Class 7 practice
Class 7 reasoning questions.
Reasoning questions for Class 7, at the level of students aged 12–14, each with its answer and a short explanation. Try each one before opening the answer.
Aarav is taller than Bina. Bina is taller than Chetan. Who among the three is the shortest?
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Answer: Chetan
Arranging the三人 from tallest to shortest gives Aarav, Bina, and Chetan. Therefore, Chetan is the shortest.
Deepa is taller than Farhan. Farhan is taller than Gurpreet. Who is the tallest among the three friends?
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Answer: Deepa
Since Deepa is taller than Farhan, and Farhan is taller than Gurpreet, Deepa must be the tallest.
Meera points to a photograph of a boy and says, "He is the only son of my mother." How is the boy related to Meera?
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Answer: Brother
The only son of Meera's mother must be Meera's brother.
- True or false?
All squares are rectangles, so all rectangles must also be squares.
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Answer: False
A square is a rectangle with equal sides, but many rectangles have unequal adjacent sides and cannot be squares.
Find the missing term in this letter sequence: B, D, G, K, ___.
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Answer: P
The gap between consecutive letters increases by one each time: +2, +3, +4, and +5. Moving 5 letters after K gives P.
Pen is related to Paper in the same way that Brush is related to which of these?
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Answer: Canvas
A pen is used to write or draw on paper. Similarly, an artist uses a brush to paint on a canvas.
Consider the following statements: All mangoes are fruits. All fruits have seeds. Which conclusion is logically certain?
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Answer: All mangoes have seeds
Because mangoes are fully included in the category of fruits, and every fruit has seeds, all mangoes must necessarily possess seeds.
In a class of 30 students, 18 play badminton and 16 play cricket. Every student plays at least one of these two sports. How many students play both sports?
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Answer: 4
The sum of the two groups is 18 + 16 = 34. Subtracting the total 30 students gives 34 − 30 = 4 students who play both.
If today is Wednesday, what day of the week will it be 37 days from today?
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Answer: Friday
Dividing 37 by 7 gives 5 full weeks with a remainder of 2 days. Two days after Wednesday is Friday.
Identify the next letter in the given series: B, E, H, K, N, __.
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Answer: Q
Each letter skips two positions forward in the English alphabet (adding 3 each time): B (+3) → E (+3) → H (+3) → K (+3) → N (+3) → Q.
Rohan walks 10 metres north from his school gate. He turns right and walks 10 metres. Then he turns right again and walks 10 metres. In which direction is he from the school gate?
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Answer: East
Moving north 10 metres and then south 10 metres cancels out the vertical distance. He is now 10 metres directly east of the gate.
Five friends—Aman, Bina, Charu, Deepa, and Esha—ran in a school race. Aman finished before Bina but after Deepa. Charu finished ahead of Deepa. Esha finished last. Who won the race?
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Answer: Charu
Arranging the runners in order from fastest to slowest gives Charu, Deepa, Aman, Bina, and Esha. Therefore, Charu won the race.
An analog wall clock shows the time as exactly 3:00. What is the measure of the smaller angle between the hour hand and the minute hand?
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Answer: 90 degrees
At 3:00, the minute hand points to 12 and the hour hand points to 3. This spans three hour spaces, each equal to 30 degrees, totaling 90 degrees.
- True or false?
The sum of any three odd numbers is always an even number.
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Answer: False
The sum of two odd numbers is even. Adding a third odd number always results in an odd number, such as 1 plus 3 plus 5 equaling 9.
- True or false?
At 3:15 on a standard analogue wall clock, the hour hand and the minute hand point in the exact same direction.
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Answer: False
At 3:15, the minute hand points at 3. The hour hand has moved one-fourth of the way toward 4, so they do not overlap.
- Fill in the blank.
If three days ago was Friday, then today is ___ (starts with M).
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Answer: Monday
Counting forward three days from Friday gives Saturday, Sunday, and then Monday as today.
- Fill in the blank.
Aarav is four years older than his sister Diya, and their ages sum to 20, so Diya is ___ years old.
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Answer: 8
If Diya is x, then x + (x + 4) = 20. This simplifies to 2x = 16, giving x = 8.
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In the number sequence 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, the next term is ___.
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Answer: 49
These numbers are squares of consecutive integers: 2 squared is 4, up to 7 squared, which is 49.
Which human organ is the odd one out?
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Answer: Lungs
The lungs belong to the respiratory system, whereas the stomach, liver, and small intestine are parts of the digestive system.
Identify the odd one out among these four numbers.
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Answer: 51
51 is a composite number divisible by 3 and 17, whereas 31, 41, and 61 are all prime numbers.
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