Logical Reasoning Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: Directions: A statement is given followed by two inferences I and II. You have to consider the statement to be true even if it seems to be at variance with commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given inferences, if any, follow from the given statement.
Statement:
Extensive use of pesticides in agricultural production contaminates soil and water, remain in the crops and finally enter food chain, thereby posing threat to the human beings.
Inference:
I. Excessive use of pesticides in agricultural production is not good for people.
II. Excessive use of pesticides in agricultural production can have a bad effect on water.
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64afb094e154aff5335f33d3Extensive use of pesticides in agricultural production contaminates soil and water, remain in the crops and finally enter food chain, thereby posing threat to the human beings.
I. Excessive use of pesticides in agricultural production is not good for people.
II. Excessive use of pesticides in agricultural production can have a bad effect on water.
- 1If only II followsfalse
- 2If neither I nor II followsfalse
- 3If only I followsfalse
- 4If both I and II followtrue
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Answer : 4. "If both I and II follow"
Q:Direction: In the question below are given three statements 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 follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.
Statements:
Only a few Marine is Sea
All Sea is Wave
No Ocean is Marine
Conclusions:
I. Some Waves are not Ocean
II. Some Sea are not Marine
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618a3e3a0d7da340ac2c3268Only a few Marine is Sea
All Sea is Wave
No Ocean is Marine
Conclusions:
I. Some Waves are not Ocean
II. Some Sea are not Marine
- 1Only conclusion I followstrue
- 2Only conclusion II followsfalse
- 3Either conclusion I or II followsfalse
- 4Both conclusions I and II followfalse
- 5None followsfalse
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Answer : 1. "Only conclusion I follows "
Q: Statement:
Traffic jams on most of the roads in the city have become a regular feature during monsoon.
Assumptions:
I. Material used for road construction cannot withstand the fury of monsoon resulting into innumerable potholes on the roads.
II. Number of vehicles coming on the roads is much more in monsoon as compared to other seasons. 1467 05f6dbb29ec13dd7480061612
5f6dbb29ec13dd7480061612- 1atrue
- 2bfalse
- 3cfalse
- 4dfalse
- 5efalse
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Answer : 1. "a"
Q: Statement:
The government has decided to disinvest large chunk of its equity in select public sector undertakings for a better fiscal management.
Assumptions:
I. The amount generated out of the disinvestment process may reduce sub statically the mounting fiscal deficits.
II. There will be enough demand in the market for the shares of these under takings.
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5f6dbdf5ff25c92a085cce71- 1atrue
- 2bfalse
- 3cfalse
- 4dfalse
- 5efalse
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Answer : 1. "a"
Q: Select the option that is true about the Statements and Conclusions given:
Statements:
All papers are sheets
All sheets are books
Conclusions:
I. All papers are books
II. All books are papers
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618b674a91a73b40d6f21486Statements:
All papers are sheets
All sheets are books
I. All papers are books
II. All books are papers
- 1neither conclusion I nor conclusion II followsfalse
- 2both conclusion I and II followsfalse
- 3only conclusion II followsfalse
- 4only conclusion I followstrue
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Answer : 4. "only conclusion I follows"
Q:Direction: In these questions, relation between different elements is shown in the statements. The statements are followed by two conclusions. Study the conclusions based on the given statement and select the appropriate answer.
Statement: N ≥O > P = Q; R < O < S
Conclusions:
I. S<N
II. N> R
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5e8da256f681623fa55a8756Conclusions:
I. S<N
II. N> R
- 1Only conclusion II is true.true
- 2Either conclusion I or II are true.false
- 3Both conclusion I and II are truefalse
- 4Only conclusion I is true.false
- 5None conclusion is true.false
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Answer : 1. "Only conclusion II is true. "
Q: Based on the statement(s) given below, choose the best possible conclusion(s) that follows.
Statements: In the case of an outstanding candidate, the condition of previous experience in HR may be waived by the admission committee for MBA (HR).
Conclusions:
I. Some of the students for MBA (HR) will have previous experience in HR.
II. Some of the students for MBA (HR) will not have previous experience in HR.
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608f76918ab61162923048a1Statements: In the case of an outstanding candidate, the condition of previous experience in HR may be waived by the admission committee for MBA (HR).
Conclusions:
I. Some of the students for MBA (HR) will have previous experience in HR.
II. Some of the students for MBA (HR) will not have previous experience in HR.
- 1Only conclusion I followsfalse
- 2Only conclusion II followsfalse
- 3Both conclusion I and II followtrue
- 4Neither conclusion I nor II followsfalse
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Answer : 3. "Both conclusion I and II follow "
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:
I. All R are P.
II. All R are Q.
Conclusion:
I. No P is Q.
II. No R is P.
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64c8f945b6a5e472e2728200I. All R are P.
II. All R are Q.
I. No P is Q.
II. No R is P.
- 1Neither conclusion followstrue
- 2Only conclusion II followsfalse
- 3Both conclusions I and II followsfalse
- 4Only conclusion I followsfalse
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