List of top Logical Reasoning Questions

Principle: Negligence may be inferred when the incident causing harm is of a kind that ordinarily does not occur without someone’s negligence, the instrumentality or control that caused the harm was under the defendant’s management, and the plaintiff did not contribute to the harm.
Fact: Anita visits a hospital for a routine check-up. While waiting in the lobby, a large ceiling fan suddenly detaches and falls, injuring her shoulder. The hospital authorities claim that the fan had been regularly serviced and no defect was known before the accident.
Applying only the given principle to the fact, is the hospital liable? Select the most appropriate option:

A city plans to replace cash bus fares with a QR-only system to reduce revenue leakage. Critics argue ridership among the elderly will drop. Which assumption best supports the critics?

Some cyclists are marathoners. All marathoners train rigorously. Some trainees are amateurs. Which conclusion necessarily follows?

Principle: A driver is responsible for controlling their vehicle and avoiding harm to pedestrians, unless the pedestrian acted recklessly or unlawfully.
Facts: A driver hits a pedestrian who suddenly runs across the road outside a crosswalk without looking. The driver was obeying all traffic rules.
Which of the following is correct?

Shopkeepers are Big. Some Big persons violate night curfew. All who violate night curfew are fined. Anil is Big.
Examine the statements:
I. Anil is a Shopkeeper
II. Anil may violate night curfew
III. Anil will definitely violate night curfew
IV. If Anil is a shopkeeper, he will get fined
V. Anil will definitely get fined
Select the correct option:

Oxygen : Lungs = Fuel : ?

What will be the output if the input is 26?

What will be the output of the 4th step if the input is 11?

The questions given below consists of a question and two statements numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements and give answer:
The number of employees from company A and B is 900 and 1015 respectively. Number of male employees from A is what percent of the number of female employees from A?
Statement I: The number of male employees from B is 10% more than that of the number of male employees from A. The number of female employees from B is 15% more than that of the number of female employees from A.
Statement II: The number of female employees from B is 175 more than that of the number of female employees from A and the difference between the number of male and female employees from B is 135.

Each of the questions below consists of a question and two statements numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements and give answer:
A, B, and C are three pipes in a tank. A and B are outlet pipes and C is an inlet pipe. The ratio of the efficiency of A : B is 3 : 1 and that of B : C is 1 : 2. What is the capacity of the tank?
Statement I: If all three pipes are opened, the water in the tank will decrease at the rate of 30 litres per minute.
Statement II: The time taken by C to fill the tank is 60 minutes less than the time taken by B to empty the tank.

A table below shows the sales figures of a company over four months.

What is the average sales per month in the given period?

School Administrator: The number of fourteen year olds in Britain who are considered "gifted" that is who score higher than 90% of their peers on the mandatory secondary school entrance exam (MSEEE) - has increased steadily over the past decade.
If the school administrator's findings are correct, which of the following can be concluded on the basis of those findings?

The complaints in Tatkal bookings are increasing day by day. Overwhelmed by the number of complaints, the Railway department has decided to reduce the advance reservation period from two days to one day. Besides this, there will be no refund upon cancellation of confirmed Tatkal tickets, except in the case of cancelled trains or delays in arrival or departure times of trains.
Which of the following options cannot be a conclusion that can be drawn from the given information?

Developing a line of smartphones would require a research-and-development push that would directly trade off with our R & D efforts on five other products. Plus, a line of MP3 players - another product we have discussed developing - has an inherently higher profit potential than a line of smartphones and would be cheaper to manufacture.
The electronics manufacturer's statements, if true, most strongly support which one of the following?

In a class of 50 students:
30 like cricket
20 like football
15 like both cricket and football
How many students like only cricket?

In a class of 10 students, K is to the left of L but to the right of M. N is to the left of M and to the right of J. J is to the left of K but to the right of L. Which of the following is true?

A man’s father is the brother of his mother’s brother. How is the man related to his mother’s brother?

Statement 1: All engineers are good at problem-solving.
Statement 2: Some problem-solvers are good at coding.
Conclusion: Some engineers are good at coding.
Which of the following is correct?

Choose the odd one out.

Six friends sit in a row facing north. P is to the left of Q but to the right of R. S is to the right of Q, and T sits between Q and S. Who is sitting at the extreme left?

A clock shows 4 o'clock. What time will its mirror image show?

A person facing north turns 90 degrees clockwise, then 180 degrees, and finally 90 degrees anticlockwise. Which direction is the person facing now?

A man walks 5 km towards the north, then turns right and walks 3 km, then turns right again and walks 5 km. How far is he from his starting point?