Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

Q:

Read the information carefully and answer the following questions

 

Six girls are sitting in a circle facing to the centre of the circle. They are Priya, Neha, Rashmi, Sonali, Tina and Veera. Tina is not between Neha and Sonali but some other one. Priya is next to the left of Veera. Rashmi is 4th to the Right of Priya.

 

Which one is sitting just right to Veera?

A) Priya B) Tina
C) Rashmi D) Sonali
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Tina

Explanation:

Tina

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When Ankith saw Sanvi, he recalled, " She is the daughter of the father of my daughter's mother." Who is Sanvi to Ankit ?

A) sister B) daughter-in-law
C) sister-in-law D) cousin
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) sister-in-law

Explanation:

Ankit's daughter's mother---Ankit's wife; Ankit's wife's father---Ankit's father-in-law;
Father-in-law's daughter--- Ankit's sister-in-law. So, Sanvi is sister-in-law of Ankit.

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Q:

The admission ticket for an exhibition bears a password which is changed after every clock hour based on set of words chosen for each day. The following is an illustration of the code and steps of rearrangement for subsequent clock hours. The time is 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

 

Day's first password :       

First Batch  -----  9 a.m. to 10 a.m.

is not ready cloth simple harmony burning

Second Batch  -----  10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

ready not is cloth burning harmony simple

Third Batch  -----  11 a.m. to 12 noon

cloth is not ready simple harmony burning

Fourth Batch  -----  12 noon to 1 p.m.

not is cloth ready burning harmony simple

Fifth Batch  -----  1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

ready cloth is not simple harmony burning and so on. 

 

 If the password for 11 a.m. to 12 noon was --- "soap shy miss pen yet the she", what was the password for the first batch ? 

A) pen miss shy soap she the yet B) shy miss pen soap yet the she
C) soap pen miss shy she the yet D) miss shy soap pen she the yet
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) shy miss pen soap yet the she

Explanation:

Clearly, the given arrangement is as under :
In the first step, the first three and the last three letters are written in a reverse order.
Then, the first four and the last three letters are written in a reverse order.

 

The process is repeated to obtain successive output steps. 

Third batch : soap shy miss pen yet the she

Second batch : pen miss shy soap she the yet

First batch : shy miss pen soap yet the she

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Q:

Study the diagram given below and answer the questions based on it.

 

 represents Persons who like Reading

 represents Persons who like Cycling 

  represents Persons who like Trekking

 


How many persons like Trekking and Reading but not Cycling?

A) 12 B) 31
C) 44 D) 28
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 28

Explanation:
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Q:

 _ po _ mp _ n _ _ onmpo_.

A) opmpnm B) mponpo
C) mnompn D) mnopnm
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) mnompn

Explanation:

The pattern 'mpon' is repeated.

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Q:

Mastic : Gum : : Suet : ?

A) Fur B) Hide
C) Fat D) Milk
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Fat

Explanation:

Mastic is a gum obtained from plants and suet is a fat obtained from animals.

 

Hence, Mastic : Gum :: Suet : Fat.

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Q:

A hater of knowledge and learning is

A) Philologist B) Misologist
C) Bibliophile D) Misogynist
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Misologist

Explanation:

The one word substitution for a hater of knowledge and learning is Misologist.

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In the case of how many letters of the word RAIMENT will their order in the word and that when the letters are arranged in the alphabetical order, remain the same?

A) None B) One
C) Two D) Three
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Three

Explanation:

After the rearrangement of letters, the new order of the letters is as follows:

New Order : A E I M N R T

Given word: R A I M E N T

Clearly, positions of three letters I, M and T will remain unchanged.

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