3100+ Mental Ability Reasoning Questions and Answers with Explanation

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

Assertion(A) : In India, the judiciary is independent of the executive.

Reason (R) : Judiciary favours the government and helps in the implementation of its plans.

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) A is false but R is true.

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) A is true but R is false.

Explanation:

In India, the judiciary is completely independent of the executive. It has no interference in the affairs of the state nor can it be influenced by the government.

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Detect an error part labelled (1), (2), (3) & (4) in the following question.

$\frac{w h o l e n o r t h e r n s t a t e s i n}{(1)} / \frac{i n d i a a r e r e e l i n g u n d e r t h e}{(2)} / \frac{d e v a s t a t i n g}{(3)} / \frac{o f t h e d r o u g h t}{(4)}$

A) 1	B) 2
C) 3	D) 4

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1

Explanation:

Error is in the first part of the sentence. 'Whole' is used with singular nouns.
The correct sentence is - 'All Northern states in India are reeling under the devastating of the drought.

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Filed Under: Verification of Truth of the statement
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Q:

Pigeon:Peace::White flag:?

A) Surrender	B) War
C) Victory	D) friendship

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Surrender

Explanation:

Pigeon is a symbol of peace and white flag is a symbol of surrender.

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Q:

If it is possible to form a number which is a perfect square of a two digit odd number using the second, fourth, seventh digits of the number 739142658 using each only once, which of the following is the second digit of that two-digit odd number?

A) 4	B) 7
C) 3	D) none

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) none

Explanation:

The 2nd, 4th, 7th digits are 3, 1, 6 respectively.

The perfect square of a two-digit odd number, formed using these digits, is 361

and 361 = 19^2

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Filed Under: Number, Ranking and Time Sequence Test

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Q:

Fill in the blank with suitable preposition in the following sentence.

____ the two I prefer tea.

A) From	B) In
C) Between	D) Among

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Between

Explanation:

Between the two I prefer tea is the correct sentence with suitable preposition.

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Q:

When I went back to my hometown three years ago, I found that a lot of changes ______.

A) were taken place	B) are taken place
C) had taken place	D) have taken place

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) had taken place

Explanation:

Since he is telling about the thing that had happened in past.

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Q:

Insert the missing character depicted by '?'

A) 41	B) 64
C) 35	D) 61

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 64

Explanation:

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Filed Under: Arithmetical Reasoning
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Q:

A tree always has which of the following_______

A) Shadow	B) Leaves
C) Branches	D) Roots

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