IQ Questions & Answers 16-20

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 pm.
What time is it now?

Answers:
16. D;
17. mandible: it is the jaw bone, the rest are bones in the leg;
18. 10 pm: 12 noon = 12 noon, 1 pm = 12.43, 2 pm = 1.26, 3 pm = 2.09, 4 pm = 2.52, +6 hours = 10 pm;
19. OPTICAL ILLUSION;
20. A: each line across and down
contains five black dots and four white dots;

IQ Questions & Answers 11-16

11. Which word in brackets is closest in meaning to the word in capitals?
MONITOR (observe, order, meddle, intrude, conclude)

 13. Which two words are most opposite in meaning?
liberty, frivolity, chastity, sobriety, irrationality, polarity

15. The following clue leads to which pair of rhyming words?
measure bulk of grass fodder
Answers:
11. observe;

15. weigh hay;

IQ Test 06-10

6. Solve the anagrams to find a well-known saying. The number of letters in each
word is shown.
(**** ** ********)(**** *******)
(asserting craft)(hint of antic)

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)

Answers:
6. fact is stranger than fiction;
7. B: black objects
turn to white and vice versa;
8. 7.5: the sequence proceeds +4, ÷2, +4, etc;
9. meridian, parallel;
10. B: in lines and columns, add the first three numbers to
arrive at the fourth number;

IQ Questions & Answers 01-05

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

Answers:
1. E: the number of white dots is increased by one each time, both vertically and
horizontally, and all white dots are connected;
2. PART: RAMPART and PARTRIDGE;
3. B: lines across proceed +2, –3, +2. Lines down proceed –3, +2, –3;
4. glass;
5. 5: (8 + 7) × 5 = 75;

IQ Questions & Answers 36-40

Answers:
36. D: so that one dot appears in the triangle and one
circle; and the other dot appears in the triangle and three circles;
37. HANG GLIDER;
38. G;
39. 0: looking at lines of numbers from the top: 9 × 8 = 72; 72 × 8 =
576; 576 × 8 = 4608;
40. C: each opposite corner block of four squares are identical.

IQ Questions & Answers

32. How many minutes is it before 12 noon if nine minutes ago it was twice as
many minutes past 10 am?
33. Which two words are closest in meaning?
conclave, medley, theme, conglomeration, dissertation, augury
34. broke rage prose cute dared ?
Which word is missing?
palm hymn evil snow take
35. Find five consecutive numbers below that total 22.
7 3 9 6 4 1 3 7 9 3 5 4 1 7 6 5
Answers:

32. 37 minutes: 12 noon less 37 minutes = 11.23, 11.23 less nine minutes = 11.14.
10 am plus 74 minutes (2 × 37) = 11.14;
33. medley, conglomeration;
34. evil: when joined together each pair of words forms another word – brokerage, prosecute, daredevil;
35. 93541;

Test One: Questions 21-30

Work clockwise round the circles to spell out two eight-letter words that are
synonyms. 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.
24. 10, 30, 32, 96, 98, 294, 296, ?, ?
What two numbers should replace the question marks?
25. able, rot, son, king
Which word below shares a common feature with all the words above?
line, sit, take, hope, night
26. 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.
SEA (wet, swimmer, ship)
SNOW (mountain, ice, skier)
27. Which word meaning LOCALITY becomes a word meaning TEMPO when a
letter is removed?
28. Alf has four times as many as Jim, and Jim has three times as many as Sid.
Altogether they have 192. How many has each?
29. Which is the only one of the following that is not an anagram of a word
meaning out of this world?
flow under
sexed Utah
enviable blue
icier blend
30. A man has 53 socks in his drawer: 21 identical blue, 15 identical black and 17
identical red. The lights are fused and he is completely in the dark. How many
socks must he take out to make 100 per cent certain he has a pair of black socks?
Answers:

Test One: Questions 13-20

13. Which is the odd one out?
heptagon, triangle, hexagon, cube, pentagon
14. Switch Aturns 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

16. Which word in brackets is closest in meaning to the word in capitals?
BRUNT (dull, edifice, impact, tawny, nonsense)
17. Which of the following is not an anagram of a type of food?
PAST EIGHT
I CAN ROAM
WIN BOAR
CAN PEAK
COOL CHEAT

Answers:

Test One: Questions 07-12

8. 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.
GRAM (energy, weight, scales)
KNOT (water, rope, speed)

11. How many minutes is it before 12 noon, if 48 minutes ago it was twice as many
minutes past 9 am?
12. Complete the five words below in such a way that the two letters that end the
first word also start the second word, and the two letters that end the second
word also start the third word etc. The same two letters that end the fifth word
also start the first word, to complete the cycle.
** IV **
** OT **
** IC **
** NG **
** RA **
Answer:
7. C: in all the others the black circle is connected to three white circles. In C it is only
connected to two white circles; 8. weight, speed;

10. B: the rest are the same figure rotated;
11. 44 minutes: 12 noon less 44 minutes =
11.16, 11.16 less 48 minutes = 10.28, 9 am plus 88 minutes (44 × 2) = 10.28;
12. SHIVER,
EROTIC, ICICLE, LENGTH, THRASH;

Test One: Questions 01-06

2. Which word in brackets is most opposite to the word in capitals?
PROSCRIBE (allow, stifle, promote, verify, indict)
3. 0, 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 12, 16, ?
What number should replace the question mark?
4. Which number is the odd one out?
9678 4572 5261 5133 3527 6895 7768
5. Isotherm is to temperature as isobar is to: atmosphere, wind, pressure, latitude,
current
Answer:
1. B;
2. allow;
3. 20: add 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4;
4. 3527: in the others the sum of the first two
numbers is equal to the sum of the second two numbers, for example 5 + 2 = 6 + 1;
5. pressure;