Mensa IQ Test

Which THREE of the following words have similar meanings?

If the first two statements are true, is the final statement true?

1. All inhabitants of this island always tell the truth.
2. Adam always fails to tell the truth.
3. Adam is an inhabitant of this island.

Two house painters A and B are to paint a house of 31 rooms. While A can paint 3 rooms in 4 hours, B can paint 4 rooms in 5 hours. What is the time needed for painting all the rooms by these two workers?

Which THREE of the following words have similar meanings?

One word below is underlined. What is the OPPOSITE of that word?

The teenage boy’s room was surprisingly tidy.

The words SHAGGGY and SLEEK have ______ meanings.

The number of graduate students applying for a tuition-and-fees waiver in a prestigious university in 2022 is 650. Out of these only 130 were ultimately granted the required waiver. This corresponds to a rejection rate of _____.

The words ALLURE and REPEL have ______ meanings.

An American tourist arrived in Munich, Germany with cash money of $5000. She exchanged her US currency for European currency at the official rate of $1 = EUR 0.87, where EUR depicts a European Euro. She now possesses _____ Euros.

In a New York-Cairo flight, the plane has 140 seats, and the number of passengers with confirmed reservations was 105 % of the plane capacity. How many seats are overbooked?

FLEXIBLE is to RIGID as CONFIDENCE is to ______.

Sarah was cooking chicken in the oven. For the first 20 minutes, the temperature was 295. For the second 20 minutes, the temperature was 315. For the last 20 minutes, the temperature was 375. What was the average temperature during the hour the chicken was cooking?

The words VAGABOND and DECISIVE have ______ meanings.

Adam’s mother baked 96 identical cupcakes for his birthday. Twelve adults and 24 children attended the birthday party. A child’s share of the cakes was half that of an adult’s share. What was an adult’s share?

One word below is underlined. What is the OPPOSITE of that word?

I do not like dealing with stingy people.

During Adam’s birthday party, his aunt, a medical doctor, observed that all 12 adults present are obese and ordered that an adult share of the 96 cupcakes be limited to two cupcakes only. The remaining cupcakes were distributed to the 24 children, so that a total child’s share becomes ______ .

Which THREE of the following words have similar meanings?

BOOK is to LIBRARY as TREE is to _____.

If the first two statements are true, is the final statement true?

1. The company follows a strict pay structure for all employees.
2. 1^st year employees make $45,000. 2^nd year employees make $50,000.
3. Steve, who is in year 2 of working for the company, makes $50,000.

Which THREE of the following words have similar meanings?

Grapes sell for $0.20 per pound. How many pounds of grapes can you buy with $0.80?

One word below is underlined. What is the OPPOSITE of that word?

The frugal man is hoping to become a millionaire one day.

Which THREE of the following words have similar meanings?

The number of graduate students applying for a tuition-and-fees waiver in a prestigious university in 2021 is 780. Out of these 650 were ultimately denied the required waiver. This is a rejection rate of _____.

Which THREE of the following words have similar meanings?

One word below is underlined. What is the OPPOSITE of that word?

The old man became crabby is his 70’s.

The words SUCCESSFUL and RICH have ______ meanings.

Rearrange all of the words below to make the best sentence. Which word should come RIGHT AFTER “for”?

dinner love I going to for Chipotle

If the first two statements are true, is the final statement true?

1. The mountain is only open for skiing when it snowed the day before.
2. Today is Friday. It last snowed on Wednesday.
3. The mountain is open for skiing today.

Which THREE of the following words have similar meanings?