Analytical Reasoning Questions with Solutions
Analytical reasoning questions give a set of conditions about people, objects or events and ask you to deduce facts from them. They include puzzles on scheduling (who does what on which day), distribution (who owns which item), floor-based puzzles, comparisons, and grouping or selection problems where certain people must or cannot be chosen together. The key is organising the information. Draw a table or grid with the categories as rows and columns, and fill in the definite clues first. Then use the conditional clues to eliminate possibilities, marking crosses for what is impossible and ticks for what is certain. When a clue leaves two possibilities, write both cases and test each against the remaining clues. Usually one case leads to a contradiction. Most puzzles have four or five questions, so time spent setting up a clear grid pays off. Practise the analytical reasoning puzzles below. Each solution shows the grid built step by step.
- Q1.
Which two files are Read-only Excel spreadsheets stored only on the Local Disk?
A. R and TB. S and UC. Q and RD. T and UeasyAsked in NIMCET 2026View solution › - Q2.
In a reality show, two judges independently gave marks to the participants. The marks given by the second judge are y = 1 + x, where x is the marks given by the first judge. Then, for a participant,
A. the rank given by the first judge is more than that of the second judgeB. the ranks given by both the judges differ by 2C. the rank given by the second judge is more than that of the first judgeD. the ranks given by both the judges are the sameeasyAsked in NIMCET 2023View solution › - Q3.
A one rupee coin is placed on a plain paper. How many coins of the same size can be placed round it so that each one touches the central coin and its adjacent coins?
A. 9B. 8C. 4D. 6easyAsked in NIMCET 2010View solution › - Q4.
You are in the land of logic where there are 3 types of rabbits. Blue rabbits always tell the truth, green rabbits sometimes tell the truth and red rabbits never tell the truth. A rabbit says to you, "I always lie." What colour is the rabbit?
A. BlueB. RedC. GreenD. Cannot be concludedeasyAsked in NIMCET 2009View solution › - Q5.
In a family, there are a husband-wife, two sons and two daughters. All the ladies were invited to dinner. Both sons went out to play. The husband did not return from the office. Who was at home?
A. Only wife was at homeB. Nobody was at homeC. Only sons were at homeD. All the ladies were at homeeasyAsked in MAH LLB 3 Year CET 2026View solution › - Q6.
Six books are labelled A, B, C, D, E and F and are placed side by side. Books B, C, E and F have green covers while the others have yellow covers. Books A, B and D are new while the rest are old volumes. Books A, B and C are law reports while the rest are medical extracts. Which two books are old medical extracts and have green covers?
A. C and EB. B and CC. E and FD. C and FeasyAsked in NIMCET 2022View solution › - Q7.
Who ordered the burger, and what drink did they order?
A. Deepika, colaB. Bharat, waterC. Aditi, orange juiceD. Chandan, lemonadeeasyAsked in NIMCET 2024View solution ›