LR - Logical Connectives - Previous Year CAT/MBA Questions
The best way to prepare for LR - Logical Connectives is by going through the previous year LR - Logical Connectives omet questions. Here we bring you all previous year LR - Logical Connectives omet questions along with detailed solutions.
Click here for previous year questions of other topics.
It would be best if you clear your concepts before you practice previous year LR - Logical Connectives omet questions.
Join our Telegram Channel for CAT/MBA Preparation.
Based on the statement given below, identify which of the assumption/sis/are implicit:
Vikas says to Harry, "Refer to the Cambridge dictionary instead of Oxford dictionary to be good at English."
Assumption:
I. Harry wants to be good at English.
II. Vikas is a good advisor
- (a)
Only assumption I is implicit
- (b)
Only assumption II is implicit
- (c)
Both assumption I and II are implicit
- (d)
Neither assumption I nor II is implicit
Solution
Discuss
ReportAnswer the following question based on the information given below.
Richie invites three of his friends Sunny, Pinky, and Nancy for his birthday party organized at his home. As the party goes on till late in the night, Sunny, Pinky, and Nancy choose to stay at Richie's house. Being good friends they usually stay back at each other's house. Each of them including Richie stay either in the room painted blue or in the painted purple. They have adequate number of rooms of both colours. The preferences which need to be fulfilled are:
- If sunny stays in the room painted purple, then Pinky and Richie stay in the same room as Nancy.
- If Pinky stays in the room painted purple, then Sunny stays in the room in which Nancy and Richie don't stay.
- If Nancy stays in the room painted blue, then Sunny and Richie stay in the room which Pinky has chosen.
- If Richie stays in the room painted Blue then Sunny and Pinky do not stay in the same room as Nancy.
Under all possible combinations which of the two friends will always have their room colours unchanged.
- (a)
Richie & Sunny
- (b)
Pinky & Richie
- (c)
Nancy & Sunny
- (d)
Nancy & Pinky
If Richie chose to stay in the room painted blue, then in which room does Pinky stay?
- (a)
Purple
- (b)
Blue
- (c)
Data Inadequate
- (d)
None of the above
If Pinky does not like to stay in the blue painted room, then where will Sunny stay?
- (a)
Blue
- (b)
Purple
- (c)
Data Inadequate
- (d)
None of the above
Based on the given statement, choose the right conclusion:‘If the breakfast doesn’t have eggs, I will not go for a walk and will not have lunch.’
- (a)
If I went for a walk and didn’t have lunch, the breakfast didn’t have eggs.
- (b)
If I went for a walk or I had lunch, the breakfast had eggs.
- (c)
If I went for a walk or I had no lunch, the breakfast had eggs.
- (d)
If I didn’t go for a walk and had lunch, the breakfast had eggs.
Find the statement which is necessarily true according to the given information:
The Asatra Vriksh is an evergreen tree that grows in the Nilgiris. The Asatra Vriksh has a fleshy, poisonous fruit. Recently, Purol, a substance found in the bark of the Asatra Vriksh, was discovered to be a promising new antidepressant drug.
- (a)
Purol is poisonous when taken by healthy people.
- (b)
Purol has cured people from various diseases.
- (c)
People should not eat the fruit of Asatra Vriksh.
- (d)
No treatment for depression was known till Purol was discovered.
A research study recorded that the number of unemployed educated youth was equal to the number of unemployed uneducated youth. It was concluded by the researchers that being educated does not enhance the probability of being employed.
Which of the following information would be required to validate the above conclusion?
- (a)
The number unemployed educated and uneducated people in other age groups.
- (b)
The number of organisations employing youth.
- (c)
The percentage of unemployment in educated youth versus percentage of unemployment in uneducated youth.
- (d)
The percentage increase in number of educated youth versus last year.
Read the following instructions and answer the questions.
After the discussion at a high level meeting of government officers, the criteria for issuing of import / export licence to eligible business firms for the year 2011-12 were finalized as follows. The firms must –
- Have a Grade – ‘A’ certified unit for any products.
