Nine individuals: Ahmed, Bilal, Danish, Faisal, Haroon, Liaquat, Maryam, Shiza and

Zeeshan are to serve on three committees labeled A, B and C.

 Each candidate should serve on exactly one of the committees

 Every committee must have atleast one member
 Committee A should consist of exactly one member more than that of committee B
 Among Maryam, Shiza and Zeeshan none can serve on committee A
 Among Faisal, Harron and Liaquat none can serve on committee B
 Among Ahmed, Bilal and Danish none can serve on committee C

QUESTIONS

1. In case Danish and Zeeshan are the individuals serving on committee B, how many
of the nine individuals should serve on committee C?
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 5
(E) 6

2. Of the nine individuals, the maximum number that can serve together on committee C
is
(A) 5
(B) 6
(C) 7
(D) 8
(E) 9

3. In case Ahmed is the only individual serving on committee B, which among the
following should serve on committee A?
(A) Bilal and Danish
(B) Bilal and Faisal
(C) Bilal and Liaquat
(D) Faisal and Haroon
(E) Danish and Haroon

4. In case, any of the nine individuals serves on committee C, which among the
following could not be the candidate to serve on committee A?
(A) Ahmed
(B) Bilal
(C) Danish
(D) Liaquat
(E) Shiza

5. In case, Bilal, Danish and Maryam are the only individuals serving on committee B,
the total membership of committee C should be
(A) 5
(B) 4
(C) 3
(D) 2
(E) 1

6. In case, Bilal, Danish and Maryam are the only individuals serving on committee B,
then the members of committee C should be
(A) Haroon and Shiza
(B) Maryam and Zeeshan
(C) Shiza and Zeeshan
(D) Faisal and Shiza
(E) Haroon and Maryam

7. Among the following combinations which could constitute the membership of

committee C?
(A) Danish and Shiza
(B) Faisal and Maryam
(C) Liaquat, Maryam and Shiza
(D) Faisal, Haroon and Liaquat
(E) Ahmed, Faisal, Maryam and Zeeshan

ANSWERS
1(C) 2(B) 3(A) 4(E) 5(D) 6(C) 7(B)

EXPLANATION

1. (C) If Danish and Zeeshan (two persons) are in committee B, then there must be 3
persons in committee A. Hence, 4 persons should serve in committee C.
2. (B) If minimum 1 in committee B, then committee A must have 2 members. Hence,
committee C could have maximum of 6 members.
3. (A) If Ahmed is the only (one person) serving in committee B. Then committee A
must have 2 members. And, committee C cannot have Ahmed, Bilal and Danish.
Hence, Bilal and Danish should serve in committee A.
4. (E) Committee A cannot have Maryam, Shiza and Zeeshan. Hence, Shiza cannot
serve in committee A.
5. (D) If 3 members in committee B then 4 members in committee A. Hence, 2 members
in committee C.
6. (C) If Bilal, Danish and Maryam (3 persons) are serving in committee B. Then,
committee A must have 4 persons and cannot have Maryam, Shiza and Zeeshan.
Hence, Shiza and Zeeshan should be in committee C.
7. (B) If committee B=1, A=2 then C=6. If committee B=2, A=3 then C=4. If committee
B=3, A=4 then C=2. So, committee C cannot have odd number of members. And,
committee C cannot have Ahmed, Bilal and Danish. Hence, it should have Faisal and
Maryam.

The supervisor of a commuter airline is scheduling pilots to fly the round-trip from
City X to City Y….

The supervisor of a commuter airline is scheduling pilots to fly the round-trip from
City X to City Y. The trip takes only two hours, and the airline has one round-trip
flight in the morning and one round-trip flight in the afternoon, each day, Monday
through Friday. Pilots must be scheduled in accordance with the following rules:

Only W, X, and Y can fly the morning flight.

Only V, X, and Z can fly the afternoon flight.

No pilot may fly twice on the same day.

