Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

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All dolls are windows.All bottles are windows.All cars are bottles.

1. All cars are windows

2. some cars are dolls

3. some windows are cars

Which among the above listed are true

A) only 1 and 2 follow B) only 2 and 3 follow
C) only 1 and 3 follow D) all follow
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) only 1 and 3 follow

Explanation:

All cars are bottles.All bottles are windows.

 

Since both premises are universal,the conclusion must be universal and should'nt contain the middle term.So it follows that 'All cars are windows'.Thus,1 follows.Also 3 is the converse of this conclusion and hence it holds

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Select the related word/letters/number from the given alternatives.

RM : XG : : ER : ?

A) PK B) LK
C) KL D) PL
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) KL

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In each of the following questions find out the alternative which will replace the question mark.

Pedagogy : Teaching :: ?:?

A) Telepathy : Emotions B) Radiology : Sound
C) Mycology : Fossils D) Entomology : Insects
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Entomology : Insects

Explanation:

Pedagogy means method and practice of teaching. Similarly, Entomology is a branch of zoology concerned with the study of insects.

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Seven boys A,B,C,D,E,F and G are standing in a line.

(i) G is between A and E
(ii) F and A have one boy between them
(iii) E and C have two boys between them
(iv) D is immediate right of F
(v) C and B have three boys between them

Who is second from left?

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

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I. A, B, C, D, E and F are six members of a family. 

II. One couple has parents and their children in the family. 

III. A is the son of C and E is the daughter of A. 

IV. D is the daughter of F who is the mother of E. 

 What relationship do D and E bear to each other ? 

A) Sister and Brother B) Mother and Son
C) Grandmother and Grand daughter D) Sisters
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Sisters

Explanation:

E is the daughter of A and F is the mother of E. So, A is the father of E and hence the husband of F. Now, 

D is the daughter of F. So, D and E are the daughters of A and F Also. A is the son of C. 

Now, only B remains. Thus, B and C are the parents of A. 

Clearly. D and E are sisters 

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Select the related word/letters/number from the given alternatives.

Five Point Someone : Chetan Bhagat : : Swami and Friends : ?

A) William Shakespeare B) R.K. Narayan
C) Charles Dickens D) Rabindra Nath Tagore
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) R.K. Narayan

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In the following question, select the related letter/letters from the given alternatives.
 
FUT : JYX : : BUG : ?

A) AYG B) FYK
C) LCK D) FAM
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) FYK

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Select the related word/letters/number from the given alternatives.

 

ST : LC : : PQ : ?

 

A) IY B) IZ
C) JZ D) JY
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) IZ

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