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50 CLAT Logical Reasoning Questions (With Answers)

CLAT Logical Reasoning Questions

The Logical Reasoning section of the CLAT exam plays a crucial role in assessing a candidate’s ability to think critically and solve problems efficiently. Here, we are providing a clear understanding of the types of logical reasoning questions in CLAT, along with answers.

Whether you are just beginning your CLAT preparation or looking to refine your skills, this guide will help you navigate through the complexities of CLAT logical reasoning questions, ensuring you are well-prepared for the exam. 

CLAT Logical Reasoning: Overview

The CLAT logical reasoning section is designed to test your critical thinking skills, which are fundamental to practicing law. 

It assesses how well you can:

  • Interpret and draw conclusions from arguments.
  • Identify strengths and weaknesses in a series of statements.
  • Apply logic to complex scenarios typical of legal reasoning.
  • Understand the structure of relationships and deduce new information from them.
AspectsDetails
Type Of QuestionsObjective-type (MCQs)
No. of Questions22-26 
Total Marks22-26 
WeightageAround 20%
Correct Answer+1 Marks
Incorrect Answer-0.25 Marks

CLAT Logical Reasoning Questions

We have curated the top Logical Reasoning questions in CLAT directly from past year papers. Each passage is followed by related questions, providing you with a realistic glimpse into the CLAT exam pattern and the type of logical challenges you can expect to encounter.

Passage 1:

The depreciation of an economy’s currency is not a matter of concern in itself. The decline in value against major currencies has to be viewed within a set of macroeconomic factors. The recent depreciation of the Indian rupee is a case in point. The rupee has been depreciating for a long time. What are of concern now are the rate at which the depreciation is occurring and the underlying factors causing the change. The Russia-Ukraine war has disrupted supply chains causing commodity prices to rise, leading to a worldwide hardening of inflationary trends. This, in turn, has caused major central banks to raise interest rates, forcing investors back to the safe haven of the US dollar. For India, these headwinds from the global economy have caused several problems. The rise in international prices, especially of crude oil, has led to a higher import bill and, hence, a greater demand for dollars. Higher interest rates in developed country markets have caused a significant outflow of portfolio investments from India, aggravating the already climbing demand for dollars from a rising import bill. By May 2022, foreign institutional investors had pulled out Rs. 1.50 lakh crore from Indian markets.

In the face of these pressures, the rupee, left to itself, would decline in value as the rupee-price of a dollar would increase substantially. One way the Reserve Bank of India could stem the tide would be to sell off dollars in the market to ease the supply situation. However, this would mean that while the value of the rupee could be contained, the nation’s foreign exchange kitty would start to erode further. The RBI has been doing exactly that. The challenge before the RBI is this: how much to let the rupee depreciate and how much to intervene to prop it up? Too much depreciation would raise domestic inflation rates as the rupee-price of imports, especially oil, would raise costs of production. It could trigger a rise in policy-controlled interest rates while closely monitoring inflationary expectations. The biggest challenge is to navigate unpredictable international economic shocks in the near future. The Indian economy’s health is not exactly at its best. Exports may not be able to take advantage of a falling rupee since international demand is expected to stagnate. India’s growth and employment situations are yet to stabilise to what they were about a decade ago. The RBI has difficult choices: controlling inflation versus stimulating growth and stabilising the rupee without severely diminishing the economy’s foreign exchange kitty.

[Extracted, with edits and revisions, from “Stiff test: Editorial on depreciation of rupee & challenges before RBI”, The Telegraph]

Q1. Which of the following is the author most likely to agree with?

  1. It is a major cause for concern if an economy’s currency is depreciating.
  2. Currency depreciation is not a reason for worry in itself, but if macroeconomic factors are not good, there may be a cause for concern.
  3. The fact that the Indian rupee is witnessing a decline in value against major currencies is very worrisome.
  4. A central bank must always do everything in its power to stem the slightest depreciation of an economy’s currency.

Q2. Based on the author’s arguments, which of the following, if true, would reduce the decline in value of the rupee?

  1. Appointing a new Governor for the RBI who has a better sense of how to control inflationary trends.
  2. A steep increase in commodity prices and the continued disruption of supply chains.
  3. A reduction in worldwide inflationary trends and the reduction of interest rates in developed country markets.
  4. The RBI buying as many dollars as possible from the market.

Q3. Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the author’s arguments?

  1. The Indian economy has been affected by global inflationary trends and the increase of interest rates in developed country markets.
  2. Since developed country markets have increased their interest rates, global investors have pulled their investments out of other economies, and routed them to such developed country markets.
  3. As the demand for US dollars increases, it is likely the rupee-price of a dollar would increase substantially.
  4. The Indian economy and currency are highly protected and have been insulated from the effects of global inflationary trends and the increase of interest rates in developed country markets.

Q4. Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the author’s arguments for why Indian exports may not be able to take advantage of a falling rupee?

