Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions

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In a town of 500 people, 285 read Hindu and 212 read Indian Express and 127 read Times of India, 20 read Hindu and Times of India and 29 read Hindu and Indian Express and 35 read Times of India and Indian express . 50 read no news paper . Then how many read only one paper ?

A) 123 B) 231
C) 312 D) 321
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 321

Explanation:

No. of people who read Hindu = 285
No. of people who read TOI = 127
No. of people who read IE = 212
Now,
No. of people who read Hindu and TOI both is = 20
No. of people who read TOI and IE both is = 35
No. of people who read Hindu and IE both is = 29
Let No. of people who read Hindu , TOI and IE all is = x ;
So, only Hindu is = 285-20-29-x = 236-x ;
Only TOI is = 127-20-35-x = 72-x ;
Only IE is = 212-35-29-x = 148-x ;
Now, 236-x + 72-x + 148-x + 20 + 29 + 35 + x + 50 = 500 590 -2x = 500
So, x = 45 this is the value who read all the 3 dailies.
So, No. of people who read only one paper is = 236-45 + 72-45 + 148-45 = 191 + 27 + 103 = 321.

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

534 : 645 : : 381 : ?

A) 446 B) 486
C) 492 D) 412
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 492

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Select the related word from the given alternatives.

Father : Parent :: Sister : ?

A) Other B) Brother
C) Daughter D) Sibling
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Sibling

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Q:

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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Rita told Mani, "The girl I met yesterday at the beach was the youngest daughter of the brother-in-law of my friend's mother." How is the girl related to Rita's friend ?

A) Cousin B) Daughter
C) Niece D) Friend
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Cousin

Explanation:

Daughter of brother-in-law — Niece;

Mother's niece — Cousin.

So, the girl is the cousin of Rita's friend. 

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What should be replaced in the place of '?' in the following series ?

JAK, KBL, LCM, MDN, ?

A) MEN B) NEM
C) NEO D) OEP
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) NEO

Explanation:

This is an alternating series in alphabetical order. The middle letters follow the order ABCDE. The first and third letters are alphabetical beginning with J. The third letter is repeated as a first letter in each subsequent three-letter segment.

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Based on the analogy given, find the missing word from the given options.

 

Mother : Child :: Cloud : ?

 

A) Rain B) Thunder 
C) Water D) Weather
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Rain

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Which of the following terms follows the trend of the given list?


XYXYXYZZ, XYXYXZZY, XYXYZZXY, XYXZZYXY, XYZZXYXY, _______.

 

A) XZZYXYXY B)  ZZXYXYXY
C)  XYXYXYZZ D)  XYXYXZZY
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) XZZYXYXY

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