Verbal Reasoning - Logical Deduction Questions

Statements followed by some conclusions are given below.

Statements :

1. Sam sleeps more than Ram who sleeps only for 5 hours every day.

2. Shyam sleeps for 8 hours which is lesser than Sam's by 2.

Conclusions :

I. Sam sleeps for 6 hours.

II. Ram has a bad sleeping habit.

Find which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements.

Read the statement and select a conclusion out of the given alternatives.

Statement : Most garments in that shop are expensive.

Statements followed by some conclusions are given below.

Statements :

1. Compulsive online shopping has become a common behavior among youngsters.

2. This is evident from most of those seeking counseling for de-addiction.

Conclusions :

I. All youngsters are addicted online shopping.

II. All youngsters seek counseling for de-addiction.

Find which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements.

Read the statements and select a conclusion from the given alternatives.

Statement :

Sukhvinder emphasized the need to replace the present training programme by other methods which will bring out the real merit of the candidates.

Conclusions :

I. It is not important to bring out the real merit of the candidates.

II. The present training programme does not bring out the real merit of the candidates.

One New York publisher has estimated that 50,000 to 60,000 people in the United States want an anthology that includes the complete works of William Shakespeare. And what accounts for this renewed interest in Shakespeare? As scholars point out, his psychological insights into both male and female characters are amazing even today.

This paragraph best supports the statement that
A. Shakespeare's characters are more interesting than fictional characters today.
B. people even today are interested in Shakespeare's work because of the characters.
C. academic scholars are putting together an anthology of Shakespeare's work.
D. New Yorkers have a renewed interested in the work of Shakespeare.
E. Shakespeare was a psychiatrist as well as a playwright.

Between two book-ends in your study are displayed your four favourite love story books. If you decide to arrange the four books in every possible combination and moved just one book every minute, how long would it take you ?

Statements : National Aluminium Company has moved India from a position of shortage to self-sufficiency in the metal.

Conclusions :

a) Previously, India had to import aluminium.
b) With this speed, it can soon become a foreign exchange earner.

1.Ravens are black.Ravens are evil.All evil are black

2.Horses are faster than eagles.All eagles are hawks.Horses are faster than hawks

3.No priest is a saint.Peter is a priest.Peter is a saint.