Reasoning Ability Practice Question and Answer

Q: Sita told Poja, "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 Sita's friend? 4221 0

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    Aunt
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    Cousin
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    Niece
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    Mother
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Answer : 2. "Cousin"

Q: Pointing to a girl in the photograph, Raju said, "Her mother's brother is the only son of my mother's father." How is the girl's mother related to Raju? 8459 0

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    Daughter
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    Mother
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    Grandmother
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    Aunt
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Answer : 4. "Aunt"

Q: Find the odd one out in question 2222 1

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    profit: loss
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    wise: foolish
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    virtue: vice
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    seduce: attract
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Answer : 4. "seduce: attract"

Q: Left-handed persons suffer more frequently than do right-handed persons from certain immune disorders, such as allergies. Left-handers tend to have an advantage over the right-handed majority, however, on tasks controlled by the right hemisphere of the brain, and mathematical reasoning is strongly under the influence of the right hemisphere in most people. If the information above is true, it best supports which of the following hypotheses? 6541 0

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    Most people who suffer from allergies or other such immune disorders are left-handed rather than right-handed.
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    Most left-handed mathematicians suffer from some kind of allergy.
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    There are proportionally more left-handers among people whose ability to reason mathematically is above average than there are among people with poor mathematical reasoning ability.
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    If a left-handed person suffers from an allergy, that person will probably be good at mathematics.
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    There are proportionally more people who suffer from immune disorders such as allergies than there are people who are left-handed or people whose mathematical reasoning ability is unusually good.
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Answer : 3. "There are proportionally more left-handers among people whose ability to reason mathematically is above average than there are among people with poor mathematical reasoning ability."

Q: It is unfortunate for a country, specially for the poor and women, that whenever any kind of disincentive – even of the mildest nature such as debarring a person with more than two children from contesting any local body election – is introduced to promote family planning, there are always some activists and organizations who unnecessarily oppose the measures without realizing that the voluntary family planning programmes area miserable flop as clearly highlighted by the national family health surveys. Which of the following if true would strengthen the author’s contention? 4858 0

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    Percentage of rural women voluntarily seeking family planning services in government health centre facilities has drastically come down over the last decade.
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    One child policy on China, where employees with more than one child are discriminated against, has been very effective in controlling their population.
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    ) Activists and organization which seem to advocate civil rights issues typically have their own vested interests and hidden agendas.
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    Punitive measures are the best deterrents for refraining people from committing deeds which adversely affect the society at large
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    None of these
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Answer : 2. "One child policy on China, where employees with more than one child are discriminated against, has been very effective in controlling their population."

Q: Eating beets significantly lowers the risk of cancer, according to an article in a nutritional magazine. The article refers to a study that found that people who consumed one or more beets per day were half as likely to be diagnosed with the disease as people who did not. Which of the following, if true, most weakens the argument in the magazine article? 6078 1

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    Another study found that people who consumed one tablespoon of flax seed oil per day were more than four times less likely to be diagnosed with cancer
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    Participants in the study reported consuming no vegetables other than beets.
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    In another experiment, cancer patients who ate one or more beets per day were no more likely to recover than those who ate no beets.
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    The participants in the study who ate beets were more likely to exercise regularly than those who did not eat beets.
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Answer : 4. "The participants in the study who ate beets were more likely to exercise regularly than those who did not eat beets."

Q: Insurance Company X is considering issuing a new policy to cover services required by elderly people who suffer from diseases that afflict the elderly. Premiums for the policy must be low enough to attract customers; therefore, Company X is concerned that the income from the policies would not be sufficient to pay for the claims that would be made. Which of the following strategies would be most likely to minimize Company X's losses on the policies? 9174 0

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    Attracting middle-aged customers unlikely to submit claims for benefits for many years.
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    Insuring only those individuals who did not suffer any serious diseases as children.
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    Including a greater number of services in the policy than are included in other policies of lower cost.
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    Insuring only those individuals who were rejected by other companies for similar policies.
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Answer : 1. "Attracting middle-aged customers unlikely to submit claims for benefits for many years."

Q: Ashok started from his home to the bus stop before 15 min. then the time. He takes 10 min. to reach to the bus stop. He reached bus stop at 8.40 hours. Generally at what time he stats for the bus stop? 4607 1

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    8:40
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    8:35
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    8:45
    Correct
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    8:55
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Answer : 3. "8:45"

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