Logical Reasoning & Analytical Ability

There are five persons in a group — P, Q, R, S and T. The group has one doctor, one lawyer and one artist. P and S are unmarried students. T is a man married to one of the group members. Q is the brother of P and is neither doctor nor artist. R is not doctor.

Who is the artist?

Six boxes A, B, C, D, E and F have been painted with six different colours viz., violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow and orange and arranged from left to right (not necessarily either kept or painted with the colours in the same order). Each box contains a ball of any one of the following six games: cricket, hockey, tennis, golf, football and volleyball (not necessarily in the same order). The golf ball is in violet box and is not in the box D. The box A which contains tennis ball is orange in colour and is at the extreme right. The hockey ball is neither in box D nor in box E. The box C having cricket ball is painted green. The hockey ball is neither in the box painted blue nor in the box painted yellow. The box C is fifth from right and next to box B. The box B contains volleyball. The box containing the hockey ball is between the boxes containing golf ball and volleyball.
Which one of the following boxes contains the golf ball?

There are five persons in a group — P, Q, R, S and T. The group has one doctor, one lawyer and one artist. P and S are unmarried students. T is a man married to one of the group members. Q is the brother of P and is neither doctor nor artist. R is not doctor.

Who is the spouse of R?

When three friends A, B and C met, it was found that each of them wore an outer garment of a different colour. In random order, the garments are: jacket, sweater and tie; and the colours are: blue, white and black. Their surnames in random order: Ribeiro, Kumar and Singh. Further, we know that:

1. Neither B nor Ribeiro wore a white sweater
2. C wore a tie
3. Singh’s garment was not white
4. Kumar does not wear a jacket
5. Ribeiro does not like to wear the black colour
6. Each of the friends wore only one outer garment of only one colour

What is C’s surname?

The nature of the legal imperatives in any given state corresponds to the effective demands that state encounters, and that these, in their turn, depend, in a general way, upon the manner in which economic power is distributed in the society which the state controls.

The statement refers to:

When three friends A, B and C met, it was found that each of them wore an outer garment of a different colour. In random order, the garments are: jacket, sweater and tie; and the colours are: blue, white and black. Their surnames in random order: Ribeiro, Kumar and Singh. Further, we know that:

1. Neither B nor Ribeiro wore a white sweater
2. C wore a tie
3. Singh’s garment was not white
4. Kumar does not wear a jacket
5. Ribeiro does not like to wear the black colour
6. Each of the friends wore only one outer garment of only one colour

Who wore the sweater?

There are five persons in a group — P, Q, R, S and T. The group has one doctor, one lawyer and one artist. P and S are unmarried students. T is a man married to one of the group members. Q is the brother of P and is neither doctor nor artist. R is not doctor.
Who of the following is definitely a man?

In a class of 60 students, where the number of girls is twice that of boys, Kamal, a boy, ranked seventeenth from the top. If there are 9 girls ahead of Kamal, the number of boys in rank after him is:

There are five persons in a group — P, Q, R, S and T. The group has one doctor, one lawyer and one artist. P and S are unmarried students. T is a man married to one of the group members. Q is the brother of P and is neither doctor nor artist. R is not doctor.

Who is the doctor?

Four-digit numbers are to be formed using the digits 1,2,3 and 4; and none of these four digits are repeated in any manner. Further

1. 2 and 3 are not to immediately follow each other
2. 1 is not to be immediately followed by 3
3. 4 is not to appear at the last place
4. 1 is not to appear at the first place

How many different numbers can be formed?

Five people A, B, C, D and E are seated about a round table. Every chair is spaced equidistant from adjacent chairs.

1. C is seated next to A
2. A is seated two seats from D
3. B is not seated next to A

On the basis of above information, which of the following must be true?

1. D is seated next to B
2. E is seated next to
3. D and C are separated by two seats

Four friends A, B, C and D need to cross a bridge. A maximum of two persons can cross it at a time. It is night and they just have one lamp. Persons that cross the bridge must carry the lamp to find the way. A pair must walk together at the speed of slower person. After crossing the bridge, the person having faster speed in the pair will return with the lamp each time to accompany another person in the group. Finally, the lamp has to be returned at the original place and the person who returns the lamp has to cross the bridge again without lamp. To cross the bridge, the time taken by them is as follows:

A: 1 minute,
B: 2 minutes,
C: 7 minutes and
D: 10 minutes.

What is the total minimum time required by all the friends to cross the bridge?

