Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

Q:

Assertion(A) : Most of the Himalayan rivers are perennial.
Reason(R) : They are fed by melting snow.

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:

Most Himalayan rivers are perennial because they are fed by the melting snow throughout the year.
Thus, both A and R are true & R correctly explains A.

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Q:

An electronic device rearranges numbers step-by-step in a particular order according to set of rules. The device stops when the final result is obtained.


Input: 84 15 35 04 18 96 62 08
Step 1: 96 84 15 35 04 18 62 08
Step 2: 96 84 62 15 35 04 18 08
Step 3: 96 84 62 35 15 04 18 08
Step 4: 96 84 62 35 18 15 04 08
Step 5: 96 84 62 35 18 15 08 04
And Step 5 is the last step for this input. Now, find out an appropriate step in the following question following the above rule.

Question:
Input: 16 09 24 28 15 04
What will be the third step for this input ?

A) 28 24 15 16 04 09 B) 28 24 16 15 09 04
C) 24 28 15 16 09 04 D) 28 24 16 15 04 09
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 28 24 16 15 09 04

Explanation:

Carefully obsrving the given arrangement, we find the following pattern:
We observe that the given numbers are arranged in descending order (from left to right), altering the position of only one number in each step, followed by the other numbers as it is. The process continues till the whole set of numbers is arranged in the descending order.

Step1: 28 16 09 24 15 04
Step2: 28 24 16 09 15 04
Step3: 28 24 16 15 09 04

Hence, the answer is B

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Q:

The school principal has received complaints from parents about bullying in the school yard during recess. He wants to investigate and end this situation as soon as possible, so he has asked the recess aides to watch closely. Which situation should the recess aides report to the principal ?

A) A boy is sitting glumly on a bench reading a book and not interacting with his peers. B) Two boys are playing a one-on-one game of basketball and are arguing over the last basket scored.
C) Three boys are huddled over a handheld video game, which isn’t supposed to be on school grounds. D) Four girls are surrounding another girl and seem to have possession of her backpack.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Four girls are surrounding another girl and seem to have possession of her backpack.

Explanation:

Seeing four girls surrounding another girl, while in possession of her backpack, is the most suspicious of the incidents described.

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Q:

A man walks 20 m towards north, then he turns right and walks 3 m, then turns left and walks 4 m and from there he walks 4 m towards east. How far and in which direction is he from his initial position?

A) 25 m east B) 25 m north-east
C) 20 m north D) 24 m north
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 25 m north-east

Explanation:
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Q:

Cup is to coffee as Bowl is to

A) Rice B) Food
C) Spoon D) Dish
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Rice

Explanation:

As coffee can be holded in cup, similarly rice can be holded in a bowl.

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Q:

How many spaces are required between punctuation?

A) 1 B) 2
C) 3 D) 0
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1

Explanation:

While using punctuations, only one space is used. 

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Q:

In a certain code language, '-' represents '+', '+' represents 'x', 'x' represents '÷' and '÷' represents '-'. Find out the answer to the following question.

2 - 12 + 10 x 5 ÷ 12 = ?

A) 32 B) 8
C) 4 D) 14
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 14

Explanation:
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Q:

In the following question, a matrix of certain characters is given.These characters follow a certain trend, row-wise or column wise.Find out this trend and choose the missing character accordingly.

42 44 38
23 55 28
37 ? 39

A) 22 B) 33
C) 66 D) 77
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 22

Explanation:

 

In the first row, (42 - 38) x 11 = 44.
In the second row, (28 - 23) x 11 = 55.
.'. In the third row, missing number = (39 - 37) x 11 = 2 x 11 = 22.

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