Mental Ability Questions

Menta| Ab|||ty
1 Mohan ls 18Lh from elLher end of a row of boys ? Pow many boys are Lhere ln LhaL
row ?
(A) 26
(8) 32
(C) 24
(u) 33

2 ln a class of 60 where boys are Lwlce LhaL of glrls 8amya ranked 17Lh from Lhe
Lop lf Lhere are 9 boys ahead of 8amya how many glrls are afLer her ln Lhe rank ?
(A) 26
(8) 12
(C) 10
(u) 33

3 'Soldler' ls relaLed Lo 'Army' ln Lhe same way as 'upll' ls relaLed Lo
(A) LducaLlon
(8) 1eacher
(C) SLudenL
(u) Class

4 'kllogram' ls relaLed Lo 'CulnLal' ln Lhe same way as 'alsa' ls relaLed Lo
(A) Coln
(8) Money
(C) Cheque
(u) 8upee

3 'SLammerlng' ls Lo 'Speech' as ueafness ls Lo
(A) Lar
(8) Pearlng
(C) nolse
(u) CommoLlon

6 'CullL' ls Lo 'asL' as 'Pope' ls Lo
(A) resenL
(8) luLure
(C) 1oday
(u) Popeless

ulrecLlons(C 7 Lo 9) based on Lhe alphabeLs
7 lf Lhe sequence of Lhe alphabeLs ls reversed whlch of Lhe followlng would be Lhe
14Lh leLLer from your lefL ?
(A) n
(8) L
(C) C
(u) none of Lhese

8 Whlch leLLer ls Lhe 8Lh leLLer Lo Lhe rlghL of Lhe leLLer whlch ls 12Lh from Lhe lefL ?
(A) v
(8) 1
(C) W
(u) ?

9 Whlch leLLer ls Lhe 8Lh leLLer Lo Lhe rlghL of Lhe leLLer whlch ls 10Lh Lo Lhe lefL of
Lhe lasL buL one leLLer from Lhe rlghL ?
(A) v
(8) x
(C) W
(u) l

10 WhaL should come ln Lhe place of (?) ln Lhe glven serles ?
ACL lCP ? Cn
(A) kkk
(8) !kl
(C) P!P
(u) lkL

11 1yplsL 1ypewrlLer WrlLer ?
(A) ScrlpL
(8) en
(C) aper
(u) 8ook

12 alnL ArLlsL Wood ?
(A) lurnlLure
(8) loresL
(C) llre
(u) CarpenLer

13 acme mace alga ?
(A) glaa
(8) gaal
(C) laga
(u) gala

14 LlCP1? ClL?1P Cu1u1 ?
(A) u1C1u
(8) uC1u1
(C) 1uCu1
(u) 1uC1u

13 'Medlclne' ls relaLed Lo 'aLlenL' ln Lhe same way as 'LducaLlon' ls relaLed Lo
(A) 1eacher
(8) School
(C) SLudenL
(u) 1ulLlon

16 llll ln Lhe mlsslng leLLer ln Lhe followlng serles
S v ? 8 ?
(A) C
(8) u
(C) L
(u) C

17 WhaL should come ln Lhe place of quesLlon mark ln Lhe followlng serles ?
3 8 6 14 ? 20
(A) 11
(8) 10
(C) 8
(u) 9

18 SelecL Lhe correcL opLlon ln place of Lhe quesLlon mark
AC CC8 LS1 Cuv ?
(A) l?Z
(8) PWx
(C) lWx
(u) !Wx

19 WhaL should come ln Lhe place of quesLlon mark ln Lhe followlng serles ?
1 4 9 23 36 ?
(A) 48
(8) 49
(C) 32
(u) 36

20 ln a cerLaln code 'CCn18l8u1C8' ls wrlLLen as '81nCCl8C1u8' Pow ls
'prohlblLlon' wrlLLen ln LhaL code ?
(A) nCl1l8lPC8
(8) lPC88l1lCn
(C) l1lCn8lPC1
(u) lPC88nCl1l

21 lf 'CA1' and '8CA1' are wrlLLen as xZC and '?LZC' respecLlvely ln a code language
how ls 'LCC' Lo be wrlLLen ln Lhe same language ?
(A) vSS
(8) u88
(C) v11
(u) u11

22 ln a code language SlnCL8 ls wrlLLen as Al8CLu Lhen ClnCL8 wlll be wrlLLen ln
Lhe same code as
(A) C8lLCu
(8) Cl8CLu
(C) C8lCLu
(u) Cl8LCu

23 lf 8A1 ls coded as 283 CA1 ls coded as 383 and A8L ls coded as 801 Lhen Lhe
code for 8L11L8 ls
(A) 213310
(8) 213301
(C) 123301
(u) 012334

