BITSAT 2012 Logical Reasoning Aptitude Test Question Paper

John bought five mangoes and ten oranges together for forty rupees. Subsequently, he returned one mango and got two oranges in exchange. The price of an orange would be :

Amar, Akbar and Anthony came from the same public school in the Himalayas. Every boy in that school either fishes for trout or plays frisbee. All fishermen like snow, while no fishbee player likes rain. Amar dislikes whatever Akbar likes and Likes whatever Akbar dislikes. Akbar likes rain and snow. Anthony likes whatever the other two like. Who is a fisherman but not a frisbee player ?

Directions for next four questions Refer to the following information and answer the questions that follow :

“kya-kya” is an island in the South pacific. The inhabitants of “kya-kya” always answer any question with two sentences. One of which is always true and the other always false.

You are walking on a road and come to a fork. You ask the inhabitants Ram, Laxman and Lila, “Which road will take me to the village ?”
Ram says, “I never speak to strangers, I am new to these parts”.
Laxman says, “I am married to Lila. take the left road.”
Lila says, “I am married to Ram. He is not new to this place.”
Which of the following is true ?

You find that you boat is stolen. You question three inhabitants of the island and they reply as follow :
John says, “I didn’t do it. Mathew didn’t do it,”
Mathew says, “ I didn’t do it. Krishna didn’t do it.”
Krishna says, “ I didn’t do it. I don’t know who did it,”
Who stole your boat ?

You want to speak to the chief of the village. You question three inhabitants, Amar, Bobby and Charles. Only Bobby is wearing red shirt.
A. Amar says, “I am not Bobby’s son. The chief wears a red shirt.”
B. Bobby says, “I am Amar’s father, Charles is the chief.”
C. Charles says, “The chief is one among us. I am the chief.”
Who is the chief ?

There is only one pilot on the island. You interview three men- koik, Lony and Mirna. You also notice that Koik is wearing a cap.
A. Mirna says, “Lony’s father is the pilot. Lony is not the Priest’s son.’’
B. Koik says, “ I am the priest. On this island, only priests can wear caps.”
C. Lony says, “ I am the priest’s son. Koik is not the priest.”
Which of the following is true ?

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Four people of different nationalities live on the same side of a street in four houses each of different colour. Each person has a different favourite drink. the following additional information is also known :

A. The Englishman lives in the red house.
B. The Italian drink tea.
C. The Norwegian lives in the first house on the left.
D. In the second house from the right they drink milk.
E. The Norwegian lives adjacent to the blue house.
F. The Spaniard drinks fruit juice.
G. Tea is drunk in the blue house.
H. The white house is to the right of the red house.
I. Coca is drunk in the yellow house.

Milk is drunk by :

The Norwegian drinks ;

The colour of the Norwegian’s house is :

Which of the following is not true ?

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A, B, C, D, E, F and G are brothers. Two brothers had an argument and A said to B, “You are as sold as C was when I was twice as old as D, and will be as old as E was when he was as old as C is now.” B said to A, “ You may be older than F.” but G is as old as I was when you were as old as G is, and D will be as old as F was when F will be as old as G is.”

Who is the eldest brother ?

Who is the youngest brother ?

Which two are probably twins ?

Which of the following is false ?

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Five of India’s leading models are posing for a photgraph promating „y’ know, world peace and understanding. But then Rakesh shreshtha, the photgrapher, is having a tough time getting them to stand in a straight line, because Aishwarya refuses to stand next to Sushmita for Sushmita has said something about her in a leading gossip magazine. Rachel and Anu want to stand together because they are „such good friends, y’ know’. Manpreet on the other hand cannot get along well with Rachel, because there is some talk about Rachel scheming to get a contract already awarded to Manpreet. Anu believe her friendly astrologer who has asked her to stand at the extreme right for all group photographs. Finally, Rakesh manged to pacify the girls and got a beautiful picture of the five girls smiling in a straight line, promoting world peace.

If Aishwarya standing to the extreme left, who is standing in the middle ?

If Aishwarya stands to the extreme left, who stands second from left ?

If Anu’s astrologer tells her to stand second from left and Aishwarya decides to stand second from right, then who is standing on the extreme right ?

