# IQ Contest, Daily, Weekly & Monthly IQ & Mathematics Competitions

#### Question No 1

With an increase of 10% of John's salary becomes 13300 . What was the salary before increase?

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Solution!
10% of 13300=13300*(10/100)
=13300*0.1
=1330
Salary before increase=13300-1330=11970
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#### Question No 2

Which of the following numbers is divisible by each one of 3, 7, 9 and 11 ?

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Solution!
639 is not divisible by 7
2079 is divisible by each of 3, 7, 9, 11.
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#### Question No 3

A+B means A is the son of B;
A-B means A is the wife of B;
AxB means A us the brother of B;
AÃ·B means A is the mother of B; and
A=B means A is the sister of B.

What does P=RÃ·Q means?

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Solution!
P=RÃ·Q means P is the sister of R who is the mother of Q i.e. P is the aunt of Q..

#### Question No 4

10 evacuator works 10 hour daily to remove 2500 cubic feet of Earth in 3 days. How many evacuator work 6 hour daily to remove 5000 cubic feet of Earth in 2 days?

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Solution!
Let x evacuator are required.
Evacuators are inversely proportional to hours and days are directly proportional to work progress
So,
X/10=(10/6)*(5000/2500)*(3/2)
=48
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#### Question No 5

Choose or find odd pair of words
(Chaff : Wheat) , (Grit : Pulses) , (Grain : Crop) , (Dregs : Wine)

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Solution!
In all other pairs, first is the waste obtained from the second
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#### Question No 6

In following questions, a sequence of groups of alphabets and numbers is provided with one term missing , Choose the missing term from options.     AB, DEF, HIJK, ?, STUVWX

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Solution!
The number of letters in the terms goes on increasing by 1 at each step. Each term consists  of letters in alphabetical order. The last letter of each term and the first letter of the next term are alternate..

#### Question No 7

In following question, a number series is given with one term missing. Choose correct alternative
1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, x , 54

#### Select the correct answer

Solution!
The numbers are alternatively multiplied by 2 and 3/2.
So, 1 X 2 = 2, 2 X 3/2 = 3,
3 X 2 = 6, 6 X 3/2 = 9,
so missing number = 18 X 3/2 = 27.

#### Question No 8

___, VEV, THR, RKN, RKN, PNJ, NQ
Find the missing?

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Solution!
There is three different series in group.
!st letter in each group with gap of 1 in reverse order.
2nd letter in each group with gap of 2.
#rd letter in each group with gap of 3 in reverse order.
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#### Question No 9

What comes next in the series C , G , E , I , G , K , ?

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Solution!
No explanation available for this question..

#### Question No 10

My sister is going to be on the cover of seventeen ______.

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Solution!
Magazine is correct..

#### Question No 11

B's mother is the only daughter of D's father. How is D related to C?

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Solution!
No explanation available for this question..

#### Question No 12

A soldier marches 13 km to west then turns right and marches 6 km, then turns right and marches 7 km, then turns left and walks 2 km. The total displacement will be:

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Solution!
No explanation available for this question..

#### Question No 13

In following number series, two terms have been put within brackets. Choose the appropriate option
Choose the appropriate option 4, 6, 10, (12), 16, (14), 22

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Solution!
The correct sequence is + 2, + 4, + 2, + 4,...
Clearly, the term 12 is correct.
But, 14 is wrong and must be replaced by (16 + 2) i.e. 18..

#### Question No 14

What comes next in the series 15 , 23 , 30 , 46 , 45 , ?

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Solution!
No explanation available for this question..

#### Question No 15

A train is travelling at a speed of 25 metre per second in what time you will it pass a man sitting on the platform if the length of train is 225 m?

Solution!
t=l/s
t=225/25
t=9 sec
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#### Question No 16

In following questions, one term in number series is incorrect.
Find out the incorrect number
2, 5, 10, 17, 26, 37, 50, 64

#### Select the correct answer

Solution!
The numbers are 12 + 1, 22 + 1, 32 + 1 and so on.
So, 64 is wrong.
The correct term is (82 + 1) i.e. 65..

#### Question No 17

Alice said to his brother Harry, "I am the mother of the child of your son Sid's friend Grim". Then Alice is ___ of Sid:

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Solution!
No explanation available for this question..

#### Question No 18

A can complete a work in 20 days. B can complete the same task in 15 days. B worked for 10 days and left the job. In how many days A alone can complete the work?

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Solution!
B:s 10 days work=(1/15)*10
=2/3
Remaining work=(1-2/3)=1/3
Now,1/20 work is done by A in 1 day.
Hence ,1/3 work is done by A in (20*1/3)=6.6
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3 + 2 - 4Ã·?+3=6

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Solution!
3 + 2 - 4Ã·2 + 3 = 6
3 + 2 - 2 + 3=6
3 + 3=6
6=6
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A bus always has

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Solution!
No explanation available for this question..

#### Question No 21

What comes next? A , J , X , H , U , F , ?

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Solution!
No explanation available for this question..

#### Question No 22

Beauty is to beautiful as Anger is to

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Solution!
No explanation available for this question..

#### Question No 23

A group of workers can do a piece of work in 24 days however as 6 of them were absent it took 30 days to complete the work how many people actually worked on the job to complete it?

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Solution!
Let X workers are required to complete the job.
As workers and days are inversely proportional to each other so
(X-6)/x=24/30
30x-180=24x
6x=180
X=30

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#### Question No 24

Choose or find odd letter group
NPM , IJL , QSZ , BHK , XGT

#### Select the correct answer

Solution!
No other group contains a vowel.
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#### Question No 25

A man has a daughter and a son. The son is is three years older than the daughter. In one year the man will be six time as old as the daughter is now. In ten years the man will be fourteen years older than the combined ages of his children at that time. what is the man's present age?

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Solution!
Let's the age of daughter=x
age f son = x+3
age of father now=6x-1
condition:
M+0={(S+D)+ 10}+14]
6x-1=[{(x+3)+10}+14]
4x=28
x=7
Father's age=(6x-7)-1=41
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#### Question No 26

Price of an article increases from $40,000 to$48,000. What is the percentage increase?

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Solution!
Increase in price=48000-40000=8000
% increase= (8000/48000)*100
=16%
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#### Question No 27

Idiom and phrases
To drive home

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Solution!
No answer description.

#### Question No 28

If a and b are odd numbers, then which of the following is even ?

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Solution!
The sum of two odd number is even. So, a + b is even.
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#### Question No 29

A batsman standing at Northern end of pitch plays cover strike. The fielder fields the ball and throws back to runners end. The direction of ball will be:

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Solution!
No explanation available for this question..

#### Question No 30

In following alphabet series , one term missing as shown by question mark . Choose missing term from options.
BF, CH, ?, HO, LT

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Solution!
The first letter of the first, second, third, .... terms are respectively moved one, two, three,... steps forward while the second letter are respectively moved two, three, four,... steps forward to  obtain the corresponding letters of the successive terms.
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