Logical Reasoning Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: Statements: All sparrows are birds.
No bird is a reptile.
Conclusions I. No sparrow is a reptile.
II. Some reptiles are sparrows.
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5d4c13dc3a2fce75e19d35b3No bird is a reptile.
Conclusions I. No sparrow is a reptile.
II. Some reptiles are sparrows.
- 1If only conclusion I followstrue
- 2if only conclusion II followsfalse
- 3if either conclusion I or conclusion II followsfalse
- 4If neither conclusion I nor conclusion II followsfalse
- 5If both conclusions I and II followfalse
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Answer : 1. " If only conclusion I follows"
Q: In each question below is given a statement followed by two courses of action numbered I and II. You have to assume everything in the statement to be true and on the basis of the information given in the statement, decide which of the suggested courses of action logically follow(s) for pursuing.
Statement: Severe drought is reported to have set in several parts of the country.
Courses of Action:
I. Government should immediately make arrangement for providing financial assistance to those affected.
II. Food, water and fodder should immediately be sent to all these areas to save the people and cattle.
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5d78c32f9b43216ae13b7765Statement: Severe drought is reported to have set in several parts of the country.
Courses of Action:
I. Government should immediately make arrangement for providing financial assistance to those affected.
II. Food, water and fodder should immediately be sent to all these areas to save the people and cattle.
- 1If only I followsfalse
- 2If only II followstrue
- 3If either I or II followsfalse
- 4If neither I nor II followsfalse
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Answer : 2. "If only II follows"
Q: Cosider the given argument and decide which of the given assumptions is (are) implicit.
Argument:
Due to water crisis in the city, the authority had asked all the citizens to reduce their water consumption by 25%.
Assumptions:
1. Many citizens may reduce their water consumption.
2.Many activists may protest to this advisory by the authority.
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5ef5b7a6d7fe8173219d26aaArgument:
Due to water crisis in the city, the authority had asked all the citizens to reduce their water consumption by 25%.
Assumptions:
1. Many citizens may reduce their water consumption.
2.Many activists may protest to this advisory by the authority.
- 1Only assumption 2 implicit.false
- 2Both 1 and 2 are implicit.false
- 3Neither 1 nor 2 is implicit.false
- 4Only assumption 1 implicit.true
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Answer : 4. "Only assumption 1 implicit."
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.
Statement:
Should India give away Kashmir to Pakistan?
Arguments:
I. No, Kashmir is a beautiful state. It earns a lot of foreign exchange for India.
II. Yes, this would help settle conflicts.
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5e900f7c90613f3f94234c2aStatement:
Should India give away Kashmir to Pakistan?
Arguments:
I. No, Kashmir is a beautiful state. It earns a lot of foreign exchange for India.
II. Yes, this would help settle conflicts.
- 1if only argument I is strong.true
- 2if only argument II is strong.false
- 3if either I or ll is strong.false
- 4if neither I nor Il is strong.false
- 5if both argument I and II are strong.false
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Answer : 1. "if only argument I is strong. "
Q: Direction: In the following questions, the symbol @ , $, *, # and δ are used with the following meaning as illustrated below:
‘P $ Q’ means ‘P’ is not smaller than Q’.
‘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 δ Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor smaller than Q’.
‘P * Q’ means ‘P is not greater than Q’.
Now in each of the following questions assuming the given statements to be true, find which of the four conclusion I, II , III and IV given below them is/are definitely true and given your answer accordingly.
Statements:
D # R, R*K, K@F, F$J
Conclusion:
I. J#R
II. J#K
III. R#F
IV. K@D
(A) Only I, II and III are true
(B) Only II, III and IV are true
(C) Only I, III and IV are true
(D) All I, II, III and IV are true
(E) None of these
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5d89e2e06b22180fc608f2aa‘P $ Q’ means ‘P’ is not smaller than Q’.
‘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 δ Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor smaller than Q’.
‘P * Q’ means ‘P is not greater than Q’.
Now in each of the following questions assuming the given statements to be true, find which of the four conclusion I, II , III and IV given below them is/are definitely true and given your answer accordingly.
Statements:
D # R, R*K, K@F, F$J
Conclusion:
I. J#R
II. J#K
III. R#F
IV. K@D
(A) Only I, II and III are true
(B) Only II, III and IV are true
(C) Only I, III and IV are true
(D) All I, II, III and IV are true
(E) None of these
- 1Afalse
- 2Bfalse
- 3Cfalse
- 4Dfalse
- 5Etrue
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Answer : 5. "E"
Q: A statement followed by some conclusions is given below. Find which of the given conclusions logically follow from the given statement.
Statement: Majority of the girls in the class are intelligent.
Conclusions:
I. There are no boys in the class.
II. Some of the girls in the class are not so intelligent.
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5ed749c14bd6e60aba375bf9Statement: Majority of the girls in the class are intelligent.
Conclusions:
I. There are no boys in the class.
II. Some of the girls in the class are not so intelligent.
- 1Only Conclusion I follows.false
- 2Only Conclusion II follows.true
- 3Both I and II follow.false
- 4Neither I nor II follows.false
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Answer : 2. "Only Conclusion II follows."
Q: Assertion
(A): I came late today.
Reason
(R): It was raining.
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61af26313f777d0f380ee351(A): I came late today.
Reason
(R): It was raining.
- 1If A is true but R is false.false
- 2If A is false but R is true.false
- 3If both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.true
- 4If both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A.false
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Answer : 3. "If both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A."
Q:Direction: In each of the following questions, one statements are given followed by two conclusions I and II. You have to consider the statement to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly /known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions, if any, follow from the given statement.
Statement:
I. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
Conclusions:
I. Apple is better than banana.
II. Apple is good for health.
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5e96f39cfc7e7a3060b6c008- 1Only Ifalse
- 2Only IItrue
- 3Neither I nor IIfalse
- 4Either I or IIfalse
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