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

Conclusions:

I Male athletes can play.

II Some athletes can play.

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:

P5QR, P4QS, P3QT, _____, P1QV

P3C, R5F, T8I, V12L, ___?

PMC Sample 1
Logical Reasoning
Letters and Symbols Series
Elimination Tool:

CMM, EOO, GQQ, _____, KUU

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:

Statements:

Some bags are pockets. No pocket is a pouch.

Conclusions:

No bag is a pouch.

I Some bags are not pouches.

II Some pockets are bags.

III No pocket is a bag,

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

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

Statements:
Nutritious food is delicious and good for health.

Apple is nutritious.
Conclusions:
(I) Apple is good for health.
(II) Delicious foods are nutritious.

PMC Practice 5
Logical Reasoning
Course of Action
Elimination Tool:

Q.201 Statements: All film stars are playback singers. All film directors are frilm stars. Conclusions: I. Al film directors are playback singers. II. Some film stars are film directors

During the past year, Jamshed saw more movies than Sadia.
Sadia saw fewer movies than Dawood.
Dawood saw more movies than Jamshed.
If the first two statements are true, the third statement is

PMC Sample 2
Logical Reasoning
Logical Deduction
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

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:

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?

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?

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.

\The temperature on Monday was lower than on Tuesday.

The temperature on Wednesday was lower than on Tuesday.

The temperature on Monday was higher than on Wednesday

If the first two statements are true, the third statement is