Mental Ability

In a family, there are six members A, B, C, D, E and F.  A and B are a married couple, A being the male member. D is the only son of C, who...

Arun said, "This girl is the wife of the grandson of my mother." Who is Arun to the girl ?  A) Father B) Grandfather C) Husband...

A family consists of six members P, Q, R, X, Y and Z. Q is the son of R but R is not mother of Q. P and R are a married couple. Y is the bro...

Rita told Mani, "The girl I met yesterday at the beach was the youngest daughter of the brother-in-law of my friend's mother."...

Q's mother is sister of P and daughter of M. S is daughter of P and sister of T.How is M related to T? A) Father B) Grandfather C) Gr...

Showing the man receiving the prize, Saroj said, "He is the brother of my uncle's daughter." Who is the man to Saroj ?  A) S...

Pointing to a man in a photograph, a woman said, "His brother's father is the only son of my grandfather." How is the woman re...

A family consists of six members P, Q, R, X, Y and Z. Q is the son of R but R is not mother of Q. P and R are a married couple. Y is the bro...

Pointing to a photograph, a lady tells Pramod, "I am the only daughter of this lady and her son is your maternal uncle." How is th...

A woman introduces a man as the son of the brother of her mother. How is the man, related to the woman ?  A) Nephew B) Son C) Cousin D) ...

Pointing out to a lady, a girl said, "She is the daughter-in-law of the grandmother of my father's only son." How is the lady ...

When Anuj saw Manish, he recalled, "He is the son of the father of my daughter." Who is Manish ?  A) Brother-in-law B) Brother ...

Pointing to an old man, Kailash said, "His son is my son's uncle." How is the old man related to Kailash ?  A) Brother B)...

P is the brother of Q and R. S is R's mother. T is P's father. Which of the following statements cannot be definitely true ?  A) T ...

There are six persons A. B, C, D, E and F. C is the sister of F. B is the brother of E's husband. D is the father of A and grandfather o...

There is a family of six persons A, B, C, D, E and F. They are Lawyer, Doctor, Teacher, Salesman, Engineer and Accountant There are two marr...

Pointing to a girl in the photograph, Amar said, "Her mother's brother is the only son of my mother's father." How is the ...

All the six members of a family A, B, C, D, E and F are travelling together. B is the son of C but C is not the mother of B. A and C are a m...

If Neena says, "Anita's father Raman is the only son of my father-in-law Mahipal", then how is Bindu, who is the sister of Ani...

A is B's sister. C is B's mother. D is C's father. E is D's mother. Then, how is A related to D? A) Grandfather B) Grandmo...

The average age of a family of 8 members is 23 years. If the age of the youngest  membe  be 7 years, then what was the average age of the fa...

If the average of 50 numbers is 38. If two numbers 45 and 55 are discarded, the average of the remaining number will be ?

The average of five consecutive numbers is n . If the next two numbers are also included, the average will . (a) increase by 1      (b) rem...

If the pice of sugar rises from Rs . 6 per kg to Rs . 7.50 per kg, a person, to have no increase in his expenditure on sugar, will have to r...

A district has 64000 inhabitants. If the population increases at the rate of 2 * 1/2 % per annum, then the number of inhabitants at the end ...

A bag contains 600 coins of 25 p denomination and 1200 coins of 50 p denomination. If 12% of 25 p coins and 24% of 50 p coins are removed, t...

In a City, 35% of the population is composed of migrants, 20% of whom are from rural areas. Of the local population, 48% is emale while this...

The sum of the number of boys and girls in a school is 150. if the number of boys is x, then the number of girls becomes x% of the total num...

A candidate scoring 25% in an examination fails by 30 marks , while another candidate scores 50 % mark, gets 20 marks more than the minimum ...

In some quantity of ghee, 60% is pure ghee and 40% is vanaspati. If 10 kg of pure ghee is added, then the strength of vanaspati ghee becomes...

Entry fee in an exhibition was Rs. 1. Later, this was reduced by 25% which increased the sale by 20%. The percentage increase in the number ...

In an election only two candidates contested 20% of the voters did not vote and 120 votes were declared as invalid. The winner got 200 votes...

If x is 80% of y, then what percent of 2x is y? A) 65.5 % B) 64.5 % C) 63.5 % D) 62.5 % Answer: D) 62.5 %  Explanation:  x = 80 % of ...

1100 boys and 700 girls are examined in a test; 42% of the boys and 30% of the girls pass. The percentage of the total who failed is : A) 5...

Of the 1000 inhabitants of a town, 60 % are males of whom 120 % are literate. If, of all the inhabitants,  25% are literate, then what perce...

What percent of 7.2 kg is 18 gms ? A) .25% B) .5% C) .75% D) 1% Answer: A) .25%  Explanation: Required percentage = (18/7200 * 100)%...

In a competitive examination in State A, 6% candidates got selected from the total appeared candidates. State B had an equal number of candi...

The population of a town was 1,60,000 three years ago, If it increased by 3%, 2.5% and 5% respectively in the last three years, then the pre...

if the price of a book is first decreased by 25% and then increased by 20%, then the net change in the price will be  :  A) 10 B) 20 C) 3...

Sujit runs at 6 km/hour and Rana at 8 km/hour .Rana catches Sujit in 9 minutes.What was the distance between sujit and Rana, when Rana star...

Walking at 5/4th of his usual speed, Mr Subramaniam his office 10 minute early .Find hid usual reaching time. (a) 20 min. (b) 12 1/2 min. ...

Ashok left mathura at 5 a.m. An hour and a half later Brijesh left Mathura, his speed bring 5 kmph higher than that of Ashok. At 9:30 p.m. o...

A person covers a certain distance on a train. If the train moved 6 km/hour faster, it would take 40 minutes less. If it moved 3 km/hour slo...

Without stoppages, a train travels a certain distance with an average speed of 90 km/hour, and with stoppages it cover the same distance wit...

Two trains are running at 40 km/hour and 20 km/hour respectively in the same direction . The faster train completely passes a man siting in ...

Two trains 121 metres long and 99 metres long are running in opposite direction with speeds of 40km/hour and 32 km/hour respectively . In wh...

A train during its course of journey from station A to station B,travels for 2 hours at 30 km.hour, for 3 hours at 40 km/hour and for 5 hour...

A cyclist covers a certain journey at 50 km/hour and returns at a speed of 60 km/hour. Find his average speed. Ans 1.

A railway passenger counts the telegraph posts in the railway track as he passes them. if they are 40 metres apart and the train is going at...

If 75% of a number is added to 75, then the result is the number itself. The number is : A) 100 B) 200 C) 300 D) 400 Answer: C) 300  E...

A student has to obtain 33% of the total marks to pass. He got 125 marks and failed by 40 marks. The maximum marks are : A) 500B) 600C) 800...

If 75% of a number is added to 75, then the result is the number itself. The number is : A) 100 B) 200 C) 300 D) 400 Answer: C) 300  E...

The ratio 5 : 4 expressed as a percent equals : A) 12.5 % B) 40 % C) 80 % D) 125 % Answer: D) 125 %  Explanation: 5 : 4 = 5/4 = ( (5/...

405 sweets were distributed equally among children in such a way that the number of sweets received by each child is 20% of the total number...

A student multiplied a number by 3/5 instead of 5/3, What is the percentage error in the calculation ? A) 54 % B) 64 % C) 74 % D) 84 % ...