Verbal Reasoning - Logical Deduction Questions

Decide which of the conclusions logically follow(s) from the information given in the statement.

Statement :

People are often seen selling things on the footpath in busy market areas.

Conclusions :

1. Take help of police to clear the footpath from these vendors.

2. Some place should be allotted to these vendors to sell their goods without blocking the footpath

An Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are given below.

Assertion (A) : Leakages in household gas cylinders can be detected.

Reason (R) : LPG has a strong smell.

Choose the correct option.

Duty free technology parks where foreign firms can manufacture electronic hardware components are proposed to be established at various places in the country.

Courses of Action:

I. Government should immediately implement the proposal to augment the foreign currency reserve by exporting the products.

II. Government should not implement the proposal as it will hinder indigenous production of hardware components.

Directions:

Four friends Raghu, Rajesh, Ramesh and Ravi complete their Graduation in different number of years. The one who took maximum time took eight years to complete his Graduation while the one who took least time took only three years to complete it.Ravi took more time only than Raghu and completed his Graduation in five years. Ramesh did not take longer time
than Rajesh to complete his Graduation.

Question:

Who took more years to complete his graduation among all ?

The office building needs repairing just as urgently as it needs internal as well as external painting

Assumptions:

1. Efficiency of people working in the office cannot be improved unless office building is reapaire

2. Repairing and painting of office building require funds

Which of the following statement is sufficient to answer the question?

Find the age of the mother from the given statements.

Statements :

I. Mother's age is 10 years more than her son

II. Sons age is 24 years more than daughter

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 : No squares are rectangles.
Statement 2 : All rectangles are triangles.

Conclusion I : Some triangles are squares.
Conclusion II : Some triangles are rectangles.

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

Statement :

To cultivate interest in debate the school has made it compulsory from December, 2015 for each student to attend two debate classes per week and submit a weekly report on the debates discussed.

Conclusions :

I. Interest in debating can be created by force.

II. Some students eventually will develop interest in debating.