IBPS - Logical Reasoning Series 8
Below in each question one statement is given. This statement may be either independent causes or may be effects of independent causes or a common cause.
Effect : At least twenty school children were seriously injured while going for a school picnic during the weekend.
Which of the following can be a probable cause of the above effect ?
1) The teacher accompanying the school children fell ill during the journey.
2) The bus in which the children were travelling, met with an accident while taking turn on the main highway.
3) The driver of the bus in which the children were travelling did not report after the break at the halting place on their journey. ‘
4) The school authority banned all school picnics for the next six months with immediate effect
5) None Of these
Correct Ans:
2
Solution:
2
Q.2)
Below in each question one statement is given. This statement may be either independent causes or may be effects of independent causes or a common cause.
Cause : Govt. has recently’ decided to hike the procurement price of paddy for the rabi crops.
Which of the following will be a possible effect of the above cause ?
1) The farmers may be encouraged to cultivate paddy for the rabi season.
2) The farmers may switch over to other cash crops in their paddy fields.
3) There was a drop in production of paddy during Khariff season,
4) Govt. may not increase the procurement price of paddy during the next Khariff season.
5) Govt. will buy paddy from the open market during the next few months.
Correct Ans:
1
Solution:
1
Q.3)
Statement : Many patients suffering from malaria were administered anti-malarial drug for a week. Some of them did not respond to the traditional drug and their condition deteriorated after four days.
Which of the following would weaken the findings mentioned in the above statement ?
1) Those patients who responded to the traditional drugs and recovered were needed to be give is additional doses as they reported relapse of symptoms.
2) The mosquitoes carrying malaria are found to be resistant to traditional malarial drugs.
3) Majority of the patients suffering from malaria responded well to the traditional malarial drugs m& recovered from the illness.
4) Many drug companies have stopped manufacturing traditional malarial drugs.
5) None Of these
Correct Ans:
3
Solution:
3
Q.4)
Statement : The cost of manufacturing cars in state A is thirty percent less than the cost of manufacturing cars in state B. Even after transportation fee for the differential distances of states A and B and the interstate taxes, it is cheaper to manufacture cars in state B than state A for selling these cars in State C.
Which of the following supports the conclusion drawn in the above statement ?
1) The cost of transportation from state A to state C is more than thirty percent of the production cost.
2) The production costs of cars in state B are lower in comparison to state A.
3) Only Entry tax at state C is more for the products originated in state A .
4) Entry tax at state C is more for the products originated in state B .
5) The total of transportation cost of cars from state 3 to state C and entry tax of cars at state C in less than thirty percent of the production cost of cars in state B.
Correct Ans:
1
Solution:
1
Q.5)
Statement : Many people are of the opinion that use of cell phones in offices for personal use should totally be banned. It has been found in a research study that there was significant drop in output of employees in the organisation, where use of cell phones was liberally allowed vis-a-vis those organizations where use of cell phones are banned for making personal calls.
Which of the following contradicts the findings of stated in the above statement ?
1) People spend more time on talking while using cell phone for personal calls.
2) Use of cell phones has become common in all the organizations.
3) In the organization where employees were allowed to use cell phones for making personal calls the employees are found to be more motivated to carry out their duties than those working in other organizations.
4) Many organizations who provide cell phones to their employees for making official calls advise them to refrain from making personal calls during office hours
5) None Of these
Correct Ans:
3
Solution:
3
