List of top Logical Reasoning Questions

Nalini, her brother, her daughter and her son are tennis players and are playing game of doubles. Their positions on the court are as follows: Nalini's brother is directly across the net from her daughter. Her son is diagonally across the net from the worst player's sibling. The best player and the worst players are on the same side of the net. Who is the best players?

A statement is followed by two arguments I and II Decide which of the arguments is a strong argument and which is a weak arguments. Mark answer :
Statement : Can pollution be controlled?
Arguments :
I. Yes, If everyone realises the hazard it may create and cooperates to get rid of it, pollution may be controlled.
II. No, The crowded highways, factories and industries and an ever growing population eager to acquire more and more land for constructing houses are beyond control.

In the following questions, a statement is given followed by two conclusions. Mark the answer :
Statement : Until our country achieves economic equality, political freedom and democracy would be meaningless.
Conclusion :
I. Political freedom and democracy go hand in hand.
II. Economic equality leads to real political freedom and democracy.

At a farm, there are hens, cows and bullocks, and keepers to look after them. There are 69 heads less than legs; the number of cows is double of that of bullocks; the number of cows and hens is the same and there is one keeper per ten birds and cattle. The total number of hens plus cows and bullocks and their keepers does not exceed 50. How many cows are there?

Study the information given below to answer these questions.
There are four friends A, B, C, D. One of them is a cricketer and studies Chemistry and Biology. A and play football. Both football players study Maths D is a boxer. One football player also studies physics. The boxer studies Matsha and Accounts.All the friends study two subjects each and play one game each.

Study the given information carefully and answer the questions that follow:
(i) There are seven books one each on Psychology, Hindi, English, Sociology, Economics, Education and Accountancy, lying on a table one above the other.
(ii) Sociology is on the top of all the books.
(iii) Accountancy is immediately below Education which is immediately below sociology.
(iv) Economics is immediately above Psychology but not in the middle.
(v) Hindi is immediately below psychology.

In a row of girls, Rita and Monika occupy the ninth place from the right end and tenth place from the left end, respectively. If they interchange their places, Rita and Monika occupy seventeenth place from the right and eighteenth place from the left, respectively. How many girls are there in the row ?

Ashish leaves his house at 20 minutes to seven in the morning, reaches Kunal's house in 25 minutes, they finish their breakfast in another 15 minutes and leave for their office which takes another 35 minutes. At what time do they leave Kunal's house to reach their office ?

One morning after sunrise, Reeta and Kavita were talking to each other face to face at Tilak Square. If Kavita's shadow was exactly to the right of Reeta, which direction was kavita facing

In a shop, the items were arranged in a shelf consisting of six rows. Biscuists are arranged above the tins of chocolates but below the rows of packets of chips, cakes are at the bottom an the bottles of peppermints are below the chocolates. The top most row had the display of jam bottles. Where exactly are the bottles of peppermints? Mention the place from the top.

In a certain code language, ‘nee muk pic’ means ‘grave and concern’; ‘ill dic so’ means ‘every body else’, and 'tur muk so’ means body and soul.’ Which of the following would mean ‘every concern’ ?

In a certain code language, ‘col tip mot’ means ‘singing is appreciable’; ‘mot baj min’ means ‘dancing is good’ and ‘tip nop baj’ means ‘singing and dancing’. Which of the following means ‘good' in that code language ?

A busstarts from city X. The number of womenin the bus is half of the number of men. In city Y, 10 men leave the bus and five women enter. Now, the number of men and women is equal. In the beginning, how many passengers entered the bus ?

A square field ABCD of side 90 in is so located that its diagonal AC is from north to south and the corner B is to the west of D. Rohan and Rahul start walking along the sides from B and C respectively in the clockwise and anti-clockwise directions with speeds of 8 km/hr and 10 km/hr. Where shall they cross each other the second time ?

In a class, there are 18 boys who are over 160 cm tall. If these constitute three-fourths of the boys and the total number of boys is two-thirds of the total number of students in the class, what is the number of girls in the class ?

Five children were administered psychological tests to know their intellectual levels. In the report, psychologists pointed out that the child A is less intelligent than the child B, the child C is less intelligent than the child D, the child is less intelligent than the child C and child A is more intelligent than the child E. Which child is the most intelligent ?

In certain code '247' means ‘spread red carpet’, '256' means ‘dust one carpet’ and '264' means ‘one red carpet’. Which digit in that code means ‘dust’ ?

If NARGRUED is the code for GRANDEUR, which word is coded as SERPEVRE?

Statement : "Fly with us and experience the pleasure of flying" - an advertisement by an airlines.
Assumption :
I. More passengers may be attracted to travel by the airline after reading the advertisement.
II. People generally may prefer an enjoyable flight.
III. Other airlines may not be offering the same facilities.
A statement is followed by three assumptions marked, I, ll, Ill. Check whether these assumptions are implicit in the statement or not. Possible combination of assumptions are given against option (a), (b), (c) and (d). Choose the appropriate.

Statement : "We do not want you to see our product on newspaper, visit our shop to get a full view”. An advertisement.
Assumptions :
I. People generally decide to purchase any product after seeing the name in the advertisement.
II. Uncommon appeal may attract the customers.
III. People may come to see the product.
A statement is followed by three assumptions marked, I, ll, Ill. Check whether these assumptions are implicit in the statement or not. Possible combination of assumptions are given against option (a), (b), (c) and (d). Choose the appropriate.

Statement : "Use Riya cold cream for fair complexion”. An advertisement.
Assumptions :
I. People like to use cream for fair complexion.
II. People re easily fooled.
III. People respond to advertisements.
A statement is followed by three assumptions marked, I, ll, Ill. Check whether these assumptions are implicit in the statement or not. Possible combination of assumptions are given against option (a), (b), (c) and (d). Choose the appropriate.

Statement : ‘Smoking is injurious to health’ - a warning printed on the cigarette packets.
Assumptions :
I. People read printed matter on a cigarette packet.
II. People take careful note of a warning.
III. Non-smoking promotes health.
A statement is followed by three assumptions marked, I, ll, Ill. Check whether these assumptions are implicit in the statement or not. Possible combination of assumptions are given against option (a), (b), (c) and (d). Choose the appropriate.

Statement : "Buy pure and natural honey and company X" and advertisement in a newspaper.
Assumptions :
I. Artificial honey can be prepared.
II. People do not mind paying more for pure and natural honey.
III. No other company supplies pure honey.
A statement is followed by three assumptions marked, I, ll, Ill. Check whether these assumptions are implicit in the statement or not. Possible combination of assumptions are given against option (a), (b), (c) and (d). Choose the appropriate.

Statement : If the faculty members also join the strike, there is going to be a serious problem.
Courses of action :
I. The faculty members should be persuaded not to go on strike.
II. Those faculty members who join the strike should be suspended.
III. The management should not worry about such small things.
A statement is followed by three courses of action numbered I, II, and III. You have to assume everything in the statement to be true. Decide which course(s) of action logically follow(s) for pursuing from the given options marked (a), (b), (c) and (d).

Statement : The world will have to feed more than 10 billion people in the next century of whom half will be in Asia and will eat rice as their staple.
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 habit.
III. The rice should be grown in countries outside Asia to meet the demand.
A statement is followed by three courses of action numbered I, II, and III. You have to assume everything in the statement to be true. Decide which course(s) of action logically follow(s) for pursuing from the given options marked (a), (b), (c) and (d).