Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

Q:

Identify the diagram that best represents the relationship among the given classes.

Human being, Doctors, Post­graduates

A) 1 B) 2
C) 3 D) 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 2

Explanation:
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Q:

If (i) M is brother of N; (ii) B is brother of N; and (iii) M is brother of D, then which of the following statements is definitely true ?

A) N is brother of B B) N is brother of D
C) M is brother of B D) D is brother of M
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) M is brother of B

Explanation:

M is the brother of N and B is the brother of N. 

So, M is the brother of B

 

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Q:

Identify the diagram that best represents the relationship among the given classes.

Keyboard, Mouse, Input Device, Output Device, Computer

 

A) 1 B) 2
C) 3 D) 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 3

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Q:

Which of the following will be the changed form of the word OBLIQUE when the word is written again by substituting each vowel by the second letter following it in the English alphabet and each consonant is substituted by the third letter following it in the English alphabet?

A) MEDGTSD B) RDNLSXH
C) QEOKTXG D) QEOKTWG
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) QEOKTWG

Explanation:

The Given word is OBLIQUE. After making necessary changes that is all vowels are substituted by the next second letter and all consonants are substituted by the next third letter in the English alphabet, we get the following form of the given word: QEOKTWG.

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Q:

Anthropology : Man :: Anthology : ?

A) Nature B) Poems
C) Trees D) Apes
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Poems

Explanation:

Anthropology deals with the study of man. Similarly, Anthology deals with the collection of poems.

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Q:

Optimist is to cheerful as Pessimist is to

A) Helpful B) Mean
C) Petty D) Gloomy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Gloomy

Explanation:

The given words are related in a way that, an optimist is a person whose outlook is cheerful. Similarly, a pessimist is a person whose outlook is gloomy.

 

The answer is not (b) because a pessimist does not have to be mean. Options (c) and (a) are incorrect because neither words describe the outlook of a pessimist.

 

Hence, Optimist is to cheerful as Pessimist is to Gloomy.

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Q:

Shyam Walked 6 metres facing towards East, then took a right turn and walked a distance of 9 metres.He then took a left turn and walked a distance of a metres. How far is he from the starting point?

A) 15 metres B) 21 metres
C) 18 metres D) Cannot be determined
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 15 metres

Explanation:

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As clear from the diagram, AD2=122+92=152

 So, AD = 15

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Q:

If 200 cats kill 200 mice in 200 days, then 8 cats would kill 8 mice in how many days ?

A) 8 days B) 200 days
C) 800 days D) 1 day
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 200 days

Explanation:

As given
200 cats kill 200 mice in 200 days
1 cats kill 1 mouse in 200 days
Then
8 cats kill 8 mice in 200 days.

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