Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

Q:

Identify the diagram that best represents the relationship among classes given below:

Editors, Professors and Men

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

Explanation:
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What word will come in middle if all of the following are arranged alphabetically as in a dictionary?

Donkey, Donator, Donjon, Donate, Donative.

A) Donkey B) Donator
C) Donjon D) Donative
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Donator

Explanation:

Donate, Donative, Donator, Donjon, Donkey

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In the following question, a matrix of certain characters is given.These characters follow a certain trend, row-wise or column wise.Find out this trend and choose the missing character accordingly.

1 7 9
2 14 ?
3 105 117

A) 26 B) 20
C) 16 D) 12
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 12

Explanation:

 

 

In the first column, 2 x 1 + 1 = 3.
In the second column, 14 x 7 + 7 = 105.
Let the missing number in the third column be y.
Then, y x 9 + 9 = 117 or  9y = 108  or  y = 12.

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Which of the following Venn diagrams correctly represents the following classes

 

Lion, Tiger, Animals

 

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

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Shobha is the niece of Ashish. Ashish's mother is Priya. Kamla is Priya's mother. Kamla's husband is Hari. Krishna is the mother-in-law of Hari. How is Shobha related to Hari ? 

A) Daughter B) Great Grand daughter
C) Grandniece D) Great Grandson's daughter
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Great Grand daughter

Explanation:

Shubha is the niece of Atthish means Ashish as the uncle of Shottha Now. Priyais Ashish's mother 

So, Priya is the grandmother of Shobha. Hari is Priya's father. So, Shobha is the great granddaughter of Hari. 

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Q:

The market was full of people ……….. attractive clothes of different styles.

A) showing B) watching
C) Having D) wearing
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) wearing

Explanation:

The market was full of people wearing attractive clothes of different styles.

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There is a family of six persons A, B, C, D, E and F. They are Lawyer, Doctor, Teacher, Salesman, Engineer and Accountant There are two married couples in the family. D, the Salesman is married to the Lady Teacher. The Doctor is married to the Lawyer. F, the Accountant is the son of B and brother of E. C, the Lawyer is the daughter-in-law of A. E is the unmarried Engineer. A is the grandmother of F. What is the profession of B ?

A) Teacher B) Doctor
C) Lawyer D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Doctor

Explanation:

C is the daughter-in-law of A who is the grandmother of F means C is the mother of F But F is the son of B. 

So, B is C's husband. But C, the lawyer is married to the Doctor So, B is the Doctor. F, the Accountant, will be the son of B and C, E is the unmarried Engineer. 

So, the other named couple can be that of grandmother of F. i.e, A and D But D, the Salesman, is married to the Lady Teacher. So, D, the Salesman, is the grandfather of F, father of B and the husband of A, the Lady Teacher. 

Clearly, B is the Doctor. 

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Q:

Garden : Trowel : : Seamstress : ?

A) Scissors B) Sneakers
C) Crowbar D) Saw
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Scissors

Explanation:

Second is the tool used by the first.

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