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Questions - 3

1.


is to:



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2. Which is the odd one out?


Cymbal, marimba, vibraphone, trombone, glockenspiel



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3. Stationary, less, stationery, principal, fewer, principle


Place the words above alongside their correct definition below:


Head of school

Fundamental truth

Standing still

Writing materials

Smaller in amount

Smaller in number



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4. Which is the odd number out?


462 683 385 198 253 781 594



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5. PURE AS TUFT is an anagram of which two words that are opposite in meaning?



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6.

Which letter is midway between the letter two letters below the letter immediately

to the left of the letter G, and the letter three letters above the letter immediately

to the right of the letter V?







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7.













is to:





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Complete two eight-letter words, one in each circle, and both reading

clockwise. The words are synonyms. You must find the starting points and

provide the missing letters.



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9. 1, 50, 6, 45, 11, 40, 16, 35, 21, ?, ?


Which numbers should replace the question marks?



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10. Arrange the words below into alphabetical order.


Acescence, acetamide, acerbated, acetified, acellular, acescency, acetabula,

acerbates



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11.



When the figure on the left is folded to form a cube, which is the only one of the following that can be produced?
























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12.















Which is the missing section?










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13. Solve the anagram in brackets to correctly complete the quotation with a 10-

letter word.


"The difference between golf and (torn veg men) is that in golf you cannot

improve your lie" George Deukmejian



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14.

















Which shield should replace the question mark?

















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15.


Take one letter from each circle in turn and using each letter once only find two eight-letter words that are similar in meaning. Both words read clockwise and each starts in a different circle.











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16. What letters should replace the question marks?



















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17. What number should replace the question mark?


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18. On taking delivery of a consignment of eggs the market stall owner was furious to find that several were cracked. In fact, on counting them up in order to assess the damage he found that 72 were cracked, which was 12 per cent of the total consignment.

How many eggs in total were in the consignment?




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19.











Which is the missing tile?










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20. MTD is to PXB as FRJ is to?



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