A military code writes SYSTEM as SYSMET and NEARER as AENRER. Using the same code, FRACTION can be written as:

A cube has all its faces painted with different colours. It is cut into smaller cubes of equal sizes such that the side of the small cube is one-fourth the big cube. The number of small cubes with only one of the sides painted is:

There were 50 faculty members comprising 30 males and the rest females. No male faculty member knew music, but many of the female faculty members did. The Head of the institution invited six faculty members to a tea party by draw of lots. At the party it was discovered that no members knew music. The conclusion is that:

If A runs less fast than B, and B runs as fast but not faster than C; then, as compared to A, C runs

In a plane, line X is perpendicular to line Y and parallel to line Z; line U is perpendicular to both lines V and W; line X is perpendicular to line V.

Which one of the following statements is correct?

Each of A, B, C and D has ₹100. A pays ₹ 20 to B, who pays ₹10 to C, who gets ₹ 30 from D. In this context, which one of the following statements is not correct?

Consider the following matrix:

Which is the missing number at ‘?’ in the matrix?

Geeta: Naresh has become a better boxer since he started meditation.
Radha: Impossible A boxer’s most important asset is his aggressiveness.
Radha’s statement reflects her belief that

Which one of the following is correct?

Twelve people from a club. By picking lots, one of them will host a dinner for all once in a month. The number of dinners a particular member has to host in one year is

Examine the following statements:

The conclusion that can be drawn from these statements is that

Twelve people form a club. By picking lots, one of them will host a dinner for all one once in a month. The number of dinners a particular member has to host in one year is

Consider the following statements:

Which of the following statements is true?

“By liberty I mean the eager maintenance of that atmosphere in which men have the opportunity to be their best selves.”

Which one of the following expresses the view implied in the above statement?

Four persons A, B, C and D consisting of two married couples are in a group. Both the women are shorter than their respective husband. A is the tallest among the four. C is taller than B. D is B’s brother. In this context which one of the following statements is not correct?

Two men, Anil and David, and two women, Shabnam and Rekha are in a sales group. Only two speak Tamil. The other two speak Marathi. Only one man and one women can drive a car. Shabnam speaks Marathi. Anil speaks Tamil. Both Rekha and David can drive.

Which of the following statements is true?

Usha runs faster than Kamla, Priti runs slower than Swati, Swati runs slower than Kamala. Who is the slowest runner?

All good athletes want to win and all athletes who want to win eat a well-balanced diet: therefore all athletes who do not eat a well-balanced diet are bad athletes.

Which one of the following is possible?

What is the missing number ‘X’ of the series 7, X, 21, 31, 43?

Each of the six different faces of a cube has been coated with a different colour, i.e., V, I, B, G, Y and O. Following information is given:

1. Colours Y, O and B are on adjacent faces.
2. Colours I, G and Y are on adjacent faces.
3. Colours B, G and Y are on adjacent faces.
4. Colours O, V and B are on adjacent faces.

Which is the colour of the face opposite to the face coloured with O?

What is the number of logically possible orders of all six cousins in terms of increasing age?

Consider the following statements:

1. There are six villages A, B, C, D, E and F.
2. F is 1 km to the west of D.
3. B is 1 km to the east of E.
4. A is 2 km to the north of E.
5. C is 1 km to the east of A.
6. D is 1 km to the south of A.

Which three villages are in a line?

A question paper must have a question on one of the eight poets: A, B, C, D, E, F, G or H. The first four belong to the medieval period while the rest are considered modern poets. Generally, modern poets figure in the question paper in alternate years. Generally those who like H like G also; and those who like F like E also. The paper-setter does not like to ask about F as he has written a book on F, but the likes F. Last year, the paper contained a question on A. On the basis of the information given, this year’s paper is most likely to contain a questions on

A, B, C, D, E, F are members of a family. They are engineer, stenographer, doctor, draughtsman, lawyer and judge (not in order). A, the engineer is married to the lady stenographer. The judge is married to the lawyer. F, the draughtsman is the son of B and brother of E. C, the lawyer is the daughter in-law of D. E is the unmarried doctor. D is the grandmother of F. There are two married couples in the family.
What is the profession of B?

‘Liberty, therefore, is never real unless the Government can be called to account when it invades rights’. Which one of the following is the best justification of the above statements?

Four children are sitting in a row. A is occupying the seat next to B but not next to C. If C is not sitting next to D, who is/are occupying seat/ seats adjacent to D?

Consider the table given below in which the numbers bear certain relationship among themselves along the rows:

Which one of the following numbers is the missing number indicated above by X?

