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 in the above sequence?

A
E
D
C
B

2. able, rot, son, king

Which word below shares a common feature with all the words above?
hope
take
line
night
sit

3.

Which is the missing section?

A
C
B
D

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

MONITOR (observe, order, meddle, intrude, conclude)

5. 53 (3) 59
92 (4) 98
34 (2) 38
71 (?) 79

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?

A
C
D
B
E

7.

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

D
C
A
E
B

8.

Which is the missing box?

A
D
E
F
B
C

9.

To which shield below can a dot be added so that it meets the same conditions as in the shield above?

A
D
B
C
E

10.

What number should replace the question mark?

11.

Which is missing?

E
A
D
B
C

12.

13. MTD is to PXB as FRJ is to?

14.

What number should replace the question mark?

15. aplomb, dodge, graph, jerk, ?

What comes next?

laugh, maroon, link, nickel, midnight

16. 5862 is to 714
and 3498 is to 1113
and 9516 is to 156

therefore 8257 is to ?

17.

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

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 D, C, A and B 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?

3861 8712 5247 4356 1485 3645

20. How many minutes is it before 12 noon if nine minutes ago it was twice as many minutes past 10 a.m.?

21. Which is the odd one out?

trivet, tributary, triptych, trident, triad

22. Which is the odd one out?

A
C
D
B
E

23. Which word in brackets is most opposite to the word in capitals?

SLEEK (sordid, unimaginative, disorderly, dishevelled, oblique)

24.

Three teams, from England, Scotland and Wales, are competing for two trophies, one for golf and one for tennis. How many different outcomes of the two competitions exist?

6, 8, 9, or 12?

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

What number should replace the question mark?

26. Only one set of letters below can be rearranged into a sixletter word in the English language. Find the word.

HURLPO
KCIENA
WINCAL
EJBATC
XELPOD
NWIOLM

27. Place a word in the bracket that forms a new word or phrase when tacked onto the word on the left, and another word or phrase when placed in front of the word on the right.

home ( ) fast

28.

Which is the missing tile?

A
F
C
D
B
E

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?