Verbal Reasoning - Logical Deduction Questions

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.

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 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.

A college council is auditioning students for a cultural festival. They must satisfy the following criteria -

1. Student must know at least one dance form.
2. Student must know to play at least one musical instrument.
3. Student must have good acting skills.

Which one of the following will the council definitely select?

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.

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 shoes are boots

Statement II: No sneakers are shoes

Conclusion I: Some boots are sneakers

Conclusion II: All sneakers are boots

Consider the given statement and decide which of the given assumptions is/are implicit in the statement.

Statement :

Mr. X said to Mr. Y, "I want to become a doctor because I want to serve the mankind".

Assumptions :

1. Mr. X is lying to Mr. Y.

2. Mr. Y knows that Mr. X is lying.

Consider the given statements to be true and decide which of the given conclusions can definitely be drawn from the given statements.

Statements :

Most lawyers are females. Some females are mothers.

Conclusions :

1. Some mothers are females.

2. Some lawyers are mothers.