Reasoning Ability
Verbal, non-verbal, and analytical logic: Syllogisms, Circular & Linear Seating Arrangements, Puzzles, Coding-Decoding, and Direction Sense.
Reasoning Ability Topics (13 Chapters)
Each chapter includes concept explanations, key formulas, distractor trap alerts, and real exam practice questions with detailed solutions.
Seating arrangement questions place people in a row or around a table from a set of clues. Draw the seats and fill in theβ¦
Alphabet test questions ask for a letter by its position, or the position of a letter. Knowing the letter numbers saves time.
Order and ranking questions give a person's position from both ends of a row and ask for the total, or the reverse.
Classification (odd one out) questions show items that share a property, except one. Find the property, then the item thatβ¦
Letter series questions follow a fixed gap between letters. Convert letters to numbers and find the gap.
Number series questions ask for the next term (or a wrong term) of a pattern. Start with the differences between terms.
Calendar questions find the day of the week after a number of days, or for a date. Everything depends on the remainder whenβ¦
Clock questions mostly ask for the angle between the hour and minute hands at a given time.
Coding-decoding questions show how one word is coded and ask you to code another word by the same rule.
Analogy
Analogy questions give a pair with a relationship (A : B) and ask for the item that has the same relationship with a third.
Direction sense questions track turns and distances to find a final direction or distance from the start. Draw a quick sketch.
Blood relation questions describe family links and ask how two people are related. Draw a small family tree with genders.
Syllogism
Syllogism questions give statements and ask which conclusions must follow. Treat the statements as true even if they sound odd,β¦