Logical & analytical reasoning: practice set 2

P has a son and a daughter. S is the mother of T. S is R’s spouse. Q and R are children of P. Then how is Q related to S?

If ZERO is encoded as ADSN, then how do you encode STOP?

A mobile phone has been stolen. There are 3 suspects P, Q and R. They were questioned knowing that only one of them is guilty. Their responses are as follows:

1. P.I did not steal. Q stole it.
2. Q.R did not steal. I did not steal.
3. R.I did not steal. I do not know who did it.

Who stole the mobile phone?

If FRANCE is coded as 654321 and GERMANY is coded as 9158437, then how is YEMEN coded?

A person walks 100 m straight from his house, turns left and walks 100 m, again turns left and walks 300 m, then turns right and walks 100 m to reach his office. In which direction does he walk initially from his house if his office is exactly in the North-East direction?

A Main Statement is followed by four Statements labelled P, Q, R and S. Choose the ordered pair of the Statements where the first Statement implies the second, and the two Statements are logically consistent with the Main Statement.

1. Main Statement: Pradeep becomes either a Director or a Producer.
2. Statement P: Pradeep is a Director.
3. Statement Q: Pradeep is a Producer.
4. Statement R: Pradeep is not a Director.
5. Statement S: Pradeep is not a Producer.

Select the correct answer.

If in a certain code, ‘POT’ is written as ATOP and ‘TRAP’ is written as APART, then how is ‘ARENA’ written in that code?

Consider the following:

1. I.A + B means A is neither smaller nor equal to B.
2. II.A − B means A is not greater than B.
3. III.A × B means A is not smaller than B.
4. IV.A ÷ B means A is neither greater nor equal to B.
5. V.A ± B means A is neither smaller nor greater than B.

Statement: P × Q, P − T, T ÷ R, R ± S

Conclusion-1: Q ± T

Conclusion-2: S + Q

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above Statement and the Conclusions?

If the order of the letters in the English alphabet is reversed and each letter represents the letter whose position it occupies, then which one of the following represents ‘LUCKNOW’?

Three Statements followed by three Conclusions are given below. You have to take the Statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from the commonly known facts. Read all the Conclusions and then decide which of the given Conclusions logically follows/follow from the Statements, disregarding the commonly known facts:

1. Statement–1: Some doctors are teachers.
2. Statement–2: All teachers are engineers.
3. Statement–3: All engineers are scientists.
4. Conclusion–I: Some scientists are doctors.
5. Conclusion–II: All engineers are doctors.
6. Conclusion–III: Some engineers are doctors.

Which one of the following is correct?

A bank employee drives 10 km towards South from her house and turns to her left and drives another 20 km. She again turns left and drives 40 km, then she turns to her right and drives for another 5 km. She again turns to her right and drives another 30 km to reach her bank where she works. What is the shortest distance between her bank and her house?

Consider two Statements and four Conclusions given below. You have to take the Statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from the commonly known facts. Read all Conclusions and then decide which of the given Conclusion(s) logically follows/follow from the Statements, disregarding the commonly known facts.

1. Statement-1: Some greens are blues.
2. Statement-2: Some blues are blacks.
3. Conclusion-1: Some greens are blacks.
4. Conclusion-2: No green is black.
5. Conclusion-3: All greens are blacks.
6. Conclusion-4: All blacks are greens.

Which one of the following is correct?

A family of two generations consisting of six members P, Q, R, S, T and U has three males and three females. There are two married couples and two unmarried siblings. U is P’s daughter and Q is R’s mother-in-law. T is an unmarried male and S is a male. Which one of the following is correct?

Two Statements are given followed by two Conclusions:

1. Statements: All cats are dogs. All cats are black.
2. Conclusion-I: All dogs are black.
3. Conclusion-II: Some dogs are not black.

Which of the above Conclusions logically follows/follow from the two given Statements, disregarding commonly known facts?

Consider the following Statements and Conclusions:

1. Statement 1: Some rats are cats.
2. Statement 2: Some cats are dogs.
3. Statement 3: No dog is a cow.
4. Conclusion I: No cow is a cat.
5. Conclusion II: No dog is a rat.
6. Conclusion III: Some cats are rats.

Which of the above conclusions is/are drawn from the statements?

In a school, 60% students play cricket. A student who does not play cricket, plays football. Every football player has got a two-wheeler. Which of the following conclusions cannot be drawn from the above data?

1. 1.60% of the students do not have two-wheelers.
2. 2.No cricketer has a two-wheeler.
3. 3.Cricket players do not play football.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Directions for the following 2 (two) items: Read the following statements S1 and S2 and answer the two items that follow:

1. S1.Twice the weight of Sohan is less than the weight of Mohan or that of Rohan.
2. S2.Twice the weight of Rohan is greater than the weight of Mohan or that of Sohan.

Which one of the following statements is correct?

If RAMON is written as 12345 and DINESH as 675849, then HAMAM will be written as

Directions for the following 2 (two) items: Consider the given information and answer the two items that follow.

No supporters of ‘party X’, who knew Z and supported his campaign strategy, agreed for the alliance with ‘party Y’; but some of them had friends in ‘party Y’.

With reference to the above information, which one among the following statements must be true?

Consider the following:

A + B means A is the son of B.

A − B means A is the wife of B.

What does the expression P + R − Q mean?

Consider the following relationships among members of a family of six persons A, B, C, D, E and F:

1. 1.The number of males equals that of females.
2. 2.A and E are sons of F.
3. 3.D is the mother of two, one boy and one girl.
4. 4.B is the son of A.
5. 5.There is only one married couple in the family at present.

Which one of the following inferences can be drawn from the above?

Consider the following statements:

1. 1.The rate of population growth is increasing in the country
2. 2.The death rate is declining faster in the country compared to birth rate
3. 3.The birth rate is declining faster in the country compared to death rate
4. 4.Rural-urban migration is taking place regularly in the country

Which one of the following conclusions may be true in the light of the above facts?

Consider the following statements:

1. 1.Either A and B are of the same age or A is older than B
2. 2.Either C and D are of the same age or D is older than C
3. 3.B is older than C

Which of the following conclusions can be drawn from the above statements?