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 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: Statement : A large number of people die every year due to drinking polluted water during summer.
Courses of Action:
I. The Government should make adequate arrangements to provide safe drinking water to all its citizens.
II. The People should be educated about the dangers of drinking polluted water.
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5f0d2907fce67160728da094Courses of Action:
I. The Government should make adequate arrangements to provide safe drinking water to all its citizens.
II. The People should be educated about the dangers of drinking polluted water.
- 1Only I followsfalse
- 2Only II followsfalse
- 3Either I or II followsfalse
- 4Both I and II followstrue
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Answer : 4. "Both I and II follows"
Q:Directions : In each of the questions below are given four statements followed by three conclusions numbered I, II, and III. You have to take 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 conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.
Statement:
1. All children are students.
2. All students are players.
Conclusion:
I. All cricketers are students.
II. All children are players.
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5f0d1e406d43556009467e801. All children are students.
2. All students are players.
Conclusion:
I. All cricketers are students.
II. All children are players.
- 1Only conclusion I follows.false
- 2Only conclusion II follows.true
- 3Both conclusions I and II follow.false
- 4Neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows.false
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Answer : 2. "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 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: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
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Answer : 2. "B"
Q:In the following question, one or two statements are given, followed by two conclusions. You have to consider that the statement is true even if it seems to be different from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given statements can definitely lead to correct conclusions.
Statement:
Some buses are four-wheelers.
All four wheelers are vans.
Conclusion:
I. Some vans are buses.
II. Some buses are vans.
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5f043a1cbedd52553093dc7cSome buses are four-wheelers.
All four wheelers are vans.
Conclusion:
I. Some vans are buses.
II. Some buses are vans.
- 1Either concludes I or II concludes.false
- 2Both I and II conclusion.true
- 3Only I concludes.false
- 4Only II concludes.false
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Answer : 2. "Both I and II conclusion."
Q:Directions : In each of the questions below are given four statements followed by three conclusions numbered I, II, and III. You have to take 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 conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.
Statements:
No grass is flower.
All flower are trees.
Conclusions:
I. Some trees are flowers.
II. Some trees are grasses.
III. No tree is a grass.
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5efc2b73eb90be58c58f4d39- 1Only Conclusion I followsfalse
- 2Either Conclusion II or III followsfalse
- 3Either conclusions II or III, and I followtrue
- 4Only Conclusion III followsfalse
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Answer : 3. "Either conclusions II or III, and I follow"
Q:Direction: In the question given below , two statements are given followed by four Conclusion I, II, III and IV.You have to consider the two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts .You have to decide which of the given conclusion , if any , follow from the given statements.
Statements:
All benches are table.
No table is chair.
Conclusion:
I. All benches are chairs
II. All tables are benches
III. No tables are benches
IV. No benches are chairs
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5efc18ed196e681f76e9be29All benches are table.
No table is chair.
Conclusion:
I. All benches are chairs
II. All tables are benches
III. No tables are benches
IV. No benches are chairs
- 1Only conclusion II followsfalse
- 2Only conclusion III followsfalse
- 3Only conclusion IV followstrue
- 4Only conclusion I followsfalse
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