Verbal Reasoning - Logical Deduction Questions

Q:

Given below is a statement followed by some conclusions. You have to take the given statement to be true even if it seems to be at variance with the commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the given statement.

 

Statement :

 

Success cannot be achieved without hard work.

 

Conclusions :

 

I. Every hardworking person is successful.

II. Every successful person is hardworking.

 

A) Only conclusion I follows B) Only conclusion II follows
C) Both I and II follow D) Neither of them follows
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Only conclusion II follows

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There are three statements which are followed by four conclusions. Choose the conclusions which logically follow from the given statements.

 

Statements :

 

Some images are answers

Some answers are videos

All the videos are poems

 

Conclusions :

 

1) Some videos are answers

2) Some poems are images

3) All the images are poems

4) Some poems are answers

 

A) Only 1 and 2 B) Only 1 and 4
C) Only 1 and 3 D) Only 2 and 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Only 1 and 4

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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.

 

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

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Q:

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

 

How many cows in a herd are black?

 

Statements:

 

1. There are in total 60 cows.

2. 40% of them are black.



A) Both statements taken together are sufficient to answer the question, but neither statement alone is sufficient B) Statement I alone is sufficient but statement 2 alone is not sufficient to answer the question.
C) Statements 1 and 2 together are not sufficient and additional data is needed to answer the question D) Statement 2 alone is sufficient but statement 1 alone is not sufficient to answer the question
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Both statements taken together are sufficient to answer the question, but neither statement alone is sufficient

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From the given alternative words, select the word which cannot be formed using the letters of the given word:

CHRONOLOGICAL

A) CALL B) LOGIC
C) CALICO D) ANALOGY
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) ANALOGY

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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.

 

A) Statement 1 alone is sufficient while statement 2 alone is insufficient B) Statement 2 alone is sufficient while statement 1 alone is insufficient
C) Both statement 1 and 2 are sufficient D) Neither statement 1 nor 2 is sufficient
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Both statement 1 and 2 are sufficient

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

 

How old is Mrinal?

 

Statements :

 

1. Mrinal's mother is 20 years older than him.

2. Mrinal's brother is 3 years younger than him.

 

A) Statement 2 alone is sufficient but statement 1 alone is not sufficient to answer the question B) Both statements taken together are sufficient to answer the question, but neither statement alone is sufficient
C) Statement 1 and 2 together are not sufficient and additional data is needed to answer the question D) Statement 1 alone is sufficient but statement 2 alone is not sufficient to answer the question
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Statement 1 and 2 together are not sufficient and additional data is needed to answer the question

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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.

 

A) Only 2 follows B) Neither 1 nor 2 follows
C) Both 1 and 2 follow D) Only 1 follows
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Both 1 and 2 follow

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