Logical Reasoning

1. If H<G=J and J>K, then which of the following is necessarily true.
I. H>K
II.  G>K
a) only (I) is true.
b) only (II) is true.
c) both (I) and (11) are true.
d) Neither (I) nor (II) are true.
Answer
H < G = J > K
(I) H > K (Not sure) (II) G > K (True).
So, Option B.

2.There are 40 people standing in a row. A is 12th from the left and B is 9th from the right. How many people are there in between A and B?
a) 18 b) 19 c) 20 d) None of these
Answer
Total number of people = 40.
A’s position from left = 12th.
B’s position from right = 9th.
Number of people between A and B = 40 – l2 – 9 = 19
So, Option B.

3.Create meaningful words from the following and then find the odd one out.
a) HIFS b) TBOA c) UOBY d) GATO
Answer
HIES — FISH
TBOA —BOAT
UOBY — BUOY
GATO—GOAT
Here, Fish, Boat and Buoy are somehow related to water, whereas Goat is not related to water.
So, Option D.

4. Find the missing number that should come at the place of question mark (?).

a) 182 b) 184 c) 187 d) 191
Answer

5. If P means division, T means addition, M means subtraction and D means multiplication, then the value of: 8 D 1 6 P 3 2 T 1 6 D 3 2 P 6 4 is:
a) 12 b) 23 c) 6 d) 3
Answer
P -> ÷       T -> +        M -> –        P -> ×
8 D 16 P 32 T 16 D 32 P 64
=> 8 × 16 ÷ 32 + 16 × 32 ÷ 64
=> 4 + 8 = 12
So, Option A.

6. Directions: In this question, a statement is followed by two courses of action numbered 1 and 11. Consider everything in the statement to be true and decide which of the suggested courses of action logically follow(s) for pursuing.
Statement: The government of state ‘Y’ has decided to remove hutments and buildings that have come up beside the roads to broaden them in city ‘A’.
Courses of action:
I. The government of state ‘Y’ should rehabilitate the affected residents of hutments/buildings.
II. The government should compensate the residents of targeted houses with a reasonable amount.
a) Only I follows
b) Only II follows
c) Either I or II follow
d) Neither I or II follow
Answer
Both courses of actions I and II follows. Either government should rehabilitate the affected residents of hutments/Buildings. Or, they should compensate the residents of targeted houses.
So, Option C.

7. Some have suggested a correlation between not wearing polished shoes and being lethargic– that those who don’t polish their shoes are generally lethargic than those who do. This, however, is not the case. I work at the employment exchange and the majority of the applicants have polished shoes. Which of the following assumptions is made by the author of the argument?
a) Lethargy and polished shoes are learned behaviours.
b) People with polished shoes are never unemployed.
c) Lethargy has its origins in an individual’s family background.
d) People who apply for employment at the employment exchange are lethargic.
Assumption made by the Author of the argument is “Lethargy has its origins in an individual’s family background”.
So, Option C.

8. If DIP is coded as 172203, then what is the code for “TAKE”?
a) 07152418 b) 07142418 c) 33142418 d) 07142518
Answer

9. Prashant forgot his five-digit ATM pin. However he remembers that the ATM PIN has a cube of a number in the 3rd place and prime numbers in the first and the last places. The even prime number is in the 1^st He also remembers that the digit in the 3^rd place is equal to the product of the digits in the first and the second places and the sum of the digits in the first and the second places is equal to the digit in the fourth place. The digit in the last place is half the digit in the 4^th place.
What is his ATM PIN?
a) 24863 b) 24683 c) 26483 d) 23468
Answer
Hence, required number is ‘24863’.
So, Option A.

10. Refer to the sequence of letters given below and answer the questions that follow.
N F C I O R O O I U M N T S M C T U A A N R T 1 E I C T O A N N T I
If all the vowels from the given sequence arc removed, then which letter will be the 8th letter to the right of the 5^th letter to the left of the 10th letter from the right?
a) R b) T c) C d) S
Answer
Sequence of letters after removing all vowel.
N F C R M N T S M C T N R T C T N N T
Letter which is 8^th to the right of the 5^th to the left of the 10^th from the right end = 10 + 5 – 8 = 7^th from the right and that is letter ‘R’.
So, Option A.

11. Read the given information and answer the following questions:
Eight people A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting on 8 chairs kept symmetrically around a circular table and equidistant from each other. All of them are facing towards the centre of the table. Some information about the order in which they are sitting is provided as follows:
a) F is sitting exactly opposite to C.
b) D is not next to F.
c) H is the only one sitting between G and C.
d) E is sitting two places to the right of B and is not next to F.
Which of the following is the correct position of H?
a) Left of C
b) Exactly Opposite of B
c) Exactly Opposite of E
d) Cannot Be Determined

Answer
B is exactly opposite to H
So, Option B.

12. Which of the following statements is not correct?
a) B is to the immediate right of F.
b) G is sitting two places to the light of F.
c) There are only six persons whose sitting positions can be exactly determined.
d) All of these.

Answer
Sitting position of all eight people can be exactly determine
So, Option C.

Eight people (A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H) sit around a circular table facing the center. A is second to the right of C. H is fourth to the left of A. E is the immediate neighbor of H. F is third to the right of B. G is not the neighbor of A.

19. Who sits second to the left of B?
Answer: E.

20. Who are the immediate neighbors of G?
Answer: C and F.

21. What is the position of F with respect to C?
Answer: Second to the left.

22. Who sits exactly opposite to D?
Answer: G.

23. If E and B swap seats, who sits to the immediate right of B?
Answer: H.

Rows 1 (P, Q, R, S, T) faces South. Row 2 (V, W, X, Y, Z) faces North. P is at an extreme end. Z is second to the right of V. Q faces X. R is the neighbor of T.