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A leading socialite decided to organize a dinner and invited a few of her friends. Only the host and the hostess were sitting at the opposite ends of a rectangular table, with three persons along each side. The prerequisite for the seating arrangement was that each person must be seated such that at least on one side it has person of opposite sex. Maqbool is opposite of Shobha, who is not the hostess. Ratan has a woman on his right and is sitting opposite of a woman. Monisha is sitting to the hostess’s right, next to Dhirubhai. One person is seated between Madhuri and Urmila who is not the hostness. The men were Maqbool, Ratan, Dhirubhai and jackie, while the women were Madhuri, Urmila, Shobha and Monisha.

The eighth person present, jackie, must be :
I. the host
II. seated to Shobha’s right
III. seated opposite of Urmila

Which of the following persons is definitely not seated next to a person of the same sex ?

If Ratan would have exchanged seats with a person four places to his left, which of the following would have been true after the exchange ?
(i) No one was seated between two persons of the opposite sex(e.g., no man was seated between two women.)
(ii) One side of the table consisted entirely of persons of the same sex
(iii) Either the host or the hostess changed their seats

Directions for next four questions: Answer the questions based on the following information.
Four sisters- Suvarna, Tara, Uma and Vihba are playing a game such that the loser doubles thel money of each of the other players from her share. They played four games and each sister lost one game in alphabetical order. At the end fourth game, each sister had Rs. 32.

How many rupees did Suvarna start with ?

Who started with the lowest amount ?

Who started with the highest amount ?

What was the amount with Uma at the end of the second round ?

Directions for next four questions: Answer the questions based on the following information.
A, B, C and D are to be seated in a row. but C and D cannot be together. Also B cannot be at the third place.

Which of the following must be false ?

If A is not at the third place, then C has which of the following option ?

If A and B are together, then which of the following must be necessarily true ?

P, Q, R and S are four statements, Relation between these statements is as follows :
A. If P is true, then Q must be true
B. If Q is true, then R must be true.
C. If S is true, then either Q is false of R is false.
Which of the following must be true ?

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Mr. Bankatlal acted as a judge for the beauty contest. There were four participants, viz. Ms. Andhra pradesh, Ms.Uttar pradesh, Ms. West Bengal and Ms. Maharashtra, Ms. Maharashtra, Mrs. Bankatlal, who was very anxious about the result asked him about it as soon as he was back home. Mr. Banktlal just told that are one who was wearing the yellow saree won the contest. When Mrs. Bankatlal pressed for further details, he elaborated as follows:

A. All of them were sitting in a row.
B. All of them wore sarees of different colours, viz. green, yellow, white, red.
C. There was only one runner-up and she was sitting beside Ms. Maharashtra.
D. The runner-up was wearning the green saree.
E . Ms. West Bengal was not sitting at the ends and was not the runner up.
F. The winner and the runner-up are not sitting adjacent to each other.
G. Ms. Maharashtra was wearing the white saree.
H. Ms. Andhra pradesh was not wearing the green saree.
I. Participants wearing yellow saree and white saree were at the ends.

Who wore the red saree?

Ms. West Bengal was sitting adjacent to:

Which saree was worn by Ms. Andhra pradesh?

Who was the runner-up ?

Directions for next three questions: Answer the questions based on the following information.
Recently, Ghosh Babu spent his winter vacation on Kya-Kya Island. During the vacation, he visited the local casino where he came across a new card game . Two players, using a nrmal deck of 52 playing cards, play this game. One player is called the ‘dealer’ and the other is called the ‘player’. First, the player picks a card at random from the deck . This face values of ace, king, queen and jack are ten in rupees equal to the face value of the base card is called the base amount. The face values of ace, king, queen and jack are ten. For other cards the face value is the number on the card . Once the ‘player’ picks a card from the deck, the ‘dealer’ pays him the base amount. Then, the dealer picks a card is called the top card. If the tip card is of the same suit as the base card, the player pays twice the base amount to the ‘dealer’. If the top card is of the same colour as the base card (but not the same suit), then the ‘player’ pays the base amount to the ‘dealer’. If the top card happens to be of a different colour than the base card, the dealer pays the base amount to the ‘player’. Ghose Babu played the game four times. First time he picked eight of clubs and the ‘dealer’ picked queen of clubs. Second time, he picked ten of hearts and the ‘dealer’ picked two of spades. Next time, Ghosh Babu picked six of diamonds and the ‘dealer’ picked ace of hearts. Lastly, he picked eight of spades and the dealer picked jack of spades. Answer the following question based on these four games.

If Ghosh Babu stopped playing the game when his gain would be macimized, the gain in Rs. would have been:

If the final amount of money that Ghosh Babu had with hin was Rs. 100, what was the initial amount he had with him?

The initial money Ghosh Babu had (before the beginning of the game sessions) was Rs. X. At no point did he have to borrow any money. What is the minimum possible value of X ?

Directions for next five questions: Answer the questions based on the followign information.
Sixteen teams have been invited to participate in the ABC Gold Cup cricket tournament. The tournament was conducted in two stages. In the first stage, the teams are divided into two groups. Each group consists of eight teams, with each team playing every other team in its group exactly once. At the end of the first stage, the top four teams from each group advance to the second state while the rest are eliminated. The second stage comprised several rounds. A round involves one match for each team the winner of a match in a round advances to the next term, while the loser is eliminated. The team that remains undefeated in the second stage is declared the winner and claims the Gold Cup.
The tournament rules are such that each match resultls in a winner and a loser with no possiblitiy of a tie. In the first stage, a team earns one point for each win and no points for a loss. At the end of the first stage, teams in each group are ranked on the basis of total points to deternine the qualifiers advancing to the next stage. Ties are resolved by a series of complex tie breaking rules so that exactly four teams from each group advance to the next stage.

What is the total number of matches played in the tournament?

The minimum number of wins needed for a team in the first stage to guarantee its advancement to the next stage is:

What is the highest number of wins for a team in the first stage inspite of which it would be eliminated at the end of first stage?

What is the number of rounds in the second stage of the tournament?

Which of the following statements is true ?

Directions for next three questions: Answer the following questions based on the passage below.
A group of three has to be selected from seven persons. Among the seven are two women: Fiza and Kavita, and five men: Ram, Shayam, David, Peter and Rahim. Ram would not like to be in the group if shyam is also selected. Shyam and rahim want to be selected together in the group . Kavita would like to be in the group only if David is also there. David, if selected, would not like Peter in the group. Ram would like to be in the group only if Peter is also there. David insisits that Fiza be selected in case he is there in the group.

Which of the following is a feasible group of three?

Which of the following is a feasible group of four?

Which of the following statement is true?

On her walk through the park, Hamsa collected 50 coloured leaves, all either maple or oak. She sorted them by category when she got home, and found the following:

A. The number of red oak leaves with spots is even and positive.
B. The number of red oak leaves without any spot equals the number of red maple leave without spots.
C. All non-red oak leaves have spots, and there are five times as many of them as there are red spotted oak leaves.
D. There are no spotted maple leaves that are not red.
E . Ther are exactly 6 red spotted maple leaves.
F. There are exactly 22 maple leaves that are neither spotted nor red.

How many oak leaves did she collect?

Eight people carrying food baskets are going for a picnic on motorcycles. Their names are A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H. They have four motorcycles, among them. They also have four food baskets O, P, Q and R of different sizes and shapes and each can be carried only on motorcycles , respectively. No more than two persons can travel on a motorcycle and no more than one basket can be carried on a motorcycle. There are two husband-wife pairs in this group of eight people and each pair will ride on a motorcycle together, C cannot travel with A or B. E cannot travel with B or F. G cannot travel with F, or H or D. The husband-wife pairs must carry baskets O and P . Q is with A and P is with D. F travels on and E travels on motorcycles. G is with Q and B cannot go with R. Who is travelling with H ?

In a family gathering, there are two males who are grandfahers and four males who are fathers. In the same gathering there are two females who are grandmothers and four females who are mothers. There is at least one grandson or a grand daughter present in this gathering. There are two husband-wife pairs in this group. These can either be a grandfather and a grandmother or a father and a mohter. The single grandgfather (whose wife is not present) has two grandson and a son present. The single grandmother (whose husband is not present) has two gand daughters and a daughter present . A grandfather or a grandmother present with their spouses does not have any grandson or granddaughter present. What is the minimum number of people present in this gathering?

