Logical Reasoning Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: Consider the given statement true and decide which of the given conclusions can definitely be drawn from the given statements.
Statement:
People complain that bus tickets are not available during festival seasons.
Conclusion:
1. People should be advised not to travel during festival seasons.
2. The government should bring in more buses during festival seasons.
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5ef5b86b6306ab2a81aad3daStatement:
People complain that bus tickets are not available during festival seasons.
Conclusion:
1. People should be advised not to travel during festival seasons.
2. The government should bring in more buses during festival seasons.
- 1only conclusion 2 follows.true
- 2only conclusion 1 follows.false
- 3Both 1 and 2 follow.false
- 4Neither 1 nor 2 follows.false
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Answer : 1. "only conclusion 2 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.
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 argument I and II are strong.
Statement:
Should fashionable dresses be banned?
Arguments:
I. Yes, fashions keep changing and hence consumption of cloth increases.
II. No, fashionable clothes are a person's self-expression and therefore his / her fundamental right.
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5ef3ffe37c1ec61320b562adGive 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 argument I and II are strong.
Should fashionable dresses be banned?
Arguments:
I. Yes, fashions keep changing and hence consumption of cloth increases.
II. No, fashionable clothes are a person's self-expression and therefore his / her fundamental right.
- 1Afalse
- 2Btrue
- 3Cfalse
- 4Dfalse
- 5Efalse
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Answer : 2. "B"
Q: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 goats are tigers.
All tigers are lions.
Conclusions :
I. All tigers are goats
II. All lions are tigers
III. No goat is a lion
IV. No lion is a goat
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5ef2c29110419f1973eba915All goats are tigers.
All tigers are lions.
Conclusions :
I. All tigers are goats
II. All lions are tigers
III. No goat is a lion
IV. No lion is a goat
- 1Either Il or III followsfalse
- 2Either Il or IV followsfalse
- 3Either I or III followsfalse
- 4None of the conclusions followtrue
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Answer : 4. "None of the conclusions follow"
Q:In each question below are given statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have taken the two given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read the conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts. Give answer.
( a ) Only I follow.
( b ) Only II follow.
( c ) If either I or II follows.
( d ) Neither I nor II follows.
( e ) Both I and II follow.
Statement:
All pens are roads.
All roads are houses.
Conclusion:
( I ) All house are pens.
( II ) Some houses are pens.
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5ef1bbf97fed557ba2ac328e( a ) Only I follow.
( b ) Only II follow.
( c ) If either I or II follows.
( d ) Neither I nor II follows.
( e ) Both I and II follow.
All pens are roads.
All roads are houses.
Conclusion:
( I ) All house are pens.
( II ) Some houses are pens.
- 1Afalse
- 2Btrue
- 3Cfalse
- 4Dfalse
- 5Efalse
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Answer : 2. "B"
Q: Statement: Many people in city Y are suffering from flu.
Action:
I. The Municipal Corporation should take immediate steps to control the disease.
II. People in the city should be advised to take certain measures from their end to prevent the disease.
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5eec911998576933414147baAction:
I. The Municipal Corporation should take immediate steps to control the disease.
II. People in the city should be advised to take certain measures from their end to prevent the disease.
- 1Only I followsfalse
- 2Only II followsfalse
- 3Either I or II followsfalse
- 4Both I and II followtrue
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Answer : 4. "Both I and II follow"
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 argument I and II are strong.
Statement:
Should luxury hotels be banned in India?
Arguments
I. Yes, they are places from where international criminals operate.
II. No, affluent foreign tourists will have no place to stay.
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5ee341242bf4c404464a4928Give 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 argument I and II are strong.
Should luxury hotels be banned in India?
Arguments
I. Yes, they are places from where international criminals operate.
II. No, affluent foreign tourists will have no place to stay.
- 1afalse
- 2btrue
- 3cfalse
- 4dfalse
- 5efalse
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Answer : 2. "b"
Q: Statement: A severe drought is reported in many states of the country.
Courses of action:
I. The government should immediately provide financial assistance to the people of the affected states.
II. The government should immediately send food, water, and fodder to the affected states to save people and livestock.
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5ee30c41f72c0e153c8068aeCourses of action:
I. The government should immediately provide financial assistance to the people of the affected states.
II. The government should immediately send food, water, and fodder to the affected states to save people and livestock.
- 1Only I followsfalse
- 2Only II followstrue
- 3Either I or II followsfalse
- 4Neither I nor II followsfalse
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