Logical Reasoning — UNILORIN Post UTME Quiz

1. Consider the following statements. Statement One: 2 kg of bread is lighter than 2 kg of stones. Statement Two: 5kg of cement is not heavier than 5kg of sand. Which of the options is correct?

2. Tall is too short as broad is to:

3. Which set of letters is the odd one out?

4. You live in a bungalow made entirely of red wood. What colour would the stairs be?

5. A forest is to a tree as a tree is to a

6. Bible is to a priest as ........to a don

7. School is to pupils, as an army is to:

8. Samuel was out for a walk when
it started to rain. He did not have an umbrella and he was not wearing a hat. His clothes were soaked, yet not a single hair on his head got wet. How could this happen?

9. A forest is to a tree as a tree is to a

10. January, March, June, October; what comes next?

11. All the trees in the park are
flowering trees. Some of the trees in the park are dogwood. All dogwood in the park are flowering trees.
If the first two statements are true, the
third statement is

12. ZK9PXL428 as follows – letters first in alphabetical order, followed by the numbers in ascending numerical order, gives:

13. If you were one of the students instructed to fill a basket with water, knowing fully well that a basket is a well-perforated object. How would you fill it?

14. Rearrange 582QUETF67 as follows – first, the consonants in alphabetical order, followed by the numbers in descending numerical order, then the vowels in alphabetical order

15. Yemi was not at school last Friday. She was first absent three days before that. Today is Monday 31st May. When was Yemi first absent? Give the day and date.

16. I owe a sum of two hundred and twenty Naira and was able to pay one hundred and ten Naira. What percentage have I not paid?

17. my successor’s father is my father’s son, and I do not have any brothers or sons. Who is my successor?

18. If the word PINT is written under the word SAFE, the word THUD is written under the word PINT and the word HOPE is written above the word SAFE, what word can be read diagonally?

19. The day after tomorrow is three days before a Monday. What day is it today?

20. Pedro goes hunting or fishing every day. If it is snowing and windy, then Pedro goes hunting. If it is sunny and not windy then Pedro goes fishing. Sometimes it can be snowing and sunny. Which of the following statements must be true?

21. If the word HAVE is written under the word FARM, the word COST is written above the word FARM and the word GATE is written under the word HAVE, what word cannot be read diagonally?

22.

Sew is to needle as dig is to: 

23. What is the day and date 30 days after Wednesday 12 May?

24. which sequential order best describes the events in the following?

25. if APPETIZER corresponds to 122361738, then PRIZE will correspond to _________

26. Fausat, Bolanle, Amaka, and Osese are polyglots. Fausat and Bolanle speak French, whereas the others speak Russian. Bolanle and Osese speak Italian. Everyone except Fausat speaks German. Which of them speaks more than one language but not Russian?

27. Merchant and selling, artist and:

28. A group of friends lives in a house divided into one flat per floor. Tony is in the flat below Julie and Madeleine is in the flat above Sarah. Sarah is in the flat below Tony and Julie lives with Roger. Peter lives on the top floor. Apart from Julie and Roger, who else shares a flat?

29. Up is to down as before is to:

30. Fact 1: Mary said, "Ann and I both have cats."
Fact 2: Ann said, "I don't have a cat."
Fact 3: Mary always tells the truth, but Ann sometimes lies.
If the first three statements are facts, which of the following statements must also be a fact?
I: Ann has a cat.
II: Mary has a cat.
III: Ann is lying.

31. Fact 1: All chickens are birds.
Fact 2: Some chickens are hens.
Fact 3: Female birds lay eggs. If the first three statements are facts, which of the following statements must also be a fact?
I: All birds lay eggs.
II: Hens are birds.
III: Some chickens are not hens.

32. Rearrange 582QUETF67 as follows – first, the consonants in alphabetical order, followed by the numbers in descending numerical order, then the vowels in alphabetical order

33. If the word DONE is written
under the word BALL, the word COLD is written above the word BALL and the word SING is written above the word COLD, how many words can be read diagonally?

34. Rearrange 2F39EAUYMK596 as follows – first, the consonants are in alphabetical order, followed by the numbers in descending numerical order, and then the vowels in alphabetical order.

35. Hour is to time as kilometer is
to: 

36. At a basket match, Roland was sitting in seat 356. Peter is on the right of Roland in seat 355. Samuel was on the left of Roland. Samson was by the left of Samuel. Which seat is Samson sitting?

37. Tanya is older than Eric. Cliff is older than Tanya. Eric is older than Cliff. If the first two statements are true, the third statement is

38. Choose the two statements that would necessarily make the given piece of information true: Fifty candidates sat for the examination.

I) Twenty candidates answered under half the questions

II) There were ten failures in the examination

III) Over half the questions were answered by thirty candidates

IV) Forty candidates were successful.

39. Ade runs faster than Ola. Ayo runs faster than Ade. Ola runs faster than Ayo. If the first two statements are true, the third statement is ____

40. Steam is to water as a liquid is to

41. reorganize the following sentences into the order in which they were originally written

P: ICT is generally taken to mean technologies that support communication via computers.

Q: Presently, the world is experiencing an ever-increasing use of information
and communication technology (ICT) in many areas of human endeavour.

R: Thus, the advent of ICT has brought about effective and efficient information generation, utilization and dissemination, as well as storage
and retrieval.

S: Such technologies include the Internet, local area networking, electronic mail, and the worldwide- web.

42. which of the following statements should come first, second, and third in the normal order of occurrence?

1. I went to bed early yesterday evening.
2. I was very tired.
3. I worked hard throughout yesterday

43. You live in a bungalow made entirely of red wood. What colour would the stairs be?

44. The poem is to a poet, as -------------- is to a novelist:

45. Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, Wednesday, Monday, Sunday, What day is next?

46. What word can be written forward, backward, or upside down and can still be read from left to right?

47. Bees and ------------Pigs and sty:

48. My holiday starts in six days’ time. Yesterday was my birthday – Friday, June 23rd. On which day of the week will my holiday start?

49. Reorganize the following sentences into the order in which they were originally written, P: The other was left standing by
alone until they were ready for him. Q: I saw a man strike one of them with a wooden axe. R: As I looked, I saw two fellows pulled from the boat they were being brought to be killed.

50. Bed and mattress, chair and: