Verbal Reasoning - Logical Deduction Questions

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

Five people P, Q, R, S and T, are standing in a line, who is in the middle?

Statements:

1. Q is to the left of T.

2. S is in between P and T.

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.

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

CHRONOLOGICAL

School W in a village, provides education from nursery to standard 4. In the same village, School B and school K provide education from standard 5 to 10. School F, which is in a nearby town, provides higher secondary education, that is, standard 11th and 12th only. The village has only three schools. Parents in the village have requested for more schools to the local panchayat.

Which conclusion follows the given statements?

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.

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

Statement :

Some bugs are birds. All the birds are fruits.

Conclusions :

1. All the fruits are birds.
2. Some of the bugs are fruits.

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.

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 I: No taps are nozzles

Statement II: Some valves are taps

Conclusion I: All nozzles are valves

Conclusion II: All valves are nozzles