Logical Reasoning Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:In the following question below are given some statements followed by some conclusions based on those statements. Taking the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusion logically follows the given statements.
Statements:
l. All phones are laptops.
ll. All pen-drives are phones.
lll. All pen-drives are pens.
Conclusions:
I. All pens are phones.
II. All laptops are pens.
III. All pen-drives are laptops.
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64a1677fa0e013744d59749dl. All phones are laptops.
ll. All pen-drives are phones.
lll. All pen-drives are pens.
I. All pens are phones.
II. All laptops are pens.
III. All pen-drives are laptops.
- 1Only conclusion III followstrue
- 2Only conclusions I and II followfalse
- 3Only conclusions II and III followfalse
- 4Only conclusions I and III followfalse
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Answer : 1. "Only conclusion III follows"
Q: Statements:
I. All T is P.
II. Some P is Q.
Conclusion:
I. Some Q is P.
II. Some P is T.
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5faba13fece37f513638a384I. All T is P.
II. Some P is Q.
Conclusion:
I. Some Q is P.
II. Some P is T.
- 1Only conclusion II follows.false
- 2Only conclusion I follows.false
- 3Both conclusions I and II follow.true
- 4Neither conclusion follows.false
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Answer : 3. "Both conclusions I and II follow."
Q: The statements below are followed by two conclusions labelled I, II, III and IV. Assuming that the information in the statements is true, even if it appears to be at variance with generally established facts, decide which conclusion(s) logically and definitely follow(s) from the information given in the statements.
Statements:
I. No tube light is bulb.
II. All bulbs are lamps.
Conclusions:
I. No tube light is lamp.
II. No lamp is tube light.
III. Some lamps are bulbs.
IV. All the lamps are bulbs.
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6114ca6456340c207007bfeaStatements:
I. No tube light is bulb.
II. All bulbs are lamps.
Conclusions:
I. No tube light is lamp.
II. No lamp is tube light.
III. Some lamps are bulbs.
IV. All the lamps are bulbs.
- 1Only (I) and (III) follow.false
- 2Only (III) and (IV) follow.false
- 3Only (II) and (IV) follow.false
- 4Only (III) follows.true
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Answer : 4. "Only (III) follows."
Q: Consider the given statement(s) and decide which of the given assumption(s) is/are implicit in the statement.
Statement:
"Tomorrow morning the hockey team will report by 9.00 am instead of 8:00 am for practise" said the coach.
Assumptions:
I. That day coach had some other work at 8:00 am.
II. They usually assemble for practice.
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5feb076200e3f71b828c2a98Statement:
"Tomorrow morning the hockey team will report by 9.00 am instead of 8:00 am for practise" said the coach.
Assumptions:
I. That day coach had some other work at 8:00 am.
II. They usually assemble for practice.
- 1Only I is implicit.false
- 2Only II is implicit.true
- 3Both I and II are implicit.false
- 4Neither I nor II is implicit.false
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Answer : 2. "Only II is implicit."
Q: A statement is followed by two conclusions. Which of the four options given is correct?
Statement:
In every society, human lovers have contributed to human welfare by showing human sympathy and enthusiastically helping the needy.
Conclusion:
I . Rich people are human lovers.
II. Poor people cannot work as human lovers.
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5f3e0437069d3f5fd524f6afStatement:
In every society, human lovers have contributed to human welfare by showing human sympathy and enthusiastically helping the needy.
Conclusion:
I . Rich people are human lovers.
II. Poor people cannot work as human lovers.
- 1Only (I) lies on the statement.false
- 2(I) and (II) lies on both statements.false
- 3(I) Neither or (II) lies on the statement.true
- 4Only (II) lies on the statement.false
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Answer : 3. "(I) Neither or (II) lies on the statement."
Q: Direction: - In each question below is given a statement followed by two assumptions numbered I and II. An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted. You have to consider the statement and the following assumptions and decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement.
Given answer
( a ) If only assumption I is implicit.
( b ) If only assumption II is implicit.
( c ) Either I or II is implicit.
( d ) If neither I nor II is implicit.
( e ) If both I and II are implicit.
Statement: -
A warning in a train compartment –“To stop train, pull chain. Penalty for improper use Rs. 500.”
Assumptions
I. Some people misuse the alarm chain.
II. On certain occasions, people may want to stop a running train.
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5f6dbc725256e8407c2fafc6- 1afalse
- 2bfalse
- 3cfalse
- 4dfalse
- 5etrue
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Answer : 5. "e"
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 new big industries be started in Mumbai?
Arguments:
I. Yes, it will create job opportunities.
II. No, it will further add to the pollution of the city.
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5f1582bfcf79540a75347a50Give 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 new big industries be started in Mumbai?
Arguments:
I. Yes, it will create job opportunities.
II. No, it will further add to the pollution of the city.
- 1afalse
- 2bfalse
- 3ctrue
- 4dfalse
- 5efalse
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Answer : 3. "c"
Q: In the following question a statement is given followed by three statements numbered as I, II and III. You have to read all three statements and decide which of them strengthens or weakens the statement.
Statement: Among the governments, there is a strong policy emphasis on improving living conditions in urban areas as more and more people are looking to migrate to semi-urban or rural areas. People are willing to compromise on their standard of living in order to live in a healthier/pollution free environment.
(I) Cities are economically vibrant spaces around the world and drawing a large number of rural migrants looking for better prospects. This is a sustained trend, particularly in developing countries now a day.
(II) A fresh look at urban governance is necessary as migration from rural areas picks up pace.
(III) The rate of migration has shown a consecutive decline in the last three Censuses. It was possible that this slow-down signalled the worsening conditions in urban slums, where most of the rural immigrants were concentrated.
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61a616c5d3d6881bb1158f97Statement: Among the governments, there is a strong policy emphasis on improving living conditions in urban areas as more and more people are looking to migrate to semi-urban or rural areas. People are willing to compromise on their standard of living in order to live in a healthier/pollution free environment.
(I) Cities are economically vibrant spaces around the world and drawing a large number of rural migrants looking for better prospects. This is a sustained trend, particularly in developing countries now a day.
(II) A fresh look at urban governance is necessary as migration from rural areas picks up pace.
(III) The rate of migration has shown a consecutive decline in the last three Censuses. It was possible that this slow-down signalled the worsening conditions in urban slums, where most of the rural immigrants were concentrated.
- 1Only statement (I) strengthen but statement (II) and (III) is the neutral statement.false
- 2Both statement (I) and statement (III) strengthen the given statement but statement (II) is neutral statement.false
- 3Both statement (I) and statement (II) are neutral statements and statement (III) strengthen the statement.false
- 4Both statement (I) and (II) weakens but statement (III) strengthen the given statement.true
- 5All statement (I), (III) and statement (II) weaken the given statement.false
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