NMMS INTERACTIVE EXAM ( SET - 1 )

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MAT – Mental Ability Test | 25 Questions

Instructions: Choose your answer mentally, then click VIEW ANSWER to check the correct answer and explanation.

1. Find the next number: 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, ?

A. 36

B. 40

C. 42

D. 48

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✅ Correct Answer: C. 42

💡 Explanation: Pattern: 1×2, 2×3, 3×4, 4×5, 5×6. Therefore 6×7 = 42.

2. Which one is different?

A. Triangle

B. Square

C. Circle

D. Rectangle

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✅ Correct Answer: C. Circle

💡 Explanation: Circle has no straight sides.

3. Book : Reading :: Food : ?

A. Cooking

B. Eating

C. Buying

D. Serving

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✅ Correct Answer: B. Eating

💡 Explanation: A book is used for reading; food is used for eating.

4. If CAT is coded as DBU, DOG is coded as ?

A. EPH

B. EOG

C. FPH

D. DPI

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✅ Correct Answer: A. EPH

💡 Explanation: Each letter moves one step forward: D→E, O→P, G→H.

5. Ravi faces North. He turns right twice. Which direction now?

A. North

B. South

C. East

D. West

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✅ Correct Answer: B. South

💡 Explanation: North → East → South.

6. Find the missing number: 5, 10, 20, 40, ?

A. 50

B. 60

C. 70

D. 80

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✅ Correct Answer: D. 80

💡 Explanation: Each number is multiplied by 2.

7. A is brother of B. B is sister of C. A is C's ?

A. Brother

B. Sister

C. Father

D. Uncle

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✅ Correct Answer: A. Brother

💡 Explanation: A and C are siblings, and A is male.

8. Which number does not belong?

A. 9

B. 16

C. 25

D. 27

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✅ Correct Answer: D. 27

💡 Explanation: 9, 16 and 25 are perfect squares; 27 is not.

9. Complete the series: A, C, E, G, ?

A. H

B. I

C. J

D. K

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✅ Correct Answer: B. I

💡 Explanation: The sequence skips one letter each time.

10. If 3+4=21 and 5+2=35, then 6+3=?

A. 18

B. 36

C. 54

D. 63

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✅ Correct Answer: C. 54

💡 Explanation: Rule: first number × sum of both numbers. 6×(6+3)=54.

11. Which word comes first in dictionary order?

A. Apple

B. Application

C. Apply

D. App

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✅ Correct Answer: D. App

💡 Explanation: App comes before the longer words beginning with App.

12. Find the next number: 1, 4, 9, 16, ?

A. 20

B. 25

C. 30

D. 36

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✅ Correct Answer: B. 25

💡 Explanation: These are square numbers: 1², 2², 3², 4², 5².

13. All roses are flowers. Which statement is definitely true?

A. All flowers are roses

B. All roses are flowers

C. No rose fades

D. All flowers fade

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✅ Correct Answer: B. All roses are flowers

💡 Explanation: The given statement directly says that all roses are flowers.

14. In a row of 10 students, Meena is 4th from left. Position from right?

A. 5th

B. 6th

C. 7th

D. 8th

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✅ Correct Answer: C. 7th

💡 Explanation: Position from right = 10 - 4 + 1 = 7.

15. Choose the odd pair.

A. 2–4

B. 3–9

C. 4–16

D. 5–20

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✅ Correct Answer: D. 5–20

💡 Explanation: For the others, the second number is the square of the first. 5² = 25, not 20.

16. If SOUTH is written as HTUOS, NORTH is written as ?

A. HTRON

B. HTNOR

C. NROTH

D. HRTON

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✅ Correct Answer: A. HTRON

💡 Explanation: The word is written in reverse order.

17. What comes next? 64, 32, 16, 8, ?

A. 6

B. 4

C. 2

D. 1

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✅ Correct Answer: B. 4

💡 Explanation: Each number is divided by 2.

18. If yesterday was Monday, tomorrow is ?

A. Tuesday

B. Wednesday

C. Thursday

D. Sunday

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✅ Correct Answer: B. Wednesday

💡 Explanation: Yesterday Monday means today Tuesday and tomorrow Wednesday.

19. Bird : Nest :: Bee : ?

A. Web

B. Hive

C. Cage

D. Burrow

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✅ Correct Answer: B. Hive

💡 Explanation: A bird lives in a nest; a bee lives in a hive.

20. Find the missing term: 3, 6, 11, 18, 27, ?

A. 36

B. 38

C. 40

D. 42

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✅ Correct Answer: B. 38

💡 Explanation: Differences are +3, +5, +7, +9, +11. So 27+11=38.

21. At 3:00, angle between clock hands is ?

A. 45°

B. 60°

C. 90°

D. 180°

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✅ Correct Answer: C. 90°

💡 Explanation: At 3:00 the hour and minute hands form a right angle.

22. 7, 14, 28, 56, ?

A. 84

B. 98

C. 112

D. 120

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✅ Correct Answer: C. 112

💡 Explanation: Each number doubles.

23. If A=1, B=2, C=3... value of BAD is ?

A. 6

B. 7

C. 8

D. 9

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✅ Correct Answer: B. 7

💡 Explanation: B=2, A=1, D=4; total = 7.

24. Find the odd one out.

A. January

B. March

C. May

D. June

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✅ Correct Answer: D. June

💡 Explanation: June has 30 days; January, March and May have 31 days.

25. A man walks 4 km east, then 3 km north. Distance from starting point?

A. 5 km

B. 6 km

C. 7 km

D. 8 km

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✅ Correct Answer: A. 5 km

💡 Explanation: Using the 3–4–5 right triangle, the distance is 5 km.

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