Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

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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 sister of T ? 

A) R B) U
C) T D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) R

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 

Clearly, R and T are children of same parent, So. R will be the sister of T. 

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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

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Choose the correct alternative that will continue the same pattern and replace 'x' in the series 3,12,27,48,75,x,147

A) 108 B) 127
C) 112 D) 85
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 108

Explanation:

The terms of the given series are 3*(1*1),3*(2*2),3*(3*3),3*(4*4), . . . .
So,missing term is 3*(6*6)=108

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Find the next number in the series 64, 2, 32, 72, 3, 24, 76, 4, 19, ....., 5, 15.6

A) 80 B) 78
C) 72 D) 70
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 78

Explanation:

The pattern is 2x32=64, 3x24=72, 4x19=76

The next number = 5x15.6=78

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In the following question, select the missing number from the given series.
13, 27, 56, 115, ?

A) 224 B) 231
C) 233 D) 234
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 234

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In a certain code language, "STYLE" is written as "ELTYS". How is "FRUIT" written in that code language?

A) TIUFR B) TIURF
C) TIRUF D) GSVJU
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) TIRUF

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 The Chairman of a big company visits one department on Monday of every week except for the Monday of third week of every month. When did he visit the Purchase department ? 

  I. He visited Accounts department in the second week of September after having visited Purchase department on the earlier occasion. 

  II. He had visited Purchase department immediately after visiting Stores department but before visiting Accounts department. 

A) If the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question B) If the data in statement II alone are sufficient answer the question
C) If the data either in I or II alone are sufficient to answer the question; D) If the data even in both the statements together are not sufficient to answer the question
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) If the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question

Explanation:

From statement I. we can conclude that the Chairman visited Purchase department on Monday of the first week of September. So, I alone is sufficient, The time of visit of no department is mentioned in II. which is, therefore, insufficient 

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Choose the correct alternative that will continue the same pattern and replace 'x' in series 1.5,1.55,1.65,1.8,x

A) 1.95 B) 2.0
C) 1.85 D) 2.05
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 2.0

Explanation:

The pattern is +0.05,+0.1,+0.15, . . . .
so missing term =1.8+0.20=2.0

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