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Theterm"analyticreasoning"referstorecognizingpatternsandconnectionsinavarietyofinformation.
Eachanalyticalreasoningquestionisalogicalpuzzle,basedonagivensetofconditions
Analyticalreasoningquestionsarepresentedingroupsoffourorfivequestions.Eachgroupisbasedonashortpassagefollowedbyasetof
conditions.
AnalyticalReasoningtestmeasuresyourabilitytoanalyzeandtodrawresultfromacomplexsituationbyapplyingyourlogic.
AnalyticalReasoningquestionsaredesignedtoassesstheabilitytoconsideragroupoffactsandrules,and,giventhosefactsandrules,
determinewhatcouldormustbetrue.Thespecificscenariosassociatedwiththesequestionsareusuallyunrelatedtolaw,sincetheyareintended
tobeaccessibletoawiderangeoftesttakers.However,theskillstestedparallelthoseinvolvedindeterminingwhatcouldormustbethecase
givenasetofregulations,thetermsofacontract,orthefactsofalegalcaseinrelationtothelaw.InAnalyticalReasoningquestions,youare
askedtoreasondeductivelyfromasetofstatementsandrulesorprinciplesthatdescriberelationshipsamongpersons,things,orevents.
AnalyticalReasoningquestionsappearinsets,witheachsetbasedonasinglepassage.Thepassageusedforeachsetofquestionsdescribes
commonorderingrelationshipsorgroupingrelationships,oracombinationofbothtypesofrelationships.Examplesincludescheduling
employeesforworkshifts,assigninginstructorstoclasssections,orderingtasksaccordingtopriority,anddistributinggrantsforprojects.
AnalyticalReasoningquestionstestarangeofdeductivereasoningskills.Theseinclude:
Comprehendingthebasicstructureofasetofrelationshipsbydeterminingacompletesolutiontodieproblemposed(forexample,an
acceptableseatingarrangementofallsixdiplomatsaroundatable)
Reasoningwithconditional("ifthen")statementsandrecognizinglogicallyequivalentformulationsofsuchstatements
Inferringwhatcouldbetrueormustbetruefromgivenfactsandrules
Inferringwhatcouldbetrueormustbetruefromgivenfactsandrulestogetherwithnewinformationintheformofanadditionalorsubstitute
factorrule
Recognizingwhentwostatementsarelogicallyequivalentincontextbyidentifyingaconditionorrulethatcouldreplaceoneoftheoriginal
conditionswhilestillresultinginthesamepossibleoutcomes
AnalyticalreasoningTypes
SeatingArrangements
Sequencing
Combinations
Comparisons
Selections
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Ranking
Relations
Grouping
TechniquesusedforAnalyticalproblemsolving
VanDiagrams
MathOperators
Lineuprepresentation
Equations
Tablerepresentation
Diagrams&Notations
BasicLinearSequenceGamesetup
IfthenNotation:
GroupingGameDiagrams
MathSymbols
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Anygooddiagrammingsystemmustbe:
FastYoumustbeabletoexpressideasinshorthandtosavetime
NeatmessynotationswillcostYoupoints
EasytoUnderstandYoumustinstantlyunderstandwhatyournotationsmean
1:Entities
Oneofthefirststepsinsettingupyourdiagramiswritedownaletterornumbertorepresenteachofyourentities.Eachgamewillhavealistof
entitiesthatwillbeplacedintoanorderorgroupsorboth.Startbywritingdownthislistofentities.Forexample:youaretoldthatthereare5
differentclogsinaraceandtheyareaLabrador,MixedBreed,Newfoundland,Poodle,andaSchauzer.Recordthislistofentitiesasfollows:
LMNPS
NoticethatweonlyusedoneletterforMixedBreed.Thereisnosenseinconfusingyourselfwithadditionalletters.Keepittooneletterper
entity.Alsonoticethattheentitiesaregiveninalphabeticalorder.However,theywilloftenleaveouraletterortwotoconfuseyou.Some
studentswillunwittinglyinsertthatletterbyforceofhabit.ForexampleinthisquestionmanystudentsmightjustaddintheletterObecausethe
areusedtoOfollowingLMN.Makesureyourlistofentitiesmatchesthosegiven.
