Logical Reasoning

Statement and Conclusions - Base Level 2

Directions to Solve

In each of the following questions, a statement/group of statements is given followed by some conclusions. Without resolving anything yourself choose the conclusion which logically follows from the given statements.

31. 
1.None but the rich can afford air travel.
2.Some of those who travel by air become sick.
3.Some of those who become sick require treatment.
A. All the rich persons travel by air.
B. Those who travel by air become sick.
C. All the rich persons become sick.
D. All those who travel by air are rich.
32.  1.Processed meat is a perishable food.
2.All perishable foods are packed in sealed tins.
3.Sealed tins sometimes not contain processed meal.
A. Non-perishable foods are never packed in sealed tins.
B. Processed meat is always packed in sealed tins.
C. Processed meat is sometimes not packed in sealed tins.
D. Sealed tins always contain perishable foods.
33.  1.I watch T.V. only if I am bored.
2.I am never bored when i have my brother's company.
3.Whenever i go to the theater i take my brother along.
A. If I am bored i seek my brother's company.
B. If I am not bored, I do not watch T. V.
C. If I am bored, I watch T.V.
D. If I am not with my brother then I watch T. V.
34.  1.All members of Mohan's family are honest.
2.Some members of Mohan's family are not employed.
3.Some employed person are not honest.
4.Some honest persons are not employed.
A. All members of Mohan's family are employed.
B. The employed members of Mohan's family are honest.
C. The honest members of Mohan's family are not employed.
D. The employed members of Mohan's family are not honest.
35.  All beggars are poor.
A. If is a beggar, then A is not rich.
B. If A is not rich, then A is not a beggar.
C. All those who are poor are beggars.
D. If A is rich, then A is not a beggar.
36.  Statement :                                                                                  
 1.A triangle has three angles.
 2.A square has four angles.

Conclusion: A polygon has many angles.
The conclusion drawn is
A. definitely true
B. definitely false
C. either probably true or probably false
D. irrelevant
37.  Statement : 
1.Some person are week in Mathematics.
2.All those, who are week in Mathematics, are musicians.

Conclusion : Some musicians are week in Mathematics.
The conclusion drawn is 
A. definitely true
B. irrelevant
C. probably true
D. definitely false
38.  Statements :
 1. Oxygen is a gas.
2. This cylinder contains gas.

Conclusion : This cylinder contains oxygen.
The conclusion drawn is
A. irrelevant
B. definitely true
C. either probably true or probably false
D. definitely false
39.  Statements : 
1. Dogs do not bark on the arrival of friends of the family.
2. When A entered B's house, B's dog stared barking.

Conclusion : A is B's enemy.
The conclusion
A. follows from the given statements
B. is probably true
C. is probably false
D. does not follow from the given statements
40.  Statements : 
1. Pyramids date back to about 300 B. c.
2.Lots of gold and other valuables were found in them.
3. China has no pyramids.

Conclusion : China cannot claim a rich past.
The conclusion
A. follows from the given statements
B. does not follow from the given statements
C. is probably true
D. is probably false

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