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Analytical Reasoning
Analytical Reasoning
Analytical Reasoning
Topics To Be Discussed
• Deductions
• Linear sequencing
• Double line up
• Ordering
• Seating arrangements
• Selections
Deductions
Introduction
Deduction means reducing two or more
statements into one.
Types:
•Reduce two statements into one
SUBJECT PREDICATE
UNIVERSAL √ X
AFFIRMATIVE
UNIVERSAL √ √
NEGATIVE
PARTICULAR X X
AFFIRMATIVE
PARTICULAR X √
NEGATIVE
Rules For Deductions
• Only three distinct terms.
No No Some
Concl All Some No
concl concl , Not
Shortcuts
Stat. 1 UA UN PA PN UA UA UN
Stat. 2 UA UN PA PN PN PA PA
No
Con UA No Con No Con PN PA PN
Con
Problem 1
Answer:
No Conclusion
Problem 3
Answer:
Answer:
(Infosys)
Deduction
Answer:
No Conclusion
Problem 7
(Infosys)
Deduction
Answer:
(Infosys)
Deduction
Answer:
(Infosys)
Deduction
Answer:
No Conclusion
Problem 10
No scientist is teacher
Some teachers are researchers.
(Infosys)
Deduction
Answer:
No conclusion
Problem 12
No shirt is pant.
No pant is a shoe.
All shoe are books.
Deduction
Answer:
No conclusion
Problem 13
No month is a year
All months are hours
Some hours are weeks
Deduction
Answer:
No Conclusion
Problem 14
No Conclusion
Problem 15
No Conclusion
Linear Sequencing
Introduction
• Linear fashion means arrangement in a row.
• Analyze the problem and arrange it.
• Find the direct condition and start to solve, because
the remaining conditions are based on the direct
condition.
• No condition for the particular item, shows their is
possibility in answer.
Problem 1
There are five persons(A,B,C,D,E) in a room
Middle Seat : B or D
Problem 2
M,N,O,P,Q,R,S,T,U,V,W are 11 persons in a team.
sit in the same order at one extreme with no one to the left
of_P.
Cont…
Problem 2
P R Q S T U V W O M N (or)
P R Q S T U W V O M N
Problem 3
persons?
Answer:
i) C & B
Problem 5
Cont…
Problem 6
3. Before all athletes are seated there are two vacant seats
on either side of N. Which two athletes may occupy these
seats?
(a) G and K (b) G and L (c) J and H
(d) L and O (e) M and J
4. To have the proper seating arrangement, K should sit
between
(a)G and H (b) J and M (c) L and N
(d) J and N (e) J and L
Linear Sequencing
Answer:
1. a) H G KJ
2. b) J
3. b) G and L
4. e) J and L
Problem 7
Six persons A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting in two rows,
three in each. E is not at the end of any row. D is second to the
left of F. C, the neighbour of E, is sitting diagonally opposite to
D. B is the neighbour of F.
1.Which of the following are sitting diagonally opposite to each
other?
a) F and C b) D and A c) A and C d) A and F e) A and B
2.Who is facing B?
3.After interchanging seat with E, who will be the neighbours of
D in the new position?
a) A and C b) F and B c) Only B d) Only A e) Only C
Linear Sequencing
Answer:
1. d) A and F
2. E
3. a) A and C
Problem 8
Q
Problem 9
Five children are sitting in a row. S is sitting next
sitting adjacent to S?
Linear Sequencing
Answer:
P and T
Problem 10
There are five friends. They are standing in a row
facing South. Jayesh is to the immediate right of Alok.
Pramod is between Bhagat and Subodh. Subodh is
between Jayesh and Pramod.
1.Who is at the extreme left end?
2.Who is in the middle?
Linear Sequencing
Answer:
1. Alok
2. Subodh
Problem 11
Five persons A, B, C, D and E are sitting in a row
facing you such D is on the left of C and B is on the
right of E. A is on the right of C and B is on the left of
D. if E occupies a corner position, then who is sitting in
the centre?
Linear Sequencing
Answer:
D
Problem 12
A, B, C, D, E, F and G are sitting on a wall and
all of them are facing east. C is on the immediate right
of D. B is at an extreme end and has E as his neighbour.
G is between E and F. D is sitting third from the south
end.
