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 students have withdrawn their wards from attending private tuitions conducted on Sundays.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:

I The literacy rate in the district has been increasing for the last four years.

II The district administration has conducted extensive training programme for the workers involved in the literacy drive.

Statement: Severe drought is reported to have set in several parts of the country.

Courses of Action:

I Government should immediately make arrangement for providing financial assistance to those affected.

II Food, water and fodder should immediately be sent to all these areas to save the people and cattle.

All the trees in the park are flowering trees. Some of the trees in the park are dogwoods. All dogwoods in the park are flowering trees. If the first two statements are true, the third statement is

Statements:

No man is a donkey. Ali is a man.

Conclusions:

Ali is not a donkey.

All men are not Ali.

SCD, TEF, UGH, ____, WKL

ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES (WRONG TERAM
Case II: FINDING THE WRONG TERM IN THE GIYEN SERIES
Q(7). Find the wrong number in the sequence: 7.26,63,126,215,142,511

I. An interior minister has been found as the owner of assets more than the stated income.
II. The prime minister has ordered all the ministers to unveil their assets.

PMC Sample 2
Logical Reasoning
Cause and Effect
Elimination Tool:

Directions:
In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions.
Statement: “Please do not wait for me, I may be late, start taking lunch as soon as the guests arrive.” – A message from a Director of a Company to his office managers.
Assumptions:
I. Keeping guests waiting is not desirable.

II. Lunch may not be ready in time.

PMC Practice 4
Logical Reasoning
Course of Action
Elimination Tool:

Statement: Without reforming the entire administrative system, we cannot eradicate corruption and prejudice from society.
Assumptions:
I. The existence of corruption and prejudice is good.
II. There is enough flexibility to change the administrative system.

PMC Practice 2
Logical Reasoning
Course of Action
Elimination Tool:

Statements and Actions

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.

Ill) Funds will have to be raised to support the scheme for years to come.

Logical Reasoning
Logical Problems
Elimination Tool:

Verbal Classification

If a – b = 3 and a2 + b2 = 29, find the value of ab.

Logical Reasoning
Logical Problems
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:

Suppose in a certain language MADRAS is coded as NBESBT. Then BOMBAY is coded in that language as:

NUMS 2015
Logical Reasoning
Logical Deduction
Elimination Tool:

ZA5, Y4B, XC6, W3D, _____

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

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

NUMS 2014
Logical Reasoning
Letters and Symbols Series
Elimination Tool:

Statements and conclusions:

Statements All apples are bananas. No banana is a mango. Some mangoes are oranges.

Conclusions

(I) All oranges can never be bananas.

(ll)Some mangoes are apples.

PMC Practice 20
Logical Reasoning
Critical Thinking
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: