Verbal Reasoning - Logical Deduction Questions

Read the following statement and the arguments that follow. Decide which of the arguments is strong.

Statement:
Should written examination in primary schools be abolished?

Arguments:
1. Yes, young students feel the burden and such examinations do not help in the natural thinking process.
2. No, without examination students will not be serious about education and learning.

Take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts.

Statements :

A : All mothers are aunts.
B : All aunts are ladies.

Conclusions:

1. All ladies are mothers.
2. All ladies are aunts.

Read the following statements and answer the question given below.

U.S. fraternity and sorority members who drink heavily while in school don’t tend to drink after graduation, according to a recent study in Psychology of Addictive Behaviours.

Which of the following would be a logical extension of the above passage?

Statements followed by some conclusions are given below.

Statements :

1. X is 7 meters tall, Y is half as high and Z is 3 times the height of X.

2. P is taller than Z but shorter than A and B.

Conclusions :

I. B s the tallest of all.

II. The average height of X, Y and Z is less than 10 meters.

Find which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements.

Should India become a permanent member of UN's Security Council?

Arguments:

I. Yes. India has emerged as a country which loves peace and amity.

II. No. Let us first solve problems of our own people like poverty, malnutrition.

Consider the statement to be true and decide which of the following assumptions is/are implicit.

Statement :

This year in the budget section, there was no find allotment for travel insurance.

Assumptions :

1. Travel insurance requires funds.

2. There are many other areas that need more financial attentions.

Read the following question and decide which of the given statements is/are sufficient.

What is the total number of illegal immigrants?

Statements :

1. 30% of the total illegal immigrants are from Bangladesh.

2. Remaining are from India.

Statements followed by some conclusions are given below.

Statements :

1. Some football players are cricketers.

2. All hockey players love football though some are cricketers.

Conclusions :

I. Some hockey players who are cricketers play football too.

II. There is at the most one cricketer who plays football and hockey.

Find which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements.