Assume that floors are polished on consecutive instead of nonconsecutive days but that all other scheduling policies are unchanged. For how many of the six days can it be determined both whether plants are watered and whether floors are polished?

PMC Sample 3
Logical Reasoning
Logical Deduction
Elimination Tool:

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
Logical Reasoning
Course of Action
Elimination Tool:

QPO, NML, KJI, _____, EDC

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.

BCB, DED, FGF, HIH, ___

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

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

Blueberries cost more than strawberries. Blueberries cost less than raspberries. Raspberries cost more than strawberries and blueberries. If the first two statements are true, the third statement is

A certain automaker aims to increase its market share by deeply discounting its vehicles’ prices for the next several months. The discounts will cut into profits, but because they will be heavily advertised the manufacturer hopes that they will attract buyers away from rival manufacturers’ cars. In the longer term, the automaker envisions that customers initially attracted by the discounts may become loyal customers. In assessing the plan’s chances of achieving its aim, it would be most useful to know which of the following?

Statements: Some papers are pens. Angle is a paper.
Conclusions:
I. Angle is not a pen.
II. Angle is a pen.

PMC Practice 2
Logical Reasoning
Course of Action
Elimination Tool:

CMM, EOO, GQQ, _____, KUU

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

JAK, KBL, LCM, MDN, _____

Statements:

I The school authority has asked the X Std. students to attend special classes to be conducted on Sundays.

II The parents of the X Std. students have withdrawn their wards from attending private tuitions conducted on Sundays.

Statements:

No man is a donkey. Ali is a man.

Conclusions:

Ali is not a donkey.

All men are not Ali.

Complete the series A25, B625, C15625, ________?

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

Hollywood restaurant is replacing some of its standard tables with tall tables and stool’s. The restaurant already fills every available seat duringits operating hours, and the change in seating arrangements will not result in increase in the restaurant’s seating capacity. Nonetheless, the restaurant’s management expects revenue to increase as a result of the seating change without any concurrent change in menu, prices, or operating hours. Which of the following, if true, provides the best reason for the expectation?

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:

Statements: All branches are flowers. All flowers are leaves. Conclusions: All branches are leaves. All leaves are branches. All flowers are branches. Some leaves are branches.

Statements:

I Police resorted to lathi-charge to disperse the unlawful gathering of large number of people.

II The citizens’ forum called a general strike in protest against the police atrocities.