Verbal Reasoning - Logical Deduction Questions

Consider the given question ans decide which of the following statements is sufficient to answer the question.

Which of these natural numbers X, Y, Z, U and V are even numbers?

Statements:
1. X, Y, Z, U and V are consecutive numbers.
2. Z is an odd number.

Consider the given question and decide which of the following statements is sufficient to answer the question.

What are the values of p, q and r?

Statements :

$$\begin{gathered} 1. p+q2 = 16 \\ 2. p - q = 4; r = 2p \end{gathered}$$

Consider the given statements to be true and decide which of the given conclusions can definitely be drawn from the given statements.

Statements :

Most lawyers are females. Some females are mothers.

Conclusions :

1. Some mothers are females.

2. Some lawyers are mothers.

A college council is auditioning students for a cultural festival. They must satisfy the following criteria -

1. Student must know at least one dance form.
2. Student must know to play at least one musical instrument.
3. Student must have good acting skills.

Which one of the following will the council definitely select?

 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 atvariance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions, if any, follows from the given statements.

Statement I: All hats are caps

Statement II: All headgears are hats

Conclusion I: No caps are headgears

Conclusion II: No headgears are caps

Consider the given statements to be true and decide which of the given conclusions can definitely be drawn from the statements.

Statements :

All sharks are fish. No fish is a snake.

Conclusions :

1. No snake is a shark.

2. No shark is a snake.

Consider the given question and decide which of the following statements is sufficient to answer the question?

How old was X on 15 January 2017?

Statements :

1. X is 50 years older than his brother Y.

2. Y is 20 years younger than his mother.

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 taps are nozzles

Statement II: Some valves are taps

Conclusion I: All nozzles are valves

Conclusion II: All valves are nozzles