Reasoning Questions in English for UP PET Exam

Logic and Reasoning Questions in English for UP PET Exam 2024 -2025. All topics MCQs as per UPSSSC PET Syllabus for free practice of upcoming competitive exams. 5 Questions are asked in the exam question papers from the given topics of Reasoning.

Reasoning Questions in English for UP PET

Logical Sequence (Large and small)

Q 1:  Which of the following options represents a meaningful sequence of the words given below?
1) letter 2) phrase 3) word 4) sentence

A) 1, 3, 4, 2
B) 1, 3, 2, 4
C) 2, 3, 1, 4
D) 4, 3, 1, 2

Answer
Answer : B) 1, 3, 2, 4

Q 2: Arrange the following words in a meaningful order?
(1) Elephant (2) Cat (3) Mosquito (4) Tiger (5) Whale

A) (5), (3), (1), (2), (4)
B) (3), (2), (4), (1), (5)
C) (1), (3), (5), (4), (2)
D) (2), (5), (1), (4), (3)

Answer
Answer : B) (3), (2), (4), (1), (5)

Q 3: Which one of the given answers would be a meaningful sequence of the following words?
(a) Honey
(b) Flower
(c) Bee
(d) Wax

A) b, a, d, c
B) b, c, a, d
C) d, c, b, a
D) a, c, d, b

Answer
Answer : B) b, c, a, d

Q 4 :Which one of the given answers would be a meaningful sequence of the following words?
(1) Mega
(2) Kilo
(3) Tera
(4) Giga

A) 2,4,3,1
B) 1,2,3,4
C) 1,3,2,4
D) 2,1,4,3

Answer
Answer : D) 2,1,4,3

Q 5: If the expression R > O = A > S < T is definitely true, then which of the following options will be true?

A) O> T
B) S < R
C) T > A
D) S = O

Answer
Answer : B) S < R

Order and Ranking

Q 1: Sanjeev secured the highest marks in the class. Rahul scored more than Nirbhay but less than Sameer. Arpit scored more than Rahul. Who got the 4th rank out of the five?

A) Arpit
B) Rahul
C) Nirbhay
D)  Sameer

Answer
Answer : B) Rahul

Q-2 :  Billu got more marks in history than Suresh, but less than Santosh. Ramesh got less than Harish but more than Rajesh. Santosh got less marks than Rajesh, who got the highest marks among them.

A) Billu
B) Harish
C) Ramesh
D) Suresh

Answer
Answer :B) Harish

Q-3 : Pawan is 7 ranks ahead of Satish in a class of 39 students. If the rank of Satish is seventeenth from the last, then what is the rank of Pawan from the beginning?

A) 11
B) 13
C) 16
D) 18

Answer
Answer :C) 16

Q-4 : Four males P1, P2, P3 and P4 are sitting in a row facing towards the North (not necessarily in the same order) and four females A1, A2, A3 and A4 are sitting in a row facing towards the face of these males (not necessarily in the same order). P1 and P4 sit at the ends. A3 and P2 are facing each other. A4 is second to the left of A3. P4 is facing A1. A1 and A4 are at the ends.
Which of the following statements is correct?

I. A4 is facing P1.
II. P4 is second to the left of that male who is facing A2.

A) Only II
B) Neither I nor II
C) Only I
D) Both I and II

Answer
Answer : D) Both I and II

Q-5 : Seven athletes A, B, C, D, E, F and G participate in a race. E is ahead of A but behind F. D is ahead of only two athlete. G is running last. C is running behind only two athlete. F is not the first.
Which athlete is running in the fourth position from behind?

A) E
B) A
C) D
D) C

Answer
Answer : A) E

Blood Relation

Q-1: Bhanu is the sister of Chirag. Aryan is the father of Bhanu. Chirag is the brother of Dewan. Dewan is the husband of Esha. How is Esha related to Aryan?

A) Daughter
B) Sister
C) Niece
D) Daughter in law

Answer
Answer :A) Daughter

Q-2 : Q is the sister of R. P is the father of Q. S is the son of T. R is the brother of S. How is T related to P?

A) Daughter in law
B) Daughter
C) Niece
D) Wife

Answer
Answer : D) Wife

Q-3 :Aman is the brother of Baman and Chaman. Baman is Emily’s mother. Farhan is Aman’s father then which of the following is definitely true?

A) Baman is sister of Chaman
B) Aman and Emily are siblings.
C) Chaman is brother of Aman.
D) Chaman is male.

