All Analytical and Logical Reasoning MCQs

Question 1

The Quiver family are planning to spend two consecutive days in Stratford to go to the theatres there. They are determined to see all four plays currently being presented. The weekly timela of plays is in the table below.Which two days should the family spend in Stratford?

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Wednesday and Thursday

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Monday and Tuesday

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Thursday and Friday

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Friday and Saturday

Question 2

I normally catch the 08:19 bus to work in the morning. Yesterday, I thought that I had arrived the bus stop 2 minutes too late and would have to wait for the later bus. However, my watch turned out to be 6 minutes fast and the 08:19 bus was running 3 minutes late.How long did I wait at the bus stop yesterday morning?

Accepted Answer

7 minutes

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5 minutes

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9 minutes

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11 minutes

Question 3

The time on my clock has just changed to 03:45, showing four different digits.How long will it be until the next time the display shows four completely different digits, none of which is the same as those above?

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12 hours 42 minutes

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3 hours 12 minutes

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9 hours 22 minutes

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12 hours 22 minutes

Question 4

Bus routes 27, 37, and 47 all stop at Ferguson Square. Hamish was! sitting time and noted the order in which they arrived. Sometimes more than same time. The order was:On all the routes the buses are scheduled to arrive intervals, and they always keep to the timetable. Which one if the following would explain observed order?

Accepted Answer

The number 27 arrives at 6-minute intervals, the 37 at 10-minute intervals, and the 47 every 20 minutes

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The number 27 arrives at 5-minute intervals, the 37 at 10-minute intervals, and the 47 every 20 minutes

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The number 27 arrives at 9-minute intervals, the 37 at 15-minute intervals, and the 47 every 40 minutes

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The number 27 arrives at 10-minute intervals, the 37 at 20-minute intervals, and the 47 every 30 minutes

Question 5

Four supermarkets are in competition and regularly have special offers on basic food products as a way of attracting customers. The latest promotion of special offers features 500-gram pots of yoghurt.Which supermarket's special offer will give the customer the lowest price per 500-gram yoghurt pot?

Accepted Answer

SAINSONS

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ASCO

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MORRISBY

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TESDA

Question 6

Financial services usually have a disclaimer that past performance is no indicator of future returns, yet they also advertise using past performance. Which one of the following graphs is not consistent with the claim that "in most years the value of our unit bond has increased by over $10?

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C

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A

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B

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D

Question 7

Al-Jolson Airways runs a scheduled flight from Marseilles to Cairo, stopping at Palermo and Benghazi, every day. The plane takes off from Marseille at 08:00 and arrives at Palermo an hour later. After a 10-minute stop, it takes off again and then lands at Benghazi at 10:00, where it takes 10 minutes to refuel before taking off for Cairo. It finally lands in Cairo at 11:30. The aeroplane normally flies at 600 km/h, but on today's flight the pilot encountered turbulence and had to slow down to 500 km/h for 15 minutes. The plane was delayed in the approach to Cairo and had to circle at 300 km/h for 10 minutes before landing. Which of the following graphs best represents the airplane's speed during the journey?

Accepted Answer

Option B

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Option A

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Option C

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Option D

Question 8

Two the edges of Mae's rectangular lawn measure 7 metres.Which one of the following further pieces of information about Mae's lawn would not be sufficient by itself to determine how long the other two sides are?

Accepted Answer

The perimeter of the lawn is 19.2 metres

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The area of the lawn in square metres is numerically equal to its perimeter in metres

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The length of the lawn is 2.5 times its width

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The mean of the length and the width of the lawn is 4.8 metres

Question 9

Abdullah needs to take a bus to Lahore, which leaves once an hour from his hometown. Nobody in his family knows at exactly how many minutes past the hour the bus is scheduled to depart.Aisha is sure that the number is such that, if it were divided by 3. the remainder would be 2. Sharif is certain that the number is such that, divided by 4, there would be a remainder of 3. Abdullah's father has no doubt that the number of minutes is a multiple of 5.Assuming that they have all given correct information, at how many minutes past the hour does the bus depart?

