List of top Logical Reasoning Questions asked in NMAT by GMAC

Directions: Read the passage below. Solve the question based on the information in the passage.
Ajay would do five tasks: A, B, C, D and E, starting at 9:00 a.m. A is the first task and takes 2 hours. B can be done after A is complete and requires 1 hour. Work on C, which would take 1 hour, can start only after A and B are completed. Ajay can do task D along with B and C, and would take 3 hours. Activity E, with duration of 1 hour, can start upon completion of A, B, C and D.

Directions: In a marriage party, 278 guests were present. Twenty guests took Pepsi and Dew, 23 guests took Dew and Sprite, 21 guests took Pepsi and Sprite, and 9 guests took all three cold drinks (Pepsi, Sprite and Dew). It is also known that there were equal numbers of bottles of each of the three kinds (Pepsi, Dew and Sprite).

Automation, however essential it may be to maximise a country's economic production and minimise its costs, should be rejected. The health care industry wants to increase revenues while reducing costs. Hence, it proposes greater automation of health care. This radical automation of health care would cause patients to lose trust in the system as the health care they would receive would lack the personal touch that, according to several studies, patients desire.
Which of the following expresses the main point of the argument?

Study the table carefully to answer the questions that follow:
Year and Stream wise number of Students enrolled in Engineering Colleges-

Streams	Electrical	Electronics	Mechanical	Civil	Information Technology
Years
2001	252	447	343	506	264
2002	260	470	369	590	241
2003	286	514	398	600	310
2004	332	545	447	678	340
2005	355	620	500	623	397
2006	421	646	485	640	416
2007	467	580	510	710	475

How many pairs of letters are there in the word ‘CHILDREN’ such that each pair has as many letters between them in the word ‘CHILDREN’ as they have in the English alphabet series?

Directions: Answer the question based on the following diagram.

The rectangle represents bachelors.
The square represents Delhi metropolis.
The circle represents English language.
The triangle represents tourists.
Which of the following is not true?

Directions: The question presents a situation and asks you to make a judgment regarding that particular circumstance. Answer the question solely on the basis of the information given.
Illegal adulterated and local alcohol that is largely in supply in the city has become a matter of concern for the citizens and administration. A meeting was called up, which involved local people as well, to discuss the situation. The local people claimed that the administration is not doing enough to deal with the situation. You are representing the administration in the meeting. What should be your reaction to these claims?

Directions: In the question there is a statement followed by two conclusions, numbered I and II. You have to assume everything in the statement to be true, then consider the two conclusions together and decide which of them logically follows from the information given in the statement.
Statements: Government has spoiled many top ranking financial institutions by appointing bureaucrats as directors of these institutions.
Conclusions:
I. Government should appoint directors of the financial institutions taking into consideration the expertise of the person in the area of finance.
II. The director of the financial institution should have expertise commensurate with the financial work carried out by the institution.

Directions: In the question two statements are given which are followed by four conclusions (1), (2), (3) and (4). Choose the conclusions which logically follow from the given statements.
Statements: All pens are instruments. Some green things are instruments.
Conclusions: 
(1) All pens are green.
(2) All green things are pens.
(3) Some instruments are green.
(4) All instruments are pens.

The following question is accompanied by three statements (A), (B) and (C). You have to determine which statement(s) is/are sufficient/necessary to answer the question.
Rajnish buys 30 books and 65 pens. What money does he have to pay for this?
A. At a profit of 20\(\%\) he sells all the objects for Rs.3,828.
B. The CP of one book and one pen is Rs.90.
C. The difference of sum and difference of buying price of one pen and one book is Rs.28.