Answer
Answer : A) Baman is sister of Chaman

Q-4 : A is B’s sister. C is B’s mother. D is C’s father. E is D’s mother. Then, how is A related to D?

A) Grandfather
B) Grandmother
C) Daughter
D) Granddaughter

Answer
Answer: D) Granddaughter

Q-5 : A girl introduced a boy as the son of’ the daughter of the father of her uncle. The boy is girl’s 

A) Brother
B) Son
C) Uncle
D) Son-in-law

Answer
Answer: A) Brother

Separating the different from the group

Q 1 : Three of the following words are alike in a certain way and one is different. Pick the word that is different from the rest.

A) Sarangi
B) Telephone
C) Saxophone
D) Xylophone

Answer
Answer : B) Telephone

Q 2 : College : Dean :: Museum : ?

A) Custodian 
B) Supervisor
C) Curator
D) Warden

Answer
Answer : C) Curator

Q 3 : Carpenter : Saw out :: Tailor : ?

A) Measurement
B) Needle
C) Cloth
D) Sewing

Answer
Answer : D) Sewing

Q 4 : Choose the letter which is different from others in this group.

A) rat
B) cat
C) cow
D) parrot

Answer
Answer : D) parrot

Q 5 : Choose the group of letter which is different from other.

A) UNV
B) ARO
C) FRA
D) ICH

Answer
Answer : B) ARO

Calendar and Clock

Q 1 : Which of the following is a leap year ?

A) 2021
B) 2000
C) 2017
D) 2007

Answer
Ans : B) 2000

Q 2: If 1st January, 2004 is Thursday, then what day was 3rd April, 2004 ?

A) Monday
B) Friday
C) Saturday
D) Tuesday

Answer
Ans : C) Saturday

Q 3 : If today is the 12<sup>th</sup> of December, the next month will be .

A) January
B) February
C) April
D) march

Answer
Ans : A) January

Q 4 : If 3 march 2020 was Tuesday, then what was the day of the week on 3 February 2019 ?

A) Wednesday
B) Friday
C) Sunday
D) Monday

Answer
Ans : C) Sunday

Q 5 : January 1, 2018 was Monday, Then January 1, 2019 falls on the day .

A) Wednesday
B) Tuesday
C) Sunday
D) Monday

Answer
Ans : B) Tuesday

Q 6 : At what time between 5 and 6 o’clock are the hands of a 3 minutes apart ?

A) 24 minutes
B) 12 minutes
C) 13 minutes
D) 14 minutes

Answer
Ans : A) 24 minutes

Q 7 : Find the angle between the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock when the time is 3.25

A) 47.5 degrees
B) 57.5 degrees
C) 45.5 degrees
D) 55.5 degrees

Answer
Ans : A) 47.5 degrees

Q 8 : How many time clock needles will be perpendicular to each other from 4 in the evening to 10 in in the evening ?

A) 9
B) 10
C) 6
D) 11

Answer
Ans : D) 11

Q 9 : What is the angle between the hands of the clock at 5:40?

A) 60 Degree 
B) 70 Degree 
C) 100 Degree 
D) 110 Degree

Answer
Ans : B) 70 Degree 

Q 10 :  Looking in the mirror it seems that the clock is showing 6:30. What is the actual time of the clock?

A) 06:30 
B) 05:30 
C) 06:00 
D) 05:00

Answer
Ans : B) 05:30  

Cause and Effect

Q1: I. The vegetable prices in the local market have increased manifold during the past few days.
II. Incessant rains have created flood-like situations in most rural parts of the State

A) Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect.
B) Statement II is the cause and Statement I is its effect.
C) Both the statements I and II are independent causes.
D) Both statements I and II are effects of some common cause.

Answer
Ans :B) Statement II is the cause and Statement I is its effect.  

Question 2 : I The government has suspended several police officers in the city.
II. The police have arrested five people carrying a large quantity of illicit liquor.

A) If statement I is the cause and statement II is the effect.
B) If statement II is the cause and statement I is the effect.
C) If both statements I and II are independent causes.
D) If both statements I and II are effects of independent principles.

Answer
Ans :D) If both statements I and II are effects of independent principles.  

Q 3: I. The prices of petrol and diesel in the domestic market have remained unchanged for the past few months.
II. The crude oil prices in the international market have gone up substantially in the last few months.

A) Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect
B) Both the statements I and II are independent causes
C) Both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes
D) Both the statements I and II are effects of some common cause

Answer
Ans : C) Both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes

Q 4: I. All the schools in the area had to be kept closed for most part of the week.
II. Many parents have withdrawn their children from the local schools

A) Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect
B) Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect
C) Both the statements I and II are independent causes
D) Both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes

Answer
Ans: D) Both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes

Q 5: IThe government has decided to make all the information related to primary education available to the general public.
II. In the past, the general public did not have access to all these information related to primary education.

A) Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect
B) Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect
C) Both the statements I and II are independent causes
D) Both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes

Answer
Ans: B) Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect

Coding and Decoding

Q 1: In a certain code language, ‘FIRST’ is coded as 79191921 and ‘TIME’ is coded as 219145, How will’ BETTER’ be coded in that language ?

A) 352120618
B) 262021519
C) 252020518
D) 362121619

Answer
A) 352120618

Q 2: In a certain code language, ‘HEALTH’ is written as ‘CGJJVN’ and ‘CHARGE’ is written as ‘CJEGIT’. How will ‘HOURSE’ be written as in that language?

A) WQJGUT
B) TNGDRQ
C) GNSSTF
D) VPIFTS

Answer
Answer : A) WQJGUT

Q 3: In a certain code language INVADE is written as ‘LRYEGI’ and CATER is written as ‘FEWIU’. How will WIRING be written in the same code language?

A) ZMVMQL
B) ZNUNQK
C) ZMVMQK
D) ZMUMQK

Answer
Answer : D) ZMUMQK

Q 4 : In a code language, ‘red ribbon’ is coded as ‘cu du’, ‘apple is red’ is coded as ‘nu mu cu’, ‘radish is white’ is coded as ‘mu ku ru’, ‘eat radish’ is coded as ‘ru pu’. What is the code for the word ‘white’?

A) ku
B) ru
C) mu
D) pu

Answer
Answer : A) ku

Q 5 : In a certain code language, CAT is written as 24 and LATE is written 38. How will DOLL be written in the same language?

A) 47
B) 29
C) 43
D) 40

Answer
Answer : C) 43

Statements and conclusions

Q 1: In the following question below are given some statements followed by some conclusions based on those statements. Taking the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusion logically follows the given statements.
Statements:
I. No R is T.
II. All T are H.
Conclusions:
I. No T is R.
II. No H is T.
III. No R is H.

A) Only conclusion I follows
B) All conclusion follows
C) Only conclusion III follows
D) Only conclusion II follows

Answer
Answer : A) Only conclusion I follows

Q 2: Two statements are give, followed by two conclusions numbered I and II Assuming the statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the conclusions logically follow (s) from the statements.
statements:
All cars are vehicles.
All vehicles are trucks.
conclusions :
I) All cars are trucks.
II) All trucks are vehicles.

A) Neither Conclusion I nor II follows.
B) Both Conclusion I and II follows.
C) Only Conclusion I follows.
D) Only Conclusion II follows.

Answer
Answer : C) Only Conclusion I follows.

Q3 : Three statements are given followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and III. Assuming the statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.
Statements:

Some elephants are fishes.
No fish is a tiger.
All deer are tigers.
Conclusions:
I. Some elephants are deer.
II. No elephant is a tiger.
III. No deer is a fish.

A) Only Conclusion III follows.
B) Both Conclusion I and III follows.
C) Both Conclusion I and II follows.
D) Only Conclusion II follows.

Answer
Answer : A) Only Conclusion III follows

Q-4: In the following question below are given some statements followed by some conclusions based on those statements. Taking the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusion logically follows the given statements.
Statements:
I. All T are P.
II. All P are L.
Conclusions:
I. All T are L.
II. All L are P.
III. Some P are T

A) Both conclusions II and III follows
B) Both conclusions I and II follows
C) Both conclusions I and III follows
D) All conclusion follows

Answer
Answer : C) Both conclusions I and III follows

Q-5 : Three statements are given, followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and III. Assuming the statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.
Statements:
Some butters are honeys.
Some honeys are breads.
All breads are jams.
Conclusions:
I.Some jams are honeys.
II.All honeys are butters.
III.Some jams are butter

A) Only conclusions I and II follow
B) Only conclusion II follows
C) Only conclusions I and III follow
D) Only conclusion I follows

Answer
Answer : D) Only conclusion I follows

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