GATE General Aptitude: Analytical Aptitude: Logical Reasoning and Deduction – Previous Year Questions
126 GATE previous year questions on Analytical Aptitude: Logical Reasoning and Deduction (General Aptitude, Aptitude) with answers and explanations, from every paper.
- GATE 2026 XH5 (Psychology) Q3 – A school has 100 students distributed among 1st to 10th standards. Based on this, which one of the following statements is always correct?
- GATE 2026 XH5 (Psychology) Q8 – Consider the cube shown below with its 8 corners labelled a, b, c, d, e, f, g, and h. The figure is representative. All corners are to be colored such…
- GATE 2026 XH5 (Psychology) Q9 – Four hills H1, H2, H3, and H4 are present in an area. The following observations are made about them: i. Neither H2 nor H3 is the easternmost hill.…
- GATE 2026 XH2 (English) Q3 – A school has 100 students distributed among 1st to 10th standards. Based on this, which one of the following statements is always correct?
- GATE 2026 XH2 (English) Q8 – Consider the cube shown below with its 8 corners labelled a, b, c, d, e, f, g, and h. The figure is representative. All corners are to be colored such…
- GATE 2026 XH2 (English) Q9 – Four hills H1, H2, H3, and H4 are present in an area. The following observations are made about them: i. Neither H2 nor H3 is the easternmost hill.…
- GATE 2025 XH5 (Psychology) Q8 – Eight students (P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, and W) are playing musical chairs. The figure indicates their order of position at the start of the game. They…
- GATE 2025 XH2 (English) Q8 – Eight students (P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, and W) are playing musical chairs. The figure indicates their order of position at the start of the game. They…
- GATE 2024 XH5 (Psychology) Q9 – In the 4 × 4 array shown below, each cell of the first three columns has either a cross (X) or a number, as per the given rule. Rule: The number in a…
- GATE 2024 XH2 (English) Q9 – In the 4 × 4 array shown below, each cell of the first three columns has either a cross (X) or a number, as per the given rule. Rule: The number in a…
- GATE 2023 XH5 (Psychology) Q4 – A recent survey shows that 65% of tobacco users were advised to stop consuming tobacco. The survey also shows that 3 out of 10 tobacco users attempted…
- GATE 2023 XH5 (Psychology) Q6 – Students of all the departments of a college who have successfully completed the registration process are eligible to vote in the upcoming college…
- GATE 2023 XH2 (English) Q4 – A recent survey shows that 65% of tobacco users were advised to stop consuming tobacco. The survey also shows that 3 out of 10 tobacco users attempted…
- GATE 2023 XH2 (English) Q6 – Students of all the departments of a college who have successfully completed the registration process are eligible to vote in the upcoming college…
- GATE 2022 XH5 (Psychology) Q4 – Six persons P, Q, R, S, T and U are sitting around a circular table facing the center not necessarily in the same order. Consider the following…
- GATE 2022 XH5 (Psychology) Q9 – Given below are three statements and four conclusions drawn based on the statements. Statement 1: Some engineers are writers. Statement 2: No writer…
- GATE 2022 XH2 (English) Q4 – Six persons P, Q, R, S, T and U are sitting around a circular table facing the center not necessarily in the same order. Consider the following…
- GATE 2022 XH2 (English) Q9 – Given below are three statements and four conclusions drawn based on the statements. Statement 1: Some engineers are writers. Statement 2: No writer…
- GATE 2022 ME (ME1) Q4 – Four girls P, Q, R and S are studying languages in a University. P is learning French and Dutch. Q is learning Chinese and Japanese. R is learning…
- GATE 2022 ME (ME1) Q9 – Given below are three conclusions drawn based on the following three statements. Statement 1: All teachers are professors. Statement 2: No professor…
- GATE 2022 CH Q4 – Six persons P, Q, R, S, T and U are sitting around a circular table facing the center not necessarily in the same order. Consider the following…
- GATE 2022 CH Q9 – Given below are three statements and four conclusions drawn based on the statements. Statement 1: Some engineers are writers. Statement 2: No writer…
- GATE 2023 CH Q4 – In 2022, June Huh was awarded the Fields medal, which is the highest prize in Mathematics. When he was younger, he was also a poet. He did not win any…
- GATE 2023 CH Q6 – Human beings are one among many creatures that inhabit an imagined world. In this imagined world, some creatures are cruel. If in this imagined world,…
- GATE 2024 CH Q9 – In the 4 × 4 array shown below, each cell of the first three columns has either a cross (X) or a number, as per the given rule. 1 1 2 --- --- --- ---…
- GATE 2023 CE (CE1) Q4 – A duck named Donald Duck says "All ducks always lie." Based only on the information above, which one of the following statements can be logically…
- GATE 2023 CE (CE1) Q6 – Based only on the truth of the statement 'Some humans are intelligent', which one of the following options can be logically inferred with certainty?
