Chapter Five

LOGICAL
REASONING
Logical Reasoning questions are of three types:
1. Tabular 2. Relational 3. Positional

1. Tabular Reasoning
These questions involve the processing of a large amount
of Information and are solved by creating a Grid or Table.
Example:
Amreen, Benveer, Caroline, Danny and Edwina all
have pets. Amreen, Benveer and Caroline each have a
cat. Danny has a dog, a snake and a cat. Amreen has a
fish and a dog. Edwina has a rat and a fish. Benveer
has a dog, a snake and a rat.
a) Who has the most pets? b) Who has the least pets?
c) Which child does not have a dog or a cat?
Set out the Cat Dog Snake fish Rat
information
on a Grid like A
this. Take care B
you have noted
all Information
C
from each of D
the Statements. E
Answers from the Grid or Table:
a) Benveer has the most pets. b) Caroline has the least
pets. c) Edwina does not have a dog or a cat.