Topic-wise Reasoning practice: series, analogy, coding, blood relations, direction, ranking, puzzles, calendar and clocks, syllogism, and non-verbal reasoning (mirror images, dice, paper folding, figure counting). It is useful for OPSC ASO, OSSC, OSSSC, banking and other exams with a reasoning section. Each topic will get its own 30-question sets with worked solutions.
Analogy, classification and series
Spotting the pattern
Coming soonAnalogyRelated words, numbers and lettersQuestion types
- Word analogy: cause-effect, tool-worker, part-whole, instrument-measure
- Choose the pair with the same relation
- Number analogy (squares, cubes, ×, +)
- Number-pair analogy
- Letter analogy (position and shift)
- Mixed analogy
Coming soonClassification (odd one out)Find the one that does not belongQuestion types
- Odd word: category, property, use
- Odd number: prime, square, even-odd, divisibility
- Odd letter group
- Odd number pair
- Wrong number in a sequence
Coming soonNumber seriesMissing and wrong termsQuestion types
- Difference and second-difference series
- Ratio and multiplication series (×2+1 type)
- Squares, cubes and n² ± n
- Alternate and mixed series
- Find the missing term
- Find the wrong term
Coming soonAlphabet seriesLetter and letter-number seriesQuestion types
- Letter positions (A = 1 … Z = 26) and reverse positions
- Letter series with growing gaps
- Pair and triplet letter groups
- Fill the gaps: one set of letters placed in a series
- Skipped letters series
- Letter-number mixed series
Coding, relations and directions
Decoding rules and relationships
Coming soonCoding-decodingLetter, number and word codesQuestion types
- Forward and backward letter shift
- Reverse and opposite-letter coding
- Letters coded as digits
- Sentence or word-group codes (common word method)
- Letter values (word value by positions)
- Interchanged letters and meaningful words
- Symbol and sign coding
Coming soonBlood relationsFamily-tree questionsQuestion types
- Statement-based relations
- Pointing to a photo or introducing someone
- Coded relations (A + B means A is the father of B)
- Family puzzles with several people
- Gender and generation identification
Coming soonDirection and distanceTurns, distances and shadowsQuestion types
- Final direction after turns
- Shortest distance from the start (Pythagoras)
- Turning clockwise or anticlockwise by x°
- Shadow-based direction (morning and evening)
- Rotated direction names (South-East becomes North type)
- Direction in seating and maps
Coming soonSymbols and notationsMathematical operations with changed signsQuestion types
- Imaginary operations (a * b = a² + b type)
- Interchanging signs: '+' means '×'
- Choose the correct equation after interchange
- Statements with symbols (A @ B means A > B)
- Balancing an equation
Order, arrangement and puzzles
Positions, seating and words
Coming soonRanking and orderPositions in a row or classQuestion types
- Position from top and bottom; total number
- Positions after interchange
- Number of people between two persons
- Comparison: who is the tallest or heaviest
- Age and height ordering
Coming soonSeating arrangementLinear, circular and squareQuestion types
- Linear seating in one row
- Two parallel rows facing each other
- Circular seating facing the centre
- Square or rectangular table
- Who sits between, opposite, to the left
Coming soonPuzzlesFloors, boxes, days and attributesQuestion types
- Floor and building puzzles
- Box stacking puzzles
- Scheduling puzzles (days, months)
- Classification puzzles (person-city-profession)
- Comparison and ordering puzzles
Coming soonDictionary order and logical order of wordsArranging wordsQuestion types
- Arrange words in dictionary order
- First, last or middle word in dictionary order
- Meaningful logical order (seed, plant, tree type)
- Order of events or life stages
- Directory order of names
Coming soonWord formation and alphabet testMaking words and letter positionsQuestion types
- Word that can or cannot be formed from a given word
- Meaningful words from jumbled letters
- Letter pairs with as many letters between them as in the alphabet
- Letter at a position after interchange or reversal
- Number of vowels, consonants and repeated letters
Calendar, clocks and numbers
Odd days, clock hands and number puzzles
Coming soonCalendarDays and datesQuestion types
