Logical Reasoning Questions

Select the option that will correctly replace the question mark (?) in the series.
12, 22, 42, 82, ?

Select the number from among the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series.
2, 6, 9, 22, 39, ?

Six friends are sitting in a circle and are facing the centre of the circle. Deena is between Nandhu and Unni. Aby is between Biya and Betty. Nandhu and Biya are opposite to each other. Who is sitting right to Nandhu?

Sally drives a mini school bus. She starts at the school gate and drives $7\text{km}$ north for her first pick-up. She then turns right and drives $10\text{km}$ picking up children along the way. She takes another right turn and drives $5\text{km}$. She then takes a final right to return to the school. How far would Sally need to drive to reach back to the school gate again?

In a certain code language, ‘join the class’ is written as ‘yq pt dm’ and ‘the music class’ is written as ‘rj yq dm’. How is ‘music’ written in the given language?

In a certain code language, ‘PULL’ is coded as ‘8211’ and ‘YELLOW’ is coded as ‘931167’. How will ‘POWELL’ be coded in that language?

If CABLE is coded as XZYOV, then YZXP is code of

Eight friends A, B, C, D, E, F, H and G are sitting around a circular table facing each other for a group discussion. A is opposite F and second to the right of E. G is between C and A. H is to the left of E. Who is sitting to the immediate left of A?

In a family there are six members A, B, C, D, E, F. A and B are married couple. D is only son of C. A is father of E, who is granddaughter of F, whose husband has died and C is brother of A. How many male members are in the family?

Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statements is true, even if it appears to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.
Statements:

All players are cricketers.

Some players are robots.

Conclusions:

I. Some cricketers are players.

II. Some cricketers are robots.

Statement: There has been a large number of cases of internet hacking in the recent months creating panic among the internet users.
Courses of action:
I. The government machinery should make an all-out effort to nab those who are responsible and put them behind bars.
II. The internet users should be advised to stay away from using internet till the culprits are caught.

Which number will follow next in the given number series?
25,24,22,19,15,10,?

If the sequence of letters is A, F, K, P, ___, what comes next?

Four different positions of the same dice are shown below. Find the number on the face opposite the face showing 4.

Which of the following letter-clusters will replace the question mark (?) in the given series?
BINZ, EJOY, HKPX, ?, NMRV

Two positions of a block are shown below:



When six is at the bottom, what number will be at the top?

A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are eight friends sitting around a circle, facing towards the centre. C is sitting second to the left of F. F is sitting between B and E. B is the neighbour of A. H is sitting to the immediate right of G. D is to the immediate left of G. What is the position of A?

If in an examination hall, you find that the question paper is too tough to be answered satisfactorily by you, the best thing to do for you is to:

Study the given description carefully and answer the question that follows.In a Venn diagram representation consisting of three geometrical shapes (a Circle representing 'Teachers', a Triangle representing 'Females', and a Rectangle representing 'Married' people):The number inside the Triangle (Females) only is $11$.The number inside the Circle (Teachers) only is $8$.The number inside the Rectangle (Married) only is $12$.The intersection of Triangle (Females) and Circle (Teachers) only (excluding the Married rectangle) contains the number $9$.What is the number of female teachers who are NOT married?

Nitin ranks eighteenth from the top in a class of $49$ students. What is his rank from the last?

Direction: Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below.
An algorithm rearranges a sequence of numbers following a specific rule in each step. Following is an illustration of input and the subsequent steps of rearrangement.
Input: 98 31 06 72 63 59 36 12 84
Step 1: 98 31 36 72 63 59 06 12 84
Step 2: 84 31 36 72 63 59 06 12 98
Step 3: 84 31 36 63 72 59 06 12 98
Step 4: 84 31 12 63 72 59 06 36 98

Given Input: 31 59 06 72 84 12 36 98 63
Which step will be "63 59 36 84 72 12 06 98 31"?

If 'ORCHID' is known as 'DAISY', 'DAISY' is known as 'LOTUS', 'LOTUS' is known as 'JASMINE' and 'JASMINE' is known as 'TULIP', then what is the national flower of India?

Rita told Mani, "The girl I met yesterday at the beach was the youngest daughter of the brother-in-law of my friend's mother". How is the girl related to Rita's friend?

In a certain code language, 'DESTROY' is written as 'DYORTSE' and 'EFFECTS' is written as 'ESTCEFF'. How will 'FOUNDED' be written in that language?

In a group of $500$ Bengali students of age 18 attending online courses during complete lockdown, a Venn diagram tracks their specific enrollment profiles:



If the count of students located at the mutual intersection of all three geometric subsets (learning all three attributes simultaneously) is $50$, what approximately is the percentage of students who are learning all the things?