1. G
2. G
3. a) AB
4. d) CF
Problem 13
In the Olympic Games, the flags of six nations
were flown on the masts in the following way;
The flag of America was to the left of Indian
tricolour and to the right of the flag of France. The flag
of Australia was on the right of the Indian flag but was
to the left of the flag Japan, which was to the left of the
flag of china. Find the two flags which are in the centre.
a)India and Australia b) America and India
c) Japan and Australia d) America ad Australia
Linear Sequencing
Answer:
E C A/D B G I H F D/ A J
Double Line Up
Introduction
• Form a table.
P 1 2 T
S/U 4 3 Q
S/U 6 5 R
W 7 8 V
cont…
Double Line Up
Answers:
• Employee Q is allocated locker 3
X A P
Z/Y B R
Z/Y C Q
Problem 3
There is a family of six persons P,Q,R,S,T and U. They
are Lawyer, Doctor, Teacher, Salesman, Engineer and
Accountant. There are two married couples in the family.
S, the salesman is married to the Lady Teacher. The
Doctor is married to the Lawyer. U, the Accountant is the
son of Q and brother of T. R, the Lawyer is the daughter-
in-law of P. T is the unmarried Engineer. P is the
Grandmother of U. What is P’s profession?
(Wipro 2008)
Double Line Up
Answer :
1. Data inadequate
2. T
3. First
Problem 5
The members of a bank are Mr. A, Mr. B, Mrs. C, Ms.
D, Mr. E and Ms. F. The positions they occupy are
Manager, Assistant Manager, Cashier, Stenographer,
Teller and a Clerk, though not necessarily in that order.
The Assistant Manager is the Manager’s grandson,
Cashier is Stenographer’s son in law, Mr. A is a
bachelor, Mr. B is 22 years old, Ms. D is Teller’s step
sister and Mr. E is Manager’s neighbour.
Cont…
Problem 5
1. Who is the manager?
2. Who is the assistant manager?
3. Who is cashier?
4. Who is the stenographer?
5. Who is the teller?
6. Who is the clerk?
Double Lineup
Answer:
1. Mrs. C
2. Mr. A.
3. Mr. B.
4. Mr. E.
5. Ms. F.
6. Ms. D
Problem 6
Five executives of European Corporation hold a
Conference in Rome
Cont…
Problem 6
1. Who can act as interpreter if Mr. C & Mr. D wish to
converse
a) only Mr. A b) Only Mr. B
c) Mr. A & Mr. B d) Any of the other three
Cont…
Double Lineup
Answer:
1. b) E and F
2. c) C and F
3. d) B and D
4. a) E
Problem 9
Five friends P, Q, R, S and T traveled to five different
cities of Chennai, Delhi, Bangalore and Hyderabad by
five different modes of transport of Bus, Train, Aero
plane, Car and Boat from Mumbai.
i) The person who traveled to Delhi did not travel by
boat.
ii)R went to Bangalore by car and Q went to Calcutta by
aero plane.
iii)S traveled by boat whereas T traveled by Train.
iv)Mumbai is not connected by bus to Delhi and
Chennai.
Cont…
Problem 9
1. Which of the following combinations of person and
mode is not correct?
a) P – Bus b) R – car c) T – Aero plane d) S - Boat
2. Which of the following combinations is true for S?
a) Delhi – Bus b) Chennai- Bus c) Chennai - Boat
3. Who is that person traveled to Delhi?
4. The person went to Delhi traveled by?
Double lineup
Answer:
1. c) T – Aero plane
2. c) Chennai – Boat
3. T
4. Train
Problem 10
In a school, there were five teachers. A and B were
teaching Hindi and English. C and B were teaching
English and Geography. D and A were teaching
Mathematics and Hindi. E and B were teaching History
and French.
1.Who is teaching maximum number of Subjects?
2.More than two teachers were teaching which subjects?
3.Which subject were handle by D, B and A?
Double Lineup
Answer:
1. B
2. English and Hindi
3. Hindi
Problem 11
Six students A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting in the field.
A and B are from Nehru house while the rest belong
to Gandhi house. D and F are tall while the others
are short. A, C and D are wearing glasses while the
others are not.
1. Which of the two student, who are not wearing
glasses are short?
2. Which short student of Gandhi house is not wearing
glasses?
3. Which tall student of Gandhi house is not wearing
glasses?
