02 Logical Reasoning Quiz with solution for Exam Topic Wise

Topic Wise Logical Reasoning Quiz with solution for Exam 

Logical Reasoning Topic: ANALOGY  REASONING

1 >>Match is related to Win in the same way as Examination is related to ?

• (A) Success
• (B) Appear
• (C) Attempt
• (D) Write

Solution One of outcomes of Match is victory.Likewise Success is one of the outcome of Examinations.

2 >>Player is related to Coach in the same way as Pupil is related to ?

• (A) Word
• (B) Teacher
• (C) Academy
• (D) School

Solution Coach guides the Player in the same way as Teacher guides the Pupil.

3 >>Laugh is related to Cry in the same way as Catch is related to ?

• (A) Try
• (B) Release
• (C) Match
• (D) Thief

Solution Cry is opposite in meaning to Laugh in the same way as Release is opposite to Catch.

4 >>Good is related to Bad in the same way as Roof is related to ?

• (A) Floor
• (B) Window
• (C) Terrace
• (D) Pillar

Solution Good is the word opposite in meaning to Bad. Similarly floor is the antonym of Roof.

5 >>Dog is related to Kennel in the same way as Bird is related to ?

• (A) Cage
• (B) Fly
• (C) Chirp
• (D) Nest

Solution Kennel is the place where pet Dogs are kept and Cage is the place where pet Birds are kept.

Download 6 >>Trap is related to Net in the same way as Trade is related to ?

• (A) Earning
• (B) Pursuit
• (C) Money
• (D) Profit

Solution Net is required to Trap and Money is required to Trade.

7 >>Fan is related to Wings in the same way as Wheel is related to ?

• (A) Air
• (B) Spokes
• (C) Cars
• (D) Moves

Solution Wings are the parts of Fan. Likewise Spokes are the parts of Wheel.

8 >>Book is related to Open in the same way as Door is related to ?

• (A) House
• (B) Close
• (C) Wood
• (D) Shut

Solution A Book is opened before reading it.Likewise movement of Door is called Shut for the purpose of closing to it.

9 >>Mountain is related to Valley in the same way as Enemy is related to ?

• (A) Fight
• (B) Friend
• (C) Country
• (D) Stranger

Solution Mountain is antonym of Valley. Likewise Friend is the antonym of Enemy.

10 >>Choose similar word

Poles : Magnet :: ? : Battery ?

• (A) Energy
• (B) Power
• (C) Terminals
• (D) Cells

Solution As magnet has poles similarly battery has terminals.

11 >>Choose similar word

Peace : Chaos :: Creation : ? ?

• (A) Manufacture
• (B) Destruction
• (C) Build
• (D) Construction

Solution As opposite meaning of peace is chaos.Similarly opposite meaning of creation is destruction.

12 >>Choose similar word

Architect : Building :: Sculptor : ? ?

• (A) Museum
• (B) Statue
• (C) Chisel
• (D) Statue

Solution As 'Architect' makes 'Building' similarly 'Sculptor' makes 'Statue'.

13 >>Choose similar word

Horse : Mare :: ?

• (A) Fox : Vixen
• (B) Duck : Geese
• (C) Dog : Puppy
• (D) Donkey : Pony

Solution Second is the feminine gender of the first

14 >>Choose similar word

Cricket : Pitch :: ?

• (A) Ship : Dock
• (B) Boat : Harbour
• (C) Boxing : Ring
• (D) Wrestling : Track

Solution The game of cricket is played on a pitch.Similarly, the game of boxing is performed in a ring.

15 >>Oceans : Deserts : : Waves : ? ?

• (A) Dust
• (B) Sand Dunes
• (C) Ripples
• (D) Sea

Solution If oceans were deserts, waves would be sand dunes.

16 >>Grain : Stock : : Stick : ? ?

• (A) String
• (B) Heap
• (C) Collection
• (D) Bundle

Solution Second is a collection of the first.

17 >>PALATE : MOUTH :: ?

• (A) rainbow : sky
• (B) rivulet: dam
• (C) hill: range
• (D) ceiling : room

Solution Palate is the roof of the mouth; ceiling is the roof of the room.

18 >>STUTTER : SPEECH :: ?

• (A) blare : hearing
• (B) aroma: smell
• (C) astigmatism : sight
• (D) novocain : touch

Solution Stutter (meaning a speech impediment) is a defect in speech.Astigmatism (meaning a visual defect) is a defect in sight.

19 >>SEDATIVE : SLEEP:: ?

• (A) challenging : knowledge
• (B) mnemonic : memory
• (C) dramatic : story
• (D) vocal: eloquence

Solution A sedative acts as an aid to sleep; a mnemonic (such as V1BGYOR, a word made of the first letters of the sequential colors of the rainbow) acts as an aid to memory.