In a group of six women there are four dancers, four vocal musicians, one actress and three violinists. Girija and Vanaja are among the violinists while Jalaja and Shailaja do not know how to play on the violin. Shailaja and Tanuja are among the dancers. Jalaja, Vanaja, Shailaja and Tanuja are all vocal musicians and two of them are also violinists. If Pooja is an actress, who among the following is certainly a dancer and a violinist?

Six identical cards are placed on a table. Each card has number ‘1’ marked on one side and number ‘2’ marked on its other side. All the six cards are placed in such a manner that the number ‘1’ is on the upper side. In one try, exactly four (neither more nor less) cards are turned upside down. In how many least number of tries can the cards be turned upside down such that all the six cards show number ‘2’ on the upper side?

If the third day of a month is Monday, which one of the following will be the fifth day from 21st of this month?

The letters L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S and T in their order are substituted by nine integers 1 to 9 but not in that order. Integer 4 is assigned to P. The difference between P and T is 5. The difference between N and T is 3. What is the integer assigned to N?

Examine the following statements:

If he attends just one subject in a day and his Sunday is free, then he is also free on

Given the statements: ‘Buses are the cause of more accidents than cars, and trucks cause fewer accidents than buses’, which of the following conclusions can we draw from the statement?

A, B, C, D, E, F are members of a family. They are engineer, stenographer, doctor, draughtsman, lawyer and judge (not in order). A, the engineer is married to the lady stenographer. The judge is married to the lawyer. F, the draughtsman is the son of B and brother of E. C, the lawyer is the daughter in-law of D. E is the unmarried doctor. D is the grandmother of F. There are two married couples in the family.
What is the profession of D?

There are seven up on a ladder, A, B, C, D, E, F and G (not in that order). A is further up than E but is lower than C. B is in the middle. G is between A and B. E is between B and F. If F is between E and D, the person on the bottom step of the ladder will be

Six books are labelled A, B, C, D, E and F and are placed side by side. Books B, C, E and F have green covers while others have yellow covers. Books A, B and D are new while the rest are old volumes. Books A, B and C are law reports while the rest are medical extracts. Which two books are old medical extracts and have green covers?

Four persons, Alok, Bhupesh, Chander and Dinesh have a total of ₹ 100 among themselves. Alok and Bhupesh between them have as much money as Chander and Dinesh between them, but Alok has more money than Bhupesh; and Chander has only half the money that Dinesh has. Alok has in fact ₹ 5 more than Dinesh has. Who has the maximum amount of money?

A, B, C, D, E, F are members of a family. They are engineer, stenographer, doctor, draughtsman, lawyer and judge (not in order). A, the engineer is married to the lady stenographer. The judge is married to the lawyer. F, the draughtsman is the son of B and brother of E. C, the lawyer is the daughter in-law of D. E is the unmarried doctor. D is the grandmother of F. There are two married couples in the family.

Which of the following is/are a couple/couples?

There are some balls of red, green and yellow colour lying on a table. There are as many red balls as there are yellow balls. There are twice as many yellow balls as there are green ones. The number of red balls.

Examine carefully the following statements and answer the three items that follow:

Out of four friends A, B, C and D,

A and B play football and cricket,

B and C play cricket and hockey,

A and D play basketball and football,

C and D play hockey and basketball.

Who does not play hockey?

A tennis coach is trying to put together a team of four players for the forthcoming tournament. For this, 7 players are available: males A, B and C; and females W, X, Y and Z. All players have equal capability and at least two males will be there in the team. For a team of four, all players must be able to play with each other. But B cannot play with W, C cannot play with Z and W cannot play with Y.
If B is selected and Y is rejected, the team will consist of which one of the following groups?

In class of 45 students, a boy is ranked 20th. When two boys joined, his rank was dropped by one. What is his new rank from the end?

Five cities P, Q, R, S and T are connected by different modes of transport as follows:

P and Q are connected by boat as well as rail.
S and R are connected by bus and boat.
Q and T are connected by air only.
P and R are connected by boat only.
T and R are connected by rail and bus.

Which mode of transport would help one to reach R starting from Q, but without changing the mode of transport?

Which one of the following pairs of cities is connected by any of the routes directly without going to any other city?

A tennis coach is trying to put together a team of four players for the forthcoming tournament. For this, 7 players are available: males A, B and C; and females W, X, Y and Z. All players have equal capability and at least two males will be there in the team. For a team of four, all players must be able to play with each other. But B cannot play with W, C cannot play with Z and W cannot play with Y.
If all the three males are selected, then how many combinations of four member teams are possible?