  1. Economies across the world are witnessing a slowdown, and in such economies, demand for imports decreases substantially.
  2. Economies across the world are booming, and there is an increasing demand for Indian exports.
  3. A reduction in the volume of exports would be more than offset by the increased value of dollars that Indian exporters would earn.
  4. Countries across the world have managed to find ways to insulate themselves from the effects of the Russia-Ukraine war and will need a lot of Indian imports to sustain their new growth models.

Q5. Based on the author’s arguments, which of the following must necessarily be true?

  1. The continuing depreciation of the Indian rupee at its current rate, coupled with worldwide inflationary trends, would result in immense political instability in India, and consequently, in all of South Asia.
  2. If nothing else is done, the rise of interest rates in developed country markets, coupled with hardening of inflationary trends across the world, will result in a fall in the value of the rupee against the dollar.
  3. If inflationary trends continue to harden across the world, and if interest rates in developed country markets continue to rise, portfolio investors will increase their investments in India, and this will have a positive impact on India’s foreign exchange reserves.
  4. If nothing else is done, the rise of interest rates in developed country markets, coupled with hardening of inflationary trends across the world, will result in a rise in the value of the rupee against the dollar.

Q6. Which of the following is the author most likely to agree with?

  1. The RBI must not focus solely on preventing the depreciation of the rupee, as that may result in negative impacts on other aspects of the economy.
  2. The RBI must focus solely on preventing the depreciation of the rupee at all costs, since it is by far the most important indicator of the health of the Indian economy.
  3. Periodic inflationary trends are normal in any economy, and the RBI need not worry about the inflationary effects in the Indian economy caused by the depreciation of the rupee.
  4. The RBI need not do anything to reduce the rate of depreciation of the rupee, since the depreciation of an economy’s currency is not a matter of concern in itself.

Passage 2:

The post-truth era is, expectedly, marked by a discerning erosion of public trust in sources of information. Mass media — both traditional and new-age avatars — has borne the brunt of this mistrust. And for good reasons too. Social media, its most popular platform, is a harbinger of falsity. It is thus encouraging to see that at least the old guard of the media ecosystem — the newspaper — continues to defy this discouraging trend. A pan-India survey of media consumption by Lokniti found that print media remains the most trusted source of information. The finding is consistent with the heartening surge in public endorsement of the reliability of newspapers since the pandemic. An earlier survey, which attempted to examine the impact of the lockdown on ‘reading patterns’, had found that the number of readers who used to spend over an hour on newspapers every day had risen to 38%, up from 16% in the pre-lockdown period. The increased trust in newspapers is because the lockdowns coincided with the dissemination of the crudest kinds of misinformation about the pandemic in India and around the world and newspapers played a pivotal role in exposing these lies.

But that is where the good news ends — for the print media, at least. Among other things, the data collated by the survey found deepening footprints of social media in rural and urban constituencies while television continues to dominate the screen. These developments are consistent with global trends that reveal that the newspaper industry is struggling to contain the migration of readers and revenue to other formats, especially digital media. Ironically, the pandemic, which saw a resurgence in collective trust in newspapers, adversely affected the print media as traditional advertisers, reeling under the economic fallouts of Covid-19, cut back on advertisements. But the crisis in print precedes the pandemic. Newspapers have been outpaced by speedier, but also spurious, sources of information. The dominance of the image over text as a cultural phenomenon is another formidable challenge. The print media’s hopes of remaining competitive and profitable must, therefore, centre on using this collective trust as a form of capital. Survival strategies, especially the revenue model, must be re-explored and the emphasis shifted to in-depth analyses of news as well as eyecatching layouts now that newspapers are slower to reach news to the audience. 
[Extracted, with edits and revisions, from “Good news: Editorial on print media remaining the most trusted source of information”, The Telegraph]

Q7. Which of the following is the author most likely to agree with?

  1. The Covid-19 pandemic was an unmitigated disaster for the newspaper industry.
  2. The Covid-19 pandemic had negative as well as positive effects on the newspaper industry.
  3. The Covid-19 pandemic only had good effects on the newspaper industry.
  4. The Covid-19 pandemic had no effect at all on the newspaper industry.

Q8. Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the author’s arguments?

  1. Social media is a reliable source of true and accurate news and information.
  2. Social media is a highly unreliable source of news and information and should not be trusted.
  3. Social media is a good way for people to stay connected with each other.
  4. Social media is a speedier source of information than newspapers.

Q9. Which of the following would be an effective way of making print media more competitive?

  1. Slowing down the process of print media production.
  2. Using more expensive printing methods that achieve better print quality, even if it results in newspapers becoming more expensive.
  3. Only publishing newspapers on alternate days.
  4. Developing ways of ensuring that print media can reach readers more speedily.

Q10. Based on the author’s arguments, which of the following, if true, would have resulted in the weakening, rather than deepening of public trust in newspapers since the pandemic?

