Logical Reasoning
Section
The logical reasoning section
consists of some passages followed by 4 to 7 questions
per passage. The questions are such that they require
ability to read fast and comprehend. The questions
asked in this section have three choices TRUE, FALSE,
CAN'T SAY. Some examples of questions are given below.
Please note that these passages are not the exact
passages asked. The passages used a good deal of
difficult words, which have been removed in this
reproduction. Also the passages appearing in the
actual paper are much lengthier.
1. My father has no brothers. He has
three sisters who have two Childs each.
1>
my grandfather has two sons (f)
2> three
of my aunts have two sons (can't say)
3> my
father is only child to his father (f)
4> I have
six cousins from my mother side (f)
5> I have
one uncle (f)
2. Ether injected into gallbladder to
dissolve gallstones. This type one-day treatment is
enough for gallstones not for calcium stones. This
method is alternative to surgery for millions of
people who are suffering from this disease.
1>-calcium
stones can be cured in one day (f)
2>
hundreds of people contains calcium stones (can't
say)
3> surgery
is the only treatment to calcium stones (t)
4> either
will be injected into the gallbladder to cure the
cholesterol based gall stones (t).
3. Hacking is illegal entry into
other computer. This is done mostly because of lack of
knowledge of computer networking with networks one
machine can access to another machine. Hacking go
about without knowing that each network is accredited
to use network facility.
1> Hacking
people never break the code of the company, which they
work for (can't say).
2> Hacking is
the only vulnerability of the computers for the usage
of the data. (f)
3> Hacking is
done mostly due to the lack of computer knowledge
(f).
4. Alpine tunnels are closed tunnels.
In the past 30 yrs not even a single accident has been
recorded for there is one accident in the railroad
system. Even in case of a fire accident it is possible
to shift the passengers into adjacent wagons and even
the living fire can be detected and extinguished with
in the duration of 30 min.
1>
no accident can occur in the closed tunnels (True)
2> fire is
allowed to live for 30 min. (False)
3> All the care
that travel in the tunnels will be carried by rail
shutters. (True)
5. In the past helicopters are forced
to ground or crash because of the formation of the ice
on the rotors and engines. A new electronic device has
been developed which can detect the water content in
the atmosphere and warns the pilot if the temperature
is below freezing temp about the formation of the ice
on the rotors and wings.
1> the
electronic device can avoid formation of the ice on
the wings (False).
2> There will
be the malfunction of rotor & engine because of
formation of ice (t)
3> The
helicopters are to be crashed or down (t)
4> There is
only one device that warns about the formation of ice
(t).
6. In the survey conducted in Mumbai
out of 63 newly married house wives not a single house
wife felt that the husbands should take equal part in
the household work as they felt they loose their power
over their husbands. In spite of their careers they
opt to do the kitchen work themselves after coming
back to home. The wives get half as much leisure time
as the husbands get at the weekends.
1> housewives
want the husbands to take part equally in the
household (f)
2> wives have
half as much leisure time as the husbands have (f)
3> 39% of the
men will work equally in the house in cleaning and
washing
7. Copernicus is
the intelligent. In the days of Copernicus the
transport and technology development was less & it
took place weeks to communicate a message at that
time. Where in we can send it through satellite with
in no time ----------. Even with these fast
developments it has become difficult to understand
each other.
1>
people were not intelligent during Copernicus days
(f).
2> Transport
facilities are very much improved in now a days (can't
say)
3> Even with
the fast developments of the technology we can't live
happily.(can't say).
4> We can
understand the people very much with the development
of communication (f).
8. Senior managers
warned the workers that because of the introductory of
Japanese industry in the car market. There is the
threat to the workers. They also said that there would
be the reduction in the purchase of the sales of car
in public. The interest rates of the car will be
increased with the loss in demand.
1>
Japanese workers are taking over the jobs of Indian
industry (false)
2> Managers
said car interests would go down after seeing the
raise in interest rates (true)
3> Japanese
investments are ceasing to end in the car industry
(false)
4> people are
very much interested to buy the cars (false)
9. In the totalitarian days, the
words have very much devalued. In the present day,
they are becoming domestic that is the words will be
much more devalued. In those days, the words will be
very much affected in political area. But at present,
the words came very cheap .we can say they come free
at cost.
