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.

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.