  1. Newspapers were very careful in ensuring they reported accurate and true news during the lockdowns.
  2. Newspapers played a leading role in exposing lies and misinformation spread during the lockdown.
  3. Newspapers actively disseminated misinformation during the lockdowns and made no efforts to expose lies spread by others.
  4. Newspapers alerted the public to the fact that a number of sources were spreading crude forms of misinformation during the pandemic.

Q11. What would be the impact on the readership and revenues of the print media if the image were not dominant over text as a cultural phenomenon?

  1. Print media would not suffer as much of a reduction in readership and revenue as readers shifted to other formats.
  2. Print media would suffer a greater reduction in readership and revenue as readers shifted to other formats.
  3. There would be no impact on the readership and revenues of the print industry.
  4. There would be an increased demand from readers that newspapers carry more images and less text.

Q12. How does the author suggest newspapers can overcome the problem of being outpaced by speedier sources of information?

  1. They offer direct means by which newspapers can become faster to publish and deliver to readers.
  2. They encourage a complete and immediate shift to digital media as a way of ensuring newspapers are not outpaced by other sources of information.
  3. They offer ways to reduce production costs, which would offset the losses caused by readers shifting allegiance to faster sources of information.
  4. They offer alternative means for newspapers to become competitive and profitable, but do not solve the problem of how newspapers can become faster sources of information.

Passage 3:

In this moment, the developed countries — I point to them, because these countries have already burnt massive amounts of carbon dioxide for energy to build their economies — are faced with a real energy conundrum. On the one hand, developed countries are battered because of a fast-heating planet; temperatures have gone through the roof; droughts and extreme weather events are hitting them as well. On the other hand, ordinary people in these countries are worried, not just because of climate change but because of the lack of energy to heat their homes this coming winter. In the US, gas prices went up in summer, so much so that people travelled less and consumption of fuel dropped. But now prices are down and it is business as usual.

The fact is that this energy disruption has provided the much-needed vault to the beleaguered fossil fuel industry. Governments are asking this industry to supply more. Europe has baptised natural gas, a fossil fuel less polluting than coal but still a major emitter of carbon dioxide, as “clean”. The US has passed a climate bill, which will invest in renewable energy but conditional to increased spends on oil and gas and the opening up of millions of hectares of federal land for drilling. Through this bill the US will do more than ever before to build a manufacturing base for renewable energy, particularly solar. Europe, even in this desperate scramble for gas, is working to ramp up its investment in renewable power. So, it is the worst of times. It could be the best of times, but there are some caveats. One, this renewed interest in fossil fuels must remain temporary and transient. Given the nature of economies, once the investment has been made in this new infrastructure or the supply of fossil fuel has increased from new oil and gas discoveries, it will be difficult to wean off. Two, these countries should not be entitled to more use of fossil fuels in our world of shrunk carbon budgets. They need to reduce emissions drastically and leave whatever little carbon budget space that is remaining to poorer countries to use, thereby satisfying such poorer countries’ demands.

[Extracted, with edits and revisions, from “New energy conundrum”, by Sunita Narain, DownToEarth]

Q13. Which of the following is the author most likely to agree with?

  1. People in the US are not worried at all about climate change.
  2. People in the US are worried about climate change, and these concerns affect their energy consumption habits more than anything else.
  3. Climate change has resulted in the increase of energy prices across the world, and as a result, governments have had to invest in finding newer sources of renewable energy.
  4. Changes in the energy consumption habits of people in the US are affected more by energy prices than concerns of climate change.

Q14. Which of the following is most similar to the author’s statements about developed countries’ renewed interest in fossil fuels?

  1. Developed countries should not, under any circumstances, invest any resources in fossil fuel energy extraction, and must immediately put a halt to all fossil fuel consumption.
  2. Things could improve if developed countries recognise the difficulty of moving away from reliance on such sources of energy and make a conscious effort to move to alternate or renewable energy sources quickly.
  3. Since investments in energy extraction of any kind are very expensive, developed countries must ensure that they make permanent and continuing investments in fossil fuels.
  4. Developing countries must not, under any circumstances, consume fossil fuels, and leave whatever carbon budget space is remaining to richer countries to use.

Q15. If the information in the passage above is correct, which of the following must necessarily be true?

  1. The fossil fuel industry in developing countries will face reduced sales in the short term, with increased sales in the long term.
  2. The cost of making, installing, and using solar panels will reduce substantially in the coming years.
  3. Passing a bill in the US is a huge effort, and it would not have been possible to pass the new climate bill unless the current energy crisis had compelled lawmakers to do so.
  4. The fossil fuel industry in developing countries will see an increase in business, at least in the short term.

Q16. Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the author’s argument about why travel and fuel consumption in the US reduced in summer?

  1. People like to travel regardless of season, and the only thing that would prevent them from travelling at any time of the year would be high costs.
  2. Airlines raised ticket prices as a response to increase in fuel prices, and therefore, fewer people were able to buy air tickets to travel.
  3. Strict lockdowns were imposed in the US in summer, because of which people travelled less; further, temperatures were moderate, and this meant people had to use less fuel to heat or warm their homes.
  4. Widespread geopolitical tensions in the first half of the year meant that fuel prices were at an all-time high in summer; but prices have now eased off somewhat, making fuel slightly more affordable in the US.

