Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

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There are six persons A, B, C, D, E and F. C is the sister of F. B is the brother of E's husband. D is the father of A and grandfather of F. There are two fathers, three brothers and a mother in the group. How many male members are there in the group ?

A) 1 B) 2
C) 3 D) 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 4

Explanation:

D is father of A and grandfather of F. So, A is father of F. 

Thus, D and A are the two fathers. C is the sister of F So, C is the daughter of A. 

Since there is only one mother, it is evident that E is the wife of A and hence the mother of C and F. 

So, B is brother of A There are three brothers. So, F is the brother of C. 

A, the father. is male B, the brother, is male, C, the sister, is female D, the grand-father, is male, E, the mother, is female F, the brother, is male. 

So, there are four males. 

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Pointing towards Sweety, Sripad said, " I am the only son of her mother's son." How is Sweety related to Sripad ?  

A) Niece B) Aunt
C) Mother D) Cousin
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Aunt

Explanation:

Sweety's mother's son---Sweety's brother.
So, Sripad is the son of Sweety's brother or Sweety is Sripad's Aunt.

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Pointing to a person Laxmi said " She is the only grand daughter of my grand mother's daughter." How that person is related to Laxmi ?

A) Daughter B) Aunt
C) Mother D) Niece / Sister
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Niece / Sister

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Q:

Controversy always involves

A) Dislike B) Injustice
C) Disagreement D) Anger
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Disagreement

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In a certain code language, “friend is honest” is written as “hu lip ma”, “honest are men” is written as “lip fi kit” and “men never clever” is written as “fi tigi”. What is the code for “men” in that code language?

A) lip B) fi
C) hu D) ma
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) fi

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Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence.

In which part of the sentence there is an error ?

A) He is B) Not agreeing
C) To me. D) No error
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) To me.

Explanation:

Replace 'to' by 'with'.

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Which sentence contains an infinitive?

A) We walked to town with Grandfa. B) It is normal to make mistakes.
C) Will you take the package to Sheila? D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) It is normal to make mistakes.

Explanation:

An infinitive is a verbal that can function as noun, adjective, or adverb.

Having or involving the basic form of a verb is called Infinnitive clause.

Way to know whether there is an infinitive is to see whether there is the word "to" in the sentence.

 

Hence, option B) It is normal to make mistakes. is an infinitive sentence.

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Q:

Synonym of Trustworthy?

A) Tenacity B) Insolent
C) Resolute D) Reliable
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Reliable

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