Section II - Sample Questions

Section II
Analytical Reasoning

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No. of Questions 17 (Questions 17 – 33)

Time : 17 Minutes

For each question, select the best answer from the choices given. Darken the corresponding oval in the answer sheet.

Q. 17 – 18

Q17

sweetener was responsible for the experimental results?Which of the following, if true, would best support the conclusion that some ingredients of the

(1)	The Quality of sweetener consumed by the individuals in the experimental group is considered to be safe by medical authorities.
(2)	The amino acid referred to in the conclusion is a component of all proteins, some of which must be consumed for adequate nutrition.
(3)	Most consumers of the sweetener do not consume as much of as the experimental group members did.
(4)	The two groups of subjects were evenly matched with regard to cognitive abilities prior to the experiments.

Q18

Which of the following, if true, would best help explain how the sweetner might produce the observed effects?

(1)	A high level of amino acid in the blood inhibits the synthesis of a substance required for normal brain functioning.
(2)	Because of the sweetner being used primarily as a food additive, adverse reactions to it are rarely noticed by consumers.
(3)	Subjects in the experiments did not know whether they were consuming the sweetner or a harmless substance.
(4)	The amino acid that is a constituent of the sweetener is also sold separately as a dietary supplement.

Q19

Editorial.

Regulations recently imposed by the Government of Katanga call for unprecedental reduction in the amounts of pollutants, manufactures are allowed to discharge into environment. It will take costly new pollution control equipment requiring expensive maintenance to comply with these regulations. Resultant price increases.

For Katangan manufactured goods will lead to the loss of some export markets. Clearly, therefore, annual exports of Katangan manufactured goods will in future occur at diminishing levels.

	Which of the following, if true, most seriously WEAKENS the arguments in the editorial?
	(1)			By international standards, the Levels of pollutants currently emitted by some of Katanga’s manufacturing plants are not considered excessive.
	(2)			Savings form utilizing the chemicals captured by the pollution control equipment will remain far below the cost of maintaining the equipment.
	(3)			The proposed regulations include a schedule of fines for non-compliance that escalate steeply in cases of repeated non-compliance
	(4)			The need to comply with the new regulations will stimulate the development within Katanga of new pollution control equipment for which a strong worldwide demand is likely to emerge.

Q20	Automobile Dealer’s Advertisement
	The Highway Traffic Safety Institute reports that the XL1000 has the fewest injuries per accident of any car in its class. This shows that the XL1000 is one of the safest cars available today.

	Which of the following, if true, most seriously WEAKENS the argument in the advertisement?
	(1)			The Highway Traffic Safety Institute issues reports only once in a year.
	(2)			The difference between the number of injuries per accident for XL1000 and that of other cars in its class is Quite pronounced
	(3)			In recent years many more XL1000s have been sold than have any other kind of cars in its class.
	(4)			Cars in the class to which the XL1000 belongs are more likely to be involved in accidents than are other types of cars.

Q21	Choloroflurocarbons (CFCs) pose known dangers to public health. Only when the United States government imposes a specific ban on the industrial use of CFCs cost – effective and thus reduce public health hazards.

Which of the following is an assumption on which the assertion made above is based?

(1) The alternative to CFCs currently available are not widely used because they are not familiar to sufficient number of industry scientists.
(2) The alternatives to CFCs are less hazardous to public health than are CFCs.
(3) The use of CFCs can result in employment time lost because of illness.
(4) CFCs are currently the most serious public health hazard engendered by the industry in the United States.

Q22

The large amount of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) now being released into the atmosphere burning fossil fuel will not, in fact, result in green house effects-------- an increase in average global temperatures. Since plants use CO2 in large quantities if the supply is increased, they are able to grow larger and multiply more rigorously, and atmospheric CO2 concentrations will eventually become stable.

Which of the following, if true, would most seriously WEAKENS the conclusion that a green house effect will not result from current release of large amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere?

(1) When plant decays, they produce methane, another gas that can have a marked green house effect.
(2) The expected rise in average global temperatures, has not yet been observed
(3) Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution (1790) increased atmospheric concentrations of CO2 have resulted in agricultural productivity.
(4) Ocean waters absorb CO2 at a greater rate when the atmospheric concentration of CO2 is higher.