Double Lineup
Answer:
1. B and E
2. E
3. F
Problem 12
Jayant, Kamal, Namita, Asha and Tanmay are five
members of a family. They have their birth dates from
January to May, each member in one of these months.
Each one likes one particular item for his/her
birthday out of Bengali sweets, Chocolates, Pastries,
Ice cream and Dry fruits.
The one who likes Pastries is born in the month
which is exactly middle in the months given. Asha does
not like Ice cream but brings Chocolates for Jayant in
February. Tanmay who is fond of Bengali sweets is
born the next month immediately after Namita. Namita
does not like Dry fruits or Ice cream. Cont…
Problem 12
1. What is the choice of Asha?
2. Which combination of month and item is true for
Jayant?
3. What is the choice of Kamal?
4. In which month was Kamal born?
Double Lineup
Answer:
1. Dry fruits
2. February – Chocolates
3. Ice cream
4. January or May
Problem 13
In a group of six women, there are four dancers,
four vocal musicians, one actress and three violinists.
Girija and Vanaja are among the violinists while Jalaja
and Shailja do not know how to play on the violin.
Shailja and Tanuja are among the dancers. Jalaja,
Vanaja, Shailja and Tanuja are all vocal musicians and
two of them are also violinists. If pooja is an actress,
who among the following is both a dancer and a
violinist?
a) Jalaja b) Shailja c) Tanuja d) Pooja
Double Lineup
Answer:
C) Tanuja
Problem 14
There are six friends A, B, C, D, E and F. each
one is proficient in one of the games, namely
Badminton, Volleyball, Cricket, Hockey, Tennis and
polo. Each owns a different colored car, namely yellow,
green, black, white, blue and red. D plays polo and
owns a yellow colored car. C does not play either
Tennis or Hockey and owns neither blue nor yellow
colored car. E owns a white car and plays Badminton. B
does not play Tennis, he owns a red colored car. A plays
Cricket and owns a black car.
Problem 14
1. Who plays volleyball?
2. Which colored car F owns?
3. Which of the following combinations of color of car
and game played is not correct?
a) Yellow – Polo b) Green – Tennis
c) Black – Cricket d) Red – Hockey
Double lineup
Answer:
1. C
2. Blue
3. b) Green - Tennis
Problem 15
P, Q, R, S, T and U are six students procuring
their Master’s degree in six different subjects – English,
History, Philosophy, Physics, Statistics and
Mathematics.
Two of them stay in hostel, two stay as paying
guest (PG) and remaining two stay at their home. R
does not stay as PG and studies philosophy.
The students staying Statistics and History do not
stay as PG. T studies Mathematics and S studies
Physics. U and S stay in hostel. T stay as PG and Q
stays at home.
Cont…
Problem 15
1. Who studies English?
2. Which of the following combinations of subject and
place of stay is not correct?
a) English – Hostel b) Mathematics – PG
c) Philosophy – Home d) Physics - Hostel
3. Which subject does Q study?
4. Which of the following pairs of students stay at
home?
a) PQ b) QR c) RS d) ST
Double Lineup
Answer:
1. P
2. a) English – Hostel
3. History or Statistics
4. b) QR
Ordering
Types
• Ordering
Questions Related to the rank
• Elimination
Questions related to the extremes
Answer:
K is tallest.
Problem 2
P,Q,R,S,T are 5 cars. It is further known that T is faster and
is the slowest and the cheapest of all cars, but is the most
third costliest.
Cont…
Problem 2
1.Which of the cars is the fastest?
(Wipro 2008).
Ordering
Answer :
5 years
Problem 5
B
Problem 6
There are six steps that lead from the first to the second
floor. No two people can be on the same step. Mr. A is
two steps below Mr. C. Mr. B is a step next to Mr. D
Only one step is vacant (No one standing on that step)
Denote the first step by step 1 and second
step by step 2etc.
Cont….
Problem 6
1. If Mr. A is on the first step, Which of the following is
true?
(a) Mr. B is on the second step
(b) Mr. C is on the fourth step.
(c) A person Mr. E, could be on the third step
(d) Mr. D is on higher step than Mr. C.
Cont…
Ordering
Answer:
Cont…
Problem 8
1. If the painter work on Thursday, which one of the
following alternatives is possible?
(a) The electrician works on Tuesday.
(b) The electrician works on Friday.
(c) The interior decorator works after the painter does.
(d) The painter works on consecutive days.
