IQ Test Answers Explained 🔗
Below is an IQ test with answers and explanations.
1. Which word doesn’t fit? 🔗
- Smelling
- Seeing
- Smiling
- Hearing
Answer: Out of the words smelling, seeing, smiling, hearing, the word that doesn’t fit is smiling.
Explanation: The other 3 words are senses, inputs to your brain.
| Smelling | Sense |
| Seeing | Sense |
| Smiling | Not A Sense |
| Hearing | Sense |
2. Which word doesn’t fit? 🔗
- Painting
- Poem
- Flower
- Song
Answer: Out of the words painting, poem, flower, song, the word that doesn’t fit is flower.
Explanation: The other 3 words are forms of art.
| Painting | Art |
| Poem | Art |
| Flower | Not Art |
| Song | Art |
3. What day was yesterday, if Monday is in two days? 🔗
- Wednesday
- Friday
- Saturday
- Sunday
Answer: If Monday is in two days, yesterday was Friday.
Explanation: Monday is in two days, Sunday is in one day (tomorrow), Saturday is in 0 days (today), Friday in in -1 days (yesterday).
| name | day of the week | number of days |
|---|---|---|
| in two days | Monday | 2 |
| tomorrow | Sunday | 1 |
| today | Saturday | 0 |
| yesterday | Friday | -1 |
4. Coffee is to cup, what cake is to … 🔗
- Fork
- Napkin
- Plate
Answer: Coffee is to cup, what cake is to plate.
Explanation: Coffee sits on the cup, cake sits on the plate.
5. Finger is to hand, what leaf is to … 🔗
- Twig
- Tree
- Forest
Answer: Finger is to hand, what leaf is to twig.
Explanation: Finger => hand => arm => person => people. Leaf => twig => branch => tree => forest.
| Finger | Leaf |
| Hand | Twig |
| Arm | Branch |
| Person | Tree |
| People | Forest |
6. What is half of a quarter of 400? 🔗
- 50
- 100
- 200
Answer: Half of a quarter of 400 is 50.
Explanation: A quarter of 400 is 100, half of 100 is 50.
Another way:
` {: ((1/2) * (1/4) * 400, =, (1/2) * (400/4)), ( , =, (1/2) * 100), ( , =, 100/2 = 50) :} `
Yet another way:
` {: ((1/2) * (1/4) * 400, =, (1/(2 * 4)) * 400), ( , =, (1/8) * 400), ( , =, 400/8 = 50) :} `
7. If you turn your left glove inside out, it will fit your right hand. 🔗
- True
- False
Answer: The sentence “If you turn your left glove inside out, it will fit your right hand” is True.
Explanation: Imagine the symmetry of your hands in that sense. Or do the experiment like:
8. Which shape completes the pattern? 🔗
Answer: The button on the right, which has an arrow pointing right.
Explanation: For each row, from left the right, the shape rotates 45 degrees clockwise.
9. Which shape completes the pattern? 🔗
Answer: The button on the right, which has a polygon inside a circle.
Explanation: For each row, the second column is the first column plus (union) the third column.
10. Which shape does not fit the others? 🔗
Answer: The first image, which only has 5 sides.
Explanation: The other 4 images have 6 sides.
11. Which shape does not fit the others? 🔗
Answer: The second image, which is a concave polygon (some vertices point inwards).
Explanattion: The other 4 images are convex polygons, with all vertices pointing outwards.
12. Which shape does not fit the others? 🔗
Answer: The second image is also flipped, not just rotated.
Explanation: The other 3 images are rotated version of the same image.
13. Select the picture that best fits the white space 🔗
Answer: The second image, which has a vertical solid line on the right side and a vertex on the bottom left of the image.
Explanation: The right side of the space has a vertical solid line from top to bottom.
14. Complete the series: 🔗
- 1, 2, 4, 7, 11, 16, 22, ?
Answer: 1, 2, 4, 7, 11, 16, 22, 29.
Explanation: Taking the differences between consecutive numbers we get +1, +2, +3, +4, +5, +6, so the next number is 22 + 7 = 29.
| Number | Operation |
|---|---|
| 1 | + 1 |
| 2 | + 2 |
| 4 | + 3 |
| 7 | + 4 |
| 11 | + 5 |
| 16 | + 6 |
| 22 | + 7 |
| 29 | + 8 |
15. Complete the series: 🔗
- 3, 6, 10, 20, 24, ?
Answer: 3, 6, 10, 20, 24, 48.
Explanation: Comparing consecutive numbers we get x2, +4, x2, +4, so the next number is 24 x 2 = 48.
| Number | Operation |
|---|---|
| 3 | x 2 |
| 6 | + 4 |
| 10 | x 2 |
| 20 | + 4 |
| 24 | x 2 |
| 48 | + 4 |
16. Complete the series: 🔗
- 8, 6, 9, 5, 10, 4, 11, ?
Answer: 8, 6, 9, 5, 10, 4, 11, 3.
Explanation: There are two interleaved series, one is 8, 9, 10, 11, increasing by one, the other is 6, 5, 4, decreasing by one, so the next number is 4 - 1 = 3.
| First Series | Second Series | First Series Operation | Second Series Operation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | + 1 | ||
| 6 | -1 | ||
| 9 | + 1 | ||
| 5 | -1 | ||
| 10 | + 1 | ||
| 4 | -1 | ||
| 11 | + 1 | ||
| 3 | -1 |
17. Some bracelets are valuable jewelry. All bracelets are made of gold. Which is true for sure? 🔗
- Some bracelets are made of silver.
- Some valuable jewelry is made of gold.
Answer: If “Some bracelets are valuable jewelry. All bracelets are made of gold.”, then it is true for sure that “Some valuable jewelry is made of gold.”.
Explanation: Some bracelets (all of which are made of gold) are valuable jewelry. => Some valuable jewelry are bracelets (all of which are made of gold). => Some valuable jewelry is made of gold.
18. Some politicians are lazy. No lazy person is wealthy. Which is true for sure? 🔗
- Some politicians are not wealthy.
- Some politicians are wealthy.
Answer: If “Some politicians are lazy. No lazy person is wealthy.”, then it is true for sure that “Some politicians are not wealthy.”.
Explanation: Some politicians are lazy (no lazy person is wealthy). => Some politicians are lazy (all lazy persons are not wealthy). => Some politicians are not wealthy.
Result 🔗
- Well done! You are in the top 1% of all people. Your IQ is 134.
I think this is the maximum score possible on a test that is no longer available.
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