Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

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Looking at the portrait of a girl, Sheesha, a girl, said, "Her mother is my grandfather's only daughter who has only one daughter and no sons". How is Sheesha related to the girl in the portrait?

A) Aunt B) Sister
C) Sheesha is the girl in the portrait D) Niece
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Sheesha is the girl in the portrait

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In the following question, select the missing number from the given series.
5, 13, 40, 104, ?

A) 229 B) 239
C) 259 D) 269
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 229

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Introducing a man, Amar says, "His wife is the only daughter of my maternal grandfather". How is the man related to Amar?

A) Father B) Grandfather
C) Son D) Grandson
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Father

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In a certain code language, '+' represents 'x', '-' represents '+', 'x' represents '÷' and '÷' represents '-'. What is the answer to the following question?

27 x 3 ÷ 30 + 5 - 125 = ?

A) 69 B) 67
C) -15 D) -16
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) -16

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A word arranging device rearranges words step-by-step in a particular order according to set of rules. The device stops when the final result is obtained.
Input: but going for crept te light sir
Step 1: crept but going for te light sir
Step 2: crept going light but for te sir
Step 3: crept going light but for sir te
And Step 3 is the last step for this input. Now, find out an appropriate step in the following question following the above rules.

Question:
Input: more fight cats cough sough acts idea
What will be the last step for this input ?

A) cough fight sough acts cats idea more B) cough fight sough acts cats more idea
C) cough more fight sough acts idea cats D) none of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) cough fight sough acts cats idea more

Explanation:

Carefully obsrving the given arrangement, we find the following pattern:
We observe that,first all the words with the highest number of letters are arranged in the alphabetical order, followed by the words with the second highest number of letters and so on.However, the position of only one word is altered at each step.
Input: more fight cats cough sough acts idea
Step1: cough more fight cats sough acts idea
Step2: cough fight more cats sough acts idea
Step3: cough fight sough more cats acts idea
Step4: cough fight sough acts more cats idea
Step5: cough fight sough acts cats more idea
Step6: cough fight sough acts cats idea more

 

Hence, the answer is A

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Find the odd word/letters/number pair from the given alternatives.
(A) Violin
(B) Piano
(C) Flute
(D) Harmonium

A) A B) B
C) C D) D
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) C

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If ETHANOL is coded as HWKDQRO, then how will MIX be coded as?

A) PLA B) RFV
C) BGT D) NHY
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) PLA

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Select the related letters from the given alternatives.
WUS : DFH :: MKI : ?

A) LJH B) GEC
C) OQS D) NPR
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) NPR

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