Logical Reasoning Quiz for MBA entrance exams
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1. When Rafael entered the class, there
were already 10 students in the class. 5 students entered the class between
Roger and Rafael. Total 10 students entered after Roger. Exactly how many
students are in the class finally?
(a) 15 (b)
25 (c) 27 (d) Cannot be decided
Directions
for question Nos. 2-4
Arijit,
Biplab, Chintan, Debashish, Elangovan, Frederick, Gautam and Himadri are
sitting around a circular table. Some information about the order in which they
are sitting is available as follows:
(1)
Debashish is sitting opposite to Himadri and to the immediate right of Gautam.
(2)
Elangovan is sitting to the immediate right of Biplab.
(3)
Arijit is sitting opposite Chintan who is not immediately next to Frederick on
either side.
2.
Who is sitting to the immediate right of Himadri?
(a) Arijit (b)
Debashish (c) Elangovan (d) Frederick
3.
Who is sitting opposite Biplab?
(a) Arijit (b)
Debashish (c) Frederick (d) Himadri
4.
Who is to the immediate right of Chintan?
(a) Arijit (b)
Biplab (c) Elangovan (d) Himadri
5. Select the alternative that logically
follows the two given statements:
Some rocks are not tables
Some rocks are baloons
(a) Some tables are not baloons
(b) Some tables are baloons
(c) Some baloons are not tables
(d) None of the above
Directions for Question Nos. 6-7
A, B, C, D and E sit on a long bench. C does not sit
next to A or E. A and E have three persons sitting between them.
6. Who is sitting in the middle of the bench?
(a) B (b)
C (c) D (d) None of these
7. Who are sitting at the extreme ends of the bench?
(a) A & E (b)
B & D (c) C & E (d) None of these
8. There are 6 volumes of books on a rack kept in
order (such as, vol.1, vol.2 and so on). After some readers used them, their
order got disturbed. The changes showed as follows:
Vol.5 was directly to the right of vol.2
Vol.4 has vol.6 to its left and both were not at
Vol.3’s place
Vol.1 has Vol.3 on right and Vol.5 on left
An even numbered volume is at Vol.5’s place
Find the order in which the books are kept now, from
the 4 given alternatives.
(a) 6, 3, 5, 1, 4, 2
(b) 4, 6, 3, 5, 1, 2
(c) 3, 4, 1, 6, 5, 3
(d) 2, 5, 1, 3, 6, 4
9. All German philosophers, except for Marx, are
idealists.
From which of the following can the statement above be
most properly inferred?
(a) Except for Marx, if someone is an idealist
philosopher, then he or she is German. (b)
Marx is the only non-German philosopher who is an idealist. (c)
If a German is an idealist, then he or she is a philosopher, as long as he or
she is not Marx. (d) Marx is not an idealist German philosopher.
10. Ramaswami was studying for his examinations and the lights went off.
It was around 1:00 a.m. He lighted two uniform candles of equal length but one
thicker than the other. The thick candle is supposed to last six hours and the
thin one two hours less. When he finally went to sleep, the thick candle was twice
as long as the thin one.
For how long did Ramaswami study in candle light?
(a) 2 hours (b) 3
hours (c) 2 hours 45
minutes (d) 4 hours
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Answers
1(d) 2(a)
3(c) 4(b) 5(d)
6(b) 7(a) 8(d)
9(c) 10(b)