Mental Ability Questions

1.Word is related to' Dictionary'in the same way 'Flower' is related to?
Answer : Garland

2.What is the minimum number of scooter that could move in this formation.Two scooters in front of a scooter, two scooters behind a scooter and a scooter between the two scooters.?
Answer : 3

3.Victory is to encouragement as failure is to ..............?
Answer : Frustration

4. Cattle is to Herd as sheep is to .................?
Answer : Flock

5.The half life of Radium is 1600 years. The fraction of a sample of radium that would remain after 6400 years is ?
Answer : 1/16

6.Find out the missing term; 7,13,21,......,43,57?
Answer : 31

7.IF CA = 31, GE = 75, FH = ?
Answer : 68

8.If 74683 means GREAT, 7684 means?
Answer : GEAR

9.If GONE is written as ILPB, CRIB may be written as ?
Answer : EOKY

10.A train of length 150 metres, moving at a speed of 90 km/hr. can cross a 200 metre bridge in .............seconds.?
Answer : 14 seconds

11.The mean of 10 items is 17 and if each item is increased by 5 then its mean will be ...................?
Answer : 22

12.The greatest value of sin x. cos x is ?
Answer : 1

13.Father is 5 years older than mother and mother's age is now thrice the daughter's age. If daughter is 10 years old now, what was father's age when daughter was born?
Answer : 25

14.The radius of a sphere is increased by 50 % . The percentage increase in surface area is .............?
Answer : 225

15. What is the basic characteristic of democracy?
Answer : People's government

16.Which of the following is the most accurate approximation of the time required to count continuously from 1 to a million?
Answer : 7 Days

17.Which of the following is related to a River as a Tunnel is related to a Mountain?
Answer : Bridge

18.You started from a place and went 4 kms north and turned left and moved 2 kms west.Then you again turned left and moved 4 kms.How many kms are you away from the place you started?
Answer : 2 kms

19.A and B are brothers. C and D are sisters.A's son is D's brother. How is B related to D?
Answer : Uncle

20.If 'room' is called' home',' home' is called 'school', 'schoo'l is called' floor', 'floor' is called 'oil', what will a person stand on ?
Answer : Oil

21.A mother always has.................?
Answer : Child

22.20 % of 10 + 10 % of 20 =?
Answer : 4. (20 / 100 x 10 + 10 / 100 x 20 = 2+ 2 = 4)

22.0.1 x 0.1 + 9.9 = ?
Answer : 9.91

23.15 men can do a piece of work in 20 days. If there are 25 men, how many days will be taken to complete the piece of work?
Answer : 12 (15 x 20 / 25 =12 days)

24.2(17-9) + 4-2=?
Answer : 18

25.The sum of two numbers is 15. Their difference is 3. The numbers are:?
Answer : 9 & 6

26.The smallest number which if divided by 9, 12, and 16, each time 5 remains.The number is ..................?
Answer : 149. The smallest number divisible by 9, 12, 16 is their L.C.M.ie 144. Therefore the required number is 144+ 5=149.

27.If 27 x 29 = 783, 0.27 x 290 = .............?
Answer : 78.3

28.0.1 x 0.01 x 0.001 = .................?
Answer : 0.000001

29.1 Kilogram = .................?
Answer : 1000 grams

30.A train is moving at a speed of 132km/hr.If the length of the train is 110 metres, then how long will it take to cross a 165 metres railway plat form?
Answer : 7.5 sec