Critical Reasoning- (Easy-01)

Which of the following contradicts the view that only the intelligent become rich?

“Ameen is not applying to any university although he did not fail his HSC Examination.” Each of the following statements is a plausible explanation of Ameen’s situation except

Kabir: “Professor Kamal is very liberal in giving marks to students.”
Rashid: “That’s not true. I failed in his course.”

It can be inferred that Rashid interpreted Kabir’s statement to mean that Professor Kamal

“If birds are singing, it must be spring.” This statement can be true if which of the following statements were true?

“This year more students passed the SSC examination. The questions must have been easier compared to those in the last year.” This argument is most likely based on which of the following assumptions?

If Mahmud is on the steering committee, then he is on the central committee. This statement can be logically deduced from which of the following statements?

In recommending a tuition increase of Tk. 500 per year, the Vice-Chancellor of the University said: “There were no students demonstrations over the previous increases of Tk. 300 last year and Tk. 200 the year before.” If the VC’s statement is accurate, which of the following can be validly inferred from the information given?

i. Most students in previous years felt that the increases were justified because of increased costs.
ii. Student inaction was responsible for the failure of students to protest the previous tuition increases.
iii. Students are not likely to protest the new tuition increases.

“Today’s high school students are not being educated, they are being trained. Their teachers demand little of them other than they memorize facts and follow directions. The current emphasis on training is basic math and verbal skills, while an useful step, rarely leads to the essential second step: development of independent critical thinking.”

The author would probably consider which of the following aspects of a student’s term paper to be most praiseworthy?

“Blooming flowers are beautiful, even if no one is there to appreciate them”. This statement would be a logical contradiction to which of the following claims?

“Kabir must be a football player, he is wearing a football jersey!” This conclusion is valid only if its true that

Nashid: “I heard that Nupur failed her B.A. exam.”

Nahid: “I just can’t understand how that can be! She stood first in the combined merit list in the S.S.C. Arts group.”

It can be inferred from the above that:

Mr. Ahmed & his natural son Iqbal, become seriously injured in a car accident & are taken to the hospital. The doctor attending them immediately recognizes Iqbal & cries out, “Oh God! Please save my son!”. Which of the following is the most likely explanation?

The local price of a dozen eggs in Bangladesh is tk. 30, while in India it is Rs. 20. At the current exchange rate of US$1= tk.40 and US$1= Rs 32, a dozen Indian eggs costs the equivalent of tk. 25. As eggs are cheaper in India, they are being smuggled into Bangladesh. At what rate of Bangladeshi taka to US dollar will it no longer be profitable to smuggle Indian eggs into Bangladesh?

In recommending to the budget committee a tax increase of tk 0.03 per unit of usage of electricity the finance minister said that, ” There were no demonstrations over the previous increases of tk 0.025 last year and tk 0.02 the year before”. Which of the following statements can be inferred from the minister’s comment?

“If Harun is on the media team, he is a member of the executive committee”. This statement can be logically deduced from which of the following?

The manager of a chemical company which produces pesticides assured the residents of a nearby locality that they had conducted tests and found no evidence that the chemicals leaking from their waste disposal sites were harmful to humans. He also added that there was no reason for alarm. We can infer from the above that:

A triangle ABC is inscribed in a circle with center O on the hypotenuse of the triangle, as shown below. Two pieces of information are given.

1. The radius of the circle is 5
2. The length of BC is 6

If you are asked to calculate the area of the triangle ABC, which of the following statements is true?

Wahid is taller than Mina. Mina is shorter than Kalim, Shaheenis shorter than Shilu but taller than Kalim. Which of the following can’t be a possible arrangement of the five people, in descending order of height?

A college teacher, Moinuddin Ahmed, is selecting students for a debating team. He needs at least two science group students out of nine total options. If Moinuddin Ahmed wants to select Ijaz, who are the other four students most likely to be selected?

5 people join an exercise class. X weighs 50 Kg, P weighs 46 Kg, N weighs 1kg more than P but 2 kg less than A. M weighs the same as X. after a month of training, M & P each loses 1kg and X&A each loses 2kg. N, who was secretly bringing a box of sweets to class, gains 2 pounds. After the month of training which two people weigh the same?