Study the information given below to answer these questions.
Mr. Kunal Dwivedi wants to buy a motorbike which is priced at Rs. 45,000. The bike is also available at Rs. 25,000 down payment and monthly installments of Rs. 1000 per month for 2 years or Rs. 18,000 down payment and monthly instalment of Rs. 1000 per month for 3 years. Mr. Kunal has with him only Rs. 12,000. He wants to borrow the balance money of the down payment from a private money lender whose terms are : 
If Rs. 6,000 is borrowed for 12 months, the rate of interest is 20%. The interest will be calculated on the whole amount for the whole year, even though the repayment has to be done in 12 equal monthly instalments starting from the first month itself. Thus he will have to repay an amount of Rs. 600 per month for 12 months to repay Rs. 6000 (Principal) + Rs. 1,200 (Interest @ 20%). 
If Rs. 10,000 upwards is borrowed for one year, the rate of interest is 30% and is calculated in exactly the same manner as above.

Refer to the following charts given in Fig 1, 2 & 3 to answer these questions.

Refer to the table given below and answer the questions that follow.
TERM LIFE INSURANCE

Policy/Insurance	Max age of Entry	Tenures possible	Max. age at expiry	Min. sum assured	For life cover of Rs. 10 lakh premium in Rs. (Entry age/coverage period in yrs)
					\((\frac{30}{25})\)	\((\frac{40}{20})\)	\((\frac{5}{10})\)	\((\frac{55}{10})\)
ICICI Prudential	50	5 to 25 yrs.	65	Rs. 1 lakh	3043	5110	8197	N.A.
HDFC Standard Life	60	5 to 30 yrs	65	Rs. 1 lakh	3050	5110	8320	12600
Max New York Life	55	5, 10, 15, 20, 25 yrs.	60	Rs. 2.5 lakh	3220	5650	10000	12150
Birla Sun Life	55	5, 10, 15, 20, 25 yrs.	70	Rs. 2 lakh	3160	5150	8790	13100
LIC Anmol Jeevan	50	5 to 25 yrs.	60	Rs. 5 lakh	3860	7010	11450	N.A.

Study the following graph carefully and answer the questions given below.

Refer the information given in the graphs below.

(of the total points received assume that the following is the break-up of points received due to each of the parameters listed below)

Study the following table carefully and answer the questions given below it.
Fare in Rupees for Three Different Types of Vehicles

Fare for distance up to	Vehicle
	Type A	Type B	Type C
2 km	Rs. 5.00	Rs. 7.50	Rs. 10.00
4 km	Rs. 9.00	Rs. 14.50	Rs. 19.00
7 km	Rs. 13.50	Rs. 24.25	Rs. 31.00
10 km	Rs. 17.25	Rs. 33.25	Rs. 41.50
15 km	Rs. 22.25	Rs. 45.75	Rs. 56.50
20 km	Rs. 26.00	Rs. 55.75	Rs. 69.00

Note: Fare per km for intervening distance is the same.

Study the following graph carefully and then answer the questions based on it. The percentage of five different types of cars produced by a company during two years is given below.

The following table gives the percentage distribution of population of five states, P, Q, R, S and T on the basis of poverty line and also on the basis of sex. Study the table and answer the questions based on it.

State	Percentage of population below Poverty Line	Proportion of Males and Females
		Below Poverty Line	Above Poverty Line
		M: F	M: F
P	35	5:6	6:7
Q	25	3:5	4:5
R	14	1:2	2:3
S	9	3:2	4:3
T	15	5:3	3:2

Study the following information carefully to answer these questions.
At an Electronic Data Processing Unit, five out of the eight program sets P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are to be operated daily. On any one day, except for the first day of a month, only three of the program sets must be the ones that were operated on the previous day. The program operating must also satisfy the following conditions:
(i) If program P is to be operated on a day, V cannot be operated on that day.
(ii) If Q is to be operated on a day, T must be one of the programs to be operated after Q.
(iii) If R is to be operated on a day, V must be one of the programs to be operated after R.
(iv) the last program to be operated on any day must be either S or U.

