Logical Reasoning Topics for CAT 2025

Blood Relations

Questions on blood relations mainly pertain to relationship between family members. They are asked in the form of family tree, coded relationships or normal description.

Number Series

These questions are mathematical puzzles in which one needs to identify the next number in the series. It is easy to crack if your mental math is strong.

Syllogism

Syllogism requires you to finds a logical connection between two or more sentences (premise) and make a final or valid observation. The key is to find common the common thread that brings two statements together.

Direction Sense

Questions on Direction Sense often requires one to determine the final position or direction, after analyzing twists and turns, movement along the way. These include questions based on shadow, relative position, turns and rotation, coded directions, direction puzzles, distance and direction.

Coding-Decoding

Coding-Decoding questions are like an interesting set of alphabets or digits, each signifying something. One has to find the coded meaning behind the set. For example: AGE can signify a number 165. The method to crack coding-decoding questions of CAT Logical Reasoning is by identifying a pattern, creating a code rule and applying the code rule.

Assumptions

Assumption as it means, is all about finding the unsaid. In Assumptions questions, one needs to follow the logic of the argument to get to the conclusion.

Puzzles

Puzzles in CAT Logical Reasoning are often based on series or arrangements. To solve the puzzle one needs to crack the pattern.

Clocks and Calendars

Here one has to find the logic based on time or dates. Clock based questions often requires deciphering angle between hands, mirror image, water image, faulty clocks and coinciding hands of the clock. Calendar based questions in CAT Logical Reasoning pertain to finding a particular day or date, odd days, leap years, century years, date and time relationship, etc.

Statements and Conclusion

A set of statements are presented with assumptions and conclusions. One needs to derive the validity of the conclusion based on the statement and validity. These questions require deep critical thinking.

Data Arrangement

As the name suggests, Data Arrangement is organizing a set of people, objects, items as per the given hints, in a logical manner.

Binary Logic

Binary Logic questions are all about finding true or false statements from the given set. The questions are presented in the form of scenarios with different sets of liars and truth tellers.

Seating Arrangement

In these types of arrangement questions, one needs to arrange people and objects in a given direction or form. Clues and hints are given, to deduce the pattern. Road blocks in Seating Arrangement questions are the overlapping rules.

Sets & Caselets

These questions are presented as scenarios or narrative, and one has to answer question related to them. These questions often require logical deduction, sequencing and arrangement.