Verbal Reasoning - Logical Deduction Questions

Q:

An assertion (A) and a reason (R) are given below.

 

Assertion (A) : Mangoes are sweet when they are ripe.

Reason (R) : Mangoes are available mainly in summer in India.

 

Choose the correct option.

 

A) Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of A B) Both A and R are true, but R is correct explanation of A
C) A is true, but R is false D) A is false, but R is true
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Both A and R are true, but R is correct explanation of A

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Below are given statements followed by some conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with the commonly known facts.

Statements :
1) Some kids are clever.
2) Some kids are players.

Conclusions :
1. Some players are clever.
2. Some clever kids are players.

 

Decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(S) from the given statements.

 

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

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

 

Statements :


There is an increase in the price of essential commodities due to a strike by the transporters.

 

Conclusions :

 

1. Government should buy their own vehicles to transport the essential goods

2. Government should negotiate with transporters to withdraw the strike

 

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

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Below are given statements followed by some conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with the commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the given statements.

 

Statements :

A. Some fruits are vegetables

B. All vegetables are plants

 

Conclusions :

I. Some plants are vegetable

II. Some fruits are plants

 

A) Only conclusion I follows B) Only conclusion II follows
C) Both I and II follow D) Neither of them follows
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Both I and II follow

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There are three statements which are followed by four conclusions. Choose the conclusions which logically follow from the given statements.

 

Statements:

 

Some cups are pins.
Some pins are covers.
All the covers are pens.

 

Conclusions :

 

1) Some pens are pins

2) Some covers are cups

3) No cup is pin

4) Some pins are cups

 

 

A) Only 1 and 2 B) Only 2 and 4
C) Only 2 and 3 D) Only 1 and 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Only 1 and 4

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

 

Statements :

All dogs are cats. All cats are bats.

 

Conclusions :

 

1. All bats are cats.

2. All dogs are bats.

 

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

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An assertion(A) and a reason(R) are given below.

 

Assertion (A): Plants convert light energy into chemical energy during the process of photosynthesis.
Reason (R): Sugar produced from photosynthesis by plants is used by human beings as a source of energy.

 

Choose the correct option.

 

 

A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A B) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A
C) A is true, but R is false D) A is false, but R is true
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A

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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 statues are icons

Statement II: Some busts are statues

 

Conclusion I: No icons are busts

Conclusion II: All busts are icons

 

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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