Q17. Which of the following, if true, would resolve the ‘conundrum’ the author says developed countries face now?

  1. The development of adequate renewable power sources in the near term that would lead to a reduction in consumption of fossil fuels.
  2. Finding new sources of fossil fuels that will ensure there is no shortage of energy to heat homes in the winter.
  3. Switching immediately to renewable power sources, even if it leads to a shortage in energy supply for people.
  4. Providing adequate aid to poorer countries so that they can develop renewable power sources for their use.

Q18. Assuming the aim of the US climate bill is to reduce fossil fuel consumption, which of the following would be the strongest argument that it will fail to achieve such an aim?

  1. The bill promotes investments in renewable energy but does not provide for enough increase in investments in developing more sources of fossil fuel-powered energy.
  2. The bill is written in technical language, which ordinary people cannot easily understand.
  3. The bill is self-defeating, since it makes investments in renewable energy conditional to more expenditure on oil and gas and making millions of hectares of federal land available for drilling, which would lead to an increased consumption of fossil fuels.
  4. The bill does not provide any means of increasing carbon budgets, thereby making more room for fossil fuel consumption.

Passage 4:

While men and women are both considered to be more capable as they get older, only women bear the brunt of being seen as “less warm” as they age, new research has found. This series of studies is reportedly the first to look at both gender and age to determine how perceptions of women and men differ. “It’s just stunning… These stereotypes are so hard-wired and deeply entrenched that they come out even when absolutely identical information is provided about a man and a woman,” Jennifer Chatman, Distinguished Professor of Management at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, said. In an analysis of professors’ evaluations, female professors witnessed a decline as they moved from their 30s to 40s, hitting an all-time low around the age of 47. All this while, the evaluation of male professors remained consistent. Interestingly, after the age of 47, the evaluations for women increased again, becoming equal with those of men around the early 60s. “At that point, there are different stereotypes of women, and they may benefit from being seen as more grandmotherly,” said Laura Kray, faculty director of the Center for Equity, Gender, and Leadership at Berkeley Haas and an author of the study.

Women around the age of mid 30s to late 40s also face what is called “the motherhood penalty,” where assumptions around parenting duties lead people to believe women are less committed to their careers than men. This has several repercussions, most particularly evident in hiring, promotions and wages. Women executives further pointed out that they face “hyper-scrutiny” and “scepticism” which harks back to perceptions of likeability versus agency. Gendered networks in the workplace, with men gaining greater access to senior leaders, become cemented mid-career, pose another difficulty for working women. Negative perceptions of women in middle-age can also be linked to stereotypes around menopause. In 2008, psychologists studied the attitudes of people towards women in different reproductive stages. They found that while the pregnant women or the woman with the baby were thought about in glowing terms, menopausal women were associated with negative emotions, illness and ageing.

[Extracted, with edits and revisions, from “How Stereotypes Affect Middle‑Aged Women’s Careers”, by Ananya Singh, The Swaddle]

Q19. Which of the following is most likely to be true if the author’s statements about gendered networks in the workplace are true?

  1. Mid-career women do not find it as easy to get access to senior leaders, who are usually male, as their male colleagues. They therefore find career progression or new opportunities easier to come by.
  2. Mid-career women find it easier to get access to senior leaders, who are usually male, as their male colleagues. They therefore find career progression or new opportunities easier to come by.
  3. Mid-career women do not find it as easy to get access to senior leaders, who are usually male, as their male colleagues. They therefore find career progression or new opportunities harder to come by.
  4. Mid-career women find it easier to get access to senior leaders, who are usually male, as their male colleagues. They therefore do not find career progression or new opportunities harder to come by.

Q20. Which of the following is most likely to be an outcome of what the author describes as the “motherhood penalty”?

  1. People are more hesitant to hire men from their mid 30s to their late 40s but may be more willing to hire women of a similar age.
  2. People are more hesitant to hire women from their mid 30s to their late 40s but may be more willing to hire men of a similar age.
  3. Women from their mid 30s to their late 40s always prioritise parenting responsibilities and so are not really interested in pursuing a career.
  4. Women who have children are less committed to their careers than men.

Q21. If professors’ evaluations are the most important criteria in awarding promotions, then which of the following would be the most likely outcome, based on the information provided in the passage?

  1. Male professors are likely to be promoted at an even rate throughout their career, while women professors would experience a lower likelihood of promotion in the mid-career stage.
  2. Since there is a wide disparity between the evaluations that male and female professors receive, the practice of relying upon such evaluations will quickly be abandoned.
  3. Male and female professors will receive promotions at a similar rate throughout the course of their career.
  4. Women professors are likely to be promoted at an even rate throughout their career, while male professors would experience a lower likelihood of promotion in the mid-career stage.

