Verbal Reasoning - Logical Deduction Questions

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

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

Given below is a statement followed by some conclusions. Decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements.

Statement : Good voice is a natural gift, but one has to keep practicing to improve and excel in the field of music.

Conclusions :
I. Natural gifts need nurturing and care.
II. By continuous practice, one can get a natural gift.

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

Statements :

No girl can jump. Some girls are swimmers.

Conclusions :

1. Male swimmers can jump.

2. Some swimmers can jump.

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

Statements :

All carpenters are workers. All workers are hardworking.

Conclusions :

1. All the hardworking people are workers.

2. All the carpenters are hardworking.

Consider the given argument and decide which of the given assumptions is/are implicit in the argument.

Argument :

Due of IT recession, many software engineers lost their job.

Assumptions :

1. IT sector jobs are not secure.

2. IT sector companies lay off software engineers quite often.

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

Statements :

Some teachers are rich.

All diabetics are rich.

Conclusions :

1. Some diabetics are teachers.

2. Some rich people are diabetic.

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: No steam are vapours

Statement II: All smoke are steam

Conclusion I: Some vapours are smoke

Conclusion II: No smoke are vapours