Verbal Reasoning - Logical Deduction Questions

Manish completes a work in 20 days. After 8 days Sriram joined the work. In how many days will the work be completed  ?

Statements :

I. Sriram takes twice the time than Manish to complete the work.
II. Sriram completes half the work in 15 days.

Consider the given statement and decide which of the following argument (s) is/are strong.

Statement : Should CBDT abolish income tax in India?

Argument 1: Yes, it is an unnecessary burden on the wage earners in India.

Argument 2: No, it is a good source of revenue for Indian Government.

The press should not be afraid of upholding and supporting a just and righteous cause. It should not be afraid of criticising the government in a healthy manner. The press has to be eternally vigilant to protect the rights of the workers, backward and suppressed sections of the society. It should also give a balanced view of the things so that people can be helped in the formation of a healthy public opinion. 

The passage best supports the statement that

Cause : A severe cyclonic storm swept away most part of the state during the last two days.

Which of the following cannot be a possible effect of the above cause?

Statement: It is estimated that about twenty lakh people will visit the city during the ensuing festival.
Courses of action:
a. The civic authority should monitor the crowd and restrict entry of the people beyond a manageable number.
b. The local police authority should be put on high alert to maintain law and order during the festival.
c. All the hospitals in the city should be put on high alert in case of any eventuality.

Statement: There is a substantial increase in the number of accidents causing deaths and severe injuries due to malfunctioning of the traffic signals.
Course of action:
a. The traffic police should immediately post traffic personnel at the junctions.
b. The signal system should immediately be repaired or replaced.

It is necessary to adopt suitable measures to prevent repetition of bad debts by learning from the past experiences of mounting non-performing assets of banks.

Courses of Action:

I. Before granting loan to customers their eligibility for loan should be evaluated strictly.

II.To ensure the payment of instalments of loan, the work, for which loan was granted, should be supervised minutely on regular basis.

A group of six cousins are sitting around a hexagonal table, each one at one corner of the hexagon. (facing the centre inside) Raju is sitting opposite to Rohan. Sweety is sitting next to Navya. Aadya is sitting opposite to Navya, but not next to Kalyan. Karthik has a person sitting between Rohan and himself. If Sweety sits to the right of Karthik, then who is sitting to the left of Karthik ?