Q22. Which of the following is the author most likely to disagree with?

  1. Women going through menopause often quit the workforce voluntarily.
  2. Women going through menopause are more likely to be perceived negatively at the workplace and to have difficulty achieving professional success.
  3. Women going through menopause should be permitted to take a mid-career sabbatical.
  4. Women going through menopause are more likely to be perceived positively at the workplace and to achieve professional success.

Q23. Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the main argument in the passage?

  1. Several independent studies conducted in different countries have shown that women in the workplace are perceived positively and are favourably treated as they age.
  2. Several independent studies conducted in different countries have shown that women in the workplace are perceived negatively and are unfairly treated as they age.
  3. The studies mentioned in the passage have been discredited after they were published, and no reliance should be placed on them.
  4. The studies mentioned in the passage were conducted on very small sample sets and cannot be used to make general statements about the difference in perception between men and women.

Q24. Which of the following, if true, would most weaken Laura Kray’s arguments?

  1. Women professors perceived as being ‘grandmotherly’ are regarded as being likeable and caring.
  2. Women professors perceived as being ‘grandmotherly’ are treated better by their colleagues and students.
  3. Women professors perceived as being ‘grandmotherly’ are regarded as being slow, inefficient, and outdated in their field.
  4. Women professors perceived as being ‘grandmotherly’ are regarded very highly and receive much more respect than younger women professors.

Passage 5:

Why are we humans so susceptible to the doom and gloom of the news? Two reasons. The first is what psychologists call negativity bias: we’re more attuned to the bad than the good. Back in our hunting and gathering days, we were better off being frightened of a spider or a snake a hundred times too often than one time too few. Too much fear wouldn’t kill you; too little surely would.

Second, we’re also burdened with an availability bias. If we can easily recall examples of a given thing, we assume that thing is relatively common. The fact that we’re bombarded daily with horrific stories about aircraft disasters, child snatchers and beheadings — which tend to lodge in the memory — completely skews our view of the world.

In this digital age, the news we’re being fed is only getting more extreme. In the old days, journalists didn’t know much about their individual readers. They wrote for the masses. But the people behind Facebook, Twitter and Google know you well. They know what shocks and horrifies you, they know what makes you click. They know how to grab your attention and hold it so they can serve you the most lucrative helping of personalized ads. This modern media frenzy is nothing less than an assault on the mundane. Because, let’s be honest, the lives of most people are pretty predictable. Nice, but boring. So while we’d prefer having nice neighbours with boring lives, ‘boring’ won’t make you sit up and take notice. ‘Nice’ doesn’t sell ads. And so Silicon Valley keeps dishing us up ever more sensational clickbait, knowing full well, as a Swiss novelist once quipped, that “News is to the mind what sugar is to the body.”

[Extracted, with edits and revisions, from Humankind: A Hopeful History, by Rutger Bregman, Bloomsbury Publishing, London, 2021.]

Q25. Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the author’s arguments?

  1. Behavioural traits that helped us in the days when we were hunter-gatherers continue to be present in modern-day humans.
  2. Behavioural traits that helped us in the days when we were hunter-gatherers are no longer found in modern-day humans.
  3. The negativity bias makes us more likely to be affected by depressing or sad news.
  4. We have certain behavioural characteristics that affect how we perceive and are affected by sad news.

Q26. Which of the following is the author most likely to agree with?

  1. Contemporary media continuously exposes us to exciting news and information, which may be just like the things we usually experience in our lives.
  2. Contemporary media continuously exposes us to exciting news and information, which may be very unlike the kinds of things we usually encounter in our lives.
  3. Contemporary media continuously exposes us to boring news and information, which may be very unlike the kinds of things we usually encounter in our lives.
  4. Contemporary media continuously exposes us to boring news and information, which may be just like the things we usually experience in our lives.

Q27. Based only on the author’s statement that “we’d prefer having nice neighbours with boring lives”, and the author’s argument about the nature of news that modern media exposes us to, which of the following would the author be most likely to agree with?

  1. Constantly being exposed to negative news gives us a warped perspective of the world.
  2. In our hunting and gathering days, it was better for us to be unnecessarily scared rather than being scared too little.
  3. The news modern media exposes us to is just like our day-to-day experiences.
  4. The news modern media exposes us to is very different from our day-to-day experiences.

Q 28. The author’s statements about negativity bias, if true, provide most support for which of the following conclusions?

  1. We are more likely to notice a story about a billionaire donating their money to charity than a story about an airplane crash.
  2. We are more likely to be attracted to a news article about a rise in life expectancy in our country than a news article about a murder in our city.
  3. We are more likely to notice a story about increasing pollution levels than a story about improving educational levels in schools.
  4. We are more likely to form our opinion of the world based on the information available to us rather than information we do not have access to.

Q29. Which of the following would be the most effective way of countering the effects of what the author describes as our ‘availability bias’?