- GATE 2024 CE (CE2) Q2 – Statements: 1. All heroes are winners. 2. All winners are lucky people. Inferences: I. All lucky people are heroes. II. Some lucky people are heroes.…
- GATE 2024 CE (CE2) Q8 – The plot below shows the relationship between the mortality risk of cardiovascular disease and the number of steps a person walks per day. Based on…
- GATE 2024 CE (CE1) Q9 – In the 4 × 4 array shown below, each cell of the first three columns has either a cross (X) or a number, as per the given rule. 1 1 2 --- --- --- ---…
- GATE 2025 CE (CE2) Q4 – In the context of the given figure, which one of the following options correctly represents the entries in the blocks labelled (i), (ii), (iii), and…
- GATE 2025 CE (CE2) Q7 – For the clock shown in the figure, if O* = O\ Q\ S\ Z\ P\ R\ T, and X* = X\ Z\ P\ W\ Y\ O\ Q, then which one among the given options is most…
- GATE 2025 CE (CE2) Q8 – Consider a five-digit number PQRST that has distinct digits P, Q, R, S, and T, and satisfies the following conditions: P < Q S > P > T R < T If…
- GATE 2023 ME Q5 – The symbols ○, ∗, △, and □ are to be filled, one in each box, as shown below. The rules for filling in the four symbols are as follows. 1) Every row…
- GATE 2023 ME Q6 – In a recently held parent-teacher meeting, the teachers had very few complaints about Ravi. After all, Ravi was a hardworking and kind student.…
- GATE 2024 DA Q2 – The 15 parts of the given figure are to be painted such that no two adjacent parts with shared boundaries (excluding corners) have the same color. The…
- GATE 2025 CH Q4 – A thin wire is used to construct all the edges of a cube of 1 m side by bending, cutting and soldering the wire. If the wire is 12 m long, what is the…
- GATE 2025 CH Q5 – The figures I, II and III are parts of a sequence. Which one of the following options comes next in the sequence at IV?
- GATE 2025 CH Q8 – A color model is shown in the figure with color codes: Yellow (Y), Magenta (M), Cyan (Cy), Red (R), Blue (Bl), Green (G), and Black (K). Which one of…
- GATE 2026 CH Q2 – In the sequence of tiles shown below, the missing tile indicated by the question mark should be
- GATE 2026 CH Q3 – A school has 100 students distributed among 1st to 10th standards. Based on this, which one of the following statements is always correct?
- GATE 2026 CH Q8 – Consider the cube shown below with its 8 corners labelled a, b, c, d, e, f, g, and h. The figure is representative. All corners are to be colored such…
- GATE 2026 CH Q9 – Four hills H1, H2, H3, and H4 are present in an area. The following observations are made about them: i. Neither H2 nor H3 is the easternmost hill.…
- GATE 2025 DA Q4 – In the given figure, the numbers associated with the rectangle, triangle, and ellipse are 1, 2, and 3, respectively. Which one among the given options…
- GATE 2025 DA Q7 – Weight of a person can be expressed as a function of their age. The function usually varies from person to person. Suppose this function is identical…
- GATE 2026 DA Q5 – 'If his latest movie had been a commercial success, the actor would have made enough money to sponsor his next movie.' Based only on the above…
- GATE 2026 DA Q8 – Rishi and Swathi are students of Class 5. Pavan and Tanvi are students of Class 4. Rishi and Pavan are boys. Swathi and Tanvi are girls. The four…
- GATE 2024 ME Q2 – Find the odd one out in the set: 19, 37, 21, 17, 23, 29, 31, 11
- GATE 2025 CE (CE1) Q4 – A thin wire is used to construct all the edges of a cube of 1 m side by bending, cutting and soldering the wire. If the wire is 12 m long, what is the…
- GATE 2025 CE (CE1) Q8 – A color model is shown in the figure with color codes: Yellow (Y), Magenta (M), Cyan (Cy), Red (R), Blue (Bl), Green (G), and Black (K). Which one of…
- GATE 2026 CE (CE2) Q4 – 'All the mangoes in the basket are good.' If the above statement is false, then which one of the following statements is necessarily true?
