality
C) Arbitrary : Whimsical D) Unreliable : Inhuman
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Tenacious : Practicality

Explanation:

Capriciousness means to describe a person or thing that’s impulsive and unpredictable and Reliability is the quality of being trustworthy.Tenacious means tending to keep a firm hold of something and Practicality means possibilityA person who is `Capricious’ loses `Reliability’. In the same way, if a person is `Tenacious’ he loses `Practicality’.

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Select the related word/letters/number from the given alternatives.

EF : JA : : NO : ?

A) TI B) RK
C) SJ D) HU
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) SJ

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