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.

Looking at lines across and down, if the first two tiles are combined to produce the third tile, with the exception that like symbols are cancelled out, which of the above tiles is incorrect, and with which of the tiles below should it be replaced?

6, E
3,C
5, D
1,A
8,B

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

PLAUSIBLE (appropriate, improbable, clich?d, artificial, distasteful)

Which is the missing section?

B
A
C
D

Work from square to adjacent square horizontally or vertically (but not diagonally) to spell out a 12-letter word. You must find the starting point, and provide the missing letters

5. 1, 101, 15, 4, 29, –93, 43, –190, ?

What number should replace the question mark?

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
B
E
A

10.

What number should replace the question mark?

12.

13. bizarre is to outlandish as eccentric is to:

eerie, quirky, esoteric, weird, curious

14.

What number should replace the question mark?

15. aplomb, dodge, graph, jerk, ?

What comes next?

laugh, maroon, link, nickel, midnight

16. 3182596 is to 65283

and 6742835 is to 53476

therefore 7496258 is to ?

17. A B C D E F G H

What letter is two letters to the right of the letter immediately to the left of the letter four letters to the right of the letter two letters to the left of 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, B, C and A 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?

6394, 9416, 5278, 6231, 9614, 6132, 7895, 5872, 7598

20. A man has 53 socks in his drawer: 21 identical blue, 15 identical black and 17 identical red. The lights are fused and he is completely in the dark. How many socks must he take out to make 100 per cent certain he has a pair of black socks?

21. Which is the odd one out?

trivet, tributary, triptych, trident, triad

23. What is the meaning of laconic?

dull, uninspiring

tearful

using few words

emotionally unstable

sarcastic

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

cone do line

25. 1, 31, 59, 85, 109, ?

What number should replace the question mark?

26. dirty, berry, hint, knot

Which one word below shares a common feature with all four words above?

part, cost, near, find, open

27.

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

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?