3100+ Mental Ability Reasoning Questions and Answers with Explanation

Q:

A man pointing to a photograph says, 'The lady in the photograph is my nephew's maternal grandmother." How is the lady in the photograph related to the man's sister who has no other sister ?

A) Cousin	B) Sister-in-law
C) Mother	D) Mother-in-law

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Mother

Explanation:

Clearly, the lady is the grandmother of man's sister's son i.e.. the mother of the mother of man's sister's son

i.e., the mother of man's sister. So, the lady is man's mother.

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In the following question, select the related letter/letters from the given alternatives.

BCE : IJL : : CDF : ?

A) KLN	B) JKM
C) JLN	D) KMN

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) JKM

Explanation:

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Filed Under: Analogy
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Which of the following terms follows the trend of the given list?

QPPPPPP, QQPPPPP, QQQPPPP, QQQQPPP, QQQQQPP, _______________.

A) QQQQQQP	B) PPPPPPP
C) QPPPPPP	D) QQPPPPP

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) QQQQQQP

Explanation:

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When is Manohar's birthday this year ?

I. It is between January 13 and 15, January 13 being Wednesday.

II. It is not on Friday.

A) If the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question	B) If the data in statement II alone are sufficient answer the question
C) If the data either in I or II alone are sufficient to answer the question;	D) If the data even in both the statements together are not sufficient to answer the question

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) If the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question

Explanation:

From statement I, we conclude that Manohar's birthday is on January 14. which is Thursday. this year.

So, only I is needed.

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Filed Under: Data Sufficiency

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Q:

How many combinations of two-digit numners having 8 can be made from the following numbers?

8, 5, 2, 1, 7, 6

A) 10	B) 6
C) 9	D) 11

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 11

Explanation:

The possibe two-digit numbers are: 88, 85, 82, 81, 87, 86, 58, 28, 18, 78, 68

These are 11 in number

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Q:

Given intercharges :

Signs + and x and numbers 4 and 5.

A) 5 x 4 + 20 = 40	B) 5 x 4 + 20 = 85
C) 5 x 4 + 20 = 104	D) 5 x 4 + 20 = 95

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 5 x 4 + 20 = 104

Explanation:

On interchanging + and x and 4 and 5 in (c),

we get the equation as
4 + 5 x 20 = 104 or 104 = 104, which is true.

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Filed Under: Mathematical Operations

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Q:

What should come in place of the question mark(?) in the following questions ?

$3 \frac{1}{6} + 4 \frac{1}{2} - 2 \frac{2}{3} - 1 \frac{11}{12} = ?$

A) 1 7/12	B) 1 5/12
C) 3 7/12	D) 3 1/12

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 3 1/12

Explanation:

? = (3 + 4 - 2 - 1) + ( 1/6 + 1/2 - 2/3 - 11/12)

= 4 + [(2+6-8-11)/12]

= 4 - (11/12 )= 31/12.

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Q:

If S means '+', L means 'x', U means '/' and K means '-', then the value of

21 S 1 U 7 L 15 U 6 L 14 K 55

A) -50	B) 26
C) -29	D) 29

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