No pilot may fly on two consecutive days.

X must fly the Wednesday morning flight.

Z must fly the Tuesday afternoon flight.

1.Which of the following must be true?

A. W flies the Monday morning flight
B. X flies the Monday afternoon flight
C. Y flies the Tuesday morning flight
D. W flies the Thursday morning flight
E. Z flies the Thursday afternoon flight

2.If X flies on Friday morning, which of the following must be true?

A. X does not fly on Monday afternoon
B. V flies on Friday afternoon
C. W flies Thursday morning
D. Y flies Thursday morning
E. Neither W nor Y flies Thursday morning
3.If X flies only one morning flight during the week, which of the following must
be true?
A. W flies exactly two days during the week
B. X flies exactly three days during the week
C. Y flies only one day during the week
D. Z flies Monday afternoon and Friday afternoon
E. X flies more times during the week than V

4.If W is not scheduled to fly at all during the week, all of the following must be
true EXCEPT
A. X flies on Monday morning
B. V flies on Monday afternoon
C. Y flies on Thursday morning
D. Z flies on Friday afternoon
E. X flies on Friday morning

Three men (Tom, Peter and Jack) and three women (Eliza, Anne and Karen) are
spending a few months at a hillside. They are to stay in a row of nine cottages,
each one living in his or her own cottage. There are no others staying in the same
row of houses.

 Anne, Tom and Jack do not want to stay in any cottage, which is at the end
of the row.

 Eliza and Anne are unwilling to stay besides any occupied cottage.

 Karen is next to Peter and Jack.

 Between Anne and Jack's cottage there is just one vacant house.

 None of the girls occupy adjacent cottages.

 The house occupied by Tom is next to an end cottage.

How many of them occupy cottages next to a vacant cottage?

 2

6
Which among these statement(s) are true?

 Anne is between Eliza and Jack.

 At the most four persons can have occupied cottages on either side of them.
 Tom stays besides Peter.

I only

II only

I and III only

II and III only

I, II and III

Which of the above statements can be said to have been derived from two other
statements ?

1. Statement 1
2. Statement 2
3. Statement 3
4. Statement 5
5. Statement 6

A, P, R, X, S and Z are sitting in a row. S and Z are in the center. A and P are at the
ends. R is sitting to the left of A. Who is to the right of P?

(A) A
(B) X
(C) S
(D) Z

The answer is: (B) X

SOLUTION
There are 6 people: A, P, R, X, S and Z:
(1)___(2)___(3)___(4)___(5)___(6)

S and Z are in the center:

(1)___(2)___(S)___(Z)___(5)___(6)

A and P are at the ends.

(P)___(2)___(S)___(Z)___(5)___(A)

R is sitting to the left of A:

(P)___(2)___(S)___(Z)___(R)___(A)

Finally,
(P)___(X)___(S)___(Z)___(R)___(A)

Note that R is sitting left to A. So, A was at the right-end while P was at the left-end.

Analytical Reasoning MCQs Test Questions

Read the following information carefully and then answer the questions (Q.No1 to
5) based on it:

 P, Q, R, S, T and U are six members of a family. Out of six members three are
male members.
 There are two married couples among them
 R is the father of P and U, and T is the mother of R
 P is the grand-daughter of Q

1. How is U related to P?
(A) Sister
(B) Son
(C) Daughter
(D) Brother

2. How Q is related to U?
(A) Brother
(B) Grandfather
(C) Husband
(D) None of these

3. Which of the following pairs is one of the married couples?

(A) TU
(B) QS
(C) TQ
(D) None of these
4. Which of the following is a group of male members?
(A) Q, S, T
(B) P, U, Q
(C) Q, R, U
(D) None of these

5. Who is the husband of T?

(A) Q
(B) R
(C) U
(D) None of these

ANSWERS
1. (D) Brother
2. (B) Grandfather
3. (C) TQ
4. (C) Q, R, U
5. (A) Q

There is a family of six persons P, Q, R, S, T and U. Their professions are

Engineer, Doctor, Teacher, Salesman, Manager and Lawyer.

