Logical Reasoning Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: Statement
Should India create a huge oil reserve like some Western countries to face difficult situations in future?
Arguments
I. No, there is no need to block huge amount of foreign exchange and keep the money idle.
II. Yes, this will help India withstand shocks of sudden rise in oil prices due unforeseen circumstances.
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5f6b24a2e68c06196f20eebe- 1Cfalse
- 2Dfalse
- 3Afalse
- 4Btrue
- 5Efalse
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Answer : 4. "B"
Q:Directions: In the following questions, the symbols @, #, $, % and & are used with the following meaning as illustrated below-
‘P@Q’ means ‘P is neither smaller than nor equal to Q ’
‘P#Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor equal to Q'
‘P$Q’ means ‘P is neither smaller than nor greater than Q’
‘P%Q’ means ‘P is not greater than Q’
‘P&Q’ means ‘P is not smaller than Q’
Now in each of the following questions assuming the given statements to be true, find which of the three conclusions
I, II and III given below them is/are definitely true and give your answer accordingly.
Statement: N@V$W, W%K#L, L%R
Conclusions:
I. L@N
II. K#R
III. V%R
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5fcdf3e3fd6987223908142d‘P@Q’ means ‘P is neither smaller than nor equal to Q ’
‘P#Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor equal to Q'
‘P$Q’ means ‘P is neither smaller than nor greater than Q’
‘P%Q’ means ‘P is not greater than Q’
‘P&Q’ means ‘P is not smaller than Q’
Now in each of the following questions assuming the given statements to be true, find which of the three conclusions
I, II and III given below them is/are definitely true and give your answer accordingly.
Conclusions:
I. L@N
II. K#R
III. V%R
- 1Only Ifalse
- 2Both II and IIIfalse
- 3Only I and IIfalse
- 4Only IItrue
- 5All I, II, IIIfalse
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Answer : 4. "Only II"
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: S$ Q, Q@B, B• K, K # W
Conclusions:
I. K# S
II. S@ W
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5e9927dbecf9e60deb7b3f78' 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. K# S
II. S@ W
- 1Afalse
- 2Bfalse
- 3Cfalse
- 4Dtrue
- 5Efalse
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Answer : 4. "D"
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 I: Classical Indian logicians (Naiyāyikas) define Upamāna (Comparison) as the cognition of the new object through similarity, known by another means of cognition.
Statement II: Naiyāyikas consider upamāna as a type of inductive reasoning and therefore view it as a type of inference (anumāna) only.
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64b67f36e2108a72392c1484- 1Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrectfalse
- 2Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correcttrue
- 3Both Statement I and Statement II are correctfalse
- 4Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrectfalse
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Answer : 2. "Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct"
Q: A question is given, followed by two statements numbered (I) and (II). You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements is sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements and select the appropriate answer.
Question: How many people are standing in the row where all people are facing north?
Statements:
(I) A is fourth from the left end; M is second to the right of A; and R is second from the left end.
(II) M is fourth from the right end; only two people Stand between M and B.
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649c1ad31a612ce001fc39bbQuestion: How many people are standing in the row where all people are facing north?
Statements:
(I) A is fourth from the left end; M is second to the right of A; and R is second from the left end.
(II) M is fourth from the right end; only two people Stand between M and B.
- 1Data in either statement I alone or statement II alone is sufficient to answer the questionfalse
- 2Data in statements I and II together is sufficient to answer the questiontrue
- 3Data in statement I alone is sufficient to answer the question while data in statement II is notfalse
- 4Data in statement II alone is sufficient to answer the question while data in statement I is notfalse
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Answer : 2. "Data in statements I and II together is sufficient to answer the question"
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.
I. No A is D.
II. All D are E.
Conclusions:
I. No D is A.
II. Some E are D.
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64c7a630a4dbfb486bdb35a5II. All D are E.
I. No D is A.
II. Some E are D.
- 1Neither conclusion followsfalse
- 2Both conclusions I and II followstrue
- 3Only conclusion II followsfalse
- 4Only conclusion I followsfalse
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Answer : 2. "Both conclusions I and II follows"
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 pencil are pen.
II. Some pen are rubber.
Conclusion:
I. All rubber are pencil.
II. Some pen are not pencil.
III. Some rubber are not pen.
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64abea3af9f3b582590260f3I. All pencil are pen.
II. Some pen are rubber.
I. All rubber are pencil.
II. Some pen are not pencil.
III. Some rubber are not pen.
- 1Neither conclusion followstrue
- 2Only conclusion II followsfalse
- 3Both conclusions I and III followsfalse
- 4All conclusion followsfalse
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Answer : 1. "Neither conclusion follows"
Q:Direction: In each question given below two/three statements are followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the all given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from the commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and decide which logically follows from the two 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:
Some girls are beautiful.
All girls speak softly.
Conclusions:
(I) Girls who are beautiful also speak softly.
(II) Girls who speak softly are not necessarily beautiful.
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603dee30cd43d04a8f5cfd43A. 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.
Some girls are beautiful.
All girls speak softly.
Conclusions:
(I) Girls who are beautiful also speak softly.
(II) Girls who speak softly are not necessarily beautiful.
- 1Atrue
- 2Bfalse
- 3Cfalse
- 4Dfalse
- 5Efalse
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