Logical Reasoning Practice Question and Answer
8 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 all the practicing doctors be brought under Government control so that they get salary from the Government and treat patients free of cost?
Arguments:
I. No, How can any country do such an undemocratic thing?
II. Yes, despite many problems, it will certainly help minimize, if not eradicate, unethical medical practices.
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5f0441ead3626553adad7c79Give 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 all the practicing doctors be brought under Government control so that they get salary from the Government and treat patients free of cost?
Arguments:
I. No, How can any country do such an undemocratic thing?
II. Yes, despite many problems, it will certainly help minimize, if not eradicate, unethical medical practices.
- 1Afalse
- 2Btrue
- 3Cfalse
- 4Dfalse
- 5Efalse
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Answer : 2. "B"
Q:Directions: In each question below, three statements are given followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the given statements, disregarding the commonly known facts.
Give answer
(A) If either conclusion I or II follows.
(B) If only conclusion I follows.
(C) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.
(D) If both conclusions I and II follow.
(E) If only conclusion II follows.
Statements:
All bullets are guns.
No bullet is pen.
Some pens are swords.
Conclusions:
I. No pen is a gun.
II. Some swords being bullets is a possibility.
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5df87419571a434f15e64f6fGive answer
(A) If either conclusion I or II follows.
(B) If only conclusion I follows.
(C) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.
(D) If both conclusions I and II follow.
(E) If only conclusion II follows.
All bullets are guns.
No bullet is pen.
Some pens are swords.
Conclusions:
I. No pen is a gun.
II. Some swords being bullets is a possibility.
- 1Afalse
- 2Bfalse
- 3Cfalse
- 4Dfalse
- 5Etrue
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Answer : 5. "E"
Q: Statement:
The organization should promote employees on the basis of merit alone and not on the basis of length of services or seniority.
Assumptions
I. Length of service or seniority does not alone reflect merit of an employee.
II. It is possible to determine and measure merit of an employee.
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5f6dbd64ff25c92a085cca95- 1afalse
- 2bfalse
- 3cfalse
- 4dfalse
- 5etrue
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Answer : 5. "e"
Q:Direction : Following question consists of six statements followed by five conclusions. Consider the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions does not logically follow from the given statements using all statements together.
Statements: All moon are star.
All star are light.
Some light are stone.
Some stone is blue.
No blue is kite.
All kite are machine.
Conclusions:
(A) All moon being stone is a possibility.
(B) All moon being blue is a possibility.
(C) Some stone are not kite.
(D) All blue being machine is a possibility.
(E) All stone being kite is a possibility.
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5e8ee8e990613f3f94207da7All star are light.
Some light are stone.
Some stone is blue.
No blue is kite.
All kite are machine.
Conclusions:
(A) All moon being stone is a possibility.
(B) All moon being blue is a possibility.
(C) Some stone are not kite.
(D) All blue being machine is a possibility.
(E) All stone being kite is a possibility.
- 1Afalse
- 2Bfalse
- 3Cfalse
- 4Dfalse
- 5Etrue
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Answer : 5. "E"
Q: Statement:
Should all the infrastructural development projects in India be handed over to the private sector?
Arguments:
I. No, the private sector entities are not equipped to handle such projects.
II. Yes, such projects are handled by private sector in the developed countries.
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5f6b2bbee68c06196f21170c- 1Dtrue
- 2Efalse
- 3Afalse
- 4Bfalse
- 5Cfalse
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Answer : 1. "D"
Q: Select the option that is true about the Statements and Conclusions given:
Statements:
Some animals are birds
All creatures are birds
Conclusions:
I. All animals are birds
II. Some birds are creatures
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618bba6e0d7da340ac305e05- 1only conclusion II followstrue
- 2only conclusion I followsfalse
- 3neither conclusion I nor conclusion II followsfalse
- 4both conclusion I and II followsfalse
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Answer : 1. "only conclusion II 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 II is strong.
( d ) if neither I nor II is strong.
( e ) if both argument I and II are strong.
Statement:
Should fashionable dresses be banned?
Arguments:
I. Yes, fashions keep changing and hence consumption of cloth increases.
II. No, fashionable clothes are a person's self-expression and therefore his / her fundamental right.
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5ef3ffe37c1ec61320b562adGive 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 argument I and II are strong.
Should fashionable dresses be banned?
Arguments:
I. Yes, fashions keep changing and hence consumption of cloth increases.
II. No, fashionable clothes are a person's self-expression and therefore his / her fundamental right.
- 1Afalse
- 2Btrue
- 3Cfalse
- 4Dfalse
- 5Efalse
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Answer : 2. "B"
Q:Direction : In each of the questions below are given some statements followed by two conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.
(a) If only conclusion I follows.
(b) If only conclusion II follows.
(c) If either conclusion I or II follows.
(d) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.
(e) If both conclusions I and II follow.
Statements: Q≥W≥E≥R<T<Y≤U≤I
Conclusion
I: Q≥T
II: R≤I
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603deb70ec464f505f27af19(a) If only conclusion I follows.
(b) If only conclusion II follows.
(c) If either conclusion I or II follows.
(d) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.
(e) If both conclusions I and II follow.
- 1(A)false
- 2(B)false
- 3(C)false
- 4(D)true
- 5(E)false
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