Read the following information carefully and then answer the questions (Q.No1 to 4)
based on it:

There is a family of six persons P, Q, R, S, T and U. Their professions are

Engineer, Doctor, Teacher, Salesman, Manager and Lawyer.

 There are two married couples in the family.

 The Manager is the grandfather of U, who is an Engineer
 R, the Salesman, is married to the lady Teacher
 Q is the mother of U and T.
 The Doctor, S is married to the Manager

1. How many male members are there in the family?

(A) Two
(B) Three
(C) Data inadequate
(D) Four

2. What is the profession of P?

(A) Lawyer
(B) Lawyer or Teacher
(C) Manager
(D) None of these
3. Who are the two married couples in the family?
(A) PQ and SR
(B) PS and RQ
(C) PT and SR
(D) None of these

4. How P is related to T?
(A) Father
(B) Grandfather
(C) Mother
(D) Grandmother

ANSWERS
1. (C) Data inadequate
2. (C) Manager
3. (B) PS and RQ
4. (B) Grandfather

Questions 8-10

In Bahria Town, six houses R, S, W, X, Y and Z, are to be colored with different colors.
Adjacent houses cannot be colored with the same color. The only houses adjacent to
each other are as follows:

R, S, X and Y are each adjacent to W.

X is adjacent to Y.

R and S are each adjacent to Z.

8.Which of the following is a pair of houses that must be colored in different color from
each other?

A. Y and Z

B. R and X

C. S and X
D. S and Z

9.If X is colored in the same color as Z, then it must be true that

A. W is colored in a different color from any other house

B. R is colored in the same color as Y

C. S is colored in the same color as X

D. X is colored in the same color as Y

10.Which of the following houses can be colored in the same color as W?

A. S

B. X

C. Y

D. Z

Amir said, “All lemons I have tasted are sour; therefore, all lemons are sour.”

11.Which one of the following most closely parallels the logic of the above statement?

A. My income has increased each year for the past four years; therefore, it will
increase again next year.

B. I sped to work every day last week and I did not get a ticket; therefore, they do
not give tickets for speeding around here anymore.
 C. All rubies are red. This gem is green; therefore, it is not a ruby.

D. Every student I had in school was selfish; therefore, all students are
selfish.

12.Find out the odd one out

A. Doctor

B. Pharmacist

C. Hospital

D. Nurse

13.Complete the series: D, F, H, J, ______.

A. K

B. L

C. M

D. N

E. I

ANALYTICAL REASONING/IQ

Questions 8-10

Six contestants, Bano, Farah, Irum, Kiran, Mona and Sara, have been given an embroidery task
to complete in a given time, such that

Farah finishes ahead of both Irum and Kiran.

Mona finishes in third place.
Bano finishes neither first nor last.

8. Which of the following could be the finishing order of the six contestants, from first to last?
 A. Farah, Mona, Irum, Kiran, Bano, Sara
B. Bano, Sara, Mona, Farah, Irum, Kiran
C. Sara, Irum, Mona, Farah, Bano, Kiran
D. Farah, Sara, Mona, Irum, Kiran, Bano
E. Farah, Sara, Mona, Bano, Kiran, Irum

9. All of the following could be a complete and accurate list of the finishing order of the six
contestants except:

A. Sara, Farah, Mona, Bano, Irum, Kiran

B. Farah, Sara, Mona, Bano, Kiran, Irum
C. Farah, Bano, Mona, Sara, Irum, Kiran
D. Sara, Bano, Mona, Kiran, Irum, Farah
E. Farah, Kiran, Mona, Irum, Bano, Sara

10. Which of the following is a complete and accurate list of all contestants who could finish first?

A. Farah, Irum or Sara

B. Farah, Irum, Kiran or Sara
C. Farah or Mona
D. Farah or Sara
E. Farah, Irum or Kiran

“Ever since I arrived at the college last week, I’ve been shocked by the poor behavior of
students and the unfriendly attitude of the townspeople, but the professors are very erudite
and genuinely helpful. Still, I wonder if I should have come here in the first place.”

