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Logical deductions require conclusions to be drawn from stated facts, conditions and relationships without adding outside information. The work includes handling all, some and none statements, necessary and sufficient conditions, ordering restrictions, true or false conclusions, and the difference between what must be true and what could be true.

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Easy
  • A. Sana is a cook.
  • B. All cooks are bakers.
  • C. Sana is a chef.
  • D. Some cooks are not bakers.

Explanation: Sana belongs to the group of bakers, and every baker is a cook. Therefore, Sana must be a cook.

Correct answer: Sana is a cook.
Easy
  • A. This key is not fragile.
  • B. This key is very strong.
  • C. Every fragile object is metal.
  • D. Some metal objects are fragile.

Explanation: The rule excludes fragility from all metal objects. Since the key is metal, it cannot be fragile.

Correct answer: This key is not fragile.
Fairly easy
  • A. Some night workers check records.
  • B. Every night worker is a nurse.
  • C. No nurse works during the day.
  • D. Some record checkers work only at night.

Explanation: At least one nurse works at night, and every nurse checks records. That particular night worker must therefore check records.

Correct answer: Some night workers check records.
Fairly easy
  • A. Omar is older than Rafi.
  • B. Rafi is older than Omar.
  • C. Omar and Rafi are the same age.
  • D. Zain is older than Omar.

Explanation: Age comparison is transitive. If Omar is older than Zain and Zain is older than Rafi, Omar is older than Rafi.

Correct answer: Omar is older than Rafi.
Moderate
  • A. Some campers are not lazy.
  • B. All campers are fit.
  • C. No camper is a hiker.
  • D. Some lazy people are hikers.

Explanation: The campers who are hikers must be fit. Since no fit person is lazy, those campers must not be lazy.

Correct answer: Some campers are not lazy.
Moderate
  • A. Some poets are not silent.
  • B. All teachers are poets.
  • C. Some poets are silent.
  • D. No reader is a teacher.

Explanation: At least one person is both a poet and a teacher. No teacher is silent, so that poet must not be silent.

Correct answer: Some poets are not silent.
Hard
  • A. Some volunteers are certified.
  • B. All volunteers are mechanics.
  • C. Some certified workers are not volunteers.
  • D. Every mechanic is a volunteer.

Explanation: The volunteer mechanics are trained, and every trained worker is certified. Therefore, at least some volunteers are certified.

Correct answer: Some volunteers are certified.
Hard
  • A. Some sealed boxes contain a token.
  • B. All sealed boxes contain a token.
  • C. Some red boxes are missing tokens.
  • D. No sealed box is counted.

Explanation: The sealed red boxes are red boxes, so they contain tokens. Those tokens are counted and are not missing, but the necessary conclusion is…

Correct answer: Some sealed boxes contain a token.
Very hard
  • A. Some assistants of analysts are not trained.
  • B. Every temporary worker assists an analyst.
  • C. Some analysts are temporary workers.
  • D. Every intern is trained and certified.

Explanation: A temporary intern exists and every intern assists an analyst. Because no trained person is temporary, that intern is not trained, so some…

Correct answer: Some assistants of analysts are not trained.
Very hard
  • A. Some guides accompany a ranger who is not inexperienced.
  • B. Every ranger accompanies an inexperienced guide.
  • C. Some guides are trained.
  • D. No guide accompanies a ranger.

Explanation: An inexperienced guide exists, and every guide accompanies a trained ranger.

Correct answer: Some guides accompany a ranger who is not inexperienced.
Easy
  • A. Hira is a musician.
  • B. Every musician is a violinist.
  • C. Hira teaches music.
  • D. Some musicians are not violinists.

Explanation: Hira belongs to the group of violinists, and every violinist is a musician. Therefore, Hira must be a musician.

Correct answer: Hira is a musician.
Easy
  • A. Usman is not a pedestrian.
  • B. Every pedestrian is a cyclist.
  • C. Usman is a pedestrian.
  • D. No cyclist owns a bicycle.

Explanation: The first premise excludes every cyclist from the pedestrian group. Since Usman is a cyclist, he cannot be a pedestrian.

Correct answer: Usman is not a pedestrian.
Fairly easy
  • A. The gym opens before the library.
  • B. The library opens before the gym.
  • C. The cafeteria opens before the library.
  • D. The gym opens before the cafeteria.

Explanation: The library comes before the cafeteria, and the cafeteria comes before the gym. Therefore, the library must come before the gym.

Correct answer: The library opens before the gym.
Fairly easy
  • A. Some mugs are breakable.
  • B. All breakable things are mugs.
  • C. No mugs are ceramic cups.
  • D. All mugs are breakable.

Explanation: At least some mugs belong to the ceramic cup group. Since every ceramic cup is breakable, those mugs must be breakable.

Correct answer: Some mugs are breakable.
Moderate
  • A. No writer is impatient.
  • B. Some writers are not impatient.
  • C. Every poet submits work.
  • D. Some impatient writers are poets.

Explanation: Some writers are poets, and no poet is impatient. Those particular writers are therefore not impatient.

Correct answer: Some writers are not impatient.
Moderate
  • A. All volunteers are prepared.
  • B. Some volunteers are not unprepared.
  • C. No scout is a volunteer.
  • D. Every unprepared person is a volunteer.

Explanation: Some volunteers are scouts, so those volunteers are trained. No trained person is unprepared, so some volunteers are not unprepared.

Correct answer: Some volunteers are not unprepared.
Hard
  • A. No intern is careless.
  • B. Some interns are not careless.
  • C. All artists are sculptors.
  • D. Some careless people are interns.

Explanation: The interns who are sculptors are also artists and observant. Since no observant person is careless, those interns are not careless.

Correct answer: Some interns are not careless.
Hard
  • A. Some researchers are not unregistered.
  • B. All researchers are cyclists.
  • C. No cyclist wears a helmet.
  • D. Every unregistered person is a researcher.

Explanation: Some researchers are cyclists, so those researchers wear helmets. No helmet wearer is unregistered, so some researchers are not…

Correct answer: Some researchers are not unregistered.
Very hard
  • A. All volunteers are archivists.
  • B. Some volunteers are not careless.
  • C. No assistant checks sources.
  • D. Every careless person is an archivist.

Explanation: Some assistants are archivists, so they are historians, source-checkers, and methodical.

Correct answer: Some volunteers are not careless.
Very hard
  • A. All interns are not temporary.
  • B. Some interns are not temporary.
  • C. No intern is certified.
  • D. Every temporary intern is a surveyor.

Explanation: Some interns are surveyors, so they are trained and certified. No certified worker is temporary, so those particular interns are not…

Correct answer: Some interns are not temporary.