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  • Question

  • Statements: Irregularity is a cause for failure in exams. Some regular students fail in the examinations.

    Conclusions:

    1. All failed students are regular.
    2. All successful students are not regular.


  • 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

  • Correct Answer
  • Neither I nor II follows 

    Explanation
    The given statement clearly implies that all irregular and some regular students fail in the examinations. This, in turn, means that all successful students are regular but not all regular students are successful. So, neither I nor II follows.

    • More questions

    • 1. Choose the picture that would go in the empty box so that the two bottom pictures are related in the same way as the top two:

    • Options
    • A. 1
    • B. 2
    • C. 3
    • D. 4
      • Discuss
    • 2. Statement: A large number of people die every year due to drinking polluted water during the summer.

      Courses of Action:

      1. The government should make adequate arrangements to provide safe drinking water to all its citizens.
      2. The people should be educated about the dangers of drinking polluted water.


    • 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
      • Discuss
    • 3. Statement: Films have become indispensable for the entertainment of people.

      Assumptions:

      1. Films are the only media of entertainment.
      2. People enjoy films.


    • 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. 
      fence     wall     boundary    
      path     alley     ?

    • Options
    • A. ramp
    • B. passageway
    • C. airfield
    • D. pedestrian
      • Discuss
    • 5. 
      meal     banquet     feast    
      shelter     palace     ?

    • Options
    • A. mansion
    • B. hallway
    • C. protection
    • D. haven
      • Discuss
    • 6. Statement: Should officers accepting bribe be punished?

      Arguments:

      1. No. Certain circumstances may have compelled them to take bribe.
      2. Yes. They should do the job they are entrusted with, honestly.


    • Options
    • A. Only argument I is strong
    • B. Only argument II is strong
    • C. Either I or II is strong
    • D. Neither I nor II is strong
    • E. Both I and II are strong
      • Discuss
    • 7. Statements: All roads are poles. No pole is a house.

      Conclusions:

      1. Some roads are houses.
      2. Some houses are poles.


    • 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
    • 8. 
      apples     fruit     supermarket    
      novel     book     ?

    • Options
    • A. bookstore
    • B. magazine
    • C. vegetable
    • D. shopping
      • Discuss
    • 9. 
      carpenter     saw     nails    
      pediatrician     stethoscope     ?

    • Options
    • A. thermometer
    • B. baby
    • C. doctor
    • D. illness
      • Discuss
    • 10. 
      rule     command     dictate    
      doze     sleep     ?

    • Options
    • A. snore
    • B. govern
    • C. awaken
    • D. hibernate
      • Discuss

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