3100+ Mental Ability Reasoning Questions and Answers with Explanation

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A, B, C, D, E, F and G are members of a family consisting of four adults and three children, two of whom, F and G are girls. A and D are brothers and A is a doctor. E is an engineer married to one of the brothers and has two children. if is married to D and G is their child. Who is C ?

A) A's son	B) E's daughter
C) F's father	D) G's brother

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) A's son

Explanation:

E is mamed to A or D. But B is marned to D. Thus, E is married to A.

Thus, A, B, C, D, E are the four adults and C, F, G are the three children in the family. B and D have a child G. A and E have two children. They are C and F Now. only F and G are girls.

So, C is a boy. Thus, C is A's or E's son.

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

Blizzard : Freeze :: ?:?

A) Insult : Humiliation	B) Bad : Immoral
C) Caution : Careless	D) Jealousy : Respect

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Insult : Humiliation

Explanation:

Blizzard means a severe snowstorm and Freeze means the result of extreme cold i.e. the result of Blizzard is Freeze.

Insult means speak with disrespect and Humiliation means a state of being someone feel ashamed i.e. the result of insult is humiliation.

Blizzard : Freeze :: Insult : Humiliation

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A woman going with a boy is asked by another woman about their relationship between them. The woman replied, "My maternal Uncle and the uncle of his maternal uncle is the same". How is the lady related with that boy?

A) Grandmother and Grandson	B) Mother and Son
C) Aunt and Nephew	D) None of these

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Aunt and Nephew

Explanation:

Clearly, the brother of woman's mother is the same as the brother of the father of boy's maternal uncle. So, the woman's mother's brother is the boy's maternal uncle's father. Thus the woman's mother's brother's son is boy's maternal uncle, i.e woman's mother's brother's daughter is boy's mother.

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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

Explanation:

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

Capriciousness : Reliability :: ?:?

A) Heated : Boiling	B) Tenacious : Practicality
C) Arbitrary : Whimsical	D) Unreliable : Inhuman

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Tenacious : Practicality

Explanation:

Capriciousness means to describe a person or thing that’s impulsive and unpredictable and Reliability is the quality of being trustworthy.Tenacious means tending to keep a firm hold of something and Practicality means possibilityA person who is `Capricious’ loses `Reliability’. In the same way, if a person is `Tenacious’ he loses `Practicality’.

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Find the next number in the series given 18, 90, 450, 2250, ?

A) 4520	B) 6520
C) 7250	D) 11250

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 11250

Explanation:

The given number series is 18, 90, 450, 2250, ?

18

18 x 5 = 90

90 x 5 = 450

450 x 5 = 2250

2250 x 5 = 11250

Hence, the next number in the given series is 11250.

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Select the related word/letters/numbers from the given alternatives:

Calender : Dates : : Dictionary: ?

A) Words	B) Books
C) Language	D) Vocabulary

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Words

Explanation:

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

AOE : ? : : GMA : IUO

A) MXI	B) MWS
C) MWI	D) MXJ

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