Ref: LAT1021501 LOGICAL ABILITY TEST Time: 35 min.

Directions for questions 1 to 5: In each question Directions for questions 6 to 10: In each question
below, a statement is given followed by two assumptions below is given a statement followed by two conclusions
numbered  and . An assumption is an idea or opinion numbered  and . You have to consider everything in
that is taken for granted. You are required to assess the the statement to be true and decide which of the given
two assumptions and decide which of the given conclusions logically follows beyond a reasonable doubt
assumptions is/are implicit and mark your answer as: from the information given in the statement. Give your
answer as
(A) If only assumption  is implicit.
(B) If only assumption  is implicit. (A) If only conclusion  follows.
(C) If either  or  is implicit. (B) If only conclusion  follows.
(D) If neither  nor  is implicit. (C) If either  or  follows.
(E) If both the assumptions are implicit. (D) If neither  nor  follows.
(E) If both  and  follow.
1. Statement:
The accidents due to over shooting the runways and
6. Statement:
getting into a wrong runway are increasing day by
The Indian economy will overtake Chinese economy
day. The aviation authority should strengthen the air
by 2018, if it continues to grow at the present rate
traffic control by installing new and advanced equipment.
of eight percent.
Assumptions:
. Strengthening the air traffic control, by installing Conclusions:
new and advanced equipments, is the only way . The Chinese economy will grow at a rate less
to avoid such accidents. than eight percent.
. The new and advanced equipment help in . The Chinese economy has grown faster than
reducing such accidents. the Indian economy in the past.
7. Statement:
2. Statement:
Prevention of cruelty to animals is in the concurrent
The staff of Western Railways gave a strike call.
list. The state governments need to take the consent
The Western Railways has decided to suspend
of the central government to take up any reforms
some of the train services during the strike period.
with respect to the prevention of cruelty to animals.
Assumptions: Conclusions:
. Some of the staff would positively respond . Reforms can be done faster if prevention of
to the strike call. cruelty to animals is included in the state list.
. It is not possible to operate all regular services . Tardiness in dealing with cases of cruelty
when its staff is on strike. against animals is because it is in the
3. Statement: concurrent list.
A child said to his mother, “Mother give me a magic
broom and I will fly as Harry Potter did”. 8. Statement:
The Election Commission shall consist of the Chief
Assumptions : Election Commissioner and such number of other
. Magic broom exists. Election Commissioners, if any, as the president
. One can fly with the help of a magic broom. may, from time to time, fix.

Conclusions:
4. Statement:
Microsoft is planning to take Windows XP off the . There will always be at least one other Election
market in an effort to effectively promote the Commissioner.
Vista operating system. . The number of other Election Commissioners
change with the change of President.
Assumptions:
. Windows XP and Vista cannot exist simultaneously 9. Statement:
in the market. There ought to be a law preventing children below
. Windows XP is an obsolete operating system. 12 years from taking part in athletic events of
marathon proportions.
5. Statement:
I must go to a super market only because I want Conclusions:
to buy both an umbrella and a rain coat. . Children below 12 years should not be allowed
to take part in weightlifting.
Assumptions: . There is no law, at present, to prevent children
. Umbrella is not available in other markets. below 12 years from taking part in athletic
. Rain coat is not available in other markets. events of marathon proportions.
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10. Statement:
The armed cadre which is spread in 12 states of the
country, controls a little less than a quarter of the
country’s 602 districts.
Conclusions:
. The country has more than 12 states.
. The 12 states together have 602 districts.
Directions for questions 11 to 15: Below is given three
passages followed by several possible inferences which
can be drawn from the facts stated in the passage. You
have to examine each inference separately in the
context of the passage and decide upon its degree of
truth or falsity.
Mark answer (A) if the inference is definitely true, i.e., it
properly follows from the statement of
the facts given.
Mark answer (B) if the inference is probably true, though
not definitely true in the light of the
facts given.
Mark answer (C) if the ‘data is inadequate’, i.e., from the
facts given you cannot say whether the
inference is likely to be true or false.
Mark answer (D) if the inference is probably false,
though not definitely false in the light of
the facts given and
Mark answer (E) if the inference is definitely false i.e., it
cannot possibly be drawn from the
facts given or it contradicts the given
facts.
