AILET entrance exam Question Bank Solutions for Logical Reasoning

Statement: This book 'Z' is the only book that focuses its attention on the problem of poverty in India between 1950 and 1980.

Conclusions:
I. There was no question of poverty before 1950.

II. No other book deals with poverty in India during 1950 to 1980.

Statement: Good voice is a natural gift but one has to keep practising to improve and excel well in the field of music.

Conclusions:
I. Natural gifts need nurturing and care.
II. Even though your voice is not good, one can keep practising.

Statement: The percentage of the national income shared by the top 10 percent of households in India is 35.

Conclusions:
I. When an economy grows fast, concentration of wealth in certain pockets of population takes place.
II. The national income is unevenly distributed in India.

Considering given statements as true, select a logical conclusion based on the given statements.

Statements:

• Some A are B.
• Some C are A.

Conclusions:

• Some C are B.
• Some B are A

Considering given statements as true, select a logical conclusion based on the given statements.

Statements:

• No tree is a flower
• Some trees are fruits

Conclusions:

• Fruits that are trees are not flowers.
• No fruit is a flower.

Considering given statements as true, select a logical conclusion based on the given statements.

Statements:

• Lady's Finger is tastier than cabbage
• Cauliflower is tastier than Lady's Finger
• Cabbage is not tastier than peas

Considering given statements as true, select a logical conclusion based on the given statements.

Statements:

• Some cats are animals.
• All plants are animals.
• All animals are plants.

Conclusions:  

• Some cats are plants.
• All plants are animals.
• All animals are cats.
• All plants are cats.

Six statements are given. Below them sets of three statements are given. Decide which set has third sentence as logical conclusion of first and second sentences considering the first two statements to be correct.

(A) Some cleaners are janitors.
(B) All cleaners are sweeper.
(C) No sweeper is cleaner.
(D) Some janitors are not cleaner.
(E) Some sweepers are not janitors.
(F) Some cleaners are janitors.

Statement: Domestic demand has been increasing faster than the production of indigenous crude oil.

Conclusions:

I. Crude oil must be imported.
II. Domestic demand should be reduced

Statement: The Cabinet of State X took certain steps to tackle the milk glut in the state as the cooperatives and government dairies failed to use the available milk. — A news report.

Conclusions:

I. The milk production of State X is more than its need.
II. The Government and co-operative dairies in State X are not equipped in terms of resources and technology to handle such excess milk.

Statement: All the organized persons find time for rest. Sunita, in spite of her very busy schedule, finds time for rest.

Conclusions:

I. Sunita is an organized person.
II. Sunita is an industrious person.

Statement: The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

Conclusions:

I. Constant dripping wears the stone.
II. Single-minded devotion is necessary for achieving success.

Statement: The manager humiliated Sachin in the presence of his colleagues.

Conclusions: 

I. The manager did not like Sachin.
II. Sachin was not popular with his colleagues.

Considering given statements as true, select a logical conclusion based on the given statements.

Statements:

• Some roads are highways.
• Some highways are seaways.
• Some seaways are airways.

Conclusions:

1. Some airways are roads.
2. Some seaways are roads
3. Some airways are highways.
4. Some roads are airways.

Considering given statements as true, select a logical conclusion based on the given statements.

Statements:

• All boots are sandals.
• No sandal is shoe.
• All shoes are rings.

Conclusions:

1. Some boots are rings.
2. All sandals are boots.
3. Some rings are sandals.
4. All rings are shoes 

Considering given statements as true, select a logical conclusion based on the given statements.

Statements:

• All mangoes are fruits.
• No fruit is an apple.
• Some apples are vegetables.
• Some fruits are carrots.

Conclusions:

1. No mango is an apple.
2. Some vegetables are not apples.
3. Some mangoes are carrots.
4. Some vegetables are apples.

Considering given statements as true, select a logical conclusion based on the given statements.

Statements:

• Some Q are E.
• All E are D.
• No D is A.

Conclusions:

I. Some Q are not A.
II. Some Q are not D.
III. All Q are D.
IV. No Q is A.

Statement: The Prime Minister emphatically stated that his government will make every possible effort for the upliftment of poor farmers and farmhands.

Conclusions:

I. Except poor farmers and farmhands, all others have got benefits of fruits of development.
II. No serious efforts have been made in the past for upliftment of any section of the society.

Statement: Prime age school-going children in urban India have now become avid as well as more regular viewers of television, even in households without a TV. As a result there has been an alarming decline in the extent of readership of newspapers.

Conclusions:

I. Method of increasing the readership of newspapers should be devised.
II. A team of experts should be sent to other countries to study the impact of TV. on the readership of newspapers.

Statement: The Government of country X has recently announced several concessions and offered attractive package tours for foreign visitors.

Conclusions:

I. Now, more foreign tourists will visit the country. 
II. The Government of country X seems to be serious in attracting tourists.