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

#### Question No 1

Carpenter is to wood as tailor is to

Solution!
No explanation available for this question..

#### Question No 2

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?

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 3

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 ?

Solution!
Let Rs. x be the fare of city B from city A and Rs. y be the fare of city C from city A.
Then, 2x + 3y = 77 ...(i) and
3x + 2y = 73 ...(ii)
Multiplying (i) by 3 and (ii) by 2 and subtracting, we get: 5y = 85 or y = 17.
Putting y = 17 in (i), we get: x = 13.
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#### Question No 4

Iota : jota : : _____ : type

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

#### Question No 5

Choose or find odd number
10 , 26 , 24 , 21 , 18

Solution!
Each of the numbers except 21, is an even number.
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#### Question No 6

The ratio of boys to girls in a class is 7:5 if there are 28 boys then how many girls are in the class?

Solution!
No explanation available for this question..

#### Question No 7

Partisan:biased::_____: limited.

Solution!
Partisan is a synonym for Biased and finite is a synonym for Limited..

#### Question No 8

Jhon age after 9 years will be 5 times his age 5 years back. Find the present age of Jhon?

Solution!
Let present age of jhon =y
y+9=5(y-5)
y+9=5y-25
9+15=5y-y
24=4y
y=24/4
y=6
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#### Question No 9

In contest Alina got 9 points more than julia and her points was 56% of the sum of their points. The points obtained by them are?

Solution!
So, their marks are 42 and 33 only these 2 have difference of 9..

#### Question No 10

PBC, QDE, RFG, SHI....?
What's next?

Solution!
It is two Alphabetical series here.
First series is the first letter
only in sequence of P,Q,R,S,T,U,V...
2nd series is BC, DE, FG, HI, JK, LM...
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#### Question No 11

A man drove his car 5 Km towards east ward direction. He turned right went for 3 Km then he turned west and drove for 1 Km. How far is he from the starting point?

Solution!
No explanation available for this question..

#### Question No 12

Price of an article decreased from $70 to$60? What is the percentage decrease?

Solution!
Decrease in price=70-60=10
Percentage decrease=(10/70)*100=14%
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#### Question No 13

From 1 to 9, the sum of three distinct numbers is 25. What would be the smallest number:

Solution!
No explanation available for this question..

#### Question No 14

Ratio between Addison's and Adney's age is 1:4, and between Adney's and Ali's age is 2:3, then ratio between Ali's and Addison's age will be:

Solution!
No explanation available for this question..

#### Question No 15

A revolver has 2 bullets. If one bullet is fired, then what are the chances that next fire has a bullet:

Solution!
No explanation available for this question..

#### Question No 16

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 T- S x B- M, which of the following is not true?

Solution!
T-SÃ—B-M means T is the wife of S who is the son of B who is the wife of M i.e. T is the wife of the son of M ( father) i.e. T is the daughter in law of M.
But as this is not given in the choice, so the fact in (d) derived from S x B is true.
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#### Question No 17

___, CGG, EJK, GMO, IPS, KSW, MVA.
Find the missing?

Solution!
There is three different series in group .
1st letter in each group with gap 1.
2nd letter in each group with gap of 2.
3rd letter in each group with gap of 3.
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#### Question No 18

In following alphabet series , one term missing as shown by question mark . Choose missing term from options.
cx, fu, ir, ?, ol, ri

Solution!
The first letter of each term is moved three steps forward and the second letter is moved three steps backward to obtain the corresponding letters of the next term.
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#### Question No 19

the ages of two person differ by 12 years. 6 years ago the elder one was 3 years as old as younger one. What is the present age of elder person ?

Solution!
Let age of elder person=x
Age of younger person =x-12
(x-6)=3(x-12-6)
(x-6)=3x-54
-6+54=3x-x
48=2x
x=48/2
24
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#### Question No 20

What comes next?
100, 20, 90, 18, 80, 16, 70, 14, 60, 12, 50â€¦?

Solution!
Odd numbers are divisible by 5 and give even numbers.
100/5=20, 90/5=18, 80/5=16â€¦50/5=10.

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#### Question No 21

Meat is to non-vegetarian as liquor is to

Solution!
No explanation available for this question..

#### Question No 22

Finds next?
1â„125 , 8â„16 , 27â„9 , 64â„4 ....?

Solution!
In numerator is cubes ans denominator is revers square
of 1,2,3,4,5. So, cube of 5 is 125 and square of 1 is 1.
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#### Question No 23

Choose or find odd pair of words
(Proteins : Marasmus) , (Sodium : Rickets) , (Iodine : Goiter) , (Iron : Anemia)

Solution!
In all other pairs, second is the disease caused by the deficiency of first.
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#### Question No 24

By selling an article for \$50 shopkeeper earns 15% profit. What was the cost price of the article?

Solution!
Let the cost Price of the article be x
15% of x is =15x/100=3x/20
50-(3x/20)=x
1000-3x=20x
1000=20x+3x
1000=23x
1000/23=x
X=43
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#### Question No 25

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. How many male members are there in the group?

Solution!

Option (D)

D is father of A and grandfather of F. So, A is father of F. Thus, D and A are the two fathers. C is the sister of F. So, C is the daughter of A. Since there is only one mother, it is evident that E is the wife of A and hence the mother of C and C and F. So, B is brother of A. There are three brothers. So, F is the brother of C. A, the father, is male. B, the brother, is male. C, the sister, is female. D, the grandfather, is male. E, the mother, is female. F, the brother, is male. So, there are four males.

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#### Question No 26

Which number is not a part of the following series 3 , 9 , 18 , 21 , 27 , 36...

Solution!
No explanation available for this question..

#### Question No 27

3,33,5,30,7,27,9,_,11,21,13,18.
Find missing number?

Solution!
Two alternative series
Even position:33,30,27,24...subtraction of 3.
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#### Question No 28

What comes next in the series 2 , 4 , 16 , ?

Solution!
No explanation available for this question..

#### Question No 29

Katherine's father's mother's grand-daughter is _____ of Katherine:

Solution!
No explanation available for this question..

#### Question No 30

A woman walking with a boy meets another woman and on being asked about her relationship with the boy, she says," My maternal Uncle and his maternal Uncle's maternal uncle are  brothers ." How is the boys Related to  the woman?