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- Question
Each of the following questions hasfour statements. Three are logically correct. Some of which may look factually absurd. Ignore this absurdity and look to the logical corrections. Choose the statement which is wrong or doubtful:
Options- A. Birds fly in the air. Trees are birds. Therefore, trees fly in the air.
- B. Some boys steal. All who steal are naughty. All naughty are honest. Therefore, some boys are honest
- C. All girls like dance. Some girls are Indian. All Indians are artists. Therefore, some artists like dance.
- D. All liars are not thieves. All thieves are criminals. Therefore, all liars are criminals
- Correct Answer
- All liars are not thieves. All thieves are criminals. Therefore, all liars are criminals
ExplanationSince all liars are not thieves so all liars cannot be criminals. - 1. Primary care physicians are responsible for diagnosis and treatment.
Options- A. TRUE
- B. FALSE Discuss
- 2. Which of the following activities are examples of data gathering?
Options- A. Counting the votes in an election to determine the next governor
- B. Making a pie chart showing the kinds of television sets owned by people in a sample of 1,000
- C. Finding the mean weight of cancer patients in a study
- D. Using the results of a mathematical model to predict the next day's weather Discuss
- 3. Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
Options- A. One question you should always ask yourself: ?Am I pleased with the results??
- B. Always ask yourself this question: ?Am I pleased with the results?
- C. Always ask yourself a question like: ?Am I pleased with the results??
- D. One question you should always ask yourself is: ?Am I pleased with the results?? Discuss
- 4. Is Cube a polygon?
Options- A. TRUE
- B. FALSE Discuss
- 5. On BBC World News channel last night they showed an informative program about new innovations in medical imaging, which you would have found interesting.
Options- A. there was an informative program about innovations in medical imaging, a program you would have found interesting.
- B. they showed an informative program about innovations in medical imaging, which you would have found interesting.
- C. there was an informative program about new innovations in medical imaging, that you would have found interesting.
- D. they showed an informative program about new innovations in medical imaging, which you would have found interesting. Discuss
- 6. Each of the following questions has four statements. Three are logically correct. Some of which may look factually absurd. Ignore this absurdity and look to the logical corrections. Choose the statement which is wrong or doubtful:-
Options- A. Ramesh is tall. Ramesh is a boy. Therefore, boys are tall.
- B. All who can fly are animals. Some birds can fly. Therefore, some birds are animals.
- C. Men live in houses. Houses grow on trees. Trees floatinwater. Therefore, men float in water.
- D. All living things are mobile. Some non-living things are mobile. Therefore, some mobile are living and some non-living Discuss
- 7. If P = 9695 x 97, Q = 9796 x 98 and R = 197 , then which of the following is true?
Options- A. P < Q < R
- B. R < Q < P
- C. Q < P < R
- D. R < P < Q Discuss
- 8. Which of the following statements is/are TRUE? I. 235<325<543II. 325<233<745
Options- A. Only I
- B. Only II
- C. Both I and II
- D. Neither I nor II Discuss
- 9. Which of the following statement(s) is/are TRUE? I. The total number of positive factors of 72 is 12. II. The sum of first 20 odd numbers is 400. III. Largest two digit prime number is 97.
Options- A. Only I and II
- B. Only II and III
- C. Only I and III
- D. All are true. Discuss
- 10. Which of the following statement(s) is/are TRUE? I. ?11 + ?7 < ?10 + ?8. II. ?17 + ?11 > ?15 + ?13
Options- A. Only I
- B. Only II
- C. Both I and II
- D. Neither I nor II Discuss
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Correct Answer: TRUE
Explanation:
Primary care physicians or General practitioners (GP) are the one you go first to get a check up, and if they deem that your problem more severe than they can help you, they will send you to a secondary care physicians like specialists in Cardiologists, Neurologists, Dentists, ...
Hence, the given statement, Primary care physicians are responsible for diagnosis and treatment is TRUE.
Correct Answer: Counting the votes in an election to determine the next governor
Explanation:
Option A) "Counting the votes in an election to determine the next governor" is the only one where data gathering is done.
In all other options, data is already collected and now analyzing of data is going on.
Correct Answer: One question you should always ask yourself: ?Am I pleased with the results??
Explanation:
The second would employ a comma, or semi-colon, and not a colon so it is not properly punctuated.
The third sentence would not be correct because it uses 'like', usually used for comparison. Since you are not comparing two questions, it would not be appropriate.
The fourth sentence has 'is' before the colon, which is a implies declaration and not listing. So, again, it would not be appropriate.
Hence, the first sentence, however, is punctuated correctly.
Correct Answer: FALSE
Explanation:
False. Cube is not a Polygon.
Because polygon is a two dimensional figure and can be drawn on a flat surface whereas Cube is three dimensional figure and cannot be drawn on a flat surface.
Correct Answer: there was an informative program about innovations in medical imaging, a program you would have found interesting.
Explanation:
They is incorrect when talking of the television channel.
New is redundant.
And which must have a clear antecedent.
Hence, Only Option A satisfies and clears all the flaws in the given sentence.
Correct Answer: Ramesh is tall. Ramesh is a boy. Therefore, boys are tall.
Explanation:
Correct Answer: R < Q < P
Correct Answer: Only I
Correct Answer: All are true.
Correct Answer: Only I
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