Consider the statement: ‘The cake does not rise well unless the oven is preheated.’ Which of the following means the same?
Correct answer D. If the oven is not preheated, then the cake does not rise well.
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Statements: All cars are candles. All cars are brushes. Which of the following conclusions definitely follows from the statements?
Correct answer C. Some candles are brushes.
Statements: All bells are buckets. No bells are rulers. Which of the following conclusions definitely follows from the statements?
Correct answer B. Some buckets are not rulers.
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Statements: Some tigers are not bottles. Some bottles are parrots. Which of the following conclusions definitely follows from the statements?
Correct answer D. Some parrots are bottles.
Statements: All teachers are leaves. Some painters are leaves. Conclusions: I. Some leaves are teachers. II. Some leaves are painters. Which of the conclusions logically follows from the statements?
Correct answer D. Both conclusions I and II follow
In a certain code, ‘P © Q’ means ‘P is greater than Q’; ‘P & Q’ means ‘P is smaller than Q’; ‘P + Q’ means ‘P is equal to Q’; ‘P ★ Q’ means ‘P is greater than or equal to Q’; ‘P * Q’ means ‘P is smaller than or equal to Q’. If B ★ S, S & M, M & A, which of the following is definitely true?
Correct answer D. S & A
Statements: Some buses are towers. Some towers are mirrors. Conclusions: I. Some mirrors are towers. II. Some towers are not mirrors. Which of the conclusions logically follows from the statements?
Correct answer D. Only conclusion I follows
Five friends, Nusrat, Tanvir, Sana, Zara and Rumana, are compared by height. No two are equal. Nusrat is taller than Tanvir. Tanvir is taller than Rumana. Zara is shorter than Nusrat. Sana is taller than Rumana. Which of the following must be true?
Correct answer D. Nusrat is taller than Rumana.
Five people, Faisal, Nadia, Hamza, Meera and Rafiq, live on different floors of a five-storey building. The ground floor is numbered 1 and the top floor is numbered 5. Rafiq lives on floor 5. Exactly one floor lies between the floors of Meera and Nadia. Exactly one floor lies between the floors of Rafiq and Hamza. Meera lives on some floor below Nadia. Who lives on floor 2?
Correct answer C. Meera
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Statements: No boxes are doctors. All painters are doctors. Conclusions: I. Some boxes are not doctors. II. All doctors are painters. Which of the conclusions logically follows from the statements?
Correct answer B. Only conclusion I follows
Statements: All fans are lions. All fans are horses. Conclusions: I. Some lions are fans. II. Some fans are horses. Which of the conclusions logically follows from the statements?
Correct answer B. Both conclusions I and II follow
Statements: All dancers are pilots. All dancers are horses. Which of the following conclusions definitely follows from the statements?
Correct answer C. Some horses are pilots.
Five people, Priya, Saima, Dev, Ishaan and Bilal, live on different floors of a five-storey building. The ground floor is numbered 1 and the top floor is numbered 5. Ishaan lives on some floor below Saima. Exactly one floor lies between the floors of Priya and Dev. Priya lives on floor 2. Bilal lives on some floor below Ishaan. Who lives on floor 3?
Correct answer B. Ishaan
Given the rule ‘If the password is correct, then the account opens’, which of the following is correct?
Correct answer A. 'The password is correct' is a sufficient condition for 'the account opens'.
If the library is open on Sunday, then Meera returns the books. If Meera returns the books, then Meera pays no fine. It turns out that Meera pays a fine. Which of the following must be true?
Correct answer B. The library is not open on Sunday.
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Five friends, Omar, Dev, Kamran, Vikram and Fatima, are compared by marks. No two are equal. Omar scored more marks than Fatima. Fatima scored fewer marks than Kamran. Dev scored more marks than Kamran. Omar scored more marks than Vikram. Which of the following must be true?
Correct answer A. Dev scored more marks than Fatima.
It is false that ‘if the bakery opens early, then Ayesha buys fresh bread’. Which of the following must be true?
Correct answer D. The bakery opens early and Ayesha does not buy fresh bread.
Five friends, Lubna, Usman, Priya, Rakib and Faisal, are compared by age. No two are equal. Usman is older than Priya. Usman is younger than Lubna. Lubna is older than Rakib. Faisal is younger than Priya. Which of the following must be true?
Correct answer D. Usman is older than Faisal.
Statements: All rings are teachers. Some teachers are clouds. Conclusions: I. Some rings are teachers. II. Some clouds are rings. Which of the conclusions logically follows from the statements?
Correct answer C. Only conclusion I follows
Five teachers, Tania, Fatima, Saima, Omar and Ayesha, each give one talk on a different day from Monday to Friday of the same week. Omar gives the talk on some day before Tania. Fatima gives the talk on some day before Omar. Exactly one day lies between the talks of Ayesha and Saima. Ayesha gives the talk on Thursday. Who gives the talk on Tuesday?
Correct answer A. Saima