16-01-2022 Answers

 1. Ajay and Manoj start in bike at the same time from their homes which are 45 kms apart. If one moves west at 50 kmph and the other moves east at 40 kmph, what will be the distance between them after 2 hours?

Answer: 225 kms

Solution: Initial distance = 45 km

As they are moving in two opposite directions so relative speed = 50 + 40 = 90 kmph.

Distance between them after 2 hours = 45 +(90*2) = 225 kms.

2. Krish is the brother-in-law of Kamini. Kirmani is the father of Kishore. Kishore is the spouse of Kamini. How is Krish related to Kishore ?

Answer: Brother

Solution: "Brother in law" means "The brother of one's husband or wife".

Spouse means "partner in a marriage"

So Krish is the brother of Kishore.

3. Answer the four questions given below based on the information provided.

Four sisters - Suvarna, Tara, Uma and Vibha are playing a game where the loser doubles the money of each of the other players from her share. They played four games and each of them lost one game in alphabetical order. At the end of fourth game each had Rs.32.

Related Comprehension Questions

How many rupees did Suvarna start with?

Answer: Rs.66

4. Who started with the lowest amount?

Answer: Vibha

5. Who started with the highest amount?

Answer: Suvarna

6. What was the amount with Uma at the end of the second round?

Answer: Rs.72

Solution: Let us go in the reverse order.

In 4th game Vibha lost. So money before 4th round with Suvarna, Tara, Uma and Vibha was rupees 16,16,16,80

In 3rd game Uma lost. So money before 3rd round with Suvarna, Tara, Uma and Vibha was rupees 8,8,72,40

In 2nd game Tara lost. So money before 2nd round with Suvarna, Tara, Uma and Vibha was rupees 4,68,36,20

In 1st game Suvarna lost. So money before 1st round with Suvarna, Tara, Uma and Vibha was rupees 66,34,18,10

7. There is a relationship between the two terms in the LHS and the same relationship holds between the two terms to its right. Find the correct option to replace the question mark.

16 : 36 :: 64 : ?

Answer: 100

Solution: 16 and 36 are squares of 4 and 6.

64 is square of 8. Hence square of 10 (8+2) is 100 which is the answer.

8. Choose the next number in the series.

21, 23, 27, 33, ?

Answer: 41

Solution: The difference between the consecutive terms is like 2,4,6,8,... and so on

9. In the following series identify the wrong term.

160, 118, 83, 65, 34, 20

Answer: Ans: 65 (it must be 55)

The difference between consecutive terms is like 42,35,28,21,14 (multiples of 7

10. P, Q, R and S are playing a game of carrom. P, R and S, Q are partners. S is to the right of R who is facing west. Then, which direction is Q facing?

Answer: North

Solution: S is facing South and Q as a partner is sitting opposite and hence facing North.

11. Choose the correct option to replace the question mark so that the pair on the right hand side will have similar relationship to the pair on the left hand side.

Archipelago : Islands : : Massif : ?

Answer: Mountains

Solution: First is a group of the second.

12. Rahul starting from his house goes 4 km in the East, then he turns to his right and goes 3 km. What is his final distance from his house?

Answer: 5 kms

Solution: By using Pythagoras theorem distance from home is 5 kms

13. In a circus there are five entertainers P, Q, R, S, T. There is a card player, a fire walker and a joker in the circus. T is the husband of a member of the circus and the two are the only married couple in the circus. Q is the brother of R. Q is neither a fire walker nor a joker. None of the women is either a card player or a joker. P and S are unmarried and neither of them is a card player or a fire walker or a joker.

Which of the following entertainers is T’s wife?

Answer: R

Solution: As P and S are not married and Q being a male, the only one left is R.

14. Choose the pair among the options which is similar to BUNCH:SCATTER

Answer: GATHER:FRITTER

Solution: Bunch and Scatter have opposite meaning. Similarly Gather and Fritter are antonyms.

15. There is some relationship between the two pair of numbers on the LHS of the sign (::). The same relationship exists between the two terms on the RHS of the sign (::) of which one is missing. Find the missing one from the given alternatives.

5 : 343 :: 7 : ?

Answer: 1331

Solution: The number is the cube of next prime number. Next prime number to 5 is 7. 7^3 = 343.

Hence for 7 next prime number is 11. Hence 11^3 = 1331.

 

16. What is the next number of the following sequence to replace the question mark?

11, 31, 71, 91, 32, 29, 13, ?

Answer: 73

Solution: The prime numbers start from 11 and are written in reverse order.

Hence after 31, 37 is the prime number. So 73 is the answer.

17. In a certain language,

jersadgk means feedear.

polqcmtu means morehurt.

What does hurtdear mean?

Answer: cmtuadgk

Solution: Here hurt means "cmtu" and dear means "adgk".

18. A boy rode his bicycle northwards, then turned left and rode one km and again turned left and rode 2 kms. He found himself exactly one km west of his starting point. How far did he ride northwards initially?

