Explore topic-wise MCQs in Mental Ability.

This section includes 61 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Mental Ability knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

Find the number of cubes in the given figure.

A.  9
B.  10
C.  
D.  12
Answer» D.  12
2.

How many squares and standing lines respectively are there in the given figure?

A. 8, 11  
B. 7, 5 
C.  triangle
D. 5, 9 (Olympiad)
Answer» C.  triangle
3.

How many triangles and squares respectively are there in the given figures?

A. 18, 6  
B. 14, 5   
C.  3  
D. 16, 5 (Olympiad)
Answer» E.
4.

There are squares and circles.

A. 2, 25  
B. 3, 23   
C.  4
D. 2, 24 (Olympiad)
Answer» E.
5.

There are _____ number of sleeping lines, ______ numbers of slanting lines and _____ number of standing lines in the given figure.

A. 22, 16, 20   
B. 23, 14, 19
C.  A-(iii)  B-(iv)  C-(i) D-(ii)
D. 18, 16, 20  (Olympiad)
Answer» B. 23, 14, 19
6.

There are triangles, circles and squares respectively in the given figure.

A. 11, 4, 2  
B. 12, 4, 3 
C.  19 
D. 12, 6, 2 (Olympiad)
Answer» D. 12, 6, 2 (Olympiad)
7.

There are _____ more circles than the number of triangles in the picture.    (Olympiad)

A.  21
B.  26
C.  14 
D.  16
Answer» E.
8.

How many triangles can be identified in the above tangram?

A. 5
B.  3
C.  9  
D.  7
Answer» E.
9.

The given figure has ______ slanting lines.

A. 12    
B. 11 
C.  Oval 
D. 14 (Olympiad)
Answer» D. 14 (Olympiad)
10.

Which combination of letters is NOT hidden in the logo?

A. IOF
B. VCL 
C.  31
D. HTI (Olympiad)
Answer» D. HTI (Olympiad)
11.

The model of a tower shown here is made up of unit cubes stacked on top of each other. How many unit cubes in all are used to form the tower?

A.  35
B.  36
C.  Q  
D.  38
Answer» B.  36
12.

How many circles are there in the given necklace?

A. 20    
B. 25 
C.  Ray   
D. 15
Answer» D. 15
13.

Direction: Look at the picture given below and answer the following questions. How many triangles are there in the picture?

A.  5  
B.  2 
C.  13 
D.  4
Answer» C.  13 
14.

Observe the given geometrical shapes based scenario carefully and answer the following questions carefully. How many different types of shapes are there in the given image?

A.
B.
C.  8  
D. 2
Answer» D. 2
15.

How many pentagons are visible in the figure given below?

A.  3  
B.  9 
C.  5  
D.  6
Answer» E.
16.

How many hexagons are there in the above figure?

A.  3
B.  2
C.  10
D.  5
Answer» D.  5
17.

How many different shapes are there in the right side of the line?

A. 2   
B. 3
C. R   
D. 6
Answer» E.
18.

How many different shapes can be derived if the figure(X) is cut along the dotted line?    

A. 4   
B. 6   
C. 2   
D. 3
Answer» D. 3
19.

Match the shapes with their names. [a] (1) Cylinder [b] (2) Sphere [c] (3) Pyramid

A. A-3,B-1,C-2 
B. A-1, B-2, C-3
C. 11  
D. A-1, B-3, C-2
Answer» B. A-1, B-2, C-3
20.

Direction: Look at the following figure and answer the given questions. What is the total number of shapes in the image?

A.  19   
B.  20 
C. 8, 9  
D.  22
Answer» B.  20 
21.

Direction: Look at the following figure and answer the given questions. How many different shapes are there in the image?

A.  3
B.  9
C. 15, 4  
D.  8
Answer» C. 15, 4  
22.

Direction: Look at the figure and answer the following questions. There are ________ triangles in the figure.

A. 10  
B.
C. 20, 16, 18   
D. 4
Answer» E.
23.

Direction: Look at the figure and answer the following questions. There are squares in the figure.

