
My family doctor said that he would be performing a blood test on me when I visit him today. I know I will feel pain today.
The above argument depends on which one of these assumptions?


Important Questions on Logical Reasoning
Read the following statement carefully and answer the question of which follows.
Farmers found using chemical fertilizers in the organic farming area of their farms would be heavily fined.
Which of the following statement is an assumption implicit in the given statement? (An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted.)

Read the following statement carefully and answer the question of which follows.
If the top 100 Net Worth Individuals (HNWIs) in India decide to donate merely 1 per cent of their total wealth, they could and add around $3 billion every year to the economy. A study year to the economy. A study published in XYZ magazine.
Which of the following is an assumption/inference implicit in the given statement? (An assumption is something which and inference is something which is not directly stated but given facts.)

Statement:“Poor growth in corporate tax collection pulled down overall rise in gross direct tax mobilization in the first half of the current year, ruling out any pickup in growth in the first half of the year, indicating that the government will find it difficult to meet its tax target for the year.”
Inferences :
Corporate tax collection rose only in the first quarter of the current year.
Industrial production slowed down in the first half of the year.
The government has achieved the target of corporate tax collection in comparison to previous year.
Poor tax collection in the corporate pulled down the economy.
The government is likely to face difficulties in achieving the target of collection of corporate tax due to slowdown in production and the government has forecast a growth in corporate tax.
Which of the inferences numbered and can be concluded from the fact/information given in the statement?

Statement:Sociologist and political observers are of the opinion that making educational qualification mandatory for election candidates would be discriminatory since that would naturally deprive citizens of India ofthe right to represent their people. Institutional qualification, as they say, is different from political acumen and wisdom. In a country like India where about a quarter of 815 million eligible voters are illiterate, it would not be prudent to deny a politically aware and socially conscious individual the election ticket just because he/she doesn’t have a minimum qualification.
Inferences :
No, mere literacy is no guarantee of political maturity of an individual.
Yes, Illiterate people are less likely to make politically wiser decisions of voting for a right candidate or party.
No, Voting is the constitutional right of every citizen.
Should “literacy” be the minimum criterion for becoming a voter in India?

Statement: Advani’s role in the governments is unique. Whereas all other state officials are specialists in one area or another, Advani is the supreme generalist, the single person who can determine how various interrelated areas of government are likely to be affected by a particular course of action. As a consequence, Advani is the only truly indispensable person in the government.
It would be easier to replace or do without a person with general knowledge than a person withspecialized knowledge.
A decision that affected only one area of government would not require Advani’s expertise.
Advani’s knowledge of each separate area of government is as profound as that of a specialist.
If the statements above are true, which inferences must also be true?

Statement: With the increase in the number of vehicles in the city, the government is trying hard to resolve issues related to available space for parking vehicles in public areas. Around one thousand new vehicles add to the present traffic situation daily. This causes further problems of traffic congestion. In order to resolve the issues, the government has suggested the construction of underground and multi-level parking spaces especially in and around market areas.
Which of the above can be inferred from the above statement?

Statement: The government is set to overhaul annual targets for public sector lenders, ending a focus on size that has long encouraged banks to initiate their loans and deposits at the year-end to hit growth objectives. Banking and government sources said that the new targets, to be discussed at meeting with top state bank officials, would focus on efficiency, with objectives set around return on assets, or return on equity, and controlling bad debts.
Which of the above points can be inferred from the given statement?

Statement : One of the most vexing problems in historiography is dating an event when the usual sources offer conflicting chronologies of the event. Historians should attempt to minimize the number of competing sources, perhaps by eliminating the less credible ones. Once this is achieved and several sources are left, as often happens, historians may try, though on occasion unsuccessfully, to determine independently of the usual sources which date is more likely to be right.
Which one of the above inferences is most strongly supported by the statement given above?
