Mental ability test for BCS and other competitive exam

Mental Ability/IQ Test for BCS, Bangladesh Bank, Private Bank and other competitive exam for job…..

With  help of the following image, answer the corresponding question: 

1. Which diagram results from folding the diagram on the left?

Correct answer: A

  

2. Which figure is the odd one out?

 Correct answer: D

3.  Which of the cubes is the same as the unfolded cube below?

   

Correct answer: A

4.  Pick the piece that's missing from the diagram below

   

Correct answer: A

5.  Which one of the Rubik's cube below can be part of the sequence?

   

Correct answer: C

6. Which of the following figures is the odd one out?

Correct answer: A

7.Which of the following figures is the odd one out?

Correct answer: C

 8. Find the picture that follows logically from the diagrams to the right.

Correct answer: A

9. Which number should replace the question mark?

8 5 21

35 32 12

32 28 31

4 ? 28

A. 3

B. -2

C. -6

D. 48

Correct answer: C

(For each row subtract the second column from the first column. The result is equal to the sum of the digits in the last column.)

10. How many four sided shapes does this diagram have?

A. 5-10

B. 11-15

C. 16-20

D. 21-25

E. 26-30

Correct answer: E

11. Find the picture that follows logically from the diagrams to the right.

Correct answer: C

12. Please enter the missing figure: 4, 5, 8, 17, 44,

A. 80

B. 125

C. 112

D. 60

E. 84

Correct answer: B

Explanation: The difference between the numbers follows the series 1,3,9,27,81

13. Please enter the missing figure: 13, 57, 911, 1315, 1719

A. 2123

B. 1879

C. 3002

D. 5004

E. 1784

Correct answer: A

Explanation: All odd numbers beginning from one, in a series.

Also: Starting with 13, add 4 to each digit separately, and continue adding 4 to the result.

14. The day before the day before yesterday is three days after Saturday. What day is it today?

A. Monday

B. Tuesday

C. Wednesday

D. Thursday

E. Friday

Correct answer: E

15. Which of the diagrams follows?

Correct answer: A

Explanation: All the characters are letters back to back (C,D,E,F)

16. At the end of a banquet 10 people shake hands with each other. How many handshakes will there be in total?

A. 100

B. 20

C. 45

D. 50

E. 90

Correct answer: C

17. Select the number that best completes the analogy

10 : 6 :: 3 : ?

A. 2

B. 1

C. -1

D. 12

E. 4

Correct answer: -1

18. Which number should come next in this series?

3,5,8,13,21,

A. 4

B. 21

C. 31

D. 34

Correct answer: D

Explanation: 3+5=8, 5+8=13 and so on.

 19. 165135 is to peace as 1215225 is to

A. lead

B. love 

C. loop 

D. castle

Correct answer: love

 20. Which number should replace the question mark?

17 8 5 5

13 7 5 4

6 12 6 3

10 6 4 ?

A. 4

B. 5

C. 6

D. 7

Correct answer: A

(For each row the sum of the first two columns is equal to the multiple of the last two columns)

21. Which number should come next in the series

1, 3, 6, 10, 15,

A. 8

B. 11 

C. 24 

D. 21

E. 27

Correct answer: 21

22. Library is to book as book is to

Binding Copy Page Cover

A. page

B. copy 

C. binding 

D. cover

Correct answer: page

23. Which number should come next in this series?

25,24,22,19,15

A. 4

B. 5

C. 10

D. 14

Correct answer: C

Explanation: The pattern decreases progressively: -1, -2, -3, -4, -5

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Mental ability test for BCS and other competitive exam

Mental ability test for BCS and other competitive exam 

1. The position of how many digits will remain the same if the digits in the ,number 2567394 are rearranged in ascending order from left to right?

Answer :One

2.  Ravi cycles 3 km towards the east and takes the first right turn and cycles for another 5km to point A. From point A he takes a left turn and cycles 7 km to point B, after covering another 4 km he rests for a while. How much distance has Ravi covered from point A till the time he stops ?

