List of top Logical Reasoning Questions on Puzzle asked in Symbiosis National Aptitude Test

Five friends– Alex, Blake, Casey, Drew, and Erin – are sitting in a row facing north. Each of them likes a different color: Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, and Orange. They also have different favorite fruits: Apple, Banana, Cherry, Mango, and Pineapple. The following information is known :
1. Casey sits at one of the ends of the row.
2. Blake is sitting third to the left of Casey and does not like Red or Yellow.
3. The person who likes Mango is sitting at one of the ends.
4. Drew likes Blue and sits next to Erin, who likes Red.
5. The person who likes Green is sitting in the middle.
6. Alex is at one of the ends and does not like Yellow.
7. The person who likes Pineapple is sitting at the extreme right.
8. Mango is not liked by Alex or Erin.
Based on the given information, answer the following:
Which of the following statements is true ?

Six friends – Alice, Bob, Carol, David, Eve, and Frank– are sitting in a row facing south. Each of them has a different favorite subject: History, Math, English, Science, Geography, and Art. They also have different pets: Dog, Cat, Rabbit, Parrot, Turtle, and Goldfish. The following information is known :
1. Alice, who likes Science, is at one of the ends.
2. Frank sits third to the left of Alice.
3. Bob, who likes History, is not at any of the ends.
4. The person who likes Geography is sitting second to the right of Carol
5. Eve, who has a Rabbit, is sitting at one of the ends.
6. David is sitting between Eve and Alice.
7. The person who likes Math is sitting next to the person with a Goldfish.
8. Carol, who likes English, is not sitting next to Bob.
9. The person who has a Cat is sitting to the immediate right of the person who likes Math.
Based on the given information, answer the following:
Who likes Math, and what is their pet ?

A, B, C, D, E, F, and G are members of a sports club who enjoy a variety of activities, including Carrom, Table Tennis, Badminton, Bridge, Hockey, Football, and Lawn Tennis, albeit not necessary in that order. They all have distinct musical preferences, such as Sitar, Guitar, Harmonium, Flute, Tabla, Banjo, and Santoor, though not necessarily in that order. B enjoys playing Carrom and Banjo. E enjoys playing bridge but not the harmonium or the tabla. Sitar is played by the person who plays hockey. F does not play table tennis or lawn tennis. A is a badminton and flute player. Tabla is not played by those who play lawn tennis. G plays hockey and C plays the Harmonium.
Which of the following game person-musical instrument pairings is absolutely correct ?

Study the following information carefully to answer these questions. A, B, C, D, E, F and G are members of a sports club and have a liking for different games, viz Carrom, Table Tennis, Badminton, Bridge, Hockey, Football and Lawn Tennis but not necessarily in the same order. Each one of them has a liking for different musical instruments, viz Sitar, Guitar, Harmonium, Flute, Tabla, Banjo, and Santoor, not necessarily in the same order. B likes Carrom and Banjo. E likes to play Bridge but not Harmonium or Tabla. The one who plays Hockey plays Sitar. F plays Guitar but not Table Tennis or Lawn Tennis. A plays badminton and Flute. The one who plays Lawn Tennis does not play Tabla. C plays Harmonium and G plays Hockey.
D plays which game ?

Study the following information carefully and answer the below questions
Twelve persons are sitting in a parallel row and opposite to each other. In row 1-L,M,N,O,P and Q face the south. In row 2-A,B,C,D,E and F face the north but not necessarily in the same order.
L sits opposite to the one who sits second to the left of F. only two persons sits between B and F. B sits to the left of F. the number of persons sists to the left of L Is the same as the number of persons sits right to the P. N sits second to the right of P. A sits immediate left of D, none of them ists at the end of the row. C sits opposite to the one who sits second to the left of Q. O and P are not immediate neighbours.

During their school Silver Jubilee Reunion, four alumini were discussing their starting annual salaries back in 1981. The salaries in question were rupees 40,50,60 and 70 thousand per year. Of course, the present Md of our private company earned the most. Arvind earned more than biswajit, and the doctor earned more than druv the engineer. Chinamay could not remember what he started on Biswajit, the lawyer did not start on 50,000 nor did dhruv.

