Logical Questions

Directions for next 3 Questions: A cricket tournament was to be organized in Mumbai in which six teams were to participate. The six teams are A, B, C, D, E and F. Each team had to play each of the other teams once. The tournament is scheduled to be held between 25^th to August to 4^th September 1998. Following information are given:

(i) There has to be a gap of at least 1 day between the matches played by a particular team.
(ii) There cannot be more than two matches on any given day.
(iii) Team C has to play the 1^st match of the tournament on 25^th August and the last match is to be held on 4^th September.
(iv) A plays C on 3^rd September and D on 31^st August.
(v) D plays C on 25^th August, F on 27^th August, E on 29^th August and play their last match on 4^th September.
(vi) No matches are to be held on 26^th August and 2^nd September. Only 1 match is to be held on 4^th September.

1. Which of the following matches cannot be held on 25^th August?
a. C vs B
b. B vs A
c. B vs F
d. None of these

2. E vs F match cannot be scheduled on
a. 30^th August
b. 31^st August
c. 1^st September
d. 3^rd September

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Logical Questions With Solutions

Directions for next 3 Questions: Answer the Questions based on the following information.

Mr. Mehra has 3 children – A, B and C. C is married to the eldest daughter of Mrs. And Mr. Kapoor. Kapoors married their youngest daughter to the eldest son of Mrs. And Mr. Gupta and the couple had two children E and F. J and K are sons of C and D. L is daughter of E. (Assume children inherit the assume of the father)

1. What is the surname of L?
a. Mehra
b. Kapoor
c. Gupta
d. Cannot be determined

2. How is J related to the father of D?
a. Grandfather
b. Grandson
c. Maternal uncle
d. None of these

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Logical Questions with Solutions

Direction for next 6 Logical Questions- In each series, look for the degree and direction of change between the numbers. In other words, do the numbers increase or decrease, and by how much

1. Look at this series: 80, 10, 70, 15, 60, … What number should come next?
a. 20
b. 25
c. 30
d. 50
Answer- a
Explanation-
This is an alternating addition and subtraction series. In the first pattern, 10 is subtracted from each number to arrive at the next. In the second, 5 is added to each number to arrive at the next.

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Logical Questions

Logical Questions- Directions for next 4 Logical Questions: Refer to the data below and answer the logical questions that follow.

6 people A, B, C, D, E and F play 3 games Cricket, Football and Hockey for a period of 4 hours. Within this period 5 of the players may keep changing their game; however C plays only 1 game throughout. 2 men play each game at all times.

(I) B and D never play the same game.
(II) E play either with A or D only.
(III) When B plays Cricket, F plays Hockey.
(IV) When A plays Football, B plays Hockey.
(V) When D plays Cricket, A plays Football.

1. When E plays Hockey, who plays with him?
a. A
b. D
c. Either [a] or [b]
d. Cannot be determined

2. If B plays Cricket, who plays Football?
a. E and A
b. C and D
c. E and D
d. Either [a] or [c]

3. Which game does C play?
a. Cricket
b. Football
c. Hockey
d. Cannot be determined

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Sample Logical Questions

Sample Logical Questions: Directions for next 3 Sample Logical Questions: Answer these samplelogical questions on the basis of the information given below.

Each of five friends purchased exactly one fruit basket from among five fruit baskets – P, Q, R, S and T. Each of the five baskets contained four apples or five bananas or six oranges or seven mangoes or eight guavas. No tiw baskets contained the same varity of fruits. Q contained six fruits in it. Each of the five friends then transferred at least one and at most two fruits from her respective basket to each of the other baskets. None of the friends transferred any fruit that they received from another. After all the transfer, it is observed that
(i) R has no guavas in it.
(ii) P has a total of ten fruits, at least three of which are mangoes.
(iii) T has fruits in all, none of which is an apple.

1. How many fruits were there in S initially?
a. 8
b. 6
c. 7
d. 5

2. Which fruit is present in all the baskets after all transfers?
a. Banana
b. Orange
c. Mango
d. Both Orange and Mango

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Difficult Logical Questions

Directions for next 5 logical questions: Refer to the data below and answer the logical questions that follow:

A, B, C and D are four football teams taking in the ULFA Cup. Each team is required to play against all the other teams once. The matches will be played on grounds P, Q, R and S. You as the coordinator of the ULFA Cup are required to allot matches to the four grounds. To allot the matches, you must meet the following conditions:
I. Grounds P and Q can host matches only on Sundays and grounds R and S can host matches only on Saturday.
II. Team A can play its matches either on ground P or R and on no other grounds.
III. Team B can play its matches either on ground P or Q and on no other grounds.
IV. Team C can play its matches on all grounds except P.
V. All grounds must host at least one match.

