Classical IQ test with random questions - This test has 30 randomly selected questions. In this way any next solving of the test will produce a fair assessment. The time for solving is limited to 35 minutes.

1.

What comes next?

E
D
C
A
B

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

BRUNT
dull
nonsense
edifice
tawny
impact

3.

Which is the missing section?

D
A
C
B

4. Which word in brackets is closest in meaning to the word in capitals?

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

5. 1000, 865, ?, 595, 460, 325

What number should replace the question mark?

6.

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

B
E
A
C
D

7.

Which shield below has most in common with the shield above?

C
D
B
E
A

8.

Which is the missing tile?

E
C
B
A
D

9.

To which of the squares below can a dot be added so that the dot then meets the same conditions as the dot in the square above?

D
C
E
A
B

10.

What number should replace the question mark?

11.

Which circle should replace the question mark?

B
E
D
C
A

12.

is to:

as

is to:

A
E
C
B
D

13. blanch is to boil as saut? is to:

simmer, fry, soak, roast, garnish

14.

What number should replace the question mark?

15. action, effort, worth, ?, ourself

Which of the words below is missing?

cheer, reef, cage, rampart, idea

16. 3182596 is to 65283

and 6742835 is to 53476

therefore 7496258 is to ?

17.

What letter is two letters away clockwise from the letter that is directly opposite the letter three letters away anticlockwise from the letter C?

18. 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

Switches B, D, A and C are thrown in turn with the result that Figure 1 turns into Figure 2. Which switch does not work at all?

19. Which number is the odd one out?

3647 2536 5869 6957 1425 4758

20. How many different size circles appear below?

21. Which is the odd one out?

parabolic, lancet, abutment, trefoil, ogee

22. Which is the odd one out?

B
E
C
D
A

23.

Start at one of the four corner letters and spiral clockwise round the perimeter, finishing at the centre letter to spell out a nine-letter word. You must provide the missing letters.

24. Change one letter only in each word to produce a familiar phrase:

cone do line

25. 71, 81, 74, 77, 77, 73, 80, 69, ?

What number should replace the question mark?

26. Add three consecutive letters of the alphabet to the group of letters below, without splitting the consecutive letters of the alphabet, to form another word.

GERE

27.

What weight should replace the question mark in order for the scales to balance?

28.

Which is the missing tile?

B
A
E
C
D
F

29. A greengrocer received a boxful of tomatoes and on opening the box found that several had gone bad. He then counted them up so that he could make a formal complaint and found that 68 were mouldy, which was 16 per cent of the total contents of the box. How many tomatoes were in the box?

30.

What number should replace the question mark?