Answer :11 km

3. Five-sixth of a number is 720. What will 45% of that number be?

Answer :388.8

4. Vishakha spent Tk. 68,357’ on the renovation for her home, Rs.25,675 on buying music system and the remaining 28% of the total amount she had as cash with her. What was the total amount?

Answer :Rs. 1,30,600

5. The ages of Sulekha and Arunima are in the ratio of 9 : 8 respectively. After 5 years the ratio of their ages will be 10 : 9. What is the difference in years between their ages ?

Answer :5 years

6. 42 women can do a piece of work in 18 days. How many women would be required to do the same work in 21 days?

Answer :36

7. Statements: All sharks are fishes. Some fishes are birds. All birds are trees. All trees are insects.

Conclusions:
I. Some insects are sharks.
II. Some sharks are trees.
III. All insects are birds.
IV. Some birds are sharks.

Answer :None follows

8. Statements: All tables are round. Some hills are round. Some rivers are hills. All rivers are conical.
Conclusions:
I. Some rivers are round.
II. Some hills are conical.
III. Some rivers are both hills and round.
IV. Some tables are conical.

Answer :Only II follows

9. Statements: Some buildings are rivers. Some mountains are both buildings and rivers. Some roads are buildings. All roads are trucks.
Conclusions:
I. Some mountains are roads.
II. Some buildings are trucks.
III. Some rivers are roads.
IV.Some trucks are rivers.

Answer :Only II follows

10. Statements: All books are diaries. Some diaries are pens. Some pens are drawers. All drawers are chairs.
Conclusions:
I. Some drawers are diaries.
II. Some chairs are pens.
III. Some pens are books.
IV. Some diaries are books.

Answer :Only II and IV follow

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Mental ability test for BCS and other competitive exam

Mental ability test for BCS and other competitive exam

1. Identify the mismatched pair?

Answer :Bank rate - 8%

2. In the question, the symbols *, @, #, & and % are used with the following meaning as illustrated below:
'A @ B' means 'A is greater than B'.
'A% B' means 'A is equal to B'.
'A# B' mean 'A is either equal to or smaller than B'.
'A & B' means 'A is either equal to or greater than B'.
'A * B' means 'A is smaller than B'.
Now in the question assuming the given statements to be true, find which of the two conclusions I and II given below them is / are definitely true?
Statements :
P & T, T * R, R # B
Conclusions :
I.  P @ T
II. B & T

Answer :if neither Conclusion I nor II is ture.

3. In the question, the symbols *, @, #, & and % are used with the following meaning as illustrated below:
'A @ B' means 'A is greater than B'.
'A% B' means 'A is equal to B'.
'A# B' mean 'A is either equal to or smaller than B'.
'A & B' means 'A is either equal to or greater than B'.
'A * B' means 'A is smaller than B'.
Now in the question assuming the given statements to be true, find which of the two conclusions I and II given below them is / are definitely true?
Statements :
M & F, F * C, C % K
Conclusions :
I. M @ C
II. F * K

Answer :if only Conclusion II is true.

4. In the question, the symbols *, @, #, & and % are used with the following meaning as illustrated below:
'A @ B' means 'A is greater than B'.
'A% B' means 'A is equal to B'.
'A# B' mean 'A is either equal to or smaller than B'.
'A & B' means 'A is either equal to or greater than B'.
'A * B' means 'A is smaller than B'.
Now in the question assuming the given statements to be true, find which of the two conclusions I and II given below them is / are definitely true?
Statements :
R & P, P*K, K*F
Conclusions :
I. R @ F
II. P * F

Answer :if only Conclusion II is true.

5. In the question, the symbols *, @, #, & and % are used with the following meaning as illustrated below:
'A @ B' means 'A is greater than B'.
'A% B' means 'A is equal to B'.
'A# B' mean 'A is either equal to or smaller than B'.
'A & B' means 'A is either equal to or greater than B'.
'A * B' means 'A is smaller than B'.
Now in the question assuming the given statements to be true, find which of the two conclusions I and II given below them is / are definitely true?
Statements :
Q @ F, F % C, N * C
Conclusions :
l. Q @ C
II. F * N

Answer :if only Conclusion I is true.

