3100+ Mental Ability Reasoning Questions and Answers with Explanation

Q:

If first day of the year(not a leap year) was monday, then what was the last day of the year?

A) friday	B) saturday
C) monday	D) sunday

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) monday

Explanation:

If the year is not a leap year, then last day is same as first day

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Q:

HZF, IWH, KSJ, NNL, ?

A) THN	B) RGM
C) SHM	D) RHN

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) RHN

Explanation:

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Q:

Firm : Flabby :: Piquant : ?

A) Pleasant	B) Bland
C) Small	D) Salty

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Bland

Explanation:

The words in each pair are antonyms of each other.

Hence, Firm : Flabby :: Piquant : Bland.

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Q:

Porcupine : Rodent :: Mildew : ?

A) Insect	B) Fungus
C) Pathogen	D) Germ

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Fungus

Explanation:

Porcupine is a rodent and mildew is a fungus.

Hence, Porcupine : Rodent :: Mildew : Fungus.

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Q:

Find the errors in the below given A, B, C & D sentences.

$\frac{F o r m e r p r i m e m i n i s t e r r u l e d h i m s e l f o u t}{(A)} / \frac{a s a n a l t e r n a t i v e r i g h t w i n g c a n d i d a t e f o r h i s p a r t y c o l l e a g u e}{(B)} /$

$\frac{w h o s e c a m p a i g n h a s b e e n t h r o w n i n t o c h a o s}{(C)} / \frac{b y a f a k e j o b s s c a n d a l}{(D)}$

A) A & C	B) B & D
C) A & D	D) C & B

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) A & D

Explanation:

A) As prime minister is an honorable person it must start with an Article 'The'.

D) a fake jobs => a indicates it is singular, so job will come.

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Q:

bc _ b _ c _ b _ ccb

A) c b c b	B) b b c b
C) c b b c	D) b c b c

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) c b c b

Explanation:

Here 'bccb' repeated 3 times.

b c c b | b c c b | b c c b

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Q:

Find the wrong number from the following series ?
7 18 40 106 183 282 403

A) 18	B) 183
C) 40	D) 106

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 40

Explanation:

The given series follows the rule,
+(11x1), +(11x3), +(11x5), +(11x7), +(11x9),....

So starting from 7, 7 + 11 = 18, 18 + 33 = 51, 51 + 55 = 106, ...
So wrong number is 40 which is to be 51.

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Q:

A word arrangement machine, When given an input line of words, rearranges it in every step following a certain rule. Following is an illustration of an input line of words and various steps of rearrangement.

Input: gone are take enough brought station
Step 1: take gone are enough brought station
Step 2: take are gone enough brought station
Step 3: take are station gone enough brought
Step 4: take are station brought gone enough
And Step 4 is the last step for this input. Now, find out an appropriate step in the following question following the above rule.

Question:
Input: car on star quick demand fat
What will be the third step for this input ?

A) star car demand quick on fat	B) star quick car demand on fat
C) star car quick demand on fat	D) none of these

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) star car quick demand on fat

Explanation:

Obsrving the given arrangement, we find the following pattern:
If we arrange the words in the given input in the alphabetical order and then label them as 1,2,3,4,5,6, then the last step contains the words in the order 6,1,5,2,4,3. However, the position of only one word is alteredat each step.
Input:car on star quick demand fat
Step1: star car on quick demand fat
Step2: star car quick on demand fat
Step3: star car quick demand on fat

Hence, the answer is C

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