3100+ Mental Ability Reasoning Questions and Answers with Explanation

Q:

If "#" means "subtraction", "&" means "division", "@" means "addition" and "%" means "multiplication" then

516 & 6 # 11 @ 50 % 4 = ?

A) 210	B) 274
C) 250	D) 275

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 275

Explanation:

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Q:

Motorcycle : Battery :: Life : ?

A) Star	B) Moon
C) Sun	D) Earth

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Sun

Explanation:

Second is the ultimate source for the first.

That is, Battery is the source of motorcycle. Similarly, Sun is the ultimate source of life.

Hence, Motorcycle : Battery :: Life : Sun.

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Q:

Which of the following will be the changed form of the word OBLIQUE when the word is written again by substituting each vowel by the second letter following it in the English alphabet and each consonant is substituted by the third letter following it in the English alphabet?

A) MEDGTSD	B) RDNLSXH
C) QEOKTXG	D) QEOKTWG

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) QEOKTWG

Explanation:

The Given word is OBLIQUE. After making necessary changes that is all vowels are substituted by the next second letter and all consonants are substituted by the next third letter in the English alphabet, we get the following form of the given word: QEOKTWG.

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Q:

Anthropology : Man :: Anthology : ?

A) Nature	B) Poems
C) Trees	D) Apes

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Poems

Explanation:

Anthropology deals with the study of man. Similarly, Anthology deals with the collection of poems.

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Q:

Identify the diagram that best represents the relationship among the given classes.

Graduates, Doctors, Professors

A) 1	B) 2
C) 3	D) 4

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1

Explanation:

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Q:

Optimist is to cheerful as Pessimist is to

A) Helpful	B) Mean
C) Petty	D) Gloomy

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Gloomy

Explanation:

The given words are related in a way that, an optimist is a person whose outlook is cheerful. Similarly, a pessimist is a person whose outlook is gloomy.

The answer is not (b) because a pessimist does not have to be mean. Options (c) and (a) are incorrect because neither words describe the outlook of a pessimist.

Hence, Optimist is to cheerful as Pessimist is to Gloomy.

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Q:

Shyam Walked 6 metres facing towards East, then took a right turn and walked a distance of 9 metres.He then took a left turn and walked a distance of a metres. How far is he from the starting point?

A) 15 metres	B) 21 metres
C) 18 metres	D) Cannot be determined

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 15 metres

Explanation:

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As clear from the diagram, $A D^{2} = (12^{2}) + (9^{2}) = (15^{2})$

So, AD = 15

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Q:

Misogamy : Marriage : : Misogyny : ?

A) Husband	B) Relation
C) Women	D) Children

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