Fact Checking

Fact 1: All drink mixes are beverages

Fact 2: All beverages are drinkable

Fact 3: All beverages are red

If the above three statements are facts then which of the following statement will also be a fact?

I. Some drink mixes are red

II. All beverages are drink mixes.

Ill. All red drink mixes are drinkable

Logical Reasoning
Logical Problems
Elimination Tool:

All the trees in the park are flowering trees. Some of the trees in the park are dogwoods. All dogwoods in the park are flowering trees. If the first two statements are true, the third statement is

Statement: Should children be prevented completely from watching television?

Arguments:

(I) No. We get vital information regarding education through television.

(II) Yes. It hampers the study of children.

(Ill) Yes. Young children are misguided by certain programmes featuring violence.

Logical Reasoning
Critical Thinking
Elimination Tool:

How many such pairs of letters are there in the word ‘HISTORICAL’ which have as many letters between them in the word as they have between them in the English alphabet?

PMC Practice 3
Logical Reasoning
Logical Deduction
Elimination Tool:

QAR, RAS, SAT, TAU, _____

Statement
In a specific area of a country an acute famine have appeared COURSE OF ACTION:
I. Major facilities of water and food should be provided straight away in that area.

II. Financial support should be given to bothered individuals to the from the Government.

PMC Practice 1
Logical Reasoning
Course of Action
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Directions:
In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions.
Statement: “Please do not wait for me, I may be late, start taking lunch as soon as the guests arrive.” – A message from a Director of a Company to his office managers.
Assumptions:
I. Keeping guests waiting is not desirable.

II. Lunch may not be ready in time.

PMC Practice 4
Logical Reasoning
Course of Action
Elimination Tool:

The ‘A’ state government has chalked out a plan for the underdeveloped ‘B’ district where
66% of the funds will be placed in the hands of a committee of local representatives.
Courses of action:
I. The ‘A’ state government should decide guidelines and norms for the functioning of the
committee.
II. Other state government may follow similar plan if directed by the Central government.

PMC Sample 1
Logical Reasoning
Course of Action
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Verbal Classification
√ 16 + 3√ 8

Logical Reasoning
Logical Problems
Elimination Tool:

Statements:

I The employees of the biggest bank in the country have given an indefinite strike call starting from third of the next month.

II The employees of the Central Government have withdrawn their week long demonstrations.

On the day Bilal is born,
Jamila weighs more than Javed.
Javed weighs less than Junaid.
Of the three babies, Junaid weighs the most.
If the first two statements are true, the third statement is:

PMC Sample 1
Logical Reasoning
Logical Deduction
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Statement: Courts take too long in deciding important disputes of various departments.

Courses of Action:

I Courts should be ordered to speed up matters.

II Special powers should be granted to officers to settle disputes concerning their department.

Tanya is older than Eric.

Cliff is older than Tanya.

Eric is older than Cliff.

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

Physician : The hormone melatonin has shown promise as a medication for sleep disorders when taken in synthesized form. Because the long-term side effects of synthetic melatonin are unknown, however, I cannot recommend its use at this time. Patient : Your position is inconsistent with your usual practice. You prescribe many medications that you know have serious side effects, so concern about side effects cannot be the real reason youwill not prescribe melatonin. The patient’s argument is flawed because it fails to consider that

QPO, NML, KJI, _____, EDC

In virtually any industry, technological improvements increase labor productivity, which is the output of goods and services per person-hour worked. In Parland’s industries, labor productivity is significantly higher than it is in Vergia’s industries. Clearly, therefore, Parland’s industries must, on the whole, be further advanced technologically than Vergia’s are. The argument is most vulnerable to which ofthe following criticisms?

What number comes next in the following series? 34 24 16 10 6

NUMS 2014
Logical Reasoning
Letters and Symbols Series
Elimination Tool:

Statement:
I. There has been a decline in the prices of personal computers.
II. School going kids are expressing interests in learning how the computer operates.

PMC Practice 3
Logical Reasoning
Course of Action
Elimination Tool:

Identify which do not possess the same kind of meaning as the others:

NUMS 2015
Logical Reasoning
Logical Deduction
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