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- Question
Optimist is to cheerful as pessimist is to
Options- A. gloomy
- B. mean
- C. petty
- D. helpful
- Correct Answer
- gloomy
ExplanationAn optimist is a person whose outlook is cheerful. A pessimist is a person whose outlook is gloomy. The answer is not (choice b) because a pessimist does not have to be mean. (Choices c) and d are incorrect because neither adjective describes the outlook of a pessimist. - 1. Statements: No bat is ball. No ball is wicket.
Conclusions:
- No bat is wicket.
- All wickets are bats.
Options- A. Only conclusion I follows
- B. Only conclusion II follows
- C. Either I or II follows
- D. Neither I nor II follows
- E. Both I and II follow Discuss
- 2. Reptile is to lizard as flower is to
Options- A. petal
- B. stem
- C. daisy
- D. alligator Discuss
- 3. By the time they reach adulthood, most people can perform many different activities involving motor skills. Motor skills involve such diverse tasks as riding a bicycle, threading a needle, and cooking a dinner. What all these activities have in common is their dependence on precision and timing of muscular movement.
This paragraph best supports the statement that
Options- A. most adults have not refined their motor skills.
- B. all adults know how to ride a bicycle.
- C. refined motor skills are specifically limited to adults.
- D. children perform fewer fine motor activities in a day than adults do.
- E. threading a needle is a precise motor skill. Discuss
- 4. Four defensive football players are chasing the opposing wide receiver, who has the ball. Calvin is directly behind the ball carrier. Jenkins and Burton are side by side behind Calvin. Zeller is behind Jenkins and Burton. Calvin tries for the tackle but misses and falls. Burton trips. Which defensive player tackles the receiver?
Options- A. Burton
- B. Zeller
- C. Jenkins
- D. Calvin Discuss
- 5. SIAMESE : CAT
Options- A. type : breed
- B. dog : puppy
- C. mark : spot
- D. romaine : lettuce
- E. collar : leash Discuss
- 6. Look at this series: 22, 21, 23, 22, 24, 23, ... What number should come next?
Options- A. 22
- B. 24
- C. 25
- D. 26 Discuss
- 7. In the Maple Hill school district, a Five-Day Suspension occurs when a student is not permitted to attend school for five days for (1) physically assaulting another student, a teacher, or a school employee or (2) willfully destructing or defacing school property. Which situation below is the best example of a Five-Day Suspension?
Options- A. Lillian gets caught cheating on a math test for the second time and is suspended from school.
- B. Marc is asked to leave the classroom due to his constant disruptions.
- C. Franny uses spray paint to write derogatory comments on the locker room wall and she is given a suspension.
- D. Ms. Farmer tells her class that students who fail the midterm exam will be expected to stay after school for tutoring help. Discuss
- 8. 84 78 72 66 60 54 48
Options- A. 44 34
- B. 42 36
- C. 42 32
- D. 40 34
- E. 38 32 Discuss
- 9. Statement: An advertisement: "Our shoes are for the rich."
Assumptions:
- Many people like to be labelled as rich.
- One can't become rich unless one has that brand of shoes.
Options- A. Only assumption I is implicit
- B. Only assumption II is implicit
- C. Either I or II is implicit
- D. Neither I nor II is implicit
- E. Both I and II are implicit Discuss
- 10. Statements: Some pastries are toffees. All toffees are chocolates.
Conclusions:
- Some chocolates are toffees.
- Some toffees are not pastries.
Options- A. Only conclusion I follows
- B. Only conclusion II follows
- C. Either I or II follows
- D. Neither I nor II follows
- E. Both I and II follow Discuss
More questions
Correct Answer: Neither I nor II follows
Explanation:
Since both the premises are negative, no definite conclusion follows.
Correct Answer: daisy
Explanation:
A lizard is a type of reptile; a daisy is a type of flower. Choices a and b are incorrect because a petal and a stem are parts of a flower, not types of flowers. (Choice d) is incorrect because an alligator is another type of reptile, not a type of flower.
Correct Answer: threading a needle is a precise motor skill.
Explanation:
The second sentence states that threading a needle involves motor skill. The other choices are not in the paragraph.
Correct Answer: Jenkins
Explanation:
After all the switching was done, Jenkins was directly behind the receiver. Calvin and Burton had fallen. Zeller remained in the rear.
Correct Answer: romaine : lettuce
Explanation:
Siamese is a kind of cat; romaine is a kind of lettuce.
Correct Answer: 25
Explanation:
In this simple alternating subtraction and addition series; 1 is subtracted, then 2 is added, and so on.
Correct Answer: Franny uses spray paint to write derogatory comments on the locker room wall and she is given a suspension.
Explanation:
Although choices a and c both describe suspensions, only choice c describes a suspension that is the result of one of the two scenarios given in the definition of a five-day suspension (physical assault or destructing or defacing school property). Therefore, we can assume that Franny's suspension, which is the result of spray painting school property, will be a five-day suspension. Since the definition doesn't provide any information about suspensions for cheating, we can assume that Lillian's suspension does not fall into the five-day suspension category.
Correct Answer: 42 36
Explanation:
In this simple subtraction series, each number is 6 less than the previous number.
Correct Answer: Only assumption I is implicit
Explanation:
The statement stresses on the point that this particular brand of shoes is worn by affluent and upper-class people as they are good-quality shoes. And an advertisement highlights the feature which most people desire. So, I is implicit. But it doesn't mean that one has to have those shoes to be called 'rich'. So, II is not implicit.
Correct Answer: Only conclusion I follows
Explanation:
Since one premise is particular, the conclusion must be particular and should not contain the middle term. Thus, it follows that 'Some pastries are chocolates', I is the converse of the second premise and so it holds. Since both the premises are affirmative, the conclusion cannot be negative. Thus, II does not follow.
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