I have a total of Rs. 1000. Item A costs Rs. 110, item B costs Rs. 90, item C costs Rs. 70, item D costs Rs. 40 and item E costs Rs.45. For every item D that I purchase, I must also buy two of item B. For every item A, I must buy one of item C. For every item E, I must also buy two or item D and one of item B. For every item purchased I earn 1000 points and for every rupee not spent I earn a penalty of 1500 points. My objective is to maximise the points I earn. what is the number of items that I must purchase to maximise my points ?

Four friends Ashok, Bashir, Chirag and Deepak are out shopping . Ashok has less money than three times the amount that Bashir has. Chirag has more money than Bashir. Deepak has an amount equal to difference of amounts with Bashir and Chirag. Ashok has three times the money with Deepak. They each have to buy at least one shirt, or one shawl, or one sweater, or one jacket that are priced Rs. 200, Rs. 400, Rs.600, and Rs.1000 a piece, respectively. Chirag borrows Rs. 300 from Ashok and buys a sweater after borrowing Rs. 100 from Ashok and is with no money. Ashok buys three shirts. What is the costliest item that Deepak could buy with his own money?

In a “keep-fit” gymnasium class, there are fifteen females enrolled in a weight-loss program. They all have been grouped in any one of the five weight-groups W1, W2,W3,W4 or W5. One instructor is assigned to one weight-group Rulpali and Renuka are also in one weight-group . Rupa, Radha, Renuka, Ruchika , and Ritu belong to different wight -groups. Somya cannot be with Ritu, and tara cannot be with radha. Komal cannot be with Radha ,Somya , or Ritu . Shahira is in W1 and Somya is in W4 with Ruchika. Sweta and Jyotika cannot be with Rupali, but are in a Weight-group with total membership of four . No weight-group can have more than five or less than one member.Amita, Babita, Chandrika, Deepika, adn Elina are instructors of weight-group with membership sizes 5,4,3,2and 1,respectively. Who is the instructor of Radha ?

A king has unflinching loyalty from eight of his minister , but he has to selecxt only four to make a cabinet committee. He dedides to choose these four such that each selected person shares a liking with at least one of the other three selected. The selected persons must also hate at least one of the likings of any of the other three persons selected.

likes fishing and smoking, but hates gambling,
likes smoking and drinking, but hates fishing,
likes gambling, but hates smoking,
likes mountaineering, but hates drinking,
likes drinking, but hates smoking and mountaineering,
likes fishing, but hates smoking and mountainneering,
likes gambling and mountaineering, but hates fishing,and
likes smoking and gambling, but hates mountaineering.

who are four people selected by the king ?

Directions for next two questions: Answer the following questions baed on the information give below:
Elle is three times ollder than Yogesh. Zaheer is half the age of Wahida. Yogesh is older than Zaheer.

Which of the following can be inferred ?

Which of the following information will be sufficient to estimate Elle’s age?

While Balbir had his back turned, a dog ran into his butcher shop, snatched a piece of meat off the counter and ran outl Balbir was mad when he realised what had hapened .He askedd three other shopkeepers, who had seen the dog, to describe it. The shopkeepers, who had seen the dog, to describe it. The shopkeepers really didn’t want to help Balbir. So each of tehm made a statement which contained one truth and one lie.

A. Shopkeeper number 1 said:The” dog had black hair and a long tail”.
B. Shopkeeper number 2 said:”The dog had a short tail and wore a collar.”
C. Shopkeeper number 3said: “ The dog had white hair and wore a collar.”

Based on the above statements, which of the following could be a correct description ?

The Bannerjees, the Sharmas, and the Pattabhiramans each have a tradition of eating Sunday lunch as a family. Each family serves a special meal at a certain time of day. Each family has a particular set of chinaware used only for this meal. Use the clues below to answer the following question.

