Test: Logical Reasoning- 1 - CLAT MCQ

First discover the relationship between the first two words and then try to find the same relationship amongst the given options which follow the pattern of the first two words. Select the right answer.

​Q. Love : Friendship :: ? : Hospitality

First discover the relationship between the first two words and then try to find the same relationship amongst the given options which follow the pattern of the first two words. Select the right answer.

​Q. Water : River :: ?

First discover the relationship between the first two words and then try to find the same relationship amongst the given options which follow the pattern of the first two words. Select the right answer.

​Q. Rung : Ladder :: ?

First, discover the relationship between the first two words and then try to find the same relationship amongst the given options which follow the pattern of the first two words. Select the right answer.

​Q. Mumbai: Gateway of India :: ?

First, discover the relationship between the first two words and then try to find the same relationship amongst the given options which follow the pattern of the first two words. Select the right answer.

​Q. 25: 30 –

How many meaningful three letter English words can be formed with the letters AER, using each letter only once in each word?

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Q. ​There are thousands of people who drive two-wheelers without wearing helmets. This is so despite the government’s order making the wearing of helmet compulsory. Reluctantly, one has to draw the conclusion that the law has had no effect. Which one of the following, if true, would refute the arrangement in the above passage?

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Q. Electrons orbit around the nucleus of an atom in the same way as the Earth orbits around the Sun. The Laws of Gravitation determine the Earth’s movement around the sun. We may, therefore, expect that gravity determines the orbit of electrons as well. The above is an instance of:

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Q. No one who is suffering from a common cold needs to consult a doctor, because the cold will subside on its own. In recent times, however, there have been number of instance of typhoid, beginning as common cold, would soon aggravate and endanger the life of patient. The treatment at a later stage is extremely difficult and painful. It is highly advisable, therefore that sufferers seek medical attention when the first symptoms occur.The flaw in the above reasoning is that-

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Q.There is something irrational about our system of laws. The criminal law punishes a person more severely for having successfully committed a crime than it does a person who fails in his attempt, even though the same evil intention is present in both the cases. On the other hand required to pay damages.Which of the following, if true, would weaken the author’s argument?

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Q. Vegetarians by religious conviction argue that it is wrong to rank humans above other animal species; because for God, all living beings are equal. But then, what is the retainable for ranking animal species above plants! Why not try to protect vegetables against animals that would eat them? May be we should stop eating altogether to protest against the brutal rule of nature that requires living beings to eat other living things to stay alive.The speaker above argues primarily by –

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Q. Ram in fact was the eye witness to the crime committed by his brother Sham. But he did not open his mouth, when Karan, the servant in the house, was wrongly prosecuted and convicted. Ram lived quite happily thereafter, and this only proves that Rani must have colluded sham in committing the crime.The underlying assumption of the above conclusion is that –

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Q. Evenhandedness is very important while dealing with children. It is generally noticed that parents are too quick to bestow rewards for good deeds, but they procrastinate while imposing punishments for bad deeds. This is likely to create the following impression in the child’s mind:

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Q. Why can’t we abolish public education system altogether and allow schools to operate as autonomous units competing for students? Students will receive government funds in the form of vouchers which they can spend at the schools of their choice. As a result, only those schools that provide customer satisfaction will survive; and eventually we will see an overall improvement in the quality of education.There is an unsupported assumption built into the above argument. This assumption is –

Six students A, B, C, D, E, and F are to make a presentation, each on a day. Three of them will make their presentations in the morning session before the lunch break whereas, the other three will be presenting it in the afternoon session. The presentations have to be scheduled in such a way that they comply with the following restrictions:           

B should make his presentation immediately before C’s presentation.           

Their presentations cannot be separated by the lunch break.          

 D must be either the first or the last student to make the presentation.

Q. B could be placed for any of the following places in the order of presenters except

Six students A, B, C, D, E, and F are to make a presentation, each on a day. Three of them will make their presentations in the morning session before the lunch break whereas, the other three will be presenting it in the afternoon session. The presentations have to be scheduled in such a way that they comply with the following restrictions:           

B should make his presentation immediately before C’s presentation.           

Their presentations cannot be separated by the lunch break.          

 D must be either the first or the last student to make the presentation.

