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Verbal Intelligence Exercise No - 2

1. Which word is of a different class?

(a) Coolie (b) Baker (c) Clerk (d) Beggar

2. Tell the correct answer from among the choices given below:-

If 3 = 6, 4 = 7, 5 = 8, then 6=?

(a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 9 (d) 12

3 If the word ‘PROMOTION’ is written as 567873271 in code, how would you write
NOTION?

(a) 173271 (b) 362217 (c) 87436 (d) 125571

4. If MPOEPO in code language means London, decode NPTDPX:-

(a) Delhi. (b) Moscow. (c) Mumbai (d) Turkey.

5. If A = 1, B = 2, C = 3, D = 4 and so on, what does following number

make ?

8514

(a) AUNT (b) BEAD (c) HEAD (d) HEAR

6. A husband and wife had six married sons and each of them had five children. How
many members were there in the family?

(a) 20 (b) 44 (c) 32 (d) 42

7. Which number will come in place of the question mark in the following series?

8 × 4 = 42, 6 × 6 = 33, 2 × 2 = 11, 4 × 6 = 23, 2×8= ?

(a) 11 (b) 12 (c) 13 (d) 14

8. Which of the following does not belong to the same class ?

(a) Pound (b) Dollar (c) Rouble (d) Pice

9. Which letters will come in place of the question mark in the following series?

Y WV ? MLKJ EDCBA
(a) NOP (b) STU (c) SRQ (d) QRS.

10. Supply the missing number:-

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8, 80, 7, 70, 6, 60, 5, ?

(a) 55 (b) 45 (c) 50 (d) 40

11. Which pair is different from the others in the following ?

(a) Student and School (b) Canteen and garden

(c) Book and library (d) Ink and pen.

12. Which letters will you put in place of the question mark?

NZ OY PX QW RV ?

(a) FS (b) SU (c) UF (d) ST.

13. Insert the missing number:-

437 (410) 642

541 ( ? ) 783

(a) 480 (b) 400 (c) 302 (d) 484

14. Find the odd man out:-

(a) BANK (b) BOOK (c) BALL (d) BELL

15. Insert the missing words:-

SING (NINE) SPEND

LONG (----) CREST

(a) PINE (b) FINE (c) NOSE (d) SOLE

16. Which number will come in place of the question mark in the following ?

2 10 4
3 17 5
3 ? 4

(a) 11 (b) 12 (c) 13 (d) 14

17. Spot the odd man out in the following ?

(a) Hindustan (b) Statesman (c) Indian Express (d) India Today
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18. Select the appropriate word to fill in the blank space out of the choice given below:-

HANDSOME is to BEAUTIFUL as …….. is to SHE

(a) Lovely (b) Charming (c) Man (d) He

19. There are four roads. I have come from the South and want to go to the temple. The
road to the right leads me away from the coffee house; straight ahead it leads only to a
college. In which direction is the temple?

(a) North (b) South (c) East (d) West.

20. Which number will come in place of the question mark in the following ?

12 + 9 = 1084 11 + 8 = 884 14 + 7 = 984 15 + 6 = ?

(a) 928 (b) 904 (c) 1088 (d) 988

21. Which of the following does not belong to the category of others?

(a) 625 (b) 361 (c) 256 (d) 197

22. A friend of mine comes to meet me every Sunday. The first time he came at 12 : 30, the
next time at 1 : 20, then at 2 : 30, then at 4 : 00. When did he turn up the time after that?

(a) 5 : 20 (b) 5 : 30 (c) 6 : 20 (d) 5 : 50

23. Which is odd man out in the following ?

(a) Bill Clinton (b) Dr. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam (c) Musharraf (d) Churchill

24. Which number will come in place of the question mark in the following ?

15 13 12 11 9 9 ?

(a) 8 (b) 7 (c) 6 (d) 10

25. There are 10 crows sitting on a branch. One is shot at with a gun and is killed. How
many are left on the branch ?

(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 9 (d) 0

26. Pick out the word from choices given below which goes with the three at the top:-

CRICKET TENNIS HOCKEY

(a) Bat (b) Ball (c) Referee (d) Racquet

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27. What continues the series:-

66, 77, 88, 99, ?

(a) 100 (b) 110 (c) 120 (d) 150

28. Find the last number in the series:-

12, 6, 18, 9, 26, 13, 36, 18, ?

(a) 46 (b) 42 (c) 44 (d) 48

29. If the word HYDERABAD is written as IZEFSBCBE in a code, how will AMRITSAR
be written in that code ?

(a) BNTHUTBS (b) BNSJUTBS (c) BLQHSRBT (d) CNSFUTBS.

30. Which one of the following is different from the others?

7, 13, 16, 23, 25, 32, 34, 43, 43,

(a) 32 (b) 13 (c) 23 (d) 34

31. Satish is the grandson of my father’s sister’s brother’s wife’s daughter. What is
the closest relationship to me that Satish could have ?