A. 6   
B.
C. 13, 5, 2  
D. 8
Answer» D. 8
24.

Direction: Look at the figure and answer the following questions. There are circles in the given figure.

A.
B.
C.  22 
D. 8
Answer» D. 8
25.

Sunita was making a border across her notebook paper. She used one shape and kept flipping it over a vertical axis (reflecting the shape). What did her border look like?

A.   
B.  
C.  9
D.  
Answer» E.
26.

Direction: Look at the following figure and answer the given questions. How many right angled triangles are there in the image?

A.  2  
B.  8 
C.  8  
D.  4
Answer» B.  8 
27.

Which one of the following kinds of shape a paper sheet has?

A. Rectangular
B. Triangular
C. Angular
D. All the above
E. None of these
Answer» B. Triangular
28.

How many sides the given picture has?  

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. None of these
Answer» D. 4
29.

Which one of the following has four angles?

A. Line
B. Angle
C. Triangle
D. Quadrilateral
E. None of these
Answer» E. None of these
30.

The number of straight lines needed to make the given figure is:

A. 9
B. 15
C. 10
D. 12
E. None of these
Answer» D. 12
31.

How many rectangles are there in the following figure?

A. 2
B. 4
C. 6
D. 8
E. None of these
Answer» D. 8
32.

Amelia has two sticks of 9 centimetres each and two sticks of 15 centimetres each. She joins the sticks as shown in the given figure. Name the figure.

A. Square
B. Rectangle
C. Triangle
D. All the above
E. None of these
Answer» C. Triangle
33.

How many sides are there in the following figure?

A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
E. None of these
Answer» E. None of these
34.

How many ovals are there in the picture given below.

A.  2  
B.  6   
C. 10    
D.  8
Answer» C. 10    
35.

Find the number of straight lines in the given figure.

A.  8  
B.  10  
C. EDS
D.  14
Answer» D.  14
36.

How many time does " " appears in the figure given below?

A.  12   
B.  10   
C.  37
D.  9
Answer» D.  9
37.

What is the shape of the last boggy behind the bear?

A.  Square
B.  Rectangle
C. 21    
D.  Circular
Answer» E.
38.

How many squares are visible in the image given below?

A.  2  
B.  3 
C.  18
D.  1
Answer» E.
39.

If you cut a pizza in six equal segments, then how many triangle-shaped pieces will you get out of it?

A. 8   
B. 6
C.  3    
D. 5
Answer» C.  3    
40.

How many vertical lines are there in the figure (X)?

A. 5   
B.
C. 4   
D. 9
Answer» D. 9
41.

How many triangles are there in Figure (X)?

A. 12  
B. 16  
C.  4  
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
42.

Count the number of squares in the following figure.

A. 5   
B.
C.  8  
D. 6
Answer» C.  8  
43.

Carefully observe the picture given above and count how quadrilateral may surround the only hexagon in the image.

A.  3  
B.  4
C.  4  
D.  6
Answer» B.  4
44.

Which of the following figures below have a line of symmetry?

A.   
B.  
Answer» C.
45.

What is the intermediate shape of the given image (X)?

A.  
B.  
C. 5   
D.  
Answer» B.  
46.

Which one of the following is a right angle triangle?

A.  2  
B.  4   
C. 5   
D.  1
Answer» E.
47.

How many shapes can be identified in the figure given above and write which shape has maximum occurrence?

A.  3, Quadrilateral
B.  3, Hexagon  
C. A-2,B-3,C-1  
D.  9, Squares
Answer» B.  3, Hexagon  
48.

Match the following Group -1 Group - 2 A 1 B 2 C 3 D 4

A. a-2  b-1 c-4d-3
B. a-3b-4   c-1  d-2
C.  12     
D. a-1b-4   c-2d-3
Answer» C.  12     
49.

If the quadrilateral will be cut along AB then which shape would have more area

A. 1   
B. 2
C.  5  
D. None of these
Answer» C.  5  
50.

At least how many triangles can be formed of the figure given below

A. 5   
B.
C.
D. 10
Answer» B. 6