Verbal Reasoning - Logical Deduction Questions

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

Statements :

All Apples are leaves. Some leaves are lemons. No lemon is house.

Conclusions :

I. Some houses are Apples
II. Some lemons are Apples
III. No house is Apple

Statements followed by some conclusions are given below.

Statements :
1. Tea is green, Coffee is brown and Milk is white.
2. More than half of the town likes tea.
3. People who like white don't like green and some people who like brown don't like white.

Conclusions :
1. Green is more popular in the town.
2. There is at least one coffee drinker who does not like tea.

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

In the following question, some statements is followed by some conclusions, you have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with
commonly known facts and then decide which of the given logically follow. Choose that conclusion as the answer.

Statements:
Some roads are not good.
Some railways are good.
All airways are good.
Some roads are bad.

Conclusions:
I. At least some bad are good.
II. No bad is good.

Seven people A, B, C, D, E, F and G live on separate floors of a 7-floor building. Ground floor is numbered 1, first floor is numbered. 2 and so on until the topmost floor is numbered 7. Each one of these having a different cars-Cadillac, Ambassador, Fiat, Maruti, Mercedes, Bedford and Fargo but not necessarily in the same order. Only three people live above the floor on which A lives. Only one person lives between A and the one having a car Cadillac. F lives immediately below the one having a car Bedford. The one having a car Bedford lives on an even-numbered floor. Only three people live between the ones having a car Cadillac and Maruti. E lives immediately above C. E is not having a car Maruti. Only two people live between B and the one having a car Fargo. The one having a car Fargo lives below the floor on which B lives. The one having a car Fiat does not live immediately above D or immediately below B. D does not live immediately above or immediately below A. G does not have a car Ambassador.

Question :

 How many people live between the floors on which D and the one having a car Bedford ?

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

Statement :

This year in the budget section, there was no find allotment for travel insurance.

Assumptions :

1. Travel insurance requires funds.

2. There are many other areas that need more financial attentions.

"I would like to study the impact of pay revision on job satisfaction of employees." - A tells B

Assumptions:

1. Job epairing and painting of office building require funds

2. A has necessary competence to undertake such study

Read the following question and decide which of the given statements is/are sufficient.

What is the total number of illegal immigrants?

Statements :

1. 30% of the total illegal immigrants are from Bangladesh.

2. Remaining are from India.

Should cutting of trees be banned altogether?

Arguments:

I. Yes. It is very much necessary to do so to restore ecological balance.

II. No. A total ban would harm timber based industries.