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Logical Reasoning Quiz for MBA entrance exams

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This quiz consists of questions from
various past papers of MBA entrance exams. Leave your answers/ responses in the
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1. In a certain language, (A) ‘Sun shines
brightly’ is written as ‘ba lo sul’; (B) ‘Houses are brightly lit’ as ‘kado udo
ari ba’; and (C) ‘Light comes from sun’ as ‘dapi kup lo nro’. What words will
be written for ‘sun’ and ‘brightly’?

(a) Lo, ba

(b) ba, lo

(c) snl, lo

(d) ba, sul

2. Each child in a family has at least 4
brothers and 3 sisters. What is the smallest number of children the family
might have?

(a) 7                 (b)
8                 (c) 9                 (d) 10

3. In the following question two statements
are followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. Assume the two statements
are true even if they are at variance with commonly known facts. Then pick the
correct answer from the choices given below.

(A) Only conclusion I follows

(B) Only conclusion II follows

(C) Both conclusions I & II follow

(D) Neither conclusion I nor conclusion II
follows

Statements: Some doctors are fools. Joshi
is a doctor.

Conclusions: I. Joshi is a fool. II. Some
fools are doctors.

(a) A                (b)
B                (c) C                 (d) D

4.  Debu
walks towards East then towards North and turning 45 degree right walks for a
while and lastly turns towards left. In which direction is he walking now?

(a) North         (b)
East            (c) South-East             (d)
North-West

5. Replace the question mark with the right
option. 4, 32, 288, ?, 31680

(a) 25600         (b)
2880           (c) 7420           (d) 10000

6. There are two cups, one containing
orange juice and one containing an equal amount of lemonade. One teaspoon of
the orange juice is taken and mixed with the lemonade. Then a teaspoon of this
mixture is mixed back into the orange juice. Is there more lemonade in the
orange juice or more orange juice in the lemonade?

(a) More orange juice in the lemonade

(b) More lemonade in the orange juice

(c) Equal amount of each juice between the
two cups

(d) None of the above

7. Consider the statement and decide which
of the assumptions are implicit:

“In the present period of economic
hardships, education and small family norm may lead the nation to progress and
prosperity”

Assumptions:

A. Education and small family norms are
directly related to nations progress.

B. 
Big families find it difficult to bear the cost of education.

(a) Only A is implicit

(b) Only B is implicit

(c) Both A & B are implicit

(d) Neither A nor B is implicit

8. Beautiful beaches attract people, no
doubt about that. Just look at the city’s most beautiful beaches, which are
amongst the most overcrowded places in the state.

Which of the following exhibits a pattern
of reasoning similar to the one exhibited in the argument above?

(a) Moose and bear usually appear at the
same drinking hole at the same time of day. Therefore, moose and bear must be
feeling thirsty at about the same time.

(b) Children who are scolded severely tend
to misbehave more often than other children. Hence if a child is not scolded
severely, that child is less likely to misbehave

(c) During warm weather my dog suffers more
fleas than during cool weather. Therefore, fleas must thrive in a warm
environment

(d) Tally accounting software helps
increase the work efficiency of its users. As a result, these users have more
time for other activities.

9. Abdul, Mala, and Chetan went bird
watching. Each of them saw one bird that none of the others did. Each pair saw
one bird that the third did not. And one bird was seen by all three. Of the
birds Abdul saw, two were yellow. Of the birds Mala saw, three were yellow. Of
the birds Chetan saw, four were yellow. How many yellow birds were seen in all?

How many non-yellow birds were seen in all?

(a) 7 yellow birds and 3 non yellow birds

(b) 5 yellow birds and 2 non yellow birds

(c) 4 yellow birds and 2 non yellow birds

(d) 3 yellow birds and 2 non yellow birds

10. In a school drill, a number of children are asked
to stand in a circle. They are evenly spaced and the 6th child is diametrically
opposite the 16th child. How many children are made to stand in the circle?

(a) 16               (b)
20               (c) 22               (d) None of the above

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Answers

1(a)    2(c)    
3(b)    4(d)     5(b)    
6(c)   7(a)    8(a)    
9(b)    10(b)