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?

Statement: Severe drought is reported to have set in several parts of the country.

Courses of Action:

I Government should immediately make arrangement for providing financial assistance to those affected.

II Food, water and fodder should immediately be sent to all these areas to save the people and cattle.

What should come next to this word, “Recipe”

PMC Practice 14
Logical Reasoning
Critical Thinking
Elimination Tool:

Complete the sequence:

2, 15, 41, 80, _____

NUMS 2014
Logical Reasoning
Letters and Symbols Series
Elimination Tool:

Complete the series A25, B625, C15625, ________?

PMC Practice 2
Logical Reasoning
Letters and Symbols Series
Elimination Tool:

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

Conclusions:

I Male athletes can play.

II Some athletes can play.

Statements:

I Majority of the students in the college expressed their opinion against the college authority’s decision to break away from the university and become autonomous.

II The university authorities have expressed their inability to provide grants to its constituent colleges.

Statements:

Some towels are brushes. No brush is soap. All soaps are rats.

Conclusions:

I Some rats are brushes.

II No rat is brush.

III Some towels are soaps.

Dependent Causes/ Independent Causes:

I. PTI was not satisfied with the election results of Sindh assembly, when it did not get a single seat.

II. PTI has replaced the chief minister of Sindh.

Logical Reasoning
Logical Problems
Elimination Tool:

If ‘-’ means ‘+’, ‘+’ means ‘-’, ‘*’ means ‘÷’ and ‘÷’ means ‘*’ then which of the following will be the correct equation?

NUMS 2015
Logical Reasoning
Logical Deduction
Elimination Tool:

Statement:
The availability of imported fruits has increased in the indigenous market and so the demand for indigenous fruits has been decreased.
Courses of Action:
I. To help the indigenous producers of fruits, the Government should impose high import duty on these fruits, even if these are not of good quality.
II. The fruit vendors should stop selling imported fruits. So that the demand for indigenous fruits would be increased.

PMC Practice 3
Logical Reasoning
Course of Action
Elimination Tool:

I. The breaking news is that Emma Watson is coming. II. The central board of censorship has announced that there will be no complaints from Tom Cruise’s movies.”

PMC 2021 Tested
Logical Reasoning
Cause and Effect
Elimination Tool:

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.

Which one of the following have four sides?

PMC Practice 17
Logical Reasoning
Letters and Symbols Series
Elimination Tool:

A competition always has:

PMC Practice 2
Logical Reasoning
Logical Deduction
Elimination Tool:

Statements:

(I) The children are being aggressive today.

(II) There is no specific limit for children to use mobile screens.

PMC Practice 13
Logical Reasoning
Cause and Effect
Elimination Tool:

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