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Q1.Arrange the given words in the order that they occur in dictionary: 1. Apparent 2. Apostate 3. Appoint 4. Apparel
Correct Answer: D
Alphabetical order: Apostate, Apparel, Apparent, Appoint → matching sequence 2, 4, 1, 3.
Q2.Which choice gives the last letter of the word rearranged from the jumbled spelling: HORELA?
Correct Answer: C
The jumbled letters HORELA can be rearranged to form the city name LAHORE. The last letter is E.
Q3.Give one letter which can be taken out of all the following words to make new words: Ounce, Bound, House, Pound?
Correct Answer: A
Removing 'U' from each word yields: Once, Bond, Hose, and Pond.
Q4.Which letter completes both words: _RING and _EAT?
Correct Answer: D
Adding the letter 'B' completes both words: 'BRING' and 'BEAT', which are valid English words.
Q5.Find the correct letter to add to the front of these words to change them into new words: End, ORE, lend
Correct Answer: C
Adding 'B' to each word creates: 'Bend', 'BORE' (bore), and 'Blend', which are all valid English words.
Q6.What is found once in tea, twice in coffee, but never in milk?
Correct Answer: D
This is a wordplay riddle. The letter 'E' appears once in the word 'tea', twice in 'coffee', and never in the word 'milk'.
Q7.Casey has 33 huge boxes. His forklift can hold 4 boxes at once. How many trips does he need to move all boxes?
Correct Answer: B
Number of trips = 33 / 4 = 8.25. Since he cannot make a partial trip to leave boxes behind, he must make 9 complete trips.
Q8.The founder of Pakistan arrived in Karachi on Thursday 1st July 1948, stayed during the working week, and returned early the next week. How many days did he stay?
Correct Answer: D
Arriving Thursday 1st July and returning early next week (likely Monday) implies he stayed Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. This is 5 days inclusive.
Q9.What is the reverse order of the number "Five Thousand Two Hundred Twenty Five"?
Correct Answer: B
The original number is: Five Thousand Two Hundred Twenty Five. Reverse order by each word: Twenty Five Two Hundred Five Thousand.
Q10.A man going to a mosque meets another man with his 7 spouses. Each spouse has a child in their arms. What is the total number of people going to mosque?
Correct Answer: C
Only the first man is stated to be 'going to' the mosque. The group he meets along the way are not stated to be heading to the mosque.
Q11.Arrange of country name Kistnap?
Correct Answer: A
The jumbled letters 'Kistnap' can be rearranged to form the country name 'Pakistan'.
Q12.There are 3 cows, 2 chickens and 6 cats: calculate the total legs for all?
Correct Answer: B
3 cows * 4 legs = 12; 2 chickens * 2 legs = 4; 6 cats * 4 legs = 24. Total legs = 12 + 4 + 24 = 40.
Q13.If Murshid is smaller than Azhar but taller than Ahmed, who is the tallest of the three?
Correct Answer: C
Since Murshid is taller than Ahmed but shorter than Azhar, the height order is Azhar > Murshid > Ahmed. Azhar is the tallest.
Q14.Which letter precedes the letter that comes after U?
Correct Answer: D
The letter that comes after U is V. The letter that precedes V is U itself.
Q15.If LIVE is coded as EVIL, then 52324 is coded as?
Correct Answer: C
LIVE reversed is EVIL. Reversing the digits of 52324 yields 42325.
Q16.Which of the following country anagrams, when unscrambled, does NOT belong to Asia?
Correct Answer: C
RODJNA = JORDAN (Asia), AAAMILYS = MALAYSIA (Asia), AIDNI = INDIA (Asia). Czechoslovakia is in Europe.
Q17.Which letter comes twice in CLEVER and only once in COME?
Correct Answer: B
The letter 'E' appears twice in CLEVER (C-L-E-V-E-R) and only once in COME (C-O-M-E).
Q18.What letter comes alphabetically first in the word MOTHER?
Correct Answer: A
Sorting the letters of MOTHER alphabetically gives E, H, M, O, R, T. The first letter is E.
Q19.If FET is to TEF, then TAR is to ___________.
Correct Answer: A
The letters are written in reverse order: FET reversed is TEF. Similarly, TAR reversed is RAT.