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As we all know, Logical Reasoning is an important component of a number of competitive examinations such as the UPSC Civil Services Examination, Banking Entrance Examinations, SSC CGL/CHSL Examination, MBA Entrance Examination, Combined Defence Services Examination, etc. In order to help you practice and improve your reasoning ability, we are providing you this Logical Reasoning Quiz.

Given below are a few questions from SSC examinations held in the last few years. Leave your answers/ responses in the comments section below and soon we’ll let you know the correct answers!

Directions
(Q. 1-5) In each of the following questions are given two statements (A) and
(B). These statements may be either independent causes or may be effects of
independent causes or a common cause. One of these statements may be the effect
of the other statement. Read both the statements and decide which of the
following answer choices correctly depicts the relationship between these two
statements.

Mark answer
(1) if statement (A) is the cause and statement (B) is its effect.

Mark answer
(2) if statement (B) is the cause and statement (A) is its effect.

Mark answer
(3) if both the statements (A) and (B) are independent causes.

Mark answer
(4) if both the statements (A) and (B) are effects of independent causes.

Mark answer
(5) if both the statements (A) and (B) are effects of some common cause.

1.         A. The average day temperature of the
city has increased by about 2 degrees in the current
year over the average of past ten years.

            B. More people living in rural areas
of the state have started migrating to the urban areas in comparison with the earlier year.

 2.       
A. Most of the shopkeepers in the locality closed their shops for the second continuous day.

            B. Two groups of people living in
the locality have been fighting with each other with bricks and stones forcing people to stay indoors.

3.         A. The Govt. has decided to increase
the prices of LPG gas cylinders with immediate
effect.

            B. The Govt. has decided to increase
the prices of Kerosene with immediate effect.

4.         A. A cyclonic storm is expected to hit
the coastline in the state during the next 48 hours.

            B. Warning has been issued that
heavy rains are expected in the state’s coastal region during the next 48 hours.

5.         A. Majority of the first year students
of the engineering college failed in Mathematics
in the semester examination.

            B. The college authority terminated
the contract of the Professor who taught Mathematics
to the first year students.

Directions
(Q. 6-10) In each 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.

Give answer
(1) if only Assumption I is implicit.

Give answer
(2) if only Assumption II is implicit.

Give answer
(3) if either Assumption I or Assumption II is implicit.

Give answer
(4) if neither Assumption I nor Assumption II is implicit.

Give answer
(5) if both Assumptions I and II are implicit.

6.
Statement- A very large number of people stood in the queue to buy tickets for
the one-day international cricket match scheduled to be played in the city on
the next day.

Assumptions

I. No other one-day international cricket match may be played
in the city for the next six months.

II. Majority of those who stood in the queue may be able to
get ticket for the one-day international cricket match.

7.
Statement -The highway police authority put up large boards at regular
intervals indicating the speed limit and dangers of overspeeding on the
highways.

Assumptions

I. Most of the motorists may drive their vehicles within the
speed limit on the highways.

II. Motorists generally ignore such cautions and overspeed on
the highways.

8.
Statement -The employees’ association urged its members to stay away from the
annual function as many of their demands were not met by the management.

 Assumptions

I. Majority of the members of the association may not attend
the function.

II. The management may cancel the annual function.

9. Statement
-The sarpanch of the village called a meeting of all the heads of the
families to discuss the problem of acute shortage of drinking water in the
village.

 Assumptions

I. The sarpanch had earlier called such meetings to discuss
about various problems.

II. Most of the heads of families may attend the meeting
called by the sarpanch.

10.
Statement -The municipal corporation advised all the people living in the
shanties along the beaches to move to higher places during monsoon.

Assumptions

I. Many people living in the shanties may leave the city and
relocate themselves elsewhere in the state.

II. Majority of the people living in the shanties along the
beach may try to relocate to higher places during monsoon.

Answers

1(4)      2(2)     
3(5)     4(1)     5(1)      6(2)     7(1)     8(1)
     9(5)      10(2)

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