Inductive Reasoning Practice Questions

1. A farmer notices that his cows produce more milk on sunny days than on cloudy days. Based on this observation, what can the farmer reasonably conclude?

Sunlight directly increases milk production

There might be a correlation between weather and milk production

Cloudy days cause cows to produce less milk

The farmer should only milk cows on sunny days

2. Every time it rains, the streets get wet. The streets are wet now. What can be concluded?

It must have rained

It might have rained

It didn't rain

It will rain soon

3. All A are B. All B are C. Which of the following must be true?

All C are A

All C are B

All A are C

No C are A

4. In a certain code, HELLO is written as IFNMP. How would WORLD be written in this code?

XPSME

XQTNF

WPSMF

XPSNE

5. In a certain code, ROAD is written as URDG. How is SWAN written in that code?

VZDQ

VZDP

UXDQ

UZDP

6. All mammals are warm-blooded. Some warm-blooded animals lay eggs. Which of the following can be concluded?

All mammals lay eggs

No mammals lay eggs

Some mammals might lay eggs

All egg-laying animals are mammals

7. In a row of children, Anu is 7th from the left and 4th from the right. If three children leave the row, how many children are left in the row?

7

8

9

10

8. All squares are rectangles. Some rectangles are not squares. Which of the following must be true?

All rectangles are squares

No squares are rectangles

Some squares are not rectangles

Some rectangles are squares

9. In a sequence of numbers, each number is the sum of the two preceding numbers. The first two numbers in the sequence are 1 and 2. What is the 6th number in the sequence?

13

21

34

55

10. In a row of children, Amit is 7th from the left and 4th from the right. How many children are there in the row?

9

10

11

12