While many people think of genetic manipulation of food crops as being aimed at developing larger and larger , some plant breeders have in fact concentrated on discovering or producing dwarf varieties, which are roughly half as tall as normal varieties. Which of the following would, if true, most help to explain the strategy of the plant breeders referred to above?

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

The Shop and Save Grocery is south of Greenwood Pharmacy.

Rebecca’s house is northeast of Greenwood Pharmacy.

Rebecca’s house is west of the Shop and Save Grocery.

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

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,

Statement I: The private medical colleges have increased the tuition fees in the current year by 200 percent over the last year’s fees to meet the expenses.

Statement II: The government medical colleges have not increased their fees in spite of price escalation.

PMC Practice 14
Logical Reasoning
Cause and Effect
Elimination Tool:

l.The car manufacturing companies have recently increased the prices of mid-sized cars. ll. The Government recently increased the duty on mid-sized cars.

PMC 2021 Tested
Logical Reasoning
Cause and Effect
Elimination Tool:

” I. The legal council has instructed all the evening law colleges to shut down for the upcoming academic session. II. The quality of education delivered in the evening law colleges was not up to the mark.”

PMC 2021 Tested
Logical Reasoning
Cause and Effect
Elimination Tool:

Fact l: All drink mixes are beverages
Fact 2: All beverages are drinkable
Fact 3: All beverages are red
If the above three statements are facts then which of the following statement will also be a fact?
I. Some drink mixes are red
II. All beverages are drink mixes.
III. All red drink mixes are drinkable

PMC Practice 4
Logical Reasoning
Course of Action
Elimination Tool:

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:

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:

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:

Complete the series A25, B625, C15625, ________?

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

Find the missing series:

3, 12, 27, 48, 75, 108, ?

NUMS 2014
Logical Reasoning
Letters and Symbols Series
Elimination Tool:

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:

On the day Bilal is born,
Jamila weighs more than Javed.
Javed weighs less than Junaid.
Of the three babies, Junaid weighs the most.
If the first two statements are true, the third statement is

PMC Sample 3
Logical Reasoning
Critical Thinking
Elimination Tool: