Logical Reasoning Test (Random Questions)

Logical Reasoning Test (Random Questions) - Logical Reasoning

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Total number of questions : 20.
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Direction (for Q.No. 1):

In each of the following questions, two statements are given followed by three or four conclusions numbered I, II, III and IV. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from the commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements: Some houses are offices. Some offices are schools.

Conclusions:

Some schools are houses.

Some offices are houses.

No house is school.

Some schools are offices.

	A.	Only II and III follow
	B.	Only I and IV follow
	C.	Only either III or IV, and I follow
	D.	Only II and IV and either I or III follow.

Your Answer: Option

Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Since both the premises are particular, no definite conclusion follows. However, I and III involve only the extreme terms and form a complementary pair. So, either I or III follows. II is the converse of the first premise while IV is the converse of the second premise. Thus, both of them hold.

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Direction (for Q.No. 2):

In each series, look for the degree and direction of change between the numbers. In other words, do the numbers increase or decrease, and by how much

Look at this series: 5.2, 4.8, 4.4, 4, ... What number should come next?

	A.	3
	B.	3.3
	C.	3.5
	D.	3.6

Your Answer: Option

Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:

In this simple subtraction series, each number decreases by 0.4.

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Direction (for Q.No. 3):

In each question below is given a statement followed by two courses of action numbered I and II. You have to assume everything in the statement to be true and on the basis of the information given in the statement, decide which of the suggested courses of action logically follow(s) for pursuing.

Give answer

(A) If only I follows
(B) If only II follows
(C) If either I or II follows
(D) If neither I nor II follows
(E) If both I and II follow.

Statement: Four districts in State A have been experiencing severe drought for the last three years resulting into exodus of people from these districts.

Courses of Action:

The government should immediately start food for work programme in the district to put a halt to the exodus.

The government should make since efforts to provide drinking/potable water to these districts

Your Answer: Option

Correct Answer: Option E

Explanation:

The exodus can be stopped by providing the people conditions conducive to living. So, both the courses follow.

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Direction (for Q.No. 4):

In each of the following questions, two statements numbered I and II are given. There may be cause and effect relationship between the two statements. These two statements may be the effect of the same cause or independent causes. These statements may be independent causes without having any relationship. Read both the statements in each question and mark your answer as

(A) If statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect;
(B) If statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect;
(C) If both the statements I and II are independent causes;
(D) If both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes; and
(E) If both the statements I and II are effects of some common cause.

All the schools in the area had to be kept closed for most part of the week.
Many parents have withdrawn their children from the local schools.

	A.	Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect
	B.	Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect
	C.	Both the statements I and II are independent causes
	D.	Both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes
	E.	Both the statements I and II are effects of some common cause

Your Answer: Option

Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Closing the schools for a week and the parents withdrawing their wards from the local schools are independent issues, which must have been triggered by different individual causes.

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Direction (for Q.No. 5):

A good way to approach this type of question is to use the following sentence: "A ______ could not exist without ______.". Find the word that names a necessary part of the underlined word.

town

	A.	residents
	B.	skyscrapers
	C.	parks
	D.	libraries

Your Answer: Option

Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Residents must be present in order to have a town. A town may be too small to have skyscrapers (choice b). A town may or may not have parks (choice c) and libraries (choice d), so they are not the essential elements

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Direction (for Q.No. 6):

In each question below is given a statement followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to assume everything in the statement to be true, then consider the two conclusions together and decide which of them logically follows beyond a reasonable doubt from the information given in the statement.

Give answer:

(A) If only conclusion I follows
(B) If only conclusion II follows
(C) If either I or II follows
(D) If neither I nor II follows and
(E) If both I and II follow.

Statements: The manager humiliated Sachin in the presence of his colleagues.

Conclusions:

The manager did not like Sachin.
Sachin was not popular with his colleagues.

	A.	Only conclusion I follows
	B.	Only conclusion II follows
	C.	Either I or II follows
	D.	Neither I nor II follows
	E.	Both I and II follow

Your Answer: Option

Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:

The manager might have humiliated Sachin not because of his dislike but on account of certain negligence or mistake on his part. So, I does not follow. Also, nothing about Sachin's rapport with his colleagues can be deduced from the statement. So, II also does not follow.

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Direction (for Q.No. 7):

In each question below is given a statement followed by two assumptions numbered I and II. You have to consider the statement and the following assumptions and decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement.

Give answer

(A) If only assumption I is implicit
(B) If only assumption II is implicit
(C) If either I or II is implicit
(D) If neither I nor II is implicit
(E) If both I and II are implicit.

Statement: Because of the large number of potholes in road X, reaching airport in time has become difficult.

Assumptions:

Reaching airport in time may not be always necessary.
There is no other convenient road to the airport.

	A.	Only assumption I is implicit
	B.	Only assumption II is implicit
	C.	Either I or II is implicit
	D.	Neither I nor II is implicit
	E.	Both I and II are implicit

Your Answer: Option

Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The statement presents the issue of 'not reaching airport in time' as a problem. This means that reaching airport in time is necessary. So, I is not implicit. Besides, it is mentioned that reaching airport in time has become difficult due to large number of potholes in road X. This implies that road X is the only possible way. So, II is implicit.