1. On which one of the following grounds will the match between b and C be played?
a. P
b. Q
c. R
d. S

2. Which one of the following set of teams must play the match on a Saturday?
a. C and D
b. A and B
c. A and D
d. A and C

3. Which one of the following set of teams will not play the match on a Saturday?
a. C and D
b. A and B
c. A and D
d. A and C

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Logical Questions for CAT, MAT, XAT & Bank PO Exams

Logical Questions: Directions for next 4 logical questions: Read the following information carefully, and answer the logical questions that follow.

I. Harsh and Sushila are good at dramatics and computer science.
II. Anju and Harsh are good at computer science and physics.
III. Anju, Jyoti and Namrata are good at physics and history.
IV. Namrata and Anju are good at physics and mathematics.
V. Jyoti and Sushila are good at history and dramatics.

1. Who is good at physics, history and mathematics, but not in computer science?
a. Anju
b. Harsh
c. Namrata
d. Jyoti
e. Sushila.

2. Who is good at history, physics, computer science and mathematics?
a. Harsh
b. Namrata
c. Jyoti
d. Anju
e. Sushila

3. Who is good at physics, history and dramatics?
a. Namrata
b. Jyoti
c. Sushila
d. Anju.
e. Harsh

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CAT, MAT, XAT and Bank PO Exam Logical Questions

Logical Questions: Direction for next 3 CAT logical questions: Answer the cat logical questions based on the following information.

Each of the four friends Ms A, Mr. B, Ms C and Mr. D vacationed at one of the four places (each person vacationed at only one place) – Japan, Nepal, Egypt and Spain (not necessarily in this order). Each visited the places in one of the following months: January, March, May and November, and everyone went in a different month.

I. C vacationed immediately before A but after the man who went for a vacation to Japan.
II. The person who left in March did not go to Egypt and his friend vacationed in May.
III. The person who went to Nepal vacationed immediately after D did.
IV. A and B visited the friend, who went to Spain, to see his pictures.

1. Where did Ms C spend her vacations?
a. Japan
b. Nepal
c. Egypt
d. Spain
e. Cannot be determined

2. Who vacationed in the month of March?
a. Ms A
b. Mr B
c. Ms C
d. Mr D
e. Both Mr. B and Mr. C

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Logical Questions With Answers

Logical Questions With Answers- Directions for next 4 logical questions: Refer to the data below and answer the logical questions that follow.
Eight friends A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are playing a game. The game involves many rounds initially all of them stand forming a circle according to the alphabetical order of their names in clockwise arrangement.

In each round exactly three players exchange their position and in a round one player can exchange his position only once. Nobody can exchange position with his adjacent players and so player can exchange position in two consecutive rounds.

1. Which players can possibly play the first round?
a. A, D, E
b. B, C, F
c. F, G, H
d. A, F, L

2. If the first round is played by B, G and E then which player cannot play in the third round?
a. F
b. B
c. C
d. A

3. If C, E and G played the first round then which of the following statements must be true?
I. Both F and D will play the second round.
II. Both F and D cannot play the third round.
III. Atleast one out of F and D cannot play the third round.
a. I only
b. II only
c. III only
d. I and II only

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Logical Interview Questions

Logical Interview Questions – Directions for next 4 Logical Questions: Refer to the data below and answer the logical questions that follow.

Four boys and four girls sit around a round to discuss strategies to improve their performance in CAT. Each one of them likes two of the three sections English, Maths and DI and is weak in the third section which they dislike. Also,

1. Namrata is equidistant from Manju and Ritu and likes Maths and DI.
2. Sachin is equidistant from Abhay and Swati but not adjacent and does not like English.
3. Person sitting two places to the right of Amar does not like English.
4. Swapnil likes Maths and sits to the immediate left of Namrata and to the immediate tight of Manju.
5. Person opposite Ritu likes only one of the sections that Ritu likes.
6. Abhay and the person sitting opposite him don’t like Maths.
7. Person to the immediate left of Swati likes DI and English.

1. Which are the two sections that Manju likes?
a. English and Maths
b. English and DI
c. [a] and [c]
d. [b] and [c]

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