Nowthatwehaveourlistofentitieswecanmoveontothediagramitself.
2:BasicLinearSequenceGamesetup
ALinearSequenceGamewillaskyoutoplaceasetofentitiesinorder.Thiscouldbeexpressedinanumberofwaysincluding:1stto6th,Firstto
Last,MondaytoFriday,ToptoBottom,FronttoBack,etc.
Inordertomakeaplaceforeachentityinyourdiagramsimplyloutanunderlineforeachspacewhereanentitywillgo.Soifwearetoldtolist
fivedogsinorderfromfastesttoslowestwecansetupourgameasfollows:
_________________________
Wenowhave5spotsforour5dogs.IfyouwantyoucouldputFandSattheendsofthediagramtorepresentthatitgoesfromFastestto
Slowest.Thisisusuallynotnecessaryandcanwastetimewhenyouareredrawingyourdiagram.Ifyouchosetoincludethisextranotationmake
surethattheFandSdonotmatchanyofyourentities.ForexampleifyouhadaSchnauzerasoneofyourdogtypesyouwouldnotwanttohaveS
forSchauzerandSforslowest.Onewayyoucanavoidthisistoputthefandsforfastandslowinlowercase.
3:FixedEntity
Ifwearetoldthatanentityisplacedinonespotthenwecanjustfillthatdirectlyintothediagram.Thisistheeasiesttypeofruletoinclude.For
exampleifwearetoldthattheSchnauzerwillbe3rdfastestthenwecanincludeitasfollows:
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Notinthatspot:Ifwearetoldthataparticularentitydoesnotgoinaparticularspotweshouldaddthatdirectlytoourdiagrambyputtingthe
entityunderthatspotanddesignatingthatitdoesnotgothere.Therearenumberofwaystodesignatethattheentitydoesnotgothere.Youcan
putaslashthroughit,orputinfrontoftheentity.Findonethatworksbestforyou.ForexampleifwearetoldthethePoodleisnotthefastest
dogwecanincludeitinourdiagramasfollows:
tumblr_n24ogf5Pdx1sdq4z7o1_500.png
4:HereorTherePairnotation:
Thisnotationisusedwhentwoentitiesaregoingtofilltwospotsbutwedon'tknowwhichentityisinwhichspot.ForexampleifKandTmust
beinspots2and3.WeknowweeitherhaveKin2andTin3orTin2andKin3.
ThewaytoexpressthiswiththeHereorTherePairnotationisasfollows:
tumblr_n24oqriTr51sdq4z7o1_500.png
5:IfthenNotation
Useanarrow====>forIfthenstatements.JustrewritetheifthenstatementreplacingIfandthenwith====>arrows.Alsorememberto
shortentheentitytothefirstletter.
Forexamplethestatement:IfAlbertisincludedthenBertisalsoincluded.Canbeexpressedas:
====>A====>B
6:SpotsBetweennotation:
Ifwearetoldthatentitiesareaspecificnumberofspotsapartsimplyinsertthatmanyblanklinesbetweenthem.Forexample:Tworunners
comeafterSarahbutbeforeFred.Canbeexpressedas
S_________F
ThiscanbecombinedwiththeHereorTherePairnotation.
Example:TworunnerscomebetweenSarahandFred.
S/F________F/S
Example:1
7personsliveinastreet,havinghousesinline.Considerthefollowing:
1.Alivesinthecorner'shouse.
2.2.CisbetweenEandG3.
3.Thereis1housebetweenDandF4.
4.FisneighborofGs.
