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?

Many business offices are located in buildings having 2-8 floors. If a building has more than 3 floors, it has a lift. If the above statements are true, which of the following must be true?

Statements:

I There is unprecedented increase in the number of young unemployed in comparison to the previous year.

II A large number of candidates submitted applications against an advertisement for the post of manager issued by a bank.

Blueberries cost more than strawberries. Blueberries cost less than raspberries. Raspberries cost more than strawberries and blueberries. If the first two statements are true, the third statement is

Statements:

All fruits are vegetables. All pens are vegetables. All vegetables are rains.

Conclusions:

I All fruits are rains.

II All pens are rains.

III Some rains are vegetables.

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: Some kings are queens. All queens are beautiful. Conclusions: All kings are beautiful. All queens are kings.

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:

Statement:

The availability of imported fruits has increased in the indigenous market and so the demand for indigenous fruits has been decreased.

Course of Action:

I. To help the indigenous producers of fruits, the Government should impose high import duty on these fruits, even if these are not of good quality.

II. The fruit vendors should stop selling imported fruits. So that the demand for indigenous fruits, would be increased.

PMC Practice 4
Logical Reasoning
Course of Action
Elimination Tool:

Statement:
I. There has been a decline in the prices of personal computers.
II. School going kids are expressing interests in learning how the computer operates.

PMC Practice 3
Logical Reasoning
Course of Action
Elimination Tool:

Fact Checking

Fact 1: 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.

Ill. All red drink mixes are drinkable

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:

P3C, R5F, T8I, V12L, ___?

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

Find the missing series

2, 3, 8, 63, ?

NUMS 2015
Logical Reasoning
Letters and Symbols Series
Elimination Tool:

How many such pairs of letters are there in the word ‘HISTORICAL’ which have as many letters between them in the word as they have between them in the English alphabet?

PMC Practice 15
Logical Reasoning
Critical Thinking
Elimination Tool:

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:

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: