AILET entrance exam Question Bank Solutions for Logical Reasoning

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Eight people - E, F, G, H, J, K, L and M are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. Each of them is of a different profession - Chartered Accountant, Columnist, Doctor, Engineer, Financial Analyst, Lawyer, Professor and Scientist, but not necessarily in the same order. F is sitting second to the left of K. The Scientist is an immediate neighbour of K. There are only three people between the Scientist and E. Only one person sits between the Engineer and E. The Columnist is to the immediate right of the Engineer. M is second to the right of K. H is the Scientist.
G and J are immediate neighbours of each other. Neither G nor J is an Engineer. The Financial Analyst is to the immediate left of F. The Lawyer is second to the right of the Columnist. The Professor is an immediate neighbour of the Engineer. G is second to the right of the Chartered Accountant.

Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the given arrangement and hence form a group. Which of the following does not belong to that group?

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Eight people - E, F, G, H, J, K, L and M are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. Each of them is of a different profession - Chartered Accountant, Columnist, Doctor, Engineer, Financial Analyst, Lawyer, Professor and Scientist, but not necessarily in the same order. F is sitting second to the left of K. The Scientist is an immediate neighbour of K. There are only three people between the Scientist and E. Only one person sits between the Engineer and E. The Columnist is to the immediate right of the Engineer. M is second to the right of K. H is the Scientist.
G and J are immediate neighbours of each other. Neither G nor J is an Engineer. The Financial Analyst is to the immediate left of F. The Lawyer is second to the right of the Columnist. The Professor is an immediate neighbour of the Engineer. G is second to the right of the Chartered Accountant.

What is the position of L with respect to the Scientist?

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Eight people - E, F, G, H, J, K, L and M are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. Each of them is of a different profession - Chartered Accountant, Columnist, Doctor, Engineer, Financial Analyst, Lawyer, Professor and Scientist, but not necessarily in the same order. F is sitting second to the left of K. The Scientist is an immediate neighbour of K. There are only three people between the Scientist and E. Only one person sits between the Engineer and E. The Columnist is to the immediate right of the Engineer. M is second to the right of K. H is the Scientist.
G and J are immediate neighbours of each other. Neither G nor J is an Engineer. The Financial Analyst is to the immediate left of F. The Lawyer is second to the right of the Columnist. The Professor is an immediate neighbour of the Engineer. G is second to the right of the Chartered Accountant.

Which of the following statements is true according to the given arrangement?

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Nine players - G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O - have to be put in three teams. Each team will consist of three players and each player will appear only once in a team. The teams must be arranged according to the following conditions.

1. I and N must be on the same team.
2. K and L must be on the same team.
3.  O and J cannot be on the same team.
4. M must be in the second team.
5. Either J or M or both must be on the team with H.

Which of the following cannot be true?

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Nine players - G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, and O - have to be put in three teams. Each team will consist of three players and each player will appear only once in a team. The teams must be arranged according to the following conditions.

1. I and N must be on the same team.
2. K and L must be on the same team.
3.  O and J cannot be on the same team.
4. M must be in the second team.
5. Either J or M or both must be on the team with H.

All of the following could be in the same team as K, except

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Nine players - G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, and O - have to be put in three teams. Each team will consist of three players and each player will appear only once in a team. The teams must be arranged according to the following conditions.

1. I and N must be on the same team.
2. K and L must be on the same team.
3.  O and J cannot be on the same team.
4. M must be in the second team.
5. Either J or M or both must be on the team with H.

If J and K are in the 3rd team, then which of the following players must be in the 2nd?

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Nine players - G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, and O - have to be put in three teams. Each team will consist of three players and each player will appear only once in a team. The teams must be arranged according to the following conditions.

1. I and N must be on the same team.
2. K and L must be on the same team.
3.  O and J cannot be on the same team.
4. M must be in the second team.
5. Either J or M or both must be on the team with H.

Which of the following players could be in a team together?

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Nine players - G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, and O - have to be put in three teams. Each team will consist of three players and each player will appear only once in a team. The teams must be arranged according to the following conditions.

1. I and N must be on the same team.
2. K and L must be on the same team.
3.  O and J cannot be on the same team.
4. M must be in the second team.
5. Either J or M or both must be on the team with H.

The 3rd team could consist of the following except

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A Science student has exactly four flasks - 1, 2, 3, and 4 - originally containing a red, a blue, a green, and an orange chemical, respectively. An experiment consists of mixing exactly two of these chemicals together by completely emptying the contents of one of the flasks into another of the flasks. The following conditions apply
The product of an experiment cannot be used in further experiments.
Mixing the contents of 1 and 2 produces a red chemical.
Mixing the contents of 2 and 3 produces an orange chemical.
Mixing the contents of 3 with the contents of either 1 or 4 produces a blue chemical.
Mixing the contents of 4 with the contents of either 1 or 2 produces a green chemical.

If the student performs exactly one experiment, then which one of the following could be the colors of the chemicals in resulting three non-empty flasks?

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A Science student has exactly four flasks - 1, 2, 3, and 4 - originally containing a red, a blue, a green, and an orange chemical, respectively. An experiment consists of mixing exactly two of these chemicals together by completely emptying the contents of one of the flasks into another of the flasks. The following conditions apply
The product of an experiment cannot be used in further experiments.
Mixing the contents of 1 and 2 produces a red chemical.
Mixing the contents of 2 and 3 produces an orange chemical.
Mixing the contents of 3 with the contents of either 1 or 4 produces a blue chemical.
Mixing the contents of 4 with the contents of either 1 or 2 produces a green chemical.

If the student performs exactly two experiments, then which one of the following could be the colours of the chemicals in the resulting two non-empty flasks?

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A Science student has exactly four flasks - 1, 2, 3, and 4 - originally containing a red, a blue, a green, and an orange chemical, respectively. An experiment consists of mixing exactly two of these chemicals together by completely emptying the contents of one of the flasks into another of the flasks. The following conditions apply
The product of an experiment cannot be used in further experiments.
Mixing the contents of 1 and 2 produces a red chemical.
Mixing the contents of 2 and 3 produces an orange chemical.
Mixing the contents of 3 with the contents of either 1 or 4 produces a blue chemical.
Mixing the contents of 4 with the contents of either 1 or 2 produces a green chemical.

If the student performs exactly one experiment and none of the resulting three non-empty flasks contains a red chemical, then which one of the following could be the colours of the chemicals in the three flasks?

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A Science student has exactly four flasks - 1, 2, 3, and 4 - originally containing a red, a blue, a green, and an orange chemical, respectively. An experiment consists of mixing exactly two of these chemicals together by completely emptying the contents of one of the flasks into another of the flasks. The following conditions apply
The product of an experiment cannot be used in further experiments.
Mixing the contents of 1 and 2 produces a red chemical.
Mixing the contents of 2 and 3 produces an orange chemical.
Mixing the contents of 3 with the contents of either 1 or 4 produces a blue chemical.
Mixing the contents of 4 with the contents of either 1 or 2 produces a green chemical.

If the student performs exactly one experiment and exactly one of the resulting three non-empty flasks contains a blue chemical, which one of the following must be the colours of the chemicals in other two flasks?

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A Science student has exactly four flasks - 1, 2, 3, and 4 - originally containing a red, a blue, a green, and an orange chemical, respectively. An experiment consists of mixing exactly two of these chemicals together by completely emptying the contents of one of the flasks into another of the flasks. The following conditions apply
The product of an experiment cannot be used in further experiments.
Mixing the contents of 1 and 2 produces a red chemical.
Mixing the contents of 2 and 3 produces an orange chemical.
Mixing the contents of 3 with the contents of either 1 or 4 produces a blue chemical.
Mixing the contents of 4 with the contents of either 1 or 2 produces a green chemical.

If the student will perform exactly two experiments and after the first experiment exactly one of the resulting three non-empty flasks contains an orange chemical, then in the second experiment the student could mix together the contents of flasks

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A Science student has exactly four flasks - 1, 2, 3, and 4 - originally containing a red, a blue, a green, and an orange chemical, respectively. An experiment consists of mixing exactly two of these chemicals together by completely emptying the contents of one of the flasks into another of the flasks. The following conditions apply
The product of an experiment cannot be used in further experiments.
Mixing the contents of 1 and 2 produces a red chemical.
Mixing the contents of 2 and 3 produces an orange chemical.
Mixing the contents of 3 with the contents of either 1 or 4 produces a blue chemical.
Mixing the contents of 4 with the contents of either 1 or 2 produces a green chemical.

If the student performs exactly one experiment and none of the resulting three non-empty flasks contains an orange chemical, then the student must have mixed the contents of

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Going around the village, you come across three people. One of them is a dentist, one is a barrister and one is a professor. You want to know who is who.
Peter, I am not a professor. Shina is not a professor.
Matt Peter is not a barrister. Shina is a professor.
Shina Peter is not a dentist. I am not a professor.

Which of the following is true?

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You come across three women, one of whom is an excellent singer. You start questioning them when you notice that Minaxi is wearing a flower in her hair.
Madhuri: I am not a singer. The singer wears a flower in her hair.
Minaxi: I am a singer. The singer is amongst us.
Jaya: Madhuri is the singer. Minaxi is not the singer.

Who is the singer?

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You want to expand your horizons and decide to go to the village of "Where is Who" which is deep inside the island. You come to the border of "Kya Kya" and see a road sign. One leads to the left and the other right. There are no other roads. You ask the inhabitants.
Maroof: I do not speak to strangers. I am new to these parts.
Nafish: Take the road to the right. I am married to Ayesha.
Ayesha : I am not Nafish's wife. Maroof is not new to these parts.

Which one of the following is true?

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There is a family of 6 persons A, B. C, D, E, and F. These are two married couples in the family. The family members are lawyers, teachers, salesman, engineer, accountant, and doctor. D, the salesman is married to the lady teacher. The doctor is married to a lawyer. F, the accountant is the son of B and brother of E. C, the lawyer is the daughter-in-law of A. E is the unmarried engineer. A is the grandmother of F.

How is D related to E?

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The fathers of five students A. B, C, D, and E have different professions i.e. teaching, music, medicine, law, and architecture. A's father is not an architect but E's father is a singer. B's father teaches while C's father practices medicine. D's father is not a lawyer.

Whose father is a lawyer?

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From a group of six boys M, N, O, P, Q, and Rand five girls G, H, I, J, and K a team of six are to be selected. Some of the criteria for selection are as follows.

1. M and J go together.
2. O cannot be placed with N.
3. I cannot go with J.
4. No goes with H.
5. P and Q have to be together.
6. K and R go together.
7. Unless otherwise stated these criteria are applicable to the following question.

If the team consists of two girls and I is one of them, the other members are