Questions 23 – 28 are based on the following:

The art director of an advertising company is preparing a sales brochure for a boat manufacturing company. To represent her client’s line of products, she wants a separate full page colour advertisement in the brochure for each of the following five types of boats: Kayak, Motor Boat, Pedal Boat, Raft and Sail Boat. Thus, there will be exactly five printed pages, numbered consecutively one through five, it the brochure. Because, she also wants to show the range of colours that manufacturer uses, one of the boats pictured must be green, one must be orange, one must be tan, one must be white, and one must be yellow. In designing the brochure, she has made the following decisions:

The motorboat will be advertised on a lower numbered page than the pedal boat.
The sailboat will be advertised on a lower page then Kayak.
The white boat will be advertised on a lower numbered page than the yellow boat.
The orange boat will be advertised on page three.
The pedal boat advertised will be tan.

Q23

Any of the boats could be advertised on Page 3 EXCEPT the

(1). Pedal Boat

(2). Raft

(3). Sail Boat

(4).Motor Boat

Q24

Which of the following could be the colours of the boats advertised on Page 1 through Page 5, respectively?

(1) White, Tan, Orange, Green, Yellow

(2) Green, Orange, White, Yellow, Tan

(3)Tan, Yellow, Orange, Green, White

(4) Orange, Yellow, White, Green, Tan

Q25

If the Kayak is Green, the boat advertised on page 1 must be?

(1) White

(2) Green

(3) Yellow

(4) Orange

Q26

If kayak is advertised on a lower numbered page than the orange boat, which of the following must be true?

(1) The Kayak is advertised on Page – 1

The Pedal Boat is advertised on Page – 5

The Raft is advertised on Page – 3

The Sail Boat is advertised on Page - 1

Q27

If the Motor boat is green and is advertised on page 4, which of the following MUST BE TRUE?

(1) The Raft is advertised on page – 3

(2) The Sail boat is advertised on page –1

(3) The Tan boat is advertised on page – 2

(4) The White boat is advertised on page – 1

Q28

If the Sailboat is advertised on page 2, and the green boat is advertised on page 5, the Sailboat must be?

(1) Orange

(2) Green

(3) Yellow

(4) White

Directions for Questions 29 – 32:

For each Question, two or three, statements are given. These statements are marked (A), (B), and/or (C), as the case may be, followed by two conclusions marked (I) and (II) that can be logically drawn from two or three statements. Even if the statements vary from well known facts assume them to be true. Choose the best alternative from the answer choices as given below and darken the corresponding oval in the answer sheet.

Q29

(A) No things derived from sensory impressions are items of knowledge of substance itself.

(B) All items of knowledge are things derived from sensory impressions.

Conclusion(s):

(I)        Things not derived from sensory impressions are not items of knowledge.

(II)       Items of knowledge of substance itself are derived from sensory impressions.

Which of the statement(s) is/are the conclusion(s)?

(1) I only

(2) II only

(3)Both I and II

(4) Neither I nor II

Q30

Statements:
(A) Babies are illogical.
(B) Nobody is despised who can manage a crocodile
(C) Illogical persons are despised
(From Lewis Carrol)
Conclusion (s):

(I) Therefore babies cannot manage crocodiles.
(II) All persons who are not despised can manage a crocodile.

Which statement(s) is/are the conclusion(s)?

(1) I only

(2) II only

(3) Both I and II

(4) Neither I nor II

Q31

Statements:

(A) Every one who is sane can do logic.
(B) No lunatics are fit to serve on a jury.
(C) None of your sons can do Logic.

Conclusion (s):
I.          All persons who serve on a jury can do logic.
II.         No sons of yours are persons fit to serve on a jury.

Which of the Statement(s) is/are the conclusion(s)?

(1)I only

(2) II only

(3) Both I and II

(4) Neither I nor II

Q32

Statements:

(A) All times when he is sick are times when he complains.
(B) This time is not a time when he is sick.

Conclusion:
I. He is a person who does not complain if he were not sick.
II. No times when he is not sick are times when he complains.

Which of the statement(s) is/are conclusion(s)?

(1)I only

(2) II only

(3) Both I and II

(4) Neither I nor II

Q33

Meteorite explosions in the Earth’s atmosphere as large as the one that destroyed forests in Siberia, with approximately the force of twelve – megaton nuclear blast, occur once a century.

The response of highly automated systems controlled by complex computer programmes to unexpected circumstances is unpredictable.

Which of the following conclusions can most properly be drawn, if the statements above are true, about a highly automated nuclear – missile defense system controlled by a complex computer programme?

(1) The system would be destroyed if an explosion of a large meteorite occurred in the Earth’s atmosphere.

(2) Whether the system would respond inappropriately to the explosion of a large meteorite would depend on the location of the blast.

(3) It would be impossible for the system to distinguish the explosion of a large meteorite from the explosion of a nuclear weapon.

(4) It is not certain what the system’s response to the explosion of a large meteorite would be, if its designers did not plan for such a contingency.