Verbal Reasoning - Logical Deduction Questions

Consider the given statement/s to be true and decide which of the given conclusions/assumptions can definitely be drawn from the given statement.

Statement: If he works hard he will be successful in life.

Conclusions: I. He is a hard worker.
Conclusions: II. Hard work pays

 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: All matchboxes are lighters

Statement II: Some fire are match boxes

Conclusion I: No lighters are fire

Conclusion II: All fire are lighters

Consider the given statement/s to be true and decide which of the given conclusions/assumptions can definitely be drawn from the given statement.

Statements: Some cars are buses.
All cars are caves.

Conclusion: I. Some caves are not buses

II. Some caves are buses

III. No cave is a bus

IV. Some caves are cars

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.

Statement:
(I) Life is a journey with few known people, few partially known and mostly strangers.
(II) In a journey, the importance of destination is as equal as the pathway of reaching that destination.

Conclusions:
(I) Importance of people in life is considerable, as they are our journey mates.
(II) Life teaches us many lessons to face various known and unknown difficulties.

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.

Statement:
(I) The pass percentage in a subject Political Science is very low as compared to others in the same curriculum.
(II) The students who were admitted to the programme did not study Political Science earlier.

Conclusions:
(I) The foundation of the subject is very important for a student to perform well in examination.
(II) Political Science is a generic subject and students can attempt it without any problem.

Consider the given statement/s to be true and decide which of the given conclusions/assumptions can definitely be drawn from the given statement.

Statement:

All states having dams face no water problem.
One of the states has no dam.

Conclusions:

I. It may be facing water problem.
II. Dams solve water problem.

Consider the given statement/s to be true and decide which of the given conclusions/assumptions can definitely be drawn from the given statement.
Statements: 1. Some managers are young.
2. All boys are young.
Conclusions: I. Some boys are managers.
II. Some managers are boys.

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.

Statement:
(I) Some authors are teachers.
(II) No teacher is a lady.

Conclusions:
(I) Some teachers are not ladies.
(II) Some ladies are not teachers.