Q. In case F is to make his presentation immediately after D makes his presentation, C could be scheduled for which of the following places in the order of presenters?

Six students A, B, C, D, E, and F are to make a presentation, each on a day. Three of them will make their presentations in the morning session before the lunch break whereas, the other three will be presenting it in the afternoon session. The presentations have to be scheduled in such a way that they comply with the following restrictions:           

B should make his presentation immediately before C’s presentation.           

Their presentations cannot be separated by the lunch break.          

 D must be either the first or the last student to make the presentation.

Q. In case F and E are the fifth and sixth presenters respectively then which of the following must be true?

An employee has been assigned the task of allotting offices to six of the staff members. The offices are numbered 1-6. The offices are arranged in a row and they are separated from each other by six foot high dividers. Hence, voices, sounds and cigarette smoke flow easily from one office to another .

Miss Rani needs to use the telephone quite often throughout the day. Mr. Mohan and Mr.Boman need adjacent offices as they need to consult each other often while working. Miss Hema, is a senior employee and has to be allotted the office number 5, having the biggest window.

Mr. Dhiraj requires silence in the offices next to his Mr. Tony, Mr. Mohan and Mr. Dhiraj are all smokers. Miss Rani finds tobacco smoke allergic and consecutively the offices next to hers to be occupied by non-smokers.

Unless specifically stated all the employees maintain an atmosphere of silence during office hours.

​Q.
ideal candidate to occupy the office farthest from Mr. Boman would be

An employee has been assigned the task of allotting offices to six of the staff members. The offices are numbered 1-6. The offices are arranged in a row and they are separated from each other by six foot high dividers. Hence, voices, sounds and cigarette smoke flow easily from one office to another .

Miss Rani needs to use the telephone quite often throughout the day. Mr. Mohan and Mr.Boman need adjacent offices as they need to consult each other often while working. Miss Hema, is a senior employee and has to be allotted the office number 5, having the biggest window.

Mr. Dhiraj requires silence in the offices next to his Mr. Tony, Mr. Mohan and Mr. Dhiraj are all smokers. Miss Rani finds tobacco smoke allergic and consecutively the offices next to hers to be occupied by non-smokers.

Unless specifically stated all the employees maintain an atmosphere of silence during office hours.

​Q. 

The ideal office for Mr. Mohan would be

An employee has been assigned the task of allotting offices to six of the staff members. The offices are numbered 1-6. The offices are arranged in a row and they are separated from each other by six-foot-high dividers. Hence, voices, sounds, and cigarette smoke flow easily from one office to another.

Miss Rani needs to use the telephone quite often throughout the day. Mr. Mohan and Mr.Boman need adjacent offices as they need to consult each other often while working. Miss Hema, is a senior employee and has to be allotted the office number 5, having the biggest window.

Mr. Dhiraj requires silence in the offices next to Mr. Tony, Mr. Mohan, and Mr. Dhiraj are all smokers. Miss Rani finds tobacco smoke allergic and consecutively the offices next to hers to be occupied by non-smokers.

Unless specifically stated all the employees maintain an atmosphere of silence during office hours.

​Q. In the event of what occurs, within a period of one month since the assignment of the offices, would a request for a change in office be put forth by one or more employees?

Meera: Mohan has become a better boxer since he started meditating.
Sohan: Impossible, a boxer’s most important assets is his aggressiveness.

3, 12, 27, 48, 75, 108, (___)

Neelam who is Rohit’s daughter tells to Indu, “Your mother Rita is the younger sister of my father, who is the third child of Sohanji” how is Sohanji related to Indu?

There is a certain relation between two given words on one side of::and one word is given on another side of::while another word is to be found from the given alternatives, having the same relation with this word as the words of the given pair are. Choose the best alternative.

Q. ​Well: Deep :: Word: _____

In each of the following questions, Four words have been given, out of which four are alike in some manner and the fifth one is different. Choose out the odd one out.   

Ashish walks 40m to the North and reaches a temple. He walks back to where he was and continuing in the same direction goes for another 60m, then turns left and walks 40m, turns right and walks another 20m. He now reaches his house. How far is his house from the temple and in which direction?

Rajan is 10^th from the left and Nipun is 17^th from the right end of the row. There is one person in between them. What is the total no of persons in the row?