List of top Logical Reasoning Questions

Statement 1: All polymers are compounds. Statement 2: Some compounds are not plastics. Statement 3: All plastics are synthetic. Which of the following must be false?

Which of the following arguments is a "circular argument"?

Six people U, V, W, X, Y, and Z stand in a line. Y is between V and Z. W is to the immediate left of Y. X is not at either end. U is to the immediate right of Z. If W is at the far left, who is in the 4th position from the left?

In a specific code, "TRUTH" is coded as "7-18-21-20-8" and "FALSE" is coded as "6-1-12-19-5". How would "LOGIC" be coded if the rule changes such that every vowel is shifted by +2 in the alphabet before being converted to its numerical position?

Here you are given one statement and two course of action I and II. Assuming the statements to be true, decide which of the two courses of action most logically follows?
Statement: Indian children are very talented but are instead weak in Science and Mathematics.
Courses of Action:
I. Teaching and textbooks are not available in mother language.
II. Education based on experiments in both the subjects is lacking.

Mira's mother-in-law's mother is my grandmother. All my mother's offsprings are unmarried till date. Based on this, which of the following is true?

Youtube is organizing an event with seven content creators - A, B, C, D, E, F and G, by grouping them into three teams based on - Travel, Beauty and Tech. Each team needs at least 2 content creators, and a creator can be only in a single team. There are certain constraints on the team formations:
a) A and B refuse to be on the same team.
b) C can be in team Travel or Beauty but not Tech.
c) If D goes to Tech then E also must be in Tech.
d) F must be with either A or B but not both and not in the Travel team.
e) G must be in team Travel.
f) The Tech team should have exactly 2 members.
g) No team can have exactly 3 creators.
h) E must not be in same team as G.
i) C and B must be on the same team
j) A cannot be in team Beauty
Who are the members of the Beauty Team?

Direction - For the below Assertion [As] and Reason [R], choose the correct alternative-
Assertion [As] : Moon cannot be used as a satellite for communication.
Reason [R] : Moon does not move in the equatorial plane of the earth.

Raipur University presently employs three managers - 'a', 'b' and 'c' and five faculty members - 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h' and is planning to relocate two managers and three faculty members to the new centre. Following information was available to the HR department.
(K) Manager 'a' & 'c' cannot be sent as a team to the new centre.
(L) 'c' & 'e' are excellent performers, though they do not share good rapport and hence should not be sent together.
(M) If 'd' is sent, then 'g' cannot be sent, and vice versa.
(N) 'd' & 'f' should not be together in a team.
Which of the following cannot be a possible working unit?

Direction - For the below Assertion [As] and Reason [R], choose the correct alternative-
Assertion [As] : Carbohydrates provide energy to the body.
Reason [R] : Obesity is caused by excessive intake of carbohydrates.

Two statements are given followed by four conclusions J, K, L, M taking statements to be true even if they are at variance from the commonly known facts. Decide which conclusion logically follows from the given statement.
Statement:
Some bottles are drinks.
All drinks are cups.
Conclusions:
(J) Some bottles are cups
(K) Some cups are drinks
(L) All drinks are bottles
(M) All cups are drinks

P, Q, R, S, T, V and W are seven friends who left for seven destinations Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chandigarh and Jaipur, each on a different day of the week-
(K) R left for Jaipur on Monday. On Sunday, one of them left for Bangalore.
(L) T left the next day of P who left for Chandigarh and on the previous day of W.
(M) S left for Kolkata on Friday.
(N) Q did not leave for either Hyderabad or Bangalore and W left for Delhi.
What is the correct sequence of departure of the friends from Monday to Sunday?

Read the information given below and answer the questions that follow-
(J) If P + Q means; P is the brother of Q.
(K) P \(\times\) Q means; P is the father of Q; and
(L) P \(-\) Q means; P is the sister of Q.
Then, which of the following represents S is the niece of T?

Which is the missing number in the given number sequence?
7, 15, 32, -----, 138, 281

What will be the next term in the sequence?
\( \frac{17}{14}, \frac{18}{13}, \frac{16}{15}, \frac{19}{12}, \frac{?}{?} \)

Four friends Amrita, Deepa, Smita and Rhea complete their PhD in different number of years.
(K) The one who took maximum time took eight years to complete her PhD, while the one who took the least time took only three years to complete it.
(L) Rhea took more time only than Amrita and completed her PhD in five years.
(M) Smita did not take longer time than Deepa to complete her PhD.
Arrange the names of the friends in order from the minimum to the maximum number of years taken to complete their PhD.

Which is the figure pattern that comes next in the following sequence?

In this question three words are given which are related in some way. The same relationship obtains among the words in one of the four alternatives given under it, find the correct alternative-
Music : Guitar : Performer

Match the following-
tabularll Column-I & Column-II
(\(a, b\) as given in Euclidean Algorithm \(a = bq + r\)) & (Values of \(q\) and \(r\))
(a) \( a = -112, b = -7 \) & (I) \( q = -13, r = 1 \)
(b) \( a = 118, b = -9 \) & (II) \( q = 14, r = 3 \)
(c) \( a = -109, b = 6 \) & (III) \( q = -19, r = 5 \)
(d) \( a = 115, b = 8 \) & (IV) \( q = 16, r = 0 \)
tabular
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A, B, C, D, E, F and G are members of a family consisting of four adults & three children, two of whom F and G are girls.
(J) A and D are brothers and A is a doctor.
(K) E is an engineer married to one of the brothers and has two children.
(L) B is married to D and G is their child.
Who is C?

In the following question there is a certain relationship between the given words on one side of :: and one word is given on another side of :: while another word is to be found from the given alternatives having the same relation with this word as in the pair given; find the correct option-
Menu : Food :: Catalogue : ?

Six friends are sitting in a circle and playing cards. Ashok is to the left of Dinesh. Raghav is between Sumit and Amit. Ramesh is between Ashok and Sumit. Who is sitting to the right of Raghav?

If the first and fifth position of the numbers 5, 3, 2, 6, 4, 1, 8, 9 are exchanged and the positions of the second and sixth numbers are also exchanged and so on. Find the sixth number from the right of the rearranged pattern-

In the series given below how many 8s are there each of which is exactly divisible by its preceding as well as succeeding numbers?
2, 8, 3, 8, 2, 4, 8, 2, 4, 8, 6, 8, 2, 8, 2, 4, 8, 3, 8, 2, 8, 6

It is given that
\(\times\) denotes greater than,
\(\phi\) denotes equal to,
\(<\) denotes not less than,
\(\perp\) denotes not equal to,
\(\Delta\) denotes less than,
\(+\) denotes not greater than.
Choose the correct statement from the following-
If a \(\times\) b \(\Delta\) c it follows that-