UPSC 1996 › CSAT › Logical Reasoning
8 questions · 1996 · answers as per the UPSC key
Examine the following statements:
I. George attends Music classes on Monday. II. He attends Mathematics classes on Wednesday. III. His Literature classes are not on Friday. IV. He attends History classes on the day following the day of his Mathematics classes. V. On Tuesday, he attends his Sports classes. If he attends just one subject in a day and his Sunday is free, then he is also free on
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Two important characteristics of a hypothesis are that it should be testable and that it should be stated in a manner that it can be refuted.
Which one of the following hypotheses fulfils these characteristics?
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Six roads lead to a country. They may be indicated by letters X, Y, Z and digits 1, 2, 3. When there is storm, Y is blocked. When there are floods X, 1 and 2 will be affected. When road 1 is blocked, Z also is blocked. At a time when there are floods and a storm also blows, which road(s) can be used?
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Which one of the following Venn diagrams correctly illustrates the relationship among the classes: Carrot, Food, Vegetable?
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In the given figure, the triangle represents girls, the square represents sportspersons and the circle represents coaches. The portion in the figure which represents girls who are sportspersons but not coaches is the one labelled
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The next pair of letters in the series AZ, CX, FU, ...... is
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Mouse is to cat as fly is to
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A man starts walking in the north-easterly direction from a particular point. After walking a distance of 500 metres, he turns southward and walks a distance of 400 metres. At the end of this walk he is situated