While looking at a photograph, Arvind pointed to a woman and said, "She is the mother of my wife's only son." How is the woman related to Arvind?

Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statements is true, even if it appears to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.
Statements:

Some Birds are Insects.

Some Insects are Animals.

All Animals are Dangerous.

Conclusions:
I. Some Animals are Birds.
II. All Insects are Dangerous.

Three statements are given, followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and III.
Assuming the statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.

Statements:
All cameras are bells.
Some bells are computers.
Some computers are printers.

Conclusions:
I. Some cameras are bells.
II. All bells are computers.
III. Some bells are printers.

Select the option that is related to the fourth letter-cluster in the same way as the first letter-cluster is related to the second letter-cluster.
TES : QCR :: ? : NFV

There are five women $X$, $Y$, $Z$, $U$, and $V$ standing in a row facing North. The position of $X$ is second from the left end in the row. $U$ and $V$ are standing at the left and right ends respectively. $Y$ is standing to the immediate left of $V$. What is the position of $Z$ in the row?

Point out the letter which represents Indians and Historians but not politicians on the basis of these three circles?

Three statements are given, followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. Assuming the statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the conclusions logically follows/follow from the statements.
Statements:
I. All tables are charts.
II. Some charts are graphs.
III. Some graphs are pies.

Conclusions:
I. No table is a graph.
II. Some pies are charts.

One evening before sunset, two friends Ajoy and Amal were talking to each other face to face. If Amal’s shadow was exactly to his right side, which direction was Ajoy facing?

Identify the word that cannot be formed using the letters of the word 'ILLUSTRATION' without repeating any letter more times than it appears in the original word.

$P$ is the sister of $Q$. $Q$ is the wife of $R$. $S$ and $R$ are brothers. What is $P$ to $R$?

$A$ goes to a party hosted by his brother $B$. $B$ has a daughter $C$. $C$ has a brother $D$. What is $D$ to $A$?

Select the Venn diagram that accurately depicts the relationship between the sets 'Electric vehicles', 'Cars', and 'Bicycles', considering overlap and mutually exclusive categories.

There are $15$ chairs arranged in a row. The position of $P$ is exactly at the middle, and $Q$ is at the $12\text{th}$ position when counting from the right end. How many chairs are located between $P$ and $Q$?

The numbers in each set are related to each other in a certain way.
(2,8,100), (7,2,81), (4,7,?)

Based on the relationship among the numbers in the first two sets, select the number that can replace the question mark (?) in the third set.

John, Aries, and Joseph are brothers with different ages. Given that:
(i) Aries is the oldest.
(ii) Joseph is not the oldest.
(iii) John is not the youngest.

Who is the youngest?

Three statements are followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and III. You have to consider these statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Decide which conclusion(s) logically follows from the given statements.
Statement :
No Pigeon is a Panduk.
Some Panduk are sparrows.
All sparrows are birds.

Conclusion:
(I) Some sparrows are not pigeons.
(II) Some sparrows are Panduk.
(III) Some birds are Panduk.

In the given diagram:



I. Rectangle represents persons who know English.
II. Triangle represents persons who know Marathi.
III. Square represents persons who know Telugu.
IV. Circle represents persons who know Hindi.

The regions labelled from $1$ to $12$ represent various combinations of language proficiency among the individuals.
How many individuals can speak English exclusively?

Select the letter-cluster from among the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series.
BZC, EXF, HVI, KTL, ?

A is C's son. C and Q are sisters. Z is Q's mother. P is son of Z. How is P related to A?

Given below are three statements followed by three conclusions I, II and III. Considering the statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts, decide which of the conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.
Statement :
All tanks are plates.
All cots are plates.
Some oats are cots.

Conclusion:
I. Some tanks are cots.
II. Some plates are tanks.
III. Some plates are oats.

Numbers are placed in the figure below on the basis of some rules. Find the correct alternative to replace the question mark.

Select the Venn diagram description that best illustrates the relationship between the following classes:
Musical Instrument, Kathak, Xylophone

Going $50\text{m}$ to the south of her house, Radhika turns left and goes another $20\text{m}$. Then turning to the north, she goes $30\text{m}$ and then starts walking to her house. In which direction is she walking now?

'A # B' means 'A is the daughter of B'.
'A % B' means 'A is the husband of B'.
'A & B' means 'A is brother of B'.
'A @ B' means 'A is sister of B'.

If S#P%Q@T&V%X, then how is S related to X?

In a row 'A' is in the 11th position from the left and 'B' is in the 10th position from the right. If 'A' and 'B' interchange, then 'A' becomes 18th from the left. How many persons are there in the row other than 'A' and 'B'?

Preeti starts from point $A$ and drives $7\text{km}$ towards South. From here, she takes a left turn and drives $9\text{km}$. She then takes a final left turn and drives $7\text{km}$ to reach point $B$. How far should Preeti drive to reach point $A$ from point $B$?

Two Statements are given followed by Three conclusions numbered I, II and III.
Assuming the statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.

Statements:
All fruits are flowers.
No flower is a leaf.

Conclusions:
I. Some flowers are fruits
II. No fruit is a leaf.
III. All flowers are fruits.

In this question, three statements are given, followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. Assuming the statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the conclusion(s) logically follow(s) from the statements.
Statements:

All bells are trees.

Some trees are leaves.

All leaves are flowers.

Conclusions:

I. All bells are leaves.

II. Some flowers are trees.

Today is Thursday. The day after $59\text{ days}$ will be:

'A # B' means 'A is brother of B'.
'A @ B' means 'A is the daughter of B'.
'A & B' means 'A is the husband of B'.
'A % B' means 'A is the wife of B'.

If W%D#G@B&M@I, then how is D related to M?

Given the set $(8,3,2)$, choose the option that follows the same mathematical logic.

Select the set in which the numbers are related in the same way as are the numbers of the following sets.
(NOTE : Operations should be performed on the whole numbers, without breaking down the numbers into its constituent digits. E.g. 13 – Operations on 13 such as adding /deleting /multiplying etc. to 13 can be performed. Breaking down 13 into 1 and 3 and then performing mathematical operations on 1 and 3 is not allowed.)
$(76,152,38)$
$(84,168,42)$

Naseer started from point 'X' and walked straight $3\text{km}$ West, then turned left and walked straight $3\text{km}$, and again turned left and walked straight $7\text{km}$. In which direction is he now from the starting point 'X'?

If the day before yesterday was Sunday, what day will fall on the day after tomorrow?

A person starts at point A and walks 5 blocks North, then 3 blocks West, then 2 blocks South and finally 1 block East. What is the person's final position relative to point A?

What is the missing number in the series?
$$1,2,10,37,101,\underline{}?$$

If Sunday is coded as January, Tuesday as March, Thursday as May, then Saturday will be coded as:

Direction: In the Venn diagram given below number of Bengali students of age 18 attending certain online courses during complete lockdown is as follows:
The square represents the students who are learning Spanish, the triangle is for those who are learning music and the circle is for those who are learning photography. Study the diagram and answer the questions. (Refer to the file name "image_b95401.png")



What approximately is the percentage of students who are learning all the things?

In a code language, ‘COOL’ is written as ‘EMQJ’, and ‘CARD’ is written as ‘EYTB’. How will ‘STAR’ be written in that language?

Direction: Read the information given below and answer the questions.
(i) In a family of six persons $\text{A, B, C, D, E}$ and $\text{F}$, there are two married couples.
(ii) $\text{D}$ is grandmother of $\text{A}$ and mother of $\text{B}$.
(iii) $\text{C}$ is wife of $\text{B}$ and mother of $\text{F}$.
(iv) $\text{F}$ is grand daughter of $\text{E}$.

Which of the following is necessarily true?

Arun wants to go to Anu's home. Anu's home is $5\text{km}$ North-West of Priya's home, which is $\sqrt{12.5}\text{km}$ East of Tharun's home. Tharun's home is $5\text{km}$ North-West of Arun's home. In which direction is Arun's home from Anu's home?

Some of the letters are missing, which are given in the order as one of the options below it. Select the correct option.
$$\text{\_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_ a b a \_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_ b a \_\_\_\_\_\_ ab}$$

If the letters of the word RAMAKRISHNA are rearranged according to English alphabetical order, how many letters will remain in the same position after the rearrangement?

A teacher tells her students, "Studying regularly leads to better academic performance." What is the implied meaning of this statement?

$\text{EGIK}$ is related to $\text{WUSQ}$ in the same way as $\text{DFHJ}$ is related to ______.

M, N, O, P, Q and R are sitting around a circular table facing the centre.
* O is an immediate neighbour of M.
* Only two people sit between O and Q.
* P sits second to the left of R.
* N is an immediate neighbour of P.
Who is sitting second to the right of M?

Arrange the following words as per their order in an English dictionary and choose the one that comes first:
Hardboard; Handspring; Handover; Handstand

Four cards are placed on a table. Each card has a number on one side and a letter on the other. The cards on display show 3, 8, E and K. Which cards must be turned over to satisfy our requirement?
"If a card has a vowel on one side, then it has an even number on the other side."

