Reasoning Quiz

1. Directions : In question below is given a statement followed by two courses of action numbered I and II. You have to assume everything in the statement to be true, then decide which of the two suggested courses of action logically follows for pursuing.
Statement: The police reported that two armed terrorists had entered the city a couple of days ago.
Course of actionI. Police should immediately circulate the photographs of the terrorists using electronic and print media in order to take public’s help in nabbing them.
II. Public should be informed to stay indoors until the terrorists are arrested.

if only I follows

uf only II follows

if neither I nor II

if both I and II follow

Question 1 of 5

In the given statements which one is cause and effect :
(A) Prices of food grains in India has increased substantially.
(B) Lakhs of Farmers have quit farming owing to the lack of governmental support in the form of subsidies

if statement (A) is the cause and statement (B) is its effect.

if statement (B) is the cause and statement (A) is its effect.

if both the statements (A) and (B) are independent causes.

if both the statements (A) and (B) are effects of independent causes.

Question 2 of 5

Read the following information carefully and answer the question that follows.
‘P

Q’ means ‘P is son of Q’.
‘P Q’ means ‘P is sister of Q’.
‘P + Q’ means ‘P is brother of Q’.
‘P – Q’ means ‘P is mother of Q’.

How is S related to T in the expression ‘T + R – V + S’

Uncle

Nephew

Son

Cannot be determined

Question 3 of 5

If the positions of the first and the fifth digits of the number 83591427 are interchanged, similarly the positions of the second and the sixth digits are interchanged and so on, then which of the following will be the second digit from the right end after the rearrangement?

Question 4 of 5

5. In this question below are given two statement followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
Give answer (a) if only conclusion I follows; (b) if only conclusion II follows; (c) if either I or II follows; and (d) if neither I nor II follows

Statements : Some shirts are biscuits.
No biscuit is book.
Conclusions : I. Some shirts are books.
II. Some books are biscuits.

Question 5 of 5