- GATE 2026 CE (CE2) Q5 – Consider the following statements about four numbers: (S1) The average of the four numbers is 25 (S2) Each number is at most 40 (S3) Each number is at…
- GATE 2026 CE (CE2) Q9 – The Roman senator Meritorius, his brother, his son, and his daughter have varying oratory skill levels. They are seated in rows and columns as shown…
- GATE 2026 CE (CE1) Q4 – 'If Anish had scored hundred runs in today's match, he would have been made the captain of his team. He would have then become the youngest captain in…
- GATE 2026 CE (CE1) Q8 – Based on the relationship between each polygon and the number inside it, the value of 'X' is .
- GATE 2026 CE (CE1) Q9 – Consider a linear arrangement of seven bulbs, each of which can be in the ON or OFF states. The initial configuration of the bulbs is shown in the…
- GATE 2025 ME Q7 – If HIDE and CAGE are coded as 19-23-7-11 and 5-2-17-11 respectively, then what is the code for HIGH?
- GATE 2026 ME Q4 – 'All the mangoes in the basket are good.' If the above statement is **false**, then which one of the following statements is necessarily true?
- GATE 2026 ME Q5 – Consider the following statements about four numbers: (S1) The average of the four numbers is 25 (S2) Each number is at most 40 (S3) Each number is at…
- GATE 2026 ME Q9 – The Roman senator Meritorius, his brother, his son, and his daughter have varying oratory skill levels. They are seated in rows and columns as shown…
- GATE 2017 EE Q3 – Rahul, Murali, Srinivas and Arul are seated around a square table. Rahul is sitting to the left of Murali. Srinivas is sitting to the right of Arul.…
- GATE 2017 EE Q7 – Six people are seated around a circular table. There are at least two men and two women. There are at least three right-handed persons. Every woman…
- GATE 2017 EC Q5 – Some tables are shelves. Some shelves are chairs. All chairs are benches. Which of the following conclusions can be deduced from the preceding…
- GATE 2017 EC Q7 – S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, and Z are seated around a circular table. T's neighbours are Y and V. Z is seated third to the left of T and second to the right…
- GATE 2017 CS Q3 – Rahul, Murali, Srinivas and Arul are seated around a square table. Rahul is sitting to the left of Murali. Srinivas is sitting to the right of Arul.…
- GATE 2017 CS Q7 – Six people are seated around a circular table. There are at least two men and two women. There are at least three right-handed persons. Every woman…
- GATE 2015 EE Q4 – Based on the given statements, select the most appropriate option to solve the given question. If two floors in a certain building are 9 feet apart,…
- GATE 2015 EE Q7 – The given statement is followed by some courses of action. Assuming the statement to be true, decide the correct option. Statement: There has been a…
- GATE 2015 EC Q8 – Fill in the missing value
- GATE 2015 EC Q10 – Humpty Dumpty sits on a wall every day while having lunch. The wall sometimes breaks. A person sitting on the wall falls if the wall breaks. Which one…
- GATE 2016 EC Q5 – Michael lives 10 km away from where I live. Ahmed lives 5 km away and Susan lives 7 km away from where I live. Arun is farther away than Ahmed but…
- GATE 2016 EC Q8 – Leela is older than her cousin Pavithra. Pavithra's brother Shiva is older than Leela. When Pavithra and Shiva are visiting Leela, all three like to…
- GATE 2016 EE Q4 – Pick the odd one from the following options.
- GATE 2016 EE Q8 – All hill-stations have a lake. Ooty has two lakes. Which of the statement(s) below is/are logically valid and can be inferred from the above…
- GATE 2016 CS Q4 – If 'relftaga' means carefree, 'otaga' means careful and 'fertaga' means careless, which of the following could mean 'aftercare'?
