Online Logical Reasoning Test - Logical Reasoning Test 4

SCD, TEF, UGH, ____, WKL

JAK, KBL, LCM, MDN, _____

purchase

apples	fruit	supermarket
novel	book	?

snow	mountain	ski
warmth	lake	?

PULSATE : THROB

Here are some words translated from an artificial language.
dionot means oak tree
blyonot means oak leaf
blycrin means maple leaf
Which word could mean "maple syrup"?

Though the waste of time or the expenditure on fashions is very large, yet fashions have come to stay. They will not go, come what may. However, what is now required is that strong efforts should be made to displace the excessive craze for fashion from the minds of these youngsters.

The passage best supports the statement that:

Statements: People who speak too much against dowry are those who had taken it themselves.

Conclusions:

1. It is easier said than done.
2. People have double standards.

Statements: In a recent survey report, it has been stated that those who undertake physical exercise for at least half an hour a day are less prone to have any heart ailments.

Conclusions:

1. Moderate level of physical exercise is necessary for leading a healthy life.
2. All people who do desk-bound jobs definitely suffer from heart ailments.

Statements: The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it.

Conclusions:

1. Your life will be dull if you don't face a problem.
2. To escape from problems, you should always have some solutions with you.

Statement: Never before such a lucid book was available on the topic.

Assumptions:

1. Some other books were available on this topic.
2. You can write lucid books on very few topics.

Statement: Should cottage industries be encouraged in rural areas?

Arguments:

1. Yes. Rural people are creative.
2. Yes. This would help to solve the problem of unemployment to some extent.

Statement: Should so much money be spent on advertisements?

Arguments:

1. Yes. It is an essential concomitant in a capitalist economy.
2. No. It leads to wastage of resources.

Statement: The meteorological department has reported that a severe storm is likely to hit the city during the next forty-eight hours.

Courses of Action:

1. The administration should advise all the business and educational establishments to close down for two days.
2. The administration should not make the information public as it could create panic among the residents of the city.
3. The administration should activate its disaster management program to tackle any possible emergency situation.

Statement: Should trade unions be banned completely?

Arguments:

1. Yes. Workers can concentrate on production.
2. No. This is the only way through which employees can put their demands before the management.
3. Yes. Employees get their illegal demands fulfilled through these unions.
4. No. Trade unions are not banned in other economically advanced countries.

Statement: Should government established higher level Institutes of Technology (IIT's) be privatized?

Arguments:

1. Yes. Privatization will make these institutes financially healthy, competitive and quality conscious.
2. Yes. Privatization is the key of the new era - can we survive without it?
3. No. Standard of education of these institutes will fall.

Statement: During pre-harvest kharif season, the government has decided to release vast quantity of food grains from FCI.

Assumptions:

1. There may be a shortage of food grains in the market during this season.
2. The kharif crop may be able to replenish the stock of FCI.
3. There may be a demand from the farmers to procure kharif crop immediately after harvest.

Statement: "Television X - the neighbour's envy, the owner's pride" - A T.V. advertisement.

Assumptions:

1. Catchy slogans appeal to people.
2. People are envious of their neighbours superior possessions.
3. People want to be envied by their neighbours.

Statement: Bill Clinton is the second democrat to be re-elected as President of America, the other being the legendary Roosevelt.

Assumptions:

1. Clinton has the same qualities that Roosevelt had.
2. The majority of people in America have faith in Clinton.
3. The election campaign of Clinton's rivals was not impressive.