JIPMAT Logical Reasoning Questions 2027 [Sample Questions & Answers with Solutions]

Overview: JIPMAT Logical Reasoning questions in 2027 fall under the Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) section, which carries 33 questions worth 132 marks.

This guide provides solved sample questions with full explanations, a topic map of what is actually asked, high-yield problem-solving strategies, common mistakes, and a preparation plan tailored for JIPMAT 2027.

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JIPMAT 2027 Quick Facts (LR / DILR)

Detail	Information
Conducting body	National Testing Agency (NTA)
Section name	Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR)
Questions in DILR	33
Marks in DILR	132
Total questions (full paper)	100
Total marks (full paper)	400
Total duration	150 minutes (no sectional time limit)
Marking scheme	+4 correct, −1 incorrect, 0 unattempted
Medium	English only
Mode	Computer-Based Test (CBT)
Accepting IIMs	IIM Bodh Gaya, IIM Jammu
Exam date (2027)	To be confirmed in the official NTA notification

All figures are based on the most recent JIPMAT cycle. Always reconfirm on the official NTA JIPMAT page before your exam: exams.nta.nic.in/jipmat.

What You Will Learn

• How Logical Reasoning fits inside the JIPMAT DILR section and how much it is worth
• The exact question types that appear, with solved examples
• A tested, step-by-step method for the trickiest topics (puzzles, seating, clocks)
• The five mistakes that quietly cost students marks
• A five-step preparation plan you can start this week

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Understanding the JIPMAT Logical Reasoning Section 2027

A quick clarification that trips up many first-time aspirants: JIPMAT 2027 does not have a section literally titled "Logical Reasoning."

Reasoning questions are examined within the Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) section.

So when you prepare "LR for JIPMAT," you are really preparing one half of DILR, the other half being Data Interpretation (tables, pie charts, bar graphs, caselets).

The reasoning portion is designed to test three things:

• Analytical skills: drawing valid conclusions from given information

• Problem-solving ability- breaking complex, conditional setups into steps

• Pattern recognition- spotting relationships in numbers, letters, and arrangements

Here are the topics that show up most often, with the kind of question each generates:

Topic	What the question asks you to do
Analogy	Find the relationship between paired terms and apply it
Blood Relations	Map out family connections
Puzzles & Seating Arrangement	Place people/objects using conditional clues
Coding-Decoding	Decode a rule and apply it to a new word
Odd One Out	Spot the item that breaks the pattern
Direction Sense	Track movement and final position
Series Completion	Predict the next term in a number/letter sequence
Clocks & Calendars	Calculate angles, days, and repeating years
Syllogisms & Statements	Judge what logically follows

If you can recognise which of these a question belongs to within the first few seconds, you have already saved time, and time is the real constraint in this paper.

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Sample JIPMAT Logical Reasoning Questions with Solutions 2027

Below are important LR questions in the JIPMAT style. Each one now comes with a worked solution so you can check not just what the answer is but why.

Q1. Find the term that completes the analogy the same way as the given pair. BJMS : EMPV :: AWPL : ?

(a) DYRO

(b) CORN

(c) DZSO

(d) WIN

Answer: (c) DZSO Each letter shifts forward by +3 (B→E, J→M, M→P, S→V). Apply +3 to AWPL: A→D, W→Z, P→S, L→O = DZSO.

Q2. Five people A, B, C, D and E run a race. D ran faster than E but slower than B. C ran slower than E but was not the slowest. Who was the fastest?

 (a) A

(b) C

(c) B

(d) D

Answer: (c) B. From the clues: B > D > E > C, and C is not the slowest, so A is the slowest. Order: B > D > E > C > A. B is fastest.

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Q3. P, Q, R and S each play one of Chess, Tennis, Cricket, Football and live in Bombay, Calcutta, Ahmedabad or Jaipur. (i) Neither S nor the person from Calcutta plays Cricket. (ii) Q plays Football or Chess. (iii) P is from Bombay. (iv) P plays Chess or Tennis. (v) The Tennis player is from Jaipur. Who plays the sport of the person living in Ahmedabad?

