Verbal Reasoning - Logical Deduction Questions

Read the following statements and answer the question given below.

U.S. fraternity and sorority members who drink heavily while in school don’t tend to drink after graduation, according to a recent study in Psychology of Addictive Behaviours.

Which of the following would be a logical extension of the above passage?

Take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts.

Statements :

A : All mothers are aunts.
B : All aunts are ladies.

Conclusions:

1. All ladies are mothers.
2. All ladies are aunts.

I.  Apartments in the Riverdale Manor cost less than apartments in The Gaslight Commons.

II. Apartments in the Livingston Gate cost more than apartments in the The Gaslight Commons.

III.Of the three apartment buildings, the Livingston Gate costs the most.

If the first two statements are true, the third statement is

"If it does not rain throughout this month ,most farmers would be in trouble this year"

Assumptions:

1. Timely rain is essential for farming

2. Most farmers are generally dependent on rains

If he is intelligent,he will pass the examination

Assumptions:

1. To Pass,he must be intelligent

2. He will pass the examination

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

Statements :

The healthcare system has expanded in terms of number of hospitals. But the fact is that most of them are not well equipped and unable to make significant progress in the field of patient care.

Conclusions :

I. We should provide good doctors and equipment to existing hospitals now onwards.

II. Now, it is not necessary to open any new hospitals.

Retired persons should not be appointed for the posts in organisations

Assumptions:

1. Retried persons may lack zeal and commitment to carry out executive's work

2. Retried persons do not take intrest in the work and welfare of new organisations

Read the staement and select a conclusion out of the given alternatives.

Statement :

Movies convince viewers that the likelihood of their becoming the victim of a violent crime is extremely high; at the same time by their very nature, movies persuade viewers to passively accept whatever happens to them.