(e) Miss Dean cannot fit all of the workers in the
schedule
Cont…
Problem 8
2. If the painter works on Friday which of the following
must be false?
(a) The carpenter may work on Wednesday
(b) The carpenter and the electrician may work on
consecutive days
(c) If the carpenter works on Thursday, the electrician
has to work on Wednesday
(d) The plumber may work before the electrician does
(e) The electrician may work on Tuesday
Ordering
Answer:
The cricket ball is lighter than the hockey ball, and the
lighter than the football but heavier than the tennis ball.
Football
Problem 10
Six students A, B, C, D, E, and F participated in a self-
evaluation test of Quants and Data Interpretation
(D.I). The total marks of A in Quants was just above
C and in D.I. just above F.
B was just above C in D.I. but he scored less than D in
Quants. F got more marks than D and E in D.I. but
did not perform as well in Quants as D.I. No one is
in between C and D in Quants and C and A in D.I.
1. Who got the highest marks in D.I.?
2. Who was just below D in Quants?
Ordering
Answer:
1. B
2. Data Inadequate
Problem 11
Six plays A, B, C, D, E and F are to be staged, one on
each day from Monday to Saturday. The schedule of the
plays is to be in accordance with the following.
i) A must be staged a day before E.
ii) C must not be stages on Tuesday
iii) B must be staged on the day following the day on
which F is staged.
iv) D must be staged on Friday only and should not be
immediately preceded by B.
v) E must not be staged on the last day of the schedule.
Cont…
Problem 11
1. Which of the following plays immediately follows
B?
a) A b) C c) D d) E e) F
2. Which of the following plays is on Monday?
a) E b) F c) C d) B e) A
3. Play D is between which of the following pairs of
plays?
a) B and E b) E and F c) A and E d) E and C e) C
and F
Ordering
Answer:
a) A
b) F
d) E and C
Problem 12
At the end of a cricket series, when five players were
arranged in the ascending order of runs scored by them,
O was fourth while N was first. When they were
arranged in descending order for wickets taken by them,
K replaces O while O replaces L. M’s position remains
uncharged. K has scored more runs than M. L is having
first rank in one ranking and fifth in another.
1.Who has scored the highest runs in the series?
2.Who has taken the lowest number of wickets?
Ordering
Answer:
1. L
2. O
Problem 13
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H are eight friends. Three of
them play cricket and table tennis and two of them
play football. Each one of them has a different
height.
The tallest does not play football and the shortest does
not play cricket.
F is taller than A and D but Shorter than H and B. E
who does not play cricket, is taller than B and is
second to the tallest. G is shorter than D but taller
than A. H, who is fourth from top, plays table tennis
with D. G does not play either cricket or football. B
does not play football.
Cont…
Problem 13
1. C
2. A
3. Fifth
4. b) CBF
Problem 14
i) A, B, C, D, E and F are six students in a class
ii) B and C are shorter than F but heavier than A
iii) D is heavier than B and taller than C
iv) E is shorter than D but taller than F
v) F is heavier than D
vi) A is shorter than E but taller than F.
1. D
2. A
3. Data inadequate
4. F, B, C only
Problem 15
A sales representative plans to visit each of six
companies M, N, P, Q, R and S exactly once during the
course of one day. She is setting up her schedule for the
day according to the following conditions.
i)She must visit M before N and R.
ii)She must visit N before Q
iii)The third company she visits must be P.
1.If the sales representative visits S first, which
company must she visit second?
Cont…
Problem 15
2. The sales representative could visit any of the
following companies immediately after P except:
a) S b) R c) Q d) N e) M
3. Find the order in which the sales representative visits
the six companies?
4. If sales representative visits Q immediately before R
and immediately after S, she must visit Q:
a) First b) second c) fourth d) fifth e) sixth
Ordering
Answer:
1. M
2. e) M
3. M, S, P, N, R, Q
4. d) fifth
Selections
Introduction
Cont…
Problem 2
1. Deepa
2. Beena
3. Charu
4. Ela
5. Asha
Problem 4
A scientist is trying to prepare a medicine using
four ingredients. He can choose from the stable
chemicals A, B and C and the unstable chemicals W, X,
Y and Z. in order to see that the medicine does not
explode, there must be two stable chemicals in it. Also
certain chemicals cannot be mixed because of their
reaction together.
Cont….
Problem 4
• Chemical B cannot be mixed with chemical W.
