Verbal Reasoning - Logical Deduction Questions

Consider the given question and decide which of the following statements is sufficient to answer the question.

How many students in the class play Chess?

Statements :

1. Only girls play Chess.

2. There are 20 girls and 15 boys in the class.

Consider the given statement to be true and decide which of the following courses of action logically follows from the statement.

Statements :

The manufacturing companies in Tamil Nadu are facing acute power shortage.

Course of Action :

1. Government should take steps to solve the power crisis.

2. Government should shut down manufacturing companies to save power.

Below are given statements followed by two conclusions I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts.

Statements :

All birds are trees.

All trees are papers.

Some papers are books.

Conclusions :

I. All birds are papers.

II. Some birds are books.

Decide which of the below options logically follows the given conclusions.

Consider the given statements to be true and decide which of the conclusions logically follows from the statements.

Statements :

There is an increase in the price of essential commodities due to a strike by the transporters.

Conclusions :

1. Government should buy their own vehicles to transport the essential goods

2. Government should negotiate with transporters to withdraw the strike

Read the following paragraph carefully and answer the question based on the information provided in it.

Population explosion needs controlled measures to manage earth's resources. We must find ways to utilize the natural resources in an efficient manner to satisfy the ever-growing needs of the people. Solar energy may be used to replace the increasing demand for fuels like coal, wood and so on. Rainwater harvesting is a must to meet the water needs of the urban population. If we deplete the earth of its resources at such a fast pace, sooner or later we will have to search for another planet that can sustain life like earth.

Which of the following is true according to the paragraph?

Consider the given statement to be true and decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the statement.

Statements :

All work and no play makes jack a dull boy.

Conclusions :

1. To work is important.

2. One has to compromise work for play.

Consider the given statement and decide which of the given assumptions is/are implicit in the statement.

Statement :

Mr. X said to Mr. Y, "I want to become a doctor because I want to serve the mankind".

Assumptions :

1. Mr. X is lying to Mr. Y.

2. Mr. Y knows that Mr. X is lying.

Consider the given question and decide which of the following statements is sufficient to answer the question?

How old was X on 15 January 2017?

Statements :

1. X is 50 years older than his brother Y.

2. Y is 20 years younger than his mother.