How many meaningful English words can be formed with the letters A, D, E and R using all the letters, and each letter only once in each word?

Three persons A, B and C gave these statements:
A said, either Freedom Party or Green Party won the elections.
B said, Freedom Party won.
C said, neither Freedom Party nor Green
Party won the elections.
Of these persons, only one person is wrong.
Who won the elections?

If the following five words are arranged in alphabetical order, then which word will come in the middle?

Direction: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.
Six persons-I, J, K, L, M and N are going to tour on two different dates either 11th or 26th in three different months viz. July, August and September of the same year. Each of them is using different mobile networks viz. Jio, Airtel, Aircel, BSNL, Docomo and Vodafone. All the information is not necessarily in the same order.
N goes on an odd-numbered date. Only two persons go between the one who uses Vodafone and N. K and J go in the same date but none of them goes in September. The one who uses Aircel goes immediately before J but not in August. As many persons go after M is same as before the one who uses Docomo. M does not go in July. Only one person goes between the one who uses Jio and BSNL. I goes immediately after the one who uses BSNL. Neither M nor L uses Jio.

Three lamps A, B and C as shown in the figure above are burning using oil as its source of energy. Three incense sticks, E, F and G are taken. E is dipped in oil, F is dipped in petrol and G is dipped in water and are immediately placed over the wick of A, B and C respectively. Then

There are 3 closed cartons in a room. One of the cartons contains cash. There is a printed message that is displayed outside each carton. Only one message is True and the other two messages are False. The first carton has the message: Cash is not in the Carton. The second carton has the message: No cash in the Carton. The third carton has the message: Cash is in the second carton. Which carton has the cash?

Four children A, B, C and D are having some chocolates each.
A gives B as many as he already has, he gives C twice of what C already has and he gives D thrice of what D already has.
Now, D gives (\(\frac 18\))^th of his own chocolates to B.
Then A gives 10% chocolates he now owns to C and 20% to B.
Finally, all of them have 35 chocolates each. What is the original number of chocolates each had in the beginning?

Ramaswami was studying for his examinations and the lights went off. It was around 1:00 a.m. He lighted two uniform candles of equal length but one thicker than the other. The thick candle is supposed to last six hours and the thin one two hours less. When he finally went to sleep, the thick candle was twice as long as the thin one. For how long did Ramaswami study in candle light?

The numerator and denominator of a fraction is in the ratio 2:3.If 6 are subtracted from the numerator the value of the fraction becomes \(\frac 23\) of the original fraction.The numerator of the original fraction is,

A person wanted to withdraw X rupees and Y paise from the bank. But cashier made a mistake and gave him Y rupees and X paise. Neither the person nor the cashier noticed that. After spending 20 paise, the person counts the money. To his surprise, he has double the amount he wanted to
withdraw. Find X and Y. (1 Rupee = 100 Paise)

A drawer contains 10 black and 10 brown socks which are all mixed up. What is the fewest number of socks you can take from the drawer without looking and be sure to get a pair of the same color?

A, B and C are three students from Don School and P, Q and R are three students fro Elite School. Q is brighter than R but duller than the Don School student who is brighter than A. The same Don School student is duller than P but is brighter than C.

Leena, Nitin, Arun and Mohan crossed a lake in a canoe that could hold only two persons. The Canoe held two persons on each of three forward trips across the lake and one person on each of two return trips. Leena was unable to paddle when someone else was in the canoe with her. Nitin was unable to paddle when anyone else except Arun was in the canoe with him. Each person paddle continuously for at least one trip. Who paddled twice?

Study this matrix.
In this game there are two players. The first player can split the matrix vertically into two equal halves and choose one half for further play. The next move on this half is by the other player who will be split it only horizontally and choose one half for further play. The game will continue in this manner. At the end, the last number left is the first player's gain. If you start the game, retain the right half and, again right half after your opponent's move, then how should your opponent play to minimize your gain?

6	2	5	1
3	1	4	7
4	1	9	5
3	1	2	4