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Statement: The police department has come under a cloud with recent revelations that at least two senior police officials are suspected to have been involved in the illegal sale of a large quantity of weapons from the state police armoury.
Courses of Action:
- A thorough investigation should be ordered by the State Government to bring out all those who are involved into the illegal sale of arms.
- State police armoury should be kept under Central Government's control.
Options- A. Only I follows
- B. Only II follows
- C. Either I or II follows
- D. Neither I nor II follows
- E. Both I and II follow
- Correct Answer
- Only I follows
ExplanationClearly, the situation demands finding out the real culprits first. So, only I follow. - 1. All the tulips in Zoe's garden are white.
All the pansies in Zoe's garden are yellow.
All the flowers in Zoe's garden are either white or yellow
If the first two statements are true, the third statement is
Options- A. true
- B. false
- C. uncertain Discuss
- 2. If you're a fitness walker, there is no need for a commute to a health club. Your neighborhood can be your health club. You don't need a lot of fancy equipment to get a good workout either. All you need is a well-designed pair of athletic shoes.
This paragraph best supports the statement that
Options- A. fitness walking is a better form of exercise than weight lifting.
- B. a membership in a health club is a poor investment.
- C. walking outdoors provides a better workout than walking indoors.
- D. fitness walking is a convenient and valuable form of exercise.
- E. poorly designed athletic shoes can cause major foot injuries. Discuss
- 3. Statement: "Two months ago, it was announced that Central Government pensioners would get dearness relief with immediate effect but till date, banks have not credited the arrears." - A statement from a Pensioners' Forum.
Assumptions:
- Most of the banks normally take care of the pensioners.
- Two months time is sufficient for the government machinery to move and give effect to pensioners.
Options- A. Only assumption I is implicit
- B. Only assumption II is implicit
- C. Either I or II is implicit
- D. Neither I nor II is implicit
- E. Both I and II are implicit Discuss
- 4. Statements:
- The government has recently fixed the fees for professional courses offered by the unaided institutions which are much lower than the fees charged last year.
- The parents of the aspiring students launched a severe agitation last year protesting against the high fees charged by the unaided institutions.
Options- A. Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect
- B. Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect
- C. Both the statements I and II are independent causes
- D. Both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes
- E. Both the statements I and II are effects of some common cause Discuss
- 5. Statements:
- The literacy rate in the district has been increasing for the last four years.
- The district administration has conducted extensive training programme for the workers involved in the literacy drive.
Options- A. Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect
- B. Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect
- C. Both the statements I and II are independent causes
- D. Both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes
- E. Both the statements I and II are effects of some common cause Discuss
- 6. Statements:
- The private medical colleges have increased the tuition fees in the current year by 200 per cent over the last year's fees to meet the expenses.
- The Government medical colleges have not increased their fees in spite of price escalation.
Options- A. Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect
- B. Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect
- C. Both the statements I and II are independent causes
- D. Both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes
- E. Both the statements I and II are effects of some common cause Discuss
- 7. Statements: Some clothes are marbles. Some marbles are bags.
Conclusions:
- No cloth is a bag.
- All marbles are bags.
- Some bags are clothes.
- No marble is a cloth.
Options- A. Only either I or IV follows
- B. Only either I or II follows
- C. None follows
- D. Only either I or III follows Discuss
- 8. Statements: All roads are waters. Some waters are boats.
Conclusions:
- Some boats are roads.
- All waters are boats.
Options- A. Only conclusion I follows
- B. Only conclusion II follows
- C. Either I or II follows
- D. Neither I nor II follows
- E. Both I and II follow Discuss
- 9. Statements: All hill stations have a sun-set point. X is a hill station.
Conclusions:
- X has a sun-set point.
- Places other than hill stations do not have sun-set points.
Options- A. Only conclusion I follows
- B. Only conclusion II follows
- C. Either I or II follows
- D. Neither I nor II follows
- E. Both I and II follow Discuss
- 10. Statements: Some rats are cats. Some cats are dogs. No dog is cow.
Conclusions:
- No cow is cat.
- No dog is rat.
- Some cats are rats.
Options- A. None follows
- B. Only I and II follow
- C. Only II and III follow
- D. Only III follows
- E. All I, II and III follow Discuss
More questions
Correct Answer: uncertain
Explanation:
The first two statements give information about Zoe's tulips and pansies. Information about any other kinds of flowers cannot be determined.
Correct Answer: fitness walking is a convenient and valuable form of exercise.
Explanation:
By stating that fitness walking does not require a commute to a health club, the author stresses the convenience of this form of exercise. The paragraph also states that fitness walking will result in a good workout. Choice a is incorrect because no comparison to weight lifting is made. Choice b may seem like a logical answer, but the paragraph only refers to people who are fitness walkers, so for others, a health club might be a good investment. Choice c is not in the passage. Although choice e seems logical, the paragraph does not indicate that the wrong shoes will produce major injuries.
Correct Answer: Only assumption II is implicit
Explanation:
I is vague and so it is not implicit. The statement expresses grave concern over the pensioners not having received clearness relief even two months after the implementation of the policy. This implies that two months' time is sufficient and it's already too late. So, II is implicit.
Correct Answer: Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect
Explanation:
The parents' protest against high fees being charged by the institutions led the government to interfere and fix the fees at a more affordable level.
Correct Answer: Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect
Explanation:
Clearly, the increase in the literacy rate may be attributed directly to the stringent efforts of the district administration in this direction.
Correct Answer: Both the statements I and II are independent causes
Explanation:
The increase in the fees of the private colleges and there being no increase in the same in Government colleges seem to be policy matters undertaken by the individual decisive boards at the two levels.
Correct Answer: Only either I or III follows
Explanation:
Since both the premises are particular, no definite conclusion follows. However, I and III involve only the extreme terms and form a complementary pair. Thus, either I or III follows.
Correct Answer: Neither I nor II follows
Explanation:
The first premise is A type and distributes the subject. So, the middle term 'waters' which forms its predicate, is not distributed. The second premise is I type and does not distribute either subject or predicate. So, the middle term 'waters' forming its subject is not distributed. Since the middle term is not distributed even once in the premises, no definite conclusion follows.
Correct Answer: Only conclusion I follows
Explanation:
Since both the premises are universal and affirmative, the conclusion must be universal affirmative and should not contain the middle term. So, only I follows.
Correct Answer: Only III follows
Explanation:
III is the converse of the first premise and so it holds.
Some rats are cats. Some cats are dogs.
Since both the premises are particular, no definite conclusion follows.
Some cats are dogs. No dog is cow.
Since one premise is particular and the other negative, the conclusion must be particular negative (O-type) and should not contain the middle term. So, it follows that 'Some cats are not cows'.
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