Placement & Career Readiness
Logical and Analytical Reasoning
Pattern recognition and structured logical reasoning for placement tests: series, coding-decoding, arrangements, and critical reasoning.
Who it's for
Students and recent graduates preparing for campus placement and entrance reasoning tests.
What you'll be able to do
- Identify patterns in number, letter, and coded series and continue them correctly
- Solve blood relation, direction sense, and syllogism problems using a systematic method rather than intuition
- Work through seating arrangement and grouping puzzles by eliminating possibilities from clues
- Distinguish stated facts, unstated assumptions, and valid conclusions in an argument
Not started — 12 lessons, no account required.
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Patterns and sequences
Number/letter series, coding-decoding, and analogies/classification.
- 18 min
Number and Letter Series
Spot arithmetic, geometric, and alternating patterns in number and letter series.
- 18 min
Coding and Decoding
Decode fixed-shift letter ciphers and apply the same rule to encode new words.
- 18 min
Analogies and Classification
Complete word and number analogies, and identify the odd one out in a group.
Logical structures
Blood relations, direction sense, and syllogisms.
- 20 min
Blood Relations
Translate a written family description into a relationship chain and answer correctly.
- 20 min
Direction Sense
Track position after a sequence of cardinal moves and find the straight-line distance.
- 20 min
Syllogisms and Logical Deduction
Determine whether a conclusion validly follows from two categorical statements.
Puzzles and arrangements
Seating arrangements, puzzles/grouping, and statements/conclusions.
- 20 min
Seating Arrangements
Solve linear and circular seating puzzles by systematically checking clues, not guessing.
- 20 min
Puzzles and Grouping
Assign people to groups or a schedule while satisfying every stated constraint.
- 18 min
Statements, Assumptions, and Conclusions
Distinguish a stated fact from an unstated assumption an argument actually depends on.
Visual and mixed reasoning
Non-verbal reasoning, critical reasoning, and mixed practice.
- 18 min
Non-Verbal and Pattern Reasoning
Continue rotation patterns and apply mirror transformations to structured figure data.
- 20 min
Critical Reasoning and Argument Evaluation
Spot correlation-causation and hasty-generalization fallacies, and evaluate what strengthens an argument.
- 22 min
Mixed Reasoning Practice
Combine seating-arrangement, series, and syllogism techniques in one integrated puzzle.
Where to go next
Optional -- these build well on what you just learned, but any course can come next.