List of top Logical Reasoning Questions

Amit was driving in New Town, where all roads either north - south or east - west forming a grid. Roads were at a distance of 1 km from each other in parallel.
After driving as stated in question no. 49 above, Amit did not return to his starting point but instead drove 4 km east and 1 km north. How far is he from his starting point?
In 2002, according to a news poll, 36% of the voters had leaning towards party “Y”. In 2004, this figure rose to 46%. But in another survey the percentage was down to 40%. Therefore, the party “Z” is likely to win the next election. Which of the following, if true, would seriously weaken the above conclusion?
Inflation rose by 5% over the second quarter, by 4% during the first quarter and higher than 3% recorded during the same time last year. However, the higher price index did not seem to alarm National stock Index as stock prices remain steady. Which of the following, if true, could explain the reaction of National stock Index?
Pick up the appropriate analogy.
Birth : Dirge
A. Only if the water level in the coastal areas rises, then the people change their lifestyle.
B. People change their lifestyle only if they are rewarded.
C. If people are rewarded, then they will not change their lifestyle.
D. If the temperature rises, then the water level in the coastal areas rises.
E. Whenever the water level in the coastal area rises, then the temperature rises.
F. Unless the people change their lifestyle, temperature rises.
G. People are rewarded.
H. Water level in the coastal areas does not rise.
A. If Kumar sings, then the audiences sleep.
B. If Kumar sings, then the audiences dance.
C. Unless audience do not dance, the concert will be successful.
D. Only if the audience dance, the concert will be successful.
E. If Vina dances, then Kumar sings.
F. Kumar sings only if Vina dances.
G. Vina dances
H. The concert is successful.
Beautiful beaches attract people, no doubt about it. Just look at this city’s beautiful beaches, which are among the most over crowded beaches in the state. Which of the following exhibits a pattern of reasoning most similar to the one exhibited in the argument above?
No national productivity measures are available for underground industries that may exist but remain unreported. On the other hand, at least some industries that are run entirely by self - employed industrialists are included in national productivity measures. From the information given above, it can be validly concluded that
Nilu has never received a violation from the Federal Aviation Administration during her 16-year flying career. Nilu must be a great pilot. Which of the following can be said about the reasoning above?
What number should replace the question mark?
Many people argue that the death penalty deters murder. However, the notorious killer Tom Hanks deliberately moved to a state that imposes the death penalty just before embarking on a series of ferocious murders. Thus, it seems clear that the existence of the death penalty does not serve as a deterrent to murder. The argument above may best be characterized as:

’Instead of being concerned with what actually happens in practice .... (economics) is increasingly preoccupied with developing pseudo-mathematical formulas. These provide models of behavior which never quite fit what actually happens, in a way which resembles the physical sciences gone wrong: instead of equations describing reality, economics produces equations describing ideal conditions and theoretical clarity of a type which never occurs in practice’. 

’Religions, like camel caravans, seem to avoid mountain passes. Buddhism spread quickly south from Buddha’s birth-place in southern Nepal across the flat Gangetic plain to Sri Lanka. But it took a millennium to reach China ... The religious belt stretched eventually to Mongolia and Japan, but in Afghanistan Buddhism filled only a narrow belt that left pagans among the valleys to the east and west in Kailash and Ghor’.
’Friendship was indeed a value for the villagers, more for men than for women. Two good friends were said to be ’like brothers’ (literally, ’like elder brother-younger brother’, annatammandirahage). I heard this expression several times and I could not help recalling the statement of an elderly English colleague who had told me that he and his brother were very close and had written to each other every week. He had added, ’We are very good friends.’ That is, friendship connoted intimacy in England while in Rampura (as in rural India everywhere), brotherhood conveyed intimacy’.
’A language is most easily learnt when it is in tune with the social context. To teach an Indian child in English at the primary stage ........ strengthens distinctions of class and status and warps the mind. Failure to resort to regional languages in literacy campaigns also hampers their success’.
’The tribes should develop their own culture and make their contribution to the cultural richness of the country.It is unnecessary to cause them to change their customs, habits or diversions so far as to make themselves indistinguishable from other classes. To do so would be rob rural and pastoral life of its colour and stimulating diversity’.
’India is the only country in the world where, in the States which are governed by the Communist party, human rights are fully respected-and that is only because the Bill of Rights is firmly entrenched in our national Constitution. We can proudly say that our Constitution gave us a flying start and equipped us adequately to meet the challenges of the future.’
’Poverty is-more restrictive and limiting than anything else. If poverty and low standards continue then democracy, for all its fine institutions and ideals, ceases to be a liberating force. It must therefore aim continuously at the eradication of poverty and its companion unemployment. In other words, political democracy is not enough. It must develop into economic democracy also’.
Statement 1: All libraries are laboratories.
Statement 2: No laboratories are hostels.
Conclusions: (a) All laboratories are libraries
(b) Some hostels are libraries
(c) Some libraries are hostels
(d) No library is a hostel
Statement 1: Some aeroplanes are balloons.
Statement 2: Some balloons are rockets.
Assuming these statements are true, which conclusions follow? (a) Some aeroplanes are rockets
(b) Some rockets are tables
(c) All the rockets are balloons
(d) All the balloons are aeroplanes
Statements:
1. All whales are fish.
2. Some fish are not amphibians.
3. All whales are amphibians.
4. Some amphibians are not fish.
Conclusions:
(a) Some fish are amphibians
(b) Some amphibians are fish
(c) Only whales are both fish and amphibians
(d) All amphibians are fish
‘It took many centuries before the countries of Europe could resolve their internal problems of violence and corruption to become the stable nation-states they are. Therefore, it will take many centuries for India to achieve internal stability.’ Assuming that the factual claims in the argument above are true, what must be assumed in order for the conclusion to follow?
Which one of the following statements is best described as an assertion of opinion rather than an assertion of fact?
Which one of the above statements is best described as an assertion of opinion rather than an assertion of fact?
Which one of the following statements, if true, is best described as an assertion of opinion rather than an assertion of fact?