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.

Complete the sequence:

2, 15, 41, 80, _____

NUMS 2014
Logical Reasoning
Letters and Symbols Series
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

ELFA, GLHA, ILJA, _____, MLNA

Statement: Should children be prevented completely from watching television?

Arguments:

(I) No. We get vital information regarding education through television.

(II) Yes. It hampers the study of children.

(Ill) Yes. Young children are misguided by certain programmes featuring violence.

Logical Reasoning
Critical Thinking
Elimination Tool:

3, 6, 18, 72, ____

NUMS 2014
Logical Reasoning
Letters and Symbols Series
Elimination Tool:

Statements:

Some hills are rivers. Some rivers are deserts. All deserts are roads.

Conclusions:

I Some roads are rivers.

II Some roads are hills.

III Some deserts are hills.

Statements: Some pictures are frames. Some frames are idols. All idols are curtains.

Conclusions:

I Some curtains are pictures.

II Some curtains are frames.

III Some idols are frames.

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:

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

DEF, DEF2, DE2F2, _____, D2E2F3

Statements:

I The police authority has recently caught a group of house breakers.

II The citizens group in the locality have started night vigil in the area.

Children go to school because:

NUMS 2014
Logical Reasoning
Logical Deduction
Elimination Tool:

Statement
In a specific area of a country an acute famine have appeared COURSE OF ACTION:
I. Major facilities of water and food should be provided straight away in that area.

II. Financial support should be given to bothered individuals to the from the Government.

PMC Practice 1
Logical Reasoning
Course of Action
Elimination Tool:

Statement:

I. Large number of Primary Schools in the rural areas is run by only one teacher.
II. There has been a huge dropout from the primary schools in rural areas.

PMC Practice 4
Logical Reasoning
Course of Action
Elimination Tool:

Complete the series: AB, EF, __ ,MN

PMC Practice 13
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.

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.