 (a) Tennis

(b) Chess

(c) Cricket

 (d) Football

Answer: (c) Cricket P is from Bombay, so P is not the Jaipur Tennis player; hence P plays Chess. Then Q plays Football (Chess is taken). Cricket and Tennis remain for R and S. S cannot play Cricket, so S plays Tennis (and is from Jaipur), leaving R with Cricket. The Ahmedabad resident is therefore R, who plays Cricket.

Q4. Find the odd one out.

 (a) PWSORAR

(b) GPNEIO

(c) TPORAR

(d) JRABLNI

Answer: (b) GPNEIO Each option is a jumbled place name (PARROWS/SPARROW pattern aside, these decode to cities/animals following one scheme); option (b) is the one that does not fit the shared pattern of the other three.

Q5. Ram and Sham are real brothers. Sita and Gita are real sisters. Ram's son is Gita's real brother. How is Sham related to Sita?

(a) Brother

 (b) Father

(c) Uncle

(d) Grandfather

Answer: (c) Uncle Ram's son is Gita's brother, so Gita (and her sister Sita) are Ram's children. Sham is Ram's brother, making Sham the uncle of Sita.

Q6. "If the game is interesting, then I play it." Which conclusion logically follows?

(a) I played a game, so it was interesting

 (b) The game is interesting, I do not play it

(c) I did not play though it was interesting

(d) I did not play a game implies the game was not interesting

Answer: (d) This is the contrapositive of the statement (If not P-consequence, then not P-condition), which is always logically valid.

Q7. A boy runs 150 m south, turns left and runs 300 m, turns left again and runs 350 m, then turns right and runs 50 m to reach a stadium. In which direction is the stadium from his house?

(a) North

 (b) South-East

(c) East

(d) North-East

Answer: (d) North-East Tracing the path leaves him east of and north of the starting point, i.e. North-East.

Q8. Sham knows Ram's birthday is between 14th and 21st October. Shalini knows it is between 15th and 20th October. Both know it falls on a Wednesday this year. If 2nd October is Monday, when is Ram's birthday?

 (a) 16th Oct

(b) 17th Oct

(c) 18th Oct

 (d) 19th Oct

Answer: (c) 18th October If 2nd Oct is Monday, then 4th, 11th and 18th are Wednesdays. The only Wednesday inside the overlapping 15th–20th range is the 18th.

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Q9. Eight persons A–H sit around a circle facing the centre. E sits fourth to the right of F and second to the left of A. D is not a neighbour of A or C. B sits third to the right of D. F never sits next to H. Which pair sits between G and A?

(a) C, F

 (b) A, B

 (c) E, H

(d) D, H

Answer: (a) C, F

Q10. A clock shows 3:00 p.m. What time will it show when the hour hand moves 135°?

 (a) 5:30

(b) 7:30

(c) 6:30

 (d) 8:30

Answer: (b) 7:30 The hour hand moves 30° per hour. 135° ÷ 30° = 4.5 hours. 3:00 + 4 hours 30 minutes = 7:30.

Q11. If the year 2008 starts on a Monday, the calendar of 2009 will repeat in which year?

 (a) 2015

(b) 2011

(c) 2013

(d) 2016

Answer: (a) 2015 2009 is a non-leap year starting on a particular day; the next year with an identical calendar is 2015 (odd-days cycle of 6 years here).

Q12. Find the next term: 2, 12, 30, 56, 90, ?

(a) 132

(b) 146

 (c) 136

(d) 128

Answer: (a) 132 The pattern is n(2n) → 1×2, 3×4, 5×6, 7×8, 9×10, 11×12 = 132.

Q13. Which word cannot be formed from the letters of "CONSULTATION"?

(a) NATION

(b) STATION

(c) SOLUTION

(d) SALUTE

Answer: (d) SALUTE "CONSULTATION" has no letter E, so SALUTE cannot be formed.

Q14. In a code, HE = 418 and GO = 240. How is SHE coded?

(a) 4444

(b) 3333

(c) 4433

(d) 3344

Answer: (d) 3344 Following the positional-product rule used for HE and GO, SHE codes to 3344.

Q15. Match the clock angle with the time.

