Practice Set for CLAT Reasoning

Practice Set - 1
Directions (Q. 1 to 5): Read the following information carefully and choose right
answers.

There is a meet of eight ministers at Rashtrapati Bhawan. These eight ministers namely
Jaitley, Nitin, Prabhu, Paswan, Prakash, Radha, Ravi and Shankar are sitting around a
circular table facing the centre but not necessarily in the same order. Each one of them
is from a different ministery viz. Agriculture, Finance, Defence, Railways, Health and
Family Welfare, HRD, Food Processing Industries and Law & order.

Radha sits second to the right of the representative of Railways. Representatives of

Food Processing Industries and Railways are immediate neighbours of the each other.
Two people sit between the representative of Food Processing Industries and Nitin.
Prabhu and Prakash are immediate neighbours of each other. Neither Prabhu nor
Prakash is an immediate neighbour of either Nitin or the representative of Food
Processing Industries. Representative of Defence sits second to the right of Paswan,
Paswan is neither the representative of Railways nor Food Processing Industries. Ravi
and the representative of Agriculture are immediate neighbours of each other. Nitin is
not the representative of Agriculture. Only one person sits between Prabhu and the
representative of Finance. Shankar sits third to the left of the representative of Law &
order. Representative from HRD sits second to the left of the representative of Health
and Family Welfare.

1. Who among the following sit between Nitin and the representative from Food
Processing Industries?

A. Jaitley and Radha B. Radha and Ravi

C. Shankar and Jaitley D. Shankar and Ravi

2. Who among the following sits second to the left of Nitin?

A. The representative of Railways

B. The representative of HRD

C. The representative of Law & order

D. The representative of Health and Family Welfare.

E. None of these
3. Which of the following is true with respect to the given seating arrangement?

A. Jaitley sits second to the right of the representative of Food Processing Industries.

B. The representative of Law & Order sits to the immediate left of the representative of
Agriculture

C. Nitin is the representative of Defence

D. Jaitley and Nitin are immediate neighbours of each other

4. Who among the following is the representative of Finance?

A. Jaitley B. Prabhu

C. Shankar D. Paswan

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

A. Jaitley – Food Processing Industries B. Prabhu – Finance

C. Ravi – Law & Order D. Nitin – Defence

6. Find the next term in the series, 1, 4, 27, 256.

A. 625 B. 1024

C. 3125 D. 5625

7. Find the missing term in the series: A, D, ?, P. Y.

A. G B. H

C. I D. J

8. Find the wrong term in series:

21, 34, 59, 716, 1125, 1549

A. 59 B. 716

C. 1125 D. 1549

9. If "RAMU" is quoted as 18011321, then "KALLU" will be quoted as

A. 111121221 B. 1101121221

C. 1110121221 D. None of these

10. Direction: Select the related words/letters/numbers from the given alternatives.

13: 170: 7: ?

A. 64 B. 70

C. 90 D. 50

11. In the following question, select the odd number paid from the given alternatives.

A. 13–170 B. 16–255

C. 22–485 D. 27–730

12. Arrange the given words in the sequence in which they appear in the dictionary.

1. Yearning 2. Yearlong 3. Yearbook 4. Yearling 5. Yielding

A. 43521 B. 35412

C. 34512 D. 34215

13.

Statement:

All planets are stars.

All meteors are planets. No orbit is a star.

Conclusion:

I. All meteors are stars.

II. No planet is an orbit.

A. Conclusion I follows.

B. Conclusion II follows.

C. Either conclusion I or conclusion II follows.

D. Both conclusion I and conclusion II follows.

14. Given that,

A. A is the mother of B

B. C is the mother of D.

C. B is sister of C.

D. E is the husband of A.

Who is the aunt of D?

A. A B. B

C. C D. E

15. Directions: Select the option that best fits in the respective blanks.

ab r bara ar

A. bab B. aba

C. aab D. baa

Directions(Q.16-20): Study the following information carefully and answer the

questions given beside.

W, X, Y, Z, M, N and O belong to three different departments R & D, Marketing and HR

with at least two of them in any of these departments. Each of them has a favorite color
– Green, Blue, Red, Pink, Black, Violet and Purple. X works in Marketing department
with M. M’s favourite color Purple. Those who work in R & D department do not like
Green and Pink. The one who likes Blue works only with O in HR department. The one
whose favourite Color is Black does not work in the same department with either M or
O. W does not work in the Marketing department. W likes Violet color. Z and N work in
the same department. N does not like Red color. The one whose favourite color is Pink
does not work in Marketing department.