  1. Ensuring that we do not seek out news sources and stories that we may not otherwise have been exposed to.
  2. Following only one news source and limiting our perspective of the world to that one source.
  3. Avoiding all positive news stories, and instead only reading news stories about disasters and tragedies.
  4. Ensuring that we seek out news sources and stories that we may not otherwise have been exposed to.

Q30. The author says that “The fact that we’re bombarded daily with horrific stories about aircraft disasters, child snatchers and beheadings — which tend to lodge in the memory — completely skews our view of the world.” The conclusion the author draws in this argument follows logically if which of the following is assumed?

  1. Our ideas about the world are shaped by the information we are exposed to.
  2. Modern media is concerned only with making massive profits.
  3. Modern journalists generate news stories much faster than in the old days.
  4. Humans once lived as hunter-gatherers.

Passage 6:

Students decide to attend college for several reasons. These reasons include career opportunities and financial stability, intellectual growth, a time for self-discovery, norms, obligations, and social opportunities. Outside demands in society, such as technology changes, and increased educational demands also drive the need for more students to attend college. The students then spend the next few years trying to discover a path and find their way so they can become successful. The transition to college presents students with many new challenges, including increased academic demands, less time with family members, interpersonal problems with roommates and romantic interests, and financial stress. Competitive academic work and uncertainty about future employment and professional career were also noted as sources of stress. The transition to college represents a process characterized by change, ambiguity, and adjustment across all of life’s domains. The transition towards independence and self-sufficiency has been characterized as ‘stress-arousing’ and ‘anxiety-provoking’ by many college students. Failure to accomplish and develop these characteristics of development and maintain independence may result in life dissatisfaction. Emerging adulthood has also been noted to augment college students’ vulnerability to stress. Many students experience their first symptoms of depression and anxiety during this time, but a growing problem is that college campuses do not have enough resources to help all of these students. It has been noted that 75% to 80% of college students are moderately stressed and 10% to 12% are severely stressed.

Q31. What according to you is the objective of the study of the present paragraph?

  1. To map the various stages of pressure points of adulthood in the process of education.
  2. To narrate the anti-family agenda in the current education system.
  3. To pinpoint the obstacles targeted against meritorious students.
  4. All of the above

Q32. Which factors as per the author cause more stress amongst college students?

  1. Pressure from parents and society towards greater educational needs and increased competitive academic work.
  2. Failure to develop successful romantic interests, financial constraints and interpersonal issues with room-mates.
  3. Failure to adapt to the transition to college life and to adjust various life domains in tune with needs and requirements of college life.
  4. Inability to manage time constraints and the uncertainty pertaining to their future.

Q33. Which of the following fall closest to the underlying assumption in the present study?

  1. Problem-solving ability amongst college students is negatively associated with symptoms of depression and anxiety.
  2. Students lean towards unhealthy coping skills in order to try to lower the stress that they experience.
  3. Romantic interest is an anti-dote for stress amongst the students in the colleges.
  4. Stress is subjective for each student.

Q34. Suggest a suitable title for the paragraph from amongst the given titles:

  1. Triumph and Turbulence of College Education System
  2. Negative impact of College Education System
  3. Negligence of Stress Management by parents
  4. Unemployment and Mental Instability

Q35. With reference to the above paragraph, which of the following offers the most plausible solutions as a coping up mechanism for college students?

  1. Individual students should approach counsellors for coping up with stress.
  2. Keeping in view that large number of students are experiencing stress, colleges must take steps reduce course curriculum and peer pressures.
  3. College authorities shall provide access to counseling and every student experiencing stress must engage in some form of coping mechanism to alleviate stress.
  4. The students must learn to differentiate between short term and long-term stress.

Passage 7:

Under the COVID-19 outbreak, universities and schools around the world had suspended face-to-face classes to prevent the rapid spread of the virus among students and staff. This sudden disruption to face-to-face education reshaped pedagogical practices and led to the rapid adoption of online teaching among universities. Subsequently, academics working at universities, at the frontline of those changes, faced enormous levels of pressure and disturbance to their professional roles and practices. For those without sufficient knowledge or experience for effective online teaching, this sudden transition was particularly challenging. In normal circumstances, designing an online course follows a systematic instructional design process with careful consideration of the unique characteristics of target learner groups and the chosen instructional medium. During the rapid adoption of online teaching in response to COVID-19, however, systematic instructional design procedures and team-based support for course development and preparation were unavailable. Instead, individual academics were given the challenge alone to teach online with a limited level of support and guidance from their school or university – the task was even more difficult in this situation where they were remotely working from home.

Q36. The objective behind the information furnished in the passage is:

  1. To examine the experiences faced by the teachers because of the sudden transition from offline to online mode of teaching due to outbreak of COVID-19.
  2. To identify the differences between the online and offline mode of teaching.
  3. To reveal the side-effects of COVID-19.
  4. To understand the need to be able to cope up with crisis like situations even in the educational sector.