- GATE 2016 CS Q7 – Indian currency notes show the denomination indicated in at least seventeen languages. If this is not an indication of the nation's diversity, nothing…
- GATE 2016 CS Q8 – Consider the following statements relating to the level of poker play of four players P, Q, R and S. I. P always beats Q II. R always beats S III. S…
- GATE 2015 CS Q4 – Based on the given statements, select the most appropriate option to solve the given question. If two floors in a certain building are 9 feet apart,…
- GATE 2015 CS Q7 – The given statement is followed by some courses of action. Assuming the statement to be true, decide the correct option. Statement: There has been a…
- GATE 2019 CS Q6 – The police arrested four criminals – P, Q, R and S. The criminals knew each other. They made the following statements: P says "Q committed the crime."…
- GATE 2018 EE Q7 – In a certain code, AMCF is written as EQGJ and NKUF is written as ROYJ. How will DHLP be written in that code?
- GATE 2018 EE Q10 – P, Q, R and S crossed a lake in a boat that can hold a maximum of two persons, with only one set of oars. The following additional facts are…
- GATE 2019 EE Q10 – Consider five people – Mita, Ganga, Rekha, Lakshmi and Sana. Ganga is taller than both Rekha and Lakshmi. Lakshmi is taller than Sana. Mita is taller…
- GATE 2019 EC Q6 – Four people are standing in a line facing you. They are Rahul, Mathew, Seema and Lohit. One is an engineer, one is a doctor, one a teacher and another…
- GATE 2020 EE Q7 – Select the next element of the series: Z, WV, RQP,
- GATE 2021 EE Q10 – Seven cars P, Q, R, S, T, U and V are parked in a row not necessarily in that order. The cars T and U should be parked next to each other. The cars S…
- GATE 2022 EE Q4 – Given below are two statements and four conclusions drawn based on the statements. Statement 1: Some bottles are cups. Statement 2: All cups are…
- GATE 2022 EE Q9 – The letters P, Q, R, S, T and U are to be placed one per vertex on a regular convex hexagon, but not necessarily in the same order. Consider the…
- GATE 2021 EC Q6 – Given below are two statements and two conclusions. Statement 1: All purple are green. Statement 2: All black are green. Conclusion I: Some black are…
- GATE 2022 EC Q9 – In a class of five students P, Q, R, S and T, only one student is known to have copied in the exam. The disciplinary committee has investigated the…
- GATE 2023 EE Q4 – A recent survey shows that 65% of tobacco users were advised to stop consuming tobacco. The survey also shows that 3 out of 10 tobacco users attempted…
- GATE 2023 EE Q6 – Students of all the departments of a college who have successfully completed the registration process are eligible to vote in the upcoming college…
- GATE 2025 EE Q4 – Each row of Column-I has three items and each item is represented by a circle in Column-II. The arrangement of circles in Column-II represents the…
- GATE 2025 EE Q7 – In the given figure, EF and HJ are coded as 30 and 80, respectively. Which one among the given options is most appropriate for the entries marked (i)…
- GATE 2026 EE Q4 – ‘If Anish had scored hundred runs in today’s match, he would have been made the captain of his team. He would have then become the youngest captain in…
- GATE 2026 EE Q9 – Consider a linear arrangement of seven bulbs, each of which can be in the ON or OFF states. The initial configuration of the bulbs is shown in the…
- GATE 2023 EC Q6 – Forestland is a planet inhabited by different kinds of creatures. Among other creatures, it is populated by animals all of whom are ferocious. There…
- GATE 2024 EC Q2 – P, Q, R, S, and T have launched a new startup. Two of them are siblings. The office of the startup has just three rooms. All of them agree that the…
- GATE 2025 EC Q8 – Eight students (P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, and W) are playing musical chairs. The figure indicates their order of position at the start of the game. They…
- GATE 2026 EC Q2 – The statements (S1), (S2), and (S3) pertain to the scores obtained by students in an exam. The maximum possible marks in the exam is 150. (S1) The…
- GATE 2026 EC Q5 – The following observation is made about the scores obtained by 100 students in an exam: ‘For each student, there exists another student in the class…
- GATE 2026 EC Q6 – Each one of the following clues contains a keyword that is partially filled. Clue 1: Synonym of recognize (8 letters): D N T F Y. Clue 2: A story long…
- GATE 2026 EC Q7 – Three children P, Q, R and two grown-ups X, Y play a badminton doubles tournament. X and Y are parents to two of the children playing. The child of X…
- GATE 2026 EC Q10 – If the text block ‘Ref Fig / 12 34’ (two lines) is transformed to ‘12 34 / Ref Fig’ with each line flipped upside-down (vertical mirror image), then…
- GATE 2026 CS (CS2) Q5 – 'When it is raining, peacocks dance.' Based only on this sentence, which one of the following options is necessarily true?
