Ultimate IQ Tests

1000 Practice Test Questions to Boost Your Brainpower

Ken Russell, Philip Carter

• Publisher: Kogan Page
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN:
  9780749474300
• Edition: 3
• eBook ISBN:
  9780749474317
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Business Skills
• Index: Psychology

IQ tests are routinely encountered in recruitment for various industries, including for jobs in the government, armed forces, and education as well as industry and commerce. Competition is fierce and employers are determined to cut the weak from the strong so it is essential for candidates to be prepared. Ultimate IQ Tests is the biggest book of IQ practice tests available. Written and compiled by experts in IQ testing and brain puzzles, it contains 1000 practice questions organized into 25 tests, with a simple guide to assessing individual performance.

With a brand new test in this edition, designed to be more challenging than the others so you can track progress, this is the best one-stop resource to mind puzzles. Working through the questions will help you to improve your vocabulary and develop powers of calculation and logical reasoning. From the best-selling Ultimate series, Ultimate IQ Tests is an invaluable resource if you have to take an IQ test, but it's also great fun if you like to stretch your mind for your own entertainment - and boost your brain power.

About the Ultimate series...
The Ultimate series contains practical advice on essential job search skills to give you the best chance of getting the job you want. Taking you from your job search to completing an interview, it includes guidance on CV or résumé and cover letter writing, practice questions for passing aptitude, psychometric and other employment tests, and reliable advice for interviewing.

TEST 1

Questions

1

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

PROSCRIBE (allow, stifle, promote, verify, indict)

3 0, 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 12, 16, ?

What number should replace the question mark?

4 Which number is the odd one out?

9678 4572 5261 5133 3527 6895 7768

5 Isotherm is to temperature as isobar is to: atmosphere, wind, pressure, latitude, current

6

Which is the missing section?

7 Which is the odd one out?

8 Identify two words (one from each set of brackets) that have a connection (analogy) with the words in capitals and relate to them in the same way.

GRAM (energy, weight, scales)

KNOT (water, rope, speed)

9

Each number in the pyramid is the sum of the two numbers immediately below it. Fill in the pyramid with the missing numbers.

10 Which is the odd one out?

11 How many minutes is it before 12 noon, if 48 minutes ago it was twice as many minutes past 9 am?

12 Complete the five words below in such a way that the two letters that end the first word also start the second word, and the two letters that end the second word also start the third word etc. The same two letters that end the fifth word also start the first word, to complete the cycle.

** IV **

** OT **

** IC **

** NG **

** RA **

13 Which is the odd one out?

heptagon, triangle, hexagon, cube, pentagon

14 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

Switches 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?

15

Which is the missing tile?

16 Which word in brackets is closest in meaning to the word in capitals?

BRUNT (dull, edifice, impact, tawny, nonsense)

17 Which of the following...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title page
• Contents
• Introduction
• Test 1: Questions
• Test 2: Questions
• Test 3: Questions
• Test 4: Questions
• Test 5: Questions
• Test 6: Questions
• Test 7: Questions
• Test 8: Questions
• Test 9: Questions
• Test 10: Questions
• Test 11: Questions
• Test 12: Questions
• Test 13: Questions
• Test 14: Questions
• Test 15: Questions
• Test 16: Questions
• Test 17: Questions
• Test 18: Questions
• Test 19: Questions
• Test 20: Questions
• Test 21: Questions
• Test 22: Questions
• Test 23: Questions
• Test 24: Questions
• Test 25: Questions
• Answers and explanations
• Copyright