1. Which is the odd one out?
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C: It has three white and one black on the left and three black and one white on the right. The rest are the opposite way round
2. Which word in brackets is most opposite in meaning to the word in capitals?
REVERENT (candid, lucid, cheeky, content, culpable)
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Cheeky
3. Identify two words (one from each set of brackets) that have a connection
(analogy) with the words in capitals and relate to them in the same way.
COCHLEA(shell, ear, brain)
CEREBELLUM (heart, nose, brain)
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Ear, brain
4. Which number is the odd one out?
3647 2536 5869 6957 1425 4758
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6957: all the rest progress +3, –2, +3;
5.
Read clockwise to find a 16-letter word. Only alternate letters have been shown,
and you have to find the starting point.
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CIRCUMNAVIGATION
6. How many lines appear below?
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12
7. 0, 1, 2, 5, 20, 25, ?, ? What two numbers should replace the question marks?
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150, 157: the sequence progresses +1, ×2, +3, ×4, +5, ×6, +7
8. Which is the odd one out?
exacerbate, alleviate, amplify, escalate, inflate
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alleviate: it means to lessen, the rest meaning to increase;
9.
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4: (6 + 7) – (4 + 5)
10. The name of which creature can be placed on the bottom row to complete seven three-letter words reading downwards?
D A S A M Y W
U R A G A O A
* * * * * * *
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OCTOPUS: to produce DUO, ARC, SAT, AGO, MAP, YOU, WAS;
11.
What comes next?
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C: at each stage the third circle moves to the end and the sixth circle moves to the beginning
12.
What number should replace the question mark?
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8: the number in the middle is the average of the numbers round the outside.
So, 7 + 8 + 9 + 7 + 8 + 9 = 48, and 48 ÷6 = 88: the number in the middle is the average of the numbers round the outside. So, 7 + 8 + 9 + 7 + 8 + 9 = 48, and 48 ÷6 = 8
13.
Start at one of the four corner letters and spiral clockwise round the perimeter, finishing at the centre letter to spell out a nine-letter word. You must provide the missing letters.
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MAGNETISM
14. In eight years time the combined age of me and my two sons will be 124. What will it be in five years time?
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115: in eight years the combined age is 124; the age now is 124 – (8 × 3) = 100. Age in five years is 100 + (5 × 3) = 115
15. Which two words are closest in meaning?
old, stiff, ripe, pure, uniform, mellow
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ripe, mellow
16.
Which is the missing tile?
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C: all lines carry on and change from dotted to unbroken, and vice versa
17. Abyss is to chasm as fissure is to: crevice, recess, gorge, canyon, opening
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crevice
18. Jack is twice as old as Jill, but in five years time he will only be one and a half
times as old. How old are Jack and Jill now?
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Jack 10 and Jill 5
19. Change one letter only in each of the words below to produce a familiar phrase: HOME SO LINE
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COME TO LIFE
20.
Draw the missing figure in the above sequence.
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The sequence progresses circle, triangle, diamond, with alternate horizontal/vertical lines.