- GATE 2026 CS (CS2) Q8 – Figures (i) and (ii) represent intercity highway systems. The black dots represent cities and the line segments between them represent intercity…
- GATE 2026 CS (CS1) Q5 – ‘When the teacher is in the room, all students stand silently.’ If the above statement is true, which one of the following statements is not…
- GATE 2026 CS (CS1) Q6 – Combinatorics deals with problems involving counting. For example, “How many distinct arrangements of N distinct objects in M spaces on a circle are…
- GATE 2026 CS (CS1) Q9 – In the 2020 summer Olympics’ Javelin throw finals, Neeraj Chopra exhibited a spectacular performance to win the gold medal. The silver medal was won…
- GATE 2025 CS (CS2) Q6 – Based only on the conversation below, identify the logically correct inference: "Even if I had known that you were in the hospital, I would not have…
- GATE 2025 CS (CS2) Q7 – If IMAGE and FIELD are coded as FHBNJ and EMFJG respectively then, which one among the given options is the most appropriate code for BEACH ?
- GATE 2025 CS (CS2) Q10 – The diagram below shows a river system consisting of 7 segments, marked P, Q, R, S, T, U, and V. It splits the land into 5 zones, marked Z1, Z2, Z3,…
- GATE 2025 CS (CS1) Q4 – Consider the relationships among P, Q, R, S, and T: - P is the brother of Q. - S is the daughter of Q. - T is the sister of S. - R is the mother of Q.…
- GATE 2024 CS (CS2) Q1 – If '→' denotes increasing order of intensity, then the meaning of the words [walk → jog → sprint] is analogous to [bothered → → daunted]. Which one of…
- GATE 2024 CS (CS2) Q5 – In the sequence 6, 9, 14, x, 30, 41, a possible value of x is
- GATE 2024 CS (CS2) Q10 – In the 4 × 4 array shown below, each cell of the first three rows has either a cross (X) or a number. Row 1: 1, X, 4, 3; Row 2: X, 5, 5, 4; Row 3: 3,…
- GATE 2024 CS (CS1) Q1 – If '→' denotes increasing order of intensity, then the meaning of the words [dry → arid → parched] is analogous to [diet → fast → ]. Which one of the…
- GATE 2023 CS Q3 – A series of natural numbers F 1, F 2, F 3, F 4, F 5, F 6, F 7, obeys F n+1 = F n + F n-1 for all integers n 2. If F 6 = 37, and F 7 = 60, then what is…
- GATE 2023 CS Q4 – A survey for a certain year found that 90% of pregnant women received medical care at least once before giving birth. Of these women, 60% received…
- GATE 2023 CS Q6 – The country of Zombieland is in distress since more than 75% of its working population is suffering from serious health issues. Studies conducted by…
- GATE 2022 CS Q4 – Given below are four statements. Statement 1: All students are inquisitive. Statement 2: Some students are inquisitive. Statement 3: No student is…
- GATE 2022 CS Q6 – Some people believe that “what gets measured, improves”. Some others believe that “what gets measured, gets gamed”. One possible reason for the…
- GATE 2022 CS Q9 – The corners and mid-points of the sides of a triangle are named using the distinct letters P, Q, R, S, T and U, but not necessarily in the same order.…
- GATE 2021 CS Q9 – Given below are two statements 1 and 2, and two conclusions I and II. Statement 1: All bacteria are microorganisms. Statement 2: All pathogens are…
- GATE 2020 CS Q5 – There are multiple routes to reach from node 1 to node 2, as shown in the network. [Figure: edge costs 1→a 200, 1→b 300, 1→f 100, a→c 100, a→2 200,…
- GATE 2020 CS Q7 – If P = 3, R = 27, T = 243, then Q + S = .