AILET Logical Reasoning Preparation Tips

The logical reasoning section can be a bit time-consuming section in the AILET exam. Therefore, you must enhance your preparation levels to have a good hold on this subject.

To ease out your logical reasoning preparation, we spoke to Harsh Gagrani, director of the Legal Edge (a pioneer in providing the best online guidance for law entrance exams). He suggested the following AILET Logical Reasoning Tips that help you better understand how to plan your preparation to score good marks in this section.

How to Prepare AILET Logical Reasoning Section?

A total of 35 questions will be asked from the reasoning section and the majority of questions are from topics like Critical and Verbal Reasoning, Analogies, Number Series, and Fact inference judgment.

Also, the questions are designed to test your logical abilities like understanding logical links, identifying patterns, correct inconsistent statements through questions

You should work on decision-making and analytical skills to score well in the logical reasoning section.

Harsh recommends solving puzzle-related questions and games that demand and logic on a daily basis. 

What are the Important Topics for Logical Reasoning Section of the AILET Exam?

Before starting the preparation, you must make sure to understand the complete AILET Syllabus as this will help you know the important topics that you need to be prepared from the exam point of view, Harsh said. 

The syllabus for logical reasoning includes a variety of questions based on verbal reasoning such as syllogism, analogies, logical sequence, blood relation, etc. 

Which Books Should I Consider for AILET Logical Reasoning?

You can consider referring to the following AILET Books while preparing for the logical reasoning section of the AILET 2021 Exam, Harsh quoted.

• Verbal and Non Verbal Reasoning by RS Agarwal
• Analytical Reasoning by MK Pandey
• A Modern Approach to Logical Reasoning by RS Agarwal

What are the AILET Logical Reasoning Tips?

You can enhance your logical reasoning preparation by following the AILET Preparation Tips provided in the post below.

• You must develop a mental checklist of strategies to comprehend the logical reasoning questions including shapes, sizes, numbers, etc.
• Questions from areas like coding, directions, blood relations, syllogisms can be easily solved if you know the basics of these topics and identify the correct pattern. 
• Practice elementary arithmetics to calculate answers from data-based questions.
• Make sure to learn short tricks while preparing each topic of logical reasoning.
• Prepare your own notes as this will help during your revision time.
• Practice as many questions from AILET Previous Year Papers as possible to improve your time management skills and speed.

How to Attempt AILET Logical Reasoning Questions?

• Be an active reader while reading the question from the passage.
• Understand the complicated parts and ask questions yourself about the passage.
• It is essential to recognize the conclusions and premises in a particular passage. 
• Try to determine the tone or theme of the passage.
• There may be a lot of data in the question that may confuse you, so focus on the question and the aspect that is based on.
• Circle important keywords while reading the question. This will help you find the right answer.
• Try to draw diagrams while answering the difficult questions.

Sample Questions for AILET Logical Reasoning

Attempting AILET Mock Tests on a weekly basis will help you know the difficulty level of the paper and the type of questions asked in the exam.

To help you better understand which type of questions will be asked in the exam, we have provided some sample questions for your reference here.

Passage 1

Sonu has to deliver seven parcels containing different items– Medicine, Book, Stationery, Grocery, Cosmetics, Clothe and Chocolate – to houses on different floors of a building, one parcel each to a house. The seven floors of the building are numbered consecutively 1 through 7. Delivery of parcels to houses must meet the following conditions:

i) Medicine is delivered on a lower numbered floor than Grocery.

ii) Clothe is delivered at one level below the floor at which Book is delivered.

iii) Stationery is delivered at first floor or else seventh floor.

iv) Chocolate is delivered at fourth floor.

1) There can be at most how many floors between the floor at which Medicine is delivered and the floor at which Grocery is delivered?

(A) Two (B) Three (C) Four (D) Five

2) If Clothe is delivered at floor 1, which of the following could be true?

(A)Book is delivered at a floor one below than the floor at which Grocery is delivered.

(B) Book is delivered at a floor one below than the floor at which Cosmetics is delivered.

(C) Medicine is delivered at a floor one below than the floor at which Stationery is delivered.

(D)Cosmetics is delivered at a floor one below than the floor at which Book is delivered.

3) Which one of the following is an acceptable assignment of parcels to the floors in the building, in order from floor 1 through 7?

(A)Medicine, Clothe, Cosmetics, Chocolate, Book, Grocery, Stationery

(B) Stationery, Cosmetics, Chocolate, Clothe, Book, Medicine, Grocery

(C) Stationery, Clothe, Book, Chocolate, Grocery, Medicine, Cosmetics

(D) Medicine, Cosmetics, Grocery, Chocolate, Clothe, Book, Stationery

4) If Cosmetics is delivered at floor 2, which one of the following must be true?

(A)Medicine is delivered at a lower numbered floor than Chocolate.

(B) Chocolate is delivered at a lower numbered floor than Grocery.

(C) Grocery is delivered at a lower numbered floor than Stationery.

(D)Clothe is delivered at a lower numbered floor than Grocery.

5) . If Cosmetics is delivered on floor 5, which one of the following is a pair of parcels that could be delivered, not necessarily in the order given, at floors whose numbers are consecutive to each other?

(A)Book, Grocery

(B) Clothe, Chocolate

(C) Stationery, Grocery

(D)Book, Stationery

Passage 2

Vidya, Umesh and Tanu are sitting around a circular table. Arun, Bina and Chetan are sitting around the same table but two of them are not facing centre (they are facing the direction opposite to centre). Vidya is second to the left of Chetan. Umesh is second to the right of Arun. Bina is third to the left of Tanu. Chetan is second to the right of Tanu. Arun and Chetan are not sitting together.

1) Which of the following is not facing centre?

(A) Bina & Arun

(B) Chetan & Vidya

(C) Bina & Chetan

(D) Arun & Umesh

2) Which of the following is the position of Tanu in respect of Bina?

(A) third to the right

(B) second to the right

(C) third to the left

(D) third to the left & right, both

3) What is the position of Vidya in respect of Chetan?

(A) second to the right

(B) third to the left

(C) fourth to the right

(D) fourth to the left

4) Which of the following statement is correct?

(A) Arun, Bina and Chetan are sitting together

(B) Vidya, Umesh and Tanu are sitting together

(C) Only two people are sitting between Vidya and Tanu

(D) Those who are not facing centre are sitting together

5) What is the position of Arun in respect of Umesh?

(A) second to the left

(B) second to the right

(C) third to the right

(D) none of these