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Read the below passage carefully and answer the questions:
At a small company, parking spaces are reserved for the top executives: CEO, president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer with the spaces lined up in that order. The parking lot guard can tell at a glance if the cars are parked correctly by looking at the color of the cars. The cars are yellow, green, purple, red, and blue, and the executives names are Alice, Bert, Cheryl, David, and Enid.
* The car in the first space is red.* A blue car is parked between the red car and the green car.
* The car in the last space is purple.
* The secretary drives a yellow car.
* Alice's car is parked next to David's.
* Enid drives a green car.
* Bert's car is parked between Cheryl's and Enid's.
* David's car is parked in the last space.
This paragraph best supports the statement that
In each question below is given a statement followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to assume everything in the statement to be true, then consider the two conclusions together and decide which of them logically follows beyond a reasonable doubt from the information given in the statement.
Give answer:
- (A) If only conclusion I follows
- (B) If only conclusion II follows
- (C) If either I or II follows
- (D) If neither I nor II follows and
- (E) If both I and II follow.
Statements: Domestic demand has been increasing faster than the production of indigenous crude oil.
Conclusions:
- Crude oil must be imported.
- Domestic demand should be reduced.
Statements: Although we have rating agencies like Crisil, ICRA, there is demand to have a separate rating agency for IT companies to protect investors.
Conclusions:
- Assessment of financial worth of IT companies calls for separate set of skills, insight and competencies.
- Now the investors investing in IT companies will get protection of their investment.
Statements: Applications of applicants who do no fulfil eligibility criteria and/or who do not submit applications before last date will be summarily rejected and will not be called for the written test.
Conclusions:
- Those who are called for the written test are those who fulfil eligibility criteria and have submitted their applications before last date.
- Written test will be held only after scrutiny of applications.
In each question below is given a statement followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to assume everything in the statement to be true, then consider the two conclusions together and decide which of them logically follows beyond a reasonable doubt from the information given in the statement.
Give answer:
- (A) If only conclusion I follows
- (B) If only conclusion II follows
- (C) If either I or II follows
- (D) If neither I nor II follows and
- (E) If both I and II follow.
Statements: I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
Conclusions:
- Writer's knowledge is very poor.
- The world of knowledge is too vast to be explored by a single person.
In each 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 and on the basis of the information given in the statement, decide which of the suggested courses of action logically follow(s) for pursuing.
Give answer
- (A) If only I follows
- (B) If only II follows
- (C) If either I or II follows
- (D) If neither I nor II follows
- (E) If both I and II follow.
Statement: Orissa and Andhra Pradesh have agreed in principle to set up a joint control board for better control, management and productivity of several inter-state multipurpose projects.
Courses of Action:
- Other neighbouring states should set up such control boards.
- The proposed control board should not be allowed to function as such joint boards are always ineffective.
Each question given below consists of a statement, followed by two arguments numbered I and II. You have to decide which of the arguments is a 'strong' argument and which is a 'weak' argument.
Give answer:
- (A) If only argument I is strong
- (B) If only argument II is strong
- (C) If either I or II is strong
- (D) If neither I nor II is strong and
- (E) If both I and II are strong.
Statement: Should higher education be completely stopped for some time?
Arguments:
- No. It will hamper the country's future progress.
- Yes. It will reduce the educated unemployment.
Each question given below consists of a statement, followed by two arguments numbered I and II. You have to decide which of the arguments is a 'strong' argument and which is a 'weak' argument.
Give answer:
- (A) If only argument I is strong
- (B) If only argument II is strong
- (C) If either I or II is strong
- (D) If neither I nor II is strong and
- (E) If both I and II are strong.
Statement: Should officers accepting bribe be punished?
Arguments:
- No. Certain circumstances may have compelled them to take bribe.
- Yes. They should do the job they are entrusted with, honestly.
Statement: Should public holidays be declared on demise of important national leaders?
Arguments:
- No. Such unscheduled holidays hamper national progress.
- Yes. People would like to pay their homage to the departed soul.
In each question below is given a statement followed by three assumptions numbered I, II and III. You have to consider the statement and the following assumptions, decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement and choose your answer accordingly.
Statement: Tender specification will not be issued to the firms where there is 25% or more default in supplies against earlier purchase orders placed on them' - Condition of a Company X inviting tenders for the purchase of material.
Assumptions:
- The Company X will be watching the quality of performance of its suppliers.
- This time the firms should keep the percentage of default as less as possible.
- The Company X expects quality and professional approach from its suppliers.
In each question below is given a statement followed by three assumptions numbered I, II and III. You have to consider the statement and the following assumptions, decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement and choose your answer accordingly.
Statement: The university Authority has decided to decentralize conduct of terminal examinations and give this responsibility to each college for its students to avoid delay in declaration of results.
Assumptions:
- The colleges are equipped to carry out this responsibility.
- There may not be uniformity in evaluation standard across the colleges.
- The students may welcome this new development.
In each of the questions below are given three statements followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and III, You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from the commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.
Statements: All trees are flowers. No flower is fruit. All branches are fruits.
Conclusions:
- Some branches are trees.
- No fruit is tree.
- No tree is branch.
All trees are flowers. No flower is fruit.
Since both the premises are universal and one premise is negative, the conclusion must be universal negative (E-type) and should not contain the middle term. So, it follows that 'No tree is fruit'. II is the converse of this conclusion and so it follows.
All branches are fruits. No flower is fruit.
Since both the premises are universal and one premise is negative, the conclusion must be universal negative (E-type) and should not contain the middle term. So, it follows that 'No branch is flower'.
All trees are flowers. No branch is tree.
As discussed above, it follows that 'No tree is branch'. So, III follows.
Hence, both II and III follow.
Statements: Some pens are books. All schools are books. Some colleges are schools.
Conclusions:
- Some colleges are pens.
- Some pens are schools.
- Some colleges are books.
Some pens are books. All schools are books.
Since the middle term 'books' is not distributed even once in the premises, so no definite conclusion follows.
Some colleges are schools. All schools are books.
Since one premise is particular, the conclusion must be particular and should not contain the middle term.
So, it follows that 'Some colleges are books'. Thus, III follows.
Some pens are books. Some colleges are books.
Since both the premises are particular, no definite conclusion can be drawn.
Hence, only III follows.