Dear PaGaLGuY readers,
As we all know, Logical Reasoning is
an important component of a number of competitive examinations such as the UPSC
Civil Services Examination, Banking Entrance Examinations, SSC CGL/CHSL
Examination, MBA Entrance Examination, Combined Defence Services Examination, etc.
In order to help you practise and improve your reasoning ability, we provide you
this Logical Reasoning Quiz.
Given below are a few questions from
SSC examinations held in the last few years. Leave your answers/ responses in
the comments section below and soon we’ll let you know the correct answers!
1. In a certain code language, THANKS is written as SKNTHA.
How is STUPID written in that code language?
(a) DISPUTS (b) DISPUT (c) DIPUST (d) None of these
2. If SPIDER is written as PSDIRE in a certain code, how
would COMMON be written in that code?
(a) OCOMMO (b) OCMMNO (c) OCMOMN (d) OCMMON
3. At the fair I bought 6 erasers and 2 pens for ₹ 15. If I
could have bought 4 more erasers for ₹ 14 than pens for ₹ 9, the price of a pen
was
(a) ₹ 1.50 (b) ₹ 1.75 (c) ₹ 2.25 (d) None of the above
4. A bowl of sweets was placed on a table to be distributed
among three brothers-Rajan, Sajal and Karan. Rajan arrived first and ate what
he thought was his share of sweets and left. Then, Sajal arrived. He thought
that he was the first one to arrive and ate the number of sweets, he thought
was his share and left. Lastly, Karan arrived. He again thought he was the
first one to arrive and he took what he thought was his share. If 16 sweets are
left in the bowl finally, how many sweets did the bowl contain initially?
(a) 27 (b) 36 (c) 48 (d) 54
5. An egg vendor calls
on his first customer and sells half his eggs and half an egg. To the second
customer, he sells half of what he was left with and half an egg, and to the
third customer, he sells half of what he was then left with and half an egg. However,
he did not break any egg. If, in the
end, the vendor was left with three eggs, how many eggs did he have initially ?
(a) 26 (b) 31 (c) 39 (d) None of these
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