• Chemical C cannot be mixed with chemical Y.
• Chemical Y cannot be mixed with chemical Z.
1. If Y is the most important chemical and must be used in
the formula, which other ingredients must be used?
2. If chemical B is rejected because of its possible side –
effects but it is decided to use chemical Z, which is a
possible combination of the four ingredients in the
formula?
Selection
Answer:
1. A, B and X.
2. A, C, W and Z / A, C, X, Z.
Problem 5
Four students are to be selected from T, U, X, Y, Z.
2. UYX
Problem 6
The office staff of XYZ corporation presently consists
of three bookkeepers--A, B, C and 5 secretaries D, E, F,
G, H. The management is planning to open a new office
in another city using 2 bookkeepers and 3 secretaries of
the present staff . To do so they plan to separate certain
individuals who don't function well together. The
following guidelines were established to set up the new
office
Cont….
Problem 6
I. Bookkeepers A and C are constantly finding fault
with one another and should not be sent together to
the new office as a team.
II. C and E function well alone but not as a team, they
should be separated.
III. D and G have not been on speaking terms and
shouldn't go together.
IV. Since D and F have been competing for promotion
they shouldn't form a team.
Cont…
Problem 6
1. If A is to be moved as one of the bookkeepers, which
of the following cannot be a possible working unit.
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
3. If C is sent to the new office, which member of the
staff cannot go with C
a) B b) D c) F d) G
Cont…
Problem 6
4. Under the guidelines developed, which of the following must go to
the new office
a) B b) D c) E d) G
1. a) ABDEH
2. a) 1
3. b) D
4. a) B
5. d) I and III only
Problem 7
A team is to be selected from the hockey players
available from the Circuit. The selection team would
require at least four people. There are three coaches
A,B,C and three selectors D,E,F available. But there
schedules do not match . A cannot come if D is selected.
If C is selected F should also be selected. If E is selected
B should not be selected. What is the team?
(Wipro)
Selection
Answer:
P sits two tables to the left of R and Q sits two tables to the
right of R.
Answer:
Answer:
Answer:
1. Left of B is D
2. Right of C is A
Problem 4
Five girls are standing in a circle facing the centre.
Sumitha is between Lata and Asha. Mamta is to the
right of Lata.
Answer:
1. Rajni.
2. Asha
Problem 5
6 people A,B,C,D,E and F sit around a table for
1. D and E
1. D and E
2. E
Problem 7
Mr. A, Miss B, Mr. C and Miss D are sitting
around a table and discussing their trades.
i) Mr. A sit opposite to cook
ii) Miss. B sits right to the barber
iii)The washer man is on the left of the tailor
iv)Miss. D sits opposite Mr. C.
1. What are the trades of A and B?
a) Tailor and Barber b) Tailor and Cook c) Barber and
Cook d) Washer man and Cook
Seating Arrangement
Answer:
Q
Problem 10
A, B, C, D, E and F are seated in a circle facing
the centre. D is between F and B. A is second to the left
of D and second to the right of E.
1.Who is facing A?
2.Who among the following is facing D?
a) A b) C c) E d) cannot be determined
Seating Arrangement
Answer:
1. B
2. b) C
Problem 11
Eight friends A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting
in a circle facing centre. B is sitting between G and D. H
is third to the left of B and second to the right of A. C is
sitting between A and G and B and E are not sitting
opposite to each other.
1.Who is third to the left of D?
2.Which of the following statement is not correct?
a) C is third to the right of D b) A is sitting between C
and F c) E is sitting between F and D.
Seating Arrangement
Answer:
1. A
2. c) E is sitting between F and D
Problem 12
Eight friends J, K, L, M, N, O, P and Q are sitting
around a circle facing the centre. J is not the neighbour
of N. L is third to the right of K. Q is second to the left
of N, who is next to the right of L. O is not the
neighbour of N or K and is to the immediate left of P.
1.Which of the following pair of persons represent O’s
neighbours?
a) L & N b) P & K c) M & P d) N & P
Cont…
Problem 12
1. a) Rashi
Problem 15
A group of eight members sit in a circle. D is
between A and F and is opposite to G. E is to the right
of A but on the left of C, whose right hand neighbour is
G. B enjoys having H to his left and F to his right. Find
the member who is diagonally opposite to A.
a) B b) F c) G d) H
Seating Arrangement
Answer:
1. d) H