Statement and argument:

Statement: Should the public sector undertakings be allowed to adopt a hire-and-fire policy?

Arguments:

(I) Yes, as this will help the public sector undertakings to get rid of non-performing employees and will also help to reward the performing employees.

(II) No, the management may not be able to implement the policy in an unbiased manner and the employees will suffer due to the high-handedness of the management.

PMC Practice 13
Logical Reasoning
Critical Thinking
Elimination Tool:

ZA5, Y4B, XC6, W3D, _____

PMC Sample 3
Logical Reasoning
Letters and Symbols Series
Elimination Tool:

Statement: Since its launching in 1981, Vayudoot has so far accumulated losses amounting to Rs 153 crore.

Courses of Action:

I Vayudoot should be directed to reduce wasteful expenditure and to increase passenger fare.

IIbAn amount of about Rs 300 crore should be provided to Vayudoot to make the airliner economically viable.

Statements:
All apples are bananas.
No banana is a mango.
Some mangoes are oranges.
Conclusions:
(I) All oranges can never be bananas.
(II)Some mangoes are apples.

PMC Sample 1
Logical Reasoning
Logical Problems
Elimination Tool:

Statement: Courts take too long in deciding important disputes of various departments.

Courses of Action:

I Courts should be ordered to speed up matters.

II Special powers should be granted to officers to settle disputes concerning their department.

Which one of the following have four sides?

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

Statements:

I All the schools in the area had to be kept closed for most part of the week.

II Many parents have withdrawn their children from the local schools.

Statement:
According to reports, the childrens below age 10 are being aggressive because of mobile phones.
Course of Action:
I. Parents needs to be strict with their child.
II. Parents need to be concerned and limit their screening time.

PMC Practice 5
Logical Reasoning
Course of Action
Elimination Tool:

QAR, RAS, SAT, TAU, _____

Complete the series A3.3, B6.6, C9.9, ____?

PMC Practice 13
Logical Reasoning
Letters and Symbols Series
Elimination Tool:

Statements:

I Majority of the citizens in the locality belongs to higher income group.

II The sales in the local super market are comparatively much higher than in other localities.

8, 10, 14, 18, ___ , 34, 50 , 66:

NUMS 2014
Logical Reasoning
Letters and Symbols Series
Elimination Tool:

Statements:

1. Dogs are cats.

2. Cats are birds.

Conclusion:

1. Cats are dogs.

2. Dog are birds.

PMC Sample 2
Logical Reasoning
Logical Problems
Elimination Tool:

A man walks 3 km northwards and then turns left and goes 2 km. He again turns left and goes on 3 km. He turns right and walks straight. In which direction he is walking?

NUMS 2015
Logical Reasoning
Logical Deduction
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 should come next: save, secure, protect, —–

PMC Practice 4
Logical Reasoning
Logical Problems
Elimination Tool:

Here are some words translated from an artificial language:

Granamelke means big tree

Pinimelke means little tree

Melkehoon means tree house

Which word could mean big house?

PMC Practice 15
Logical Reasoning
Critical Thinking
Elimination Tool:

Statements:

All windows are doors. No door is wall.

Conclusions:

I No window is wall.

II No wall is door.

Find the missing series

2, 3, 8, 63, ?

NUMS 2015
Logical Reasoning
Letters and Symbols Series
Elimination Tool: