List of top Analytical Reasoning Questions

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Same wooden block as previous questions (4x3x3 cm, painted yellow/red/green, cut into 1cm cubes).

How many cubes will have any two colours?

There are two cups, one containing orange juice and one containing an equal amount of lemonade. One teaspoon of the orange juice is taken and mixed with the lemonade. Then a teaspoon of this mixture is mixed back into the orange juice. Is there more lemonade in the orange juice or more orange juice in the lemonade?

Read the following about the grid given below and answer.

The cells in this grid contain the digits 1 to 9 in random order.
Column A contains no odd digits.
Cell C3 minus Cell C2 equals 4.
The sum of three digits in Row 1 is 17.
Number 7 is in Column B; its left hand neighbour is not 4.
The digits of Column C add up to 14.
2 is not in the same horizontal row as 8; and 9 is not immediately below 3.

	A	B	C
1
2
3

Which cell holds the number 9?

In the following question two statements are followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. Assume the two statements are true even if they are at variance with commonly known facts. Then pick the correct answer from the choices given below.

Statements: Some doctors are fools. Joshi is a doctor.
Conclusions: I. Joshi is a fool.
II. Some fools are doctors.

Steel cylinders are made so that each one has a large and small hole through the middle. In the drawing six cylinders have been stacked on top of each other. To stop the cylinders from rolling on the smooth floor they are wedged by heavy blocks at each side of the bottom row. If the heavy blocks are removed, what would be the position of the cylinder when they stopped rolling?

Four possible resting positions are marked below the stack: A and B lie off to one side, C lies at the centre directly beneath the original stack, and D lies off to the other side.

A    B     C     D

Beautiful beaches attract people, no doubt about that. Just look at the city's most beautiful beaches, which are amongst the most overcrowded places in the state.

Which of the following exhibits a pattern of reasoning similar to the one exhibited in the argument above?

In a certain language, (A) 'Sun shines brightly' is written as 'ba lo sul'; (B) ' Houses are brightly lit' is written as 'kado udo ari ba'; and (C) 'Light comes from sun' as 'dapi kup lo nro'. What words will be written for 'sun' and 'brightly'?

Given are the following three equations:

How many circles are equivalent to a square, as per the ratios in the three given equations?

Fill in the blanks to find two words that are synonyms.

Same puzzle as previous question (A,B,C,D,E; badminton/chess/tennis players; A,D unmarried ladies who play no games; no lady plays chess/badminton; E is husband; B is brother of C, neither chess nor tennis player).

Who is the tennis player?

In the diagram below, the circle stands for 'educated', square stands for 'hard working', triangle for 'urban people' and rectangle for 'honest'. The different regions of the diagram are numbered from 1 to 12. Study the diagram carefully and answer the question.

Non-urban educated people who are neither hard-working nor honest are indicated by:

In the diagram below, the circle stands for 'educated', square stands for 'hard working', triangle for 'urban people' and rectangle for 'honest'. The different regions of the diagram are numbered from 1 to 12. Study the diagram carefully and answer the question.

Uneducated urban hard-working and honest people are indicated by:

In a school drill, a number of children are asked to stand in a circle. They are evenly spaced and the 6th child is diametrically opposite the 16th child. How many children are made to stand in the circle?

Consider the following statements and answer the question.

M, N, O and P are all different individuals.
M is the daughter of N.
N is the son of O.
O is the father of P.

Which among the following statements is contradictory to the above premises?

In each of the following two sets I & II, find the word or pair of words different from the other three words or pair of words:

Set I: J. Lake, K. Brook, L. Stream, M. River
Set II: J. Weighty-Heavy, K. Broad-Wide, L. Big-Large, M. Tiny-Small

Abdul, Mala and Chetan went bird watching. Each of them saw one bird that none of the others did. Each pair saw one bird that the third did not. And one bird was seen by all three. Of the birds Abdul saw, two were yellow. Of the birds Mala saw, three were yellow. Of the birds Chetan saw, four were yellow. How many yellow birds were seen in all? How many non-yellow birds were seen in all?

Answer the following questions based on the information given below.

I. There is a rectangular wooden block of length 4 cm, height 3 cm and breadth 3 cm.
II. The two opposite surfaces of 4 cm x 3 cm are painted yellow on the outside.
III. The other two opposite surfaces of 4 cm x 3 cm are painted red on the outside.
IV. The remaining two surfaces of 3 cm x 3 cm are painted green on the outside.
V. Now, the block is cut in such a way that cubes of 1 cm x 1 cm x 1 cm are created.

How many cubes will have only one colour?

Debu walks towards the east then towards North and turning 45 degrees right walks for a while and lastly turns towards left. In which direction is he walking now?

A, B, C and D are standing on the four corners of a square field as shown in the figure. From the positions shown in the figure, A walks to North position and B walks to the East position while C decides to walk two sides in anticlockwise direction. B walks to North and then changes his mind to take the previous position. Identify the choice with correct positions.

A band passes around all the wheels so that they can all be turned by the driving wheel. When the driving wheel turns in the direction shown, which way will the wheel B turn?

Each child in a family has at least 4 brothers and 3 sisters. What is the smallest number of children the family might have?

A gambler bet on a horse race, but the bookie wouldn't tell him the results of the race. The bookie gave clues as to how the five horses finished, which may have included some ties, and wouldn't pay the gambler off unless the gambler could determine how the five horses finished based on the following clues:

1. Penn Fe finished before Night Marvel and after Wish Bones.
2. If Hallelujah is not tied with Sundae, then Wish Bones is tied with Penn Fe.
3. Penn Fe finished as many places after Sundae as Sundae finished after Wish Bones if and only if Wish Bones finished before Night Marvel.

The gambler thought for a moment, then answered correctly. How did the five horses finish the race?

The drawing shows a cross section where the land meets the sea. The section covered is 5 kilometers. On a hot day, in which direction, indicated by the four arrows, is the wind most likely to blow?