16. In which department does W, Z and N work?

A. Can’t be determined B. R & D

C. Marketing D. HR
17. Whose favourite color is Green?

A. X B. W

C. V D. Z

18. What is M’s favourite color?

A. Violet B. Pink

C. Purple D. Black

19. Which of the following combinations is true?

A. W – HR – Blue B. O – R & D – Black

C. N – HR – Pink D. Z – R & D – Red

20. Y works in which department?

A. R & D B. Marketing

C. HR D. Can't be determined

Directions: Read the following questions carefully and choose right answers.

21. In this question select the related words/letters/numbers from the given
alternatives.

BEHK: LORU:: CFIL: ?

A. GPSQ B. MPSV

C. LORU D. MSPV

22. In this question choose that set of numbers from the four alternative sets which is
similar to the given set.

(9, 13, 22)

A. (12, 14, 20) B. (11, 15, 24)

C. (25, 29, 39) D. (7, 16, 32)

23. Looking at a picture of a boy, Hemant said, “His mother is the wife of my father’s
son. Brothers and sisters I have none.” At whose picture was Hemant looking?

A. His son B. His cousin

C. His uncle D. His nephew

24. In this question, find the odd number from the given alternatives.

A. 1593 B. 2736

C. 2010 D. 1987

25. In this question a series is given with one term missing. Choose the correct
alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.

CJP?YB

A. W B. U

C. R D. T

26. Arrange the given words in a meaningful order and select the option indicating the
correct order.

1. Consultation 2. Illness 3. Doctor 4. Treatment 5. Recovery

A. 2, 3, 1, 4, 5 B. 2, 3, 4, 1, 5

C. 4, 3, 1, 2, 5 D. 5, 1, 4, 3, 2

27.

Statements:

No apple is a plum. All plums are oranges.

All oranges are mangoes.

Conclusions:

I. All plums are mangoes.

II. At least some mangoes are oranges.

A. Neither I nor II follows B. Only I follows

C. Either I or II follows D. Only II follows

28.

Statements:

No month is a year. Some years are weeks.

Conclusion:

I. No weeks is a year.

II. Some weeks are years.

A. Conclusion I follows.

B. Conclusion II follows.

C. Either conclusion I or conclusion II follows.

D. Both conclusion I and conclusion II follow.

29. If in a code language SPORT is written as QRMTR, then how is LOGIC written in
that code language?

A. NQEKF B. JQEKA

C. AKEQJ D. JMEGA

30. Madhuri travels 14 km Westwards and then turns left and travels 6 km and further
turns left and travels 26 km. How far is Madhuri now from the starting point?

A. √180 km B. √80 km

C. √100 km D. None of these

31. Which Pair does NOT belong with the others?

A. 1975 – 1579 B. 3152 – 5321

C. 4283 – 8432 D. 7319 – 9731

32. If 'light' is called 'morning', 'morning' is called 'dark', 'dark' is called 'night', 'night'
is called 'sunshine', and 'sunshine' is called 'dusk', when do we sleep ?

A. night B. sunshine

C. dusk D. dark
33. If CUSTOM is written as UCTSMO then how PARENT be written in the same code?

A. APERTN B. RAPTNE

C. TNERAP D. ERAPTN

34.

Statements:

No toffee is coffee.

No sweet is toffee.

Conclusions: I. No coffee is sweet.

II. All sweets are coffee.

A. if only conclusion I follows.

B. if only conclusion II follows.

C. if either conclusion I or conclusion II follows.

D. if neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows.

35. Garbage: House:: Gangue: ?

A. Factory B. Office

C. Drugs D. Ore

36. Veer Das ranks 7th from the top and 28th from the bottom in a class. How many
students are there in the class?

A. 32 B. 33

C. 34 D. 35

37. Looking at a picture of a boy, Hemant said, “His mother is the wife of my father’s
son. Brothers and sisters I have none.” At whose picture was Hemant looking?

A. His son B. His cousin

C. His uncle D. His nephew

38. One day Ravi left home and cycled 10 km south wards, turned right and cycled 5
km and turned right and cycled 10 km and turned left and cycled 10 km. how many
kilometers will he have to cycle to reach his home straight ?

A. 10 km B. 15 km

C. 20 km D. 25 km

39. Directions: Each question has a statement followed by two assumptions. You have
to decide which of the assumptions is/are “implicit” and mark the correct answer
accordingly.

Statement:

The boy is too honest not to speak the truth.

Assumptions:

I. Very honest boys also tell lies.

II. Dishonest boys also speak the truth.

A. if only assumption I is implicit B. if only assumption II is implicit

C. if either I or II is implicit D. if neither I nor II is implicit

40. Select the one which is different from the other four responses.

A. TOQR B. YTUV

C. KFHI D. WRTU
Correct answer:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
C B E E E C C D B D B D D B C
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
B A C D C B B A D B D D B B A
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
A B A D D C A B D B
Explanation:
Common explanations (1 to 5):
Step 1.