24 lf waLer ls called black black ls called Lree Lree ls called blue blue ls called raln
raln ls called plnk and plnk ls called flsh ln a cerLaln language Lhen whaL ls Lhe colour
of sky called ln LhaL language ?
(A) 8lue
(8) llsh
(C) 8aln
(u) lnk

23 A man walks 3 km norLhwards and Lhen Lurns lefL and goes 2 km Pe agaln Lurns
lefL and goes 3 km Pe Lurns rlghL and walks sLralghL ln whlch dlrecLlon he ls walklng
now ?
(A) LasL
(8) WesL
(C) norLh
(u) SouLh

26 Cne mornlng afLer sunrlse vlkram and Shallesh were sLandlng ln a lawn wlLh Lhelr
back Lowards each oLher vlkram's shadow fell exacLly Lowards lefLhand slde Whlch
dlrecLlon Shallesh was faclng ?
(A) LasL
(8) WesL
(C) norLh
(u) SouLh

27 nageena ls Laller Lhan ushpa buL noL as Lall as Manlsh 8ama ls Laller Lhan
namlLa buL noL as Lall as ushpa Who among Lhem ls Lhe LallesL ?
(A) Manlsh
(8) ushpa
(C) namlLa
(u) nageena

28 ln an examlnaLlon 8a[ goL more marks Lhan MoLl buL noL as many as Meena
Meena goL more marks Lhan Canesh and 8upall Canesh goL less marks Lhan MoLl
buL hls marks are noL Lhe lowesL ln Lhe group Who ls second ln Lhe descendlng order
of marks ?
(A) Meena
(8) 8upall
(C) 8a[
(u) none of Lhese

29 olnLlng Lo a phoLograph of a glrl 8a[an sald She has no slsLer or daughLer buL
her moLher ls Lhe only daughLer of my moLher" Pow ls Lhe glrl ln Lhe phoLograph
relaLed wlLh 8a[an's moLher ?
(A) SlsLer ln law
(8) Crand daughLer
(C) uaughLer ln law
(u) none of Lhese

30 lf AmlL's faLher ls 8llloo's faLher's only son and 8llloo has nelLher a broLher nor a
daughLer WhaL ls Lhe relaLlonshlp beLween AmlL and 8llloo ?
(A) unclenephew
(8) laLheruaughLer
(C) laLherSon
(u) CrandfaLherCrandson

31 An appllcaLlon was recelved by lnward clerk ln Lhe afLernoon of a weekday nexL
day he forwarded lL Lo Lhe Lable of Lhe senlor clerk who was on leave LhaL day 1he
senlor clerk nexL day evenlng puL up Lhe appllcaLlon Lo Lhe desk offlcer uesk offlcer
sLudled Lhe appllcaLlon and dlsposed off Lhe maLLer on Lhe same day le lrlday
Whlch day Lhe appllcaLlon was recelved by Lhe lnward clerk ?
(A) 1uesday
(8) Larller week's SaLurday
(C) Wednesday
(u) Monday

32 lllghL Lo Mumbal leaves every 3 hours AL Lhe lnformaLlon counLer l learnL LhaL
Lhe fllghL Look off 23 mlnuLes before lf Lhe Llme now ls 10 43 am whaL ls Lhe Llme
for Lhe nexL fllghL ?
(A) 2 20 am
(8) 3 30 am
(C) 3 33 pm
(u) 3 20 pm

33 8abloo ranked 16Lh from Lhe Lop and 29Lh from Lhe boLLom among Lhose who
passed an examlnaLlon 6 boys dld noL parLlclpaLe ln Lhe compeLlLlon and 3 falled ln
Lhe examlnaLlon Pow many boys were Lhere ln LhaL class ?
(A) 44
(8) 40
(C) 30
(u) 33

34 lndra ls 7Lh from Lhe lefL and !aya ls 3Lh from Lhe rlghL When Lhey lnLerchange
Lhelr poslLlon !aya becomes 19Lh from Lhe rlghL WhaL ls lndra's poslLlon from Lhe
lefL ?
(A) 21sL
(8) 19Lh
(C) 23rd
(u) 20Lh

33 Pow many 3's are Lhere ln Lhe followlng sequence of numbers whlch are
lmmedlaLely preceded by 7 ?
8 9 3 3 2 3 3 8 3 3 6 8 7 3 3 3 7 7 3 3 6 3 3 3 3 7 3 8
(A) Cne
(8) 1wo
(C) 1hree
(u) lour

ulrecLlons(C 36 Lo 39) SelecL Lhe one whlch ls dlfferenL from Lhe oLher Lhree
36 (A) 8okaro
(8) !amshedpur
(C) 8hllal
(u) Agra

