Math Puzzle Questions

1. What is come in place of question mark (?) in the following series?





(a) HS

(b) IT

(c) IS

(d) HT



Solution:

2. If A is substituted by 4, B by 3, C by 2, D by 4, E by 3, F by 2 and so on, then what will be total of the numerical values of the letters of the word SICK?

(a) 11

(b) 12

(c) 10

(d) 9



Solution:

Total value = 4 + 2 + 2 + 3 = 11.

Answer: (a)



3. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group. Which one does not belong to the group?

(a) 52

(b) 70

(c) 48

(d) 68



Solution:All the numbers are multiple of 4, except 70.

Answer: (b)



4. If U is denoted by 7, M by 2, I by 5, O by 1, K by 8 and J by 4, then what will be the numeric form of the word MOUJIK when written in the reverse order?

(a) 217458

(b) 845712

(c) 854712

(d) 857412



Solution:

217458 is the number.

Now reverse the number 854712

Answer: (c)



5. How many letters of the word FAINTS, will their order in the word and that when the letters are arranged in the alphabetical order, remain the same?

(a) Two

(b) One

(c) Three

(d) Nil



Solution:

When the letters are arranged in the alphabetical order, two remains the same.

Answer: (a)



6. In a certain code GARNISH is written as RGAINHS. How will GENIOUS be written in that code?

(a) NEGOISU

(b) NGEOISU

(c) NGESUOI

(d) NEGSUOI



Solution:

So now, GENIOUS be written as;

Answer: (b)



7. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word MISPLACE each of which has as many letters between its two letters in the word as there are between them in the English alphabet?

(a) One

(b) Nil

(c) Two

(d) Three



Solution:

Answer: (c)



8. In a certain code INKER is written as GLLGT and GLIDE is written as EJJFG. How will JINKS be written in that code?

(a) GFOMU

(b) HGMMU

(c) HGOGH

(d) HGOMU



Solution:

As,

And,

Similarly, JINKS be written as;

Answer: (d)



9. If ‘AND’ is written as ‘EQF’ and ‘THE’ as ‘XKG’ then how will ‘COM’ be written?

(a) HRO

(b) GQO

(c) GRO

(d) GRN



Solution:

As,

And,

Similarly, ‘COM’ be written as;

Answer: (c)



10. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the positions of their elements in the English alphabet and hence form a group. Which one does not belong to the group?

(a) UQ

(b) KG

(c) SO

(d) QL



Solution:

QL

Answer: (d)