3100+ Mental Ability Reasoning Questions and Answers with Explanation

Q:

Directions : For the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) below, choose the correct alternative

Assertion (A) : Razia Sultan was the daughter of Iltutmish.

Reason (R) : Iltutmish was a rebel.

A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.	B) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
C) A is true but R is false.	D) A is false but R is true.

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) A is true but R is false.

Explanation:

litutmish was a ruler of slave dynasty and Razia was his daughter.

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Q:

Showing a man a woman said, "His brother's father is the only son of my grandfather". How is the woman related to the man?

A) Sister	B) Aunt
C) Sister-in-law	D) Daughter-in-law

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Sister

Explanation:

The man's brother's father means his father is the only son of woman's grandfather

=> grandfather to the man also

=> Woman and the man are brother and sisters.

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Q:

Race : Fatigue :: Fast : ?

A) Weakness	B) Hunger
C) Appetite	D) Food

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Hunger

Explanation:

First causes the second. Here Race causes Fatigue and similarly, Fast causes Hunger.

Hence, Race : Fatigue :: Fast : Hunger.

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Q:

The positions of the first and sixth digits in the number 5109238674 are interchanged. Similarly the positions of the second and the seventh digits are interchanged and so on . which of the following will be the third digit from the right end after the after the rearrangement?

A) 9	B) 0
C) 6	D) 3

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 0

Explanation:

There are 10 digits. Now, third digit from the right means (10-3+1 = ) 8th digit from the left. But, from the question , third and eighth digits are interchanged. Hence, the required digit is the third digit of the given number, ie 0.

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Q:

From the given alternatives, according to dictionary, which word will come at SECOND position?

1. Budge

2. Bulb

3. Cannon

4. Bumper

5. Capable

A) Bumper	B) Bulb
C) Budge	D) Capable

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Bulb

Explanation:

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Q:

17 tens in unit form?

A) One 1 Seven 7 Ten 10	B) One 1 Seven 10 0 ones
C) 1 hundred, 7 tens, 0 ones	D) 1 ten and 7 ones

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 1 hundred, 7 tens, 0 ones

Explanation:

Firstly 17 tens = 17 x 10 = 170

17 tens = 170 in unit form can be written as 1 hundred, 7 tens, 0 ones.

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Q:

Directions : For the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) below, choose the correct alternative

Assertion (A) : Clothes are not washed properly in hard water.

Reason (A) : Hard water contains many minerals.

A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.	B) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
C) A is true but R is false.	D) A is false but R is true.

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.

Explanation:

Clothes are not washed properly in hard water because it does not form lather with soap. However, it is true that hard water contains many minerals.

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Q:

Insert the missing character depicted by '?'

A) 41	B) 64
C) 35	D) 61

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