The CLAT reasoning portion had 27 questions from Analytical Reasoning. There were 2 questions  (of arrangements) whose options were marked wrong. One question from blood relation which had no option available. And another one question from blood relation which had two possible answers. Further, there was a question on directions which was repeated.

Direction for Question Numbers 1 – 3: Read the following information carefully and choose the appropriate option in the questions given below.

1. There is a group of five persons – A, B, C, D and E.
2. One of them is a Singer, one is a Dancer, one is a Painter, one is a Teacher and one is a Doctor.

iii.        Three of them – A, C and Doctor prefer rice to chapatti and two of them – B and the Painter prefer chapatti to rice.

1. The Teacher, D and A are friends to one another but two of these prefer chapatti to rice.
2. The Singer is C’s brother.

 

Q.1.     Who is a Singer?

1. A
2. D
3. C
4. B

 

Q.2.     Who is a Dancer?

1. A
2. C
3. E
4. D

 

Q.3.     Who is a Teacher?

1. D
2. E
3. C
4. B

 

Sol 1 to 3: As, three of them – A, C and Doctor prefer rice to chapatti and two of them – B and the Painter prefer chapatti to rice , this means A and C are not doctors while B is not a painter.

 

 

 

 

Name	A	B	C	D	E
Profession	Not Doctor	Not Painter	Not Doctor
Preference	Rice	Chapatti	Rice

Also, Doctor prefers Rice and Painter prefers Chapatti.

 

Further, it is given that the Teacher, D and A are friends to one another but two of these prefer chapatti to rice. This means, Teacher and D would prefer Chapatti as it is already known (in above table) that A prefers Rice. Further, as three of them prefer Rice, so E must prefer Rice.

Now as A, C and Doctor prefers rice, E should be the doctor (as the other two aren’t). Also, it is known that painter prefers Chapatti, so the only possibility –  D should be the painter.  Further, as Teacher also prefers Chapatti – this means B is the Teacher.

Name	A	B	C	D	E
Profession		Teacher		Painter.	Doctor
Preference	Rice	Chapatti	Rice	Chapatti	Rice

From the last statement : The Singer is C’s brother – we get that C is not the singer. This means A is the singer and C is the dancer.

Hence, the final table looks like –

 

Name	A	B	C	D	E
Profession	Singer	Teacher	Dancer	Painter	Doctor
Preference	Rice	Chapatti	Rice	Chapatti	Rice

Options –

Q1) 1                                       Q2) 2                           Q3) 4

(Note: Two questions Q2 and Q3 of the above set had wrong answers)

 

Direction for Question Numbers 4 – 6: Read the following information carefully and choose the most appropriate option in the questions given below.

1. Six flats on a floor in two rows facing North and South are allotted to P, Q, R, S, T and U.
2. Q gets a North–facing flat and is not next to S.

iii.        S and U get diagonally opposite flats.

1. R, next to U gets a South–facing flat and T gets a North–facing flat.

 

Q.4.     Which of the following combination gets South–facing flats?

1. U, R, P
2. Q, T, S
3. U, P,T
4. Data inadequate

 

Q.5.     Whose flat is between Q and S?

1. T
2. U
3. R
4. P

 

Q.6.     If the flats of T and P are interchanged, who’s flat will be next to that of U?

1. T
2. R
3. Q
4. P

Sol 4 to 6:  As it is not given that there are equal flats in each row. So, there are two possible cases-

Case 1: Assuming that there are 3 flats per row.

R, next to U gets a South–facing flat.. this means R and U are south facing flat. Also, as S and U are diagonally opposite each other.. it means S is a north facing flat. Thus, the arrangement would look like –

 

South Facing	U	R
North Facing			S

OR

 

South Facing		R	U
North Facing	S

 

Now, as Q gets a North–facing flat and is not next to S. Thus, the arrangement would look like –

 

South Facing	U	R
North Facing	Q		S

OR

 

South Facing		R	U
North Facing	S		Q

Also, as T gets a North–facing flat, therefore P will get a south facing flat.

Thus, the final arrangement looks like –

South Facing	U	R	P
North Facing	Q	T	S

OR

 

South Facing	P	R	U
North Facing	S	T	Q

 

The answer options are as follows –

Q4) 1                           Q5) 1                           Q6) 2

 

 

Direction for Question Numbers 7 & 8: Which alternative applies to the following Statement or Assumptions? Choose the most appropriate option.

