3100+ Mental Ability Reasoning Questions and Answers with Explanation

Q:

Insert the missing character depicted by '?'

A) 2	B) 3
C) 4	D) 5

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 3

Explanation:

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Q:

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

1. Scarecrow

2. Scenery

3. Satisfied

4. Shallow

5. Spelling

A) 42315	B) 31245
C) 12435	D) 23451

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 31245

Explanation:

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Q:

What is the total monthly salary of Vasu ?

I. Vasu's basic salary is Rs 100 more than Rajan's salary who also serves in Vasu's company.

II. Other allowances drawn by Rajan besides his basic salary are Rs 2000 per month which is Rs 50 less than Vasu's salary.

III. Rajan's basic salary is Rs 1550 per month.

A) II only	B) II and III together
C) I and II together (	D) I, II and III together

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) I, II and III together

Explanation:

From III, we have : Rajan's basic salary = Rs 1550.

From I, we have : Vasu's basic salary = Rs (1550 + 100) = Rs 1650.

From II. we have : Rajan's other allowances = RS 2000

and Vasu's other allowances = Rs 2050.

Vasu's monthly salary is (1650 + 2050) = Rs 3700.

Thus, all the three statements are required.

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Q:

A girl counted in the following way on the fingers of her left hand : She started by calling the thumb 1, the index finger 2, middle finger 3, ring finger 4, little finger 5 and then reversed direction calling the ring finger 6, middle finger 7 and so on. She counted upto 1995. She ended counting on which finger ?

A) Thumb	B) Index finger
C) Ring finger	D) Middle finger

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Middle finger

Explanation:

Clearly, while counting the numbers associated to the thumb will be 1,9,17,25,.........
i.e., numbers of the form (8n + 1 ).
where n=1,2,3...
Since 1994 = 249 × 8 + 2, so 1993 shall correspond to the thumb and 1994 to the index finger and 1995 to the middle finger.

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Q:

If X is the brother of the son of Ts son, how is X related to Y?

A) Son	B) Brother
C) Cousin	D) Grandson

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Grandson

Explanation:

Son of Y's Son — Grandson; Brother of Ts grandson — C's grandson.

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Q:

Directions : For the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) below, choose the correct alternative

Assertion (A) : When the bus starts, the person inside it falls forward.

Reason (R) : The bus pushes the man forward.

A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.	B) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
C) A is true but R is false.	D) Both A and R are false.

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Both A and R are false.

Explanation:

When the bus starts, the person inside it falls backward because the bus moves forward but due to the property of inertia, the man tends to be in the initial Mate of rest.

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Q:

If in a certain language CHARCOAL is coded as 45164913 and MORALE is coded as 296137, how are the following words coded in that language ? REAL

A) 8519	B) 6713
C) 6513	D) 6719

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 6713

Explanation:

The alphabets are coded as follows :

$C H A R O L M E 4 5 1 6 9 3 2 7$

R is coded as 6,

E as 7,
A as 1 and
L as 3.
So, the code for REAL is 6713

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Q:

It is 8.00 p.m., when can Hemant get next bus for Ramnagar from Dhanpur ?

I. Buses for Ramnagar leave after every 30 minutes, till 10 p.m.

II. Fifteen minutes ago, one bus has left for Ramnagar.

A) If the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question	B) If the data in statement II alone are sufficient answer the question
C) If the data either in I or II alone are sufficient to answer the question;	D) If the data in both the statements together are needed.

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) If the data in both the statements together are needed.

Explanation:

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