Introduction : A modern approach to logical reasoning is a guide book that acquaints students and aspirants appearing for many public service competitive examinations with the format and type of questions that are put by examiners to test logical reasoning. The book comprises of complete sets of logical reasoning questions with solutions. These sets of questions can help the student in cracking tough examinations. The author presents a modern approach to tackling all the reasoning problems posed. in this book we included JET Exam Previous year questions and their solutions.

VERBAL

1. Number Series2. Alphabet Series3. Test of Direction Sense4. Coding-Decoding5. Number Ranking6. Arithmetical Reasoning7. Problem on Age Calculation8. Blood Relations9. Analogy10. Decision Making11. Inference13. Arguments14. Ven diagram based questions etc

NON-VERBAL

15. Non Verbal Series16. Mirror Images17. Grouping Identical Figures18. Figure Matrix Questions

Directions (9-10): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.(i) A X B means “A is the father of B”(ii) A + B means “B is the sister of A”(iii) A – B means “B is the mother of A”(iv) A ÷B means “A is the brother of B”

9. Which of the following means P is nephew of R?(I) R x K ÷ P(II) R – N + P – K(III) R ÷ K x P + M(1) Only I (2) Only II(3) Only III (4) Either II or III(5) None of these

10. If it is given K x P ÷ R + S – Q. then which of the following is true?(1) R is the brother of P(2) K is the husband of S(3) Q is the wife of K(4) R is the sister of S(5) None of these

11. Statement: The Chairman stressed the need for making education system more flexible and regretted that the curriculum has not been revised in keeping with the pace of the changes taking place.Courses of Action: I. Curriculum should be reviewed and revised periodically.II. System of education should be made more flexible

Directions: In the following questions, the symbols @, ©, $, % and # are used with the following meaning as illustrated below:

‘X $ Y’ means ‘X is not smaller than Y’‘X # Y’ means ‘X is not greater than Y’‘X@Y’ means ‘X is neither smaller than nor equal to Y’‘X © Y’ means ‘X is neither smaller than nor greater than Y’‘X % Y’ means ‘X is neither greater than nor equal to Y’

12. Statements:H % JJ © N

N @ R

Conclusions: I. R % JII. H @ JIII. N @ H

(1) Only II is true(2)Only I and III are true(3) Only I is true(4) Only III is true(5) None is true

13. Statement: M @ JJ $ TT © N

Conclusions: I. N # JII. T % MIII. M @ N

(1) Only I and II are true(2) Only II and III are true(3) Only I and III are true(4) None is true

(5) All are true

14. Statement: D © KK # FF @ P

Conclusions: I. P @ DII. K # PIII. F $ D

(1) Only II is true(2) Only I and II is true(3) Only III is true(4) Only II and III are true(5) None of These

15. Statement: K # NN $ TT % J

Conclusions: I. J @ NII. K @ TIII. T @ K

(1) None is true(2) Only I and II is true(3) Only II and III is true(4) Only I and III are true(5) None of These

16. Statement: M @ DD © VV $ W

Conclusions: I. W @ MII. M % VIII. D $ W

(1) Only I and II are true(2) Only II and III are true(3) Only I and III are true(4) Only III is true(5) None of These