Intelligence · 54 questions · ~15 min

SAFRAN Reasoning Test

54 questions · 15 minutes
Verbal, numerical and figural reasoning

Six kinds of question take turns, getting harder as you go. Work fast, and answer every question: if you are not sure, guess. A wrong answer costs nothing, and few people reach the end in the time. Your score is the number right. One of each kind:

  1. Odd one out. Three of four words belong together; pick the one that does not. paperclip, pencil, fineliner, pen: the answer is paperclip, the only one you cannot write with.
  2. Figure analogies. Pick the picture that goes with the third as the second goes with the first. ExampleThe circle is turned 45°, so the hourglass is turned 45° as well: Its answer
  3. Number series. Type the next number. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, ?: the answer is 12.
  4. Word analogies. “Visual impairment” is to “glasses” as “tiredness” is to …? Glasses help against poor sight, so the answer is what helps against tiredness: sleep.
  5. Matrices. Pick the picture that completes the pattern. ExampleEach row has one kind of shape, and the columns hold one, two (stacked) and three (side by side): three triangles side by side. Its answer
  6. Word problems. Type the answer as a number. A $500 article is $15 off. What does it cost? 485.

Decimals are fine (12.5 or 12,5). No calculator or paper, please: the norms are of people without them.

SAFRAN is by Mussel, Schäpers, Schulte, Hewig and Krumm (Intelligence, 2025), published free for any use. Your percentile is against the authors' online sample of young German adults (16–30), weighted to match the German population's school qualifications. No IQ is given: the sample covers ages 16–30 only. They took the test in German; the English version is the authors' translation.

Time limit: 15:00