The Logical Reasoning (LR) section of MAH MBA CET tests your ability to identify patterns, interpret relationships and solve problems under time pressure. Previous-year exam analyses from 2024, 2025 and 2026 report recurring question types such as coding-decoding, blood relations, series, direction sense, syllogisms and seating arrangements.
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Understanding these question types helps you prepare systematically and identify the topics that need more practice. However, the frequency and difficulty of questions vary across MAH MBA CET exam shifts. You should prioritise recurring topics without assuming that every topic will appear in every paper.
Several question types have appeared in reported analyses across multiple exam years. Preparing these topics can help you recognise familiar reasoning patterns, although the actual number of questions may differ between shifts.
Coding-decoding appeared in reported exam analyses across 2024, 2025 and 2026. These questions test your ability to identify rules used to transform letters, numbers, words or symbols into a coded form.
What to practise:
Letter and number coding
Word-based coding
Symbol-based coding
Patterns in coded sequences
Practise identifying letter positions, numerical differences, reverse alphabet patterns and combinations of multiple rules. Check whether the same rule applies consistently before selecting an answer.
Blood relation questions appeared in analyses from all three years. They test your ability to establish family relationships using direct statements or descriptions involving multiple people.
What to practise:
Family tree questions
Multi-generation relationships
Relationships combined with professions
Coded blood relations
Draw a family tree when a question includes several people and generations. Mark gender and relationships clearly to avoid confusing terms such as maternal uncle, paternal aunt, nephew and niece.
Number Series questions appeared in reported analyses for 2024, 2025 and 2026. You may need to identify a missing term, find the incorrect element or determine the rule connecting letters and numbers.
What to practise:
Missing number series
Alphabetical series
Alternating patterns
Letter-number combinations
Check for differences, multiplication, division, squares, cubes and alternating operations. For alphabetical series, convert letters into their numerical positions to identify hidden patterns.
Direction-based questions appeared across the three years. These questions require you to track movement, turns, distances or a person's final position relative to the starting point.
What to practise:
Left and right turns
Final direction and position
Distance-based movement
Questions combining directions with relationships
Use a simple diagram with north, south, east and west marked clearly. Track every turn in sequence instead of attempting to remember the entire movement mentally.
Arrangement and scheduling questions appeared in reported analyses for 2024 and 2025. Arrangements were also reported in 2026, although their frequency varied across shifts.
What to practise:
Linear and circular arrangements
Two-row seating
Scheduling and sequencing
Grouping and conditional puzzles
Convert the given conditions into diagrams or tables before evaluating the answer choices. Start with definite information, such as a fixed position or a person sitting at an end, and then apply the remaining conditions.
Syllogisms appeared in reported analyses for 2024, 2025 and 2026. These questions require you to determine which conclusions follow logically from the given statements.
What to practise:
All, some and no statements
Valid and invalid conclusions
Venn diagram-based reasoning
Questions involving multiple statements
Use only the information provided in the question. A conclusion that seems reasonable in real life is not necessarily logically valid. Venn diagrams can help you check whether a conclusion must be true.
Clock and calendar questions were reported in the 2024 and 2025 analyses and appeared in the 2026 topic-wise analysis as well. These questions test your understanding of time, clock-hand positions, dates and day calculations.
What to practise:
Clock-hand angles and positions
Day and date calculations
Odd days
Calendar patterns
Focus on understanding the underlying methods rather than memorising individual answers. Practise calculating angles between clock hands and determining weekdays using calendar rules.
Ranking and order-based questions appeared in reported analyses for 2025 and 2026. They involve determining relative positions using clues about height, rank, age or sequence.
What to practise:
Rank from the left or right
Position from the top or bottom
Relative ordering
Multiple ranking conditions
Read carefully whether a rank is measured from the beginning or the end. For questions involving total positions, distinguish between the number of people ahead of someone and the person's actual rank.
Input-output questions were reported in the 2024 and 2026 analyses. These questions require you to identify rules applied to sequences of words, numbers or other elements across successive steps.
What to practise:
Number rearrangement
Word rearrangement
Step-wise rules
Predicting the next stage of an operation
Compare consecutive steps to determine which elements change position and which remain fixed. Once you identify the operation, use it to predict the next step or answer the question.
Data sufficiency, analogy, odd-one-out and other standalone reasoning questions also appear in previous-year analyses. Their presence and frequency vary by shift.
Practise determining whether the given information is sufficient to answer a question, identifying relationships between pairs of items and spotting elements that do not follow a common rule.
For data sufficiency, focus on whether the statements provide enough information to reach a definite answer. You do not always need to calculate the answer itself.
