Logical Reasoning Sample Test

Directions for questions 1 to 5:

Read the following passage

below and solve the questions based on it.

There are seven professors A, B, C, D, E, F and G teaching

seven subjects History, Geography, Physics, Chemistry, Maths,

Biology and English from Monday to Friday at Gaya College.

Each professor teaches a different subject and not more than

two subjects are taught on any one of the days.

(i) Chemistry is taught by professor B on Tuesday.

(ii) Professor D teaches on Friday but neither Geography nor

Physics.

(iii) Professor F teaches History but neither on Thursday nor

on Friday.

(iv) Professor A teaches English on the day on which History

is taught.

(v) Professor C teaches Maths on Monday.

(vi) Geography and Chemistry are taught on the same day.

(vii) Professor G teaches on Thursday.

On which of the following days is English taught?

(a) Wednesday

(b) Monday

(d) Cannot be determined

Which of the following subjects is taught by professor

(a) Biology (b) Geography

On which of the following days is Geography taught?

(a) Monday (b) Tuesday

Which subject is taught on Friday?

(a) Physics (b) History

Which of the following pairs of professors teaches on

Tuesday?

(a) B and D (b) A and B

Directions for questions 6 to 10:

Read the information given

below and solve the questions based on it.

K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, U and W are the only ten members in a

department. There is a proposal to form a team from within the

members of the department, subject to the following conditions:

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A team must include exactly one among P, R, and S.

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A team must include either M or Q, but not both.

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If a team includes K, then it must also include L, and vice

versa.

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If a team includes one among S, U, and W, then it must also

include the other two.

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L and N cannot be members of the same team.

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L and U cannot be members of the same team.

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The size of a team is defined as the number of members

in the team.

Who cannot be a member of a team of size 3?

(a) L (b) M

(e) Q

Who can be a member of a team of size 5?

(a) K (b) L

(e) R

What would be the size of the largest possible team?

(a) 8 (b) 7

(e) cannot be determined

What could be the size of a team that includes K?

(a) 2 or 3 (b) 2 or 4

(e) Only 4

10.

In how many ways a team can be constituted so that

the team includes N?

(a) 2 (b) 3

(e) 6

11.

If X is the brother of the son of Y’s son, how is X

related to Y?

a) Grandson b) Son

c) Cousin d)Cannot be determined

12.

Amit introduces Rahul as the son of the only brother

of his father’s wife. How is Rahul related to Amit?

(a) Cousin (b) Son

13.

A + B means A is the mother of B

A – B means A is the brother B

A @ B means A is the father of B and

A × B means A is the sister of B,

Which of the following shows that P is the maternal

uncle of Q?

(a) Q – N + M × P (b) P + S × N – Q

14.

A + B means A is the sister of B

A – B means A is the brother of B

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A × B means A is the daughter of B.

Which of the following options show that E is the

maternal uncle of D?

(a) D + F – E (b) D – F × E

15.

Introducing a boy, a girl said, “He is the son of the

daughter of the father of my uncle.” How is the boy

related to the girl?

(a) Cousin (b) Nephew

16.

Neha Kavi moved a distance of 75 metres towards the

north. She then turned to her left and walked for 25

metres, turned left again and walked 80 metres.

Finally, she turned to the right at an angle of 45º. In

which direction was she moving finally?

(a) North-east (b) North-west

17.

One day, Dileep left his home and walked 10 km

southwards, turned right and walked 5 km, turned

right and walked 10 km, walked left and then walked

10 km. How many kilometres will he have to walk to

reach his home straight?

(a) 10 km (b) 15 km

18.

Tanay is standing facing north. Turning to his right,

he walks 25 metres. He then turns to his left and

walks 30 metres. He, further, walks 25 metres to his

right. He then walks to his right again and walks 55

metres. Finally, he turns to the right and walks 40

metres. In which direction is he now from his starting

point?

(a) South-west (b) South

19.

Kaveri walks 10 km towards North. From there she

walks 6 km towards South. Then, she walks 3 km

towards East. How far and in which direction is she

with reference to her starting point?

(a) 10km Northwest (b) 6km Southwest

20.

Gyan Prakash left for his college in his car. He drove

15 km towards north and then 10 km towards west.

He then turned to the south and covered 5 km.

Further, he turned to the east and moved 8 km.

Finally, he turned right and drove 10 km. how far and

in which direction is he from his starting point?

(a) 2 km West (b) 5 km East

Directions for questions 21 to 25: Read the following passage

and solve the questions based on it.

Amit, Bharat, Chandan, Dinesh, Eeshwar and Ferguson are

cousins. None of them are of the same age, but all of them have

birthdays on the same date. The youngest of them is 17 years

old and Eeshwar, who is the eldest, is 22 years old. Ferguson is

somewhere between Bharat and Dinesh in age. Amit is elder to

Bharat and Chandan is older than Dinesh.

21.

Which of the following is not possible?

(a) Dinesh is 20 years old

(b) Ferguson is 18 years old

(d) Ferguson is 20 years old

22.

If Bharat is 17 years old, then which of the following

could be the ages of Dinesh and Chandan

respectively?

(a) 18 and 19 (b) 19 and 21

23.

If two of the cousins are between Chandan and

Ferguson in age, then which of the following must be

true?

(a) Amit is between Ferguson and Dinesh in age

(b) Bharat is 17 years old

(d) Ferguson is 18 years old

24.

If Amit is one year elder to Chandan, the number of

logically possible orders of all six cousins by

increasing age is

(a) 2 (b) 3

25.

If Chandan is 19 years old, which of the following

must be true?

(a) Amit is 20 years old and Dinesh is 21 years old

(b) Bharat is 18 years old and Amit is 20 years old

(d) Dinesh is 17 years old and Bharat is 21 years old

Directions for questions 26 to 29:

Read the following passage

and solve the questions based on it.

