Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

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A woman starts from her home and walks 2km North, then she turns East and walks 9 km, then she turns South and walks 1 km, then she turns West and walks 2 km, then she turns to her left and walks 1 km toreach the well. Where is her home with respect to the well?

A) 11 km West   B) 7 km East
C) 7 km West D) 11 km East
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 7 km West

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Present age of Ashok is twice the present age of Kishan. After 7 years the Kishan’s age will be 4 times of the Kartik’s present age. If Kartik celebrated his 9th birthday 3 years ago, then what will be the present age (in years) of Ashok?

 

A) 82   B) 78  
C) 72   D) 84
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 82  

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Select the missing numbers from the given alternatives

A) 30 B) 35
C) 20 D) 25
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 35

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E, F, G, H and K visit a hospital on week days. Each one of them is a physician, surgeon, dentist, cardiologist, nephrologist but in the random order. Each visits the hospital only one day in the week and attends to their profession only.

 

Consider the following information and answer questions based on it.

 

1. The physician visits office every Monday.
2. E is the cardiologist who comes neither on Tuesday nor Thursday.
3. K is a surgeon and G is not the physician.
4. The person who visits the office on Thursday is not a nephrologist.
5. H works on a Tuesday and K works on the following day.

 

Who is the physician?

A) E B) F
C) G D) H
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) F

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In each of the following question below are given some statements followed by some conclusions. Taking the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts, read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusion logically follows the given statements.

Statements:

I. Some pens are pencils.
II. All pencils are erasers.

Conclusions:

I. Some pens are erasers.
II. No pens are erasers.
III. Some erasers are pencils

A) Only conclusion (II) follows. B) Only conclusion (I) and (II) follow
C) Only conclusion (I) and (III) follow D) No conclusion follows
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Only conclusion (I) and (III) follow

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A study published in PLOS Medicine found that obesity was the cause of 1 in 10 deaths in the United States. Also, obesity was the third-leading cause of death in men and women, after high blood pressure and smoking. Hence, many doctors believe that it’s high time obesity be placed in the category of serious diseases as it not only decreases life expectancy but also impairs the normal functioning of the body.
Which of the following statements, if true, undermines the given argument?

A) Extreme obesity can shorten a person's life span by 10 years. B) Obesity is the result of eating of too much and of a sedentary lifestyle and cannot be defined as a disease per se.
C) Obesity can be a genetic disorder such as sickle-cell anemia and Tay- Sachs, which are classified as diseases. D) The Food and Drug Administration, the American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology, and the Obesity Society, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and the American College of Gastroenterology have i
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Obesity is the result of eating of too much and of a sedentary lifestyle and cannot be defined as a disease per se.

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The given argument states that obesity should be categorized as a serious disease as it is known to decrease life expectancy and to harm the normal functioning of the body just like any other life-threatening disease. Option B undermines the argument by pointing out that obesity is mostly a lifestyle problem and not a disease. Compared to 40 years ago, people today spend more time commuting, sitting in front of a computer, watching television, playing video games, and generally exercising less, and end up burning fewer calories. Hence, option 2 is the correct answer.

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Five people P, Q, R, S and T visit an office on certain days of a week. They work as a plumber, carpenter, cook, electrician and doctor in random order. A person pursues only one profession and visits the office only one day in the week. Consider the following information and answer questions based on it.

 

1. The plumber visits office every Monday.
2. P is an electrician who comes neither on Tuesday nor Thursday.
3. T is a carpenter and R is not plumber
4. The person who visits the office on Thursday is not a doctor.
5. S works on a Tuesday and T works on the following day.

 

The doctor visits the office on

A) Fridays B) Wednesdays
C) Thursdays D) Tuesdays
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Tuesdays

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Saurav, Mohit, Mukesh, Sumit and Bhim are arranged in descending order of their height from top to bottom. Saurav is at third place. Bhim is between Sumit and Saurav while Sumit is not at the top end. Who is at second place from the top?

 

A) Mohit B) Mukesh
C) Bhim D) Cannot be determined
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Cannot be determined

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