37 (A) !anuary
(8) lebruary
(C) !uly
(u) uecember

38 (A) 8lble
(8) anchsheel
(C) CeeLa
(u) Curan

39 (A) SLar
(8) Sun
(C) Sky
(u) Moon

40 Pow many 8's are Lhere ln Lhe followlng sequence whlch are lmmedlaLely
preceded by 6 buL noL lmmedlaLely followed by 3 ?
6 8 3 7 8 3 4 3 6 8 1 9 8 3 4 6 8 2 9 6 8 1 3 6 8 3 3 6
(A) Cne
(8) 1wo
(C) 1hree
(u) lour

41 lf LA81PCuAkL ls coded as MCCLn!CSM Lhen LCuA1L wlll be coded as
(A) MLnCM
(8) MLnCM
(C) n!CCM
(u) Mn!CM

42 lf CCun18? ls coded ln cerLaln way as LMWLvA LLLC1C8A1L wlll be coded ln
Lhe same manner as
(A) C!CLlC?WC
(8) C!CL8C1?vC
(C) CnCL8CC8C
(u) C!CAvM1?vC

43 'Alr' ls Lo '8lrd' as 'WaLer' ls Lo
(A) urlnk
(8) llsh
(C) Wash
(u) Swlm

44 'encll' ls Lo 'WrlLe' as 'knlfe' ls Lo
(A) ln[ure
(8) eel
(C) rlck
(u) ALLack

ulrecLlons(C 43 Lo 30) 1hree of Lhe followlng four are allke ln a cerLaln way and so
form a group Whlch ls Lhe one LhaL does noL belong Lo LhaL group ?

43 (A) Creen
(8) 8ed
(C) Colour
(u) Crange

46 (A) 8abblL
(8) Crocodlle
(C) LarLhworm
(u) Snall

47 (A) olo
(8) Chess
(C) Ludo
(u) Carrom

48 (A) Sun
(8) unlverse
(C) Moon
(u) SLar

49 (A) Cheese
(8) Mllk
(C) Curd
(u) Chee

30 (A) CarroL
(8) 8adlsh
(C) oLaLo
(u) 8rln[al

Answers
1 (u) 2 (8)
3 (u) As 'Soldler' ls a parL of 'Army' ln Lhe same way 'upll' ls a parL of 'Class'
4 (u)
3 (8) As 'SLammerlng' ls a defecL of 'Speech' ln Lhe same way 'ueafness' ls a defecL
of 'Pearlng'
6 (8)
7 (u) 1he 14Lh leLLer from Lhe lefL ln Lhe sequence of alphabeL when lL ls reversed ls
M
8 (8) 1he leLLer 12Lh from Lhe lefL ln alphabeL ls L and Lhe 8Lh leLLer Lo Lhe rlghL of 'L'
ls '1'
9 (C) 1he lasL buL one leLLer from Lhe rlghL ls ? and from ? Lhe 10Lh leLLer Lo lefL ls C
and from C 8Lh leLLer Lo Lhe rlghL ls 'W'
10 (A)
11 (8) As Lhe Lool for '1yplsL' ls '1ypewrlLer' slmllarly Lhe Lool for Lhe wrlLer ls 'en'
12 (u) As 'alnL' ls used by 'ArLlsL' slmllarly 'Wood' ls used by 'CarpenLer'
13 (u) 14 (u)
13 (C) As 'Medlclne' cures Lhe 'aLlenL' slmllarly 'LducaLlon' educaLes Lhe 'SLudenL'
16 (C) 17 (u) 18 (C) 19 (8) 20 (u) 21 (C) 22 (8)
23 (A) 24 (C) 23 (8) 26 (u) 27 (A) 28 (C) 29 (8) 30 (C)
31 (C) 1he appllcaLlon was recelved by Lhe lnward clerk on Wednesday
32 (u) 33 (u) 34 (A)
33 (A) 8eqd '3's are prlnLed boldly ln Lhe sequence below
8 9 3 3 2 3 3 8 3 3 6 8 7 3 3 3 7 7 3 3 6 3 3 3 3 7 3 8
36 (u) All Lhe resL clLles are famous for lronlndusLry
37 (8) Lach of Lhe resL monLh has LhlrLyone days
38 (8) All Lhe resL are rellglous books
39 (C) All Lhe resL are heavenly bodles
40 (C) 8eqd '8's are prlnLed boldly ln Lhe sequence below
6 8 3 7 8 3 4 3 6 8 1 9 8 3 4 6 8 2 9 6 8 1 3 6 8 3 3 6
41 (u) 42 (u)
43 (8) As '8lrds' fly ln 'Alr' slmllarly 'llsh' swlm ln 'WaLer'
44 (8) As 'encll' ls used for 'WrlLlng' slmllarly 'knlfe' ls used Lo 'eel'
43 (C) All Lhe resL are dlfferenL 'colours'
46 (A) All Lhe resL are relaLed wlLh waLer
47 (A) All Lhe resL are lndoor games
48 (8) All Lhe resL heavenly bodles
49 (8) All Lhe resL producLs are made from 'Mllk'
30 (u) All Lhe resL grow under ground