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Free Logical Reasoning questions with answers for MBA CET

Seating arrangements, puzzles, syllogisms, blood relations, direction sense, coding-decoding and critical reasoning - the question types that appear in MAH-CET, CAT, MAT and ATMA. These 142 questions are also useful for CAT, MAT and ATMA. Tap “Show answer” under any question for the correct option and the explanation.

  1. Question 1

    Statements: Only a few books are novels. Only novels are stories. No magazine is a novel. Some magazines are journals. Conclusions: I. Some novels are books. II. No magazine is a story.
    • (A)Only I follows
    • (B)Only II follows
    • (C)Either I or II follows
    • (D)Both I and II follow
    • (E)Neither I nor II follows
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    Correct answer: (A) Only I follows

    Some books are definitely novels. But no definite relation between magazines and stories is established.

  2. Question 2

    Statements: P ≥ M > V ≤ U, T ≤ U > L. Conclusions: I. L < M. II. V ≤ T.
    • (A)Both follow
    • (B)Only I follows
    • (C)Only II follows
    • (D)Either I or II follows
    • (E)Neither I nor II follows
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    Correct answer: (E) Neither I nor II follows

    The given chains do not establish a definite relation between L and M or between V and T.

  3. Question 3

    In the number 5837146295, how many pairs of digits have as many digits between them as they have between them in the natural-number sequence, considering both directions?
    • (A)Three
    • (B)Four
    • (C)Five
    • (D)Six
    • (E)More than six
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    Correct answer: (C) Five

    Checking the positional gaps against the numerical gaps gives exactly five qualifying pairs.

  4. Question 4

    M is 16 m north of N. O is midway between M and N. P is 12 m east of O. Q is 8 m north of P. What is the shortest distance between Q and N?
    • (A)10 m
    • (B)12 m
    • (C)16 m
    • (D)20 m
    • (E)24 m
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    Correct answer: (D) 20 m

    Take N=(0,0), O=(0,8), P=(12,8), Q=(12,16). NQ = √(12²+16²) = 20 m.

  5. Question 5

    Using the arrangement in Q.4, in which direction is P with respect to M?
    • (A)Northeast
    • (B)Southeast
    • (C)Southwest
    • (D)Northwest
    • (E)East
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    Correct answer: (B) Southeast

    M=(0,16) and P=(12,8), so P is east and south of M.

  6. Question 6

    R is the father of S. T is married to R. U and S are siblings. V is married to U. W is the only son of V. X is the father of T. Y is the brother of R. Which statement is definitely true?
    • (A)X is the father of S
    • (B)R is the husband of T
    • (C)W is the son of S
    • (D)Y is the brother of T
    • (E)U is the daughter of T
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    Correct answer: (B) R is the husband of T

    T is explicitly married to R.

  7. Question 7

    In the family described above, how is X related to S?
    • (A)Father
    • (B)Grandfather
    • (C)Maternal grandfather
    • (D)Uncle
    • (E)Brother
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    Correct answer: (C) Maternal grandfather

    T is S's mother and X is T's father.

  8. Question 8

    Eight students P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W attend interviews on different days. Two students are between P and S. One student is between T and Q, with T before Q. At least two are after Q. Three are between V and Q. V is neither first nor last. Students before T equal students after W. Two are between W and P. R is before U. Who is immediately after Q?
    • (A)R
    • (B)S
    • (C)T
    • (D)V
    • (E)W
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    Correct answer: (D) V

    Applying the spacing and ordering constraints leaves V immediately after Q in the valid arrangement.

  9. Question 9

    Using the same arrangement, how many students are between R and W?
    • (A)One
    • (B)Two
    • (C)Three
    • (D)Four
    • (E)Five
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    Correct answer: (C) Three

    The completed valid sequence places three students between R and W.

  10. Question 10

    Using the same arrangement, how many students are after U?
    • (A)One
    • (B)Two
    • (C)Three
    • (D)Four
    • (E)None
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    Correct answer: (B) Two

    In the completed arrangement, exactly two students occur after U.

  11. Question 11

    Eight people A–H live in a four-floor building with two flats per floor. Flat 1 is west of Flat 2. B and C have two floors between them; B is above C and they are in different flats. A is immediately west of D on an odd-numbered floor. F is immediately above C in the same flat. G is on the fourth floor and nobody lives west of G. H is not on floor 1. Which pair is correct?
    • (A)Floor 2 Flat 1 – H
    • (B)Floor 3 Flat 2 – D
    • (C)Floor 4 Flat 2 – G
    • (D)Floor 1 Flat 2 – C
    • (E)Floor 3 Flat 1 – F
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    Correct answer: (B) Floor 3 Flat 2 – D

    The B–C spacing and A–D condition force A and D onto floor 3; the G condition eliminates the alternate case.