Read the following information to answer these questions.
The Director of a Management Institute has announced that six guest lectures on different areas like Leadership, Decision Making, Quality Circle, Motivation, Assessment Centre and Group Discussion are to organized, one on each day from Monday to Sunday.
(i) Motivation should be organized immediately after Assessment Centre.
(ii) Quality Circle should be organized on Wednesday and should be followed by Grope Discussion.
(iii) Decision Making should be organized on Friday and there should be a gap of two days between Leadership and Group Discussion.
(iv) One day there will be no lecture (Saturday is not that day), just before that day Group Discussion will be organized.

These questions are based on the context given below.
Following are the conditions of promotion from Junior Officer’s Cadre to Senior Officer’s Cadre in an organization. The Candidate must
(1) have completed at least 5 years in the organization.
(2) have secured 65\(\%\) marks in the written test for promotion.
(3) have secured 60\(\%\) marks in the Group Discussion.
(4) have secured 70\(\%\) marks in the interview.
(5) have good record of his work performance.
(6) have good communication skill and get along well with his colleagues.
(7) not be more than 40 years and less than 30 years as on 1-9-2003.
(8) have good academic record with an average of at least 65\(\%\) marks.
(9) satisfies all other conditions except (4) above but has secured 75\(\%\) marks in the written test and 65\(\%\) marks in the Group Discussion, the case is to be referred to the General Manager (Personnel)GM (P) for the decision.
(10) satisfies all other criteria except (8) above but secured an average of more than 60\(\%\) marks, the case is to be referred to the Managing Director (MD) of the organization.
Now read the information provided in the case of each candidate in each of the questions given below and decide on the basis of the information provided and based on the above conditions, which of the courses of action you would suggest. These cases are given to you as on 5.9.2003. You are not to assume anything.

Refer to the following data and answer the questions that follow.
There is an empty three-self bookcase. T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z are seven objects to be placed either on the lower middle or top shelf of the bookcase with the following conditions: 
(i) At least two objects should be on the top shelf. 
(ii) There should be no more than four objects on any shelf. 
(iii) T and U should be on different shelves. 
(iv) V is to be either on one shelf or two shelves above the shelf where X is placed. 
(v) W is to be either on one shelf or two shelves above the shelf that X is on.

Study the information given below and answer the questions that follow:
The BSNL announced a cut in the STD rates on 27 December 2003. The new rates and slabs are given in the table below and are to be implemented from the 14 January 2004.

Rates (Rs. /min)
Distance	Peak Rates		Off Peak
(km)	Old	New	Old	New
50-200	4.8	2.4	1.2	1.2
200-500	11.6	4.8	3	2.4
500-1000	17.56	9.00	4.5	4.5
1000+	17.56	9.00	6	4.5

Study the following and answer the questions that follow:
A gas cylinder can discharge gas at the rate of 1 cc/minute from burner A and at the rate of 2 cc/minute from burner B (maximum rates of discharge). The capacity of the gas cylinder is 1000 cc of gas. The amount of heat generated is equal to 1 kcal/cc of gas. However, there is wastage of the heat as per the following table:

Gas discharge @	Loss of heat
0-0.5 cc/minute	10\(\%\)
0.5-1 cc/minute	20\(\%\)
1-1.5 cc/minute	25\(\%\)
1.5 + cc/minute	30\(\%\)
(include higher extremes)

Study the following information and answer the questions given below it.
The admission ticket for an exhibition bears a password which is changed after every clock hour based on a set of words chosen for each day. The following is an illustration of the code and steps of rearrangement for subsequent clock hours. The time is 9 am. To 3 PM.
Day’s first password : First Batch – 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. is not ready cloth simple harmony burning
Second Bath – 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. ready not is cloth burning harmony simple
Third Batch – 11 a.m. to 12 noon cloth is not ready simply harmony burring
Fourth Batch – 12 noon to 1 p.m. not is cloth ready burning harmony simple
Fifth Batch – 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. ready cloth is not simple harmony burning and so on.