Free LSAT Analytical Reasoning Questions and Answers

Question 1

For a new project, a landscape architect is choosing trees. Seven different tree species are available for the architect to select from: a Maple, a River Birch, an Oak, a Sycamore, a Chestnut, a Blue Spruce, and a Pine. There are two separate areas, named area 1 and area 2, in which the trees will be planted. The trees must be planted in accordance with the following constraints:

‥ Each area contains three different types of trees, and there are only three types of trees in each area.
‥ The same type of tree cannot be planted more than once in either area.
‥ If an area contains a river birch, then the area cannot contain either a blue spruce or a pine.
‥ If an area has a sycamore tree, it must also contain either a river birch or an oak.
‥ Any area that contains an oak must also contain a maple.

Which of the following tree options is suitable for both areas?

Accepted Answer

(Area 1: Sycamore, River Birch, Maple) (Area 2: Blue Spruce, Pine, Chestnut)

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(Area 1: Oak, Sycamore, Maple) (Area 2: Blue Spruce, Pine, River Birch)

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(Area 1: Maple, Sycamore, River Birch) (Area 2: Blue Spruce, Chestnut, Oak)

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(Area 1: Maple, River Birch, Chestnut) (Area 2: Sycamore, Oak, Blue Spruce)

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(Area 1: Chestnut, Maple, Oak) (Area 2: Sycamore, River Birch, Chestnut)

Question 2

For a new project, a landscape architect is choosing trees. Seven different tree species are available for the architect to select from: a Maple, a River Birch, an Oak, a Sycamore, a Chestnut, a Blue Spruce, and a Pine. The trees will be planted in two different locations, designated as area 1 and area 2, respectively. The following restrictions must be followed while planting the trees:

‥ There are only three distinct tree species in each area, and there are three different species in each area.
‥ In any location, no more than one tree of the same kind may be planted.
‥ If a river birch is present, neither a blue spruce nor a pine may grow there.
‥ A river birch or an oak must also be present where there is a sycamore tree.
‥ Where there is an oak, there must also be a maple.

Which of the following CANNOT be true?

Accepted Answer

A blue spruce is in area 1 and a Pine is in area 2.

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A pine is not selected.

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A Sycamore and a Maple are planted in area 2.

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A river birch is not selected.

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An oak and a chestnut tree are both in area 1.

Question 3

For a new project, a landscape architect is choosing trees. Seven different tree species are available for the architect to select from: a Maple, a River Birch, an Oak, a Sycamore, a Chestnut, a Blue Spruce, and a Pine. The trees will be planted in two different locations, designated as area 1 and area 2, respectively. The following restrictions must be followed while planting the trees:

‥ There are only three distinct tree species in each area, and there are three different species in each area.
‥ In any location, no more than one tree of the same kind may be planted.
‥ If a river birch is present, neither a blue spruce nor a pine may grow there.
‥ A river birch or an oak must also be present where there is a sycamore tree.
‥ Where there is an oak, there must also be a maple.

If a Chestnut is planted in area 1, and a River Birch is in area 2 which of the following could be true?

Accepted Answer

An oak is not planted in area 2.

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A sycamore is planted in area 1.

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Neither a blue spruce nor a pine is planted in area 1.

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A maple is not planted in area 2.

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An oak is planted in area 1.

Question 4

For a new project, a landscape architect is choosing trees. Seven different tree species are available for the architect to select from: a Maple, a River Birch, an Oak, a Sycamore, a Chestnut, a Blue Spruce, and a Pine. The trees will be planted in two different locations, designated as area 1 and area 2, respectively. The following restrictions must be followed while planting the trees:

‥ There are only three distinct tree species in each area, and there are three different species in each area.
‥ In any location, no more than one tree of the same kind may be planted.
‥ If a river birch is present, neither a blue spruce nor a pine may grow there.
‥ A river birch or an oak must also be present where there is a sycamore tree.
‥ Where there is an oak, there must also be a maple.

Which of the following CANNOT be true?

Accepted Answer

A river birch and sycamore are in area 1 and a chestnut is not selected.

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A river birch is selected but a blue spruce is not.

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A chestnut is in area 2 and river birch is not selected.

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A sycamore is not selected.

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An oak and maple in area 1.

Question 5

In preparation for a new project, a landscape architect is choosing trees. A Maple, a River Birch, an Oak, a Sycamore, a Chestnut, a Blue Spruce, and a Pine are the 7 tree kinds the architect must select from. The planting of the trees will take place in two distinct locations, designated as area 1 and area 2, respectively. In order to plant the trees, the following restrictions must be followed:

‥ There are only three distinct tree species in each area, and there are three different species in each area.
‥ In any location, no more than one tree of the same kind may be planted.
‥ If a river birch is present, neither a blue spruce nor a pine may grow there.
‥ A river birch or an oak must also be present where there is a sycamore tree.
‥ Where there is an oak, there must also be a maple.

