Competitive reasoning MCQs play a crucial role in assessing a candidate’s logical aptitude, problem-solving capabilities, and analytical skills during various exams. These questions are designed to evaluate how effectively a person can interpret complex information, deduce logical conclusions, and apply reasoning to solve diverse puzzles and problems. Common reasoning question categories in competitive exams include verbal reasoning, numerical reasoning, analytical reasoning, and abstract reasoning.
The goal of these reasoning questions is to evaluate how well a candidate can identify patterns, relationships, sequences, and logical links. Common question types include series completion, analogy, blood relations, direction sense, classification, coding-decoding, seating arrangements, and logical reasoning puzzles. Preparing for competitive reasoning requires understanding the question types, practicing solutions, and honing fast decision-making skills to perform efficiently during exams.
Competitive Reasoning MCQ Questions
1. In a certain code language, ‘RARE’ is written as ‘2’ and ‘CAT’ is written as ‘1’. How will ‘RICKSHAW’ be written in that language?
- (a) 4
- (b) 2
- (c) 3
- (d) 8
2. In certain code language, ‘DID’ is coded as ‘494’, ‘DEAR’ is coded as ‘4518’ and ‘BENT’ is coded as ‘2540’. How will ‘FOR’ be coded in that language?
- (a) 668
- (b) 557
- (c) 567
- (d) 658
3. In a certain code language, ‘RA + FE’ is coded as ‘246’, and ‘AB + JC’ is coded as ‘115’. How will ‘AC + BD’ be coded in that language?
- (a) 39
- (b) 23
- (c) 27
- (d) 37
4. In a certain code language, ‘ACD’ is coded as ’12’, and ‘BEA’ is coded as ’10’. How will ‘ECG’ be coded in that language?
- (a) 105
- (b) 85
- (c) 115
- (d) 125
5. In a certain code language, ‘Read the code’ is coded as ’18 20 3′, ‘Decode the code’ is coded as ‘4 20 3’ and ‘code is easy’ is coded as ‘3 9 5’. How will ‘make one code’ be coded in that language?
- (a) 19 18 5
- (b) 12 13 15
- (c) 13 15 3
- (d) 125
6. In the following question, select the odd letter/letters from the given alternatives.
- (a) JJLP
- (b) DDFK
- (c) TTVZ
- (d) RRTX
7 Select the odd one out from the given alternatives. (NOTE: Operations should be performed on the whole numbers, without breaking down the numbers into its constituent digits.)
- (a) 81962457 – 75426918
- (b) 321645281 – 812546123
- (c) 715623 – 326517
- (d) 65428 – 82456
8. Select the odd letter/letters from the given alternatives.
- (a) XAEJ
- (b) NQUZ
- (c) DGKP
- (d) GJNT
9. Select the odd letter/letters from the given alternatives.
- (a) AXU
- (b) SPL
- (c) ‘URO
- (d) NKH
10. Select the odd one out from the given alternatives. (NOTE: Operations should be performed on the whole numbers, without breaking down the numbers into its constituent digits.)
- (a) 2345 – 4826
- (b) 2354 – 4835
- (c) 3241 – 5732
- (d) 1326 – 3807
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11. Select the word-pair that best represents a similar relationship to the one expressed in the pair of words given below. (The words must be considered as meaningful English words and must not be related to each other based on the number of letters/number of consonants /vowels in the word)
Bacteria : Decomposition
- (a) Oxygen : Treatment
- (b) Yeast : Fermentation
- (c) Volcano : Eruption
- (d) Antibiotic : Injection
12. 11 is related to 123 following a certain logic. Following the same logic, 20 is related to 402. To which of the following is 13 related to, following the same logic?
- (a) 171
- (b) 172
- (c) 173
- (d) 174
13. Select the set in which the numbers are related in the same way as are the numbers of the following sets. (NOTE: Operations should be performed on the whole numbers, without breaking down the numbers into its constituent digits.)
(25, 49, 73)
(34, 23, 12)
- (a) 5, 35, 17
- (b) 11, 9, 18
- (c) 18, 22, 26
- (d) 13, 15, 19
14. MEOP is related to KCMN in a certain way based on the English alphabetical order. In the same way, LTDG is related to JRBE. To which of the following is UNTF related to, following the same logic?
- (a) SMRE
- (b) SLRD
- (c) VPUH
- (d) TOSG
15. PD 17 is related to TH 19 in a certain way. Similarly, HK 23 is related to LO 29. Following the same logic, FJ 11 is related to which of the following?
- (a) IM 13
- (b) HL 17
- (c) IN 15
- (d) JN 13
16. P is the son of C. C is married to D. D is the sister of O. O is the daughter of M. X is the mother of C and married to W. How is W related to X?
- (a) Son’s son
- (b) Brother’s son
- (c) Sister’s son
- (d) Daughter’s son
17. H is the father of M. M is the brother of C. C is the daughter of I and married to F. D is the daughter of C. Z is the daughter of M. How is H related to I?
- (a) Husband
- (b) Sister
- (c) Brother
- (d) Son
18. R is the father of P. P is the sister of Q, Q is the grandson of T. S is the only child of M, M is married to T. R is married to S. How is S related to P?
- (a) Sister
- (b) Daughter
- (c) Mother’s mother
- (d) Mother
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19. L is the daughter of H. H is married to K. K is the mother of I. I is the father of J. J is married to M. M is the sister of N. How is J related to H?
- (a) Brother’s son
- (b) Daughter’s son
- (c) Son’s son
- (d) Son
20. F is the father of G’s father. G is married to H. H is the mother of I. J is the sister of G. K is the father of J. J is married to L, M is the brother of I and married to N. How is J related to I?
- (a) Father’s sister
- (b) Sister
- (c) Father’s brother
- (d) Mother’s mother
21. C_EF HNE__NEP RN_U WNE
- (a) PAWER
- (b) FHOSM
- (c) NKMEZ
- (d) CAHKL
22. GA B M_PB SA B YAB__AHB
- (a) AWBUY
- (b) JAVBE
- (c) MFGTY
- (d) CHFJK
23. CB_WV_SP_NLI HG_BA_XU
- (a) XUOFY
- (b) XUOEY
- (c) XUOEZ
- (d) ZUOEZ
24. FMD_B_ZA_MVW TM_S PMN_
- (a) EMXRO
- (b) VJJFO
- (c) ENKGF
- (d) VHUYI
25. TRY_US_U V_YU UYU XVY_
- (a) FUUTH
- (b) UFYDJ
- (c) UCRSD
- (d) UYTWU
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