Q37. Based on the ideas presented in the paragraph, it will not be possible to draw out useful recommendations for situations like the pandemic, unless:

  1. The factors required to contribute to quality education by online and offline modes are examined.
  2. Knowledge about the infrastructural availability in the schools or universities is crucial.
  3. The faculty is given adequate training and experience in providing online education is taken into consideration.
  4. A detailed analysis of the comparative performance in the online and offline modes is done.

Q38. What can be most conveniently inferred from the given paragraph?

  1. Whether online or face-to-face, university teaching activity is a genuinely complex task that involves multiple elements of interlinked activity systems.
  2. It has been more challenging for both individual academics and institutions to quickly adopt to online teaching during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
  3. The object of the online teaching activity systems created a fundamental contradiction with the object of the previous teaching activity systems.
  4. All the above.

Q39. What suitable policy decision should be devised by the administrators of the schools and the universities, in the light of the facts presented in the paragraph?

  1. There must be an insight into the complexity of online teaching and need to work for the capacity building of the teachers during such extra ordinary times and there is a greater need to create a teacher community and foster collaborative teaching relationships among the members, even if it takes time.
  2. The faculty members must be oriented towards the lasting changes brought about to their roles and identities in teaching.
  3. It is time to develop a comprehensive understanding of the challenges experienced by individual academics and the changes created by those academics.
  4. There is a need to develop infrastructure in schools and universities.

Q40. Which of the following points most closely supports the fact that the present education system lacks the structure to sustain effective teaching during and after the periods of lockdowns?

  1. There are inadequate applications and platforms for effective online teaching.
  2. Shift from offline to online was faced with resistance.
  3. The academia’s long-established roles and identities have been completely altered by the pandemic.
  4. The students are interested in online examinations and schools and universities are finding it difficult to shift to offline examination mode.

Passage 8:

Biodiversity is being lost at a rate not seen since the last mass extinction. But the United Nations decade-old plan to slow down and eventually stop the decline of species and ecosystems by 2020 has failed. Most of the plan’s 20 targets – known as the Aichi Biodiversity Targets – have not been met. The Aichi targets are part of an international agreement called the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, and member states are now finalizing replacements for them. Currently referred to as the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), its draft was published in July 2021. It aims to slow down the rate of biodiversity loss by 2030. And by 2050, biodiversity will be “valued, conserved, restored and wisely used, maintaining ecosystem services, sustaining a healthy planet and delivering benefits essential for all people’. The GBF is a comprehensive plan. But success will require systemic change across public policy. That is both a strength and a weakness. If systemic change can be implemented, it will lead to real change. But if it cannot, there’s no plan B. This has led some researchers to argue that one target or number should be prioritized and defined in a way that is clear to the public and to policy makers. It would be biodiversity’s equivalent of the 2°C climate target.

Q41. As per the passage, which of the following is a challenge for implementation of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF)?

  1. Unfulfillment of the pre-2020 global biodiversity targets
  2. Clarity of action plan for the society and government
  3. Threat of mass extinction
  4. Failure of plan to save ecosystems

Q42. According to the passage, why do some researchers advocate that one biodiversity target be prioritized?

  1. Systemic policy change is difficult to implement
  2. Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) is comprehensive
  3. The 2°C climate target needs to be prioritized
  4. Biodiversity needs to be valued, conserved, restored and wisely used

Q43. Which of the following is correct expression of the author’s opinion as stated in passage?

  1. Implementation of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) allows no middle ground for success or failure.
  2. It is high time that countries re-evaluate the progress in achieving biodiversity targets.
  3. Biodiversity conservation should be prioritized over climate change at the global level.
  4. The post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) is the best way to prevent mass extinction.

Q44. Which of the following is the central theme of the above passage?

  1. The reason for failure of biodiversity conservation efforts at global level
  2. The inter-relationship between biodiversity conservation and climate change
  3. The future of biodiversity conservation efforts at global level
  4. The role of United Nations in biodiversity conservation at global level

Q45. Which of the following can be inferred from the above passage?

  1. The holistic nature of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) is a boon.
  2. The holistic nature of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) is a bane.
  3. The holistic nature of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) can be a boon or a bane.
  4. The post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) includes the 2°C climate target.

Passage 9:

An unintended and unjust consequence of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 is its widespread persecution of teenage lovers. This law raised the age of consent from 16 to 18 years, while defining persons below 18 years as children. Consequently, when two 16-year-olds are romantically and sexually involved, but the girl’s family doesn’t approve the affair and files a police complaint, her consent has zero legal validity. And the consensual relationship morphs into a case of statutory rape. The Allahabad High Court has indicated how its “conscience” is concerned by such severe POCSO provisions being drawn by teenage lovers simply on the basis of family disapproval. The High Courts of Delhi, Madras and others have made similar observations in recent years and also pointed to amendments to the law that can help reduce its injustices. One suggestion that has gathered broad support is to push back both the cut-off for childhood and the age of consent to 16 years. Given that the NCRB data shows around half of POCSO cases falling in the 16-18 years age group, such an amendment is overdue. Minimizing the prosecution of consensual romances would also leave a logjammed system with more space to pursue actual sexual assault cases. The broader goal here is respecting the rights of adolescents and young adults. Their romantic and sexual autonomy needs greatly increased recognition in India.

