Question 1:

Please enter the missing figure: 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, ...

 Correct answer is 8

Explanation! The right answer is: 34. Reason: The two previous numerals are added. Example: 3 + 5 = 8

Question 2:

Please enter the missing figure: 4, 5, 8, 17, 44, ...

Explanation!

 The right answer is: 125. Reason: Multiply the previous numeral by 3 and deduct 7 from the result. Example: 4 x 3 = 12; 12 - 7 = 5. Or (4+3^0)=5, (5+3^1)=8, (8+3^2)=17, (17+3^3)=44 ==> (44+3^4)=125

Question 3:

Please enter the missing figure: 3, 4, 8, 17, 33, ...

Explanation!

 The right answer is: 58. The starting numeral is 3 in position 1. The following numeral is 3 + (1 x 1) Example: 8 + (3 x 3) = 17

Question 4:

Please enter the missing figure: 11, 9, 7, 5, 3, ...

Explanation!

The right answer is: 1. The sequence consists of the odd numerals descending from 11.

Question 5:

Please enter the missing figure: 3, 6, 18, 72, 360, ...

Explanation!

 The right answer is: 2160. Reason: The following numeral is always the previous numeral multiplied by an integer. This numeral increases by 1 with each step. Example: 3 x 2 = 6; 6 x 3 = 18; 18 x 4 = 72; 72 x 5 = 360; 360 x 6 = 2160

Question 6:

Please enter the missing figure: 30, 29, 27, 26, 24, 23, 21, 20, ...

Explanation!

 The right answer is: 18. Reason: Continuous descending sequence, with every third number missing.

Question 7:

Please enter the missing character: A, D, G, J, ...

Explanation!

 The right answer is: M. Reason: Continuous descending sequence, with every third character missing: The following character is always three steps behind the previous character. Example: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, …

Question 8:

Please enter the missing character: D, G, K, N, R, ...

Explanation!

 The right answer is: U. Reason: The following character alternates between being two or three steps behind the previous character. Example: D, E, F, G, H, I, J K, …

Question 9:

Please enter the missing character: B, C, E, H, L, ...

Explanation!

 The right answer is: Q. Reason: With every step the number of characters skipped increases by one. Example: B, C, D, E, F, G, H, …

Question 10:

Please insert the missing character to form two words: HUM ...ORK

Explanation!

 The right answer is: P. Reason: Hump; Pork

Question 11:

Please insert the missing character to form two words: SLO...IDE

Explanation!

The right answer is: T or W or B. Reason: (Slot - Tide) or (Slow - Wide) or (Slob - Bide)

Question 12:

Please insert the missing character to form two words: VEI...ASER

Explanation!

The right answer is: L. Reason: Veil; Laser

Question 13:

Please mark the word not matching the other words (odd one out): London, Paris, Dublin, Den Haag, Vienna

Explanation!

The right answer is: Den Haag. Reason: Den Haag is not a capital. Please do not send us any e-mail claiming Den Haag is the capital. Den Haag is the centre of the Government, and the capital is Amsterdam. Please take our word for this!

Question 14:

Please mark the word not matching (content) the other words (odd one out): Whale, Shark, Herring, Carp, Pike

Explanation!

The right answer is: Whale. Reason: Whales are mammals.

Question 15:

Please mark the word not matching (content) the other words (odd one out): Edgar Allan Poe, Henry Adams, Jack London, Ernest Hemingway, Daniel Defoe

Explanation!

 The right answer is: Defoe. Reason: Defoe was not an American writer.

Question 16:

Please find the figure continuing the series:

Explanation!

 The right answer is: c. Reason: The lowest objects are always identical. Therefore the lowest object has to be a large square. One of the objects is always hollow, the other one is not.

Question 17:

Please find the figure continuing the series:

Explanation!

 The right answer is: d. Reason: The objects alternate between being in the horizontal and the vertical position. Both ends are always equal.

Question 18:

Please find the figure continuing the series:

Explanation!

 The right answer is: b or d. Reason: Each object has one corner (solution d) or one line (solution b) less than the previous one.

Question 19:

Please find the figure continuing the series:

Explanation!

The right answer is: a. Reason: The current picture always shows one square less than the previous picture. The current picture always shows one more circle than the previous picture.

