3100+ Mental Ability Reasoning Questions and Answers with Explanation

Q:

In the following question, select the missing number from the given series.

2, 4, 13, 41, 106, ?

A) 172	B) 191
C) 219	D) 232

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 232

Explanation:

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In a certain code '13' means 'stop smoking' and '59' means 'injurious habit'. What is the meaning of '9' and '5' respectively in that code ?

I. '157' means 'stop bad habit'.

II. '839' means 'smoking is injurious'.

A) If the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question	B) If the data in statement II alone are sufficient answer the question
C) If the data either in I or II alone are sufficient to answer the question;	D) If the data even in both the statements together are not sufficient to answer the question

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) If the data either in I or II alone are sufficient to answer the question;

Explanation:

'59' means Injurious habit' and '157' means 'stop bad habit' (from I). Thus, the common code number '5' stands for common word 'habit'. So. '9' represents 'injurious'.Hence, I is sufficient.

Also, '59' means Injurious habit' and '839' means 'smoking is injurious'. Thus, the common code number '9' stands for common word 'injurious'. So, '5' represents 'habit'. Thus, II is also sufficient.

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How many new year's greeting cards were sold this year in your shop ?

I. Last year 2935 cards were sold.

II. The number of cards sold this year was 1.2 times that of last year

A) If the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question i	B) If the data in statement II alone are sufficient answer the question
C) If the data either in I or II alone are sufficient to answer the question;	D) If the data in both the statements together are needed.

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) If the data in both the statements together are needed.

Explanation:

From both the given statements, we find that the number of cards sold this year (2935 x 1.2) = 3522.

S0. both I and II together are required.

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In a Class of 65 students and 4 teachers, each student got sweets that are 20% of the total number of students and each teacher got sweets that are 40% of the total number of students. How many sweets were there?

A) 845	B) 897
C) 949	D) 104

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 949

Explanation:

No. of sweets each student get = 20% of 65 = 13

No. of sweets each teacher get = 40% of 65 = 26

No. of sweets distributed to 65 students = 13 × 65 = 845

No. of sweets distributed to 4 teachers = 4 × 26 = 104

Therefore, the total no. of sweets there = 845 + 104 = 949.

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How many pages of the book X did Robert read on Sunday ?

I. The book has 300 pages out of which two-third were read by him before Sunday.

II.Robert read the last 40 pages of the book on the morning of Monday.

A) If the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question	B) If the data in statement II alone are sufficient answer the question
C) If the data either in I or II alone are sufficient to answer the question;	D) If the data in both the statements together are needed.

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) If the data in both the statements together are needed.

Explanation:

From I and II we find that 200 pages before Sunday

the last 40 pages on Monday. This means that he read (300 - (200 + 40)) = 60 pages on Sunday.

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Q:

In the following question, select the missing number from the given series.

567, 189, 63, ?, 7

A) 21	B) 30
C) 29	D) 31

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 21

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Q:

In the following question, select the missing number from the given series.

14, 17, 21, 24, 28, 31, ?

A) 32	B) 33
C) 34	D) 35

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 35

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Q:

Arrange the given words in the sequence in which they occur in the dictionary.

i. Next
ii. Noisy
iii. Neutral
iv. Neither

A) iii, iv, i, ii	B) i, iv, iii, ii
C) ii, iii, i, iv	D) iv, iii, i, ii

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