Mental Ability - Questions

1 .

Roja ranks 18th in a class of 49 students. What is rank from the last ?

Correct Answer : Option (B) - 32

Explanation :

Number students behind the roja in rank = (49 - 18) = 31

Roja is 32nd from the last

2 .

7 is to 34 as 5 is to

Correct Answer : Option (D) - 41

Explanation :

We can get this by any of two explanations.

Answer 1 : 41

7 = 3 + 4 = 34

Similarly, 5 = 4 + 1 = 41

Answer 2 : 41

7 - 3 = 4 => 34

Similarly, 5 - 4 = 1 => 41

3 .

Pointing to a girl in the photograph, Amar said, "Her mother's brother is the only son of my mother's father." How is the girl's mother related to Amar ?

Aunt

Sister

Mother

Grandmother

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Aunt

Explanation :

Only son of Amar's mother's father — Amar's maternal uncle.

So, the girl's maternal uncle is Arnar's maternal uncle. Thus, the girl's mother is Amar's aunt.

4 .

How many meaningful English words can be formed with the letters ESRO using each letter only once in each word?

One

Two

Three

None

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Three

Explanation :

Meaningful words are ROSE, SORE and EROS.

Note the meaning of the words SORE and EROS with the help of dictionary.

5 .

If MADRAS can be written as NBESBT, how can BOMBAY be written in that code ?

CPOCBZ

CQOCBZ

CPNCBZ

CPNCBX

Correct Answer : Option (C) - CPNCBZ

Explanation : Each letter in the word is moved one step forward to obtain the corresponding letter of the code.

6 .

Rita told Mani, "The girl I met yesterday at the beach was the youngest daughter of the brother-in-law of my friend's mother." How is the girl related to Rita's friend ?

Niece

Cousin

Friend

Daughter

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Cousin

Explanation :

Daughter of brother-in-law — Niece;

Mother's niece — Cousin.

So, the girl is the cousin of Rita's friend.

7 .

A tailor had a number of shirt pieces to cut from a roll of fabric. He cut each roll of equal length into 10 pieces. He cut at the rate of 45 cuts a minute. How many rolls would be cut in 24 minutes ?

144 rolls

120 rolls

108 rolls

96 rolls

Correct Answer : Option (B) - 120 rolls

Explanation :

Number of cuts made to cut a roll into 10 pieces = 9.

Therefore, Required number of rolls = (45 x 24)/9 = 120.

8 .

Convent : Cloister :: Eyrie : ?

Hide

Show

Open

Nest

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Nest

Explanation :

Here the first two words are synonyms. Similarly, Eyrie means a large nest. So, the synonym of Eyrie is nest.

Hence, Convent : Cloister :: Eyrie : Nest.

9 .

_______ is necessarily found in in a desert.

Sand

Wind

Heat

Camel

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Sand

10 .

Directions : In the following question, one statement or advertisement is followed by two or three assumptions. On the basis of the statement choose which is/are implicit.

Statement : ''We must introduce objective type tests to improve our examinations for admission to MBA.'' The chairman of the Admission-Committee tells the committee.

Assumptions :

I. The admission at present is directly through the interviews.

II. The Admission-Committee is desirous of improving the admission examinations.

III. The chairman himself is an MBA.

Only I is implicit.

Only II is implicit.

Only I and II are implicit.

Only I and III are implicit.

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Only II is implicit.