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MDCAT Logical Reasoning Notes

MDCAT 2026 Logical Reasoning notes covering all 6 PMDC topics — Critical Thinking, Letter and Symbol Series, Logical Deduction, Logical Problems, Course of Action, Cause and Effect. 5% of MDCAT — 9 MCQs in the standard test paper.

Only 6 topics are PMC-approved. Blood Relations, Direction Sense, Coding-Decoding, Seating Arrangement, Number Series and similar are NOT on the MDCAT — do not waste time on them. Stick to the six listed below.

All Logical Reasoning Topics

Cause and Effect

3 subtopics · causal reasoning, valid arguments

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Course of Action

2 subtopics · argument evaluation, info gathering

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Critical Thinking

3 subtopics · fallacies, true/false evaluation

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Letter and Symbol Series

3 subtopics · arithmetical, geometrical, sequential

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Logical Deductions

3 subtopics · passages, syllogisms, structured thinking

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Logical Problems

2 subtopics · deductive puzzles, multi-step

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How to use these notes

  1. Read the chapter notes to build the concept layer.
  2. Take a timed practice test on the chapter to validate recall under pressure.
  3. Review wrong answers and re-read the relevant subtopic section in the notes.
  4. Once comfortable, attempt full-length mocks on Practice Test.