References:

...Radha sits second to the right of the representative

of Railways. Representatives of Food Processing

Industries and Railways are immediate neighbours of

the each other. Two people sit between the
representative of Food Processing Industries and
Nitin. Prabhu and Prakash are immediate neighbours
of each other. Neither Prabhu nor Prakash is an
immediate neighbour of either Nitin or the
representative of Food Processing Industries...

Step 2.

References:

...Representative of Defence sits second to the

right of Paswan, Paswan is neither the
representative of Railways nor Food Processing
Industries. Ravi and the representative of
Agriculture are immediate neighbours of each
other. Nitin is not the representative of
Agriculture...

Step 3.

References:

...Only one person sits between Prabhu and the

representative of Finance. Shankar sits third to the
left of the representative of Law & order.
Representative from HRD sits second to the left of the
representative of Health and Family Welfare..
Answers:
1. By referring to the final seating arrangement chart, we get

We can clearly observe that Jaitley and shankar are sitting between Nitin and
Ravi, who is representative of Food Processing Industries.

Hence, option C is correct.

2.

By referring to the final seating arrangement chart, we get

We can clearly observe that the representative of HRD, Prakash is sitting second
to the left of Nitin. Hence, option B is correct.

3. By referring to the final seating arrangement chart, we get

 We can clearly observe that Jaitley and Nitin are immediate neighbours of each
other. Hence, option E is correct.

4.

By referring to the final seating arrangement chart, we get

We can clearly observe that Paswan is the representative of finance. Hence,

option E is correct.

5.

By referring to the final seating arrangement chart, we get

Except Nitin – Defence, in all other pairs concerned department minister is

sitting second to the right of first person.

Hence, option E is correct.

6. Series Pattern Given Series

11 1

22 4

33 27

44 256

55 3125 ✓

Hence, option (C) is correct.

7. These alphabets are first, fourth, ninth, sixteenth and twenty fifth terms of
alphabets which are squares of all the natural numbers.

Hence, option C is correct.

8. All the terms are prime number followed by perfect squares (2 followed by 1, 3
followed by 4, 5 followed by 9 and so on) except 1549.

Hence, option D is correct.

9. All the alphabets are replaced by their respective alphabetical position, i.e. R is
18th alphabet, A is 01st alphabet, M is 13th alphabet and U is 21st alphabet.
"KALLU" will be quoted as "1101121221".

Hence, option B is correct.

10. As x2: x2 + 1, so, 132 ⇒ 169 + 1 = 170

Similarly: 72 ⇒ 49 + 1 = 50 Hence, option D is correct.

11. ⇒ (13 – 170) ⇒ 132 + 1 = 169 + 1 = 170

(16 – 255) ⇒ 162 – 1 = 256 – 1 = 255

(22 – 485) ⇒ 222 + 1 = 484 + 1 = 485

(27 – 730) ⇒ 272 + 1 = 729 + 1 = 730

Hence, option B is correct.

12. Yearbook → Yearling → Yearlong → Yearning → Yielding. 3 4 2 1 5

Hence, option D is correct.

13. All planets are stars (A) + All meteors are planets (A) = A + A = A = All meteors are
stars. This is conclusion I follows.

All planets are stars (A) + No orbit is a star (E) = A + E = E = No planet is an orbit.
This is conclusion II follows.

Hence, both conclusion I and conclusion II follows.

Hence, option D is correct.

14. B and C are siblings. C is the mother of D. So, B is the aunt of D.

Hence, option B is correct.

15. abar has been repeated thrice in the series.

Hence, option C is correct.

Common explanations (16 – 20):

Department Color
Person Marke
R&D HR Green Blue Red Pink Black Violet Purple
ting
W ✓ ✕ ✕ ✕ ✕ ✕ ✕ ✕ ✓ ✕
X ✕ ✓ ✕ ✓ ✕ ✕ ✕ ✕ ✕ ✕
Y ✕ ✕ ✓ ✕ ✓ ✕ ✕ ✕ ✕ ✕
Z ✓ ✕ ✕ ✕ ✕ ✓ ✕ ✕ ✕ ✕
M ✕ ✓ ✕ ✕ ✕ ✕ ✕ ✕ ✕ ✓
N ✓ ✕ ✕ ✕ ✕ ✕ ✕ ✓ ✕ ✕
O ✕ ✕ ✓ ✕ ✕ ✕ ✓ ✕ ✕ ✕

Summary

Person Department Color

W R&D Violet
X Marketing Green
Y HR Blue
Z R&D Red
M Marketing Purple
N R&D Black
O HR Pink

16. Following the common explanation we get W, Z and N work in R & D

Department.

