Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

Q:

………….being poor, Kavitha still dresses more appropriately than most of her friends.

A) Although B) Inspite
C) Since D) Despite
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Despite

Explanation:

Despite, Its meaning is "without effected by ", without effecting by their poverty, Kavitha still dresses more appropriately than most of her friends.

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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. What is the profession of P ? 

A) Doctor B) Nurse
C) Housewife D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Nurse

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 

P is the nurse. 

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In the following question, various terms of an alphabet series are given with one or more terms missing as shown by (?). Choose the missing terms out of the given alternatives. A, B, N, C, D, O, E, F, P, ?, ?, ?

A) G, H, Q B) J, K, L
C) G, H, J D) G, H, I
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) G, H, Q

Explanation:

The series consists of 2 groups (A, B, C, D, E, F, ?, ?) and (N, O, P, ?). The series is made of two terms of first group followed by one term of second group.

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Below question has with a part of it underlined. The question is followed by four alternatives to replace the underlined part of the sentence. Choose the best alternative which is grammatically correct.

In this particular job we have discovered that to be diligent is more important than being bright.

A) for one to be diligent is more important than being bright. B) by being diligent is important than being bright.
C) being diligent is more important than being bright. D) diligence is more important than brightness.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) diligence is more important than brightness.

Explanation:

Parallel construction error in the original statement. A similar form is required on each side of the comparison. " Diligence - brightness ".

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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) EBA B) XUT
C) TQP D) JFE
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) JFE

Explanation:

In all other groups, the third and second letters are consecutive and first letter is three steps ahead of the second.

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Q:

Choose the pair in which the words are differently related?

A) Man : Garage B) Cow : Shed
C) Pig : Sty D) Horse : Stable
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Man : Garage

Explanation:

In all other pairs, second is the place of stay of the first.

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Which number replaces 'x' in the below figure ?

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A) 2 B) 9
C) 11 D) 12
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 9

Explanation:

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Here in 2nd column if you add the individual digits

 we get  3 + 7 + 0 =10 , 2 + 2 + 4 = 8 , 7 + 3 + 0 = 10

 

7   10   3  --> 7+3 =10

 

6   8     2  --> 6+2 =8

 

x   10   1  --> x+1 =10

 

Here we can observe that by adding 1st and 3rd column elements we get 2nd column elements

 --> x = 9

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In a certain code language, “blue” means “car”, “car” means “wood”, “wood” means “rice”, “rice” means “chair” and “chair” means “table”. What do we eat?

A) rice B) chair
C) wood D) blue
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) chair

Explanation:
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