Accepted Answer

35

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5

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15

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45

Question 10

A child is playing a game by placing four straight sticks on the grand.She scores 1 point for every crossing point made. She cannot break any of the sticks.What is the largest number of points that she can score

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6

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4

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5

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7

Question 11

The yeast I use to make bread doubles in size overnight, but I take a fixed weight away each day.Which one of the following plots could not show the weight of yeast on consecutive days after the ixed weight has been removed?

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B

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A

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C

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D

Question 12

I received the following email:I have only $2250 but I want to send two messages to the largest number of addresse worldwide. What is the largest number of addresses I can contact?

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205,000,000

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123,000,000

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2,230,000,000

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32,000,000

Question 13

A dice is numbered from 1 to 6 in different ways. If 1 is adjacent to 2, 4, and 6, then which of the following statements is necessarily true?

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3 is adjacent to 5

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2 is opposite to 6

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1 is adjacent to 3

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3 is opposite to 5

Question 14

A cleaning solution is used to remove limescale, CaCO3, from bathroom surfaces. When the solution is sprayed onto the limescale, effervescence (fizzing) occurs and the solid limescale begins to disappear. This chemical reaction is needed because the limescale cannot be removed with water alone. Which of the following statements about this chemical reaction are correct? 1. The cleaning solution is acidic. 2. The effervescence (fizzing) is caused by the release of hydrogen gas. 3. The pH of the reacting solution will go down as the reaction proceeds. 4. The salt produced in the reaction is more soluble than CaCO3

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1 and 3 only

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1, 2, and 3 only

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1 and 4 only

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2 and 3 only

Question 15

The price for hiring a car is determined by the number of days for which it is to be hired and the number of people who will be using it. The table below shows the prices for groups of up to 5 people hiring cars for up to 7 days. Patrick is part of a group of 5 people on a holiday for 5 days. They will be going on outings each day, and had planned to hire one car for all of them for all 5 days. However, two of the group of people will only be there for the first 3 days, so an alternative is to hire one car for this period and another for the final two days. What will be the difference if they choose this alternative?

Accepted Answer

It will be $2 more expensive

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It will be $5 cheaper

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It will be $2 cheaper

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It will be $5 more expensive

Question 16

A cleaning solution is used to remove limescale, CaCO3, from bathroom surfaces. When the solution is sprayed onto the limescale, effervescence (fizzing) occurs and the solid limescale begins to disappear. This chemical reaction is needed because the limescale cannot be removed with water alone. Which of the following statements about this chemical reaction are correct? 1 The cleaning solution is acidic. 2 The effervescence (fizzing) is caused by the release of hydrogen gas. 3 The pH of the reacting solution will go down as the reaction proceeds. 4 The salt produced in the reaction is more soluble than CaCO3

Accepted Answer

1 and 4 only

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1 and 2 only

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1 and 3 only

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2 and 3 only

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2 and 4 only

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1, 3 and 4

Question 17

In a restaurant recently, I received the following bill: Starter $7.00 Main Course $20.75 Dessert $9.75 Drink $4.50 Service Charge $5.25 TOTAL $47.25 What percentage of the cost of the food and drink had been added to the bill as service charge?

Accepted Answer

12.5%

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11.1%

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14.0%

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15.0%

Question 18

A recipe for tarte Tatin requires: 500g pastry 800g apples 100 g caster sugar 100 ml apple juice 6g of vanilla 50 g of butter Amber, Bekim, Cairo, and Darcy have the following quantities of each ingredient: The quantity is given in the image below Who can make the largest tarte Tatin?

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Amber

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Bekim

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Cairo

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Darcy

Question 19

Many people were worried when they found that their photocopiers had been sometimes changing numbers; one photocopier sometimes, although not always, changed 6 into 8. A list of prices was copied on this photocopier. The first five prices on the copy·are shown below. $54.80 $60.00 $65.40 $70.80 $78.20 In the original list, the prices had increased by the same amount each time. What was the next price.on the original list?

Accepted Answer

$81.60

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$81.80

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$83.60

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$85.60

Question 20

Mr and Mrs Porter drove down to see Sweeney. Mr Porter drove the first 20 km on the way there, and Mrs Porter drove the rest of the way. On the return journey, she drove the first 30 km and he drove the rest. How much farther did Mrs Porter drive than Mr Porter?

Accepted Answer

20 km

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No farther

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10km

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There is not enough information to work it out

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