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UPPSC 2025 — Logical Reasoning Questions with Answers

All 20 Logical Reasoning previous-year questions from UPPSC 2025, each with the correct answer and a full explanation. Practise them as a free, timed mock test with instant scoring.

1. Q1.Reasoning

   Which number has same property as of the following numbers? (957, 777, 876)

   • a)999
   • b)894
   • c)697
   • d)979
2. Q2.Reasoning

   From the following alternatives find the one that does NOT belong to the rest.

   • a)DHG
   • b)JNR
   • c)CGF
   • d)HLK
3. Q3.Reasoning

   Pointing to a photograph a woman said, "She is the only daughter of my mother's father". How is the woman related to the person in the photograph?

   • a)Mother
   • b)Grand-daughter
   • c)Grandmother
   • d)Daughter
4. Q4.Reasoning

   Pointing a photograph, a man said, "I have no brother and sister but the father of that man is the son of my father". Whose photograph is it?

   • a)(a) His son's
   • b)(b) His own
   • c)(c) His father's
   • d)(d) His nephew's
5. Q5.Reasoning

   If "No scientists are philosophers" is true, which one of the following propositions is true?

   • a)(a) Some non-philosophers are not non-scientists.
   • b)(b) Some philosophers are scientists.
   • c)(c) No non-philosophers are scientists.
   • d)(d) All scientists are philosophers.
6. Q6.Numeracy/Reasoning

   If Sunday falls on the third date of a month, then which date will fall after three days of fourth Wednesday of the same month?

   • a)(a) 30
   • b)(b) 31
   • c)(c) 27
   • d)(d) 29
7. Q7.Reasoning

   Which one number is like the given number set? (363, 489, 579)

   • a)(a) 281
   • b)(b) 562
   • c)(c) 382
   • d)(d) 471
8. Q8.Reasoning

   Among five boys A is taller than B but not taller than C. D is taller than C but not taller than E. If these boys are standing in a row in increasing order of their heights, then who will be at first place?

   • a)(a) E
   • b)(b) D
   • c)(c) C
   • d)(d) B
9. Q9.Reasoning

   How many times from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. the hands are at right angles ?

   • a)9
   • b)6
   • c)11
   • d)10
10. Q10.Reasoning

    What will be the next number in the following number series? 48, 24, 72, 36, 108, ?

    • a)36
    • b)64
    • c)72
    • d)54
11. Q11.Reasoning

    Deepak said to Nitin, "that boy playing with the football is the younger of the two brothers of the daughter of my father's wife". How is the boy playing football related to Deepak?

    • a)Son
    • b)Nephew
    • c)Brother
    • d)Cousin
12. Q12.Reasoning

    When the mirror image of a watch was seen, it showed 3 : 15. What was the real time?

    • a)8 : 45
    • b)3 : 15
    • c)9 : 45
    • d)7 : 45
13. Q13.Reasoning

    Find the odd one out from the given alternatives.

    • a)Sphinx
    • b)Pyramids
    • c)Swastik
    • d)Mummy
14. Q14.Reasoning

    In the following table, what will come at the place of X ? 8 5 7 6 9 7 8 2 3 4 7 12 6 10 X 6

    • a)(a) 2
    • b)(b) 8
    • c)(c) 3
    • d)(d) 4
15. Q15.Reasoning

    If BLINK is coded as 21291411, then how will GREEN be coded?

    • a)(a) 1455178
    • b)(b) 7185514
    • c)(c) 29121411
    • d)(d) 8175514
16. Q16.Reasoning

    Which one is different from the rest three?

    • a)NMLK
    • b)WXUV
    • c)RQPO
    • d)UTSR
17. Q17.Reasoning

    If 8ᵗʰ of the month falls three days after Sunday, what day will be on 17ᵗʰ of that month?

    • a)Thursday
    • b)Friday
    • c)Tuesday
    • d)Wednesday
18. Q18.Reasoning

    Find the missing number in the third triangle. (Image description: Three triangles are shown. Each triangle has a number at the top vertex, a number at the bottom-left vertex, a number at the bottom-right vertex, and a number inside the triangle. Triangle 1: Top=3, Left=7, Right=5, Inside=35. Triangle 2: Top=4, Left=6, Right=5, Inside=20. Triangle 3: Top=3, Left=5, Right=15, Inside=x.)

    • a)90
    • b)20
    • c)10
    • d)15
19. Q19.Reasoning

    Find the missing number. (Image description: A numerical pattern is presented in a branching structure. The top row of numbers is: 17, 18, 13, 14, 19, 4. Below this row, three numbers are shown at the bottom level, derived from pairs of numbers in the top row, skipping intermediate numbers. The first result, 1225, is derived from (17, 18). The second result, 729, is derived from (13, 14). The third result, ?, is derived from (19, 4).)

    • a)639
    • b)641
    • c)542
    • d)529
20. Q20.Reasoning

    In a certain language SIMPLE is written as ISPMEL and CHAPTER is written as HCPARET. Then LFWORE stands for which word?

    • a)(a) LOWFER
    • b)(b) WORFEL
    • c)(c) FLOREW
    • d)(d) FLOWER