20 >>PLAIN : AUSTERE :: ?

• (A) neutral: detached
• (B) clean : sterile
• (C) lonely : gloomy
• (D) deserted : barren

Solution Being austere (meaning bare) is a heightened form of being plain; Being sterile (meaning free from bacteria or other micro-organisms) is a heightened form of being clean.The pairs (neutral, detached); (deserted, barren) and (eloquent, talkative) are mere synonyms.

Logical Reasoning Topic: ANTONYMS REASONING

1 >>Find the opposite word for the given word.

CORROBORATE : ?

• (A) complicate
• (B) controvert
• (C) conflate
• (D) condone

Solution To corroborate means to confirm; to substantiate. Its opposite is to controvert; meaning to dispute; to contradict; to argue against.

2 >>Find the opposite word for the given word.

CORPULENT: ?

• (A) compulsive
• (B) jaded
• (C) indolent
• (D) slender

Solution Corpulent means fast. Its opposite is slender

3 >>Find the opposite word for the given word.

CONVOLUTED : ?

• (A) symmetrical
• (B) separate
• (C) straight forward
• (D) completely flexible

Solution Convoluted means complicated; intricate. Its opposite is straight forward, meaning simple.

4 >>Find the opposite word for the given word.

APPROPRIATE: ?

• (A) create a void
• (B) rectify an error
• (C) sanction
• (D) surrender

Solution To appropriate means to confiscate; to expropriate; to take away. Its opposite, among the choices, is to sanction.

5 >>Find the opposite word for the given word.

APPROBATION: ?

• (A) censure
• (B) accumulation
• (C) infirmity
• (D) falsity

Solution Approbation means approval; commendation. Its opposite is censure, meaning disapproval; criticism.

6 >>Find the opposite word for the given word.

APPRISE: ?

• (A) oblige
• (B) underrate
• (C) apply pressure
• (D) withhold information

Solution To apprise means to inform; to make known. Its opposite is to withhold information.

7 >>Find the opposite word for the given word.

APPRECIABLE: ?

• (A) interminable
• (B) unsatisfactory
• (C) tentative
• (D) imperceptible

Solution Appreciable means discernible; tangible; perceptible. Its opposite is imperceptible, meaning cannot be seen.

Download 8 >>Find the opposite word for the given word.

APPOSITE : ?

• (A) disposable
• (B) adjacent
• (C) vicarious
• (D) extraneous

Solution Apposite means appropriate; relevant; fitting. Its opposite, among the choices, is extraneous, meaning irrelevant; inappropriate.

Topic Wise Logical Reasoning Quiz 

9 >>Find the opposite word for the given word.

CONVOKE : ?

• (A) forgive
• (B) eradicate
• (C) adjourn
• (D) omit

Solution To convoke means to summon to assemble; to convene. Its opposite is to adjourn meaning to disperse.

10 >>Find the opposite word for the given word.

CONTINUITY : ?

• (A) disjunction
• (B) disability
• (C) discomfort
• (D) deceit

Solution Discontinuity is the opposite word for continuity.

11 >>Find the opposite word for the given word.

CONTEMN : ?

• (A) endure patiently
• (B) exude
• (C) invoke
• (D) esteem

Solution To contemn means to show contempt. Its opposite is to esteem, meaning to show respect.

12 >>Find the opposite word for the given word.

CONSTRICT : ?

• (A) expiate
• (B) deviate
• (C) dilate
• (D) accelerate

Solution To constrict means to narrow; to strangle. Its opposite is to dilate, meaning to widen; to extend or enlarge

13 >>Find the opposite word for the given word.

CONSTRAIN : ?

• (A) release
• (B) sever
• (C) abandon
• (D) unload

Solution To constrain means to restrain; to tie down to check the movement of. Its opposite is to release.

14 >>Find the opposite word for the given word.

CONSOLE : ?

• (A) pretend sympathy
• (B) reveal suffering
• (C) aggravate grief
• (D) betray

Solution To console means to comfort a person in order to lessen his grief. Its opposite is to aggravate grief.

15 >>Find the opposite word for the given word.

CONSIDER: ?

• (A) activate
• (B) infer
• (C) table
• (D) defer

Solution To consider means to examine. Its opposite is to defer, meaning to postpone consideration.

Download 16 >>Find the opposite word for the given word.

DECORUM : ?

• (A) constant austerity
• (B) false humility
• (C) impropriety
• (D) propriety

Solution Decorum means correctness; propriety; etiquette; protocol. Its opposite is impropriety.

17 >>Find the opposite word for the given word.

