List of top Logical Reasoning Questions asked in NMAT

Some students are sitting in a row. Amrit is at 19th position from the left. Rahul is 8th to the left of Amrit and 6th to the left of Dhaval. If Dhaval is 12th from the right, how many students are there in the row?

A wall clock shows the time 4:20. What time will its mirror image (a left-right reflection) show?

Find the odd one out: BD, FH, JL, MN, PR.

Find the odd one out: 8, 27, 64, 100, 125.

Which of the following capital letters looks exactly the same as its own mirror image when reflected across a vertical line (left-right flip)?

Six people P, Q, R, S, T and U live on six different floors of a building (floor 1 is the lowest and floor 6 is the topmost). P lives on floor 3. Q lives just above P. R lives on the topmost floor. S lives on floor 1. T lives just below R. Who lives on floor 2?

Five subjects - Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English - are taught one per day from Monday to Friday. Maths is taught on Monday. Chemistry is taught on Friday. Biology is taught on the day immediately after Physics. English is taught on some day before Physics. On which day is Physics taught?

In a group, Amit is taller than Bijay but shorter than Chetan. Deepak is taller than Chetan. Esha is shorter than Bijay. Who is the tallest in the group?

Six friends A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. A is adjacent to B and F. C is adjacent to B and D. E is adjacent to D and F. Who is sitting directly opposite to B?

In a certain code, the value of a word is the sum of the alphabet positions of its letters (A=1, B=2, ..., Z=26). If 'CAT' = 24 and 'DOG' = 26, then what is the value of 'RAT'?

Five friends P, Q, R, S and T are sitting in a row facing North. R is at the extreme left end. S is at the extreme right end. T is immediately to the left of S. Q is immediately to the right of P. Who is sitting in the middle of the row?

If '+' means multiply, '-' means add, 'x' means divide, and 'div' means subtract, then what is the value of: 16 div 4 + 5 - 2 ?

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 and in which direction is he from his starting point?

What is the value of the two-digit number N? Statement I: The sum of the digits of N is 9. Statement II: N is equal to 45.

What is the value of the number n? Statement I: n is the only even prime number. Statement II: n is the positive square root of 4.

Is the integer x an even number? Statement I: x is a multiple of 4. Statement II: x is a multiple of 3.

What is the present age of the father? Statement I: The father is 30 years older than his son. Statement II: The son is 10 years old now.

Find the next number in the series: 3, 6, 11, 18, 27, ?

In a certain code, 'FLOWER' is written as 'GMPXFS'. How is 'GARDEN' written in that code?

Argument: The city should build more bicycle lanes because doing so will reduce traffic congestion. Which of the following, if true, most strengthens this argument?

A company claims its new keyboard increases typing speed, citing that employees who used the new keyboard typed faster than those who did not. Which of the following, if true, most weakens this conclusion?

Statement: Every year, more tourists visit a coastal town than the year before, yet the number of hotels in the town has stayed the same. Which of the following conclusions is best supported?

A bookstore introduced a loyalty card that gives a discount on every tenth purchase, and afterwards its sales rose. Which of the following is an assumption behind the decision to launch this card?

Statements: Some cats are dogs. All dogs are animals. Conclusions: I. Some cats are animals. II. All animals are dogs. Which conclusion follows?

Statements: All roses are flowers. Some flowers are red. Conclusions: I. Some roses are red. II. Some flowers are roses. Which conclusion follows?