1A
Explanation:
If someone prefer something, it does not mean the person will always order that very same
thing. There are many reasons and because of that a person may order something, he/she
does not like the most.
2B
Explanation:
Issue related to society at large cannot be discussed in two options only. It could not be
possible to use only sustainable energy, but still, the Earth could survive.
3C
Explanation:
Doug claims a big thing, not brushing may lead to complete job loss. When a big claim is
made, supporting reasoning must be given.
4D
Explanation:
A team game cannot be played using one player. However good a player in a fun, it is the
team effort that makes the team win.
5A
Explanation:
To come to any conclusion, a person must have enough information and evidence. Making a
judgment on skewed or inadequate evidence may prove to be a flaw.
6C
Explanation:
Lions and Bees both can be yellow keeping themselves different from each other.
7A
Explanation:
It may be possible that there is a genuine reason behind the change in the coach and
winning the very next game.
8C
Explanation:
If people started not to applying for the job, it does not mean that the people have got the
job. There may be some other reasons like, they got frustrated by continuing applying and
not getting appropriate job.
9C
Explanation:
People who go to the beach often tend to be strong swimmers. There may be some other
strong swimmers, who do not go to the beach often. So, it might be possible that not all
strong swimmers go to the beach often.
10 C
Explanation:
A statement and its converse are not equivalent. A necessary condition cannot be the
sufficient one. So, the argument misinterprets evidence of a likely outcome as evidence of
certainty.
11 B or C
Explanation:
The given length is only the average length. It may be possible that some of the chicken eggs
will be of greater length than 6 cm.
It is also possible that some other birds would be laying the egg of 13 cm length.
12 B
Explanation:
If two events occur together, it is not necessary that one of them is happening because of
the other. It might be possible that two events occur at the same time because of their
independent reasons.
13 A
Explanation:
The author did not recognize that there would be other factors that could have affected the
accidents. It is wrong to assume that a correlation between two events is proof that one is
the cause of the other.
14 D
Explanation:
A statement and its converse are not equivalent.
So, it is not right to assume that if the authorities always protect creatures on the verge of
extinction, they would be protecting creatures only that are on the verge of extinction.
15 C
Explanation:
Internet companies have monopolies on service in their areas. It needs to be checked that
internet companies are not taking undue benefit. Customers are already paying their
internet bill. If Netflix is asked to pay the internet bill again, it would be double benefit for
internet companies and it will be undue advantage.
16 A
Explanation:
It is wrong to assume that a correlation between two events is proof that one is the cause of
the other.
It may be a coincidence that all the employees who are not in high school have blonde hair.
17 C
Explanation:
When more cars are bought, then it should also be analysed what would be the effect of
recycling of cars. If recycling of cars can also generate pollution, then there is no point in
replacing all the cars.
18 D
Explanation:
An analogy should be established between two similar objects.
To prove a result, two things cannot be compared, which are not comparable for the given
circumstances.
19 B
Explanation:
If someone is not doing the justice to his/her appointment, it does not mean his/her
appointment was meant for not doing the justice.
John Doe is not a good chief of police or rather bad chief of police. But just because John
Doe is a bad chief of police, it is not right to assume that he was promoted with the bad
intention.
20 B
Explanation:
If two benefits are for the people living in the cities, it does not guarantee that overall city
life is better. It may be possible the many other benefits would be available to rural people
than the people living in the cities.
21 B
Explanation:
Necessary condition does not guarantee for the occurrence of the event. So, Larry's
statement is not right.
The contrapositive of a statement if the equivalent of the statement. So, Luke's statement is
right.
22 D
Explanation:
Inverse of a statement is not equivalent to the original statement, so, Natalie's statement is
not right.
Natasha's statement is opposite of the given statement, it cannot be right.
23 C
Explanation:
John's statement is same as the given statement, so it is true. Jack's statement is also the
rephrase form of the given statement, so it is also correct.
24 B
Explanation:
Two students who are elected must be responsible. All the applicants need not be
responsible.
25 D
Explanation:
Necessary condition does not guarantee for the occurrence of the event. So, Alex's
reasoning is not right.
Sid concluded about the performance in the school, that is different from the given
statement, so his reasoning is not correct.
26 D
Explanation:
If someone is not using the re-usable cup, it does not mean he/she does not care for the
environment.
It may be possible that because of some reason person could not carry the re-usable cups.
27 A
Explanation:
If the minimum age for the driving is 16 years, it does not mean all the people start driving
at the age of 16 years.
Some people may start driving at the age of 16, so may start 1t 17, 18, 19 or any age after
16 years.
28 B
Explanation:
There is no detail given about the smell, so conclusion related to that would not be true.
29 A
Explanation:
It can be summarised from the paragraph that when Gaia gets out of bed after 9am, she is
in a good mood.
Converse of the statement will not be equivalent to the statement. So, "Gaia is in a good
mood, she must have woken up after 9 am" cannot be concluded.
30 B
Explanation:
If he has morning tea on Tuesday, Ethan eats a gingerbread cookie. Ethan only has morning
tea if he is working.
So, Ethan has a working on Tuesday.
The day he doesn’t work often changes, but can only be either Tuesday or Thursday.
As Ethan has a working on Tuesday, so he must have holiday on Thursday and he would not
work on Thursday.
31 C
Explanation:
If cat trains for tennis more than basketball in one week, her rest day will be Wednesday.
There is total 6 times in a week, at least 2 training sessions each week.
So, for tennis more than basketball in one week, tennis should be 4 days and basketball
should be on 2 days.
32 B
Explanation:
There is no condition given in the statement which prohibits Billy from eating pizza on same
week day in two consecutive weeks.
33 C
Explanation:
On Wednesday, there is a school games night which Mark goes to if his brothers argued
during Monopoly the night before.
It means his brothers argued
during Monopoly the night before.
It means mark and his family played last night and he also went to school to play the game.
So, he played the game twice in the week.
34 C
Explanation:
There are 5 days of the school year on which students are allowed to not wear their
uniform.
It means there are five days possible on which Mary can wear her favourite T-shirt.
35 C
Explanation:
From the paragraph, it can be concluded that if Molly played sports, she feels stressed.
Converse of the statement will not be equivalent.
It means Molly could feel stressed because of some reason on the day she did not play
sport.
36 A
Explanation:
Today is Sunday and Otis had cheese on his toast. It means on some other day; he would
use avocado on the toast. Otis only puts avocado on his toast if he wakes up before 7am. So,
he woke up before 7am on at least one day this week.
37 A
Explanation:
Statement and the converse of the statement are not equivalent.
So, if the chances of rain are 30% or 50%, it would be cloudy; it does not mean that if it is
cloudy, chances of rain are 30% or 50%.
38 A
Explanation:
Minimum time for any cloth to dry is 10 minutes, so minimum time for underwear to dry is
10 minutes.
Socks take 10 minutes longer than underwear to dry, so, minimum time for socks to dry is
20 minutes.
It may be possible that all three, pants, underwear, and socks are dry. So, Anna is not true.
39 D
Explanation:
If two events occur together, it is not necessary that one of them is happening because of
the other. It might be possible that two events occur at the same time because of their
independent reasons. The events described may be simultaneous but are not necessarily
linked.
40 D
Explanation:
The author does not establish illiteracy as a cause of crime rates. So, it is not logical to say
that reforming English spelling would reduce crime rates.