Statement: A large number of people die every year due to drinking polluted water during the summer.

Courses of Action:

I The government should make adequate arrangements to provide safe drinking water to all its citizens.

II The people should be educated about the dangers of drinking polluted water.

Statements:

All windows are doors. No door is wall.

Conclusions:

I No window is wall.

II No wall is door.

Statements: No women teacher can play. Some women teachers are athletes.

Conclusions:

I Male athletes can play.

II Some athletes can play.

Statement: Should admission to the professional degrees in Pakistan be given only on merit without any concession to any particular group of students?

Arguments:

(I) Yes. This will improve the quality of the professional institutes and degrees as they will be able to complete the degree successfully.

(II) No. This will keep a large number of socially and economically backward students out of the reach of professional institutes and degrees.

PMC Practice 13
Logical Reasoning
Critical Thinking
Elimination Tool:

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
Elimination Tool:

What letter comes next in the following series? B D G K P

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Logical Reasoning
Logical Deduction
Elimination Tool:

Suppose in a certain language MADRAS is coded as NBESBT. Then BOMBAY is coded in that language as:

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Logical Reasoning
Logical Deduction
Elimination Tool:

What should come next: save, secure, protect, —–

PMC Practice 4
Logical Reasoning
Logical Problems
Elimination Tool:

I. Jinnah and Gandhi tried to take steps to improve the relations of both countries.
II. The ministers of Muslim League and Indian National Congress will work on the plan to improve the relations.

PMC Sample 2
Logical Reasoning
Cause and Effect
Elimination Tool:

A man walks 3 km northwards and then turns left and goes 2 km. He again turns left and goes on 3 km. He turns right and walks straight. In which direction he is walking?

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Logical Reasoning
Logical Deduction
Elimination Tool:

Discernible and Palpable have _________ letters in common.

PMC Practice 3
Logical Reasoning
Logical Deduction
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 15
Logical Reasoning
Critical Thinking
Elimination Tool:

Statements: Dogs are cats. Cats are birds.
Conclusion: Dogs are birds.

PMC Sample 2
Logical Reasoning
Logical Problems
Elimination Tool:

Statements: All bags are cakes. All lamps are cakes.

Conclusions: Some lamps are bags. No lamp is bag.

Statement: The Secretary lamented that the electronic media was losing its credibility and that it should try to regain it by establishing better communications with the listeners and the viewers. He also emphasised the need for training to improve the functioning.

Courses of Action:

I Efforts should be made to get organised feed back on the programme.

II The critical areas in which the staff requires training should be identified.