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

#### Question No 1

Find is to Lose as Construct is to:

Solution!
No explanation available for this question..

#### Question No 2

Solid is to Liquid as Liquid is to

Solution!
No explanation available for this question..

#### Question No 3

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 4

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 5

In following questions, one term in number series is incorrect.
Find out the incorrect number
445, 221, 109, 46, 25, 11, 4

Solution!
3 is subtracted from each number and the result is divided by 2 to obtain the next number of the series.
So , 46 is wrong and must be replaced by 109 - 3 / 2 i.e. 53..

#### Question No 6

Purse : super : : plea :____

Solution!
Purse  is an anagram for super, and plea is an anagram for leap..

#### Question No 7

A family consists of 6 members P, Q, R, X, Y and Z .Q is the son of R but R is not mother of Q.P and R are a married couple. Y is the brother of R.X is the daughter of P. Z is the brother of P.
Which is a pair of brothers?

Solution!
Q is the son of  R but R is not the mother. So, R is the father of Q. P is married to R. So, P is the wife of R and the mother of Q. X is the daughter of P and hence of R and so she is the sister of Q. Y is the brother of R and Z is the brother of P. Clearly,  Y is brother of R who is a male. So, Y and R is a pair of brothers..

#### Question No 8

Choose or find odd number
3759 , 2936 , 6927 , 4836 , 5814

Solution!
In all other numbers, the sum of second and last digits is twice the sum of first and third digits.
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#### Question No 9

John moves 10 Km towards north from his school then take left turn and moves 5 Km then again turns left and moves 10 Km. What is the displacement he covered from his school?

Solution!
No explanation available for this question..

#### Question No 10

The newly-fallen snow ______ transformed the landscape.

Solution!
Magically is correct..

#### Question No 11

-1, 1/4, ___, 1/256, -1/3125
Find the missing.

Solution!
Given series is (-1/1)1 ,(-1/2)2 ,(-1/3)3 ,(-1/4)4 ....

#### Question No 12

Determine if the ratio 2:3.5 is equal to?

Solution!
2 x 4: 34.5 x 4
8:14
Only 8:14 is correct option and equal to 2:3
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#### Question No 13

Pool: loop:: lap:_____

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

#### Question No 14

A+B means A is daughter of B
A*B means A i the son of B and
A-B means A is wife of B
If Z*T -S*U+P, what U to Z.

Solution!
Z*T-S*U means Z is the son of T who is the wife of s who is the son of U i.e Z is the son of S who is the son of U i.e Z is the grandson of U or U is the grandmother or grandfather of z. form the choice( 2) is true..

#### Question No 15

Choose or find odd number
325 , 236 , 178 , 639 , 538

Solution!
In all other numbers, the last digit is the sum of the first two.
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#### Question No 16

A family consists of 6 members 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 house wife. There is one doctor, 1 contractor, 1 nurse, one house wife and two student in the family. Which of the following are two married couples?

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

#### Question No 17

Choose or find odd letter group
XW , FG , ML , PO , TS

Solution!
All other groups contain two consecutive letters in reverse order.
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#### Question No 18

A and B are married couple. X and Y are brothers. X is the brother of A.
How is Y related to B?

Solution!
Option (A)
A and B are husband and wife. Since X and Y are brothers, and X is the brother of A, Y is also the brother of A.
Thus, Y is the brother-in-law of B.
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#### Question No 19

If the number 42573 * is exactly divisible by 72, then the minimum value of * is:

Solution!
72 = 9 x8, where 9 and 8 are co-prime.
The minimum value of x for which 73x for which 73x is divisible by 8 is, x = 6.
Sum of digits in 425736 = (4 + 2 + 5 + 7 + 3 + 6) = 27, which is divisible by 9.
Required value of * is 6.
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#### Question No 20

Which word is the opposite of unruly?

Solution!
Unruly means not easily managed ,controlled or disciplined.Controllable is the opposite.

#### Question No 21

Bob's cousin's father is Bob's:

Solution!
No explanation available for this question..

#### Question No 22

Iota : jota : : _____ : type

Solution!
Iota and jot are synonyms , as are ilk and type..

#### Question No 23

A typist can type 60 words per hour. A document contains 600 words. How many document will he type in 20 hours?

Solution!
No explanation available for this question..

#### Question No 24

What comes next? Y , U , Q , M , I , ?

Solution!
No explanation available for this question..

#### Question No 25

Triangles XYZ and PQR are drawn on a square grid. What fraction of the area of triangle XYZ is the area of triangle PQR?

Solution!
Calculate the area of both triangles using the formula: Area = 1/2 (base x height) And then work out the fraction by dividing the area of PQR by XYZ.
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#### Question No 26

What comes next?
1.5, 3, 4.5, 6, 7.5, 9â€¦?

Solution!
9+1.5= 10.5

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#### Question No 27

5/2, 2, 3/2, 1, 1/2, ___, -1/2
Find the missing.

Solution!
Difference of 1/2 in series.
1/2 - 1/2= 0
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#### Question No 28

20% of students in class is green eyed . If there is 150 students in class then how many of them have  green Eyes?

Solution!
If 20% have green eyes then 1/5 have green eyes:
1/5=x/150
x=150/5
x=30
So, students 30 have green eyes.
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#### Question No 29

Tina can do a piece of work in 20 days. Alfard is 25% more efficient than Tina. Time taken by Alfard to complete the task is?

Solution!
Ratio of work of Tina and Alfard is=125/100=5/4
Let time taken by Alfard is x
5/4=20/x
x=5/4*20
x=16 days.
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#### Question No 30

41â„1,  48â„152â„2,  56â„3 , 60â„5 ...?