6. In the question, the symbols *, @, #, & and % are used with the following meaning as illustrated below:
'A @ B' means 'A is greater than B'.
'A% B' means 'A is equal to B'.
'A# B' mean 'A is either equal to or smaller than B'.
'A & B' means 'A is either equal to or greater than B'.
'A * B' means 'A is smaller than B'.
Now in the question assuming the given statements to be true, find which of the two conclusions I and II given below them is / are definitely true?
Statements:
S % A, A & D, D * J
Conclusions :
I. D # S
ll. A * J

Answer :if only Conclusion I is true.

7. In the questions below are given three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the statements disregarding commonly known facts.
Statements :
All colleges are institutions.
Some institutions are buildings.
Some buildings are colleges.
Conclusions :
I. Some institutions are both colleges and buildings.
II. No college is a building.

Answer :if only conclusion I follows.

8. In the questions below are given three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the statements disregarding commonly known facts.
Statements :
All computers are machines.
All machines are expensive.
All expensive are scanners.
Conclusions :
I. At least some scanners are
machines.
II. Some computers are not expensive.

Answer :if only conclusion I follows

9. In the questions below are given three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the statements disregarding commonly known facts.
Statements:
All journeys are distances.
Some distances are not journeys~
Some journeys are vacations.
Conditions:
I. Some distances are vacations.
II. Some vacations are not journeys.

Answer :if only conclusion I follows.

10. In the questions below are given three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the statements disregarding commonly known facts.
Statements :
All pebbles are stone.
No stone is a diamond.
Some pre Cious are diamonds.
Conclusions:
I. Some pebbles are diamonds.
II. Some stones are precious

Answer :if neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows.

11. In the questions below are given three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the statements disregarding commonly known facts.
Statements :
Some drawings are paintings.
All drawings are sketches.
Some sketches are interesting.
Conclusions :
I. All paintings are sketches.
II. Some interesting are drawings

Answer :if neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows

12. 'AB'is related to 'EF' in the same way as 'IJ' is related to ____

Answer :MN

13. If each of the vowels in the word HONESTLY is changed to the next letter in the English alphabetical series and each consonant is changed to the previous letter in the English alphabetical and then the alphabets so formed are arranged in alphabetical order from left to right, the positions of how many of the following alphabets will remain, unchanged? (ti•om that of before arranging in alphabetical order)

Answer :One

14. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word INTRUDE each of which has as many letters between. them in the word (in both forward and backward directions) as they have between them in the English alphabetical order?

Answer :Two

15. How many meaningful English words can be made from the lettes IRA, using each Jetter only once in each word?

Answer :One

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Mental ability test for BCS and other competitive exam

Mental ability test for BCS and other competitive exam 

1.  A rectangular carpet has an area of 120 sq meters and a perimeter of 46 meters. The length of its diagonal (in meters) is:

Answer :17

2. A well with 14 m inside diameter is dug 10 m deep. Earth taken out of it, has been evenly spread all around it to a width of 21m to form an embankment. The height (in meters) of the embankment is:

Answer :2/3

3. Study the information carefully and answer the given question.
Eight friends A. B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a circular table facing the centre and are equidistant from each other. D sits exactly between E and H. A is third to the left of G, and G sits opposite F'. E Is third to the left of C.
ln which of the following pairs, is the first person sitting; to the immediate left of the second person?

Answer :HD

4. A merchant has 1000 kg of sugar, part of which he sells at 8% profit and the rest at 18% profit. He gains 14% on the whole. The quantity (in kg.) sold at 18% profit is:

Answer :600

5. River is running at 2 kmph. It took a man twice as long to row up asto row down the river. The rate (in km/hr) of the man in still water is:

Answer :6

6. A train B speeding with 120 kmph crosses another train C running in the same direction, in 2 minutes. If the lengths of the trains B and C be 100 m and 200 m respectively, what is the speed (in kmph) of the train C?