1>
totalitarian society words are devalued. (False)
2>
totalitarian will have to come much about words
(True)
3> The art
totalitarian society the words are used for the
political speeches.
10. There should be copyright for all
arts. The reel has come that all the arts has come
under one copyright society, they were use the money
that come from the arts for the developments. There
may be a lot of money will come from the Tagore works.
We have to ask the benefactors from Tagore work to
help for the development of his works.
1> Tagore
works are come under this copyright rule. (F)
2> People are
free to go to the because of the copyright rule.
(Can’t say)
3> People gives
to theater and collect the money for development.
(Can’t say)
4> We have ask
the Tagore residents to help for the developments of
art. (Can’t say)
11. Senior manager in a big company
said that new Japanese company invades in India for
transferring the cars from industrial and warned that
jobs were under threat from Japanese company.
They stated that increasing competence would be
coupled with an inevitable down term in car market and
recent rise in interest rate which has already hit
demand.
1>
Manager issue their warning after a rise in
interest rate
2> Manager told
workers that Japanese workers are taking jobs away
from Indian workers
3> Manager said
that more people want to buy new cars in future
4> Increasing
rate of interest mean that Japanese firm will create
into operate in the country
1 2. Human existence is
suspicious of arbitrary divide between concise and
unconcise. The concise world invades shape activity of
the unconcise, while many of great activity of
humanity waking as whole or partially improved by
dreams. Even it could be ignored that dreams precede
exceptional such a dichotomy could not be drawn as the
influence of dream on waking state would remain
unclear. But as yet no company rebuilt exists to
record the substitute of dreaming.
1>
Sleepy can be creative state
2> It is
difficult to tell whether a sleeper is dream or
not
3> If we know
what babies would dream about before they are born we
could show that the concise and unconcise mind
influence on one another
4> It is untrue
claim that concise and unconcise world never impinge
one another
13. Any one who has systematic exam
phases will have perceived a profound although not a
prolific of asymmetry whether or not the exception is
volitions and self-control of spontaneous appeal to
predict facial as symmetry as does the type of emotion
portrayed. Position cannot displace symmetric at left
side regret of a negative emotion is more common
posed. Expression negation emotions are likely to be
symmetric representation and where as symmetric occurs
relative left sided expression is more common.
1>
Any angry person is more likely to have left sided
expression than some one who has smiling
2> An actor is
likely to smile symmetric when acting
3> Delicious
facial expression will always be as symmetrical
14. In the totalitarian days, the
words have very much devalued. In the present day,
they are becoming domestic that is the words will be
much more devalued. In those days, the words
will be very much affected in political area. But at
present, the words came very cheap; we can say they
come free at cost.
1>
Totalitarian society words are devalued
2>
Totalitarian will have to come much
about words
3> The art
totalitarian society the words are used for the
political speeches
15. There should be copyright for all
arts. The rule has come that all the arts has come
under one copy right society, they were use the money
that come from the arts for the developments.
There may be a lot of money will come from the Tagore
works. We have to ask the benifitters from Tagore work
to help for the development of his works.
1>
Tagore works are come under this copyright rule.
2> People
give to theater and collect the money for
development.
3> People
are free to go because of the copy right rule.
4> We
have asked the Tagore residents to help for the
developments of art.
16. Disease x succeeds lung disease.
It may also occur healthy persons the person looks
healthier from outside. The number of red blood cells
in the blood increased and this leads to thickness of
the blood as a result of which blood lacks inside the
vessels .the person suffers heart attack. Possible
solution is to remove a liter of blood or to control
the growth of red blood cells.
1> lung disease precedes the disease
-- T
2> a
person who gets heart attack always has disease
-- F
3> people
suffering from disease x look healthier
-- C
4> one
liter of blood must be removed to cure this
-- T
17. A star fire engine has been
designed to work only for unleaded Petrol. This
crossfire engine is designed for both 1500 and 1800 cc
they internally and externally look alike except for
the difference in wheels ----,2000 cc is different
from the above. Two in terms of 3 Features --- -----
---- on the bumper.
