Sample MCQs on General Intelligence 6.

Which of the following is an example of a

deductive reasoning process?
1. Which of the following is the best o a) Generalizing from specific cases
example of logical reasoning? o b) Using facts to draw a conclusion
o a) Solving an equation o c) Using intuition to make a decision
o b) Memorizing a poem o d) Identifying trends from data
o c) Recalling a list of items
o d) Identifying a shape's color Answer: b) Using facts to draw a
conclusion
Answer: a) Solving an equation
7. In a certain code language, if "LATER"
2. Which sequence completes the pattern: 2, is written as "MTBSF", how would
6, 12, 20, ? "PAPER" be written?
o a) 25 o a) QBQFS
o b) 30 o b) QBTFS
o c) 36 o c) QBTGR
o d) 40 o d) QBRFS

Answer: b) 30 Answer: b) QBTFS

Explanation: The pattern increases by Explanation: Each letter is shifted by one
consecutive even numbers: 4, 6, 8, 10... position forward in the alphabet.

3. Which of the following words is most 8. Which of the following is the odd one
similar to "fluent"? out?
o a) Smooth o a) Square
o b) Rough o b) Circle
o c) Slow o c) Triangle
o d) Hesitant o d) Rectangle

Answer: a) Smooth Answer: b) Circle

Explanation: The other shapes all have
4. If all cats are animals and some animals straight edges.
are dogs, which of the following must be
true? 9. Which of the following is the next number
o a) Some cats are dogs in the series: 1, 1, 2, 6, 24, ?
o b) All cats are dogs o a) 48
o c) Some animals are cats o b) 120
o d) No cats are dogs o c) 96
o d) 72
Answer: c) Some animals are cats
Answer: b) 120
5. What comes next in this series? 5, 10, 20, Explanation: This is the factorial sequence:
40, ? 1!, 2!, 3!, 4!, 5! = 120.
o a) 50
o b) 60 10. If a clock shows 3:15, what is the angle
o c) 80 between the hour and minute hands?
o d) 100 o a) 90°
o b) 75°
Answer: c) 80 o c) 45°
Explanation: Each number doubles the o d) 30°
previous one.
 Answer: b) 75° o b) LISTEN
Explanation: The hour hand moves 0.5° per o c) LINTS
minute, so at 15 minutes past 3, the angle is o d) TINSEL
75°. The minute hand is at the 3 (15
minutes), and the hour hand is 7.5° ahead of Answer: b) LISTEN
3.
16. In a family of six members, A is the father
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E, and E is the son of B. How is A related
11. Which of the following numbers is to D?
divisible by both 2 and 3? o a) Father
o a) 28 o b) Brother
o b) 30 o c) Uncle
o c) 35 o d) Grandfather
o d) 40
Answer: b) Brother
Answer: b) 30
17. If the first two statements are true, is the
12. What comes next in this series? 3, 6, 12, final statement true?
24, ? All roses are flowers.
o a) 36 Some flowers are red.
o b) 48 Therefore, some roses are red.
o c) 50 o a) True
o d) 60 o b) False
o c) Uncertain
Answer: b) 48 o d) Not enough information
Explanation: Each number is doubled.
Answer: a) True
13. Which of the following words is opposite
in meaning to “generous”? 18. Which of the following numbers is a
o a) Stingy perfect square?
o b) Kind o a) 17
o c) Helpful o b) 20
o d) Benevolent o c) 25
o d) 30
Answer: a) Stingy
Answer: c) 25
14. Which figure completes the pattern?
(A picture pattern showing shapes, for 19. What is the next number in the series? 1,
example: a triangle, a square, a triangle, a 4, 9, 16, ?
square... What comes next?) o a) 18
o a) Triangle o b) 20
o b) Square o c) 25
o c) Circle o d) 30
o d) Rectangle
Answer: c) 25
Answer: a) Triangle Explanation: These are square numbers: 1²,
2², 3², 4², and so on.
15. If you rearrange the letters of the word
“LISENT,” which of the following words 20. Which word does NOT belong with the
can you form? others?
o a) SILENT o a) Cow
 o b) Dog 25. Which of the following is an example of
o c) Horse inductive reasoning?
o d) Apple o a) Using a formula to solve a
problem
Answer: d) Apple o b) Generalizing from specific
Explanation: All other options are animals, instances
while Apple is a fruit. o c) Testing a hypothesis in a lab
o d) Drawing conclusions from
21. In a certain code language, if observations
“MOTHER” is written as “NPUHSF,”
how would “FATHER” be written? Answer: b) Generalizing from specific
o a) GBUIFS instances
o b) GBUJFS
o c) GBVJFS 26. In a certain code, “GIRL” is written as
o d) GBUHFS “HJSM,” how would “BOY” be written?
o a) CPZ
Answer: a) GBUIFS o b) CPX
Explanation: Each letter is shifted by one o c) DQZ
position forward in the alphabet. o d) DQY

