Dr. Dayal Sandhu Solutions for Chapter: Logical Reasoning, Exercise 51: Exercise

Statement:

National Aluminum Company has moved India from a position of shortage to self-sufficiency in the metal.

Conclusions:

I. Previously, India had to import aluminum.
II. With this speed, it can soon become a foreign exchange earner.

In each question below a Statement is given followed by two Conclusions numbered (I) & (II). You have to take the State;nent to be true. Read both the Conclusions and decide which of the two or both follow from the given Statement. ·Give your answer as (A) if only conclusion (I) follows; (B) if only conclusion (II) follows; (C) if either (I) or (II) follows; (D) if neither (I) nor (II) follows and (E) if both Conclusions (I) and (II) follow:

Statement:

Death has no calendar.

Conclusions:

I. Living beings must die one day.
II. Death can come at any time.

In the question below a statement and two conclusions are given. You have to assume everything in the statement to be true and consider both the conclusion together, then decide which of the two given conclusions logically follows. Give answer -

Statement: Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man and writing an exact man.

Conclusion:

I. Pointed and precise expression comes only through extensive writing.

II. Extensive reading makes a complete man.

In the question below a statement and two conclusions are given. You have to assume everything in the statement to be true and consider both the conclusion together, then decide which of the two given conclusions logically follows. Give answer -

Statement:

No country is absolutely self-dependent these days.

Conclusion:

I. It is impossible to grow and produce all that a country needs.
II. Countrymen, in general, have become lazy.

In the question below a statement and two conclusions are given. You have to assume everything in the statement to be true and consider both the conclusion together, then decide which of the two given conclusions logically follows. Give answer -

Statement: Players who give extraordinary performance and break the previous records in a fair way get special prizes. Player ‘A’ broke the world record but was found to be under the influence of a prohibited drug.

Conclusions:

I. 'A' will get the special prize.
II. 'A' will not get the special prize.

In the question below a statement and two conclusions are given. You have to assume everything in the statement to be true and consider both the conclusion together, then decide which of the two given conclusions logically follows. Give answer -

Statement:

The old order changes yielding place to new.

Conclusions:

I. Change is the law of nature.
II. Discard old ideas because they are old.

At a dinner party, both fish and meat were served. Some took only fish and some only meat. There were some vegetarians who did not accept either. The rest accepted both fish and meat. Which of the following logic diagram correctly reflects this situation?

Choose from the four diagrams given below, the one that illustrates the relationship among languages, French, German?