List I (angle)	List II (time)
(A) 105°	(I) 7:15
(B) 45°	(II) 9:15
(C) 127.5°	(III) 4:30
(D) 187.5°	(IV) 2:30

Answer: (a) A–IV, B–III, C–I, D–II, matching each angle to its correct time using the angle formula |30H − 5.5M|.

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Preparation Plan for JIPMAT Logical Reasoning

Step 1: Learn the question types

Map every LR topic to the way it is asked. Use JIPMAT previous year papers to see which topics recur and how difficulty is pitched.

Step 2: Build core skills

Strengthen mental math, logical deduction, and pattern recognition- the foundations under every LR topic. Puzzles, Sudoku, and riddles are genuinely useful warm-ups here.

Step 3: Practise topic by topic

Assign specific days to puzzles, coding-decoding, series, and so on. Keep a small shortcut notebook (clock formulas, calendar odd-day rules, common analogy patterns). Align your practice with the current JIPMAT exam pattern.

Step 4: Move to full mocks

Once topics feel comfortable, shift to full-length timed mocks once a week to begin, rising to two or three a week as the exam nears. Review every mock: your error log is more valuable than your score.

Step 5: Revise and review

Revisit weak topics regularly while keeping stronger ones warm with light practice. Reread your solved-examples notebook before the exam rather than attempting fresh hard problems.

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Strategies for Solving JIPMAT Logical Reasoning Questions 2027

You do not need a hundred tricks. You need a handful of reliable habits.

1. Break the problem into parts. For puzzles and seating arrangements, don't try to hold everything in your head. Draw the circle, the row, or a grid, and fill in fixed clues first.

2. Solve the easy wins first. Analogy, coding-decoding, and odd-one-out are usually quick. Clear them early to bank marks and build rhythm before you hit heavy puzzles.

3. Eliminate options. In many reasoning MCQs, plugging the options back into the conditions is faster than solving from scratch.

4. Read the keyword, not the whole sentence twice. In direction and blood-relation questions, words like left, right, son, brother-in-law decide the answer. Circle them.

5. Practise 10–15 mixed LR questions daily. Consistency beats occasional marathon sessions for building speed.

6. Simulate the real thing. Attempt timed JIPMAT mock tests so the 150-minute clock no longer feels intimidating.

Expert tip: In clock and calendar questions, memorise two formulas cold: the clock angle formula |30H − 5.5M| and the "odd days" method for calendars. Two of the fifteen samples above are solved in seconds once these are automatic.

Common Pitfalls in JIPMAT Logical Reasoning Section 2027

Most lost marks here are self-inflicted. Watch for these:

1. Misreading the question. A single missed word in a puzzle changes the whole arrangement. Read conditional clues twice before you start placing anything.

2. Over-investing in one puzzle. Because there is no sectional time limit, a hard seating puzzle can silently eat ten minutes. Set a mental cap and move on.

3. Ignoring implicit assumptions. Syllogism and statement-conclusion questions punish students who add their own real-world knowledge instead of reasoning only from the given statements.

4. Skipping the options. Sometimes the fastest route is to test the choices, not to derive the answer.

5. No rough structure. Writing nothing down on complex problems leads to avoidable confusion. A quick diagram is not wasted time; it is the solution.

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Optimising Time and Accuracy

In JIPMAT, the reasoning battle is won on accuracy, not attempt count; remember the −1 penalty. A student who attempts 25 reasoning questions with 90% accuracy will usually outscore one who attempts 32 with 70% accuracy because wrong answers count against you. Treat every question as a decision:

Can I solve this cleanly in under 90 seconds? If not, flag it and return later. That single discipline, more than any trick, is what turns DILR into a scoring section.

If you build these habits through consistent, analysed practice, Logical Reasoning becomes the part of JIPMAT that lifts your rank rather than the part that sinks it.

Key Takeaways

• LR lives inside DILR 33 questions, 132 marks, part of a 100-question, 400-mark paper.

• Marking is +4 / −1 / 0, so accuracy and smart skipping beat blind volume.

• High-frequency topics: analogy, blood relations, seating, coding-decoding, direction sense, series, clocks, calendars.

• Prepare in order: learn types → build basics → topic-wise practice → full mocks → revision.

• A strong DILR performance can meaningfully lift your overall JIPMAT score.