The Hotel Leela in Goa has two wings, the East wing and the

West wing. Some East wing rooms, but not all, have an ocean

view. All the West wing rooms have a harbor view. The charges

for all the rooms are the same, except:

(i) There is an extra charge for all harbour view rooms on or

above the third floor.

(ii) There is an extra charge for all ocean view rooms, except

those without a balcony.

(iii) Some harbour view rooms on the first two floors and some

East wing rooms without an ocean view have kitchen

facilities, for which there is an extra charge.

(iv) Only the ocean view and the harbour view rooms have

balconies.

26.

A guest can avoid an extra charge by requesting:

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(a) a West wing room on one of the first two

floors

(b) a West wing room on the fourth floor without a

balcony

(d) an East wing room without a balcony

27.

Which of the following must be true if all the

conditions are as stated?

(a) all rooms above the third floor involve an extra

charge

(b) no room without an ocean or a harbour view or

kitchen facilities involves an extra charge.

without an ocean view

(d) there is no extra charge for any room without

kitchen facilities.

28.

Which of the following must be false if all the

conditions are applied?

(a) some ocean view rooms do not involve an extra

charge

(b) all rooms with kitchen facilities involve an extra

charge

do not involve an extra charge

(d) some harbour view rooms do not involve an extra

charge

29.

Which of the following cannot be determined on the

basis of the information given?

I. whether there are any rooms without a balcony for

which an extra charge is imposed

II. whether any room without a kitchen or a view

involves an extra charge

III. whether two extra charges are imposed for any room

(a) I only

(b) II only

(d) II and III only

30.

The CEO of a company must appoint a committee of

5 persons from different fields to serve as committee

members. He must select two MBAs from A, B and C

and three Engineers from F, G and H.

(i) Both B and H, cannot be appointed in the

committee.

(ii) Both G and F, cannot be appointed in the

committee.

(iii) Both E and H, cannot be appointed in the

committee.

If C is not selected in the committee then

any of the following could be in the committee except

(a) D (b) H

Directions for questions 31 to 32: Read the following passage

and solve the questions based on it.

(i) Seven friends P, Q, R, S, T, U and W have gathered at

the Patna airport. However, only five of them are

scheduled to go to five different places Delhi, Chennai,

Lucknow, Bangalore and Kolkata.

(ii) Five of them are executives with specializations in

Administrative (Admn), Human Resource Management

(HRM), Marketing, Systems and Finance.

(iii) T is an executive and he is going to Chennai and his

specialization is neither Finance nor Marketing.

(iv) W is a system specialist and is going to Delhi. U is an

executive but is not going anywhere.

(v) Q is an executive with specialization in HRM but has

come at the airport to see his friends only.

(vi) P is an executive but not from Marketing and is going to

one of the destinations but not to Bangalore or Kolkata.

31. Who among the following specializes in Marketing?

(a) S (b) P

32. What is the specialization of R?

(a) Finance

(b) Marketing

(d) None of these

Directions for questions 33 to 34: Read the following passage

and solve the questions based on it.

(i) Six men B, D, C, M, J and K are split in two groups of three

each and are made to stand in two rows, such that a man

in one row is exactly facing a man in the other row.

(ii) M is not at the ends of any row and is to the right of J, who

is facing C. K is to the left of D, who is facing M.

33. Which of the following groups of men are in the same

row?

(a) BMD (b) MJK

34. Who is to the immediate left of B?

(a) M (b) D

Directions for questions 35 to 37: Read the following passage

and solve the questions based on it.

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A, B, C, D, E, F and G are seven persons who travel to office

everyday by a particular train which stops at five stations 1,

2, 3, 4 and 5 respectively after leaving its base station.

(i) Three among them get on the train at the base station.

(ii) D gets down at the next station at which F gets down.

(iii) B does not get down either with A or F.

(iv) G alone gets on at station 3 and gets down with C after

having passed one station.

(v) A travels between only two stations and gets down at

station 5.

(vi) None of them gets on at station 2.

(vii) C gets on with F but does not get on with either B or D.

(viii) E gets on with two others and gets down alone after D.

(ix) B and D work in the same office and they get down

together at station 3.

(x) None of them get down at station 1.

35. At which station does E get down?

(a) 2 (b) 3

36. At which station do both C and F get on?

(a) 1 (b) 2

37. At which of the following stations do B and D get on?

(a) 1 (b) 2

Directions for questions 38 to 40: Read the following passage

and solve the questions based on it.

A business school publishes three issues of their research

Journal in a year. The editor decided that the upcoming three

issues April, August and December would carry articles

written by seven of the most reputed professors of the school.

Each of the seven authors (T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z) will have

at least one article published but some may have more than

one article published. The following restrictions apply to the

publication of the articles:

(i) Each of the issues being prepared must contain at least

two articles.

(ii) Only these seven professors’ articles can appear in the

upcoming April, August and December issues.

(iii) No author may publish in each of the two consecutively

published issues or twice in the same issue.

(iv) If an article written by T appears in an issue, then an

article written by U must also appear in that issue.

(v) If an article written by W appears in an issue, then an

article written by Y must appear in the immediately

preceding issue.

(vi) An article written by Y cannot be published in an issue

that contains an article written by Z.

38. If the April issue consists exclusively of articles written by

T and U, then the August issue can consist exclusively of

articles written by which of the following group of

authors?

(a) V and X (b) V and Y

39. If the April issue consists exclusively of articles written by

U, V and Z, then the August issue must contain an

article written by which of the following authors?

(a) W (b) X

40. If the December issue consists exclusively of articles

written by U, V and W, then the August issue must have

consisted of articles written by which of the following

groups of authors?

(a) T and Z (b) U and Y

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