A. The shasrma family eats at noon.
B. The familyh that serves fried brinjal uses blue chinware.
C. The Bannerjee family eats at 2 O’ colck .
D. The family that serves sambar does not use red chinawar.
E . The family that eats at 1 O’ colck serves fried brinjal.
F. The Pattabhiraman family does not use white chinaware.
G. The family that eats last likes makkai-ki – roti.

Which one of the following statements is true?

Mrs. Ranga has three children and has difficulty remenbering their ages and the months of their birth. The clues below may help her remembers.

A. The boy, who was born in june, is 7 years old.
B. One of the children is 4 years old, but it is not Anshuman.
C. Vaibhv is older than Suprita.
D. One of the children wasd born in September, but it was not Vaibhav.
E . suprita?s birthday is in April.
F. The youngest child is only 2 old.

Based on the above clues, which one of the following statement is true?

At a village mela, the following six nautankis (plays) are scheduled as shown in the table below. You wish to see all the six nautankis. Further, you get a lunch break from 12:30 p.m.to1:30 p.m. Which of the following ways can you do this ?

Three travellers are sitting around a fire, and ar about to ear a meal. One of them has five small loaves of bread, the Second has three small loaves of bread. The third has no food, but has eight coins. He offers to pay for some bread.They agree to share the eighty loaves equally among the three travellers, and the third travelller will pay eight coins for his share of the eight loaves. All loaaves were of the same size. The second traveller (who had three loaves) suggests that he be paid three coins, and that the first traveller be paid five coins. Thbe first traveller be paid five coins. The first traveller says tha he should get more than five coins . How much the first travellers should get ?

In a coastal vilage, every year floods destroy exactly half of the huts. After the flood water recedes, twice the number of huts destroyed are rebuilt. The floods occurred consecutively in the last three years namely 2001,2002 and 2003. If flood arek again expected in 2004 , the number of huts expected to be destroyed is :

Directions for next two questions: Answer the question on the basis of the information given below.
A. string of three English letters is formed as per the following rules :

(a) The first letter is any vowel.
(b) The Second letter is in, n or p
(c) If the second letter is in then the third letter is anu vowel which is different form the first letter.
(d) If the second letter is n them the third letter is e or u.
(e) If the second letter is p then the third letter is the same as the first letter.

How many stingsof letters cn possibly be formed usign the above rules ?

How many strings of letters can possibly be formed using the above rules such that the tahird letter of string is e ?

There are 12 town grouped int four zones with three towns per zone. It is intended to connect the towns with telephone lines such that every two towns are connecte with three direct lines if they belong to the same zone, and with only one direct line otherwise. How many direct telephone lines are required ?

Directions for next three questions: Answer the question on the basis of the information give below:
The seven basis symbols in a certain numeral system and their respectively values are as follows:
I=1 V = 5, X =10, L =50, C= 100, D= 500, and M = 1000
The seven basis symbol in a certain numeral system arel read from left to rirght, starting with the symbol reprsenting the largest value; the same symbol cannot occur contiguously more than three times; the value of the numeral is the sum of the values of the symbols, for example, XXVVII = 10 + 10 + 5 + 1 + 1 + 27. An exception to the left-to -right reading ocurs when a symbol is followed immediately by a symbol of greater value; ten, the smaller value is subtracted from the large. For example, XLVI = (50 –10) + 5 + 1= 46.

The value of the numeral MDCCLXXXVIIis :

The value of the numeral MCMXCIX is :

Which of the following can represent the numeral for 1995 ?
a. MCMLXXV
b.MCMXCV
c. MVD
d. MVM

Directions for next four questions: Each question is followed by two statements, Aand B. Answer each question using the followign instructions.

In a cricket match the man of the match award is given to the player scoring the highest number of runs, In case of tie. the player(out of those locked in the tie) who has dropped fewer catches is selected. Aakash, Biplab and Chirag who were contendersf for the award dropped at least one catch each. Biplab dropped 2 catches more than Aakash did , secored 50, and took 2 catches. Chirag got two chances to catch and dropped both . Who was the man of the match ?
A. Chirag made 15 runs less than both Aakash and Biplab.
B. The catches dropped by Biplab are i more than the catches taken by Aakash.

Four friends, A B,C and D got the top four ranks in a competitive examination, but A did not get the first, B did not get the second, C did not get the third, and D did not .Get the fourth rank. Who secured which rank?
A. Neither A nor D were among the first2.
B. Neither B nor C was third of fourth.

The members of a local club contributed equally to pay Rs. 600 towards a donaton. How much did each one pay?
A. If there had been five fewer members , each one would have paid an additional Rs. 10.
B. There were at least 20 members in the club, and each one paid on more tahn Rs. 30.

A family has only one kid. The father sys “after’n years, my age will be 4 times the age of my kid. The mother says after n years, my age will be 3 times that of my kid. What will be the combined ages of the parents after n years ?
A. “The age difference between the parents is 10 years.
B. After’n’ years, the kid is going to be twice as old as she is now

Seventy per cent of the employees in a multinational corporation have VCD players, 75 percent have microwave ovens, 80 percent have ACs and 85 p;er cent have washing machines. At least what percentage of employees has all four gadgests ?

Directions for next four questions: Answere the question on the basis of following information.
Four families decided to attend the mariage ceremony of one of their colleagues. One family has no kids, while the others have at least one kid each. Each family with kids has at least one kid attending the marriage. Given below is some information about the families, and who reached when to atend the marriage.
The familyu with 2 Kids came justbefore the family with no kids.
Shanthi who does not have any kids reached just before Sridevi s family.
Anil is not the husband of Joya.
Anil and Raj are fathers.
Sridevi s and Anita s daughters go to the same schol.
Joya came before Shanthi and met anita when she reached the venue.
Raman stays lthe farthest from the venue.
Raj szid his son could not cone because of his exams.

Which woman arrive third?

Name the correct pair of husband and wife.

Of the followingk pairs, whose daughters go to the same school ?

Whose family is known to have more than one kid for cerain ?

Directions for next five questions: Answer the questions on the basis of the following information.
Recebntly, the answers of a test held nationwide were leaked to a group of unscrupulous people. The in vestigati e agency has arrested the mastermind and nine other people A,B,C,D,F,G,H and I in this matter. Iterrogating them, the following facts have been obtained regarding their operation. Intially the mastermind obtains the correct answer- key . All the other create their answeer-key from one or two people who already possess the same. These people who already possess the same. These people are called his/ her”sources”. If thek person has two sources, than he /she compares the answer- keys obtained for both sources. If the key to a question from both sources is idntical, it is copied. otherwise it is left blank, If the person has only one source, he/she copies the source’s answers into his/she copy. Finally,each person compulsorily replaces one of the answers ( not a blank one ) with a wrong answer in his/her answer key.
The paper contained 200 questions, so the investitgative agency has ruled out the possibility of two or more of them introducing wrong answer to the same questiom. The investigative agency had a copy of the correct answer key and has tabulated the following data
These dara represent question numbers.
Tables:

Which one among the following must have two sources?

Howk many people (excluding the mastermind) needed to make answer keys before C could make his answer key?

Both G and H were sources to:

Which of the following statements is true ?

Which of the following two groups of people has identical sources ?
(1) A,D and G
(II) E and H

Directions for next ten questions: Each question contains six statements followed by four sets of combinations of three. Choose the set in which the combinations are logically related.
A. All vegetarians eat meat.
B. All those who eat meat are not vegetarians.
C. All those who eat meat are herbivorous.
D. All those who eat meat are carnivorous.
E. All those who eat meat are camivorous.
F. Vegetarinas are herbivorous.

A. All roses have thorns.
B. all roses have nectar.
C. All plants with nectar have thorns.
D. All shrubs have roses
E . All shrubs have nectar.
F. Some roses have thorms.

A. No spring is season.
B. Some seasons are springs.
C. Some springs are not autumns.
D. No seasons are autumns.
E. Some springs are not autumns.
F. All springs are autumns.

A. All falcons fly high.
B. All falcons are blind.
C. All falcons are birds.
D. All birds are yellow.
E. All birds are thirsty
F. All falcons are yellow

A. No wires are hooks.
B. Some springs are hooks.
C. All springs are wires.
D. Some hooks are not wires
E. No hook is a spring

A. Some abra are dabra.
B. All abra are cabra.
C. All dabra are abra D.
D. All dabraare not abra.
E. Some cabra are abra.
F. Some cabra are dabra.