DEBACLE : ?

• (A) definite agreement
• (B) complete success
• (C) ungrudging acceptance
• (D) unquestionable assumption

Solution Debacle means failure; defeat. Its opposite is complete success.

18 >>Find the opposite word for the given word.

DAMPED : ?

• (A) phonetic
• (B) fiexibie
• (C) amplified
• (D) concentrated

Solution Damped (in relation to noise)means deadened. Its opposite is amplified.

19 >>Find the opposite word for the given word.

CUMBERSOME : ?

• (A) likely to succeed
• (B) reasonable to trust
• (C) valuable to have
• (D) easy to handle

Solution Cumbersome means unwieldy; unmanageable. Its opposite, among the choices, is easy to handle.

20 >>Find the opposite word for the given word.

CRYPTIC: ?

• (A) resonant
• (B) superficial
• (C) unobjectionable
• (D) self-explanatory

Solution Cryptic means puzzling; enigmatic; obscure. Its opposite, among the choices, is self-explanatory.

Logical Reasoning Topic: ARITHMETICAL REASONING

1 >>If 56 x 11 = 9,

37 x 13 = 6,

42 x 12 = 3 then find the value of 87 x 77 = ? ?

• (A) 1
• (B) 3
• (C) 4
• (D) 5

Solution (5 + 6) - (1 + 1.) = 9 (3 + 7)-(1 + 3) = 6. (4 + 2) -(1 + 2) = 3 then (8 + 7) - (7 + 7) = 1

2 >>If 1 = 1,

2 = 4,

3 = 10 and 4 = 22,

then 5 = ? ?

• (A) 39
• (B) 34
• (C) 44
• (D) 46

Solution 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, (Digits) 1, 4, 10, 22, 46 (Code),Gap is being doubled at every digit.

3 >>If 4 x 24=6,

2 x 8=4,

1x 3=3, thenfind the value of 7 x 21 ? ?

• (A) 42
• (B) 21
• (C) 3
• (D) 63

Solution The first figure is divisor and the second one is dividend 24 / 4 = 68 / 2 = 43 / 1 = 321 / 7 = 3.

4 >>If A + B means A is the daughter of B,

A x B means A is the son of B and A- B means A is the wife of B then P x Q-S means ? ?

• (A) S is the father of P
• (B) Q is the father of P
• (C) A is son of Q
• (D) None of these

Solution PxQ= Pis the son of Q and Q is wife of S. S is the father of P.

5 >>If 12 = 10 and 32 = 26, then 22 = ? ?

• (A) 20
• (B) 16
• (C) 18
• (D) 17

Solution Here 2 point decreases at every tens.12= 1022 = 10 + 10 = 20 - 2 = 18 32 = 10 + 10 + 10 = 30 - (2 + 2) =26.

6 >>A tailor had a number of shirt pieces to cut from a roll of fabric. He cut each roll of equal length into 10 pieces.He cut at the rate of 45 cuts a minute. How many rolls would be cut in 24 minutes? ?

• (A) 30 rolls
• (B) 58 rolls
• (C) 120 rolls
• (D) 150 rolls

Solution Number of cuts made to cut a roll into 10 pieces = 9.Therefore Required number of rolls = ( 45 * 24 ) / 9 = 120.

7 >>A monkey climbs 30 feet at the beginning of each hour and rests for a while when he slips back 20 feet before he again starts climbing in the beginning of the next hour.If he begins his ascent at 8.00 a.m., at what will he first touch a flag at 120 feet from the ground? ?

• (A) 4 p.m
• (B) 5 p.m.
• (C) 6 p.m.
• (D) 8 p.m.

Solution Clearly, the monkey climbs 10 feet in one hour. So, it will climb upto a height of 90 feet in 9 hours i.e. at 5.00 p.m. It will then ascend a height of 30 feet in the next hour too touch the peak at 6.00 p.m.

8 >>When Rahul was born, his father was 32 years older than his brother and his mother was 25 years older than his sister.If Rahul's brother is 6 years older than him and his mother is 3 years younger than his father,how old was Rahul's sister when he was born? ?

• (A) 5 years
• (B) 8 years
• (C) 10 years
• (D) 14 years

Solution When Rahul was born,his brother's age = 6 years,his father's age = ( 6 + 32 ) = 38 years.his mother's age = ( 38 - 3) years = 35 years. his sister's age = ( 35 - 25 ) years = 10 years.

9 >>A farmer built a fence around his square plot. He used 27 fence poles on each side of the square. How many poles did he need altogether? ?