If a sycamore is not selected, which of the following must be true?

Accepted Answer

A blue spruce and pine are in the same area.

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A river birch and a maple are not planted in the same area.

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A chestnut is planted in the same area as a blue spruce, but not in the same area as a pine.

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A chestnut is planted in the same area as a blue spruce, but not in the same area as a pine.

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An oak is planted with a blue spruce.

Question 6

A new project's trees are being chosen by a landscape architect. Seven different tree species must be chosen by the architect: a Maple, a River Birch, an Oak, a Sycamore, a Chestnut, a Blue Spruce, and a Pine. The trees will be planted in two distinct locations, designated as area 1 and area 2, respectively. The following limitations must be followed while planting the trees:

‥ There are only three distinct tree species in each area, and there are three different species in each area.
‥ In any location, no more than one tree of the same kind may be planted.
‥ If a river birch is present, neither a blue spruce nor a pine may grow there.
‥ A river birch or an oak must also be present where there is a sycamore tree.
‥ Where there is an oak, there must also be a maple.

Which of the following must be true?

Accepted Answer

A maple is selected.

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A sycamore is in area 1 and a river birch is area 2.

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A sycamore is in area 1 and a river birch is area 2.

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An oak is selected.

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An oak and a river birch are in the same area.

Question 7

For a new project, a landscape architect is choosing trees. Seven different tree species are available for the architect to select from: a Maple, a River Birch, an Oak, a Sycamore, a Chestnut, a Blue Spruce, and a Pine. The trees will be planted in two different locations, designated as area 1 and area 2, respectively. The following restrictions must be followed while planting the trees:

‥ There are only three distinct tree species in each area, and there are three different species in each area.
‥ In any location, no more than one tree of the same kind may be planted.
‥ If a river birch is present, neither a blue spruce nor a pine may grow there.
‥ A river birch or an oak must also be present where there is a sycamore tree.
‥ Where there is an oak, there must also be a maple.

If a river birch is not selected, which of the following CANNOT be true?

Accepted Answer

A pine is planted in area 1 with the sycamore

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A pine is in area 1.

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A sycamore is in area 2.

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A sycamore is in area 2.

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A chestnut is planted in area 1 with the blue spruce.

Question 8

Marky: The majority of online websites contain a large number of alluring and difficult-to-ignore hyperlinks, each of which leads to another hyperlink, and so on. The capacity of frequent internet users to do difficult thinking that necessitates focus and attention is reduced as a result of often slipping into this bottomless pit of distracting and mainly unimportant material on the internet.

Clark: A study indicated that regular internet users performed better on tests of focus and attention than infrequent users and also had stronger brain muscles in the regions of the brain linked to complicated reasoning, which implies a higher utilization of these muscles.

The dialogue most strongly supports the claim that Marky and Clark disagree with each other about whether

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heavy internet usage decreases a person's ability to do complex reasoning

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focus and attention are necessary to do complex reasoning

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most web-pages on the internet require internet users to do complex reasoning

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most web-pages on the internet have hard-to-ignore hyperlinks

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"	heavy internet users are more knowledgeable than infrequent internet users"

Question 9

Mayor of the City: Since the beginning of this year, when driving fossil fuel-powered vehicles older than five years on city roads was prohibited, air pollution has decreased dramatically. Therefore, if all fossil fuel-powered vehicles are prohibited from operating on city roadways, urban air pollution will be eliminated.

The argument made by the city mayor is faulty because it

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fails to consider that there may be other significant sources of air pollution in the city

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takes for granted that all cars in the city are fossil-fuel powered

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relies on statistical claims that are likely to be unreliable

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fails to consider that citizen protests may force the council to withdraw the proposed ban on all fossil-fuel powered cars

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mistakenly reverses the cause and the effect relationship between two phenomena

Question 10

Most of the legal changes recommended by the Feminist Group for Rights are put into effect five years after their initial recommendation. Therefore, it is likely that the first set of legal reforms proposed by this group at the conference today would be put into effect within five years.

Which of the following arguments follows a logic most similar to the one in the previous argument?

Accepted Answer

The majority of this law school's alumni land positions in the top twenty law firms in the nation after graduation. As a result, after graduation, the majority of the graduating class will probably find employment in one of the top twenty legal firms in the nation.

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In the past three years, crime-themed web shows have won the majority of Emmy Awards. Therefore, if online series receive the majority of the Emmy Awards the next year, the criminal genre will likely make up the majority of these web series.

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The majority of the farmers in this area cultivate paddy. Paddy is so likely to have been a staple diet in this area for many years.

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Most consumers of single use plastics live in urban areas. Therefore, if a person does not consume single use plastics, he probably does not live in an urban area.

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The child mortality rate has worsened slowly but steadily for the last five years. Therefore, the government’s move to slash funding of its child-vaccination program is ill-advised.