A priority-based MAH MBA CET preparation plan helps you cover recurring question types before moving to less familiar formats. The following order is based on the recurrence of topics in reported 2024–2026 analyses and is a preparation recommendation, not an official prediction of the next paper.
Priority | Topics |
High | Coding-decoding, blood relations, number and alphabetical series, direction sense |
High | Seating arrangements, scheduling and logical puzzles |
Next | Syllogisms, ranking and order |
Next | Clocks and calendars, input-output |
Additional practice | Data sufficiency, analogy, odd-one-out and other standalone reasoning questions |
Practising MAH MBA CET sample questions helps you understand how recurring Logical Reasoning concepts are tested in MAH MBA CET. The following 10 questions cover coding-decoding, blood relations, series, direction sense, seating arrangements, syllogisms, ranking, calendars and data sufficiency.
Question: If CAT is coded as DBU, how will DOG be coded using the same rule?
A. EPH
B. EOG
C. DPH
D. FQI
Answer: A. EPH
Explanation: Each letter moves one position forward in the alphabet. D becomes E, O becomes P and G becomes H. Therefore, DOG is coded as EPH.
Question: A is the sister of B. B is the son of C. How is A related to C?
A. Mother
B. Daughter
C. Sister
D. Aunt
Answer: B. Daughter
Explanation: B is C's son, and A is B's sister. Therefore, A is C's daughter.
Question: Find the missing number in the series: 3, 8, 15, 24, 35, ?
A. 44
B. 46
C. 48
D. 50
Answer: C. 48
Explanation: The differences between consecutive numbers are 5, 7, 9 and 11. The next difference is 13. Therefore, 35 + 13 = 48.
Question: A person walks 5 km north, turns right and walks 3 km, then turns right again and walks 5 km. Where is the person relative to the starting point?
A. 3 km east
B. 3 km west
C. 5 km north
D. 5 km south
Answer: A. 3 km east
Explanation: The person walks 5 km north and then 5 km south, cancelling the vertical movement. The remaining movement is 3 km east.
Question: P, Q and R sit in a row. P sits to the left of Q, and Q sits to the left of R. Which statement must be true?
A. R sits to the left of P.
B. P sits to the left of R.
C. Q sits to the right of R.
D. P sits immediately beside R.
Answer: B. P sits to the left of R.
Explanation: Since P is to the left of Q and Q is to the left of R, P must be to the left of R. However, P and R do not necessarily sit next to each other.
Question: Consider the following statements:
All roses are flowers.
Some flowers are red.
Conclusion: Some roses are red.
Does the conclusion follow?
A. Yes, the conclusion always follows.
B. No, the conclusion does not necessarily follow.
C. Yes, because all flowers are roses.
D. The statements contradict each other.
Answer: B. No, the conclusion does not necessarily follow.
Explanation: The red flowers mentioned in the second statement may or may not be roses. The statements do not establish that any rose is red.
Question: Riya ranks 12th from the top and 18th from the bottom in a class. How many students are in the class?
A. 28
B. 29
C. 30
D. 31
Answer: B. 29
Explanation: Total students = Rank from the top + Rank from the bottom − 1.
Total students = 12 + 18 − 1 = 29.
Question: If today is Monday, what day will it be 45 days from today?
A. Tuesday
B. Wednesday
C. Thursday
D. Friday
Answer: C. Thursday
Explanation: A week has seven days. Dividing 45 by 7 leaves a remainder of 3. Three days after Monday is Thursday.
Question: Find the next number in the sequence: 2, 6, 18, 54, ?
A. 108
B. 126
C. 162
D. 216
Answer: C. 162
Explanation: Each number is multiplied by 3 to obtain the next number. Therefore, 54 × 3 = 162.
Question: Is x an even integer?
Statement I: x is divisible by 4.
Statement II: x is divisible by 2.
Which statement is sufficient to answer the question?
A. Statement I alone
B. Statement II alone
C. Either statement alone
D. Neither statement alone
Answer: C. Either statement alone
Explanation: Every integer divisible by 4 is even, and every integer divisible by 2 is even. Therefore, either statement independently establishes that x is even.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Coding-decoding, blood relations, series, direction sense, arrangements and syllogisms recur in multiple reported exam analyses. Their exact frequency varies across shifts.
Yes. Arrangement and scheduling questions appeared in reported analyses for 2024 and 2025, and arrangements were also reported in 2026. Practise linear, circular and conditional arrangements.
No. Previous-year questions help identify recurring concepts and formats, but they cannot guarantee which topics or how many questions will appear in a future shift.
Yes. Both topics have appeared in reported analyses across multiple years. Cover their basic methods alongside other reasoning topics.
Practise topic-wise questions, review incorrect answers and solve timed mixed sets. Use mock tests to identify weak areas and improve your speed without compromising accuracy.
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