Q.7.     ‘Only ignorant people believe in witchcraft’ is equivalent to:

1. Some ignorant persons are not those who believe in witchcraft.
2. No ignorant persons are those who do not believe in witchcraft.
3. All persons who believe in witchcraft are ignorant.
4. There is no link between ignorance and witchcraft.

Q.8.     ‘There is no man that is not naturally good’ is equivalent to the proposition:

1. All men are naturally good.
2. Some men are naturally good.
3. Some men are not naturally good.
4. No men are good.

Direction for Question Numbers 9 & 10:Find the odd one out from the following:

Q.9.     Find the odd one out from the following:

1. Only choice
2. Clearly visible
3. Exact estimate
4. Open secret

Q.10.   Find the odd one out from the following:

1. Campaign
2. Crusade
3. Expedition
4. Cruise

Direction for Question Numbers 11 to 40: Choose the most appropriate option for each of the following questions.

Q.11.   Ravi was showing a photograph to his friend, Gopi. Pointing at a boy in the photograph, Ravi said: ‘The boy sitting at the left is the son of the wife of the only son of the grand–mother of my younger brother’.

What is the relation between the boy in the photograph and Ravi?

1. Brothers
2. First Cousins
3. Nephew and uncle
4. Ravi’s brother–in–law

Sol 11: Ravi’s younger brother’s grandmother = Ravi’s grandmother

Ravi’s grandmother’s only son = Ravi’s father

Ravi’s grandmother’s only son’s wife = Ravi’s mother

The boy in the photograph is the son of Ravi’s mother i.e. Ravi and the boy in photograph are siblings i.e. brothers.

Option, (1)

 

Q.12.   wave: crest as _________ : peak.

1. Water
2. land
3. Mountain
4. River

 

Q.13.   If in a code language, ‘ABANDON’ is written as ‘aramoim’; ‘BORE’ is written as ‘rits’ and ‘BASIL’ is written as ‘rabut’, then what is the original word for the code: ‘bituo’?

1. SOMAD
2. SOLID
3. NASIA
4. SOFIA

Sol 13: This is a type of ordered coding. A is coded as a, B is coded as r, N is coded as m and so on. Thus, bituo will be the code for SOLID.

(Note: Although ‘t’ was the code for R and L both, however, none of the options had R for the same).

Option, (2)

 

Q.14.   A girl introduced a boy as the son of the daughter of the father of her uncle. The boy is girl’s:

1. Son
2. Son–in–law
3. Brother
4. Uncle

Sol 14: Girl’s uncle’s father = Girl’s grandfather (paternal or maternal)

Girl’s uncle’s father’s daughter = Girl’s grandfather’s daughter = Girl’s aunt or girl’s mother

The boy is the son of the girl’s aunt or girl’s mother.

The boy and girl could be cousins or siblings. Thus, the boy would be the brother.

(Note: Even if you take girl’s grandfather as paternal grandfather, the answer would have been cousin (who is a male), thus you could have marked the best option as brother).

Option, (3)

 

 

Q.15.   Two ladies and two men are playing bridge and seated at North, East, South and West of a table. No lady is facing East. Persons sitting opposite to each other are not of the same sex. One man is facing South. Which direction are the ladies facing to?

1. South and East.
2. North and West.
3. East and West.
4. None of these.

Sol 15: One man is facing south, thus one lady will be facing north (as persons opposite to each other are of opposite sex.) Further, as no lady is facing east, another lady will face west and another man will face east. Thus, the ladies are facing north & west. Option, (2)

 

Q.16.   The birthday of Ms. Y was celebrated six days before Ms. X, who was born on 4th October 1999. The independence day of that year fell on Sunday. On which day did Ms. Y celebrate her birthday, if it was not a leap year?

1. Monday
2. Wednesday
3. Tuesday
4. Sunday

Sol 16: Ms. X birthday = 4^th October

Ms. Y birthday = 28^th September

Given, 15 August was on Sunday

Now, calculating odd days Aug (16 days left) = 2 odd days, Sept (till 28^th) = 0 odd day

i.e. 2 odd days

i.e. Ms. Y was born 2 days after Sunday = Tuesday

(Note: Leap year had nothing to do with the question)

Option, (3)

 

Q.17.   In a company, 60 % workers are males. If the number of female workers in the company is 800, what is the number of male workers in the company?

