3100+ Mental Ability Reasoning Questions and Answers with Explanation

Q:

Find the wrong number in the given series.

8, 27, 125, 343, 1381

A) 27	B) 8
C) 343	D) 1381

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 1381

Explanation:

Given series follows Cubes on Prime Numbers

i.e $2^{3}, 3^{3}, 5^{3}, . . .$ but $9^{3}$ is 1331

so 1381 is wrong

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Q:

Find the next number in the given sequence?

11, 17, 39, 85, ?

A) 133	B) 143
C) 153	D) 163

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 163

Explanation:

Her the given number series is 11, 17, 39, 85, ?

$11 11 + (3^{2} - 3) = 17 17 + (5^{2} - 3) = 39 39 + (7^{2} - 3) = 85 85 + (9^{2} - 3) = 163$

Hence, the next number in the given sequence is 163.

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Which letter is in the middle between the ninth letter from the right and eighth letter from the left in the given alphabets?

A) N	B) O
C) L	D) M

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) M

Explanation:

9th letter from the right means (26 - 9 + 1 =) 18th letter from the left. Now, the middle letter between 18th letter from the left and 8th letter from the left = [(18+8)/2] = 13th leter from the left = M.

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Q:

If the following five names which name will come in the last in a telephone directory ?

a) Mahinder b) Mahender c) Mahindra d) Mahendra e) Mohinder

A) Mahinder	B) Mahindra
C) Mohinder	D) Mahender

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Mohinder

Explanation:

The given names will be arranged in the alphabetical order as : Mahender, Mahendra, Mahinder, Mahindra, Mohinder. Clearly, 'Mohinder' comes last.

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Q:

Find the similarity in the following:

Plays, Movies, Documentary, Road shows

A) All can be used to convey social messages	B) All are show-cased in theaters
C) All of them are only in English language	D) No similarity

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) All can be used to convey social messages

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Q:

In the following question, select the related number from the given alternatives.

48 : 196 : : 52 : ?

A) 184	B) 198
C) 212	D) 238

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 212

Explanation:

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Q:

In a certain code, TABLE is written as GZYOV, then CHAIR can be written as

A) XRZSI	B) XZSRI
C) XSRZI	D) XSZRI

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) XSZRI

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In the following question, select the related word pair from the given alternatives.

Hospital : Treatment : : ? : ?

A) Product : Production	B) Government : Country
C) Justice : Court	D) School : Education

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