Test Two: Questions

1.

What comes next?

A B C

D E

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2. Which four-letter word, when placed in the brackets,

will complete a word on the left and start another word
on the right?

RAM (****) RIDGE

3.
20 22 19 21

17 19 16 ?

19 21 ? 20

16 18 15 ?

Which is the missing section?

19 18 18 19

18 18 17 17

19 17 18 17
A B C D

4. ligno- is to wood as vitro- is to wool, glass, stone,

water, paper?

5.
3 9 8

44 32 75
8 4 7 2 7 ?

What number should replace the question mark?

6. Solve the anagrams to find a well-known saying.
The number of letters in each word is shown.

(**** ** ********)(**** *******)

(asserting craft)(hint of antic)

7.

is to:

as

is to:

A B C

D E
8. 0, 4 ,2, 6, 3, 7, 3.5, ?

What number should replace the question mark?

9. 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

LONGITUDE (degree, tropics, meridian)

LATITUDE (parallel, line, equinox)

10. 5 2 3 10

6 4 1 11

1 9 ? 12

12 ? 6 ?

Which is the missing section?

4 2 7 3
16 29 15 33 14 35 17 31
A B C D

11. Which word in brackets is closest in meaning to the

word in capitals?

MONITOR (observe, order, meddle, intrude, conclude)

12.

1 2 3

4 5 6

7 8 9

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?

A B C D E

13. Which two words are most opposite in meaning?

liberty, frivolity, chastity, sobriety, irrationality, polarity

14.

Insert four weights of 2 units, 3 units, 4 units and 6 units

respectively so that the scales balance perfectly.

15. The following clue leads to which pair of rhyming

words?

measure bulk of grass fodder

16.

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

one of the following that can be produced?

A B C

D E

17. Which is the odd one out?

femur, mandible, fibula, tibia, patella

18. My watch was correct at noon, after which it started to

lose 17 minutes per hour until six hours ago it stopped
completely. It now shows the time as 2.52 p.m. What time is
it now?
19.

Insert all the letters of the phrase UNSPOILT LOCAL into the
remaining blank spaces once each only, to produce two
words that form a phrase. Clue: things are not always what
they appear.

20.

Which is the missing tile?

A B C D E
21.

What comes next?

A B C D E

F G H

22. dopiness, uncloaking, dishwasher

Which word below has a feature in common with all the

words above?

gallant, crossfire, whirlwind, assault

23. 1, 101, 15, 4, 29, –93, 43, –190, ?

What number should replace the question mark?

24.
A B C D E

F G H I J

K L M N O

P Q R S T

U V W X Y Z

What letter is two letters above the letter two letters to the
left of the letter immediately above the letter three letters to
the right of the letter Q?

25. 15, 5, 8, 24, 21, 7, 10, 30, ?, ?, ?, 36, 33

What three numbers are missing?

26.

Which shield below has most in common with the shield

above?

A B C

D E
27. Using the four letters below only, create a seven-letter word.

UMNI

5 4 ?

8 5 7 6 9 1

1 7 1 9 1 3

What number should replace the question mark?

29. Switch A turns lights 1 and 2 on/off or off/on

Switch B turns lights 2 and 4 on/off or off/on
Switch C turns lights 1 and 3 on/off or off/on
Switch D turns lights 3 and 4 on/off or off/on

= ON

= OFF

Switches D, C, A and B are thrown in turn with the result

that Figure 1 turns into Figure 2. Which switch does not
work at all?

1 1

2 2

3 3

4 4

Figure 1 Figure 2
30. Which word in brackets is closest in meaning to the
word in capitals?

FUSE (muzzle, explode, coalesce, immobilise, tighten)

31.
13

12
?
7
7 4
1 16
8

9
8 5 7
14
5

11

What number should replace the question mark?

32.

To which hexagon below can a dot be added so that it

then meets the same conditions as in the hexagon above?

A B C

D E

33. You have 59 cubic blocks. What is the minimum

number that needs to be taken away in order to construct a
solid cube with none left over?
34. What word meaning DEDUCE becomes a word meaning
PROPEL when a letter is removed?

35.
47 55 63

85 92 99

73 ? 25

What number should replace the question mark?

36. What is the longest word in the English language that can
be produced out of the set of letters below? Letters may
only be used once in the word so produced.

FEUMOPXCTW

37.
Which is the missing section?

A B

C D
38.
S
I
U
RD O

EO P
C

MI R
E
E
R

Work clockwise round the circles to spell out two eight-

letter words that are antonyms. Each word commences in a
different circle, and you must find the starting point of each.
Every letter is used once each and all letters are consecutive.

39.

3 4 7 ?
2 3 4
5 3
13 14 20 18

What number should replace the question mark?

40.

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

A B C

D E