UG-CLAT entrance exam Question Bank Solutions for Logical Reasoning

An argument is given below, on the basis of that argument; find out the parallel argument from the given list of subsequent arguments

Argument: Himalayan Sparrows are disappearing. This bird is an Indian bird; therefore, Indian birds are disappearing.

Subsequent Arguments:

The question below is followed by arguments. Choose the most appropriate choice from the options given.

Statements: Should Judicial Activism be discouraged?

Argument I: No, it would lead to executive dictatorship

Argument II: Yes, Judiciary should stay in the constitutional limits

The question below is followed by arguments. Choose the most appropriate choice from the options given.

Statements: Should the Judiciary be independent of Executive and Legislature?

Argument I: Yes, this is necessary to ensure impartiality in the administration of Justice

Argument II: No, it will develop inertia in Executive and Legislature

The question below is followed by arguments. Choose the most appropriate choice from the options given.

Statements: Should E-Governance be introduced at every level of public administration?

Argument I: Yes, it will reduce corruption

Argument II: No, it will lead to unemployment

The question below is followed by arguments. Choose the most appropriate choice from the options given.

Statements: Should there be a world Government?

Argument I: Yes, it will eliminate inter-state conflicts

Argument II: No, Rich and Powerful countries will dominate it

“Some philosophers believe that a concept which cannot be verified can still be valid because of its inner logic which ennobles it.”

In light of the above statement, decide the status of the statement given below.

Statement: “Every person has certain inherent and inalienable rights which must be protected by Rule of Law.”

For academic year, all the students at a high school were observed. The aim was to test the hypothesis that studying more increased a student’s chances of earning a higher grade. It turned out that the students who spent the most time studying did not earn grades as high as did many students who studied less. Nonetheless, the researchers concluded that the results of the observation supported the initial hypothesis. Which one of the following, if true, most helps to explain why the researchers drew the conclu-sion described above?

Educator: It has been argued that our professional organization should take decision about important issues such as raising dues and taking political stands-by a direct vote of all members rather than by having members vote for officers who in turn make the decisions. This would not; however, be the right way to decide these matters, for the vote of any given individual is much more likely to determine organizational policy by influencing the election of an officer than by influencing the result of a direct vote on a single issue. Which one of the following principles would, if valid, most help to justify the educator’s reasoning?

Mayor: Local anti-tobacco activists are calling for expanded antismoking education programs paid for by revenue from heavily increased taxes on cigarettes sold in the city. Although the effectiveness of such education programs is debatable, there is strong evidence that the taxes themselves would produce the soughtafter reduction in smoking. Surveys show that cigarette sales drop substantially in cities that impose stiff tax increases on cigarettes. Which one of the following, if true, most undermines the reason-ing in the argument above?

Gotera: Infants lack the motor ability required to voluntarily produce particular sounds, but produce various babbling sounds randomly. Most children are several years old before they can voluntarily produce most of the vowel and consonant sounds of their language. We can conclude that speech acquisition is entirely a motor control process rather than a process that is abstract or mental. Which one of the following is an assumption required by Gotera’s argument?

Reducing stress lessens a person’s sensitivity to pain. This is the conclusion reached by researchers who played extended audiotape? to patients before they underwent surgery and afterward while they were recovering. One tape consisted of conversation; the other consisted of music. Those who listened only to the latter tape required less anesthesia during surgery and fewer painkillers after-ward than those who listened only to the former tape. Which one of the following is an assumption on which the researchers’ reasoning depends?

In the following question, it has a statement followed by two conclusion. Taking the statement to be true, decide which of the given conclusions definitely follows from the given statement. Indicate your answer as

Statement: The Supreme Court gave a judgement that the maintenance of old age parents is the responsibility of the married girls if they do not have brothers.

Conclusions:

I. Constitution is always interpreted to help oppressed people out.

II. Before the Supreme Court gave the verdict, a married girl must have denied paying for the maintenance to her parents.

In the following question, it has a statement followed by two conclusion. Taking the statement to be true, decide which of the given conclusions definitely follows from the given statement. Indicate your answer as

Statement: Ideas given by our ancestors that were once discarded as uneconomical and unviable, turn out to be as functional and inevitable in present circumstances.

Conclusions:

I. In ancient period, ideas were considered either completely functional or totally infeasible.

II. Ideas cannot change from time to time.

In question below is given a statement followed by two assumptions numbered I and II. An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted. You have to consider the statement and the following assumptions and decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement. 

Statement: ‘Use ‘M’ Brand shoes. They are available in all sizes and last longer’— an advertisement in the newspaper ‘A’.

Assumption I: Some people do not know about ‘M’ brand shoes.

Assumption II: People generally prefer shoes that last longer.

In the question below is given a statement followed by two assumptions numbered I and II. An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted. You have to consider the statement and the following assumptions and decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement. 

Statement: Lack of stimulation in the first four or five years of life can have adverse consequences.

Assumption I: A great part of the development of observed intelligence occurs in the earliest years of life.

Assumption II: 50 percent of the measurable intelligence at age 16 is predictable by the age of four.

Identify the answer which is the correct inference of the following questions. Assume the statement to be true.

If you are serious you must work.  You are not serious, you do not work. 

Identify the answer which is the correct inference of the following questions. Assume the statement to be true.

All honest people are rogues. All rogues are politicians.  So, politicians are honest.   

Statement Government has spoiled many top-ranking financial institutions by appointing bureaucrats as directors of these institutions. 

Conclusions   
I. Government should appoint directors of the financial institutes taking into consideration the expertise of the person in the area of finance.   
II. The director of the financial institution should have expertise commensurate with the financial work carried out by the institute. 

Statement in Japan, the incidence of stomach cancer is very high, while that of 'bowel' cancer is very low. But Japanese immigrate to Hawaii, this is reversed - the rate of bowel cancer increases but the rate of stomach cancer is reduced in the next generation. 'All this is related to nutrition - the diets of Japanese in Hawaii are different than those in Japan.

Conclusions:   
I. The same diet as in Hawaii should be propagated in  Japan also.   
II. Bowel cancer is less severe than stomach cancer.  

One word can be formed by using the letters from the given word. Find that word.
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