Answer: 2 kms

Solution: As shown in the image below, as opposite sides of a rectange are equal, the required distance = 2kms.

19. In the following question, one of the value in the number series is wrong. Find out the wrong value:

445, 221, 109, 46, 25, 11, 4

Answer: 46 

Solution: 3 is subtracted  from each number and the result is divided' by 2 to obtain the next number of the series. Thus, 221 = (445 - 3)/2; 109 = (221 - 3)/ 2 and so on. 46 is wrong, the correct term being 53.

20. If DELHI is coded as CCIDD, what is the code for BOMBAY?

Answer: AMJXVS

Solution: The letters are 1,2,3,4,5 positions before the respective letters.

Hence in BOMBAY, B-A, O-M, M-J, B-X, A-V, Y-S

21. If Sand is coded as Stone, Stone as House, House as Temple, Temple as Garden then where do you worship?

Answer: Garden

Solution: Temple is a place of worship. But temple is coded as Garden. Hence place of worship is Garden.

22. A man said to a lady, "Your mother's husband's sister is my aunt". How is the lady related to the man?

Answer: Sister

Solution: Mother's husband is father to the lady. If ladies aunt is also aunt to the man, they should be brother and sister. Hence the lady is sister to the man.

23. Two friends start cycling at the same time from two points which are 5 km apart. If one moves west at 10 kmph and the other moves east at 12 kmph, what will be the distance between them after 1 hour 30 minutes?

Answer: 38 kms

Solution: Initial distance = 5 km

As they are moving in two opposite directions so relative speed = 10 + 12 = 22 kmph.

Distance between them after 1 hour 30 minutes = 5 +(22*1.5) = 38 kms.

24. In the following series identify the wrong term.

9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 61

Answer: Ans: 61 (It must be 64)

The difference between consecutive terms is like 7,9,11,13,15

25. My telephone is in a strange habit of having two of it's dialling numbers exchanged, for example if I press 0 it actually means 1 and when I press 1 it then means 0. During a trial in dialling a five digit number, I found that 83569 and 63598 are wrong calls while 95368 is the desired call, then which of the following two digits are interchanged?

Answer: 3 and 5

Solution: From 83569 and 95368 the numbers that could get exchanged are (3,5) and (8,9)

From 63598 and 95368 the numbers that could get exchanged are (3,5) and (6,9)

Common pair is 3,5

26. Pointing out to a lady, Reshma said, "She is the daughter of the woman who is the mother of the husband of my mother" Who is the lady to Reshma?

Answer: Aunt

Solution: Mother's husband - Father. Father's mother - Grandmother. Grandmother's daughter - Father's sister. Father's sister - Aunt.

So, the lady is her aunt.

27. In the following series identify the wrong term.

2, 4, 16, 256, 65535

Answer: 65535

Solution: Ans: 65535 (It must be 65536)

2^2 = 4, 4^2 = 16 and so on.

Hene 256^2 = 65536

28. In a certain language,

!@#$%^&* stands for baldhead.

$#@! *&^% stands for nicegirl.

Then how is "baldgirl " represented?

Answer: !@#$*&^%

Solution: Here bald is !@#$ and girl is *&^%.

So baldgirl is !@#$*&^%

29. The town of Paranda is located on Green Lake. The town of Akram is west of Paranda. Tokhada is east of Akram but west of Paranda. Kakran is east of Bopri but west of Tokhada and Akram. Which town is in the farthest west?

Answer: Bopri

30. In a certain language,

££????$$ is goatgoes

@#@#&& is sellmeat

!%!%(^(^ is goodsale.

Then how is "goodgoatsale" represented?

Answer: !%!%££??(^(^ 

Solution: Here good is !%!%, goat is ££?? and sale is (^(^.

So goodgoatsale is !%!%££??(^(^.

31. Pointing to a photograph of a boy Suresh said, "He is the son of the only son of my mother." How is Suresh related to that boy?

Answer: Father

Solution: The boy in the photograph is the only son of the son of Suresh's mother i.e., the son of Suresh. Hence, Suresh is the father of boy.

32. Choose the option to fill in the blank.

CMM, EOO, GQT, _ , KUX

Answer: ISV

Solution: The answer is  ISV

The first letter is 2 positions after the previous term's first letter. Second and third letters are 2 positions after the previous term's second and third letters.

Hence the answer is ISV

33. A man is standing in front of a painting of a man and he tells us the following. Brothers and sisters have I none but this man's father is my father's son. Who is on the painting?

Answer: His son

Solution: His son is in the painting (as the man does not have any brother or sister).

34. In the following question, one of the value in the number series is wrong. Find out the wrong value:

56, 72, 90, 110, 132, 150

Answer: 150

Solution:  The numbers are 7 * 8, 8 * 9, 9 * 10,10 * 11, 11 * 12, 12 * 13. So, 150 is wrong.