11. Which of the following, if true, would weaken the above conclusion?

A. Professors are not always helpful to students.

B. The college numbers over 50,000 students.
C. The college is far from the student’s home.
D. Not all professors have doctorates.
E. The narrator was unsure of staying at the college.

12. If Y C V G T means W A T E R, then what does H K T G means?

A. Air
B. Earth
C. Fire
D. Nature

(Question: 61-63) Aslam has to study four books (English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology) on
four different days from Thursday to Sunday. The order of books is as follows:
  Chemistry is studied on day before the day of English.
 Biology is studied on day after the day of Physics

Q. 61. Which of the following is a correct order of books?

A. Chemistry, Biology, English, Physics

B. Biology, Chemistry, English, Physics
C. Physics, Chemistry, Biology, English
D. English, Chemistry, Biology, Physics

Q. 62. If Aslam studies Chemistry on Saturday, which subject he have studied on Thurday?

A. English
B. Biology
C. Physics
D. Either English or Physics

Q. 63. Which one of the following is not possible?

A. Chemistry on Thursday
B. Physics on Sunday
C. Physics on Thursday
D. Biology on Saturday

(Question: 64 - 68) Five cartoon videos A, B, C, D, E are to be played to kids in a sequence

meeting the condition given below:

 A must be played earlier than C

 B must be played earlier than D
 E must be the fifth video played.

Q. 64. Choose the correct sequence of videos played to kid

A. A, C, B, D, E
B. A, E, D, C, B
C. B, D, C, A, E
D. B, D, C, A, E

Q. 65. If C is played earlier than E, then which one of following will be true?

A. A is the first video played.

B. C is the third video played.
C. D is the fifth video played.
D. B is the second video played.

Q. 66. Which videos CANNOT be played earlier than E?

A. A and D
B. A and B
C. C and D
D. B and C

Q. 67. If D and E are played far apart from each other (as much as possible), which one stands
true?

A. A is played earlier than B

B. E is played earlier than B
C. B is played earlier than C
D. C is played earlier than E

Q. 68. If B, D, and E are played one after another in sequence, when can A be played in the
remaining two positions?

A. First and second

B. First and fourth
C. Third and fifth
D. Second and third

(Questions: 69 - 73) Five kids – A, B, C, D, E and four adults – F, G, H, K, are to be seated in

three cars, car-1, car-2, car-3 for going on a trip. The following rules will be followed for seating
them in cars:

1. Atleast one adult must be seated in each car

2. A and D must be in a same car
3. B and K cannot be in a same car
4. C and G cannot be in a same car
5. Neither C nor K can be in car-2

Q. 69. If A is in car-1, which of the following is true?

A. B and E are in car-3

B. B and G are in car-3
C. F and H are in car-1
D. E and G are in car-2

Q. 70. If A and H are in car-3, which one of following should be true?

A. E is in car-1
B. B is in car-2
C. F is in car-2
D. C is in car-3

Q. 71. If B and E are in car-3, which of the following should be true?

A. C is in car-3
B. G is in car-2
C. H is in car-3
D. K is in car-1

Q. 72. If F is in car-1 and H is in car-3, which of the following CANNOT be true?

A. B is in car-2
B. K is in car-1
C. There is exactly one kid in car-2
D. There is exactly one kid in car-3

Q. 73. If B is the only kid in car-1, which of the following should be true?

A. A is in car-3
B. E is in car-3
C. F is in car-2
D. G is in car-1

(Questions 74 - 75) Mr. Shahid has to teach students three Biology lessons, A, B, C and four
Physic lessons D, E, F, G. The following conditions must be met.

