Verbal Reasoning - Logical Deduction Questions

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Beautiful beaches attract people, no doubt about it. Just look at this city's beautiful beaches, which are among the most overcrowded beaches in the state. 

 

Which of the following exhibits a pattern of reasoning most similar to the one exhibited in the argument above?

A) Moose and bear usually appear at the same drinking ...........hole at the same time of day. Therefore, moose and ...........bear must grow thirsty at about the same time. B) During warm weather my dog suffers from fleas ...........more so than during cooler weather. Therefore, ...........fleas must thrive in a warm environment.
C) Both A and B D) None
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) During warm weather my dog suffers from fleas ...........more so than during cooler weather. Therefore, ...........fleas must thrive in a warm environment.

Explanation:

From the above passage it is lear that , "During warm weather my dog suffers from fleas ...........more so than during cooler weather. Therefore, ...........fleas must thrive in a warm environment" will be true

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Cell phone users have found that tariff plans are not as attractive as promoted by telecom companies and complained to regulatory authority about the same.

 

Courses of action:

I. The regulatory authority should direct telecom companies to be trasparent on the tariff structure of all plans

II. The government should restrict the number of telecom companies operating in the country.

A) If only course of action I follows B) If only course of action II follows
C) If either course of action I or II follows D) If both courses of action I and II follow
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) If only course of action I follows

Explanation:

Being " not as attractive as promoted " is a clear case of  hiding things. Hence " transparency " is the answer to the problem and I folloes. II goes against the spirit of free market and is not relevant to the problem either.

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A : ITC, a tobacco company , has decided to withdraw from all sponsorship of sporting activities.

B: The center has decided to bring in legislation for banning sponsoring of sports  and cultural events by tobacco companies.

A) If 'A' is the effect and 'B' is its immediate and principal cause. B) If 'A' is the immediate and principal cause and 'B' is its effect.
C) Both A and B D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) None of these

Explanation:

Both are independent events.

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It is reported that though Vitamin E present in fresh fruits and vegetables is beneficial for human body, capsule Vitamin E does not have the same effect on human body.

 

Courses of Action:

I. The sale of capsule Vitamin E should be banned.

II. People should be encouraged to take fresh fruits and vegetables to meet the body's requirement of Vitamin E.

A) Only I follows B) Only II follows
C) Neither I nor II follows D) Both I and II follow
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Only II follows

Explanation:

The statement implies that capsule Vitamin E does not function so effectively as natural Vitamin E. Since no negative effect of capsule Vitamin E is mentioned, so I does not follow. Hence, only II follows.

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Statement: Ministry of Tourism in its one of the reports revealed that due to recent social disturbance in the country, the number of foreign tourists has decreased considerably, which resulted in a financial loss of Rs 100 crore.
Courses of action:
a. The Government should provide financial support to the tourism sector.
b. Foreign tourists should be informed that they visit the country at their risk.

A) Only b follows B) Only a follows
C) Both a & b follows D) Neither a nor b follows
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Neither a nor b follows

Explanation:

Financial support to the tourism sector is not a permanent solution. Secondly, constant risk for the foreign tourists will never encourage tourism in India. Hence, none of the course action is the right solution in this direction.

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In the following questions are to be based on the details given below.

 

A salesman visits 274 houses in a town to find out the views about three products X, Y and Z. He found that 157 use X, 98 use only X, 22 use all the three, 14 use X and Z but not Y, 39 use Y and Z, 48 use only Y.

 

Which product is the most popular one?

 

A) X B) Y
C) Z D) Both X and Z
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) X

Explanation:
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One of the important humanitarian by-products of technology is the greater dignity and value that it imparts to human labour. In a highly industrialized society, there is no essential difference between Brahmin and Dalit, Muslim and Hindu; they are equally useful and hence equally valuable for in the industrial society individual productivity fixes the size of the pay cheque and this fixes social status.

 

The passage best supports the statement that:

A) technology decides individual's social status. B) castes and religions are man-made.
C) human labour has dignity and value. D) all individuals, irrespective of caste and creed, are born equal.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) human labour has dignity and value.

Explanation:
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Assuming the given statements to be true, find which of the two conclusions A and B given below is/are definitely true.

Statements: C < T < L= P > Q,  N > C > Y

Conclusions:   A. P > Y       B. Y < P

A) only conclusion B is true. B) only conclusion A is true.
C) neither conclusion I nor II is true. D) either conclusion I or II is true.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) only conclusion B is true.

Explanation:

From given statements, we can conclude that

N > C < T < L= P > Q  .....(1)

Here given that C > Y but in eq(1) we got that C < T < T <= P => Y is definitely less than P.

So only conclusion B is True.

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