Verbal Reasoning - Logical Deduction Questions

Read the following question and decide which of the given arguments is/are strong.

Question : Should CBSE introduce the retention system till Class 10?

Argument 1 : The foundations laid in lower classes are important for higher education.

Argument 2 : It is boring for a student to repeat the same class again.

In the following question, two statements are given each followed by two conclusions I and II. You have to consider the statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions, if any, follows from the given statements.

Statements:
(I) Some white is black.
(II) No black is green.

Conclusion:
(I) Some white is green.
(II) Some white is not green.

Select the related letters from the given alternatives.

HIJ : OPQ :: STU : ?

In the following questions are to be based on the details given below.

A salesman visits 274 houses in a town to find out the views about three products X, Y and Z. He found that 157 use X, 98 use only X, 22 use all the three, 14 use X and Z but not Y, 39 use Y and Z, 48 use only Y.

Which product is the most popular one?

In the following questions are to be based on the details given below.

A salesman visits 274 houses in a town to find out the views about three products X, Y and Z. He found that 157 use X, 98 use only X, 22 use all the three, 14 use X and Z but not Y, 39 use Y and Z, 48 use only Y.

How many use product Z only?

Read the given statements carefully and answer the question.

The main reasons for vehicles crawling on city roads during peak hours are increasing number of private vehicles and double parking which is a very common sight. A survey reveals that vehicles move on an average at 20 kmph during peak hours.

Which of the following is true according to the given statement?

Statement: Air export volumes have increased substantially over the past decade causing backlogs and difficulties for air cargo agents because of increased demand for space and service.
Courses of action:
a. Airlines and air cargo agents should jointly work out a solution to combat the problem.
b. The reasons for the increase in the volume of air exports should be found out.

Rajeev works in the security section of a bank. Everybody in the company is either an IT person or a finance person or both. The assignment that rambo is currently working on has five people from finance and three people from IT,including him. Of the 26 finance people in his department, a total of 16 are in his section. Of the 18 IT people in his department, 10 are not in Rajeev section. There is nobody in Rajeev section who is both a finance person and an IT person. Fifteen people in his department do not belong to his section.

Questions :

1)How many IT people are there in Rajeev's department who are not a finance person and are not in Rajeev's section ?

A)1      B)3      C)5     D)8

2)what number finance people in Rajeev's department are not in his section?

A)26    B)10    C)21   D)16