(a) Son (b) Cousin (c) Nephew (d) Father

32. Pick out the word that is different from the others in the following:-

(a) College (b) Factory (c) University (d) School.

33. Insert the missing letter:-

B F K O T ?

(a) U (b) W (c) X (d) Y

34. Insert the missing number:-

11 4 40
13 5 60
15 6 ?

(a) 65 (b) 70 (c) 75 (d) 84

35. If 8 ÷ 5 = 6425 9 ÷ 6 = 8136 Then 7 ÷ 7 = ?

(a) 4949 (b) 9494 (c) 1414 (d) 5230

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36. Insert the missing number:-

247 (393) 539

341 ( ? ) 467

(a) 399 (b) 425 (c) 541 (d) 404

37. Insert the missing number:-

35 (78) 44
45 (97) 34
25 (?) 42

(a) 66 (b) 56 (c) 67 (d) 71

38. If it is possible to make a meaningful word of the first three letters of the word
INTEGRAL, tick the first letter of that word, otherwise tick X:-

(a) N (b) T (c) I (d) X

39. If the first four letters of the word PERAMBULATOR are re-written in reverse order,
followed by next four in reverse and then followed by the last four in reverse order,
which letter will be tenth in the new arrangement ?

(a) U (b) L (c) O (d) A

40. In a certain code RETREAT is written as TRETREA. How is ADVANCE to be written in

that code?

(a) DAVANCE (b) DENVAAS (c) ECADVAN (d) EADVANC

41. Panna is older than Jamuna. Sita is older than Chanchal. Rita is not as old as Sita but is
older than Jamuna. Chanchal in not as old as Jamuna. Who is the youngest?

(a) Panna (b) Jamuna (c) Sita (d) Chanchal

42. Which one of the following is different from others?

(a) PEA (b) CARROT (c) POTATO (d) RADISH

43. Which one of the following is different from others?

(a) B.A.R.C (b) C.B.R.I. (c) C.R.R.I. (d) W.H.O.

44. Find the odd man out:-

(a) Maharashta. (b) Andhra Pradesh (c) Mizoram (d) Gujarat

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45. Spot the stranger:-

(a) Dhaka (b) Beijing (c) Tokyo (d) Washington

46. Spot the stranger:-

(a) Rabindra Nath Tagore (b) W. Wordsworth (c) John Keats (d) John Milton

47. Find the odd man out:-

(a) Ganga (b) Jamuna (c) Narmada (d) Tigris

48. If MOZART = 30 : PICASSO = 35, then REMBRANDT = ?

(a) 40 (b) 45 (c) 50 (d) 54

49. Insert the missing number:-

0 2 8 18 ?

(a) 32 (b) 34 (c) 28 (d) 30

50. Insert the missing number:-

NEAT = 40 PLEAD = 50 REPLETE = ?

(a) 60 (b) 70 (c) 80 (d) 90

51. Insert the missing word:-

FRILL (TOIL) ATONE

GRINS ( ----- ) ALONE

(a) COIL (b) SOIL (c) MOAN (d) LOIN

52. Which word in the lower line goes with all the words in the upper line ?
bud, phone, shot, drum, nest, ring,

Blow, Ear, Leg, Eye, Mole

(a) blow (b) ear (c) leg (d) eye (e) mole

53. If 8 × 4 = 24 6 × 6 = 33 2 × 6 = 31 4 × 6 = 32 2×8=?

(a) 41 (b) 14 (c) 18 (d) 25

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54. If ‘multiplied by’ means ‘divided by’, ‘minus’ means plus, ‘plus’ means multiplied by,
‘divided by’ means minus, then work out the following:-
20 + (30 × 10) ÷ 6 - 5

(a) 72 (b) 87 (c) 119 (d) 120 (e) 59

55. Which word in the lower line goes with all the words in the upper line ?

paddle, leg, fight, fish, days, star,

wolf, ape, dog, rich, water, hand,

(a) dog (b) hand (c) water (d) wolf

56. Which figure in the bottom row in the following goes with all those in the upper row ?

134, 341, 143, 107,

537, 265, 173, 260, 325, 405, 361,

(a) 325 (b) 173 (c) 537 (d) 260

57. Tick the pair which is different from others:-

(a) Start and finish (b) Hero and play

(c) Plan and cancel (d) Accept and reject

58. If the fourth of the month falls on the day before Sunday, what day will fall on the
eleventh of the month?

(a) Monday (b) Saturday (c) Tuesday (d) Friday

59. B is the father of C, but C is not the son of B. What is C to B ?

(a) Grandson (b) Brother (c) Son (d) None of these

60. Think of a single letter, which when suffixed to the following words, forms new
words:-

HAT BORN HID CAR

(a) S (b) E (c) Z (d) C

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