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Reasoning Ability for Haryana CET

Haryana CET sets 15 Reasoning Ability questions for 15 marks in the Common Eligibility Test (Group C), so it is worth planning your preparation around the topics below.

15 questions15 marks2 topics

How to approach Reasoning Ability in Haryana CET

The puzzles and seating arrangements carry the most marks and take the most time, so the skill is choosing which set to attempt and which to leave. Clear the quick scoring topics — inequality, syllogism, coding-decoding, blood relations — first, then spend the remaining time on one or two puzzles you can actually finish.

Weightage in the paper

How much Reasoning Ability is worth in each Haryana CET stage, from the official pattern.

StageQuestionsMarksTimeShare
Common Eligibility Test (Group C)1515—15%

Reasoning Ability syllabus for Haryana CET

Every topic in the official syllabus. The linked ones open a set of solved questions you can practise straight away.

  • Analogies, series and classification
  • Coding-decoding, blood relations and direction sense

Sample Reasoning Ability questions with solutions

Written to the Haryana CET pattern, with the answer key and the method behind it — a look at how the section is actually set before you drill the full topic sets.

Analogy · solved example

4 : 16 :: 11 : ?

  • 111
  • 106
  • 136
  • 121Correct
  • 131

Solution

The rule is: each is the square of the first. Applying it to 11 gives 121.

Scheduling puzzle · solved example

Seven people - P, Q, R, S, T, V and W - attend a training programme, each in a different month from January to July of the same year. S attends in the month exactly in the middle of the schedule. Two people attend between S and T. P attends in the month immediately before V. Q attends in the month immediately after T. R attends in the month immediately after S. W attends before S but after Q.

Who attends in the month immediately before W?

  • P
  • QCorrect
  • R
  • S
  • T

Solution

The schedule is T, Q, W, S, R, P, V from January to July. W attends in March, so the month immediately before is February, which belongs to Q. Q's position is itself fixed by the clue that it follows T immediately, which is what rules T out of July.

Inequality · solved example

Statements: B ≤ E = A ≤ D Conclusions: I. E ≤ B II. B ≤ D Which conclusion(s) definitely follow?

  • Only I follows
  • Only II followsCorrect
  • Both I and II follow
  • Neither I nor II follows
  • Either I or II follows

Solution

Reading the chain, conclusion I is not necessarily true and conclusion II is true. Hence: only ii follows.

Ranking · solved example

In a row of 22 people, A is 7th from the left end and B is 5th from the right end. How many people sit between A and B?

  • 4
  • 16
  • 10Correct
  • 13
  • 7

Solution

Positions occupied from the two ends are 7 and 5; those between them number 22 − 7 − 5 = 10.

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Practise Reasoning Ability

Untimed drills with the method shown after every question — the step between learning a topic and sitting it under a clock.

Sit Reasoning Ability under a real clock

Reasoning Ability shows up in every Haryana CET mock test, in the same interface, with sectional locking and negative marking.

  • Haryana CET: 28-question practice mock

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  • Haryana CET: full-length mock (85 questions)

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Frequently asked questions

How many Reasoning Ability questions are asked in Haryana CET?

Haryana CET CET 2026 sets 15 Reasoning Ability questions for 15 marks in the Common Eligibility Test (Group C).

Is there negative marking for Reasoning Ability in Haryana CET?

No. The Haryana CET written stage carries no negative marking, so it is worth attempting every Reasoning Ability question you can.

Which Reasoning Ability topics matter most for Haryana CET?

The Haryana CET syllabus lists Analogies, series and classification, Coding-decoding, blood relations and direction sense. Weight your revision towards the ones you are weakest on and confirm the emphasis against the paper analysis for recent cycles.

How can I practise Reasoning Ability for Haryana CET free?

Every Reasoning Ability question on this site is free and written to the exam pattern. Use the topic drills for instant-feedback practice, the daily quiz to keep the section warm, and the Haryana CET mock tests to sit it under a real clock with negative marking.