The high-frequency question types
- ✓Number & letter series - look for differences, ratios, alternating patterns and position values.
- ✓Coding-decoding - map letters to positions and check for shifts or reversals.
- ✓Blood relations - draw a quick family tree instead of holding it in your head.
- ✓Direction sense - sketch the path; never solve it mentally.
Syllogisms & seating
- ✓Syllogisms - use Venn diagrams; test whether a conclusion must be true, not just could be.
- ✓Seating arrangement and puzzles - fix the definite clues first, then place the rest around them.
- ✓Always eliminate impossible arrangements early to shrink the search space.
Build the reflex
Reasoning speed comes from having seen the pattern before. Drill each type separately until it's automatic, then mix them under time pressure. Reviewing the explanation for every miss is what turns a slow solve into an instant one.