22. Which of the following figures is Answer: a) CPZ

symmetrical? Explanation: Each letter is shifted by one
o a) A rectangle position forward in the alphabet.
o b) A triangle
o c) A circle 27. Which of the following is the odd one
o d) A parallelogram out?
o a) Apple
Answer: c) A circle o b) Orange
o c) Banana
23. Which of the following is the next term in o d) Carrot
the series: 2, 5, 10, 17, 26, ?
o a) 35 Answer: d) Carrot
o b) 37 Explanation: All the others are fruits, while
o c) 36 carrot is a vegetable.
o d) 39
28. What is the total number of degrees in the
Answer: b) 37 interior angles of a quadrilateral?
Explanation: The difference between o a) 180°
consecutive numbers increases by 2: 3, 5, 7, o b) 360°
9... o c) 540°
o d) 720°
24. What is the next letter in the series: A, C,
E, G, ? Answer: b) 360°
o a) I
o b) H 29. Which of the following words is a
o c) J synonym for “content”?
o d) K o a) Displeased
o b) Happy
Answer: a) I o c) Satisfied
Explanation: The sequence moves in steps of o d) Angry
two letters: A → C → E → G → I.
Answer: c) Satisfied
 30. Which number should replace the o d) No parallelograms are squares
question mark in the series: 2, 6, 12, 20, ?
o a) 25 Answer: b) All squares are
o b) 30 parallelograms
o c) 35
o d) 40 35. What comes next in the series: 2, 5, 10,
17, 26, ?
Answer: b) 30 o a) 37
Explanation: The pattern increases by o b) 39
consecutive even numbers: 4, 6, 8, 10... o c) 40
o d) 41
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Answer: a) 37
31. What is the next number in the series: 1, Explanation: The difference between
4, 9, 16, 25, ? consecutive numbers increases by 2: 3, 5, 7,
o a) 36 9...
o b) 30
o c) 32 36. Which of the following is the next letter in
o d) 40 the series: Z, X, V, T, ?
o a) R
Answer: a) 36 o b) S
Explanation: These are square numbers: 1², o c) Q
2², 3², 4², 5², and so on. o d) P

32. Which of the following is the odd one Answer: a) R

out? Explanation: The pattern is alternating
o a) Apple letters backward by two positions: Z → X →
o b) Banana V → T → R.
o c) Carrot
o d) Mango 37. Which word is the odd one out?
o a) Ford
Answer: c) Carrot o b) Mercedes
Explanation: Carrot is a vegetable, while o c) Toyota
the others are fruits. o d) Ocean

33. Which number is the odd one out in the Answer: d) Ocean
sequence: 1, 4, 9, 16, 18, 25? Explanation: The first three are car brands,
o a) 9 while ocean is a natural entity.
o b) 16
o c) 18 38. If 4 workers can build a wall in 6 days,
o d) 25 how many days will 12 workers take to
build the same wall, assuming all work at
Answer: c) 18 the same rate?
Explanation: All others are perfect squares, o a) 2
while 18 is not. o b) 3
o c) 4
34. If all squares are rectangles and all o d) 6
rectangles are parallelograms, then which
of the following is true? Answer: b) 3
o a) All parallelograms are squares Explanation: The number of days is
o b) All squares are parallelograms inversely proportional to the number of
o c) Some rectangles are squares workers (12 workers will take 3 days).
39. Which of the following is the missing Answer: c) Circle
term in the sequence? 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, ? Explanation: The other shapes all have
o a) 18 straight edges.
o b) 20
o c) 21 44. Which of the following numbers is a
o d) 25 multiple of both 4 and 6?
o a) 10
Answer: c) 21 o b) 12
Explanation: The differences between o c) 14
consecutive terms are increasing by 1 each o d) 16
time: 2, 3, 4, 5...
Answer: b) 12
40. If the second day of the month is a
Sunday, what day of the week will the 45. If “BOOK” is coded as “CPPL,” what is
22nd be? the code for “PAPER”?
o a) Wednesday o a) QBSFS
o b) Friday o b) QBFSS
o c) Saturday o c) QBGRR
o d) Sunday o d) QBFSR

Answer: b) Friday Answer: a) QBSFS

Explanation: 22 is 20 days after the 2nd, so Explanation: Each letter is shifted forward
the day will be 20 days after Sunday, which by one position in the alphabet.
is Friday.
46. Which of the following figures represents
41. Which of the following is the correct an equilateral triangle?
analogy? o a) Triangle with all sides equal
Pen is to writing as spoon is to ? o b) Triangle with one side longer
o a) Eating o c) Triangle with two equal sides
o b) Cooking o d) Triangle with one angle of 90
o c) Serving degrees
o d) Stirring
Answer: a) Triangle with all sides equal
Answer: a) Eating
Explanation: A pen is used for writing, and 47. Which of the following numbers
a spoon is used for eating. completes the pattern: 7, 14, 28, 56, ?
o a) 70
42. Which of the following words is most o b) 112
similar to “obscure”? o c) 84
o a) Clear o d) 100
o b) Unclear
o c) Transparent Answer: b) 112
o d) Visible Explanation: The pattern doubles each
number: 7 × 2 = 14, 14 × 2 = 28, 28 × 2 =
Answer: b) Unclear 56, and so on.

43. Which of the following does NOT belong 48. Which of the following is the next term in
in the group? the series: 3, 6, 12, 24, ?
o a) Triangle o a) 30
o b) Square o b) 48
o c) Circle o c) 60
o d) Rectangle o d) 72
 Answer: b) 48
Explanation: Each number is doubled from
the previous one.

49. Which of the following shapes has four

equal sides and four right angles?
o a) Rectangle
o b) Square
o c) Rhombus
o d) Parallelogram

Answer: b) Square

50. Which of the following is the odd one

out?
o a) Dog
o b) Cat
o c) Elephant
o d) Tiger

Answer: c) Elephant
Explanation: The first three are small,
domesticated animals, while the elephant is
much larger and typically wild.