Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

Q:

From the word 'BEHIND', how many independent words can be made without changing the order of the letters and using each letter only once ?  

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

Explanation:

The words are BE and HIND 

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Q:

Indolence is related to Work in the same way as Taciturn is related to

A) Observe B) Speak
C) Cheat D) Act
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Speak

Explanation:

"The words in each pair are antonyms of each other". Here "opposite Relationship" exists. The Word Indolence and the word work are opposite to each other. Similarly the opposite of the word Taciturn is speak.

Indolence - Meaning of this word is 'Laziness'

Taciturn - Meaning of this word is ' Saying very little' , not communicating a lot.

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In a class, seven students are standing in a row. Q is standing left to R but right to P. O is standing right to N and left to P. Similarly, S is standing right to R and left to T. Find out who is standing in the middle ?

A) Q B) R
C) P D) S
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Q

Explanation:

As from the given conditions;
Order is
N O P Q R S T
Here the student standing in the middle is 'Q'.

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Two letters in the word 'LEMON' have as many letters between them in the word as in the alphabet Which one of the two letters comes earlier in the alphabet ? 

A) L B) N
C) E D) M
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) L

Explanation:

Letters in the word                     Letters in the alphabet

      LEMO                                            LMNO

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Q:

In a certain code language "nce po tam" means "boys are studying", "me tam sam" means "grapes are sour" and "tam po me" means "boys are grapes". which of the following represents "sour" in that code language?

A) tam B) me
C) sam D) cannot be determined
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) sam

Explanation:

nec po tam => boys are studying

 

me tam sam => grapes are sour

 

tam po me => boys are grapes 

 

It is clear that "sam" represents "sour" in that code language.

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Q:

Rearrange the jumbled letters to make a meaningful word and then select the one which is different.

A) DRE B) LUBE
C) GROANE D) KNIP
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) GROANE

Explanation:
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Q:

Deepak said to Nitin, "That boy playing with the football is the younger of the two brothers of the daughter of my father's wife." How is the boy playing football related to Deepak ? 

A) Son B) Brother
C) Cousin D) Nephew
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Brother

Explanation:

Father's wife — Mother;  Mother's daughter — Sister;  Sister's younger brother — My younger brother. 

So, the boy is Deepak's brother. 

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Q:

Who is the immediate right of D?

A) M B) Q
C) B D) C
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) M

Explanation:

From the above arrangements, M is to the immediate right of D.

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