5.TherearetwohousesbetweenAandG
Solution
7PersonsA,B,C,D,E,F,G
7personsliveinastreet
Wecanmake
XXXXXXX
1.Alivesinthecorner'shouse
So,therearetwopossibilities:
AXXXXXX
XXXXXXA
2.CisbetweenEandG
Here,alsotwopossibilities:
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ECG
GCE
3.Thereis1housebetweenDandFTwopossibilities:
DXF
FXD
4.FisneighborofG
2possibilities
FGorGF
TherearetwohousesbetweenAandG
AXXG
GXXA
TwohousesbetweenAandG:AXXG
CisbetweenEandG:AECG
FisneighborofG:AECGF
1housebetweenDandF:AECGFXD
Andfinally:AECGFBD
Example:2
Aspartoftheirsportsphysical,sevencollegeathletesF,G,H,I,J,KandLarebeingweighed.Inannouncingtheresultsofthephysicalexams,
thecoachhasgiventhefollowinginformation.
i.Noneoftheathletesisexactlythesameweightasanotherathlete.
ii:KisheavierthanL,butlighterthanH.
iii.IisheavierthanJ
iv.BothFandGareheavierthanH.
Solution
WeCanMakeSuchrelationsfromGivenInformation
1:SevenCollegeathletesareFGHIJKL
i.Noneoftheathletesisexactlythesameweightasanotherathlete.SowecanrepresentasF>G>H>I>J>K>L
ii:KisheavierthanL,butlighterthanH.
H>K>L
iii:IisheavierthanJ:I>J
iv.BothFandGareheavierthanH.F>G>HORG>F>H
SotheoverallrelationforGivenathletebecomes
H>K>L
F>G>H>k>LORG>F>H>k>L
WhereI>JcanbeadjustedanywhereinAboverelationsAnySingleAthleteormorecanbepossiblebetweenI&JSuchasI>
F>J,I>J>G,I>H>K>J
Question.1:EachofthefollowingcouldbetrueEXCEPT
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A.Fistheheaviest.
B.Gistheheaviest.
C.Iistheheaviest.
D.MorethanthreeathletesareheavierthanK.
E.MorethanthreeathletesarelighterthanK.
AnswerisE
AsMaximumthreeathletescanbelighterthanK
F>G>H>k>L>I>JORG>F>H>k>L>I>J
Question.2:Whichofthefollowing,iftrue,wouldbesufficienttodeterminewhichathleteisthelightest?
A.Iistheheaviest
B.IislighterthanK
C.KisheavierthanJ
D.JisheavierthanK
E.ExactlyfivestudentsarelighterthanF.
AnswerisD
IfJisheavierthanKthensimplyLwillbetheLightest
F>G>H>k>LORG>F>H>k>LandI>JbeforeK.
Question.3:IfJisheavierthanF,howmanydifferentrankingsbyweight,oftheathletesarepossible?
A.1
B.2
C.3
D.4
E.5
AnswerisD
AsF>G>H>k>LORG>F>H>k>L&I>J>F
IfJ>Fthenfollowingrelationscanbepossible
I>J>F>G>H>k>L
I>J>G>F>H>k>L
I>G>J>F>H>K>L
G>I>J>F>H>K>L
Question.4:IfHisheavierthanI,whichofthefollowingCANNOTbetrue?
A.I'sweightisequaltotheaverageofF'sweightandG'sweight.
B.I'sweightisequaltotheaverageofK'sweightandL'sweight
C.J'sweightisequaltotheaverageofK'sweightandL'sweight
D.Jisthesecondlightest.
AnswerisA
AsH>Isopossiblerelationscanbe
F>G>H>k>I>L>JORG>F>H>I>k>J>L
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HerebelowisthesolutionofyourproblemsofAnalyticalReasoningQuestions.Ihavegatheredthissolutionforyoufromdifferentsitesandnowitsinoneplace.
BestofLuckallthecandidates.