The first round of the FIFA world cup final has gone
according to the script. While all the other major football
powers have easily made it to the pre-quarter final, it is
France that has underperformed. The fans are not all
that happy with France. At the end of the first round of 48
games, the pre-tournament forecasts needed only one
major correction. The tag of favourites had passed from
Brazil to Argentina. The Argentina players played
exceptionally well. The niggling question that has been
raised is whether Argentina has peaked too early. In the
two opening games, the Brazilian team was hardly
livelier than its sleepwalking superstar. The Latin
American teams are no longer strangers to European
conditions, repeating the 1958 Brazilian team’s feat of
winning in the other continent will prove a challenge.
This world cup has been different from the previous
editions: Most teams have displayed a spirit of adventure
unusual for the opening round. Credit for the change
must go as much to the lesser forces of the world cup as
to the major powers. No world cup can really be
characterized as a success if it does not throw up new
forces that can challenge the traditional balance of
power. Ghana and Ecuador have been the finds of this
first round.
11. France failed to make into the pre-quarter final of the
FIFA world cup.
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12. If there are eight pools, with each pool consisting of
an equal number of teams and in the first round,
each team played the remaining teams in that pool
exactly once, then altogether 32 countries participated in
the world cup.
13. There will be a pre-tournament forecast for every
world cup.
14. Playing exceptionally well in the very initial stages of
the tournament will effect the chances of the team
winning the tournament.
15. All the teams have displayed a spirit of adventure in
the opening round.
Directions for questions 16 to 20 : Select the correct
alternative from the given choices.
16. The ever increasing rate at which rain forests are
being cut is an indication that this resource is in
danger. The same is not applicable to the marine
fish. The increase in the number of marine fish
caught indicates that this resource is no longer
endangered.
Which of the following can be concluded from the
above information ?
(A) The area covered by rain forests is much less
than the area covered by sea and oceans.
(B) The rate at which the marine fish resource
is replenished is faster than the rate at which
it is caught while it is the other way round in
case of rain forests.
(C) The forest resource is more valuable than the
marine fish resource.
(D) The marine fish resource is renewable while the
rain forest is not.
(E) None of these
17. A trade blockade against any country can be
successful only when there is an international
acceptance for such blockade. To impose trade
blockade against Startia, an island nation, all its
ports have to be blocked. But this may lead to
polarisation of international opinions, because some
of the countries which have strategical positions
of their naval force in the waters around Startia,
want the ports of Startia to remain open.
Which of the following can be concluded from the
passage ?
(A) Any trade blockade against Startia may not be
implemented successfully.
(B) The countries which have interest in ports
of Startia will not support trade blockade.
(C) Trade blockade against Startia must be announced
by the UN.
(D) As long as the international opinion is polarised
the trade blockade against Startia can be
successful.
(E) In the event of trade blockade the balance
of international opinion could be in favour
of Startia..
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18. The salary offered by STM company is about
15% less than that offered by Kynkois. But an
experience with STM has a greater value in the
market than an experience with Kynkois. Most of the
ambitious people prefer joining STM to Kynkois.
Which of the following can be concluded from the
above passage?
(A) The HR policy of Kynkois is better than that of
STM.
(B) Those who start their career with STM are likely
to have a better career in future than those who
start their career with Kynkois and remain there.
(C) STM provides a wider exposure than Kynkois.
(D) The number of persons who apply to Kynkois is
less than that who apply for STM.
(E) Those who leave Kynkois are offered less
salary than what they were being paid in
Kynkois.
19. Responding to a query raised under the RTI Act, the
Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has clarified that
the government has not paid for the additional days
the External Affairs Minister has stayed in London to
watch Wimbledon match, after conclusion of his
official tour. But it declined to provide information
about the places visited by him and the people he
met during his extended stay in London.
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Which of the following can be inferred from the
above passage?
(A) There were occasions when the government
has paid for the personal visits of the ministers.
(B) Every information sought of under the RTI Act
must be provided within a reasonable time.
(C) The MEA is not the only ministry that is obliged
to provide information under the RTI Act.
(D) Any individual or organisation can seek
information under the RTI Act.
(E) The MEA has the information regarding the
places visited and the people met by the
minister.
20. It is high time that we address the problem of
obesity with more seriousness as the ill effects of
obesity is more diverse and more harmful than it
was thought earlier.
Which of the following can be inferred from the
above statement ?
(A) Obesity was not considered a disease earlier.
(B) Obesity is the reason for all health related
problems.
(C) An obese person cannot be free from a disease.
(D) Measures to address the problem of obesity has
been initiated in the past.
(E) Obesity leads to many cardiac problems.
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