List of top Logical Reasoning Questions

What is the number of routes from P to Q ?
routes from P to Q
A man has a job which requires him to work 8 straight days and rest on the ninth day. If he started work on a Monday, the 12th time he rests will be on what day of the week ?
Shankar and Jwala are both members of a Youth club, though they are not speaking to each other and refuse to work with each other. Chaya, the club president, is appointing members to the fundraising committee, but she has resolved that she will not appoint anyone without his or her explicit consent. Shankar tells Chaya, “I will not consent to appointment on that committee unless I know whether Jwala is to be a member of it.” And Jwala says, “I will not consent to be a member of that committee unless I know whether Shankar will be appointed to it.” If all three of these people stick by these resolutions, then :
How many minutes before 12 noon is it when it is 27 minutes past 10 am ?
You have three chests in front of you. The first chest is labeled “GOLD”, the second is labeled “SILVER” and the third is labeled “GOLD OR SILVER”. You have been told that all the labels are on the wrong chests and that one chest contain gold coins, one contains silver coins and one contains bronze coins. How many chests do you need to open to deduce which label goes on which chest ?
In certain code language 'PROMOTION' is written as 'QSP89'. How will you write 'DEMOTION'?
In this question, a statement is followed by three Courses of Action numbered I, II and III. Assume everything in the statement to be true to decide which of the three given suggested Courses of Action logically follows for pursuing.
Statement:
The weather bureau has through a recent bulletin forecast heavy rainfall during the next week which may cause water logging in several parts of the city.
Courses of Action:
I. The bulletin should be given wide publicity.
II. The civic authority should keep in readiness the pumping system for removal of water from these parts.
III. The people should be advised to stay indoors during the period.
In this question, a statement is followed by three Courses of Action numbered I, II and III. Assume everything in the statement to be true to decide which of the three given suggested Courses of Action logically follows for pursuing.
Statement:
A mass mortality of shrimps in ponds on entire Andhra coast has recently been reported due to the presence of a virus.
Courses of Action:
I. The water of the ponds affected should immediately be treated for identifying the nature of the virus.
II. The catching of shrimps from the ponds should temporarily be stopped.
III. The fisherman should be asked to watch for the onset of such phenomenon in nature.
In this question, a statement is followed by three Courses of Action numbered I, II and III. Assume everything in the statement to be true to decide which of the three given suggested Courses of Action logically follows for pursuing.
Statement:
There was a spurt in criminal activities in the city during the recent festival season.
Courses of Action:
I. The police should immediately investigate into the causes of this increase.
II. In future, the police should take adequate precautions to avoid recurrence of such a situation during festivals.
III. The known criminals should be arrested before any such reason.
In this question, a statement is followed by three Courses of Action numbered I, II and III. Assume everything in the statement to be true to decide which of the three given suggested Courses of Action logically follows for pursuing.
Statement :
In one of the worst accidents on a railway level crossing, fifty people died when a bus carrying them collided with a running train.
Courses of Action:
I. The train driver should immediately be suspended.
II. The driver of the bus should be tried in court for negligence on his part.
III. The railway authorities should be asked to man all its level crossings.
In each of these questions, there is given a Statement followed by two Assumptions numbered I and II. Consider the Statement and the following Assumptions to decide which of the Assumptions is implicit in the Statement. 
Statement:
Like a mad man, I decided to follow him.
Assumptions:
I. I am not a mad man.
II. I am a mad man.
In each of these questions, there is given a Statement followed by two Assumptions numbered I and II. Consider the Statement and the following Assumptions to decide which of the Assumptions is implicit in the Statement. 
Statement:
If it is easy to become an engineer, I don't want to be an engineer.
Assumptions:
I. An individual aspires to be professional.
II. One desires to achieve a thing which is hard earned.
In each of these questions, there is given a Statement followed by two Assumptions numbered I and II. Consider the Statement and the following Assumptions to decide which of the Assumptions is implicit in the Statement.
Statement:
All the employees are notified that the organisation will provide transport facilities at half the cost from the nearby railway station to the office except those who are being provided with travelling allowance.
Assumptions:
I. Most of the employees will travel by the office transport.
II. Those who are provided with travelling allowance will not read such notice.
In each of these questions, there is given a Statement followed by two Assumptions numbered I and II. Consider the Statement and the following Assumptions to decide which of the Assumptions is implicit in the Statement. 
Statement:
An advertisement of a Bank, "Want to open a bank account! Just dial our 'room service' and we will come at your doorsteps".
Assumptions:
I. There is a section of people who require such services at their home.
II. Nowadays banking has become very competitive.
In each of these questions, there is given a Statement followed by two Assumptions numbered I and II. Consider the Statement and the following Assumptions to decide which of the Assumptions is implicit in the Statement. 
Statement:
I can take you quickly from Kanpur to Lucknow by my cab but then you must pay me double the normal charges.
Assumptions:
I. Normally, it will take more time to reach Lucknow from Kanpur.
II. People want to reach quickly but they will not pay extra money for it.
Out of a total of 120 musicians in a club, \(5\%\) can play all the three instruments ––– guitar, violin and flute. It so happens that the number of musicians who can play any two and only two of the above instruments is 30. The number of musicians who can play the guitar alone is 40. What is the total number of those who can play violin alone or flute alone?
A number of friends decided to go on a picnic and planned to spend Rs 96 on eatables. Four of them did not turn up. As a consequence, each of the remaining ones had to contribute Rs 4 extra. The number of those who attended the picnic was
In a queue of children, Kashish is fifth from the left and Mona is sixth from the right. When they interchange their places among themselves, Kashish becomes thirteenth from the left. Then, what will be Mona's position from the right?
From a group of six boys M, N, O, P, Q, R and five girls G, H, I, J, K; a team of six is to be selected.
Some of the criteria of selection are as follows:
M and J go together.
O cannot be placed with N.
I cannot go with J.
N goes with H.
P and Q have to be together.
K and R go together.
Unless otherwise stated, these criteria are applicable to all the below questions:
These questions are based on the diagram given below showing four persons stationed at the four corners of a square piece of a plot as shown:
FOUR CORNER OF SQUARE
The space exploration has been done mainly by using unmanned satellites called spaceprobes containing a large variety of latest scientific instruments on board. These space probes have provided us the closeup pictures and other data about planets and other bodies in the outer space.The climax of the intensive American space programme came when Neil Armstrong became the first man to set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969. Originally, the artificial satellites were launched for studying the upper atmosphere of the earth.Read the following passage to examine each inference given against below Questions in the context of this passage.
In this question, a statement is followed by three Courses of Action numbered I, II and III. Assume everything in the statement to be true to decide which of the three given suggested Courses of Action logically follows for pursuing.
Statement :
The world will have to feed more than 10 billion people in the next century, of whom half will bein Asia and will eat rice as their staple food.Courses of Action:
I. More funds should immediately be allocated for rice research to help ensure adequate supplies.
II. The people in Asia should be encouraged to change their food habits.
III. The rice should be grown in countries outside Asia to meet the demand.
YEB, WFD, UHG, SKI, (?).
Choose the missing term.
AZ, CX, FU, (?).
Choose the missing term.
2Z5, 7Y7, 14X9, 23W11, 34V13, (?).
Choose the missing term.