Logical Reasoning Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: In each question given below a statement is followed by two assumptions numbers I and II. An Assumption is something supposed or taken for granted. You have to consider statement and the following assumption and decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement.
Statement:
If you want your advertisement to reach more people, give it in newspaper Y.
Assumptions:
(I) XYZ purchases the newspaper Y.
(II) XYZ wants to purchase some products.
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5e95b961855a3d5998809c7e- 1Only I is valid.true
- 2Only II is valid.false
- 3Both assumptions are valid.false
- 4Both assumptions are invalid.false
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Answer : 1. "Only I is valid. "
Q: Which of the assumptions is inferred from the statement given below?
Statement:
The school management has announced the addition of music and art sessions in each class.
Assertion:
I. Management wants to create a holistic approach to learning.
II. Want to give children a foundation to learn management arts.
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5f8d5f81f28f4b47be4170baStatement:
The school management has announced the addition of music and art sessions in each class.
Assertion:
I. Management wants to create a holistic approach to learning.
II. Want to give children a foundation to learn management arts.
- 1Assertion II is implicit onlyfalse
- 2Neither Assertion I nor Assertion II are contained.false
- 3Only Assertion I is implicittrue
- 4Both Assertion I and II are implicitfalse
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Answer : 3. "Only Assertion I is implicit"
Q:Directions: Each question given below consists of a statement, followed by two arguments numbered I and II. You have to decide which of the arguments is a 'strong' argument and which is a 'weak' argument.
Give answer
( a ) if only argument I is strong.
( b ) if only argument II is strong.
( C ) if either I or II is strong.
( d ) if neither I nor II is strong.
( e ) if both arguments I and II are strong.
Statement :
Should the oil companies be allowed to fix the price of petroleum products depending on market conditions?
Arguments:
I. Yes, this is the only way to make the oil companies commercially viable.
II. No, this will put additional burden on the retail prices of essential commodities and will cause a lot of hardships to the masses
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5f0ee5d42d9085055f42923aGive answer
( a ) if only argument I is strong.
( b ) if only argument II is strong.
( C ) if either I or II is strong.
( d ) if neither I nor II is strong.
( e ) if both arguments I and II are strong.
Should the oil companies be allowed to fix the price of petroleum products depending on market conditions?
Arguments:
I. Yes, this is the only way to make the oil companies commercially viable.
II. No, this will put additional burden on the retail prices of essential commodities and will cause a lot of hardships to the masses
- 1afalse
- 2btrue
- 3cfalse
- 4dfalse
- 5efalse
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Answer : 2. "b"
Q:Directions: In each of the following questions, there is a Assertion and a Reason, choose the correct alternative from the following-
Assertion (A) : Milk production in India is low a compared to other countries of the world.
Reason (R): The animal rearers in India are poor.
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5e7da09183fe6161107a7e00Reason (R): The animal rearers in India are poor.
- 1Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.false
- 2Both A and R are true and R is NOT the correct explanation of A.false
- 3A is true but R is false.true
- 4A is false but R is true.false
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Answer : 3. "A is true but R is false."
Q: Consider the given statement (s) and decide which of the given assumption (s) is/are implicit in the statement.
Statement:
“The use of antibiotic tablets, destabilises the gut bacteria”.
Assumptions:
I. There are friendly bacteria in the gut.
II. Gut health is foremost for overall health.
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5f96aa4cd433054b5c84fa7dStatement:
“The use of antibiotic tablets, destabilises the gut bacteria”.
Assumptions:
I. There are friendly bacteria in the gut.
II. Gut health is foremost for overall health.
- 1Both I and II are implicit.false
- 2Only I is implicit.true
- 3Only II is implicit.false
- 4Neither I nor II is implicit.false
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Answer : 2. "Only I is implicit."
Q: Given below are two statements. Take these to be true, even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read the conclusions that follow and decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements.
Statements:
All sweets are biscuits.
All biscuits are cakes.
Conclusions:
1. All cakes are biscuits.
2. All sweets are cakes.
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61a070214a394508acdbd86e- 1Only conclusion (1) follows.false
- 2Only conclusion (2) follows.true
- 3Both conclusions (1) and (2) follow.false
- 4Nothing can be said.false
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Answer : 2. "Only conclusion (2) follows."
Q:Directions: - Each question given below consists of a statement, followed by two arguments numbered I and II. You have to decide which of the arguments is a ‘strong’ argument and which is a ‘weak’ argument.
Give answer
( a ) if only argument I is strong.
( b ) if only argument II is strong.
( c ) if either I or ll is strong.
( d ) if neither I nor Il is strong.
( e ) if both argument I and II are strong.
Statement:
Should all foreign films be banned in India?
Arguments:
I. Yes, they depict an alien culture which adversely affects our values.
II. No, foreign films are of a high artistic standard.
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5e8c869f4230c86ad575564dGive answer
( a ) if only argument I is strong.
( b ) if only argument II is strong.
( c ) if either I or ll is strong.
( d ) if neither I nor Il is strong.
( e ) if both argument I and II are strong.
Should all foreign films be banned in India?
Arguments:
I. Yes, they depict an alien culture which adversely affects our values.
II. No, foreign films are of a high artistic standard.
- 1Afalse
- 2Bfalse
- 3Cfalse
- 4Dtrue
- 5Efalse
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Answer : 4. "D"
Q: Directions: Each question given below consists of a statement, followed by two arguments numbered I and II. You have to decide which of the arguments is a 'strong' argument and which is a 'weak' argument.
Give answer
( a ) if only argument I is strong.
( b ) if only argument II is strong.
( c) if either I or II is strong.
( d ) if neither I nor II is strong.
( e ) if both arguments I and II are strong.
Statement:
Should children be legally made responsible to take care of their parents during their old age?
Arguments
I. Yes, such matter can only be solved by legal means.
II. Yes, Only this will bring some relief to poor parents.
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5f6b28e2e68c06196f2108c8- 1Cfalse
- 2Dtrue
- 3Efalse
- 4Afalse
- 5Bfalse
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