- Not have any legal dispute case against it.
- Possess minimum asset worth Rs. 40 lakhs.
- Submit an environment clearance certificate issued by the Pollution Control Board (PCB) of the state where the firm is located.
- Deposit the margin money of Rs. 1 lakh.
- Arrange for three guarantors with their personal identity cards (IDs).
However, if the firm satisfies all the above mentioned criteria except:
a. Criteria (I), but is a traditional handloom production unit, then the case may be referred to Development Commissioner, Handloom (DCH) of the state.
b. Criteria (IV), but is a local employment provider / thread (input) supplier / cloth supplier, the case may be referred to the Director, Department of Industry of the state.
c. Criteria (V) but can deposit at least Rs. 50000, the firm will be given import licence only and the case may be referred to the Deputy Director, Department of Industry of the state.
Based on the above criteria and information provided on each of the firms in the questions below, you have to decide which course of action should be taken against each firm. Without assuming anything regarding any applicant firm, the decision should be based on the information provided.
Mahalaxmi Weaving Center is a traditional handloom production unit. It has property worth more than Rs. 1 crore. It managed to get three guarantors with their personal IDs. No legal case is there against it. There is no problem submitting an environmental clearance, as the same is already issued to it by the State Pollution Control Board. It is also ready to deposit Rs. 1 lakh.
- (a)
Licence can be issued
- (b)
Licence not to be issued
- (c)
May be referred to the Development Commissioner, Handloom
- (d)
May be referred to the Director of Industry
Ramayan Enterprise is a textiles firm which possesses assets worth Rs. 50 lakhs and is located in Surat where no firm having any legal dispute is permitted to operate. The firm agreed to deposit Rs. 1 lakh and give details of three guarantors with their personal details as required. It has got grade – A certificate and can submit an environment clearance certificate issued by the Pollution Control Board of the state.
- (a)
Licence can be issued
- (b)
Licence not to be issued
- (c)
May be referred to the Development Commissioner, Handloom
- (d)
May be referred to Deputy Director of Industry
Hirabhai Handlooms is a Vadodara based traditional Gujarati handloom firm keen to get an export licence. It is ready to pay the required security amount and possesses assets of Rs. 55 lakhs. Hirabhai Chamanlal is the owner of the firm as well as the President of State Handloom Association. Hence getting more than three guarantors with their IDs is not a problem. The firm possesses the environmental clearance certificate from the State Pollution Control Board after it was made mandatory for all handloom firms in the state.
- (a)
Licence can be issued
- (b)
Licence not to be issued
- (c)
May be referred to the Development Commissioner, Handloom
- (d)
May be referred to the Director of Industry
A Retail chain has seven branches in a city namely R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and a central distribution center (DC). The nearest branch to the DC is R6 which is in the south of DC and is 9 Km away from DC. R2 is 17 Km away from DC in the west. The branch R1 is 11 Km away R2 further in the west. The branch R3 is 11 Km in the north east of R1. R4 is 13 Km from R3 in the east. R5 is 11 Km in the north east of the distribution center. In the north east of R6 is R7 and distance between them is 15 Km. The distance between R1 and R6, R2 and R6, R6 and R5 is 23 Km, 19 Km, 13 Km respectively. R3 is 14 Km away from the DC in the north west direction, while R2 is also 14 Km away from R4 in the north east direction of R2. A truck carrying some goods starts from the distribution center and has to cover at least four stores in a single trip. There is an essential good that has to be delivered in the store R7, but the delivery at R7 has to be done in the end, so what is the shortest distance the truck would travel?
- (a)
55
- (b)
56
- (c)
63
- (d)
66
ABCDE play a game of cards. ‘A’ tells ‘B’ that if ‘B’ gives him five cards ‘A’ will have as many cards as ‘E’ has. However if A gives five cards to ‘B’ then ‘B’ will have as many cards as ‘D’. A and B together has 20 cards more than what D and E have together. B has four cards more than what C has and total number of cards are 201. How many cards B have?
- (a)
185
- (b)
37
- (c)
175
- (d)
27