HowtoSolve|LearnAnalyticalReasoningQuestionsinTest|Quiz
Theterm"analyticreasoning"referstorecognizingpatternsandconnectionsinavarietyofinformation.
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Eachanalyticalreasoningquestionisalogicalpuzzle,basedonagivensetofconditions
Analyticalreasoningquestionsarepresentedingroupsoffourorfivequestions.Eachgroupisbasedonashortpassagefollowedbyasetofconditions.
AnalyticalReasoningtestmeasuresyourabilitytoanalyzeandtodrawresultfromacomplexsituationbyapplyingyourlogic.
AnalyticalReasoningquestionsaredesignedtoassesstheabilitytoconsideragroupoffactsandrules,and,giventhosefactsandrules,determinewhatcouldor
mustbetrue.Thespecificscenariosassociatedwiththesequestionsareusuallyunrelatedtolaw,sincetheyareintendedtobeaccessibletoawiderangeoftest
takers.However,theskillstestedparallelthoseinvolvedindeterminingwhatcouldormustbethecasegivenasetofregulations,thetermsofacontract,orthefacts
ofalegalcaseinrelationtothelaw.InAnalyticalReasoningquestions,youareaskedtoreasondeductivelyfromasetofstatementsandrulesorprinciplesthat
describerelationshipsamongpersons,things,orevents.
AnalyticalReasoningquestionsappearinsets,witheachsetbasedonasinglepassage.Thepassageusedforeachsetofquestionsdescribescommonordering
relationshipsorgroupingrelationships,oracombinationofbothtypesofrelationships.Examplesincludeschedulingemployeesforworkshifts,assigning
instructorstoclasssections,orderingtasksaccordingtopriority,anddistributinggrantsforprojects.
AnalyticalReasoningquestionstestarangeofdeductivereasoningskills.Theseinclude:
Comprehendingthebasicstructureofasetofrelationshipsbydeterminingacompletesolutiontodieproblemposed(forexample,anacceptableseating
arrangementofallsixdiplomatsaroundatable)
Reasoningwithconditional("ifthen")statementsandrecognizinglogicallyequivalentformulationsofsuchstatements
Inferringwhatcouldbetrueormustbetruefromgivenfactsandrules
Inferringwhatcouldbetrueormustbetruefromgivenfactsandrulestogetherwithnewinformationintheformofanadditionalorsubstitutefactorrule
Recognizingwhentwostatementsarelogicallyequivalentincontextbyidentifyingaconditionorrulethatcouldreplaceoneoftheoriginalconditionswhilestill
resultinginthesamepossibleoutcomes
AnalyticalreasoningTypes
SeatingArrangements
Sequencing
Combinations
Comparisons
Selections
Ranking
Relations
Grouping
TechniquesusedforAnalyticalproblemsolving
VanDiagrams
MathOperators
Lineuprepresentation
Equations
Tablerepresentation
Diagrams&Notations
BasicLinearSequenceGamesetup
IfthenNotation:
GroupingGameDiagrams
MathSymbols
tumblr_n24icriKbc1sdq4z7o1_500.png
Anygooddiagrammingsystemmustbe:
FastYoumustbeabletoexpressideasinshorthandtosavetime
NeatmessynotationswillcostYoupoints
EasytoUnderstandYoumustinstantlyunderstandwhatyournotationsmean
1:Entities
Oneofthefirststepsinsettingupyourdiagramiswritedownaletterornumbertorepresenteachofyourentities.Eachgamewillhavealistofentitiesthatwill
beplacedintoanorderorgroupsorboth.Startbywritingdownthislistofentities.Forexample:youaretoldthatthereare5differentclogsinaraceandtheyarea
Labrador,MixedBreed,Newfoundland,Poodle,andaSchauzer.Recordthislistofentitiesasfollows:
LMNPS
NoticethatweonlyusedoneletterforMixedBreed.Thereisnosenseinconfusingyourselfwithadditionalletters.Keepittooneletterperentity.Alsonoticethat
theentitiesaregiveninalphabeticalorder.However,theywilloftenleaveouraletterortwotoconfuseyou.Somestudentswillunwittinglyinsertthatletterbyforce
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ofhabit.ForexampleinthisquestionmanystudentsmightjustaddintheletterObecausetheareusedtoOfollowingLMN.Makesureyourlistofentities
matchesthosegiven.