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Direction (for Q.No. 8):

Each question given below consists of a statement, followed by two arguments numbered I and II. You have to decide which of the arguments is a 'strong' argument and which is a 'weak' argument.

Give answer:

(A) If only argument I is strong
(B) If only argument II is strong
(C) If either I or II is strong
(D) If neither I nor II is strong and
(E) If both I and II are strong.

Statement: Should children be legally made responsible to take care of their parents during their old age?

Arguments:

Yes. Such matter can only be solved by legal means.
Yes. Only this will bring some relief to poor parents.

	A.	Only argument I is strong
	B.	Only argument II is strong
	C.	Either I or II is strong
	D.	Neither I nor II is strong
	E.	Both I and II are strong

Your Answer: Option

Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Taking care of the parents is a moral duty of the children and cannot be thrust upon them legally, nor such a compulsion can ensure good care of the old people. So, none of the arguments holds strong.

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Direction (for Q.No. 9):

In each of the following questions, three statements are given followed by four conclusions numbered I, II, III and TV. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements: All benches are desks. Some desks are roads. All roads are pillars.

Conclusions:

Some pillars are benches.

Some pillars are desks.

Some roads are benches.

No pillar is bench.

	A.	None follows B. C. D. E.
	B.	Only either I or IV, and III follow
	C.	Only either I or IV follows
	D.	Only either I or IV, and II follow
	E.	All follow

Your Answer: Option

Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:

All benches are desks. Some desks are roads.

Since the middle term 'desks' is not distributed even once in the premises, no definite conclusion follows.

Some desks are roads. All roads are pillars.

Since one premise is particular, the conclusion must be particular and should not contain the middle term. So, it follows that 'Some desks are pillars'. II is the converse of this conclusion and so it holds.

All benches are desks. Some desks are pillars.

Since the middle term 'desks' is not distributed even once in the premises, no definite conclusion follows. However, I and IV involve the extreme terms and form a complementary pair. So, either I or IV follows.

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Direction (for Q.No. 10):

Read each definition and all four choices carefully, and find the answer that provides the best example of the given definition.

10.

Reentry occurs when a person leaves his or her social system for a period of time and then returns. Which situation below best describes Reentry ?

	A.	When he is offered a better paying position, Jacob leaves the restaurant he manages to manage a new restaurant on the other side of town.
	B.	Catherine is spending her junior year of college studying abroad in France.
	C.	Malcolm is readjusting to civilian life after two years of overseas military service.
	D.	After several miserable months, Sharon decides that she can no longer share an apartment with her roommate Hilary.

Your Answer: Option

Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Malcolm is the only person returning to a social system that he has been away from for an extended period of time.

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Direction (for Q.No. 11):

Each of the following questions contains a small paragraph followed by a question on it. Read each paragraph carefully and answer the question given below it.

11.

The virtue of art does not allow the work to be interfered with or immediately ruled by anything other than itself. It insists that it alone shall touch the work in order to bring it into being. Art requires that nothing shall attain the work except through art itself.

This passage best supports the statement that:

	A.	art is governed by external rules and conditions.
	B.	art is for the sake of art and life.
	C.	art is for the sake of art alone.
	D.	artist realises his dreams through his artistic creation.
	E.	artist should use his art for the sake of society.

Your Answer: Option

Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:

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Direction (for Q.No. 12):

In each question below are given two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read the conclusion and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.

Give answer:

(A) If only conclusion I follows
(B) If only conclusion II follows
(C) If either I or II follows
(D) If neither I nor II follows and
(E) If both I and II follow.

12.

Statements: All good athletes win. All good athletes eat well.

Conclusions:

1.All those who eat well are good athletes.

2.All those who win eat well.

	A.	Only conclusion I follows
	B.	Only conclusion II follows
	C.	Either I or II follows
	D.	Neither I nor II follows
	E.	Both I and II follow

Your Answer: Option

Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Since the middle term 'good athletes' is distributed twice in the premises, the conclusion must be particular and should not contain the middle term. So it follows that 'Some of those who win, eat well'.

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Direction (for Q.No. 13):

13.

Statements: All myths are fiction. No fiction is novel. All novels are stories.

Conclusions:

No myth is novel.

Some fictions are novels.

Some fictions are myths.

Some myths are novels.

	A.	Only either I or II and both III and IV follow
	B.	Only either I or IV and II follow
	C.	Only either I or IV and both II and III follow
	D.	All follow
	E.	None of these

Your Answer: Option

Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:

III is the converse of first premise and so it holds.

All myths are fictions. No fiction is novel.

Since both the premises are universal and one premise is negative, the conclusion must be universal negative and should not contain the middle term. So, it follows that 'No myth is novel'. Thus, I follows.

No fiction is novel. All novels are stories.

