Logical Reasoning Flashcards
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A is the brother of B. B is the sister of C. C is the son of D. How is A related to D?
Answer: Son or Daughter
A's gender is unspecified; C is D's son, and A and C are siblings, so A is D's son or daughter.
In a certain code, 'go to school' is written as 'la fa ka' and 'go back home' is written as 'la ma na'. What is the code for 'go'?
Answer: la
'go' is the common word in both phrases, and 'la' is the common code, so 'go' = 'la'.
Which of the following can be a valid conclusion? 'No teachers are liars. All politicians are liars.'
Answer: No politicians are teachers
Since no teachers are liars but all politicians are liars, no politician can be a teacher.
Series: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, __. What comes next?
Answer: 21
This is the Fibonacci sequence; 13 + 8 = 21.
Five friends sit in a row. P sits to the right of Q and to the left of R. S sits to the right of R. T sits to the left of Q. Who sits in the middle?
Answer: P
Order from left: T, Q, P, R, S — P is in the middle (3rd position).
If January 1 is a Monday, what day is February 1 of the same (non-leap) year?
Answer: Thursday
January has 31 days; 31 mod 7 = 3, so February 1 is Monday + 3 = Thursday.