35. If Z=52 and ACT=48, then what is the value for BAT?

Answer: 46

Solution: The value is two multiplied with sum of positions of the letters.

Hence required value = 2*(2+1+20) = 46

36. Choose the pair among the options which is similar to COPE:DISINTEGRATE

Answer: SURVIVE:SUCCUMB

Solution: If something/body cannot cope with others, it will get disintegrated (example, the husband and wife were not able to cope with each other and so the family disintegrated). They have opposite meaning. 

Similarly if one cannot survice one succumbs.

37. In a family of five, A is father of B who is brother of C who is the only daughter of D. E is son in law of A. How is B related to E?

Answer: Brother-in-law

Solution: A - father D-Mom

B (Male) and C are children of A and B

If E is son in law, C should be female and hence B should be brother-in-law

38. In the following series identify the wrong term.

3, 7, 13, 23, 31, 43

Answer: 23

Solution: Ans: 23 (It must be 21)

The difference between consecutive terms is like 4,6,8,10,12

39. If in a certain language MECHANICS is coded as HCEMASCIN, how is POSTER coded in that code?

Answer: SOPRET

Solution: If it is odd numbered letters, the middle letter is retained. The first half and the second half are reversed.

As POSTER is even numbered with 6 letters, POS is reversed to give SOP. TER reversed to give RET. Hence the code is SOPRET.

40. In the following series identify the wrong term.

3, 6, 10, 16, 21, 28

Answer: 16

Solution: Ans: 16 (It must be 15)

The difference between consecutive terms is like 3,4,5,6,7,..

41. One term in the below number series is wrong. Choose and mark the wrong term.

7, 8, 15, 42, 91, 172

Answer: 15

Solution: The difference between successive terms is square of odd numbers starting from 1, that is 1^2, 3^2, 5^2 and so on.

The series should be 7,8,17,42,91,172

Hence 15 is wrong.

42. Identify the term that does not belong to a group.

8, 27, 125, 343, 1331

Answer: 8

Solution: The given numbers are cubes of numbers 2,3,5,7,11.

Here 2 is the only even prime number and hence 8 (also being an even number plus cube) does not belong to the group.

43. One term in the below number series is wrong. Choose and mark the wrong term.

582, 605, 588, 611, 634, 617, 600

Answer: 634

Solution: 23 is added to previous term for the first pair and then 17 is subtracted from the previous term for the next pair.

Hence the series must be 582, 605, 588, 611, 594, 617, 600

44. In a certain language,

blat means band.

blater means banded.

blatole means banding.

What does booted mean?

Answer: kepter

Solution: According to this language, blat means band. The suffix  “er"   is represented by  “ed".

Since kepter is the only one that ends in the letter "er", it is the answer.

45. granamelke means big tree

pinimelke means little tree

melkehoon means tree house

Which word could mean "big house"?

Answer: Granahoon

Solution: Grana means big; melke means tree; pini means little; hoon means house. Therefore granahoon means big house.

46. A, B, C, D and E are five students who appeared in a test whose total marks was 100 and obtained five distinct marks. Please answer the questions based on the data given below.

(i) If E had got 30 marks more, he would have got the number equal to the topper.

(ii) If D had got 20 marks more he would have got the number equal to the second topper.

(iii) If C had got 20 marks less, he would have got the number equal to the student getting the least number of marks.

(iv) If A had got 30 marks less, he would have got the number equal to the student getting the least number of marks.

Related Comprehension Questions

The topper is

Answer: A

47. The student who got the least number of marks is

Answer: E

48. The second topper is

Answer: B

49. The student who got the fourth rank is

Answer: D

Solution: Let the topper marks be T and the least mark be L. Let the marks obtained by the five students be A, B, C, D and E.

From points i and ii we know E and D are not toppers.

From points iii and iv we know C and A are not the students who got the least number of marks. Also A > C

Case 1: When A is the topper

A = E+30 and this implies E has the lowest score. Also A-30=C-20 which implies A-C=10

Now assuming C can be the second topper, in this case C=D+20 but C=E+20 which is NOT possible as all scores are distinct.

Hence the second topper can be B. So possible order is A B C D E

Case 2: When B is the topper

B=E+30 and this implies E has the lowest score along with point i). But it is also give A=E+30 which is not possible as all scores are distinct.Hence this case is NOT possible at all.

So the only possible order is A B C D E.

50. Choose the appropriate option.

If 16 * 85 = 8651, what is 73 * 42 = ?

Answer: 4327

Solution: 16 * 85 = 8651. Clearly, the digits of the number obtained as product, from unit's place are ten's digit of first number, unit's digit of second number, unit's digit of first number and ten's digit of second number. Similarly, 73 * 42 = 4327.

51. Introducing a boy, a girl said, "He is the son of the daughter of the father of my uncle." How is the boy related to the girl?

Answer: Brother

Solution: Uncle's father's daughter can be the girl's mother. So mother's son is brother