Subject Experts Solutions for Chapter: Logical Reasoning, Exercise 1: Exercise

According to McNeill, a Brahmin priest was expected to be able to recite at least one of the Vedas. The practice was essential for several centuries when the Vedas had not yet been written down. It must have had a selective effect, since priests would have been recruited from those able or willing to memorise long passages. It must have helped in the dissemination of the work, since a memorised passage can be duplicated many times. Which of the following can be inferred from the above passage?

Statement: Should the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) be brought under the direct control of the Cabinet Secretariat?

Arguments: I. Yes, this will reduce cases of partiality and will make the CBI more meaningful and purposeful.

II. No, the move will empower the prime minister to harass leaders of coalition parties if these leaders do not go in his favour on any issue.

Statement: Parents are prepared to pay any price for an elite education for their children.

Conclusions: I. All parents these days are very well off.

II. Parents have an obsessive passion for perfect development of their children through good schooling

In a row of children, Yashvi is fifteenth from the left end of the row. If she is shifted towards the right end of the row by four places, she becomes eighth from the right end. How many children are there in the row?

In a class among the passed students, Nalini is 22nd from the top and Ashna, who is 5 ranks below Nalini, is 34th from the bottom. All the students from the class appeared for an examination. If the ratio of the students who passed in the examination to those who failed is 4 : 1, how many students were there in the class?

In a row of girls, Kavya is fifth from the left and Saumya is sixth from the right. When they exchange their positions, then Kavya becomes thirteenth from the left. What will be Saumya's position from the right?

 In a class, six students-Sameer, Sarthak, Daksh, Harjas, Saksham and Ansh are the top six Rank holders, not necessarily in the same order. Daksh did not get the 4th Rank. Sameer's rank is higher than Ansh's and Daksh's but lower than Sarthak's. Among these six rankers, there are four students whose ranks are lower than Harjas's rank and five students whose ranks are above that of Saksham. Who is ranked 5th in the class?

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