Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

Q:

STIMULANT : ACTIVITY ::

A) diagnosis : treatment B) fertilizer : growth
C) symptom : disease D) food : hunger
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) fertilizer : growth

Explanation:
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Q:

Find out the wrong term in the series 169,144,121,100,85,64

A) 144 B) 100
C) 85 D) 64
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 85

Explanation:

The sequence is 13*13,12*12,11*11,10*10,9*9,8*8, . . . . . .
So,85 is wrong term and must be replaced by 9*81

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Ammeter : Current :: Odometer : ?

A) Blood Pressure B) Haemoglobin
C) pressure D) Speed
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Speed

Explanation:

Here Ammeter is used for measuring Current whereas Odometer is used to measure Speed.

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In the given numbers, if in each number first digit is replaced by the third digit, second digit is replaced by the first digit and third digit is replaced by the second digit then which number will be the biggest ?

653   749   872   933   541

A) 933 B) 872
C) 749 D) 653
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 749

Explanation:

From the given data,

EXP.

Largest number = 974

Therefore, the required number is 749.

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Lakshmi and Meena are Rohan's wifes. Shalini is Meena's step-daughter. How is Lakshmi related to Shalini ?

A) Sister B) Mother
C) Step-mother D) Mother-in-law
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Mother

Explanation:

Shalini is Meena's step-daughter means Shalini is the daughter of the other wife of Rohan. 

So, Shalini is the daughter of Lakshmi or Lakshmi is the mother of Shalini 

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Wince : Pain :: Prostration : ?

A) Frustration B) Submissiveness
C) Strained D) Discomfiture
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Submissiveness

Explanation:

First is the sigh of the second.

Hence, Wince : Pain :: Prostration :Submissiveness.

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Assertion(A) : The steam engine was invented by James Watt.
Reason(R) : There was a problem of taking out water from flooded mines.

A) R correctly explains A B) R is true but A is fale
C) A is true but R is false D) Both A and R are false
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) R correctly explains A

Explanation:

The problem of pumping out water from the flooded mines provided the need of self-working engine, which led James Watt to invent the same.
Thus, both A and R are true & R correctly explains A.

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The following questions are based on the information given below:

 

An advertising agency finds that, of its 170 clients, 115 read Indian Express, 110 read The Hindu and 130 read Times of India. Also 85 read Indian Express and Times of India, 75 read Indian Express and The Hindu, 95 read The Hindu and Times of India and 70 read all the three.

 

How many read only The Hindu?

 

A) 5 B) 10
C) 25 D) 35
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 10

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