Since the middle term 'novels' is distributed twice in the premises, the conclusion must be particular. Since one premise is negative, the conclusion must be negative.

So, it follows that 'Some stories are not fictions'.

Hence, only I and III follow.

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Direction (for Q.No. 14):

Read each definition and all four choices carefully, and find the answer that provides the best example of the given definition.

14.

Establishing a Power of Attorney occurs when a legal document is created that gives one individual the authority to act for another. Which situation below is the best example of Establishing a Power of Attorney?

	A.	Louise is selling her house and she hires a lawyer to review the contract.
	B.	Simone's mother can no longer get to the bank to cash her checks and make deposits, so she has taken legal steps to enable Simone to do these things for her.
	C.	Jack's father is elderly and Jack thinks he is no longer able to make decisions for himself.
	D.	At her daughter's urging, Mrs.Lenox opens up a retirement account with the local bank.

Your Answer: Option

Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Simone's mother has taken legal steps to allow another person to act on her behalf. Therefore, this is the only choice that indicates that a power of attorney has been established.

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Direction (for Q.No. 15):

Give answer

(A) If only assumption I is implicit
(B) If only assumption II is implicit
(C) If either I or II is implicit
(D) If neither I nor II is implicit
(E) If both I and II are implicit.

15.

Statement: Greater public participation results in good civic governance. - Statement of Municipal Commissioner of City A.

Assumptions:

The municipal office is not competent to effect good civic administration.
Good civic governance is a matter of collective will and effort of the people and administration.

	A.	Only assumption I is implicit
	B.	Only assumption II is implicit
	C.	Either I or II is implicit
	D.	Neither I nor II is implicit
	E.	Both I and II are implicit

Your Answer: Option

Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The statement stresses on the fact that though civic governance is the task of the municipal body, but all the tasks done come out to be more fruitful if the general public lends a helping hand in the same. So, only II is implicit.

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Direction (for Q.No. 16):

Give answer

(A) If only assumption I is implicit
(B) If only assumption II is implicit
(C) If either I or II is implicit
(D) If neither I nor II is implicit
(E) If both I and II are implicit.

16.

Statement: 'Double your money in five months.' - An advertisement.

Assumptions:

The assurance is not genuine.
People want their money to grow.

	A.	Only assumption I is implicit
	B.	Only assumption II is implicit
	C.	Either I or II is implicit
	D.	Neither I nor II is implicit
	E.	Both I and II are implicit

Your Answer: Option

Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The truth or falsity of the promise made in the statement cannot be judged. So, I is not implicit. Since the concerned firm advertises with the assurance that money can be doubled quickly by investing with it, so II is implicit.

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Direction (for Q.No. 17):

Each question has an underlined word followed by four answer choices. You will choose the word that is a necessary part of the underlined word.

17.

swimming

	A.	pool
	B.	bathing suit
	C.	water
	D.	life jacket

Your Answer: Option

Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Water is essential for swimming-without water, there is no swimming. The other choices are things that may or may not be present.

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Direction (for Q.No. 18):

Each problem consists of three statements. Based on the first two statements, the third statement may be true, false, or uncertain.

18.

Cloudy days tend to be more windy than sunny days.
Foggy days tend to be less windy than cloudy days.
Sunny days tend to be less windy than foggy days.
If the first two statements are true, the third statement is

	A.	true
	B.	false
	C.	uncertain

Your Answer: Option

Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Cloudy days are the most windy, but there is not enough information to compare the wind on the foggy days with the wind on the sunny days.

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Direction (for Q.No. 19):

Each question given below consists of a statement, followed by two arguments numbered I and II. You have to decide which of the arguments is a 'strong' argument and which is a 'weak' argument.

Give answer:

(A) If only argument I is strong
(B) If only argument II is strong
(C) If either I or II is strong
(D) If neither I nor II is strong and
(E) If both I and II are strong.

19.

Statement: Should school education be made free in India?

Arguments:

Yes. This is the only way to improve the level of literacy.
No. It would add to the already heavy burden on the exchequer.

	A.	Only argument I is strong
	B.	Only argument II is strong
	C.	Either I or II is strong
	D.	Neither I nor II is strong
	E.	Both I and II are strong

Your Answer: Option

Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Making education free for all is not the only means to ensure literacy. An awareness needs to be aroused for this. So, argument I is vague. Also, such a step would require immense funds and lead to financial drain. So, argument II holds.

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Direction (for Q.No. 20):

20.

Statements: All buildings are windows. No toys are building. Some tigers are toys.

Conclusions:

Some tigers are buildings.

Some windows are tigers.

All toys are tigers.

Some windows are toys.

Your Answer: Option

Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:

No toy is building. All buildings are windows.

Since the middle term 'buildings' is distributed twice and one premise is negative, the conclusion must be particular negative and should not contain the middle term.

So, it follows that 'Some windows are not toys'.

Some tigers are toys. No toy is building.

Since one premise is particular and the other premise is negative, the conclusion must be particular negative and should not contain the middle term. So, it follows that 'Some tigers are not buildings'.

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