Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

Q:

If the following five names which name will come  in the last in a telephone directory ?

a) Mahinder  b) Mahender  c) Mahindra  d) Mahendra  e) Mohinder

A) Mahinder B) Mahindra
C) Mohinder D) Mahender
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Mohinder

Explanation:

The given names will be arranged in the alphabetical order as : Mahender, Mahendra, Mahinder, Mahindra, Mohinder. Clearly, 'Mohinder' comes last.

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Q:

In the following question, select the missing number from the given series.
 
102, 85, 68, 51, ?

A) 34 B) 40
C) 37 D) 31
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 34

Explanation:
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Q:

In the following question, select the related number from the given alternatives.

14 : 16 : : 22 : ?

A) 26 B) 29
C) 24 D) 28
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 24

Explanation:
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Q:

(i) In a family of six persons A, B, C, D, E and F, there are two married couples. 

(ii) D is grandmother of A and mother of B. 

(iii) C is wife of B and mother of F. 

(iv) F is the grand daughter of E.  

Who among the following is one of the couples ? 

A) CD B) DE
C) EB D) none of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) none of these

Explanation:

C is wife of B. So, one couple is BC. Now, D in grandmother of A, B is the son of D and his wife C is the mother of F. SO, D is also the grandmother of F But F is the granddaughter of E. 

So, E is the grandfather of F and the husband of D. Thus, DF is another couple 

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Q:

What letter will come in place of question mark ?

L    J    H

J    P    D

P    ?    E

A) K B) L
C) P D) I
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) I

Explanation:

Sum of place value in a row is 30.

So the letter which comes in place of '?' is 'I'

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Q:

In a certain code language,

(A) ‘pit dar na’ means ‘you are good’

(B) ‘dar tok pa’ means ‘good and bad’

(C) ‘tim na tok’ means 'they are bad’

In that language, which word stands for 'they' ?

A) na B) tok
C) tim D) pit
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) tim

Explanation:

Justification:      

In the first and third statements, the common word is 'na' and the common word is 'are'.

So, 'na' means 'are'.
In the second and third statements, the common code word is 'tok' and the common word is 'bad'.
So, 'tok' means 'bad'.
Thus, in the third statements, 'tim' stands for 'they'.

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Q:

Find the next number in the given sequence?

11, 17, 39, 85, ?

A) 133 B) 143
C) 153 D) 163
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 163

Explanation:

Her the given number series is 11, 17, 39, 85, ?

 

 

1111 + 32 - 3 = 1717 + (52 - 3) = 3939 + (72 - 3) = 8585 + (92 - 3) = 163

 

Hence, the next number in the given sequence is 163.

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Q:

One word substitution:

Commencement of words with the same letter.

A) Alliteration B) Oxymoron
C) Pun D) Transferred epithet
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Alliteration

Explanation:

Alliteration is the one-word substitute for Commencement of words with the same letter.

 

Alliteration is a figure of speech which is identified as the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

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