Verbal Reasoning - Logical Deduction Questions

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Consider the given statement/s to be true and decide which of the given conclusions/assumptions can definitely be drawn from the given statement.

Statements: 1. Some principals are teachers.

2. All teachers are students.

Conclusions:

I. All principals are students.

II. Some students are principals.

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

Statement II: All notes are currency

 

Conclusion I: No coins are currency

Conclusion II: Some currency are coins

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: B) Only conclusion II follows

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In the following question, two statements are given each followed by two conclusions I and II. You have to consider the statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions, if any, follows from the given statements.

Statements:
(I) Some polynomials are linear equations.
(II) Some linear equations are quadratic.

Conclusion:
(I) Polynomials are quadratic.
(II) Linear equations are quadratic.

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

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In the following question, two statements are given each followed by two conclusions I and II. You have to consider the statements to be true even if they seem 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) Life is a journey with few known people, few partially known and mostly strangers.
(II) In a journey, the importance of destination is as equal as the pathway of reaching that destination.

 

Conclusions:
(I) Importance of people in life is considerable, as they are our journey mates.
(II) Life teaches us many lessons to face various known and unknown difficulties.

 

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

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Read the given statement(s) and conclusions carefully and select which of the conclusions logically follow(s) from the statement.
 
Statement:
"Kirti played a very good shot on the pitch," says a friend to Sajit.
 
Conclusions:
I. Sajit likes cricket.
II. Kirti is a good player.

A) Conclusion I alone follows B) Conclusion II alone follows
C) Neither I nor II follows D) Both the conclusions follow
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Conclusion II alone follows

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In the following question, two statements are given each followed by two conclusions I and II. You have to consider the statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions, if any, follows from the given statements.


Statements:
(I) Some notes are coins.
(II) No coin is a card.


Conclusion:
(I) All cards can be notes.
(II) Some notes are neither coins nor cards.

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

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Consider the given statement/s to be true and decide which of the given conclusions/assumptions can definitely be drawn from the given statement.
Statement: To achieve economic development, people should work hard.
Conclusions: I: Economic development is directly related to people's hardwork.
II: Working hard by all the people is impossible

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

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In the following question, two statements are given each followed by two conclusions I and II. You have to consider the statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions, if any, follows from the given statements.

Statements:
(I) All shawls are carpets.
(II) No carpet is a pullover.

Conclusion:
(I) No shawls are pullovers.
(II) All carpets are shawls.

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

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