Logical Reasoning
1. Logical Reasoning Ability Test : Analytical-Reasoning QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS :: part1 : 1 to 5
Read the information given below and then answer the questions that follow. There is
a family of six person P, Q, R, S, T and U. They professions are Engineer, Doctor,
Teacher, Salesman, Manager and Lawyer.
(i) There are two married couples in the family.
(ii) The Manager is the grandfather of U, who is an Engineer
(iii) R, the Salesman, is married to the lady Teacher
(iv) Q is the mother of U and T.
(v) The Doctor, S is married to the Manager.
From the information given in the question it is clear that there is a family tree of
three generations. Family Tree
1st P (Manager) S (Doctor)
2nd R (Salesman) O (Teacher)
3rd U (Engineer) T (Lawyer)
It is clear from the information that two married couples will be (P – S) and (R – Q).
Sex of U and T can’t be determined from the information.
1. How many male members are there in the family?
Two
Three
Four
Data inadequate
None of these
2. What is the profession of P?
Lawyer
Lawyer or Teacher
Manager
None of these
Cannot be determined
3. Who are the two married couples in the family?
PQ and SR
RU and ST
PT and SR
PS and RQ
None of these
4. How P is related to T?
Father
Grandfather
Mother
Grandmother
Wife
2. Logical Reasoning Ability Test : Analytical-Reasoning QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS :: part2 : 1 to 5
Read the given information carefully and then answer the questions based on them:
Six members of a family A, B, C, D, E and F are Psychologist, Manager, Advocate,
Jeweller, Doctor and Engineer but not in the same order.
(i) Doctor is the grandfather of F and he is a psychologist
(ii) Manager D is married to A
(iii) C, who is a Jeweller, is married to Advocate
(iv) B is the mother of F and E
(v) There are two married couples in the family
According to the information given, there are two married couples in the family. One
of the two pairs is D (Manager) – A (Doctor) and another would be C (Jeweller) – B
(Advocate). E and F would be either of the brother or sister but their sex is unknown.
And finally we have the three generations’ relationship as under.
Grandparents 1st generation A (Doctor) D (Manager)
Parents 2nd generation E (Jeweller) B (Advocate)
Children 3rd generation F (Psychologist) E (Engineer)
1. What is the profession of A?
Manager Engineer Advocate Cannot be determined None of
these
2. What is the profession of E?
Manager
Psychologist
Engineer
Doctor
None
3. How is A related to E?
Father
Grandmother
Wife
Grandfather
None
4. How many male members are there in the family?
Two
Three
Four
Cannot be determined
None
5. Who are the two couples in the family?
AD and CB
AB and CD
AE and DE
AC and BD
None of these
3. Logical Reasoning Ability Test : Analytical-Reasoning QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS :: part3 : 1 to 5
Read the following information carefully and then answer the questions based on
them. In a family of six, there are three men L, M and N and three women R, S and T.
The six persons are Architect, Lawyer, CA, Professor, Doctor and Engineer by
profession but not in the same order.
(i) There are two married couples and two unmarried persons
(ii) N is not R’s husband
(iii) The Doctor is married to a Lawyer. R’s grandfather is a Professor
(iv) M is neither L’s son, nor he is an Architect or a Professor
(v) The Lawyer is T’s daughter-in-law.
(vi) N is T’s son and the Engineer’s father
(vii) L is married to the CA
Professor is the grandfather of R therefore, R will be in third generation and professor
will be in the first generation. Now it is given that Doctor is married to lawyer and
lawyer is T’s daughter-in-law. From here it is clear that one of the married couples is
Doctor-Lawyer and is in the second generation. T is the wife of the professor in the
first generation. From the information (ii) and (Vii), we conclude that married couples
are L – T and N – R and the final family tree is as follows:
Grandparents 1st generation L (Professor) T (C.A.)