Answer :111

7. A, B, C and D live in a building having 14 floors, A lives two floors above B. C lives on the 14th floor immediately above A. D neither lives immediately above nor immediately below B. The first 7 floors of the building are vacant. On which of the following floor does D live?

Answer :Cannot be determined

8.  If 9 men working 71/2 hours a day can finish a piece of work in 20days, then how many days will be taken by 12 men, working 6 hours a day to finish the work? It is being given that 2 men of latter type work as much as 3 men of the former type?

Answer :121/2

9. Rs. 600 are divided among A, B, C so that Tk. 40 more than 2/5 th of A’s share, Tk. 20 more that 2/7 th of B’s share and Tk. 10 more than 9/17 th of C’s may all be equal. What is A’s share (in Rupees)?

Answer :150

10.  On a Tk. 10, 000 payment order, a person has choice between 3successive discounts of 10%, 10% and 30% and 3 successive discounts of 40%, 5% and 5%. By choosing the better one he can save (in Rupees):

Answer :255

11.  A man’s basic pay for a 40 hours’ week is Tk. 200. Overtimes is paid at 25% above the basic rate. In a certain week, he worked overtime and his total was Tk. 300. He therefore, worked for a total of (in hours):

Answer :56

12. Three years ago the average age of A and B was 18 years. While Cjoining them now, the average becomes 22 years. How old (in years) is C now?

Answer :24

13. The mean temperature of Monday to Wednesday was 370C and of Tuesday to Thursday was 340C, if the temperature on Thursday was 4/5th that of Monday, then what was the temperature on Thursday?

Answer :360C

14. The square root of 3 + “5 is :

Answer :?����?�(5/2) + ?����?�(1/2)

15. An employee may claim Tk. 7.00 for each km when he travels by taxi and Tk. 6.00 for each km if he drives his own car. If in one week he claimed Tk. 595 for traveling km. How many kms did he travel by taxi?

Answer :55

16. If 1.5 x= 0.04 y, then the value of (y-x) (y+x) is:

Answer :73/77

17. In a division sum, the divisor is 10 times the quotient and 5 times the remainder. If the remainder is 46, the dividend is:

 Answer :5336

18. Among the numbers given below which one is mono -digital:

Answer :9

19. Point P is 10 m to the West of Point A. Point B is 2m to the South of Point P. Point Q is 6m to the East of Point B.
Point C is 2m to the North of Point Q. Which of the following three points fall in a straight line?

Answer :A,C,P

20. Study the following information carefully to answer these questions.
J, K, H, R, F, L, N and Q are sitting around a circular table facing the center. H is third to the left of L who is to the immediate right of K. R is third to the left of N but is not a neighbor of H or L.  is second to the right of Q.
 Who is second to the left of N?

Answer :J

21.  What should come in the place of question mark (?) in the number series given below?
25, 34, 52, 79, 115,?

Answer :160

22. Area of a triangle 20m. length and 15m. breadth

Answer :300sq.m

23.  A bus of length 10 m is overtaking another bus of the same length. If their speeds are 12m/s and 8m/s, how much time would be taken for overtaking ?

 Answer :5 sec

24. A vegetable-fruit merchant purchased 200 boxes of apples at the rate 5 boxes for Rs.40 and sold all the apples at the rate 4 boxes for Rs.50. Percentage of his profit is ?

Answer :56.25%

25. The sum of the ages of a father and son is 52. The difference their ages is 28, then the age of the father is ?

Answer :40

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Mental ability test for BCS and other competitive exam

Mental ability test for BCS and other competitive exam 

1.  Study the information carefully and answer the given question.

Eight friends A. B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a circular table facing the centre and are equidistant from each other. D sits exactly between E and H. A is third to the left of G, and G sits opposite F'. E Is third to the left of C.

What is the position of F with respect to B in the above arrangement?

Answer :Third to the left

2. Study the information carefully and answer the given question.

Eight friends A. B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a circular table facing the centre and are equidistant from each other. D sits exactly between E and H. A is third to the left of G, and G sits opposite F'. E Is third to the left of C.

