Questions on Logical Reasoning Puzzles for CLAT
Questions on Logical Reasoning Puzzles for CLAT
Direction for Questions (1- 5) : Study the information given below and answer the questions based on it.
Seven friends I, J, K, L, M, N and O lives in a seven-floor building. The ground floor is no.1, the floor above it is no.2 and so on. M does not live on an even numbered floor. O does not live on the topmost floor. Only one person lives between M and O. I does not live on an even numbered floor and does not live below N. L does not live immediately above or immediately below O. Two persons lives between L and M. Both K and J do not live on an odd-numbered floor. There are two floors between the floors on which O and K live. N lives on floor number 5.
1. L lives on which floor?
First
Fifth
Third
Sixth
2. How many persons live between L and N?
None
One
Two
Three
3. Who among the following lives on floor number 4?
O
J
K
L
4. How many persons live between I and M?
Two
Three
Five
Four
5. If K interchanges his floor with the one who lives on floor number two, then who among the following lives exactly between L and J?
N
I
O
M
Direction for Questions (6 - 10) Study the information given below and answer the questions based on it.
Seven persons P, Q, R, S, T, U and V buy cars in different months i.e. June, July, August, September, October, November and December, not necessarily in the same order. U bought a car in a month which was having 30 days but not in September. Three persons bought cars between U and T. Two persons bought cars between T and Q. Three persons bought cars between Q and P. P bought car one of the months before Q. Two persons bought cars between P and V. S bought car one of the months after V.
6. Who among the following bought car in June?
P
R
Q
T
7. Which of the following does not belongs to the group?
T
R
Q
P
8. How many persons bought car between P and V?
1
2
3
4
9. Which of the following combination is correct?
T-June
P-November
S-October
None
10. How many persons bought car after V?
1
2
3
4
Answer key
Ans.1 – d. L lives on 6th floor
Ans.2 – a. None lives between L and N
Ans.3 – c. K lives on floor numbered 4.
Ans.4 – b. Three person lives between I and M.
Ans.5 – a. If K interchanges his floor with the one who lives on floor number two, then N lives exactly between L and J.
Floor | Person |
7 | I |
6 | L |
5 | N |
4 | K |
3 | M |
2 | J |
1 | O |
Ans.6 – a. P bought car in June.
Ans.7 – d. All the persons bought the car in a month which was having 31 days except P
Ans.8 – b. Two person bought car between P and R.
Ans.9 – d. None of the above.
Ans.10 – c. Three persons bought car after V.
Month | Person |
June | P |
July | T |
August | R |
September | V |
October | Q |
November | U |
December | S |
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