Verbal Reasoning - Logical Deduction Questions

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

Statement:

No dog is a cat.

Some cats are rats.

All rats are pigs.

Conclusions:

1. All dogs are rats

2. All pigs are rats

3. Some pigs are cats

4. No pig is a dog

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) Sohan is a good sportsman.
(II) Sportsmen are healthy.

Conclusion:
(I) All healthy people are sportsmen. men.
(II) Sohan is healthy.

Given is a statement followed by two assumptions numbered I and II. Consider the statement and the following assumptions and decide which of the assumptions is/are implicit in the statement.
Statement:
All the species of plants and animals are part of biodiversity and ecosystems and play major role in the overall health of the environment.
Assumptions:
I. Preserve or create a backyard habitat. Save as many native plants as you can when building or landscaping.
II. One of the major goals of sustainability is to preserve biodiversity. All life on Earth is connected through the flow of energy (planetary food web), and each time a species becomes endangered or lost to extinction, one more part of that energy flow is lost.

Consider the statement and assumptions that follow. Which of these assumptions is/are implicit in the statement

Statement: “Clearly, the judiciary cannot provide all answers. But it seems the public, weary of an inactive Executive, is turning to the Supreme Court as a last resort”---an article.

Assumption:

(i) The Supreme Court is above the Executive.

(ii)The Supreme Court is more active than the Executive.

(iii)The Executive does not have sufficient powers.

In each questions statement are given followed by two conclusions, Read all the conclusions and decide which of the given conclusion follow the given statements.

Statements:
No chair is table.
All chair is bench.
Some chair is box.

Conclusions:
I. No table is box
II. Some bench are box

Read the following statements and the conclusions that follow. Decide which of the two conclusions follow from the given statements.

Statements:
• All swans are parrots.
• No parrot is a cuckoo.

Conclusions:
1. No swan is a cuckoo.
2. All parrots are swans.

In each of the following question below are given some statements followed by some conclusions. Taking the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts, read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusion logically follows the given statements.

Statements:
I. Some boys are hardworking.
II. No intelligent are boys.

Conclusions:
I. Some hardworking are not intelligent.
II. All hardworking are intelligent.
III. Some intelligent are not hardworking.

You are given a question and two statements. Identify which of the statements is/are necessary/sufficient to answer the question.

Question:
What is the colour of Jasmine?

Statements:
I. Blue is called white, white is called red and red is called yellow.
II. Yellow is called purple, purple is called black, white is called brown and brown is called orange.