Question 20:

Please find the figure continuing the series:

Explanation!

 Reason: The right answer is: c. First an ellipse, then a circle, then another ellipse - we are therefore dealing with a circle. As each figure is only half solid the answer must be c.

Question 21:

Please find the figure continuing the series:

Explanation!

 The right answer is: e. Reason: The small figures are shifted upwards or downwards.

Question 22:

Please find the figure continuing the series:

Explanation!

 The right answer is: c. Reason: In each row the signs point to a different direction. In addition, in each row one circle appears solid, one circle appears half solid, and one circle appears hollow.

Question 23:

Please find the odd one:

Explanation!

The right answer is: c. Reason: All figures are rectangular, c is a triangle; e is also correct as it is the only figure that is not symmetrical.

Question 24:

Please find the odd one:

Explanation!

 The right answer is: e. Reason: The two small circles cannot be connected with a straight line running through the centre of the large circle.

Find the identical cubes:

Question 25

Explanation!

The right answer is: d.

Question 26

Explanation!

The right answer is: b.

Question 27

Explanation!

The right answer is: d.

Question 28

Explanation!

 The right answer is: c.

Question 29:

30 years ago it would take a worker five hours to make a chair. Today it takes him just 30 minutes.

a Man has become more industrious.

b People work faster in order to avoid unemployment.

c Chairs have a shorter life cycle.

d Workers have more spare time.

e Productivity has increased.

Explanation!

 The right answer is: e. Reason: The four other statements are based on assumptions not made in the starting statement. Example: Answer b assumes high unemployment. This is not mentioned in the starting statement.

Question 30:

Drinking and Driving causes many accidents.

a People drink too much alcohol.

b People should not drive when over the legal limit.

c There is a chance of 20 percent to cause an accident by driving in drunk condition.

d Alcohol diminishes driving skills.

e The police should carry out more breathanalysing tests.

Explanation!

The right answer is: d. Reason: The four other statements are based on assumptions not made in the starting statement. Example: Answer b is based on a blood-alcohol limit. This is not mentioned in the starting statement.

Question 31:

During the Christmas period toy shops increase their sales.

a In winter time children like playing at home.

b Half of the Christmas presents are toys.

c At Christmas many toys are given as presents.

d In winter more toys are produced.

e Toys for adults are becoming more and more popular.

Explanation!

 The right answer is: c. Reason: The four other statements are based on assumptions not made in the starting statement. Example: Answer b assumes that the percentage of toys as presents is known. This is not mentioned in the starting statement.

Question 32:

Today is Wednesday. What will the fourth day from yesterday be?

Explanation!

 The right answer is: Saturday. Reason: Yesterday was Tuesday. So in four days time it will be Saturday.

Question 33:

The day before the day before yesterday is three days after Saturday. What day is today?

Explanation!

 The right answer is: Friday. Reason: Three days after Saturday is Tuesday. Then the day before yesterday was Wednesday (Tuesday being the day before the day before yesterday). Therefore, today is Friday.

Question 34:

Which lamp is the brightest?

Lamp A is less bright than Lamp B

Lamp B is brighter than Lamp C

Lamp C is as bright as Lamp D

Lamp B is brighter than Lamp D

Lamp D is brighter than Lamp A

The right answer is: b. Reason: Please compare all statements with their respective solutions.

Question 35:

Who is the shortest?

Oliver is as tall as Otto

Bert is shorter than Ben

Ben is taller than Otto

Oliver is shorter than Bert

 The right answer is: no solution. Reason: Oliver and Otto are equally small.

Question 36:

A trader buys tea for $1200 and sells it for $1500. Per sack of tea he makes a profit of $50. How many sacks of tea did he have?

The right answer is: 6. Reason: 1500 - 1200 = 300 300 : 50 = 6

Question 37:

87 kg of potatoes are distributed in two boxes. One box weighs 11 kg less than the other one. How many kilograms of potatoes does the lighter box contain?

The right answer is: 38. Reason: 38 kg + 49 kg = 87 kg 49 kg - 38 kg = 11 kg

Question 38:

What is the result of multiplying all figures from 0 to 25?

 The right answer is: 0. Reason: 0 * X = 0