Series completion (Numbers/Letters)

Look at this series: 80, 10, 70, 15, 60, … What number should come next?

Logical Reasoning
Logical Problems
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Children go to school because:

NUMS 2014
Logical Reasoning
Logical Deduction
Elimination Tool:

Complete the series. F16, H32, J48, _______.

PMC Practice 15
Logical Reasoning
Letters and Symbols Series
Elimination Tool:

Statement: A large number of students are reported to be dropping out of school in villages as their parents want their children to help them in farms.
Courses of Action:
I. The government should immediately launch a programme to create awareness among the farmers about the value of education.
II. The government should offer incentives to those farmers whose children remain in schools.
III. Education should be made compulsory for all children up to the age of 14 and their employment banned.

PMC Sample 2
Logical Reasoning
Course of Action
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Statements: All mangoes are golden in colour. No golden-coloured things are cheap.

Conclusions:

All mangoes are cheap.

Golden-coloured mangoes are not cheap.

Statement A smoker has left smoking suddenly

a) He will feel restlessness and anxiety.

b) He will start gaining weight

Logical Reasoning
Logical Problems
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ALPHABET SERIES
Directions: In each of the following questions, various terms of an alphabet
sequence are given with one or more terms missing as shown by (?). Choose the missing
term (,)
(1) AZ, DA, THU, MỌ, ?

Joe is younger than Kathy.

Mark was born after Joe.

Kathy is older than Mark.

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

“Statement I: The private medical colleges have increased the tuition fees in the current year by 200 per cent over the last year’s fees to meet the expenses.
Statement II: The government medical colleges have not increased their fees in spite of price escalation.”

PMC 2021 Tested
Logical Reasoning
Cause and Effect
Elimination Tool:

Statement: There is a substantial increase in the number of accidents causing deaths and severe injuries due to malfunctioning of the traffic signals.

Courses of Action:

I The traffic police should immediately post traffic personnel at the junctions.

II The signal system should immediately be repaired or replaced.

Fact 1: A boy has four cars.
Fact 2: Two of the cars are red.
Fact 3: He has one sports car.

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

I. The boy has a red sports car.
II. He has 2 corollas.
III. His favorite color is red.

PMC Practice 2
Logical Reasoning
Course of Action
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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

Statement: The employees union of the Municipal Corporation has decided to strike work for indefinite period in protest against the management’s refusal to grant bonus.

Courses of Action:

I The government should immediately pay ex-gratia grant to the Municipal Corporation to grant bonus to its employees.

II The striking employees should be persuaded to defer the strike notice.

Look at this series 14, 28, 20, 40, 32, 64. What number should come next?

PMC Practice 3
Logical Reasoning
Letters and Symbols Series
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Statement: There has been large number of cases of internet hacking in the recent months creating panic among the internet users.

Courses of Action:

I The government machinery should make an all out effort to nab those who are responsible and put them behind bars.

II The internet users should be advised to stay away from using internet till the culprits are caught.

Many business offices are located in buildings having 2-8 floors. If a building has more than 3 floors, it has a lift. If the above statements are true, which of the following must be true?

Statement:
The Management of School M has decided to give free breakfast from next academic year to all the students in its primary section through its canteen even though they will not get any government grant.
Courses of Action:
I. The school will have to admit many poor students who will seek admission for the next academic year.
II. The canteen facilities and utensils have to be checked and new purchases to be made to equip it properly.
III. Funds will have to be raised to support the scheme for years to come.

PMC Practice 1
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