Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

Q:

Find the missing number (?) in the series

 

1, 1, 4, 8, 9, ?, 16, 6,...

 

A) 21 B) 23
C) 25 D) 27
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 27

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Sundar runs 20 m towards East and turns to right and runs 10 m. Then he turns to the right and runs 9 m. Again he turns to right and runs 5 m. After this he turns to left and runs 12 m and finally he turns to right and 6 m. Now to which direction is Sundar facing?

A) East B) West
C) North D) South
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) North

Explanation:

Therefore, it is clear that Sundar will face towards North.

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A girl counted in the following way on the fingers of her left hand : She started by calling the thumb 1, the index finger 2, middle finger 3, ring finger 4, little finger 5 and then reversed direction calling the ring finger 6, middle finger 7 and so on. She counted upto 1995. She ended counting on which finger ?

A) Thumb B) Index finger
C) Ring finger D) Middle finger
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Middle finger

Explanation:

Clearly, while counting the numbers associated to the thumb will be 1,9,17,25,.........
i.e., numbers of the form (8n + 1 ).
where n=1,2,3...
Since 1994 = 249 × 8 + 2, so 1993 shall correspond to the thumb and 1994 to the index finger and 1995 to the middle finger.

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A man has a certain number of small boxes to pack into parcles. If he packs 3, 4, 5 or 6 in a parcel, he is left with one over; if he packs 7 in a parcle, none is left over. What is the number of boxes, he may have to pack?

A) 106 B) 301
C) 309 D) 400
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 301

Explanation:

Clearly, the required number would be such that it leaves a remainder of 1 when divided by 3, 4, 5, or 6 and no remainder when divided by 7. Thus, the number must be of the form (L.C.M of 3, 4, 5, 6) x + 1 i.e., (60x + 1 ) and a multiple of 7. Clearly, for x = 5, the number is a multiple of 7. So the number is 301.

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Use the following passage for the questions based on it.

 

There are 6 flats on a floor in two rows. Out of these, three are north facing and the other three are south facing flats. The flats are to be allotted amongst Arun, Biswajyot, Chitra, Derek, Evan, and Fatima. Biswajyot gets a north facing flat and is not next to Derek. Derek and Fatima get diagonally opposite flats. Chitra is next to Fatima, and gets a south facing flat. Evan gets a north facing flat.

 

Except Derek and Fatima, which other pair is diagonally opposite to each other?

 

 

A) Arun and Biswajyot B) Arun and Chitra
C) Evan and Derek D) Evan and Chitra
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Arun and Biswajyot

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Q:

Which number will fit in '?' place in the following series?

2, ?, 12, 20, 30, 42

 

A) 2 B) 4
C) 6 D) 8
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 6

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Q:

Genuine : Authentic : : Mirage : ?

A) Transpiration B) Illusion
C) Reflection D) Image
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Illusion

Explanation:

Here the given pair of words are related in such a way that they are synonyms.

That is Genuine and Authentic are synonyms and similarly, Mrage and illusion are synonyms.

 

Hence, Genuine : Authentic : : Mirage : Illusion.

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Q:

Arrange the given words in the sequence in which they occur in the dictionary.

i. Yielded
ii. Yelp
iii. Yeast
iv. Yogurt

A) ii, iii, iv, i B) iii, ii, i, iv
C) iv, i, ii, iii D) i, ii, iii, iv
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) iii, ii, i, iv

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