If B : D then C : ? 

Answer :H

3. A sum of money becomes Tk. 13, 380 after 3 years and Tk. 20, 070after 6 years on compound interest. The sum (in Rupees) is:

Answer :8920

4. Study the information carefully and answer the given question.

Eight friends A. B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a circular table facing the centre and are equidistant from each other. D sits exactly between E and H. A is third to the left of G, and G sits opposite F'. E Is third to the left of C.

Who sits second to the left of C?

Answer :F

5. Study the information carefully and answer the given question. 

Eight friends A. B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a circular table facing the centre and are equidistant from each other. D sits exactly between E and H. A is third to the left of G, and G sits opposite F'. E Is third to the left of C.

How many people sit between E and B when counted in an anti clockwise direction from B?

Answer :Three

6. If it is possible to make only one meaningful word with the second, third, eighth and ninth letters of the word ABDUCTION, which of the follovvlng.would be the second letter of that word from the left end? If no such word

can be made, give 'A' as your answer and if more than one such word can be formed, give your answer as 'Z'.?

Answer :O

7. Three pipes A, B and C can fill a cistern in 6 hours. After workingat it together for 2 hours, C is closed and A and B can fill the remaining part in 7 hours. The number of hours taken by C alone to fill the cistern is:

Answer :14

8. If A means'+', B means :x•, C means •-• and D means '/' then

12 B 8 C 6 D 2 A 4 = ?

Answer :97

9. The product of two consecutive even numbers is 9408.Which is the greater of the two numbers?

Answer :98

10. In a certain code DENIAL is written as MDCMBJ. How is SOURCE written in that code?

Answer :TNRFDS

11. Who Wrote ' War and Peace ' ?

Answer :Leo Tolstoy

12.John buys an electric iron with 'ISI mark and Ravi buys the same type without 'ISI mark. Savithri purchases oil with 'AG' mark and Sumithra purchases oil without AGMARK. If "ISI" mark and 'AG' marks a

Answer :John and Savitri

13. Find out the meaning of the word which is not match

Answer :Banker -One who predicts future

14. Judge : Justice : Censor: ?

Answer :Entertainment

15. Find the odd one out

Answer :Colors

16. If 4th day of the month, falls two days after Monday, 19th of the month will be

Answer :Thursday

17. Drama : Director :: Team : ?

Answer :Captain

18. The first Asian Games were held in

Answer :New Delhi

19. With reference to the history of philosophical thought in India, consider the following statements regarding Sankhya school :

1. Sankhya does not accept the theory of rebirth or transmigration of soul.

2. Sankhya holds that it is the self – knowledge the leads to liberation and not any

exterior influence or agent.

Which of the statements given above is / are correct?

Answer :Neither 1 nor 2

20.  ?/144= 49 /?

Answer :84

In the question 21 to 24, the symbols $, @, #, Ú and % are used with the following meaning as illustrated below:

'A @ B' means 'A is greater than B'.

'A% B' means 'A is equal to B'.

'A# B' mean 'A is either equal to or smaller than B'.

'A $ B' means 'A is either equal to or greater than B'.

'A Ú B' means 'A is smaller than B'.

21. Statements:

 H @ I, I # L, L ÚA, A $ Q

Conclusions:

I.A@I

II.HÚL

III.Q # H

Answer :Only I is true

22. Statements:

JÚE, D @ E, E $ K, K © T

Conclusions:

I.J $ D

II.JÚD

III.E $ T

Answer :Only II & III are true

23.  Statements:

T @ V, V # Q, Q © L, L ÚM

Conclusions:

I.M @ Q

II.T @ L

III.T # L

Answer :Only III is true

24.  Statements:

L @ M, M ÚP, M # D, D $ F

Conclusions :

I.L @ P

II.P @ D

III. © F

 Answer :None of these

25. A train B speeding with 120 kmph crosses another train C running in the same direction, in 2 minutes. If the lengths of the trains B and C be 100 m and 200 m respectively, what is the speed (in kmph) of the train C?

51Kmph

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