 No Physic lesson can be taught immediate after another Physic lesson.

 C must be taught earlier than F
 E and F must be separated from each other by atleast one lesson.
 E must be taught immediately before or after A
 A must be taught immediately after D, but not if B is taught earlier than D

Q. 74. Choose the correct sequence of lessons.

A. B, C, E, G, F, A, D
B. D, C, G, B, E, A, F
C. G, B, D, C, E, A, F
D. F, A, E, C, G, B, D

Q. 75. Which one can be the fourth lesson in the sequence?

A. D
B. B
C. E
D. F

Q. 76. Which one can be the first lesson?

A. E
B. F
C. D
D. A

Q. 77. If the third lesson is E, which one must the sixth lesson?

A. C
B. B
C. D
D. F

Q. 78. If the seventh lesion is D, which one can be the fifth lesson?

A. A
B. B
C. C
D. F

Q. 79. Which of the following must be true about the sequence?

A. The first lesson is G

B. The fifth lesson is E
C. No Physics-lesson is taught immediately after a Biology-lesson
D. No Biology-lesson is taught immediately after another Biology-lesson.

Q. 80. A, B, C and D are four persons of a family. A is daughter of B. B is son of C. C is father of

D. Which statement in the following is true?

A. D and B are brothers

B. A is the daughter of D
C. If D is the daughter of B, then A and D are sisters
D. C is uncle of A

Question 1-4: John purchased a toy for his young daughter. The toy
included nine colouful pieces in the shape of the numbers from 1 to 9. In
examining these pieces he made the following observations.
One piece is purple and two pieces each are red, green, yellow and blue.
The two red pieces are consecutive number.
The number 4 is green.
The two blue pieces are not consecutive numbers.
Both the 1 and 9 are yellow.
The purple piece is not a number immediately less than or immediately
greater than either green piece.

Question 1: If one of the red pieces in number 3 then what number is the
other red piece?
a. 2
b. 4
c. 5
d. 6
e. 7

Question 2: If the number 5 is green each of the following could be true

except?
a. The purple piece and one of the yellow pieces are consecutive number.
b. The number 6 is purple.
c. The two blue pieces and the purple piece are consecutive number.
d. The number 2 is red.
e. The number 8 is red.

Question 3: If the number 6 is green which of the following could be true?

a. 2 is blue
b. 3 is purple
c. 5 is red
d. 5 is purple
e. 7 is blue

Question 4: Which of the following if true would enable you to determine

the color of every number?
a. The 2 is blue
b. The 3 is blue
c. The 5 is red
d. The 7 is blue
e. The 7 is green
Question 5: Each week the forensics teams at Roslyn High School and
Manhasset High School debate each other. Each team has several
members and each week three are selected to debate. Whenever Aviva
debates for Roslyn. Roslyn wins; and whenever Zachary debates for
Roslyn, Roslyn wins. Whenever Josh debates for Roslyn, Manhasset wins.
If one week Roslyn lost to Manhasset, which of the following must be
true?
a. Josh debated for Roslyn.
b. Either Aviva or Zachary debated for Roslyn.
c. Neither Aviva nor Zachary debated for Roslyn.
d. Josh and either Aviva or Zachary debated for Roslyn.
e. Josh and neither Aviva nor Zachary debated for Roslyn.

