Statements: No cities are countries. No countries are villages.

Conclusions:

(I) Some countries are cities.

(II) No villages are the city.

PMC Practice 13
Logical Reasoning
Critical Thinking
Elimination Tool:

If 7(x-2) = 3x – 2. What is the value of x?

NUMS 2014
Logical Reasoning
Letters and Symbols Series
Elimination Tool:

Statements:

I The government has recently fixed the fees for professional courses offered by the unaided institutions which are much lower than the fees charged last year.

II The parents of the aspiring students launched a severe agitation last year protesting against the high fees charged by the unaided institutions.

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

NUMS 2014
Logical Reasoning
Letters and Symbols Series
Elimination Tool:

Statement: There is an unprecedented increase in the migration of villagers to urban areas as repeated crop failure has put them into a precarious financial situation.
Courses of Action:
I. The villagers should be provided with an alternate source of income in their villages which will make them stay put.
II. The migrated villagers should be provided with jobs in the urban areas to help them survive.

PMC Practice 2
Logical Reasoning
Course of Action
Elimination Tool:

QAR, RAS, SAT, TAU, _____

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:

JAK, KBL, LCM, MDN, _____

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: Exporters in the capital are alleging that commercial banks are violating a Reserve Bank of India directive to operate a post shipment export credit denominated in foreign currency at international rates from January this year.

Courses of Action:

I The officers concerned in the commercial banks are to be suspended.

II The RBI should be asked to stop giving such directives to commercial banks.

I. Since Amna’s baby died at birth, she wanted another immediately.
II. Amna abducted an infant and took it out of the hospital.

PMC Sample 2
Logical Reasoning
Cause and Effect
Elimination Tool:

Statement: A large number of people in ward X of the city are diagnosed to be suffering from a fatal malaria type.

Courses of Action:

I The city municipal authority should take immediate steps to carry out extensive fumigation in ward X.

II The people in the area should be advised to take steps to avoid mosquito bites.

While many people think of genetic manipulation of food crops as being aimed at developing larger and larger , some plant breeders have in fact concentrated on discovering or producing dwarf varieties, which are roughly half as tall as normal varieties. Which of the following would, if true, most help to explain the strategy of the plant breeders referred to above?

CMM, EOO, GQQ, _____, KUU

PMC Practice 6
Logical Reasoning
Letters and Symbols Series
Elimination Tool:

DEF, DEF2, DE2F2, _____, D2E2F3

Statements:

I. There is an unprecedented increase in the number of young unemployed in comparison to the previous year.
II. A large number of candidates submitted applications against an advertisement for the post of manager issued by a bank.

PMC Practice 2
Logical Reasoning
Course of Action
Elimination Tool:

l.The car manufacturing companies have recently increased the prices of mid-sized cars. ll. The Government recently increased the duty on mid-sized cars.

PMC 2021 Tested
Logical Reasoning
Cause and Effect
Elimination Tool:

Statements:

All men are married. Some men are educated.

Conclusions:

I Some married are educated.

II Some educated are married.

Electricity would revolutionize agriculture according to a prediction of the not-so-distant future published in 1940. Electrodes would be inserted into the soil, and the current between them would kill bugs and weeds and make crop plants stronger. Which of the following, if true, most strongly indicates that the logic of the prediction above is flawed?