Verbal Reasoning - Logical Deduction Questions

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How many triangles are there in the given figure?

A) 18 B) 19
C) 20 D) 21
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 20

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Consider the given statement true and decide which of the given conclusion(s) logically follows(s) from the statement.

 

Statement :

Arise, awake and stop not until the goal is reached.

 

Conclusions:

 

1. A human being has to get out of his state of helplessness.

2. No individual is weak.

 

A) Neither conclusion 1 nor 2 follows B) Both conclusions 1 and 2 follow
C) Only conclusion 2 follows D) Only conclusion 1 follows
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Both conclusions 1 and 2 follow

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Consider the given statements to be true and decide which of the conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.

 

Statement :


No mango is an orange. No orange is an apple. Some mangoes are apples.

 

Conclusions :

1. No apple is a mango

2. No apple is an orange

3. Some oranges are mangoes

4. All apples are mangoes

 

A) Only conclusion 2 follows B) Only conclusion 1 follows
C) Only conclusion 2 and 3 follow D) Only conclusion 1 or 3 follow
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Only conclusion 2 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 genies are ogres

Statement II: No magic are genies

 

Conclusion I: Some ogres are magic

Conclusion II: All magic are ogres

 

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: D) Neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows

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Consider the given statements to be true and decide which of the suggested courses of action logically `follows(s) on the basis of the information given in the statements.

 

Statements :

The pollution and air quality in Delhi is beyond the acceptable level. This is due to industrial and automobile exhaustion.

 

Course of action :

1. Automobiles should be divided into groups to be run only on odd and even days, respectively.

2. The government should stop the registration of new factories and vehicles.

 

A) Only 2 follows B) Both 1 and 2 follow
C) Neither 1 nor 2 follows D) Only 1 follows
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Neither 1 nor 2 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: No creepers are vines

Statement II: No climbers are creepers

 

Conclusion I: All vines are climbers

Conclusion II: No climbers are vines

 

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: D) Neither conclusion I nor 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 beat variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions, if any, follows from the given statements.

 

Statement I: All pancakes are bread

 

Statement II: Some pizzas are pancakes

 

Conclusion I: No bread are pizzas

 

Conclusion II: Some pizzas are bread

 

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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Take the given statements to be true and decide which of the conclusions logically follows from the given statements.

 

Statement : Some ponds are lakes. Some lakes are rivers. Some rivers are seas.

 

Conclusions :

1. Some seas are lakes.

2. No sea is a lake.

 

A) Both 1 and 2 follows B) Either 1 or 2 follows
C) Only conclusion 1 follows D) Only conclusion 2 follows
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Either 1 or 2 follows

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