Instructions for 1 and 2
- Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect
- Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect
- Both the statements I and II are independent causes
- Both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes
- Both the statements I and II are effects of some common cause
- Statements:
- Large number of people living in the low-lying areas has been evacuated during the last few days to safer places.
- The Government has rushed in relief supplies to the people living in the affected areas.
- Statements:
- It is the aim of the city’s civic authority to get the air pollution reduced by 20% in the next two months.
- The number of asthma cases in the city is constantly increasing.
- Statement: Four districts in state A have been experiencing serve drought for the last three years resulting into exodus of people from these districts.
Courses of Action:
- The government should immediately start food for work program in the district to put a halt to the Exodus.
- The government should make effort to provide drinking / potable water to these districts.
- Government should start investing in projects for effective use of resources during draught time.
- Only I and II follows
- Only II follows
- Either I or II follows
- I and II and III follows
- All I II and III follow
The cases of food poisoning due to consumption of liquor in rural areas are far greater than such cases in urban areas. Hence it can be concluded that the liquor supplied in rural areas is of low quality than that supplied in urban areas.
- The prices of liquor are lower in rural areas than in urban areas.
- Percentage of people consuming liquor is more in rural areas than in urban areas.
- There are many unauthorized spurious liquor shops in the rural areas.
- Number of people suffering from food poisoning due to consumption of liquor as a percentage of people who consume liquor is almost equal for both urban areas and rural areas.
- Which of the above statements numbered (B), (C) and (D) if true will most weaken the given argument?
(1) Only D (2) Both B and D (3) Only C (4) Only B (5) None
- Which of the above statements numbered (A), (B), (C) and if true will strengthen the given argument?
- Only A (2) Only B (3) Only C (4) Both A & D (5) A, C & D
- The district administration has issued a circular to all the farmers under its jurisdiction advising them for not using pesticides indiscriminately as it may pollute the ground water. Which of the following can be assumed from the given statement?
- People may stop using ground water if the farmers continue to use pesticides indiscriminately.
- The polluted ground water can cause health problems.
- Farmers may refrain from using pesticides indiscriminately.
- People in the district are majorly dependent on ground water for drinking use.
- None of these
- Which of the following argument is correct?
Statement: Should those who receive dowry, despite the law prohibiting it, be punished?
I. Yes, those who violate the law, must be punished.
II. No, dowry system is firmly rooted in the society since time immemorial.
(1) Only I (2) Both I and II (3) Only II (4) I or II (5) None
- According to Albert Einstein’s famous theory of relativity, time travel is theoretically possible. Assuming that time travel were to be made possible through some technological breakthrough, it would be advantageous to send someone back in time to prevent the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914 and thus keep World War I from ever occurring. Which of the following inference can be deduced from above argument?
- It is not possible to alter a significant current in world history merely by changing a single event.
- The technology necessary for time travel is likely to be developed in the near future.
- Franz Ferdinand was the most influential figure of 1914.
- The assassination of Franz Ferdinand was the crucial event that triggered the start of World War I.
- None of these
- The airlines have requested all their passengers to check the status of flight operations before leaving their homes as heavy fog is causing immense problems to normal flight operations. Which of the following inference can be made from the above statement?
- The majority of the air passengers may check the flight status before starting their journey to the airport.
- The Govt. may take serious objection to the notice issued by the airline company.
- Majority of the passengers may cancel their tickets and postpone their journey till the situation becomes normal.
- Both (1) and (2) (5) None of these
- Which of the following assumption is correct?
Statement: The college administration has instructed all the students to stop using cell phone within the college premises.
Assumption:
I. The student may stop using cell phone in the college premises
II. Some student may continue to use cell phone in the college premises.
(1) Only I (2) Both I and II (3) Only II (4) I or II (5) None