23. Who faces Z?
Answer: S.

24. Who sits at the extreme ends of Row 2?
Answer: V and Y.

25. What is the position of S with respect to Q?
Answer: Second to the right.

26. Who faces the person sitting to the immediate left of W?
Answer: R.

27. Which pair sits exactly opposite each other?
Answer: Q and X.

28. In $P \times R \div T + S$, how is P related to S? (×: Brother, ÷: Daughter, +: Father)
Answer: P is the Uncle of S.

29. Pointing to a lady, Simon said, “She is the daughter of the only sister of my father.” How is the lady related to Simon?
Answer: Cousin.

30. If A is the son of Q, Q and Y are sisters, and Z is the mother of Y, then how is Z related to A?
Answer: Maternal Grandmother.

31. How is my mother’s mother’s only son’s only sister related to me?
Answer: Mother.

32. A + B means A is the daughter of B; A – B means A is the husband of B. What does P – Q + R mean?
Answer: P is the son-in-law of R.

33. A is the father of C and D is the son of B. E is the brother of A. If C is the sister of D, how is B related to E?
Answer: Sister-in-law.

34. If ‘X’ is the brother of the son of ‘Y’s son’, how is X related to Y?
Answer: Grandson.

35. Introducing a man, a woman says, “His wife is the only daughter of my father.” How is the man related to the woman?
Answer: Husband.

36. How is P related to T in $P + Q – R \times S \div T$?
Answer: P is the Granddaughter of T.

37. If B says that his mother is the only daughter of A’s mother, how is A related to B?
Answer: Maternal Uncle.

38. Statements: All Stocks are Assets. Some Assets are Risky. Conclusion: Are all Stocks Risky?
Answer: False. (No direct overlap).

39. Statements: Only a few Bonds are Safe. All Safe items are AAA-rated. Conclusion: Some Bonds are AAA-rated.
Answer: True.

40. Identify the Venn diagram for: Insurance, Life Insurance, Health Insurance.
Answer: Two separate circles (Life & Health) inside a larger circle (Insurance).

41. Statements: No Debt is Equity. All Equity is Capital. Conclusion: Is some Capital not Debt?
Answer: True (The Equity part of Capital cannot be Debt).

42. Statements: All Options are Derivatives. All Derivatives are Finance. Conclusion: Are all Options Finance?
Answer: True.

43. Venn: Employees, Professionals, Chartered Accountants.
Answer: Concentric circles: CA inside Professionals, Professionals inside Employees.

44. Statements: Some Profits are Dividends. Some Dividends are Cash. Conclusion: Are some Profits Cash?
Answer: False/Undetermined.

45. In a group of 60, 30 like Math, 25 like Finance, 10 like both. How many like neither?
Answer: $15 (60 – [30+25-10]).$

46.Statements: All Banks are Vaults. No Vault is a Shop. Conclusion: No Bank is a Shop.
Answer: True.

47. Venn: Market, Bull Market, Bear Market.
Answer: Two separate circles inside one large circle.

48. If ‘ACTUARY’ is ‘BDUVBSZ’, how is ‘FINANCE’ coded?
Answer: GJOBODF (Pattern: +1).

49. Series: 5, 11, 23, 47, 95, ?
Answer: 191 (Pattern: $\times 2 + 1$).

50. A man walks 30m South, turns Left, walks 40m, turns Left, walks 30m. How far is he from the start?
Answer: 40m East.

51. If ‘GOLD’ is ‘5124’ and ‘LIVE’ is ‘2983’, how is ‘VOID’ coded?
Answer: 8194.

52. Series: 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, ?
Answer: 36 (Squares of 1-6).

53. Angle between clock hands at 4:20?
Answer: $10^\circ$. (Formula: $|30h – 5.5m|$).

54. If ‘PENCIL’ is ‘LICNEP’, how is ‘MARKET’ coded?
Answer: TEKRAM (Reverse order).

55. A person walks 5km North, 3km East, then 5km South. How far is he from start?
Answer: 3km.

56. Series: J, L, N, P, R, ?
Answer: T (Skip one letter).

57. If Sunday is the 1st of the month, what is the 25th?
Answer: Wednesday.

58. Odd One Out: (a) Sensex (b) Nifty (c) Nasdaq (d) Bitcoin.
Answer: (d) Bitcoin (Crypto vs. Stock Indices).

59. 7 floors: A lives on 4th. B lives 2 floors above A. Where is B?
Answer: 6th Floor.

60. Data Sufficiency: Is X the brother of Y? (1) Y is the brother of Z. (2) X is the son of Z’s father.
Answer: Both statements needed.

61. Statement: All rich people are happy. Assumption: Wealth leads to happiness.
Answer: Implicit/Valid.

62. Which is the next term: 3, 7, 15, 31, 63, ?
Answer: 127.

63. If Monday is to February, then Friday is to?
Answer: June (Count 4 months/days ahead).

64. Six people P-U: Q is taller than R but shorter than T. Who is tallest?
Answer: (Insufficient data).

65.Logical Analogy: Interest : Principal :: Rent : ?
Answer: Property.

66. Number of squares in a 3×3 grid?
Answer: 14 ($3^2 + 2^2 + 1^2$).

67. If ‘Blue’ is ‘Rain’, ‘Rain’ is ‘Star’, ‘Star’ is ‘Cloud’, what do we see at night?
Answer: Cloud (Since Star is called Cloud).