• (A) 54
• (B) 84
• (C) 104
• (D) 108

Solution Since each pole at the corner of the plot is common to its two sides.Therefore total number of poles needed = 27 * 4 - 4 = 104

10 >>The number of boys in a class is three times the number of girls. Which one of the following numbers cannot represent the total number of children in the class? ?

• (A) 40
• (B) 42
• (C) 44
• (D) 48

Solution Let number of girls = x and number of boys = 3x.Then, 3x + x = 4x = total number of students.Thus, to find exact value of x,The total number of students must be divisible by 4.

11 >>Five bells begin to toll together and toll respectively at intervals of 6, 5, 7, 10 and 12 seconds.How many times will they toll together in one hour excluding the one at the start? ?

• (A) 5 times
• (B) 6 times
• (C) 7 times
• (D) 8 times

Solution L.C.M. of 6,5,7,10 and 12 is 420.So, the bells will toll together after every 420 seconds. i.e. 7 minutes.Now, 7 x 8 = 56 and 7 x 9 = 63.Thus, in 1-hour (or 60 minutes), the bells will toll together 8 times, excluding the one at the start.

12 >>At the end of a business conference the ten people present all shake hands with each other once.How many handshakes will there be altogether? ?

• (A) 20
• (B) 30
• (C) 40
• (D) 45

Solution Clearly, total number of handshakes = (9 + 8 + 7 + 6 + 5 + 4 + 3 + 2 + 1) = 45.

13 >>I have a few sweets to be distributed. If I keep 2,3 or 4 in pack, I am left with one sweet. If I keep 5 in a pack, I am left with none.What is the minimum number of sweets I have to pack and distribute? ?

• (A) 25
• (B) 35
• (C) 56
• (D) 65

Solution Clearly, the required number would be such that it leaves a remainder of 1 when divided by 2, 3 or 4 and no remainder when divided by 5, Such a number is 25.

14 >>The 30 members of a club decided to play a badminton singles tournament.Every time a member loses a game he is out of the tournament.There are no ties.What is the minimum number of matches that must be played to determine the winner? ?

• (A) 10
• (B) 15
• (C) 29
• (D) 61

Solution Clearly, every member except one must lose one game to decide the winner.Thus, minimum number of matches to be played = 30 - 1 = 29.

15 >>A man has Rs. 480 in the denominations of one rupee notes,five rupee notes and ten rupee notes. The number of each denomination is equal.What is the total number of notes that he has? ?

• (A) 45
• (B) 75
• (C) 90
• (D) 120

Solution Let number of notes of each denomination be x.Then x + 5x + 10 = 48016 x = 480 x = 30.Hence, total number of notes = 3x = 90.

16 >>A father is now three times as old as his son. Five years back, he was four times as old as his son. The age of the son(in years) is ?

• (A) 10
• (B) 12
• (C) 15
• (D) 18

Solution Let son's age be x years.Then father's age = (3x) years.Five years ago, father's age = (3x - 5) years and Son's age = (x - 5) years.So 3x - 5 = 4 (x - 5)3x - 5 = 4x - 20 x = 15.

17 >>Aruna cut a cake into two halves and cuts one half into smaller pieces of equal size.Each of the small pieces is twenty grams in weight.If she has seven pieces of the cake in all with her, how heavy was the original cake? ?

• (A) 100 grams
• (B) 150 grams
• (C) 200 grams
• (D) 240 grams

Solution The seven pieces consist of 6 smaller equal pieces and one half cake piece.Weight of each small piece = 20 g.So, total weight of the cake = [2 * (20 * 6)]g = 240g.

18 >>Find out the two signs to be interchanged for making following equation correct:

5 + 3 * 8 - 12 / 4 =3 ?

• (A) + and -
• (B) - and /
• (C) Err:509
• (D) + and /

Solution On interchanging - and /, we get the equation as 5 + 3 * 8 / 12 - 4 = 3 5 + 3 * (2/3) - 4 = 3 3 = 3, which is true.

19 >>If 2 + 3 = 13

3 + 4 = 25

4 +5 = 41 then

5 + 6 = ? ?

• (A) 60
• (B) 61
• (C) 51
• (D) 63

Solution Step 1 : First multiply to the given number Step 2 : Multiply by 2 Step 3 : add 1 (2 * 3) * 2 + 1 = 13 (3 * 4) * 2 + 1 = 25 (4 * 5) * 2 + 1 = 41 (5 * 6) * 2 + 1 = 61

20 >>If 3, 2 = 13,

4, 8 = 80,

then 1, 5 =? ?

• (A) 14
• (B) 26
• (C) 25
• (D) 50

Solution The sum of the square of the number 32 + 22 = 9 + 4 = 13 42 +82 = 16 + 64 = 80 12 + 52 = 1+ 25 = 26