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Verbal Reasoning - Logical Deduction Questions

What is Verbal Reasoning: Logical Deduction?

 

Verbal reasoning as the name speaks includes problem solving based around words and language. Verbal reasoning calculates one's reading and understanding abilities. Reading comprehension and critical thinking are part of verbal reasoning .One should be able to draw reasonable conclusions from sentences and paragraphs .spellings and vocabulary, sentence formations, punctuation and grammar are all tested. Verbal reasoning involves interpreting sentences, deriving conclusions from passages, solving of word problems, extracting logic from given statements, deriving course of action from the statements, arguments, assumptions and conclusions from the given statements.

 

Verbal reasoning questions are expected in many competitive and Entrance exams like IBPS and other Bank Exams, WBSC Exam, APPSC, SSC Exams, PSTET Exam, NDA, CAT,GMAT and other MBA entrance exams, Job placement tests for many IT and Non IT organizations, SAT,GRE, GATE ,TOEFL,Medical transcription tests and more. For some Entrance exams like GRE, GATE,TOEFL the test scores are highly based on verbal reasoning score.

 

One can acquire strong verbal reasoning from extensive vocabulary, good knowledge on synonyms and antonyms, spellings, strong reading and understanding skills. Thorough practice of several verbal reasoning papers develops ease in answering and understanding different patterns of questions.

 

We have a large database of questions for you to practice on verbal reasoning. You can expect these questions in most of the competitive exams and entrance tests.

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Some hills are rivers. Some rivers are desrets. All desrets are roads.

Conclusions:

1. Some roads are rivers

2. Some roads are hills

3. Some deserts are hills

A) None follows B) Only 1 follows
C) Only 1 and 2 follows D) All follow
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Only 1 follows

Explanation:

Some hills are  rivers. Some rivers are deserts.

Since both the premises are particular, no defenite conclusion follows.

 

Some rivers are deserts. All deserts are roads

Since one premise is particular,the conclusion must be particular and should'nt contain the middle term. Since it follows that 'Some rivers are roads'. 1 is the converse of this conclusion and so it holds.

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All snakes are trees. Some trees are roads. All roads are mountains.

Conclusions: 

1. Some mountains are snakes

2. Some roads are snakes

3. Some mountains are trees

A) Only 1 follows B) Only 2 follows
C) Only 3 follows D) Both 1 and 2 follow
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Only 3 follows

Explanation:

All snakes are trees. Some trees are roads.

Since the middle term is not distributed even once in the premises,so no conclusion follows

 

Some trees are roads. All roads are mountains

Since one primise is particular,the conclusion must be particularand should'nt contain the middle term. So,it follows that 'Some trees are mountains'. 3 is the converse of this statement and so it holds.

 

All snakes are trees. Some trees are mountains.

Since the middle term is not distributed even once in the preises, so no definite conclusion follows

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Some blades are hammers. Some hammers are knives. Some knives are axes.

Conclusions:

1. Some axes are hammers

2. Some knives are blades

3. Some axes are blades

A) None follows B) Only 1 follows
C) Only 2 follows D) Only 3 follows
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) None follows

Explanation:

Since each combination has of premises has 2 particular premises, so no defenite conclusion follows

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Some tapes are discs. Some discs are cassettes. Some cassettes are songs

Conclusions:

1. Some songs are discs

2. Some cassettes are tapes

3. Some songs are tapes

4. No song is a disc

A) Only either 1 or 4 follows B) Only either 2 or 4 follows
C) Only 3 and 4 follow D) Only 3 and either 2 or 4 follows
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Only either 1 or 4 follows

Explanation:

Since each combiantion of premise contain 2 particular premises, no definite conclusion can be drawn. However, 1 and 4 involve the extreme terms of 2nd and 3rd premises and form a complementary pair. Thus either 1 or 4 follows.

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I.  All the offices on the 9th floor have wall-to-wall carpeting.

II. No wall-to-wall carpeting is pink.

III.None of the offices on the 9th floor has pink wall-to-wall carpeting.

If the first two statements are true, the third statement is

A) true B) false
C) uncertain D) none
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) true

Explanation:

If no wall-to-wall carpeting is pink and all the offices have wall-to-wall carpeting, none of the offices has pink wall-to-wall carpeting.

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Some envelops are gums. Some gums are seals. Some seals are adhesives.

Conclusions:

1. Some envelops are seals

2. Some gums are adhesives

3. Some adhesives are seals

4. Some adhesives are gums

A) Only 3 B) Only 1
C) Only 2 D) Only 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Only 3

Explanation:
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I. a2-7a+12 = 0,

II. b2-3b+2 = 0

Solve both the equations to find the values of a and b  ?

A) if a > b B) if a < b
C) if the relationship between a and b cannot be established. D) if a ≤ b
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) if a > b

Explanation:

I.  (a - 3)(a - 4) = 0

 

=> a = 3, 4

 

II.   (b - 2)(b - 1) = 0

 

=> b = 1, 2

 

=> a > b

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I.  Apartments in the Riverdale Manor cost less than apartments in The Gaslight Commons.

II. Apartments in the Livingston Gate cost more than apartments in the The Gaslight Commons.

III.Of the three apartment buildings, the Livingston Gate costs the most.

If the first two statements are true, the third statement is

A) true B) false
C) uncertain D) none
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) true

Explanation:

Since the Gaslight Commons costs more than the Riverdale Manor and the Livingston Gate costs more than the Gaslight Commons, it is true that the Livingston Gate costs the most.

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