Parents 2nd generation N (Doctor) S (Lawyer)
Children 3rd generation R (Architect) M (Engineer)
1. Who is an Architect?
R
M
N
L
T
2. Which among the following is the correct pair of married couples?
LS and NT
LR and NM
LT and NS
SM and NR
opt 5
3. How T is related to M?
Mother
Grandmother
Wife
Daughter
Daughter-in-law
4. Who among the following are two unmarried persons?
L, S
L, M
L, T
R, M
opt 5
4. Logical Reasoning Ability Test : Analytical-Reasoning QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS :: part4 : 1 to 5
Study the following information carefully and then answer the questions given below
it:
(i) Six persons P, Q, R, S, T and U are residing in the same apartment
(ii) Out of six persons, three are Judges, one Painter and one Dramatist
In the group, there are two married couples. No male member in the group is a
(iii)
Painter or a Dramatist
(iv) U is in his old age and he lives with his married son R
Among the three Judges, husband of S, with whom his old aged father lives,
(v)
earns more than T, who in turn gets more pay than Q
(vi) The wife of one of the Judges is a Dramatist
The Painter earns less than her husband, who in turn earns the least among the
(vii)
Judges.
(viii) The Dramatist earns least in the group
Ranking Married Pairs
R – Judge R – S (Dramatist)
T – Judge
Q – Judge Q – P (Painter)
P – Painter
S – Dramatist
1. Who among the following gets the highest salary?
P
Q
R
S
T
2. Which of the following is one of the married couple?
PT
QS
RS
PR
None of these
3. Which of the following is a pair of female members in the group?
PQ
QR
RS
QS
PS
4. Who is the Dramatist in the group?
P
R
S
Cannot be determined
None of these
5. Who is the husband of Dramatist?
U
Q
T
R
None of these
5. Logical Reasoning Ability Test : Analytical-Reasoning QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS :: part5 : 1 to 5
Read the following information carefully and then answer the questions based on
them it:
(i) There is a family of six members A, B, C, D, E and F
There are two married couples in the family and the family members represent
(ii)
three generations.
Each member has a distinct choice of a colour amongst Green, Yellow, Black,
(iii)
Red, White and Pink.
(iv) No lady member likes either Green or White
(v) C, who likes Black colour, is the daughter-in-law of E
(vi) B is the brother of F and son of D and like Pink
(vii) A is the grandmother of F and F does not like Red
(viii) The husband has a choice for green colour, his wife likes Yellow.
On the basis of information given in the question, the three generation family tree is
formed as under.
Grandparents 1st generation Green E-Male A-Female Yellow
Parents 2nd generation Red D-Male C-Female Black
Children 3rd generation White F-Male B- Female Pink
1. Which of the following is the colour preference of A?
Red
Yellow
Either Yellow or Red
Cannot be determined
None of these
2. Which of the following is the colour combination of one of the couples?
Yellow-Red
Green-Black
Red-Yellow
Yellow-Green
None of these
3. Which of the following is one of the married couples?
CD
DA
AC
Cannot be determined
None of these
4. Which of the following is true about F?
Brother of B
Sister of B
Either sister or brother of B
Daughter of C
None of the above
5. How many male members are there in the family?
Two
Three
Four
Cannot be determined
None of these
6. Logical Reasoning Ability Test : Analytical-Reasoning QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS :: part6 : 1 to 5
Study the following information carefully and then answer the questions given below
it:
P, Q, R, S, T and U are six members of a family in which there are two married
(i)
couples
(ii) R, a male member, is neither lightest not the heaviest in the family
(iii) T is lighter than R, H, P, the grandmother in the family, is the lightest
(iv) S is the sister of U. Both S and U are heavier than Q
(v) Q is the mother of S, and heavier than T.
1. Who among the following will be at 2nd place, if all the members in the family are arranged in the
descending order of their weights?
S
P
R
Data inadequate
None of these
2. How is R related to S?
Brother
Father
Uncle
Cousin
None of these
3. How many female members are there in the family?
Data inadequate
Two
Four
Three
None of these
4. Which of the following is a pair of married couple?
PS
QR
PQ
QT
None of these
5. How is T related to U?
Grandfather
Sister
Mother
Data inadequate
None of these
7. Logical Reasoning Ability Test : Analytical-Reasoning QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS :: part7 : 1 to 5
Read the following information carefully and then answer the questions based on it:
P, Q, R, S, T and U are six members of a family. Out of six members three are
(i)
male members.
(ii) There are two married couples among them
(iii) R is the father of P and U, and T is the mother of R
(iv) P is the grand-daughter of Q
From the information it is clear that P and U are brother-sister with parents R – S and
grandparents Q – T.
