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Questions - 8

1. 0, 1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 12, 13, 15, 18, ?, ?, ?


What numbers should replace the question marks?



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2. Find two words that differ only by the omission of a single letter (for example, place/pace), in answer to the following clue:


Bowl-shaped cavity/provide food



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3.

What number in the grid is three places away from itself less two, two places away from itself divided by two, three places away from itself less five and three places away from itself multiplied by three?









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4.









Which is the missing section?




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5.







To which of the squares below can a dot be added so that the dot then meets the same conditions as the dot in the square above?




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6. Complete the following to create a palindromic phrase, ie one that reads the

same forwards and backwards, such as Madam I’m Adam.

*U**L* ***P **

Clue: scholarly errors!



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7.




What numbers should replace the question marks?



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8.


Draw the missing figure in the above sequence.


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9. Which is the odd one out?


Sow, Bull, Buck, Boar, Stallion


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10.

The ages of five family members total 107 between them.

The ages of Margaret and Stuart total 29 between them.

The ages of Stuart and Jeffrey total 44 between them.

The ages of Jeffrey and Brian total 57 between them.

The ages of Brian and Philip total 46 between them.


How old is each family member?



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11. IVY CITRATE is an anagram of which two 10-letter words in the English language?



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12.













Looking at lines across and down, if the first two tiles are combined to produce

the third tile, with the exception that like symbols are cancelled out, which of the above tiles is incorrect, and with which of the tiles below should it be replaced?








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13. Which two words are most opposite in meaning?


Watertight, Humid, Tractable, Opulent, Portentous, Tenuous



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14.












What number should replace the question mark?



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15. Add three consecutive letters of the alphabet to the group of letters below,

without splitting the consecutive letters of the alphabet, to form another word.

GERE



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16.














When the above is folded to form a cube, which is the only one of the following

that can be produced?


















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17. Closed is to shut as open is to: obscure, visible, field, overt, wide


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18. Harry is one and a third as old as Larry and Larry is one and a third as old as

Carrie. Together their ages total 74.

How old are Larry, Harry and Carrie?


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19. Which two words are closest in meaning?

Salubrious, Healthy, Identical, Conspicuous, Devout, Bleak



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20.












is to:




















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