1. 1400
2. 1600
3. 1200
4. 1900

Sol 17: If 60% workers are males, thus 40% workers are females.

Now, 40% of total = 800

Thus, 60% of total = (800/0.4)  * 0.6 = 1200

Option, (3)

 

Q.18.   How many times from 4 pm to 10 pm, the hands of a clock are at right angles?

1. 11
2. 9
3. 10
4. 6

Sol 18: Every hour the hands of a clock are at right angles twice i.e. in 6 hours (4 to 10) they would be right angles to each other 12 times. However, since 3 o clock is the common time in time range 2 to 3 and 3 to 4, thus we subtract this once due to repetition in counting. Thus, from 4 pm to 10 pm the two hands of a clock will be perpendicular to each other 11 times. Option, (1)

 

Q.19.   If 27th March, 2011 was Sunday, what was the day on 27th June, 2011?

1. Sunday
2. Saturday
3. Monday
4. Tuesday

Sol 19: 27^th March 2011 -> Sunday

Now, finding odd days

March (4 days left) = 4 odd days ; April (full month) = 2 odd days, May (full month) = 3 odd days; June (till 27) = 6 odd days

Now, total odd days = 4 + 2 + 3 + 6 = 15 i.e. 1 odd day

i.e. 27^th June 2011 is 1 day after Sunday i.e. on Monday

Option, (3)

 

Q.20.   Pointing to a photograph, Prakash said, ‘She is the daughter of my grandfather’s only son’. How is Prakash related to the girl in the photograph?

1. Father
2. Uncle
3. Cousin
4. Brother

Sol 20: Grandfather’s only son = Father (Assuming grandfather as paternal)

Thus, Prakash’s grandfather’s only son’s daughter will be Prakash’s sister. This means Prakash (considering him to be a male) will be the brother of the girl.

Option, (4)

 

Q.21.   If in a certain code, the word MILITARY is written as 12324567, then in the same code, the word TAIL will be written as:

1. 2345
2. 3254
3. 5432
4. 4523

Sol 21: This is a type of ordered coding i.e. M is coded as 1, I as 2, L as 3 and so on. Thus, TAIL will be coded as 4523

Option, (4)

 

Q.22.   Identify the statement which cannot be accepted.

1. The earth revolves around the sun in 366 days
2. Odyssey is an ancient epic
3. Almost one third of the human body is made up of water
4. Human race will become extinct sooner or later

Q.23.   Crumb : Bread is as

1. Inch : Unit
2. Powder : Face
3. Water : Vessel
4. Splinter : Wood

Q.24.   –––––––––––––– is a hater of knowledge and learning.

1. Misogynist
2. Mystique
3. Moroccan
4. Misologist

Q.25.   194. Mare is to Horse as –

1. Deer is to Buck
2. Geese is to Duck
3. Pony is to Donkey
4. Sow is to Boar

Q.26.   No parrots are black.

All crows are black.

From the above premises which one of the following conclusions is true?

1. No crows are parrots.
2. Some crows are not parrots.
3. Some parrots are not crows.
4. No conclusion can be drawn.

Q.27.   There were twelve dozens of chocolates with a shopkeeper. Ten chocolates were distributed by the shopkeeper to the children of his colony. The shopkeeper then added two more dozens of chocolates in his stock. If the shopkeeper divided the total chocolates equally in two different packets, then how many chocolates were there in each packet?

1. 152
2. 158
3. 89
4. 79

Sol 27: Total chocolates before distributing to children = 12 *12 = 144

10 chocolates were given to children, then number of chocolates left = 144 – 10 = 134

However, two more dozens of chocolates were added, then total chocolates = 134 + 24 = 158

Number of chocolates per packet = 158 /2 = 79

Hence, (4)

 

Q.28.   ‘Some of the valuable books are seldom read’, means:

1. All the valuable books are not read.
2. Some of the valuable books are read.
3. All the valuable books are read.
4. Some of the valuable books are not read.

Q.29.   If South–East becomes North, North–East becomes West and so on, what will West become?

1. South–East
2. North–West
3. North
4. East

Sol 29: South-east becomes north, north-east becomes west, thus, west will become south –east. Option, (1)

 

 

Q.30.   When Ravi saw Ramesh, he recalled, ‘He is the son of the father of my daughter’. Who is Ramesh?