Which game do B, C and D play?

Consider the following matrix:

What is the number at ‘X’ in the above matrix?

Seven men A, B, C, D, E, F and G are standing in a queue in that order. Each one is wearing a cap of different colour like violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red. D is able to see in front of him green and blue, but not violet. E can see violet and yellow but not red. G can see caps of all colours other than orange. If E is wearing an indigo coloured cap, then the colour of cap worn by F is

A tennis coach is trying to put together a team of four players for the forthcoming tournament. For this, 7 players are available: males A, B and C; and females W, X, Y and Z. All players have equal capability and at least two males will be there in the team. For a team of four, all players must be able to play with each other. But B cannot play with W, C cannot play with Z and W cannot play with Y.
If Y is selected and B is rejected, the team will consist of which one of the following groups?

Between which two cities among the pairs of cities given below are there maximum travel options available?

Four friends A, B, C and D distribute some money among themselves in such a manner that A gets one less than B, C gets 5 more than D and D gets 3 more than B. Who gets the smallest amount?

Five people A, B, C, D and E are seated about a round table. Every chair is spaced equidistant from adjacent chairs.

Which of the following must be true?

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

Consider the following statements:

In the light of above statements, which one of the following is true?

If a person visits each of the places starting from P and gets back to P, which of the following places must he visit twice?

Geeta is older than her cousin Meena. Meena’s brother Bipin is older than Geeta. When Meena and Bipin visit Geeta they want to play chess. Meena wins the game more than Geeta. Based on the above information, four conclusions as given below, have been made. Which one of these logically follows from the information given above?

Examine the following three figures in which the numbers follow a specific pattern:

The missing number (?) in the third figure above is

Who plays football, basketball and hockey?

A, B, C, D and E belong to five different cities P, Q, R, S and T (not necessarily in that order). Each one of them comes from a different city. Further it is given that:

Which one of the following statements is not correct?

The music director of a film wants to select four persons to work on different aspects of the composition of a piece of music. Seven persons are available for this work; they are Rohit, Tanya, Shobha, Kaushal, Kunal, Mukesh and Jaswant. Rohit and Tanya will not work together. Kunal and Shobha will not work together. Mukesh and Kunal want to work together.

Which of the following is the most acceptable group of the people that can be selected by the music director?

Examine the following statements:

Which of the following conclusions can be drawn from the-above statements?

Three persons A, B and C wore shirts of black, blue and orange colours (not necessarily in that order) and pants of green, yellow and orange colours (not necessarily in that order). No person wore shirt and pants of the same colour. Further, it is given that

What were the colours of the pants and shirt worn by C, respectively?

In five flats, one above the other, live five professionals. The professor has to go up to meet his IAS officer friend. The doctor is equally friendly to all, and has to go up as frequently as go down. The engineer has to go up to meet his MLA friend above whose flat lives the professor’s friend. From the ground floor to the top floor, in what order, do the five professionals live?

Guest lectures on five subjects viz., Economics, History, Statistics, English and Mathematics have to be arranged in a week from Monday to Friday. Only one lecture can be arranged on each day. Economics cannot be scheduled on Tuesday. Guest faculty for History is available only on Tuesday. Mathematics lecture has to be scheduled immediately after the day of Economics lecture. English lecture has to be scheduled immediately before the day of Economics lecture.
Which lecture is the last one in the week?

Read the passage given below and the two statements that follow (given on the basis of the passage):

Four men are waiting at Delhi airport for a Mumbai flight. Two are doctors and the other two ace businessmen. Two speak Gujarati and two speak Tamil. No two of the same profession speak the same language. Two are Muslims and two are Christians. No two of the same religion are of the same profession, nor do they speak the same language. The Tamil-speaking doctor is a Christian.

Which of the above statements is/are correct conclusion/conclusions?

Consider the-following statement:

Which one of the following conclusions can be drawn from the above statements?

Given that,

Then, the uncle of D is

Gita is prettier than Sita but not as pretty as Rita. Then,

Guest lectures on five subjects viz., Economics, History, Statistics, English and Mathematics have to be arranged in a week from Monday to Friday. Only one lecture can be arranged on each day. Economics cannot be scheduled on Tuesday. Guest faculty for History is available only on Tuesday. Mathematics lecture has to be scheduled immediately after the day of Economics lecture. English lecture has to be scheduled immediately before the day of Economics lecture.
Which lecture is scheduled before the Mathematics lecture?