Question 6-10: The Fairfield Foreign Film Festival plans to show six
foreign films one each from Belgium, Canada, Denmark, England, France
and Germany. The festival will open on Thursday and will close three days
later on a Sunday. The each film will be shown once during the festival
and the order in which the films will be shown must confirm to the
following conditions.
At least one film will be shown each day.
No more than three films will be shown on any two consecutive days.
The Belgian film must be shown on Saturday.
The Canadian film must be shown on same day as another film.
The French film must be shown on a day before the German film is shown.
The Danish film must be shown on a day after the English film is shown

Question 6: If only one film is shown on Thursday, it could be the entry

from which of the following country?
a. Belgium
b. Canada
c. Denmark
d. France
e. Germany

Question 7: If the Belgian and French film are shown on the same day
which of the following must be true?
a. The film from Denmark will be shown on Thursday.
b. The film from Denmark will be shown on Friday.
c. The film from Germany will be shown on Thursday.
d. The film from Canada will be shown on Sunday.
e. The film from England will be shown on Sunday.
Question 8: If the director of the festival decides to show two films on
Thursday and two on Sunday. How many films would be eligible to be
shown on Friday?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
e. 5

Question 9: If the English and German films are shown on the same day
which of the following must be true?
a. The film from England will be shown on Thursday.
b. The film from France will be shown on Friday.
c. The film from Canada will be shown on Saturday.
d. The film from Germany will be shown on Saturday.
e. The film from Canada will be shown on Sunday.

Question 10: If the film from England is shown on Saturday which of the
following films cannot be shown on the same day as another film?
a. Belgian
b. Canadian
c. English
d. French
e. German

Question 11-14: A group of at least three townspeople is to be chosen by

the mayor to accompany her on a trip to the state capital. There are
seven people who are eligible to be chosen – one man, one woman, two
boys and three girls. In choosing the group the mayor must adhere to the
following conditions.
At least one adult must be chosen.
At least one male must be chosen.
The group selected must cannot include all the three males.
The group selected must cannot include all the four females.
If a woman is chosen at least one girl must be chosen.

Question 11: If all the girls are chosen who else must be in the group?
a. No one else
b. The man
c. One of the boy
d. The man and one of the boys
e. The man, the woman and one of the boys.

Question 13: If both adults are chosen, each of the following could be a
complete list of the other members of the group EXCEPT?
a. One girl.
b. One boy.
c. One girl and one boy.
d. Two girls and one boy.
e. Two girls.

Question 14: Each of the following statements about the composition of

the group could be true EXCEPT?
a. There are more males than females.
b. There are more females than males.
c. There are exactly four members.
d. There are exactly five members.
e. There are exactly six members

Question 15-18: Each of the integers from 1 to 7 inclusive is to be

assigned to one of the two sets – X and Y – such that:
No integers is a member of both sets.
Neither set has more than four members.
1 and 4 must be in the same set.
If 2 is a member of set X then so is 7.
If 6 is a member of set Y then 5 is not a member of set Y.

Question 15: Which of the following could be a complete list of the

members of the set X?
a. 1, 4
b. 1, 2 and 7
c. 1, 4 and 7
d. 1, 2 and 4
e. 1, 4, 5, 7

Question 16: Which of the following cannot be true?

a. 4 and 7 are in X.
b. 5 and 6 are in X.
c. 1 and 2 are in Y.
d. 1, 3 and 7 are in X.
e. 2, 3 and 6 are in Y.
Question 17: If 5 and 7 are both members of the set Y, how many different
ways are there to assign the other five members to the two sets?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 5
e. 6

Question 18: If X has members, none of which is 1, which of the following

numbers must be in X?
a. 2
b. 3
c. 5
d. 6
e. 7

Question 19-20: A four person congressional committee is to be formed

consisting of two senators and two representatives. The senators are to
be chosen from W, X, Y and Z; the representative are to be chosen from P,
Q, R and S. The committee will be chosen by the vice president subject to
the following conditions.
S will not serve on the committee unless X does.
Y will not serve on the committee with Q.
The vice president has decided that Y or Z must be included but neither Y
nor Z is willing to serve with the other.

Question 19: Which of the following could be the fourth members of the
committee that already consists of R, W and Y?
a. P
b. Q
c. S
d. X
e. Z

Question 20: If neither P nor R is assigned to the committee which of the

following two senators must be on the committee?
a. W and Y
b. X and Z
c. W and Z
d. X and Z
e. Y and Z