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?

C
D
E
B
A

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

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

3.

Which is the missing section?

B
D
C
A

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

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

5. 100, 97.4, 94.8, ? , 89.6, 87

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
D
C
E
A

7.

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

C
B
A
D
E

8.

Which is the missing tile?

B
E
C
A
D

9.

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

D
E
B
C
A

10.

What number should replace the question mark?

11.

Which pentagon should replace the question mark?

C
A
D
E
B

12.

is to:

D
A
E
C
B

13. caster is to chair as rowel is to:

wheel, spur, bicycle, pulley, gyroscope

14.

What number should replace the question mark?

15. boater, nail, about, ruin, alibi, ?

Which word below comes next in the above sequence?

stray, tiara, treat, suit, trail

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

therefore 8257 is to ?

17.

What letter is two letters to the right of the letter two letters above the letter four letters to the left of the letter Z?

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 is the odd number out?

462 683 385 198 253 781 594

20. The cost of an identical three-course lunch for four
people was ?56.00. The main course cost twice as much as the sweet and the sweet cost twice as much as the starter. How much did the main course cost per person?

21. Which is the odd one out?

femur, mandible, fibula, tibia, patella

22. Which is the odd one out?

A
D
B
C
E

23. What is the meaning of laconic?

dull, uninspiring

tearful

using few words

emotionally unstable

sarcastic

24.

Spiral clockwise round the perimeter and finish at the centre square to spell out a nine-letter word. You must find the starting point and provide the missing letters.

25. 9, 16, 13, 13, 17, 10, 21, 7, ?

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. Find the starting point and work from letter to adjoining letter horizontally and vertically, but not diagonally, to spell out a 12-letter word. You have to provide the missing letters.

28.

Which is the missing tile?

E
A
B
D
C

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?