Mental Ability Questions IAS Exam

Provide me the Mental Ability Questions & Answers for the preparation of Indian Administrative Service IAS exam? If possible provide me it in a pdf file? Tell me the total number of questions and the total marks of the Mental Ability section in IAS exam?

Can you provide me some Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions for preparation of IAS (Indian Administrative Services) Examination as I will be giving the exam this time?

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Some Verbal Reasoning - Mental Ability Questions for preparation of IAS (Indian Administrative Services) Examination are as follows:

Q:
Arrange the words given below in a meaningful sequence.
1.Presentation 2.Recommendation 3. Arrival 4.Discussion 5.Introduction
A) 5, 3, 4, 1, 2 B) 3, 5, 4, 2, 1
C) 3, 5, 1, 4, 2 D) 5, 3, 1, 2, 4

Q:
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) Grandmother
C) Daughter D) Granddaughter

Q:
How many such pairs of digits are there in the number 421579368 each of which has as many digits between them in the number as when they are arranged in ascending order?
A) None B) One
C) Two D) Three

Q:
How many pairs of letters in the word 'CHAIRS' have as many letters between them in the word as in the alphabet?
A) 2 B) 3
C) 1 D) 4

Q:
How many 4's are there preceded by 7 but not followed by 3?
5 9 3 2 1 7 4 2 6 9 7 4 6 1 3 2 8 7 4 1 3 8 3 2 5 6 7 4 3 9 5 8 2 0 1 8 7 4 6 3
A) Four B) Three
C) Six D) Five

Q:
Seismography : Earthquake :: Taseometer : ?
A) Landslides B) Strains
C) Resistances D) Volcanoes

Q:
In a certain code language COMPUTER is written as RFUVQNPC. How will MEDICINE be written in that code language?
A) MFEDJJOE B) EOJDEJFM
C) MFEJDJOE D) EOJDJEFM

Q:
If South-East becomes North, North-East becomes West and so on. What will West become?
A) North-East B) North-West
C) South-East D) South-West

Q:
How many pairs of letters are there in the word " CASTRAPHONE" which have as many letters between them in the word as in the alphabet?
A) 3 B) 4
C) 5 D) 6

Q:
If you write down all the numbers from 1 to 100, then how many times do you write 3 ?
A) 11 B) 18
C) 20 D) 21

Q:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z .
Which letter in this alphabet is the eighth letter to the right of the letter and which is tenth letter to the left of the last but one letter of the alphabet?
A) X B) W
C) I D) H

Q:
In a row of boys, If A who is 10th from the left and B who is 9th from the right interchange their positions, A becomes 15th from the left. How many boys are there in the row ?
A) 23 B) 31
C) 27 D) 28

Q:
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 is Q's father B) S is P's mother
C) P is S's son D) Q is T's son

Q:
Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. which one does not belong to that group?
1. Tooth 2. Chin 3. Nose 4. Ear 5. Eye

Q:
How many meaningful English words can be formed with the letters ESRO using each letter only once in each word?
A) None B) One
C) Two D) Three

Q:
Two bus tickets from city A to B and three tickets from city A to C cost Rs. 77 but three tickets from city A to B and two tickets from city A to C cost Rs. 73. What are the fares for cities B and C from A ?
A) Rs. 4, Rs. 23 B) Rs. 13, Rs. 17
C) Rs. 15, Rs. 14 D) Rs. 17, Rs. 13

Q:
Find the missing number in the series?
4, 18, ?, 100, 180, 294, 448
A) 48 B) 50
C) 58 D) 60

Q:
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 related to the girl ?
A) Sister-in-law B) Mother
C) Aunt D) Can't be determined

Q:
Find the missing number in the following series?
3, 5, 5, 19, 7, 41, 9, ?
A) 71 B) 61
C) 79 D) 69

Q:
In a certain code language,
'134' means 'good and tasty';
'478' means 'see good pictures' and
'729' means 'pictures are faint'.
Which of the following digits stands for 'see'?
A) 9 B) 2
C) 1 D) 8

Q:
Pointing to a person, a man said to a woman, "His mother is the only daughter of your father." How was the woman related to the person ?
A) Aunt B) Mother
C) Wife D) Daughter

Q:
1, 2, 3, 10, ?, 9802
A) 99 B) 199
C) 299 D) 999

Q:
A girl introduced a boy as the son of' the daughter of the father of her uncle. The boy is girl's
A) Brother B) Son
C) Uncle D) Son-in-law

Q:
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 of F. There are two fathers, three brothers and a mother in the group. Who is the mother?
A) A B) B
C) C D) E