Verbal Reasoning - Logical Deduction Questions

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A study of native born residents in Newland found that two-thirds of the children developed considerable levels of nearsightedness after starting school, while their illiterate parents and grandparents, who had no opportunity for formal schooling, showed no signs of this disability.

 

If the above statements are true, which of the following conclusions is most strongly supported by them?

A) Only people who have the opportunity for formal ...........schooling develop nearsightedness. B) The nearsightedness in the children is caused by the ...........visual stress required by reading and other class work.
C) Both A and B D) None
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The nearsightedness in the children is caused by the ...........visual stress required by reading and other class work.

Explanation:

Acording to the above stated passage only the argument " The nearsightedness in the children is caused by the ...........visual stress required by reading and other class work." will be true

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Statement : Let there be a signboard also indicating the directions and instructions.

Assumptions :
a) Signboard can be prepared without using any language.
b) Signboard is the only effective tool to indicate directions.

A) Both a and b are not sufficient B) Only a is sufficient
C) Only b is sufficient D) Both a and b are sufficient
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Both a and b are not sufficient

Explanation:

The statement doesn't give any clue to the use of language. Hence a is not implicit.
b is also not implicit because in the sentence 'only' indicates false meaning.

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Read the following puzzle carefully, answer the question asked below ?

Seven person K, L, M, N, O, P & Q likes seven colours. Yellow, White, Red, Orange, Blue, Gray and Black. They visit in different days starting from Monday to Sunday.

1) K visits one day after Thursday.

2) Only 4 people are in between K and L

3) The one who likes Red colour visits immediately after L.

4) Only one person visit between Red and Blue

5) The one who like white colour visit before one of days on which day M visits

6) The one who like white colour does not visit on Monday.

7) Only 1 person is in between N and O. N like Yellow.

8) There are same as many person in between K and Blue colour which are one less in between L and M.

9) Neither Q nor P likes Black.

10) Q does not visit on Saturday and does not like grey colour.

Question :

Who visits on Sunday and Tuesday and their favourite colors ?

A) P & M B) N & K
C) K & L D) P & Q
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) K & L

Explanation:

Monday          - N  - Yellow

Tuesday         - L  - White

Wednesday    - O  - Red

Thursday       - Q  - Orange

Friday           - M  - Blue

Saturday       - P  - Grey

Sunday         - K  - Black

From the above table,

K & L visits Sunday & Tuesday and their favourite colors are Black and white respectively.

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Q:

Should there be a ban on affiliation of student unions to political parties?

Arguments : 

I. Yes. The political parties take undue advantage of the student unions to fulfill their own selfish  interests.

II. No. Without the support of political parties student unions will not be able to survive.

A) If only argument I is strong B) If only argument II is strong
C) If neither I nor II is strong D) If both I and II are strong
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) If neither I nor II is strong

Explanation:

Simply saying that a thing can be abused is a simplistic argument. This applies to everything and is hence weak unless you specify the reason for abuse. Hence I is weak. II is weak because it is just not true.

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Draw the Judgement from the following passage ?

Mrs. Carson took a taxi to meet her three friends for lunch. They were waiting for her outside the restaurant when she pulled up in the car. She was so excited to see her friends that she left her tote bag in the taxi. As the taxi pulled away, she and her friends took notice of the license plate number so they would be able to identify the car when they called the taxi company. The four license plate numbers below represent what each of the four women thinks she saw.

Which one is most likely the license plate number of the taxi ?

A) JYK 12L B) JXK 12I
C) JXX 12L D) JXK 12L
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) JXK 12L

Explanation:

The four women seem to agree that the plate starts out with the letter J. Three of them agree that the plate ends with 12L. Three of them think that the second letter is X, and a different three think that the third letter is K. The plate description that has all of these common elements is D.

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The car dealer found that there was a tremendous response for the new XYZ's car-booking with long queues of people complaining about the duration of business hours and arrangements.

 

Courses of Action: 

 I. People should make their arrangement of lunch and snacks while going for car XYZ's booking and be ready to spend several hours.

II. Arrangement should be made for more booking desks and increased business hours to serve more people in less time.

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

Explanation:

Seeing the tremendous response, the dealer must make suitable arrangements and deploy more personnel to take care of customers so that they don't have to wait excessively long for booking. So, only course II follows.

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Although most of the fastest growing jobs in today's economy will require a college degree, many of the new jobs being created-from home health aide to desktop publisher-require knowledge other than that gained from earning a degree. For workers in those jobs, good basic skills in reading, communigreion, and mathematics play an important role in getting a job and developing a career. 

 

From the information given above it can be validly concluded that, in today's economy,

A) skills in reading, communigreion, and mathematics play an important role in developing a career as a desktop publisher B) the majority of the new jobs being created require knowledge other than that gained from earning a college degree
C) Both A and B D) None
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) skills in reading, communigreion, and mathematics play an important role in developing a career as a desktop publisher

Explanation:

According to the above passage only the argument "the majority of the new jobs being created require knowledge other than that gained from earning a college degree" is true

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Q:

Increasing levels of air pollution is creating health hazards for people living in the cities.

 

Courses of action:

I. All Industries should be shifted to the outskirts of the cities

II. Transport authorities should take steps for converting all public transport vehicles to run on CNG

A) If only course of action I follows B) If only course of action II follows
C) If either course of action I or II follows D) If both courses of action I and II follow
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) If both courses of action I and II follow

Explanation:
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