1> the
engine runs only on the leaded petrol -- F
2> 1500
and 1800 cc look alike -- F
3> apart
from cross fire engines they manufacture -- F
4>
internal structure of the 2000cc is same as that of
both 1500 and 1800 cc -- C
18. A weed killer to kill the weeds
has been developed. The weed killer solution has to be
applied to the growing tips. It needs not to be
applied to all the tips. the solution has to be
prepared in a can in one hand and the plants are taken
in the other hand with a glove and are immersed in the
solution if we cannot immerse them in the solution.
The solution can be applied to the roots with a brush.
it used without care it can pose danger to other
plants.
1> the solutions has to applied to growing
leaves
2> to use the
weed killer first take the plants in the can as then
pour the solution into it.
3> it is
sufficient to apply it only to some roots
4>it effects to
the other plants.
The following Campus Recruitment
papers are quite important. Read the book references
mentioned therein and practice complete questions from
the given page nos.
Campus Recruitment at NIT Bhopal
2003
1.Eight players have to
be seated. G, J, L are in the varsity baseball team.
H, M, O are both in the varsity baseball team and the
football team. K and N are in the varsity baseball
team as well as the basketball team. You have to seat
them in such a way that two players who play in two
teams never sit adjacent to each other. Now answer the
following questions: -(There were four questions. I
can’t recollect them but once u make the initial
arrangement it becomes pretty easy.)
2. You have to make
seating arrangements for 8 people. Andy and
Goldberg have to leave early so they must be seated
next to the door, which is on the right rear end of
the table. Cooper and D’ameto are enemies so they have
to be seated as far as possible in the table. Edmund
and Farley always sit together. Burns always occupies
the center position.
Answer the following
questions.
1.If
Edmund and D’ameto never sit opposite Burns then in
how many ways can the arrangement be made? Etc.
3.A person needs to get
himself affiliated to the Nambrian Consulate. He must
be either a US citizen or a neutralized person. He has
to get the certificate from the Nambrian Consulate,
which is open only on Monday, Wednesday and Friday
from 12 to 4 o’clock. For this he also needs to get
himself vaccinated from the Alabama Clinic, which is
near the consulate and is open on Wednesday till 5 pm.
He may also get the vaccination from The Beryl Clinic,
which is open on Mondays to Thursdays from 9-12 pm.
And on Fridays from 4-5 pm. However it takes one hour
to get to the clinic from the Nambrian Consulate. Also
he must show a notarized bank account of more than
$1000, which can be done from Monday to Friday from
9am to 3pm.
Campus
Recruitment NIT
Durgapur2003
six floor is given. there are 7 or 8
people .each floor contain two apartments. In each
apartment there were 2 or persons. We have to
determine the person what floors they are
staying (REFERENCE
12 TH BARRON)
25 PERSONS ARE IN A COMMITTEE. THERE
A,B,C,D,E,F ,G,H.A&C and C&E,D&F
&D&G cant go together From this there are easy
questions # barron’ page 487 sec 6
analytical ability prob 8-12 abt 6ix American
city…….
# barron’ page 435 sec 5
analytical ability problem 1-4 about city a ,b
and c …….
#3 Toll in a high way is given .The
peoples cant reminding the data. It ‘s also from
Barron Book (12th Barron edition).
Refer Barron for these problems.
There were 3 of those. One of them we have given
below:
A project to consolidate the programs
of a large university and a small college is set up.
It is agreed that the representatives work in small
committees of 3, with 2 from the large
university. Faculty members of same
subject area should represent no
committee. The professors were:
Large University:
J(English),K(Maths.),L,(Natural Science)
Small college:
M(Maths.),N(Latin), O,P(Both English)
Questions:
1. Which of the following represents
a properly composed committee?
(KLN,KLM,JKL,JON,JKM)
akln
2.Which of the
following may serve with P?
(KM,KL,KO,JK,MN)
bkl
3. Which of the
following must be true?
a. if J serves,P must be
assigned.
b. if J can't serve,M also can't be
assigned
c. if J can't serve,L must serve.
4. If L is not
available,which two must be available ?
MJ,OJ,NJ,NO,PJ
c