Q46. “Minimising the prosecution of consensual romances would also leave a logjammed system with more space to pursue actual sexual assault cases”. In the context of the statement, which of the following strengthens the author’s opinion?

  1. There are many unreported sexual assault cases.
  2. Speedy prosecution of sexual assault cases is desirable.
  3. Consensual romance, in some cases, can amount to sexual assault.
  4. Sexual assault and rape are different.

Q47. What has the author conveyed regarding the prosecution of statutory rape in India?

  1. Statutory rape does not violate the romantic and sexual autonomy of young adults.
  2. Statutory rape must be met with stricter punishment.
  3. Statutory rape must be abolished.
  4. Statutory rape is a relic of Victorian morality.

Q48. As per the above passage, which of the following does not correctly represent the author’s view regarding the widespread persecution of teenage lovers under the POCSO Act?

  1. Teenagers have the right to love as much as adults.
  2. Police complaints of teenage lovers may lead to their harassment.
  3. Consent of minor girls do not have legal validity.
  4. Consent of minor girls have legal validity.

Q49. In the above passage, which of the following has concerned the “conscience” of the Allahabad High Court?

  1. Carelessness of teenage lovers.
  2. Threat to the safety of teenage lovers.
  3. Impact on mental health of teenage lovers.
  4. Harassment of teenage lovers by their families.

Q50. As per the above passage, which of the following is a major challenge in implementation of the POCSO Act?

  1. Speedy prosecution of cases.
  2. Respecting the rights of adolescents and young adults.
  3. Counselling of adolescents and young adults.
  4. Imposition of stringent punishment.

Complete Answer Key for CLAT Logical Reasoning Questions

Question No.Answer
Q1B
Q2C
Q3D
Q4A
Q5B
Q6A
Q7B
Q8A
Q9D
Q10C
Q11A
Q12D
Q13D
Q14B
Q15D
Q16C
Q17A
Q18C
Q19C
Q20B
Q21A
Q22D
Q23B
Q24C
Q25B
Q26B
Q27D
Q28C
Q29D
Q30A
Q31C
Q32D
Q33A
Q34A
Q35C
Q36A
Q37C
Q38D
Q39A
Q40C
Q41B
Q42A
Q43A
Q44C
Q45C
Q46B
Q47A
Q48D
Q49D
Q50C

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Strategies to Solve CLAT Logical Reasoning Questions

To excel in the Logical Reasoning (LR) section of the CLAT exam, adopting effective strategies is crucial:

1. Understand the Question Types

Familiarize yourself with the various types of logical reasoning questions for CLAT, such as arguments, assumptions, conclusions, sequences, and analogies. Knowing the characteristics of each type allows you to quickly identify the most effective approach to take.

2. Read Questions Carefully

Careful reading is critical. Ensure you understand exactly what each question asks. Pay attention to keywords and phrases that define the structure of the logic or the specific requirements of the question, such as “all,” “none,” “only,” “unless,” and “if and only if.”

3. Break Down the Arguments

For argument-based questions, break them down into their basic components: premise, conclusion, and assumption. This simplification will help you identify logical flaws or the strength of the argument more effectively.

4. Eliminate Incorrect Answers

Often, you can immediately eliminate one or two answer choices that are clearly out of scope or contradict the information provided. This not only speeds up the process but improves your accuracy by narrowing down the options.

5. Focus on Accuracy First

While speed is important, accuracy is crucial. It’s better to solve fewer questions correctly than to rush through many with errors. Develop a balance between speed and precision through timed practice sessions.

6. Manage Your Time

CLAT logical reasoning questions can vary greatly in complexity. Allocate your time based on the difficulty of each question, and do not spend too much time on any single problem. Keeping a steady pace will ensure you have enough time to attempt all questions.

7. Practice with Mock Tests

Taking regular CLAT mock tests is one of the best ways to prepare for the LR section. They help you get used to the pressure and timing of the actual exam and allow you to apply different strategies to see what works best for you.

8. Review and Learn from Mistakes

After each practice session or mock test for CLAT, review your answers, especially the incorrect ones. Understand why you missed them and learn from these mistakes to avoid repeating them in the future.

Also read: How to Prepare for CLAT 2025? Full Strategy

Common Mistakes to Avoid

When preparing for and taking the Logical Reasoning section of the CLAT or any competitive exam, there are several common pitfalls that candidates often encounter:

  • Misreading the Question
  • Ignoring Units
  • Calculation Errors
  • Overlooking Data
  • Wrong Formula Application
  • Excessive Rounding Off
  • Time Mismanagement
  • Lack of Practice with Variety
  • Not Reviewing Mistakes
  • Stress and Anxiety

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