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

#### Question No 1

In alphabet series, some alphabets are missing which are given in that order as one of the alternatives below it. Choose the correct alternative.
_ cb _ ca _ bacb _ ca _ bac _ d

Solution!
The series is acbd / cadb / acbd / cadb / acbd. Thus, the pattern acbd / cadb is repeated.
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#### Question No 2

8       3       4
3.      ?       5
4.      5.     6

Solution!
All rows and column are equal to 15.
So missing one is 7.
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#### Question No 3

Find the odd man out

Solution!
No explanation available for this question..

#### Question No 4

Kim spent half of her weekly allowance playing mini golf . To earn more money her parents let her wash the car for Dollar 4 . What is her weekly allowance if she ended up with dollar 12?

Solution!
She had dollar 12 after She washed the car for Dollar 4,so before she washed the car, she had dollar 8 and that was after she had spent 1/2 her allowance. 2 x 8 = 16
Her allowance is dollar 16.
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#### Question No 5

In alphabet series, some alphabets are missing which are given in that order as one of the alternatives below it. Choose the correct alternative.
b _ ac _ cc _ cb _ ab _ ac

Solution!
The series is baac / accb / cbba / baac..

#### Question No 6

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 7

___, GMO, IPS, KSW, MVA, OYE.

Solution!
There is three different series in group.
1st letter in each group with gap of 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 8

A man buys a with bicycle for RS. 1500 and sold it at a loss of 15%. What is the sale price of the bicycle?

Solution!
S.p= 85% of  1500
=85/100*1500
=1275
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#### Question No 9

8988 Ã· 8 Ã· 4 = ?

Solution!
Given Exp. = 8988 x1/8x1/4=2247/8= 280.875
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#### Question No 10

A family consists of six 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 housewife. There is one doctor, one contractor, one nurse, one housewife and two students in the family.What is the profession of P?

Solution!
Option (B)
Q, the Doctor, is the father of T. S, the Housewife, 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 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.

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#### Question No 11

Choose or find odd word
Copper, Tin, Brass, Platinum, Zinc

Solution!
Here, all except Brass are metals, while brass is an alloy.
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#### Question No 12

If it takes 5 hours to drive a distance of 200 km on a motorway. What would be your every speed in kilometre per hour?

Solution!
Speed= distance/Time
Speed=200/5=40
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#### Question No 13

Excluding stoppages the speed of a taxi is 85 km per hour and including stoppages it is 79 kilometre per hour. For how many minutes does the taxi stop per hour

Solution!
Due to stoppages it is it cover 6 kilometres
Time taken to cover 6  =(6/80)*60=4 min
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#### Question No 14

1318 Ã· 2?

Solution!
No explanation available for this question..

#### Question No 15

The sum of Ages of 5 children born at the interval of 2 years each is 40 years. Find out the age of the youngest child?

Solution!
let age of youngest child = x,
Then the age  5 children can be written as x, (x + 2 ), (x+4), ( x + 6 )and (x + 8).
Then,
x+ (x+ 2 )+ (x+ 4)+ (x+ 6 )+ (x+ 8 )= 40
5x=40 - 20
x=20 / 5
x =4
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John sold a house for $50,000 at a profit of 15%. How much did he pay for it? #### Select the correct answer Solution! Let the cost price of the house is x. 15% of x=15x/100=3x/20 Now 50000-(3x-20)=x 1000000-3x=20x 1000000=20x+3x 1000000=23x 1000000/23=x X=43478 . #### Question No 17 Neelam, who is Deepak's daughter, says to Deepika, "Your mother Rekha is the younger sister of my father who is the third child of Ramlal." How is Ramlal related to Deepika ? #### Select the correct answer Solution! Option (C) Neelam's father is Deepak. Deepika's mother is Rekha. Deepak is the third child of Ramlal. So, Deepak's younger sister Rekha is the daughter of Ramlal. So, Ramlal is father of Rekha and grandfather of her daughter Deepika. . #### Question No 18 A famliy consists of 6 member P, Q, R, X, Y and Z. Q is a son of R but R is not mother of Q. P and R are married couple. Y is the brother of R. X is a daughter of P. Z is a brother of P. Who is the father of Q? #### Select the correct answer Solution! Q is a son of a R but R is not mother. So, R is father of Q. P is married to R. So, P is a wife of R and mother of Q. X is a daughter of P and hence of R and so she is the sister of Q. Y is a brother of R and Z is a brother of P. R is a father of Q.. #### Question No 19 The total age of X,Y and Z is 24 years more than the total age of X,Y,Z. Z is how many times younger than x. #### Select the correct answer Solution! given that X+Y=24+Y+Z X-Z=24+Y-Y=24 Z is younger than x by 24 years . . #### Question No 20 Hijack:Plane :: #### Select the correct answer Solution! No explanation available for this question.. #### Question No 21 misery : cheap :: Homogenous :______ #### Select the correct answer Solution! Misery is another word for cheap, and homogenous is another word for alike.. #### Question No 22 P is the brother of Q and R. S is R's mother. T is P's father. Which of the following statements cannot be definitely true ? #### Select the correct answer Solution! Option (D) P, Q, R are children of same parents. So, S who is R's mother and T, who is P's father will be mother and father of all three. However, it is not mentioned whether Q is male or female. So, (d) cannot be definitely true. . #### Question No 23 In following questions, one term in number series is incorrect. Find out the incorrect number 5, 10, 17, 24, 37 #### Select the correct answer Solution! The sequence is + 5, + 7,... So, 24 is wrong and should be replaced by (17 + 9) i.e. 26. #### Question No 24 Atif is notified by a policeman from a distance of 200 m. The thief starts running and the police man chases him. The thief and the policeman run at the rate of 10 km and 11 km per hour respectively ,what is the distance between them after 6 minutes? #### Select the correct answer Solution! Relative speed of thief and policeman=(11-10)km/hr=1 km/hr. Distance covered in 6 minutes=[(1/60)*6]km=(1/10)km=100m. Distance between the thief and the policeman=(200-100)m=100m. . #### Question No 25 Calamity:Disaster :: #### Select the correct answer Solution! No explanation available for this question.. #### Question No 26 When Kumar was 2 years old his brother was twice of his age. Now Kumar is 30 years old. How old his brother now? #### Select the correct answer Solution! No explanation available for this question.. #### Question No 27 By selling an article for$80 a shopkeeper gets a profit of 10%. What is the cost price of the article?

Solution!
Let the cost price of the article be x
10%x=10x/100=1x/10
80-(1x/10)=x
800-1x=10x
800=10x+x
800=11x
X=800/11
X=73
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#### Question No 28

Two fans are revolving with speed 3 rev/s and 5 rev/s. after 8 seconds, how many revolutions both fans will complete:

Solution!
No explanation available for this question..

#### Question No 29

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 30

Excluding stoppages, the speed of a bus is 54 km per hour and including stoppages it is 45 km per hour. For how many minutes does the bus stop per hour?