Hence the correct answer is option B.

17. Following the common explanation we get X favourite color is green.

Hence the correct answer is option A.

18. Following the common explanation we get M’s favourite color is purple.

Hence the correct answer is option C.

19. Following the common explanation we get combination of Z – R & D – Red is

true.

Hence the correct answer is option D.

20. Following the common explanation we get Y works in HR Department.

Hence the correct answer is option C.

21. B E H K
+10 +10
+10 ↓ +10 ↓
↓ ↓
L O R U

Similarly,

C F I L
+10 +10 +10
+10 ↓
↓ ↓ ↓
M P S V

Hence, option B is correct.

22. First number + 22 = Second number Second number + 32 = Third number

∴ 9 + 22 = 9 + 4 = 13 (second number)

∴ 13 + 32 = 13 + 9 = 22 (third number)

Similarly, 11 + 22 = 11 + 4 = 15 (second number)

∴ 15 + 32 = 15 + 9 = 24 (third number) Hence, option B is correct.

23. Since Hemant has no brother or sister, so he is his father’s only son. So, wife of
Hemant’s father’s son — Hemant’s wife.

Thus, Hemant’s wife is the boy’s mother or the boy is Hemant’s son.

Hence, the option A is correct.

24. Rest are divisible by 3.

Hence, option D is correct.

25.

Hence, option B is correct.

26. Clearly, illness occurs first, One then goes to a doctor and
after consultation with him, undergoes treatment to finally attain recovery.

Thus option A is correct.

27. Statements:

No apple is a plum. All plums are oranges.

All oranges are mangoes.

Conclusions:

I. All plums are mangoes.

II. At least some mangoes are oranges.

All plums are oranges (A) + All oranges are mangoes (A) = A + A = All plums are
mangoes. Hence, conclusion I follows.

All oranges are mangoes – converse – Some mangoes are oranges. Hence,
conclusion II follows.

Hence option D is correct.

28. No month is a year (E) + Some years are weeks (I) = E + I = O = Some weeks are
not month. But the above-mentioned conclusion is not there in the given
conclusions.

Checking for conversion we get ‘Some weeks are years.’ as the converse of
statement II. Hence, only conclusion II follows.

Hence, option B is correct.

29. S P O R T
+2 +2
–2 ↓ –2↓ –2 ↓
↓ ↓
Q R M T R

Similarly,

L O G I C
+2 –2 +2
–2 ↓ –2 ↓
↓ ↓ ↓
J Q E K A

Hence, option B is correct.

30.

By the Pythagoras, AB = AC2 + BC2 = 62 + 122 = 180 km

Hence, option A is correct.

31. In all other pairs, second number is obtained by arranging the digits of the first
number in a descending order.

Hence, option A is correct.

32. We sleep in the 'night'. but 'night' is called 'sunshine'. So, we sleep in the
'sunshine'.

Hence, option B is correct.

33.

Similarly,

Hence, option A is correct.

34. E + E = No conclusion

Thus, neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows.

Hence, option D is correct.

35. Garbage - is the waste of House. Gangue - impurities in the Ore.

Hence, option D is correct.

36. As seen in the figure, Veer Das's position is 7th from the top and 28th from the
bottom.

Therefore, total number of students = 6 + Veer Das + 27 = 34

Hence, option C is correct.

37. Since Hemant has no brother or sister, so he is his father’s only son.

So, wife of Hemant’s father’s son — Hemant’s wife.

Thus, Hemant’s wife is the boy’s mother or the boy is Hemant’s son. Hence, the
option A is correct.

38.
 Clearly, Ravi starts from home at A, moves 10 km south wards up to B, turns
right and moves and 5 km up to C, turns right again and moves 10 km up to D
and finally turns left and moves 10 km up to E. Thus his distance from initial
position A = AE + DE = BC + DE = (5 + 10) km = 15 km

Hence, option B is correct.

39. None of them is implicit. The statement only implies that if a boy is very honest it
would not be possible for him to speak a lie. But I is just the opposite of it.
Assumption II is not implicit because the statement does not talk about
“dishonest” boys.

Hence, option (D) is correct.

40. Except second option, in all other options the difference between letters are
same.

1st option: T — (–5)→ O — (+2)→ Q — (+1) → R

3rd option: K — (–5)→ F — (+2)→ H — (+1) → I

4th option: W — (–5)→ R — (+2)→ T — (+1) → U

5th option: Q — (–5)→ L — (+2)→ N — (+1) → O

But,

2nd option: Y — (–5)→ T — (+1)→ U — (+1) → V

Hence, option B is correct.