3100+ Mental Ability Reasoning Questions and Answers with Explanation

Q:

A family consists of six members P, Q, R, S, T and U. There are two married couples. Q is a doctor and the father of T. U is grandfather of R and is a contractor. S is grandmother of T and is a housewife. There is one doctor, one contractor, one nurse, one housewife and two students in the family. Who is the sister of T ?

A) R	B) U
C) T	D) None of these

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) R

Explanation:

Q, the Doctor, is the father of T. S, the Housewife, is the grandmother of T and hence the mother of Q. Since there are only two married couples one being that of Q, the grandfather of R. i.e, U must be married to S. Thus, R and T will be both children of Q and these must be the students So, P, who remains, shall be the wife of Q and she alone can be the nurse. Thus, U must be the contractor

Clearly, R and T are children of same parent, So. R will be the sister of T.

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Parallel construction means that you

A) give both sides of the argument in your essay.	B) begin each paragraph of your essay in the same way.
C) use the same grammatical construction in all similar headings throughout an outline.	D) repeat the first paragraph of your essay as the last paragraph.

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) use the same grammatical construction in all similar headings throughout an outline.

Explanation:

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Q:

Choose the correct alternative that will continue the same pattern and replace 'x' in the series 3,12,27,48,75,x,147

A) 108	B) 127
C) 112	D) 85

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 108

Explanation:

The terms of the given series are 3*(1*1),3*(2*2),3*(3*3),3*(4*4), . . . .
So,missing term is 3*(6*6)=108

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A series is given with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.

5, 10, 13, 52, 57, ?

A) 285	B) 225
C) 342	D) 390

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 342

Explanation:

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Q:

How is Giridhar's mother's husband's father-in-law's son's daughter related to Giridhar?

A) Sister	B) Wife
C) Niece	D) None of these

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) None of these

Explanation:

The relations may be analysed as follows :

Mother's husband ---> father, father's father-in-law --->grandfather, grandfather's son ---> uncle; uncle's daughter ---> cousin.

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Q:

Choose the correct alternative that will continue the same pattern and replace 'x' in series 1.5,1.55,1.65,1.8,x

A) 1.95	B) 2.0
C) 1.85	D) 2.05

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 2.0

Explanation:

The pattern is +0.05,+0.1,+0.15, . . . .
so missing term =1.8+0.20=2.0

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In the following question, various terms of an alphabet series are given with one or more terms missing as shown by (?). Choose the missing terms out of the given alternatives. Z, U, Q, ?, L

A) N	B) M
C) I	D) K

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) N

Explanation:

The letters move 5, 4, 3, ... steps backward.

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Q:

In a certain code language, "LOYALTY" is written as "MPZBMUZ". How is "PROCLAIM" written in that code language?

A) QSPDDBJN	B) QSPDBMJN
C) QSPDMBJN	D) QPSDMBJN

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