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Reasoning Ability

Critical thinking and logical reasoning questions

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Q.141 Medium Syllogism
All employees in company X are trained. Some trained people are not productive. What about employees of company X?
A All are productive
B Some may not be productive
C None are productive
D All are unproductive
Correct Answer:  B. Some may not be productive
EXPLANATION

All employees are trained. Some trained people are not productive. Therefore, some employees (being trained) may be among those not productive, so some may not be productive.

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Q.142 Medium Syllogism
All athletes are disciplined. Some disciplined people are not wealthy. Conclusion?
A All athletes are not wealthy
B Some athletes may not be wealthy
C No athlete is wealthy
D All wealthy people are athletes
Correct Answer:  B. Some athletes may not be wealthy
EXPLANATION

All athletes are disciplined. Some disciplined people are not wealthy. This means some athletes (being disciplined) could be among those not wealthy. So some athletes may not be wealthy.

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Q.143 Medium Syllogism
All mathematicians are analytical. Some analytical people lack creativity. All creative people are successful. Which statement might be true?
A All mathematicians are creative
B All mathematicians are successful
C Some mathematicians may lack creativity
D No mathematician is successful
Correct Answer:  C. Some mathematicians may lack creativity
EXPLANATION

All mathematicians are analytical. Some analytical people lack creativity. Therefore, some mathematicians (being analytical) may lack creativity.

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Q.144 Medium Syllogism
No mythical creature is real. All dragons are mythical creatures. Phoenix is a mythical creature. What about Phoenix?
A Phoenix is real
B Phoenix is not real
C Phoenix may or may not be real
D Phoenix is partially real
Correct Answer:  B. Phoenix is not real
EXPLANATION

Phoenix is a mythical creature, and no mythical creature is real. Therefore, Phoenix is not real.

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Q.145 Medium Syllogism
All programmers are logical thinkers. No illogical person is successful. Which conclusion is valid?
A All programmers are successful
B Some programmers are successful
C All programmers may be successful
D No programmer is unsuccessful
Correct Answer:  C. All programmers may be successful
EXPLANATION

All programmers are logical thinkers. Since no illogical person is successful, programmers (being logical) are not excluded from being successful. They may be successful.

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Q.146 Medium Syllogism
All innovations are risky. Some risky ventures fail. Can we conclude that some innovations fail?
A Yes, definitely
B No, we cannot
C Only if stated explicitly
D Partially true
Correct Answer:  B. No, we cannot
EXPLANATION

All innovations are risky, but we only know some risky ventures fail. We cannot establish that the innovations which are risky are necessarily among those risky ventures that fail.

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Q.147 Medium Syllogism
All flowers are plants. All plants require sunlight. Some things requiring sunlight are expensive. Which is possibly true?
A All flowers are expensive
B Some flowers may be expensive
C No flower is expensive
D All expensive things are flowers
Correct Answer:  B. Some flowers may be expensive
EXPLANATION

All flowers are plants, all plants require sunlight. Since some things requiring sunlight are expensive, it's possible that some flowers (being things requiring sunlight) are expensive.

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Q.148 Medium Syllogism
All doctors are educated. Some educated people are rich. No rich person is unhappy. What can be concluded?
A All doctors are rich
B All doctors are unhappy
C Some doctors may be happy
D No doctor is happy
Correct Answer:  C. Some doctors may be happy
EXPLANATION

We know some educated people are rich and no rich person is unhappy. Since some doctors are educated (subset), some doctors could be among those rich people, making them not unhappy.

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Q.149 Medium Syllogism
All software engineers are problem solvers. Some problem solvers are not creative. Based on this, which conclusion is possibly true but not definitely true?
A Some software engineers are creative
B All software engineers are creative
C No software engineer is creative
D Software engineers are not problem solvers
Correct Answer:  A. Some software engineers are creative
EXPLANATION

While some problem solvers are not creative, some software engineers might still be creative - this is possible but not definite.

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Q.150 Medium Syllogism
All X are Y. No Y is Z. Some Z are W. What is the relationship between X and Z?
A All X are Z
B No X is Z
C Some X are Z
D X and Z are related through W
Correct Answer:  B. No X is Z
EXPLANATION

Since all X are Y and no Y is Z, by logical deduction, no X can be Z.

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