List of top Logical Reasoning Questions

A certain number of students are standing in a line. One student says, ``There are 17 students ahead of me and 18 students behind me.'' How many students are there in the line?

In each of the following questions choose the set of numbers from the four alternative sets that is similar to the given set.
Given set : (10, 14, 17)

How many meaningful English words can be made with the letters ESDO using each letters only once in each word?

By applying which of the following meanings of letters will the expression \(8 \, R \, 8 \, P \, 8 \, S \, 8 \, Q \, 8 = 57\) be true? \flushleft

Study the graph given below to answer the question.
A company manufacturing air-conditions has set a monthly target. The target and realized values are shown in the bar chart.

Consider the following statements based on the chart.
A. The target sales on the monthly basis have been achieved.
B. The overall target value has been exceeded by 7.5\(\%\).
C. The sales department deserves a pat on the back.
Which of the above statement is/are correct?

Four pairs of words are given below out of which the words in all pairs except one, bear a certain common relationship. Choose the pair in which the words are differently related.

Pointing to a photograph, Ramesh says, ``She is the daughter of the only son of my grandfather.'' How is the woman related to Ramesh?

Below are given six three-character numbers. The characters comprise of digits and letters. The letter stands for one less than its serial order in the English alphabet. What will be the middle character of the 3rd number when the numbers are arranged in the decending order ?8G6, 3DJ, F4C, 7HB, 4E6, B8I

Each of the questions below consists of a question and two statements numbered (I) and (II). You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question.
What is the total number of pages in this book ?
I. I counted 132 pages from the beginning of this book.
II. My wife counted 138 pages starting from the end of the same book.

In each question given below which one of the five answer figures on the right should come after the problem figures on the left, if the sequence were continued?

If 2nd day of a month is Sunday, then what day will it be on the 31st of the same month?

In making decisions about important questions, it is desirable to be able to distinguish between ‘strong’ arguments and ‘weak’ arguments. ‘Strong’ arguments are those which are both important and directly related to the question. ‘Weak’ arguments are those which are of minor importance and also may not be directly related to the question or may be related to a trivial aspect of the question.
Each question is followed by two arguments numbered I and II. You have to decide which of the argument is a ‘strong’ argument and which is a ‘weak’ argument.
Should the Govt. stop providing subsidy on Kerosene with immediate effect?
Arguments:
I. Yes, this will help Govt. reduce its huge fiscal deficit.
II. No, the poor people will not be able to buy kerosene at market price for their daily needs.

The following question is asked followed by three statements. You have to study the question and all the three statements given and decide whether any information provided in the statement(s) is/are redundant and not required while answering the question.What will be the cost of fencing a circular plot? \((r=\frac{22}{7})\)
A. Area of the plot is 616 sq. m.
B. Cost of fencing a rectangular plot whose perimeter is 120m is Rs. 780.
C. Area of a square plot with side equal to the radius of the circular plot is 196. sq.m.

Your mother is 4 years younger than your father. Your father is 6 times older than you. If you are 6 years old, what is your mother's age?

Each question contains six or seven statements followed by four sets of combinations of three. Choose the set in which the statements are logically related.
(1) Some women are those who are successful in life.
(2) Some men are those who have patience.
(3) No man is a woman.
(4) All those who have patience are successful in life.
(5) Some who are successful in life are men.
(6) Some men are not those are successful in life.

If the ratio of the sum of the first \( n \) natural numbers to the sum of their squares is \( 3 : 7 \), then \( n \) is:

In each question given below which one of the five answer figures on the right should come after the problem figures on the left, if the sequence were continued?

Find the wrong term in the following number series: \[ 6, 15, 35, 77, 143, 231 \]

If the first and second digits in the squence 7 9 8 4 5 3 6 7 8 3 4 5 are interchanged, also the third and fourth digits, the fifth and sixth digits and so on which digit would be the sixth counting from your right ?

How many such consonants are there in the following sequence, each of which is immediately preceded by a vowel and immediately followed by a number? \text{PQ2ED2SA925EAGSEF629}

Find the wrong term in the following number series: 3, 8, 12, 16, 48, 38, 192, 64