Read the statements and select the best conclusion/conclusions that follows/follow the assumptions made in the statements.
Statements:

1. In a T20 cricket match, the total runs made by a team were 120.
2. Out of these, 60 runs were made by spinners.

Conclusions:

1. 20% of the team consists of spinners.
2. The middle order batsmen were spinners.

Three statements are given, followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and III.
Assuming the statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.

Statements:
All papers are files.
Some files are maps.
No map is a paint.

Conclusions:
I. Some papers are files.
II. All maps are files.
III. Some maps are not paints.

Three statements are given followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and III. Assuming the statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.
Statements:

All nodes are joints.

Some joints are bones.

All bones are cartilages.

Conclusions:

I. No node is a bone.

II. All joints are cartilages.

III. Some cartilages are nodes.

In a certain code language, 'right from wrong' is written as 'jn bh yt', and 'take the right' is coded as 'dn yt gd'. How will 'right' be coded in that language?

In a certain code language, 'careful emotion' is coded as 'du yu', 'sun key' is coded as 'bin fin', 'careful sun' is coded as 'du bin' and 'emotion key' is coded as 'yu fin'. What is the code word for 'sun'?

Two statements are given followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. Assuming the statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.
Statements:

1. All games are tournaments.
2. Some tournaments are matches.

Conclusions:
I. All games are matches.
II. No game is a tournament.

In the given diagram:
I. Rectangle represents persons who know English.
II. Triangle represents persons who know Marathi.
III. Square represents persons who know Telugu.
IV. Circle represents persons who know Hindi.
The regions labelled from 1 to 12 represent various combinations of language proficiency among the individuals.

How many individuals can speak English exclusively?

A dice has its faces named by letters $L,M,N,V,W$ and $X$. Two positions of the same dice are given below. Which face is opposite to face $X$?

Two Statements are given followed by Three conclusions numbered I, II and III. Assuming the statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.
Statements:
All blues are reds.
All greens are blues.

Conclusions:
I. No red is a blue.
II. No blue is a green.
III. No green is a red.

In the given diagram:
I. Rectangle represents persons who know English.
II. Triangle represents persons who know Marathi.
III. Square represents persons who know Telugu.
IV. Circle represents persons who know Hindi.

The regions labelled from $1$ to $12$ represent various combinations of language proficiency among the individuals.
How many individuals can speak English exclusively?

Select the option in which the numbers share the same relationship as that shared by the given pair of numbers.
$185:199$

Priti scored more than Rahul. Yamuna scored as much as Divya. Lokita scored less than Manju. Rahul scored more than Yamuna. Manju scored less than Divya. Who scored the lowest?

If $H+I$ means $H$ is the sister of $I$; $H-I$ means $H$ is the brother of $I$ and $H\times I$ means $H$ is the mother of $I$, which of the following means that $J$ is the daughter of $P$?

An interview was conducted with $60$ individuals to find out whether they play Tennis, Chess and Carrom. The information collected has been represented in a standard Venn diagram format. If the number of individuals playing "only Chess" is $11$ and the number of individuals playing "only Tennis" is $13$, what is the total number of individuals who play only Chess and only Tennis combined?

Given the following notation:
* $\text{A @ Z}$ means $\text{A}$ is to the East of $\text{Z}$.
* $\text{A \# Z}$ means $\text{A}$ is to the South-West of $\text{Z}$.
* {A \ Z}$means$ \text{A}$istotheSouthof$ \text{Z}$.\ast$ \text{A * Z}$means$ \text{A}$istotheSouth-Eastof$ \text{Z}$.Basedontheexpression$ \text{M \# N @ O \P}, find the direction of $\text{N}$ with respect to $\text{P}$.

If South-East becomes West, North-East becomes South and so on, then what will East become?

Pointing to a photograph of a man, Pooja said, "He is the only son of the mother-in-law of my brother's only sister." How is the man in the photograph related to Pooja?

A person walking towards North-East direction sees his right hand in which direction?

A is C's son. C and Q are sisters. Z is Q's mother. P is the son of Z. How is P related to A?

Fill in the blank to complete the given letter series.
ABC, GHI, _____, STU

Choose the word from the given alternatives that cannot be formed using each letter of the given word 'PARANORMAL' only once.

Complete the series.
2, 6, 12, 20, 30, 42, _____

$\text{Y}$ is in the East of $\text{X}$, which is in the East of $\text{P}$. $\text{Z}$ is in the North-West of $\text{Y}$. In which direction of $\text{Z}$ is $\text{P}$?

Which of the following diagrams best illustrates the relationship between Earth, Sea and Sun?

Find the odd one out from the following.

Pointing to a girl in a photograph, Kapil said, "My wife's son is the father of that person." How is that person related to Kapil?

Find the next number in the series: $144,169,196,225,?$