1. Uncle
2. Cousin
3. Brother–in–law
4. Brother

Sol 30: Ravi’s daughter’s father = Ravi himself (in case Ravi is a male)

Now, Ramesh is the son of his daughter’s father i.e. of Ravi

i.e. Ramesh is Ravi’s son.

Even if we consider Ravi to be a female, Ramesh is the son of Ravi.

(Note: This question is not clear in sense that Ramesh is who’s who. Also if we talk w.r.t to Ravi, then Ramesh is Ravi’s son, which is not available in options)

 

Q.31.   Sunil’s school bus is facing North when it reaches his school. After starting from Sunil’s house, it turned right twice and then left before reaching the school. What direction the bus was facing when it left the bus stop in front of Sunil’s house?

1. East
2. North
3. West
4. South

Sol 31: From, school if we go back to home. We first turn the bus south. Now, turn right i.e. west, then turn left i.e. south and again turn left i.e. east. This means initially the bus must have been facing west (as it faces east when it enters his house). Option, (3)

 

Q.32.   Vaishnavi prefers Economics to Maths, English to Social science, and Political Science to History. If she prefers Maths to History, and Social science to Maths, which is Vaishnavi’s least preferred subject?

1. Economics
2. Maths
3. Social science
4. History

Sol 32: The answer is History. Just check options. Economics is preferred over Maths. Maths is preferred over History and also Social is preferred over Maths.

Option, (4)

 

Q.33.   A man walks 1 km. towards East and then he turns to South and walks 5 kms. Again he turns to East and walks 2 kms. After this he turns to North and walks 9 kms. Now, how far is he from his starting point?

1. 10 kms.
2. 9 kms.
3. 5 kms.
4. 4 kms.

Sol 33: Distance moved in horizontal direction = 1 + 2 = 3 kms

Distance moved in vertical direction = 9 – 5 = 4 kms

The shortest distance =  5 kms

Option, (3)

 

Q.34.   John wants to go the university. He starts from his house which is in the East and comes to a crossing. The road to his left ends in a theatre, straight ahead is the hospital. In which direction is the University?

1. East
2. South
3. West
4. North

Sol 34: This question was a little vague as it was no where mentioned that house, theatre, hospital and university were all in different directions, and , also that we are not sure John walks in which direction from his house.

However, we believe that most of the candidates might have taken the most obvious situation that person moves from east to west. In west is the hospital and To left (i.e. towards south) is theatre, thus, university is in the north.

    The correct answer for same should have been Cannot be determined.

 

Q.35.   Coding and decoding 9: 72 : : 8 : ?

1. 34
2. 43
3. 18
4. 64

Sol 35: 9 : 9 *8  Thus, 8 : 8*8 = 64

Option, (4)

 

Q.36.   Pointing to a girl in the photograph, Ram said, ‘Her mother’s brother is the only son of my mother’s father’. How is the girl’s mother related to Ram?

1. Mother
2. Aunt
3. Grandmother
4. Sister

Sol 36: Ram’s mother’s father = Ram’s maternal grandfather

Only son of Ram’s maternal grandfather = Ram’s maternal uncle

Now, Ram’s maternal uncle is girls mother’s brother i.e. Ram’s maternal uncle is also the girl’s maternal uncle. This means, Ram and girl could be siblings (or) cousins. Thus, girl’s mother could be related to Ram as his mother (or) aunt.

    (Note: Both options were available. Although the answer is marked as aunt, however, mother is also a correct answer as explained above). 

 

Q.37.   A person who renounces religious or political belief or principle is called:

1. Ascetic
2. apostate
3. Apostle
4. Antiquarian

Q.38.   In the series of alphabets given below, which is the missing alphabet series?

AX, DU, GR, ____, ML

1. IK
2. HQ
3. JO
4. JN

Sol 38: A + 3 = D + 3 = G + 3 = J

X – 3 = U – 3 = R – 3 = O

Thus, missing term = JO

Option, (3)

 

Q.39.   What is meant by ‘Alliteration’?

1. Words which sound alike but have different meanings.
2. Acts of an environmentally conscious person.
3. The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
4. Act of literary modification.

Q.40.   In a military secret service map, South–East is shown as North, North–East as West and so on. What will West become?

1. North–East
2. South–East
3. North–West
4. South–West

Sol 40:  Repeated Question. Same as 29.  The answer is South- East.  Option, (2)