Verbal Reasoning - Logical Deduction Questions

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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 lighters are fire

Statement II: All matchboxes are lighters

 

Conclusion I: No fire are match boxes

Conclusion II: All matchboxes are fire

 

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

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Given is a statement followed by two assumptions numbered I and II. Consider the statement and the following assumptions and decide which of the assumptions is/are implicit in the statement.
Statement:
All the species of plants and animals are part of biodiversity and ecosystems and play major role in the overall health of the environment.
Assumptions:
I. Preserve or create a backyard habitat. Save as many native plants as you can when building or landscaping.
II. One of the major goals of sustainability is to preserve biodiversity. All life on Earth is connected through the flow of energy (planetary food web), and each time a species becomes endangered or lost to extinction, one more part of that energy flow is lost.

A) Neither assumption I nor II is implicit. B) Both assumptions I and II are implicit.
C) Only assumption I is implicit. D) Only assumption II is implicit.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Only assumption II is implicit.

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Each of the following series of statements is followed by four sets. Identify the set that is logically consistent.
(a) The gap between the average starting salaries of teachers and those of other professionals has shrunk in recent years.
(b) The average age of first year teachers is same as it was in 1975.
(c) Starting teachers are no longer underpaid.
(d) The extent of a persons formal education is a measure by which to determine his level of salary.
(e) Over the last few years, the average starting salaries of other professionals have increased by 20%

A) e,b,d B) e,d,b
C) a,c,b D) a,e,c
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) a,e,c

Explanation:

The statements  a,e,c  are logically sequenced.

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Given below is a statement followed by some conclusions. Decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements.

Statement : What is Guna's age?

Conclusions :
I. Guna, Vinay and Keshav are all of the same age.
II. Sum of ages of Vinay, Keshav and Arjun is 32 and also Arjun is as old as Vinay and Keshav together.

 

A) Neither 1 nor 2 needed B) Only conclusion 2 needed
C) Both 1 & 2 needed D) Only conclusion 1 needed
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Both 1 & 2 needed

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The district administration has issued a circular to all the farmers under its jurisdiction advising them for not using pesticides indiscriminately as it may pollute the ground water.

Which of the following can be assumed from the given statement?

A) People may stop using ground water if the farmers continue to use pesticides indiscriminately. B) The polluted ground water can cause health problems.
C) Farmers may refrain from using pesticides indiscriminately. D) People in the district are majorly dependent on ground water for drinking use.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Farmers may refrain from using pesticides indiscriminately.

Explanation:

(A), (B) and (D) are irrelevant as nothing is mentioned about them. The district administration has issued a circular to make the farmers aware of hazards that indiscriminate use of pesticides poses to ground water and plead them to refrain from the same. Hence (3) is an assumption in the given statement.

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Choose the word which is least like the other words in the group.

A) Tsangpo B) Hazaribagh
C) Kanha   D) Bandipur
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Tsangpo

Explanation:

All except Tsangpo are wildlife sanctuary.

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Read the following statements and the conclusions that follow. Decide which of the two conclusions follow from the given statements.


Statements:
• All swans are parrots.
• No parrot is a cuckoo.


Conclusions:
1. No swan is a cuckoo.
2. All parrots are swans.

A) Only conclusion 2 follows B) Only conclusion 1 follows
C) Either conclusion 1 or 2 follows D) Both conclusions 1 and 2 follow
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Only conclusion 1 follows

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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 : All drinks are food.
Statement 2 : No eatables are drinks.

Conclusion I : Some food are eatables.
Conclusion II : Some eatables are food.

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

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