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

#### Question No 1

A man runs anti clockwise in a circular road in a race. If at starting time, his back was towards West, then after completing 50% of his journey, he will be facing:

Solution!
No explanation available for this question..

#### Question No 2

In a family of six members A,B,C,D,E and F. A and B are a married couple. A being the male member.D is only son of C, who is the brother of A. E is the sister of D. B is the daughter in law of F , whose husband has died. How is E related to C.

Solution!
A is male and is married to B. so, A is the husband and wife . C is the brother of A.D is the son C . E , who is the sister of D will be the daughter of C . B is the daughter in law of F whose husband is died means F is the mother of A. Clearly E, is the daughter of C ..

#### Question No 3

Which one is odd one out:

Solution!
No explanation available for this question..

#### Question No 4

Which word means opposite of shameful?

Solution!
Shameful means dishonorable; honorable means to be distinguished or illustrious, the opposite of shameful..

#### Question No 5

Katherine is a vegetarian. It means she doesn't eat:

Solution!
No explanation available for this question..

#### Question No 6

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

Solution!
To croone means to vocalize or to sing..

#### Question No 7

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 8

With increase of 11% salary of John becomes rupees 13440. What was his salary before increase?

Solution!
Let before increase John's salary was x.
10% of X =10x/100=x/10
Now
13440-x/10=x
336000-x=10x
336000=11x
X=30545
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#### Question No 9

What comes next in the series F , I , L , O , ?

Solution!
No explanation available for this question..

#### Question No 10

A typist can type 61 words per minute. How many words he can type in half hour?

Solution!
No explanation available for this question..

#### Question No 11

Jimmy bought 60 Mangoes and 40 Apples. He found 30% of Mangoes and 10%  of apples were overripe. Find the number of fruit in good condition.

Solution!
Total fruit = 60 + 40 = 100
Overripe  Mangoes = 30% of 60
= 30/100 x 60
=18
Overripe Apples = 10% of 40
= 10/100 x 40
=4
Total number of overripe fruit= 18+4=22
Therefore Number of fruit in good condition= 100-22= 78
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#### Question No 12

A man bought a mobile and then sells in 720 getting 20% profit. The cost price of mobile will be:

Solution!
No explanation available for this question..

#### Question No 13

By selling a car for \$ 575 Alexander lost 12%. What was the cost price of car?

Solution!
Let the cost price of car is x.
15% of x is =15x/100=3x/20
Now
(3x/20)+575=x
3x+11500=20x
11500=20x-3x
11500=17x
x=11500/17
=676
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#### Question No 14

The sum of ages of two twin children is 12 years. What is the difference of there ages?

Solution!
No explanation available for this question..

#### Question No 15

24, 28, 44, 32, 36, 44, 40â€¦..?
Find next pair?

Solution!
Alternative series of difference 4 and every 3rd difference position number is 44.

#### Question No 16

In following questions, one term in number series is incorrect.
Find out the incorrect number
1236, 2346, 3456, 4566, 5686

Solution!
The first digits of the numbers from the series 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
the second digits from the series 2, 3, 4, 5,6;
the third digits from the series 3, 4, 5, 6;
while the last digit in each of the numbers is 6.
So, 5686 is wrong and must be replaced by 5676..

#### Question No 17

What comes next in the series -10 , 11 , -8 , 13 , -6 , ?

Solution!
No explanation available for this question..

#### Question No 18

In following question, a number series is given with one term missing. Choose correct alternative
85, 74, 63, 52, x

Solution!
85 number is break into 8 & 5 then take preceding value of 8 & 5 get 7 & 4 then combined into e i.e 74 so on we get 41..

#### Question No 19

How many terms are there in the series 201, 208, 215, ..., 369?

Solution!
(Use Arithmetic Progression)
The given series is an A.P. in which a = 201 and d = 7.
Let the number of terms be n.
Then, 369 = 201 + (n - 1) x 7 or n = 25.

#### Question No 20

Choose or find odd number pair
(80 - 9) , (64 - 8) , (36 - 6) , (7 - 49)

Solution!
In all other pairs, one number is the square of the other.
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#### Question No 21

It's dark. You have ten grey socks and ten blue socks you want to put into pairs. All socks are exactly the same except for their colour. How many socks would you need to take with you to ensure you had at least a pair?

Solution!
With three socks there is always a matching pair since. Either you will not have chosen three of the same color, or a matching pair and an odd one out..

#### Question No 22

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 23

What is 1/4 of 98?

Solution!
No explanation available for this question..

#### Question No 24

A full tanker has 85 liter petrol. If 40% is consumed, how many liters of petrol are left:

Solution!
No explanation available for this question..

#### Question No 25

Road is to car as Sea is to

Solution!
No explanation available for this question..

#### Question No 26

In alphabet series, some alphabets are missing which are given in that order as one of the alternatives below it. Choose the correct alternative.
cab _ a _ c _ bc _ bc _ b _ ab

Solution!
The series is cab / cab / cab / cab / cab. Thus, the pattern cab is repeated.
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#### Question No 27

Choose or find odd letter group
VT , MQ , PR , DF , FG

Solution!
Putting A = 1, B = 2, ....... and so on, we have:
VT = V + T = 22 + 20 = 42 (even);
MQ = M + Q = 13 + 17 = 30 (even);
PR = P + R = 16 + 18 =34 (even);
DF = D + F = 4 + 6 = 10 (even);
FG = F + G = 6 + 7 = 13 (odd).
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#### Question No 28

In a kilometre race A beats B by 100 m. B beat C by 100 m. By how many metres does A beat C in the same race?

Solution!
While A covers 1000 m distance, B can cover 900 m
While N covers 1000, C can cover 900m
Let's assume that all three of them are running same race . So when B run 900 m. C can run 900 x 9 / 10 = 810
So A can beat C by 190 metres
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#### Question No 29

The average of 6 quantities is 4. The average of 3 them is 3. What is the average of the remaining three numbers?

Solution!

The average of 6 quantities is 4.
Therefore ,the sum of the 6 quantities is 6 Ã— 4 = 24.
The average of three of these 3 quantities is 3.
Therefore, the sum of these three quantities = 3 Ã— 3 = 9
The sum of the remaining three quantities = 24 - 9 = 15 .
Average of these three quantities = 15 / 3 = 5.
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#### Question No 30

Idiom and phrases.
Cheek the jowal