Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

Q:

An assertion (A) and a reason (R) are given below.

 

Assertion (A) : Agricultural activities are less on mountainous regions.

 

Reason (R) : Mountains have less fertile terrain and difficult weather conditions.

 

Choose the correct option.

 

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: A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

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Filed Under: Assertion and Reason
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0 2013
Q:

If the digits in the number 79246358 are arranged in descending order from left to right, what will be the difference between the digits which are third from the right and second from the left in the new arrangement?

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

Explanation:

Number - '79246358' If the digits are arranged in descending order from left to right, new number = 98765432 Difference between the digits which are third from the right and second from the left = 8 - 4 = 4.

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Filed Under: Arithmetical Reasoning

1 2013
Q:

Find the missing number in the following series.
27, 29, 33, ?, 57

A) 30 B) 41
C) 40 D) 35
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 41

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Filed Under: Number Series
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2 2009
Q:

A series is given, with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.

DEC, HIG, LMK, PQO, TUS, ?

A) XYZ B) WXY
C) XYW D) YZA
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) XYW

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Filed Under: Alphabet Test
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1 2009
Q:

A series is given with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.

 

5, 30, 155, 780, ?

 

A) 4000 B) 3905
C) 3900 D) 3805
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 3905

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Filed Under: Number Series
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

3 2009
Q:

A word arranging device rearranges words step-by-step in a particular order according to set of rules. The device stops when the final result is obtained.
Input: but going for crept te light sir
Step 1: crept but going for te light sir
Step 2: crept going light but for te sir
Step 3: crept going light but for sir te
And Step 3 is the last step for this input. Now, find out an appropriate step in the following question following the above rules.

Question:
Input: more fight cats cough sough acts idea
What will be the last step for this input ?

A) cough fight sough acts cats idea more B) cough fight sough acts cats more idea
C) cough more fight sough acts idea cats D) none of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) cough fight sough acts cats idea more

Explanation:

Carefully obsrving the given arrangement, we find the following pattern:
We observe that,first all the words with the highest number of letters are arranged in the alphabetical order, followed by the words with the second highest number of letters and so on.However, the position of only one word is altered at each step.
Input: more fight cats cough sough acts idea
Step1: cough more fight cats sough acts idea
Step2: cough fight more cats sough acts idea
Step3: cough fight sough more cats acts idea
Step4: cough fight sough acts more cats idea
Step5: cough fight sough acts cats more idea
Step6: cough fight sough acts cats idea more

 

Hence, the answer is A

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Filed Under: Sequential Output Tracing
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9 2009
Q:

Select the missing numbers from the given alternatives 12 8 4 8 4 12 4 12 8 100 44 ?

A) 80 B) 56
C) 48 D) 36
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 56

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Filed Under: Number Series

5 2008
Q:

In a certain code language, "REMINDER" is written as "SFNJMCDQ". How is "STANDARD" written in that code language?

A) TUBOEQZE B) CZQETUBO
C) TUBOCZQC D) TUBOEBSE
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) TUBOCZQC

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Filed Under: Coding and Decoding
Exam Prep: Bank Exams , CAT

0 2008