Verbal Reasoning - Logical Deduction Questions

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

Conclusions: 

1. Previously, Georgia had to import aluminium

2. With this speed, it can soon become a foreign exchange earner 

Consider the given statement to be true and decide which of the assumptions is/are implicit.

Statement :

A traffic board reads 'Speed thrills but kills'.

Assumptions :

1. Drive fast and experience the thrill

2. Fast driving will attract heavy fine.

In the question two statements are given, followed by two conclusions, I and II. You have to consider the statements to be true even if it seems to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions, if any, follows from the given statements.

Statement 1 : No squares are rectangles.
Statement 2 : All rectangles are triangles.

Conclusion I : Some triangles are squares.
Conclusion II : Some triangles are rectangles.

Lycopene, glutathione, and glutamine are powerful antioxidants that neutralize the free radicals that are produced in the body as a result of routine bodily processes. An excess of these free radicals in your system causes rapid aging because they accelerate the rate of cellular damage. Aging is simply the result of this damage. Thus, to slow down aging it is necessary to supplement your diet with these antioxidants on a daily basis. 

Which of the following, if true, most seriously undermines the author's contention?

The food processing industry was touted to be a sunrise industry for India some years ago and, on the face of it , there was little reason to doubt that

Conclusions: 

I. India has an advantage in food processing because of the varied agro-climatic conditions and availabilty of raw materials.

II. Food processing is one of the basic industries which suports our lives.

Read the given question and decide which of the following arguments is / are strong.

Question : Are the best things in life free?

Argument 1: Life gives us so many opportunities for free and yet most of us waste it.

Argument 2: Smile, friends, family, good talk, good sleep and happy memories are all free.

onsider the argument and decide which of the given assumptions is/are implicit.

Argument

Today is Sunday

Assumption

1. Tomorrow is Monday.
2. Today is a holiday.

The office building needs repairing just as urgently as it needs internal as well as external painting

Assumptions:

1. Efficiency of people working in the office cannot be improved unless office building is reapaire

2. Repairing and painting of office building require funds