A. No plane is a chain.
B. All manes are chains.
C. No mane is a plane.
D. Some manes are not planes.
E. Some planes are manes.
F. Some chains are not planes.

A. All dolls are nice
B. All toys are nice
C. All toys are dolls
D. Some toys are nice
E. Some nice are dolls
F. No doll is nice

A. Some buildings are not skyscrapers
B. Some skyscarpers are not buildings.
C. No structure is a sky scrapper
D. All skyscrapers are structures
E. Some skyscrapers are buildings
F. Some structures are not buildings.

A. All bins are buckets.
B. No bucket is a basket.
C. No bin is a basket.
D. Some baskets are buckets.
E. Some bins are baskets.
F. No basket is a bin.

Directions for next ten questions: From the lternatives,choose the one which correctlyl classifies the four sentences as a
F : Fact : If it relates to a known matter of diret observation, or an exsting reality or something known to be true.
J : Judgement : If it is an opinion or estimate or anticipation of common sense or intention.
I : Inference : If it is a logical conclusion or deduction about something based on the knowledge of facts. (1994)

A. If India has embarked on the lliberalization route, she cannot afford to go back.
B. Under these circumstances, being an active supporter of WTO policies will be a good idea.
C. The WTO is a truly global organization aiming at freer trade.
D. Many member countries have already drafted plans to simplify tariff structures.

A. The minister definitely took the wrong step.
B. Under the circumstances, he had many other alternativs.
C. The prime minister is embarrassed due to the minister’s decision.
D. If he has put the government in jeopardy, the minister must resign.

A. The ideal solution will be to advertise aggressively.
B. One brand is already popular amongst the youth.
C. Reducing prices will means trouble as our revenues are already dwindling.
D. The correct solution will be to consolidate by aggressive marketing.

A. If democracy is to survive, the people must develop a sense of consumerism.
B. Consumerism has helped improve the quality of goods in certain countries.
C. The protected environment in our country is helping the local manufacturs.
D.The quality of goods suffers if the manufacturers take undue advantage of this .

A. Unless the banks aggree to a deferment of the interest, we cannot show profits this Year.
B. This would not have happened had we adopted a stricter creadit scheme.
C. The revenues so far cover only the cost and salaries.
D. Let us learn a lesson: we cannot make profits without complete control over credit.

A. Qualities cannot be injected into one’s personality.
B. They are completely dependent on the genetic configuration that one inherits.
C. Hence changing our inherent traits is imposible as the genes are unalterable.
D. The least one can do is to try and subdue the ‘bad qualities’.

A. Everything is purposeless.
B. Nothing before and after the existence
C. Man is a part of the purposeless universe; hence, man is also purposeless.
D. There is only one way of adding purpose to this universe : union with Him.

A. Everyday social life is impossible without interpersonal relationships.
B. The root of many misunderstandings has been cited in poor relations among individuals.
C. Assuming the above to be true, social life will be much better if people understand the importance of good interpersonal relations.
D. A study reveals that interpersonal relations and hence life in general can be improved with a little effort on the part of individuals.

A. the prices of electronic goods are falling.
B. Since we have substantial reductions in import duties, this is obvious.
C. The trend is bound to continue in the near future.
D. But the turnover of the electronic industry is still rising, because the consumers are increasing at a rapid rate.

A. In the past, it appears, wealth distribution, and not wealth creation has dominated the economic policy.
B. Clearly, the government has not bothered to eradicate poverty.
C. Today’s liberalisation is far from the hitherto Nehruvian socialism. D.
Results lare evident in the form of a boom in the manufacturing sector output and turnover of all industries.

Directions for next four questions: Each of the questions contains six statements followed by four sets of combinations of three. You have to choose that set in which the statements are logically related.

A. Some bubbles are not dubbles.
B. Some dubbles are not bubbles.
C. None who is rubbles is dubbels.
D. All dubbles are rubbles.
E . Some dubbles are bubbles.
F. Some who are rubbles are not bubbles.