Nowthatwehaveourlistofentitieswecanmoveontothediagramitself.
2:BasicLinearSequenceGamesetup
ALinearSequenceGamewillaskyoutoplaceasetofentitiesinorder.Thiscouldbeexpressedinanumberofwaysincluding:1stto6th,FirsttoLast,Mondayto
Friday,ToptoBottom,FronttoBack,etc.
Inordertomakeaplaceforeachentityinyourdiagramsimplyloutanunderlineforeachspacewhereanentitywillgo.Soifwearetoldtolistfivedogsinorder
fromfastesttoslowestwecansetupourgameasfollows:
_________________________
Wenowhave5spotsforour5dogs.IfyouwantyoucouldputFandSattheendsofthediagramtorepresentthatitgoesfromFastesttoSlowest.Thisisusually
notnecessaryandcanwastetimewhenyouareredrawingyourdiagram.IfyouchosetoincludethisextranotationmakesurethattheFandSdonotmatchanyof
yourentities.ForexampleifyouhadaSchnauzerasoneofyourdogtypesyouwouldnotwanttohaveSforSchauzerandSforslowest.Onewayyoucanavoidthis
istoputthefandsforfastandslowinlowercase.
3:FixedEntity
Ifwearetoldthatanentityisplacedinonespotthenwecanjustfillthatdirectlyintothediagram.Thisistheeasiesttypeofruletoinclude.Forexampleifweare
toldthattheSchnauzerwillbe3rdfastestthenwecanincludeitasfollows:
tumblr_n24o9sTJUW1sdq4z7o1_500.png
Notinthatspot:Ifwearetoldthataparticularentitydoesnotgoinaparticularspotweshouldaddthatdirectlytoourdiagrambyputtingtheentityunderthat
spotanddesignatingthatitdoesnotgothere.Therearenumberofwaystodesignatethattheentitydoesnotgothere.Youcanputaslashthroughit,orputin
frontoftheentity.Findonethatworksbestforyou.ForexampleifwearetoldthethePoodleisnotthefastestdogwecanincludeitinourdiagramasfollows:
tumblr_n24ogf5Pdx1sdq4z7o1_500.png
4:HereorTherePairnotation:
Thisnotationisusedwhentwoentitiesaregoingtofilltwospotsbutwedon'tknowwhichentityisinwhichspot.ForexampleifKandTmustbeinspots2and3.
WeknowweeitherhaveKin2andTin3orTin2andKin3.
ThewaytoexpressthiswiththeHereorTherePairnotationisasfollows:
tumblr_n24oqriTr51sdq4z7o1_500.png
5:IfthenNotation
Useanarrow====>forIfthenstatements.JustrewritetheifthenstatementreplacingIfandthenwith====>arrows.Alsoremembertoshortentheentityto
thefirstletter.
Forexamplethestatement:IfAlbertisincludedthenBertisalsoincluded.Canbeexpressedas:
====>A====>B
6:SpotsBetweennotation:
Ifwearetoldthatentitiesareaspecificnumberofspotsapartsimplyinsertthatmanyblanklinesbetweenthem.Forexample:TworunnerscomeafterSarahbut
beforeFred.Canbeexpressedas
S_________F
ThiscanbecombinedwiththeHereorTherePairnotation.
Example:TworunnerscomebetweenSarahandFred.
S/F________F/S
Example:1
7personsliveinastreet,havinghousesinline.Considerthefollowing:
1.Alivesinthecorner'shouse.
