Verbal Reasoning

Question: A pineapple costs Rs. 7 each. A watermelon costs Rs. 5 each. X spends Rs. 38 on these fruits. The number of pineapples purchased is
[A].

2

[B].

3

[C].

4

[D].

Data inadequate

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Question: A motorist knows four different routes from Bristol to Birmingham. From Birmingham to Sheffield he knows three different routes and from Sheffield to Carlisle he knows two different routes. How many routes does he know from Bristol to Carlisle ?
[A].

4

[B].

8

[C].

12

[D].

24

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Total number of routes from Bristol to Carlisle = (4 x 3 x 2) = 24.

Question: A placed three sheets with two carbons to get two extra copies of the original. Then he decided to get more carbon copies and folded the paper in such a way that the upper half of the sheets were on top of the lower half. Then he typed. How many carbon copies did he get?
[A].

1

[B].

2

[C].

3

[D].

4

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Since the number of carbons is 2, only two copies can be obtained.

Question: A student got twice as many sums wrong as he got right. If he attempted 48 sums in all, how many did he solve correctly ?
[A].

12

[B].

16

[C].

18

[D].

24

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Suppose the boy got x sums right and 2x sums wrong.

Then, x + 2x = 48 3x = 48 x = 16.

Question: At the end of a business conference the ten people present all shake hands with each other once. How many handshakes will there be altogether ?
[A].

20

[B].

45

[C].

55

[D].

90

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Clearly, total number of handshakes = (9+ 8 + 7 + 6 + 5 + 4 + 3 + 2+1) = 45.

Question: First bunch of bananas has (1/4) again as many bananas as a second bunch. If the second bunch has 3 bananas less than the first bunch, then the number of bananas in the first bunch is
[A].

9

[B].

10

[C].

12

[D].

15

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Question: Aruna cut a cake into two halves and cuts one half into smaller pieces of equal size. Each of the small pieces is twenty grams in weight. If she has seven pieces of the cake in all with her, how heavy was the original cake ?
[A].

120 grams

[B].

140 grams

[C].

240 grams

[D].

280 grams

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The seven pieces consist of 6 smaller equal pieces and one half cake piece.

Weight of each small piece = 20 g.

So, total weight of the cake = [2 x (20 x6)]g= 240 g.

Question: A group of 1200 persons consisting of captains and soldiers is travelling in a train. For every 15 soldiers there is one captain. The number of captains in the group is
[A].

85

[B].

80

[C].

75

[D].

70

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Clearly, out of every 16 persons, there is one captain. So, number of captains (1200/16) = 75.

Question: A man wears socks of two colours – Black and brown. He has altogether 20 black socks and 20 brown socks in a drawer. Supposing he has to take out the socks in the dark, how many must he take out to be sure that he has a matching pair ?
[A].

3

[B].

20

[C].

39

[D].

None of these

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Since there are socks of only two colours, so two out of any three socks must always be of the same colour.

Question: A bird shooter was askgd how many birds he had in the bag. He replied that there were all sparrows but six, all pigeons but six, and all ducks but six. How many birds he had in the bag in all?
[A].

9

[B].

18

[C].

27

[D].

36

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

There were all sparrows but six’ means that six birds were not sparrows but only pigeons and ducks.

Similarly, number of sparrows + number of ducks = 6 and number of sparrows + number of pigeons = 6.

This is possible when there are 3 sparrows, 3 pigeons and 3 ducks i.e. 9 birds in all.