3100+ Mental Ability Reasoning Questions and Answers with Explanation

Q:

Q's mother is sister of P and daughter of M who is brother of R. S is daughter of P and sister of T. How is M related to T ?

A) Grand father	B) Grand mother
C) Grand father or Grand mother	D) Can't be determined

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Grand father

Explanation:

Q's mother is sister of P and daughter of M => P is the child of M.
S is daughter of P and sister of T, so P is parent of T too.
M ----> parent --------> P ------------>parent -------------> T
But given M is brother of R => M is male.

So, M is grandfather of T.

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Q:

"Compounding frequency" refers to

A) What type of interest your account earns	B) How often your interest is calculated and added back into your account
C) What interest rate you can expect from your account	D) How easily you can add money into your account

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) How often your interest is calculated and added back into your account

Explanation:

Compounding frequency :

The time periods when interest will be calculated on top of the original loan amount (or) The number of compounding periods in one year.

The greater the compounding frequency, the more often your interest is calculated and added back into your account.

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Q:

Find the correct sentence from the following options ?

A) The dacoits having stopped to divide the booty, the police had overtaken them	B) The dacoits being stopped to divide the booty, the police overtook them.
C) The dacoits having been stopped for dividing the booty, the police overtook them	D) The dacoits having stopped for dividing the booty, the police overtook them

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) The dacoits having stopped for dividing the booty, the police overtook them

Explanation:

As it is the past continuous sentence.

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Q:

Ravi's house is to the west of Ankit's house. Lavi's house is to the north of Ankit's house. In which direction is Lavi's house with respect to Ravi's house?

A) South-West	B) North-East
C) North-West	D) South-East

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) North-East

Explanation:

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Q:

What would be the next number in the sequence 52, 56, 48, 64, 32, ?

A) 96	B) 48
C) 54	D) 81

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 96

Explanation:

The given number series is 52, 56, 48, 64, 32, …

It follows a pattern that,

52

52 + 4 = 56

56 - 8 = 48

48 + 16 = 64

64 - 32 = 32

32 + 64 = 96

Therefore, the required next number in the given number series is 96.

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Q:

How many joins require for 5 tables to join straight?

A) 4	B) 5
C) 6	D) 10

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 4

Explanation:

To join 5 tables we require 4 joins.

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Q:

If 'A + B' means 'A is father of B', 'A – B' means 'A is mother of B', 'A * B' means 'A is brother of B' and 'A % B' means 'A is sister of B', then how is Q related toS in 'P + Q * R – S'?

A) Husband	B) Uncle
C) Brother	D) Father

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Uncle

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Q:

In a certain code language, "NIGHT" is written as "ODDGM" and "DARK" is written as "GOYC". How is "GREEN" written in that code language?

A) IABPF	B) MCBNB
C) OGHVL	D) FPBAI

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