Verbal Reasoning - Logical Deduction Questions

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

 

Does the children's ability to grasp ideas in school depend on their intelligence?

 

Statements :


1. Intelligence is unaffected by bad teaching


2. Poor children do not perform well in the school

 

A) statements 1 alone is sufficient while statements 2 alone is insufficient B) neither 1 or 2 is sufficient
C) both 1 and 2 are sufficient D) statement 2 alone is sufficient while statement 1 alone is insufficient
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) statement 2 alone is sufficient while statement 1 alone is insufficient

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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 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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Below are given statements followed by two conclusions I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts.

 

Statements :

 

All birds are trees.

All trees are papers.

Some papers are books.

 

Conclusions :

 

I. All birds are papers.

II. Some birds are books.

 

Decide which of the below options logically follows the given conclusions.

 

A) Both conclusion I or II follows B) Neither conclusion I nor II follows
C) Only conclusion I follows D) Only conclusion II follows
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Only conclusion I follows

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

 

Five people P, Q, R, S and T, are standing in a line, who is in the middle?

 

Statements:

 

1. Q is to the left of T.

2. S is in between P and T.

 

A) 2 alone is sufficient while 1 alone is not sufficient to answer the given question B) 1 alone is sufficient while 2 alone is not sufficient to answer the given question
C) Neither 1 nor 2 is sufficient to answer the given question D) Both 1 and 2 are sufficient to answer the given question
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Neither 1 nor 2 is sufficient to answer the given question

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A series is given with one term missing. Select the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.

AFGH, BHJL, CJMP, DLPT, ?

A) FMTY B) FMSX
C) ENSX D) YNSZ
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) ENSX

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Consider the given statement to be true even if they seem to be at variance with the commonly known facts and decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given given statement.

 

Statement :

 

Some spoons are glasses. All the plates are glasses.

 

Conclusions :

 

1. Some glasses are plates

2. Some glasses are spoons

 

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

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

Which of the natural numbers A, B, C, D and E are odd numbers?

Statements :
1. A, B, C, D and E are natural numbers.
2. B is a prime number.

 

A) 2 alone is sufficient while 1 alone is not sufficient to answer the given question. B) Both 1 and 2 are sufficient to answer the given question.
C) 1 alone is sufficient while 2 alone is not sufficient to answer the given question. D) Neither 1 nor 2 is sufficient to answer the given question.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Neither 1 nor 2 is sufficient to answer the given question.

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