All Free Analytical and Logical Reasoning MCQs with Answers

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Moderate
  • A. Mother
  • B. Sister in law
  • C. Mother in law
  • D. Aunt

Explanation: R is Q's son, and S has married him, so Q is S's mother in law. Relationships created by marriage always carry the in law suffix.

Correct answer: Mother in law
  • A. Nephew
  • B. Great grandson
  • C. Son
  • D. Grandson

Explanation: C is A's mother and D is C's father, so D is A's maternal grandfather and A is D's grandson.

Correct answer: Grandson
  • A. siblings
  • B. cousins
  • C. unrelated
  • D. uncle and niece

Explanation: The bride's father and the groom's mother are siblings, which makes their children first cousins.

Correct answer: cousins
  • A. R is the father of Q
  • B. P is the wife of R
  • C. P is the father of Q and Q is the wife of R
  • D. P and R are siblings

Explanation: The symbols are applied in order from left to right, so P plus Q gives the first relationship and Q minus R the second.

Correct answer: P is the father of Q and Q is the wife of R
  • A. cousin
  • B. father in law
  • C. son in law
  • D. brother in law

Explanation: A sibling's spouse is a brother in law or sister in law, and here the spouse is male.

Correct answer: brother in law
  • A. Her grandson
  • B. Her brother
  • C. Her nephew
  • D. Her son

Explanation: The woman's son is the boy's father, so the woman is one generation above the father and two above the boy, making her his grandmother and…

Correct answer: Her grandson
Hard
  • A. Father
  • B. Uncle
  • C. Grandfather
  • D. Brother

Explanation: Z sits one generation below W and one above Y, so W is Y's grandfather.

Correct answer: Grandfather
Moderate
  • A. sister
  • B. aunt
  • C. niece
  • D. cousin

Explanation: The father's brother is the speaker's uncle, and an uncle's daughter is a cousin.

Correct answer: cousin
Moderate
  • A. Grandfather
  • B. Father
  • C. Uncle
  • D. Brother

Explanation: C is D's child, and E is C's son, so D is E's grandfather. The relationship runs down two generations from D to E.

Correct answer: Grandfather
  • A. Father
  • B. Maternal uncle
  • C. Brother
  • D. Grandfather

Explanation: Ali's mother is Bilal's sister, since both are children of Bilal's mother, so Bilal is Ali's mother's brother, that is his maternal uncle.

Correct answer: Maternal uncle
  • A. His cousin
  • B. His nephew
  • C. His brother
  • D. His son

Explanation: Substituting one link at a time, the sister's mother is the man's own mother, and her only son must be the man himself, so the boy is his…

Correct answer: His son
  • A. EPH
  • B. CNF
  • C. EPG
  • D. DPH

Explanation: Each letter moves one place forward in the alphabet, so C becomes D, A becomes B and T becomes U.

Correct answer: EPH
Very hard
  • A. KHKX
  • B. MJMZ
  • C. KHLX
  • D. KIKX

Explanation: Every letter moves one place backward, since R becomes Q, O becomes N, S becomes R and E becomes D.

Correct answer: KHKX
  • A. 6
  • B. 5
  • C. 7
  • D. 4

Explanation: C is 3, A is 1 and B is 2, and adding them gives 6. Positional coding of this kind is the basis for many number letter questions, so…

Correct answer: 6
Easy
  • A. the letters are reversed
  • B. each letter moves two places backward
  • C. each letter moves one place forward
  • D. each letter moves two places forward

Explanation: T becomes V, E becomes G and A becomes C, each a gap of two places forward, and the same holds for the rest of the word.

Correct answer: each letter moves two places forward
  • A. the word is written in reverse order
  • B. each letter is shifted forward
  • C. vowels are replaced by consonants
  • D. alternate letters are swapped

Explanation: Reading PAPER backwards gives REPAP exactly, with no letter changed. Reversal codes are recognised by the fact that the same set of…

Correct answer: the word is written in reverse order
Easy
  • A. 3-2-16
  • B. 3-1-16
  • C. 2-1-16
  • D. 3-1-15

Explanation: Each letter is replaced by its position in the alphabet, so C is 3, A is 1 and P is 16.

Correct answer: 3-1-16
Moderate
  • A. NPPN
  • B. LNNM
  • C. NPPO
  • D. NOOP

Explanation: Each letter advances by one, so M becomes N, both Os become Ps and N becomes O.

Correct answer: NPPO
  • A. pit
  • B. jo
  • C. som
  • D. na

Explanation: The first two phrases share only the word water in meaning and only na in code, so na must be water.

Correct answer: na
  • A. water
  • B. drinks
  • C. is
  • D. me

Explanation: The phrase means bring cold drinks, and with som as bring and jo as cold, the only word left is ho, which must be drinks.

Correct answer: drinks