Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

Q:

Rita told Mani, "The girl I met yesterday at the beach was the youngest daughter of the brother-in-law of my friend's mother." How is the girl related to Rita's friend ?

A) Cousin B) Daughter
C) Niece D) Friend
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Cousin

Explanation:

Daughter of brother-in-law — Niece;

Mother's niece — Cousin.

So, the girl is the cousin of Rita's friend. 

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Q:

All dolls are windows.All bottles are windows.All cars are bottles.

1. All cars are windows

2. some cars are dolls

3. some windows are cars

Which among the above listed are true

A) only 1 and 2 follow B) only 2 and 3 follow
C) only 1 and 3 follow D) all follow
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) only 1 and 3 follow

Explanation:

All cars are bottles.All bottles are windows.

 

Since both premises are universal,the conclusion must be universal and should'nt contain the middle term.So it follows that 'All cars are windows'.Thus,1 follows.Also 3 is the converse of this conclusion and hence it holds

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If 20#4 = -5, 50#25 = -2 and 80#16 = -5, then find the value of 10#2 = ?

 

A) -30 B) -40
C) -20 D) -5
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) -5

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Q:

Select the related word/letters/number from the given alternatives.

 

Brave : Coward : : Culprit : ?

 

A) Hungry B) Innocent
C) Accused D) Indicted
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Innocent

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Q:

Which of the following terms follows the trend of the given list?


XYXYXYZZ, XYXYXZZY, XYXYZZXY, XYXZZYXY, XYZZXYXY, _______.

 

A) XZZYXYXY B)  ZZXYXYXY
C)  XYXYXYZZ D)  XYXYXZZY
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) XZZYXYXY

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Q:

Select the related word/letters/numbers from the given alternatives:

12:20::30: ?

A) 15 B) 35
C) 42 D) 48
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 42

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Q:

Select the related letters from the given alternatives.

 

IJK : RQP :: TUV : ?

 

A) CDE B) YZZ
C) GFE D) DCB
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) GFE

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Q:

What should be replaced in the place of '?' in the following series ?

JAK, KBL, LCM, MDN, ?

A) MEN B) NEM
C) NEO D) OEP
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) NEO

Explanation:

This is an alternating series in alphabetical order. The middle letters follow the order ABCDE. The first and third letters are alphabetical beginning with J. The third letter is repeated as a first letter in each subsequent three-letter segment.

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