1. How is U related to P?
Sister
Son
Daughter
Father
None of these
2. How Q is related to U?
Brother
Grandfather
Husband
Data inadquate
None of these
3. Which of the following pairs is one of the married couples?
TU
QS
TQ
PU
None of these
4. Which of the following is a group of male members?
Q, S, T
P, U, Q
S, R, U
Q, R, U
None of these
5. Who is the husband of T?
Q
R
U
Data inadequate
None of these
8. Logical Reasoning Ability Test : Analytical-Reasoning QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS :: part8 : 1 to 5
Read the following information carefully to answer the questions based on it:
P, Q, R, S, T and U are six members of a group of which three are male and three
(i)
are female
(ii) There are two Engineers, two Lawyers, one Teacher and one Doctor in the group
Q, T, P and R are two married couples and no person in the group has the same
(iii)
profession
(iv) T, a Teacher with blue dress, is married to a male lawyer with brown dress
(v) Colour of the dresses of both the husbands and that of wives is the same
Two persons have blue dress, two have brown and the remaining one each has
(vi)
black and green
(vii) P is a male Engineer and his sister S is also an Engineer and Q is a Doctor.
From the information (vii), and (iv) it is clear that two married pairs will be P (Male
Engineer) – Q (Female Doctor) and T (Female Teacher) – R (Male Lawyer). From
this it is clear that both the males P and R like Brown colour and their wives Q and T
like Blue colour. Now as given information (vi), it can be concluded that S and U like
Green and Black colour but not, respectively.
1. Which of the following is a group of female members?
QSU
QSR
QST
UST
QTU
2. Who is the wife of P?
R
T
S
Q
None of these
3. Which of the following is a pair of married ladies?
QT
PR
TS
Data inadequate
None of these
4. What is the colour of U�s dress?
Black
Green
Black or Green
Data inadequate
None of these
9. Logical Reasoning Ability Test : Analytical-Reasoning QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS :: part9 : 1 to 5
Study the following information to answer the questions below it:
(i) There is a family of six persons representing three generations
(ii) There are two married couples and both the wives are housewives
(iii) Pratap, the Lawyer, is father of Prashant and has one grandchild
(iv) Pooja, the Doctor, is the sister of the Teacher
(v) Madhu’s daughter-in-law Sumati is married to a Teacher
Bindu, grand-daughter of one of the housewives is studying in 9th
(vi)
[Link].
From the information (iii), it is clear that Pratap (lawyer) and Prashant are grandfather
and father respectively in the family. From information (v), we can find that Madhu is
the wife of Pratap (Lawyer) and Sumati is the wife of Prashant (Teacher). Pooja is the
sister of Prashant and is a Doctor and Bindu is the daughter of Prashant.
1. What is the profession of Prashant?
Student
Teacher
Lawyer
Cannot be determined
None of these
2. Who among the following is one of the married couples?
Pratap-Bindu
Madhu-Pratap
Prashant-Bindu
Cannot be determined
None of these
3. How many male members are there in the family?
Two
Three
Four
Cannot be determined
None of these
4. Which of the following statements is not true?
The Doctor is the sister-in-law of the house wife
Pratap has two grand children
Madhu has one son and one daughter
Prashant has two children
Sumati has one son and one daughter
5. Who are the children of Madhu?
Pooja and Prashant
Sumati and Pooja
Prashant and Sumati
Cannot be determined
None of these
10. Logical Reasoning Ability Test : Analytical-Reasoning QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS :: part10 : 1 to 5
Read the following information carefully and then answer the questions given below
it:
(i) A, B, C, D, E and F are six members of a family
(ii) There are two married couples among them
(iii) C is the mother of A and F
(iv) E is the father of D
(v) A is the grandson of B
(vi) The total number of female members in the family is three
On the basis of the information given for the questions, we get the family tree as
under:
Relationship Male Female
Grand Parents E B
Parents D C
Children A F
1. How is F related to A?
Brother
Daughter
Son
Mother
None of these
2. How is B related to F?
Sister
Grandmother
Wife
Data inadequate
None of these
3. Which of the following pairs is one of the married couples?
E-F
B-D
E-B
A-F
None of these
4. Who is the wife of E?
B
C
F
Data inadequate
None of these
5. Which of the following is a group of female members?
BDE
AFB
DCF
BCF
None of these