A. some men are bad.
B. All men are sad.
C. All bad things are men.
D. All bad things are sad.
E .S ome sad things are men.
F. Some sad things are bad.

A. All witches are nasty.
B. Some devils are nasty.
C. All witches are devils.
D. All devils are nasty.
E. Some nasty are devils.
F. No witch is nasty

A. No tingo is a bingo.
B. All jingoes are bingoes.
C. No jingo is a tingo.
D. Some jingoes are not tingoes.
E. Some tingoes are jingoes.
F. Some bingoes are not tingoes.

Directions for next nine questions: Given below are six statements followed by sets of three. You are to mark the option in which the statements are most logically related.
A. Some pins are made of tin.
B. All tin is made of copper.
C. All copper is used for pins.
D. Some tin is copper
E. Some pin are used for tin
F. Some copper is used for tin.

A. An ostrich lays eggs.
B. All birds lay eggs.
C. Some birds can fly.
D. An ostrich cannot fly.
E . An ostrich is a bird.
F. An ostrich cannot swim.

A. Some paper is wood.
B. All Wood is good.
C. All that is good is wood.
D. All wood is paper.
E. All paper is good.
F. Some paper is good.

A. All bricks are tricks.
B. Some tricks are shrieks.
C. Some that are shrieks are bricks.
D. Some tricks are not bricks.
E. All tricks are shricks.
F. No tricks are shrieks.

A. Some sand is band.
B. All sandal is band.
C. All band is sand.
D. No sand is sandal.
E. No band is sand.
F. Some band is sandal.

A. No wife is a life.
B. All life is strife.
C. Some wife is strife.
D. All that is wife is life.
E. All wife is strife.
F. No wife is strife.

A. Some crows are flies.
B. Some flies are mosquitoes.
C. All mostquitoes are flies.
D. Some owls are flies.
E. All owls are mosquitoes.
F. Some mosqiiotoes are not owls.

A. Six is five.
B. Five is not four.
C. Some five is ten.
D. Some six is twelve.
E .Some twelve is five.
F. Some ten is four.

A. Poor girls want to marry rich boys.
B. Rich girls want to marry rich boys.
C. Poor girls want to marry poor girls.
D. Rich boys want to marry rich girls.
E. Poor girls want to marry rich girls.
F. Rich boys want to marry poor girls.

Directions for next four questions: In each of the follolwing sentences the main statement is follwed by four sentences each. Select a pair of sentences that relate logically with the given statement.
Either Sam is ill ; or he is drunk.
A. Sam is ill.
B. Sam is not ill.
C. Sam is drunk.
D. Sam is not drunk.

A. Whenever Ram hears of a tragedy, he loses sleep.
A. Ram heard of a tragedy.
B. Ram did not hear of a tragedy.
C. Ram lost sleep.
D. Ram did not lose sleep.

Either the train is late ; or it has derailed.
A. The train is late.
B. The train is not late.
C. The train is deraile
D. The train is not derailed.

When I read a horror story, I have a nightmare.
A. I read a story.
B. I did not read a horror story.
C. I did not have a nightmare.
D.I had a nightmare.

Directions for next five questions: Each of the following questions contains six statements followed by four sets of combinations of there. You have to choose that set in which the third statement logically follows from the first two.
A. No bird is viviparous.
B. All mammals are viviparous.
C. Bats are viviparous.
D. No bat is a bird.
E. No bird is a mammal.
F. All bats are mammals.

A. No mother is a nurse.
B. Some nurses like to work.
C. No woman is a prude.
D. Some prude are nurses.
E. Some nurse are women.
F. All women like to work.

A. Oranges are sweet.
B. All oranges are apples.
C. Some sweets are apples.
D. Some oranges are apples.
E. All sweets are sour.
F. Some apples are sour.

A. Zens are Marutis.
B. Zens are fragile.
C. Marutis are fragile.
D. Opels are fragile.
E. Marutis are Opels.
F. Opels are stable.

A. Dogs sleep in the open.
B. Sheep sleep in doors.
C. Dogs are like sheep.
D. All indoors are sheep.
E. Some dogs are not sheep.
F. Some open are not sheep.