Logical Reasoning Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: Read the given statement(s) and conclusions carefully and select which of the conclusions logically follow(s) from the 8 statement(s).
Statement: Sound is produced when something. Vibrates. The vibrating body causes the medium around it to vibrate.
Conclusions:
I. By medium, they mean only Air.
II. Sound is produced by vibration.
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608151e05027727e2fa81bc1Statement: Sound is produced when something. Vibrates. The vibrating body causes the medium around it to vibrate.
Conclusions:
I. By medium, they mean only Air.
II. Sound is produced by vibration.
- 1Only conclusion I follows.false
- 2Both the conclusions follows.false
- 3Only conclusion II follows.true
- 4No conclusion follows.false
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Answer : 3. "Only conclusion II follows."
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:A statement is given below followed by two assumptions. Identify, which one of the assumptions is implicit in the statement.
Statement:
If people are intelligent, they should be creative.
Assumptions:
(I) Creativity and intelligence are related.
(II) Creative people are intelligent.
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6391c40534f83f1472a65aa9- 1Only I is validfalse
- 2Only II is validtrue
- 3Both I and II are validfalse
- 4Both I and II are invalidfalse
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Answer : 2. "Only II is valid"
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: In each of the following questions a statement is given followed by two courses of Action. A course of Action is taken for improvement, follow up etc. Read the statement carefully and give answer -
Statement:
A survey conducted in eight airports has revealed that airports continue to be porous and security as bad as ever.
Course of action:
I. adequate perimeter fencing should be provided.
II. New machines of latest order should be deployed for security purposes.
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6088fecdbdba7253ca2881a0Statement:
A survey conducted in eight airports has revealed that airports continue to be porous and security as bad as ever.
Course of action:
I. adequate perimeter fencing should be provided.
II. New machines of latest order should be deployed for security purposes.
- 1If only course of Action I follows.false
- 2If only course of Action II follows.false
- 3If both course of Action I and II follows.true
- 4If both course of Action I and II not follows.false
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Answer : 3. "If both course of Action I and II follows. "
Q:Direction: In these questions the symbols $ , @ , £ , • and # are used with different meanings as given below :
' X $ Y ' means X is neither greater than nor smaller than Y '
' X @ Y ' means X is neither greater than nor equal to Y '
' X £ Y ' means X is neither smaller than nor equal to Y '
' X• Y ' means X is not smaller than Y '
' X # Y ' means X is not greater than Y '
( A ) If only conclusion I is true
( B ) If only conclusion II is true
( C ) If either conclusion I or II is true
(D ) If neither conclusion I nor II is true
( E ) If both conclusion I and II are true
Statements: V• D, D £ T, K $T, K # F
Conclusions:
I. D£K
II. T• F
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5e992732e5bd7218e0acd6b7' X $ Y ' means X is neither greater than nor smaller than Y '
' X @ Y ' means X is neither greater than nor equal to Y '
' X £ Y ' means X is neither smaller than nor equal to Y '
' X• Y ' means X is not smaller than Y '
' X # Y ' means X is not greater than Y '
( A ) If only conclusion I is true
( B ) If only conclusion II is true
( C ) If either conclusion I or II is true
(D ) If neither conclusion I nor II is true
( E ) If both conclusion I and II are true
Conclusions:
I. D£K
II. T• F
- 1Atrue
- 2Bfalse
- 3Cfalse
- 4Dfalse
- 5Efalse
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Answer : 1. "A"
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 a total ban be put on trapping wild animals?
Arguments:
I. Yes, trappers are making a lot of money.
II. No, bans on hunting and trapping are not effective.
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5f06e8663f7f07047796223fGive 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 a total ban be put on trapping wild animals?
Arguments:
I. Yes, trappers are making a lot of money.
II. No, bans on hunting and trapping are not effective.
- 1afalse
- 2bfalse
- 3cfalse
- 4dtrue
- 5efalse
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Answer : 4. "d"
Q: In the question below, two statements are given, followed by two conclusions. Assuming the statements to be true, choose the appropriate option regarding the conclusions.
Statements:
I. Amit is a good fielder
II. All fielders have big hands.
Conclusions:
1. All people with big hands are fielders.
2. Amit has big hands.
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645b69c1f75f230a7a63061aI. Amit is a good fielder
II. All fielders have big hands.
1. All people with big hands are fielders.
2. Amit has big hands.
- 1Both the conclusions follow.false
- 2Only conclusion 1 follows.false
- 3Neither conclusion follows.false
- 4Only conclusion 2 follows.true
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