Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

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In a certain code language COMPUTER is written as RFUVQNPC. How will MEDICINE be written in that code language?

A) MFEDJJOE B) EOJDEJFM
C) MFEJDJOE D) EOJDJEFM
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) EOJDJEFM

Explanation:

- There are 8 letters in the word.

- The coded word can be obtained by taking the immediately following letters of word, expect the first and the last letters of the given word but in the reverse order. That means, in the coded form the first and the last letters have been interchanged while the remaining letters are coded by taking their immediate next letters in the reverse order.

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A E C B % 7 D $ E B 5 C ? 3 D E 9 @ 2 # 

If all the vowels are dropped from the above arrangement which of the following will be the twelth from the left end of the above arrangement?

A) 3 B) @
C) D D) 9
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) D

Explanation:

After dropping  vowels we have the following arrangement:

C B % 7 D $ B 5 C ? 3 D 9 @ 2 #

Hence, D is twelth from the left end of the above arrangement.

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Find the missing alphabet in the given sequence ?

A, Z, Y, B, C, ?, W, D

A) E B) Z
C) X D) F
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) X

Explanation:

first letter A with last letter Z
similarly 2nd last letter Y with 2nd letter B
Now 3rd letter C with 3rd last letter X
4th last letter W with 4th letter D
and so on....

Therefore the missing letter is X

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How many pairs of letters are there in the word " CASTRAPHONE" which have as many letters between them in the word as in the alphabet?

A) 3 B) 4
C) 5 D) 6
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 6

Explanation:

Looking into the alphabets there are six such pairs namely ON, HONE, ST, TRAPHO, TRAPHON, RAP.

1. ON  - NO

2. HONE - EFGH

3. ST - ST

4. TRAPHO - OPQRST

5. TRAPHON - NOPQRST

6. RAP - PQR

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A is B's sister. C is B's mother. D is C's father. E is D's mother. Then, how is A related to D?

A) Grandfather B) Grandmother
C) Daughter D) Granddaughter
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Granddaughter

Explanation:

A is the sister of B and B is the daughter of C.

So, A is the daughter of C. Also, D is the father of C.

So, A is the granddaughter of D. 

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Q 2 3 B 9 V 5 L S R F P

 

If one is subtracted from each of the numbers, which of the following will be the fourth to the right of the tenth from the right ?

A) 4 B) 8
C) 2 D) 1
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 4

Explanation:

Fourth to the right of the tenth from the right means (10 - 4 = )6th from the right, ie 5. But according to the queswtion, one is subtracted from each of the numbers, ie 4. 

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

If the first half of English alphabet is reversed and the second half of the English alphabet is left undisturbed then which letter will be 10th to the left of 16th letter from the left?

A) H B) F
C) Z D) U
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) H

Explanation:

If the first half of the English alphabet is reversed and the remaining part has been left undisturbed, then it becomes very easy to find out the required letters, if required letters come in the first half. According to the question, 10th to the left of 16th letter from the left = (16 - 10 =) 6th letter from the left in new series.

=>  6th letter from the left in new series = (13 + 1 - 6=) 8th letter from the left in the original series, i.e H.

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What is the next number in series?

10, 9, 60, 90, 70, 66, ?

A) 73 B) 19
C) 96 D) 22
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 96

Explanation:

ten = 3(number of letters)
nine = 4(number of letters)
sixty = 5(number of letters)
ninety = 6(number of letters)
seventy = 7(number of letters)
sixtysix = 8(number of letters)
ninetysix=96(number of letters)

Then, likwise choose the number which has 9 letters in its Spelling.

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