Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

Q:

If the letters of the word OBSERVANT are interchanged, such that the first becomes ninth, second becomes eighth and so on, and the position of the fifth letter remains unchanged then what will be the new arrangement of letters?

A) TNAVERSBO B) TNAVRESBO
C) NTAVERSBO D) VANTRESBO
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) TNAVRESBO

Explanation:

Given word is O B S E R V A N T. After making the change as given in the question, we get the following arrangement:

T N A V R E S B O. 

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If "K" means "subtracted from", "L" means "divided by", "M" means "added to" and "D" means "multiplied by", then 96 L 4 K 6 M 11 D 9= ?

A) 117 B) 125
C) 120 D) 145
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 117

Explanation:
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Q:

Find the odd one out of the following words ?

A) cruise B) crusade
C) expedition D) campaign
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) cruise

Explanation:

Cruise = a sea voyage for pleasure. All other words are related to ‘journey on land, sea with an aim’.

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Q:

What is the next letter in the given series
M N J Q G ?

A) U B) S
C) T D) H
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) T

Explanation:

1ST SERIES = M J G... It decreasing by 3 alphabets.
2ND SERIES = N Q... It increasing by 3 alphabets.

M N J Q G T...

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Q:

Choose the pair in which the words are differently related.

A) Farmer : Plough B) Butcher : Chopper
C) Author : Book D) Jockey : Tack
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Author : Book

Explanation:

In all other pairs, second is the tool used by the first. 

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Study the following figure and answer the questions given below.

 

 

By which number, the trained unmarried lecturers in the college are represented?

A) 6 B) 5
C) 7 D) 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 4

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Q:

Opposite word of Enormous?

A) tiny B) large in size
C) high quantity D) to the most extent
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) tiny

Explanation:

Enormous means very large in quantity or size or extent.

Antonym or opposite of enormous is little, small or tiny.

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Q:

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.

28 60 48
5 6 7
17 30 7
7 ? 16

A) 18 B) 23
C) 24 D) 27
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 27

Explanation:

 The number in the second column is three times the difference between the numbers in the third and first columns.
So, missing number = 3 x ( 16 - 7 ) = 3 x 9 = 27.

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