- Day of the week for a given date (odd days)
- Day after or before n days
- Years with the same calendar
- Leap year questions
- Scheduled day and date problems
Coming soonClocksClock reasoningQuestion types
- Angle between the hands
- Hands together, opposite or at right angles
- Mirror image of clock time
- Clock gaining or losing time
- Scheduled time from the position of hands
Coming soonMissing numberNumbers in figures and matricesQuestion types
- Missing number in a figure (circles, triangles)
- Missing number in a 3 × 3 matrix
- Missing number from a regular pattern
- Missing number with more than one answer option
Coming soonArithmetical reasoningWord puzzles with numbersQuestion types
- Ages and average ages
- Work, time and wages puzzles
- Heads and legs
- Cuts, pieces and rolls
- Digit counting (how many 3s from 1 to 100)
- Fractions, percentage and money puzzles
Logical reasoning
Statements, Venn diagrams and conclusions
Coming soonSyllogismAll, some, no statementsQuestion types
- Two-statement syllogism
- Three-statement syllogism
- Venn diagram method
- Possibility conclusions
- Either-or cases
Coming soonStatements, assumptions, conclusions and courses of actionReading argumentsQuestion types
- Statement and assumption
- Statement and conclusion
- Statement and course of action
- Strong and weak arguments
- Cause and effect
Coming soonLogical Venn diagramsRelations between groupsQuestion types
- Which diagram shows the given classes (doctors, women, mothers)
- Counting from an overlapping figure
- Venn diagram number questions
- Finding the region that shows a group
Coming soonData sufficiencyIs the data enough?Question types
- One statement alone is enough
- Both statements together are needed
- Data sufficiency in blood relation, direction and ranking
Non-verbal reasoning
Figures, images and cubes
Coming soonMirror and water imagesImages of letters, words and figuresQuestion types
- Mirror image of letters and words
- Mirror image of numbers and codes (1965INDOPAK type)
- Mirror image of a clock
- Water image of letters and numbers
- Mirror and water image of figures
Coming soonPaper cutting, folding and punchingWhat the sheet looks like when openedQuestion types
- Paper folding: find the folded figure
- Folded and punched: pattern when unfolded
- Folded and cut: shape when unfolded
- Transparent sheet folding
Coming soonCubes and diceFaces, nets and painted cubesQuestion types
- Opposite faces from several positions of a dice
- Standard and non-standard dice
- Cube formed from an open sheet (net)
- Painted cube cut into small cubes
- Counting cubes in a stack
Coming soonFigure countingCounting shapes in a figureQuestion types
- Triangles
- Squares
- Rectangles and quadrilaterals
- Straight lines
- Polygons and hexagons
- Cubes in a figure
Coming soonFigure seriesThe next figure in the patternQuestion types
- Rotation of elements (45°, 90°)
- Addition and removal of elements
- Movement of elements around the box
- Mixed figure series
Coming soonFigure analogy and classificationRelated figures and the odd figureQuestion types
- Figure analogy (A : B :: C : ?)
- Odd figure out
- Figure grouping into classes
Coming soonEmbedded figuresFind the hidden figureQuestion types
- Which figure contains the given figure
- Hidden figure in a complex figure
Coming soonCompletion of figuresFill the missing partQuestion types
- Completing a figure or pattern
- Missing part of a matrix of figures
- Completion of a symmetrical figure
Coming soonMap colouring and grid figuresMinimum colours and gridsQuestion types
- Minimum colours to fill a map
- Dot and grid figure questions
Previous year papers
OPSC ASO Reasoning sections, attempted as tests with answers
Coming soon2025-26 ASO (Advocate General office)Reasoning, 50 questionsQuestion types
- Full 50-question Reasoning section
- Verbal 30 and non-verbal 20
- Answers and explanations by EduSaint
Coming soon2021-22 ASOReasoning, 50 questionsQuestion types
- Full 50-question Reasoning section
- Coding, blood relation, painted cube, mirror images
- Answers and explanations by EduSaint
Coming soon2018-19 ASOReasoning, 50 questionsQuestion types
- Full 50-question Reasoning section
- Answers and explanations by EduSaint
The tests open topic by topic. Each one will have a timer, scoring and explanations as the other tests on this site.