Verbal Reasoning - Logical Deduction Questions

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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 rings are bangles

Statement II: All gold are rings

 

Conclusion I: No bangles are gold

Conclusion II: Some rings are gold

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: C) Both conclusions I and II follow

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A : Many girls started talking part in beauty contest in several towns in india

B : Indian girls succeeded in capturing all the titles of beauty contests. i.e Miss World, Miss Universe and Miss Asia

A) If 'A' is the effect and 'B' is its immediate and principal cause. B) If 'A' is the immediate and principal cause and 'B' is its effect
C) If 'A' is an effect but 'B' is not its immediate and principal cause D) If 'B' is an effect but 'A' is not its immediate and principal cause
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) If 'A' is an effect but 'B' is not its immediate and principal cause

Explanation:

There would be no suhch speculation on the part of the Australian caption if his team were not visiting india in the first place. So the latter is a cause.But the immediate cause of the warning is the speculation

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Consider the given statement and decide which of the following argument (s) is/are strong.

 

Statement : Should CBDT abolish income tax in India?

 

Argument 1: Yes, it is an unnecessary burden on the wage earners in India.

 

Argument 2: No, it is a good source of revenue for Indian Government.

 

A) Only argument 1 is strong B) Both arguments 1 and 2 are strong
C) Neither argument 1 nor 2 is strong D) Only argument 2 is strong
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Only argument 2 is strong

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Jio is a big shot at reducing the cost of Internet access in India. The U.S., despite being the richest country in the world, lags far behind in terms of cost and penetration of Internet access. Cheap access to the Internet is an important step in bridging the access gap – access to good education, good healthcare, etc. But the market reaction to Jio is similar to the U.S. market’s reaction to firms announcing their intention to diversify.

(A) The final group of losers is the current shareholders of RIL. On announcement of Jio, the stock price of RIL fell.

(B) It shows that the market’s short-term reaction is usually proven correct in the long-run.

(C) On losing end, the first groups of losers are the shareholders of other telecom companies.

(D) The large amount of revenue the Government of India gets from auctioning off the nation’s natural resources is not necessarily a good thing because the Government does not have a stellar track record when it comes to spending the money. A large fraction of Government spending is wasted.

(E) The second loser is the Government of India. The big money the Indian Government was raking in selling cellular bandwidth was actually coming from the pockets of the cellular consumers. 

(F) The first obvious winners of this scheme are customers.

(G) The second winner is Mr. Ambani; he can potentially make a lasting impact as the man who brought Internet to millions of Indians.

 

Question:

Which of the following supports the decision of other companies opposing Reliance JIO Scheme?

A) Only A B) Both A & B
C) Only C D) Both C & E
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Both C & E

Explanation:

As the arguments C and E states that other companies are on the losing end with this scheme, it is the only appropriate answer to this question.

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Statement: If the retired professors of the same institutes are also invited to deliberate on restructuring of the organization, their contribution may be beneficial to the institute.

Course of action:
a) Management may seek option of the employees before calling retired professors.
b) Management should involve experienced people for the systematic restructuring of the organization.

A) Only a follows B) Neither a nor b follows
C) Both a & b follows D) Only b follows
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Only b follows

Explanation:

Valuable suggestion from the retired professors will be helpful for restructuring of an organisation. Hence, management should involve such experienced people. Seeking permission from the employees is not the right course of action.

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Here are some words translated from an artificial language.

briftamint means 'militant'
uftonel means 'occupied'
uftonalene means 'occupation'

Which word could mean "Occupant"?

A) elamint B) briftalene
C) uftonamint D) elbrifta
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) uftonamint

Explanation:

Brift means the root word mili; the suffix amint means the same as the English suffix –tant; the root word ufton– means occupy; el means the suffix –ied of occupied; and alene means the suffix –tion. (Because ufton means occupy, choices a, b, and d can be easily ruled out.)

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Statement: Huge amount of resources are required to develop tourist places in a country like India, which is endowed with vast coastlines, rivers, forests, temples etc.
Courses of action:
a. More tourist resorts along the coastlines only should be started.
b. The tourist potential of India should be exploited.

A) Only b follows B) Only a follows
C) Both a & b follows D) Neither a nor b follows
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Only b follows

Explanation:

As in the given statement, India is already endowed with tourist spots. Therefore, the existing potential should be exploited.

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Choose the option which indicates a valid argument containing logically related statements that is, where the third statement is a conclusion drawn from the preceding two statements.

A. Some straight forward things are people 

B. All Perennial things are cats

C. Only cats are Perennial

D. All Perennial things are People

E. Some Straight forward things are cats

F. Some Straight forward things are Perennial

A) BCA B) CFD
C) DFA D) EAB
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) DFA

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