2.2.CisbetweenEandG3.
3.Thereis1housebetweenDandF4.
4.FisneighborofGs.
5.TherearetwohousesbetweenAandG
Solution
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7PersonsA,B,C,D,E,F,G
7personsliveinastreet
Wecanmake
XXXXXXX
1.Alivesinthecorner'shouse
So,therearetwopossibilities:
AXXXXXX
XXXXXXA
2.CisbetweenEandG
Here,alsotwopossibilities:
ECG
GCE
3.Thereis1housebetweenDandFTwopossibilities:
DXF
FXD
4.FisneighborofG
2possibilities
FGorGF
TherearetwohousesbetweenAandG
AXXG
GXXA
TwohousesbetweenAandG:AXXG
CisbetweenEandG:AECG
FisneighborofG:AECGF
1housebetweenDandF:AECGFXD
Andfinally:AECGFBD
Example:2
Aspartoftheirsportsphysical,sevencollegeathletesF,G,H,I,J,KandLarebeingweighed.Inannouncingtheresultsofthephysicalexams,thecoachhas
giventhefollowinginformation.
i.Noneoftheathletesisexactlythesameweightasanotherathlete.
ii:KisheavierthanL,butlighterthanH.
iii.IisheavierthanJ
iv.BothFandGareheavierthanH.
Solution
WeCanMakeSuchrelationsfromGivenInformation
1:SevenCollegeathletesareFGHIJKL
i.Noneoftheathletesisexactlythesameweightasanotherathlete.SowecanrepresentasF>G>H>I>J>K>L
ii:KisheavierthanL,butlighterthanH.
H>K>L
iii:IisheavierthanJ:I>J
iv.BothFandGareheavierthanH.F>G>HORG>F>H
SotheoverallrelationforGivenathletebecomes
H>K>L
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F>G>H>k>LORG>F>H>k>L
WhereI>JcanbeadjustedanywhereinAboverelationsAnySingleAthleteormorecanbepossiblebetweenI&JSuchasI>F>J,I>J>G,I>H>K>J
Question.1:EachofthefollowingcouldbetrueEXCEPT
A.Fistheheaviest.
B.Gistheheaviest.
C.Iistheheaviest.
D.MorethanthreeathletesareheavierthanK.
E.MorethanthreeathletesarelighterthanK.
AnswerisE
AsMaximumthreeathletescanbelighterthanK
F>G>H>k>L>I>JORG>F>H>k>L>I>J
Question.2:Whichofthefollowing,iftrue,wouldbesufficienttodeterminewhichathleteisthelightest?
A.Iistheheaviest
B.IislighterthanK
C.KisheavierthanJ
D.JisheavierthanK
E.ExactlyfivestudentsarelighterthanF.
AnswerisD
IfJisheavierthanKthensimplyLwillbetheLightest
F>G>H>k>LORG>F>H>k>LandI>JbeforeK.
Question.3:IfJisheavierthanF,howmanydifferentrankingsbyweight,oftheathletesarepossible?
A.1
B.2
C.3
D.4
E.5
AnswerisD
AsF>G>H>k>LORG>F>H>k>L&I>J>F
IfJ>Fthenfollowingrelationscanbepossible
I>J>F>G>H>k>L
I>J>G>F>H>k>L
I>G>J>F>H>K>L
G>I>J>F>H>K>L
Question.4:IfHisheavierthanI,whichofthefollowingCANNOTbetrue?
A.I'sweightisequaltotheaverageofF'sweightandG'sweight.
B.I'sweightisequaltotheaverageofK'sweightandL'sweight
C.J'sweightisequaltotheaverageofK'sweightandL'sweight
D.Jisthesecondlightest.
AnswerisA
AsH>Isopossiblerelationscanbe
F>G>H>k>I>L>JORG>F>H>I>k>J>L
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heybrotheexample1canalsobesolvedinthispattrnorsequence..
DBFGCEA
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