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

#### Question No 1

Lion is to Mane as Man is to:

Solution!
No explanation available for this question..

#### Question No 2

In alphabet series, some alphabets are missing which are given in that order as one of the alternatives below it. Choose the correct alternative.
adb _ ac _ da _ cddcb _ dbc _ cbda

Solution!
The series is adbc acbd abcd dcba dbca cbda.
Thus, the letters equidistant from the beginning and the end of series are the same.
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#### Question No 3

A family consists of six member's P, Q, R, S, T and U. There are two married couples. Q is a doctor and the father of T. U is grandfather of R and is a contractor. S is grandmother of T and is a housewife. There is one doctor, one contractor, one nurse, one housewife and two students in the family. What is the profession of P?

Solution!
Q, the doctor,is the father of T. S, the housewife, is the grandmother of T and hence the mother of W. Since there are only two married couples one being that of Q, the grandfather of R i.e. U must be married of S. Thus, R and T will be both children of Q and these must be the students. So, P, who remains, shall be the wife of Q and she alone can be the nurse. Thus, U must be the contractor. P is the nurse..

#### Question No 4

A + B means A is the father of B ;
A - B means A is the wife of B ;
A x B means A is the brother of B ;
A Ã· B means A is the daughter of B.
If P x R + Q, which of the following is true?

Solution!
Option (A)
P x R + Q means P is the brother of R who is the father of Q i.e. P is the uncle of Q

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#### Question No 5

Value of house decreases from $50,000 to$45,000. What is percentage decrease of value?

Solution!
Decrease in value=50,000-45,000=5000
Percentage decrease=(5000/50000)*100
=10%
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#### Question No 6

Which is the heaviest of the following?

Solution!
No explanation available for this question..

#### Question No 7

Pick the odd one out

Solution!
No explanation available for this question..

#### Question No 8

Look at this series: 21, 9, 21, 11, 21, 13, . . .
What number should come next?

Solution!
In this alternating repetition series, the random number 21 is interpolated every other number into an otherwise simple addition series that increases by 2, beginning with the number 9.
In this Series 21 is common random number.
9 + 2 = 11
21 is next common number.
11 + 2 = 13
21 is next common number.
13 + 2 = 15.
21 is next common number.

#### Question No 9

If 15 machines produce maximum 9kg cheese then 14 kg cheese can be produce by how many machines:

Solution!
No explanation available for this question..

#### Question No 10

Peter's mother has only one brother John. Peter is married with the daughter of his maternal uncle. John is ______ of Peter's wife?

Solution!
No explanation available for this question..

#### Question No 11

Pool: loop:: lap:_____

Solution!
Pool is loop spelled backwards, and lap is Pal in reverse..

#### Question No 12

In following question, A number series is given with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative
9 , 12 , 11 , 14 , 13 , x , 15

Solution!
Alternately we add 3 and subtract 1. Thus,
9 + 3 = 12, 12 - 1 = 11, 11 + 3 = 14
and so on. Missing number = 13 + 3 = 16..

#### Question No 13

Find the odd man out.

Solution!
No explanation available for this question..

#### Question No 14

Choose the term which will continue the following series:
P 3 C, R 5 F, T 8 I, V 12 L, ?

Solution!
Clearly, the first letters of the terms are alternate.
The sequence followed by the numbers is + 2, + 3, + 4, ... .
The last letter of each term is three steps ahead of the last letter of the preceding term.
Thus, the next term would be X 17 0..

#### Question No 15

Idiom and phrases
In the teeth of

Solution!

#### Question No 16

susan is 3 years older than Tom. 2 years ago Susan was twice as old as Tom. Find the present age of Susan.

Solution!
let's
t = x
S= x + 3
given condition
2(x - 2) = X + 3 - 2
x - 4 = x + 1
x = 5
Tom = 5
Susan= 8
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#### Question No 17

In following questions, one term in number series is incorrect.
Find out the incorrect number
1, 3, 10, 21, 64, 129, 256, 778

Solution!
The sequnece is * 2 + 1, * 3 + 1, * 2 + 1, * 3 + 1,...
So, 256 is wrong and must be replaced by (129 * 2 + 1) i.e. 259..

#### Question No 18

Find the odd man out after rearranging the jumbled spelling of the following words

Solution!
No explanation available for this question..

#### Question No 19

XWV, TSR, PON, KLJ, HGF...?
What's next?

Solution!
In reverse series skip 1 alphabet after consecutive 3 Alphabets. .

#### Question No 20

Find the average speed if you travel 4 kilometre in 2 hours?

Solution!
S=D/T
S=4/2
S=2 km/hr
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#### Question No 21

4, 9, 16, 25, 26, 36...
Which one is odd?

Solution!
All numbers are square except 27..

#### Question No 22

A +  B means  A is the father of  B.
A -B means A is the wife of B.
A Ã—B means A is the brother of B.
A Ã·B means  A is the daughter of B.
If  P Ã·R + S + Q , which of the following is true?

Solution!
PÃ·R+S+Q means P is the daughter of R who is the father of S who is the father of Q i.e.P is the sister of the father (S) of Q i.e. P is the aunt of Q..

#### Question No 23

The ratio of two brothers John and Harry is 4 / 5. However if the age of John before 10 years and that of Harry after 10 years then the original ratio is reversed. What is the age of John?

Solution!
John age is = a and harry= b
given that a /b = 5 / 4
4a= 5 b
4a - 5b= 0.... Equation 1
and also given that a - 10 / b + 10 = 4 / 5
5 a- 50 = 4 b + 40
5a - 4 b = 90.... Equation 2
by solving both equation
a = 50
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#### Question No 24

Choose or find odd pair of words
(Fish : Pisciculture) , (Birds : Horticulture) , (Bees : Apiculture) , (Silkworm : Sericulture)

Solution!
In all other pairs, second is the name given to artificial rearing of the first.

#### Question No 25

Choose the word that has same or nearly the same meaning of banish.

Solution!
Two penis means to condemn to removal or to exile..

#### Question No 26

Look at this series: 201, 202, 204, 207, . . .
What number should come next?

Solution!
1 is added to the first number (201 + 1 = 202);
2 is added to the second number (202 + 2 = 204);
3 is added to the third number (204 + 3 = 207);
and 4 is added to the third number. (207 + 4 = 211)

#### Question No 27

Nike : victory : : _____ : hunt

Solution!
Nike is the goddness of victory , and artermis is the goddnes of the hunt..

#### Question No 28

If  Eli says, Liys' father  George  is the  only son of  my father  in law Emily, then  how is lsla,who is the sister of Lily , related to Emily?

Solution!
Eli father  in law is  : Emily
Emily is the father of  George  where, Lily is the George  daughter.
So Lily is the granddaughter  of  Eli father in law.
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#### Question No 29

30+35%25=

Solution!
No explanation available for this question..

#### Question No 30

A + B means A is the daughter of B.
A x B means A is the son of B and
A-B means a is the wife of B.
If p x Q - s, which of the following is true ?