  12. Question 12

    Using the same arrangement, who lives immediately below H?
    • (A)A
    • (B)B
    • (C)C
    • (D)D
    • (E)E
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    Correct answer: (E) E

    H occupies floor 2, flat 2, so E is directly below it on floor 1, flat 2.

  13. Question 13

    Eight persons A–H were born from January to August. G was born in a 31-day month other than May. One month is between G and A, and A is after G. B was born in February. E was immediately after C. The number before E is one more than the number after E. F was before D. Two months are between A and H. Who was born in a 30-day month?
    • (A)A and G
    • (B)C and G
    • (C)H and D
    • (D)C and H
    • (E)H and B
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    Correct answer: (D) C and H

    The constraints yield G, B, A, C, E, H, F, D from January to August. April and June have 30 days, occupied by C and H.

  14. Question 14

    Using the same arrangement, who was born in January?
    • (A)A
    • (B)B
    • (C)G
    • (D)D
    • (E)F
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    Correct answer: (C) G

    The complete arrangement places G in January.

  15. Question 15

    Using the same arrangement, how many persons were born before C?
    • (A)One
    • (B)Two
    • (C)Three
    • (D)Four
    • (E)None
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    Correct answer: (C) Three

    G, B and A occur before C in the final order.

  16. Question 16

    In a hospital, there are seven patients P, Q, R, S, T, U and V (including children and men). They are admitted in three rooms-7, 8 and 9. At least two patients are in each room, and at least one child is in each room. R, who is a child, is not admitted in the room of P and T. U (man) is admitted in the room in which only Q is admitted. P (child) is admitted in room 7 with his father and T. V is admitted in room 9. T is the father of R but not of P. How many children are there in the three rooms?
    • (A)4
    • (B)3
    • (C)3 or 4
    • (D)Data inadequate
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    Correct answer: (C) 3 or 4

    Room 7 has P (child) with his father and T; Room 8 has U and Q; Room 9 has V and R (child). Depending on whether P's father and Q are also children, the total is 3 or 4.

  17. Question 17

    Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming the statements are true even if they appear to vary from commonly known facts, decide which conclusion(s) logically follow. Statements: 1. Some hill is land. 2. All land is plateau. 3. A few lands are peaks. Conclusions: I. Some peaks are hills. II. No peak is a hill.
    • (A)Only conclusion I follows
    • (B)Only conclusion II follows
    • (C)Either conclusion I or II follows
    • (D)Neither conclusion I nor II follows
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    Correct answer: (C) Either conclusion I or II follows

    Since the premises don't fix the relationship between hills and peaks, conclusions I and II form a complementary pair - either one or the other must hold.

  18. Question 18

    Select the letter-cluster that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series. CFM, GLR, KRW, OXB, ?
    • (A)SDG
    • (B)SDH
    • (C)TDG
    • (D)TEG
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    Correct answer: (A) SDG

    Each letter steps by +4, +6, +5 respectively from one term to the next: O+4=S, X+6=D, B+5=G → SDG.

  19. Question 19

    How many such pairs of letters are there in the word 'DELIBERATELY', which have as many letters between them as in the English alphabetical series? (Count both forward and backward directions.)
    • (A)2
    • (B)3
    • (C)4
    • (D)5
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    Correct answer: (C) 4

    The qualifying pairs are D-E, E-L, R-T, T-L - four pairs.

  20. Question 20

    For getting residential accommodation from a company, an employee must fulfil: (i) have worked with the company at least 10 years, with at least 4 years in the HR department (ii) have at least 3 and at most 5 family members (iii) not be owner/co-owner (if spouse is owner) of a house (iv) an employee who satisfies all except (i) and joined as a manager should be referred to the Director Sohum stays in a rented house with his wife and 3 children. He joined the company as a manager and has worked there for 9 years, 5 of them in the HR department. He is not the owner/co-owner of a house.
    • (A)The employee is to be provided with accommodation.
    • (B)The employee is not to be provided with accommodation.
    • (C)The data is inadequate to take a decision.
    • (D)The case is to be referred to the Director.
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    Correct answer: (D) The case is to be referred to the Director.

    Sohum fails condition (i) - 9 years, not 10 - but satisfies all others and joined as a manager, so per rule (iv) the case goes to the Director.

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