SHL Deductive Reasoning Test
Practice MoreSHL-Style Deductive Reasoning Test
This is a practice SHL-style deductive reasoning test that simulates the real test.
The test has 8 questions and you should aim to complete the test within 9 minutes.
All questions are multiple-choice.
Make sure you read a question in full before answering.
Answers and explanations to the questions are provided at the end of the test.
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Four married couples – the Gordons, the Hindlers, the Ilgors and the Jareds – are the only guests in a hotel.
Each couple consists of one man and one woman. Some of the hotel guests are signing up for a trip to the Grand Canyon offered by a travel agency.
The following rules are known about the participants of the trip:
- When a woman signs up, her spouse signs up too.
- At least two men and one woman are signed up.
- Mr. Gordon is signed up only if Mrs. Jared is signed up.
- If Mr. and Mrs. Gordon are signed up, then Mrs. Hindler is not signed up.
Exactly three men and two women are signed up for the trip.
Which statement must be true?
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Fiona, Georgia, Heather, Ian, John, Kilgore and Lumina are standing in line to get concert tickets.
- Fiona is standing in front of Ian.
- John is standing in front of Heather.
- If John is not first in line, Lumina is standing somewhere in front of him.
- Ian is standing immediately in front of or immediately behind Kilgore.
If Georgia is standing first and Fiona is somewhere between John and Lumina, which statement must be true?
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John, Kate and Lenny just came back from trips to the following countries:
Mauritania, Nepal, Oman, Peru and Qatar.
- Each country was visited by at least one of the travellers.
- Each traveller visited either two or three different countries.
- Only one traveller visited Qatar.
- Every traveller who visited Mauritania went to Nepal as well.
- A traveller who visited Qatar did not visit Peru.
- John visited all of the countries Kate did.
If Kate visited three countries, which statement must be true?
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Review the facts below.
- Tim lives in a big apartment
- Abby lives in a small apartment
- There are no big apartments in Tinyville
- Small apartments have one bedroom
Which statement MUST be true?
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Five bears – Jinan, Knot, Lee, Mushu and Nee-Hau – are kept in three adjacent rooms numbered 1–3 from left to right.
- There is at least one bear in each room
- Knot is in a room to the left of Lee's
- Mushu and Nee-Hau are not kept in the same room
- Either Mushu or Jinan, but not both, are kept in room 2
- Nee-Hau is kept in room 3
A sixth bear, Osami, is brought into either room 2 or 3. If there are now two bears in each room, which statement must be true?
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A sportswear store offers various brands of shoes for sale. Each salesperson in the store receives a base salary of 80 Euros per workday and can receive an additional bonus based on sales made. For certain types of sales, a special tax deduction from the salesperson's paycheck is made, as follows:
- All sales above 155 €.
- All sales above 90 €, paid with credit card.
- All sales paid with Bitcoins.
Which of the sales below is subjected to tax deduction?
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Review the facts below.
- Cleo is a good dog
- Colonel is a bull
- Good dogs are fast and keep the house safe
- Bulls do not make noise
Which statement must be true?
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Employees who close over 6 deals or who are titled 'employee of the month' receive a 10% bonus.
- Employee A closed five deals
- Employee B received a 10% bonus after closing seven deals
- Employee C was 'employee of the month' last October
Which statement must be true?