3100+ Mental Ability Reasoning Questions and Answers with Explanation

Q:

In a certain code language, "who are you" is written as "432", "they is you" is written as "485" and "they are dangerous" is written as "295". How is "dangerous" written in that code language?

A) 2	B) 4
C) 5	D) 9

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 9

Explanation:

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Pradeep correctly remembers that his mother's is before twenty third February but after ninteenth February, whereas his brother correctly remembers that their mother's birthday is not on or after twentysecond February. On which day in February is definitely their mother's birthday ?

A) 20 or 21	B) 20
C) 21	D) None

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 20 or 21

Explanation:

According to Pradeep : 20,21 or 22...(1)
According to his brother : not 22....(2)
From (1)&(2), the birthday falls on February 20 or 21.

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A is father of X ; B is mother of Y. The sister of X and Z is Y. Which of the following statements is definitely not true ?

A) B is the mother of Z.	B) X is the sister of Z
C) Y is the son of N.	D) B is the wife of A.

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Y is the son of N.

Explanation:

A is the father of X and Y is the sister of X. So. Y is the daughter of A.

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A family consists of six members P, Q, R, S, T and U. There are two married couples. Q is a doctor and the father of T. U is grandfather of R and is a contractor. S is grandmother of T and is a housewife. There is one doctor, one contractor, one nurse, one housewife and two students in the family. Who is the husband of P?

A) R	B) U
C) Q	D) S

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Q

Explanation:

Q, the Doctor, is the father of T. S, the Housewife, is the grandmother of T and hence the mother of Q. Since there are only two married couples one being that of Q, the grandfather of R. i.e. U must be married to S. Thus, R and T will be both children of Q and these must be the students So, P, who remains, shall be the wife of Q and she alone can be the nurse. Thus, U must be the contractor

The husband of P will be Q.

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Q:

Find the odd man out of the series 4, 5, 9, 18, 32, 59

A) 18	B) 5
C) 59	D) 32

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 32

Explanation:

In the given series,

2nd term = 1st term + $1^{2}$ = 4 +1 = 5

3rd term = 2nd term + $2^{2}$ =5+4= 9

4th term = 3rd term + $3^{2}$ =9+9=18

5th term = 4th term + $4^{2}$ = 18+16=34

Therefore, odd term is 32

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Q:

In a certain code language, "ARMS" is written as "5467" and "LIAR" is written as "1254". How is "SMALL" written in that code language?

A) 76521	B) 76512
C) 76511	D) 76544

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 76511

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Q:

Three of the following four are alike in a certain way and hence form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?

A) 42	B) 72
C) 110	D) 152

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 152

Explanation:

$42 = 7^{2} - 7$

$9^{2} - 9$ = 72

$11^{2} - 11$ = 110

$12^{2} + 8$ = 152

Except 152, others show the same trend.

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M is brother of N. B is brother of N. M is brother of D. But N is not brother of D. How is N related to D?

A) Nephew	B) Cousin
C) Sister	D) Brother

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