PYQs Based Test - 14 : Verbal Aptitude

Statement: Either P marries Q or X marries Y

Among the options below, the logical NEGATION of the above statement is:

Humans have the ability to construct worlds entirely in their minds, which don’t exist in the physical world. So far as we know, no other species possesses this ability. This skill is so important that we have different words to refer to its different flavors, such as imagination, invention and innovation.

Based on the above passage, which one of the following is TRUE?

In a world filled with uncertainty, he was glad to have many good friends. He had always assisted them in times of need and was confident that they would reciprocate. However, the events of the last week proved him wrong. Which of the following inference(s) is/are logically valid and can be inferred from the above passage?

(i) His friends were always asking him to help them.

(ii) He felt that when in need of help, his friends would let him down.

(iii)He was sure that his friends would help him when in need.

(iv) His friends did not help him last week.

Social science disciplines were in existence in an amorphous form until the colonial period when they were institutionalized. In varying degrees, they were intended to further the colonial interest. In the time of globalization and the economic rise of postcolonial countries like India, conventional ways of knowledge production have become obsolete.

Which of the following can be logically inferred from the above statements?

1. Social science disciplines have become obsolete.
2. Social science disciplines had a pre- colonial origin.
3. Social science disciplines always promote colonialism
4. Social science must maintain disciplinary boundaries.

Lamenting the gradual sidelining of the arts in school curricula, a goup of prominent artists wrote to the Chief Minister last year, asking him to allocate more funds to support arts education in schools. However, no such increase has been announced in this year`s Budget. The artists expressed their deep anguish at their request not being approved, but many of them remain optimistic about funding in the future.

Which of the statement(s) below is/are logically valid and can be inferred from the above statements?

(i) The artists expected funding for the arts to increase this year.

(ii) The Chief Minister was receptive to the idea of increasing funding for the arts.

(iii) The Chief Minister is a prominent artist.

(iv) Schools are giving less importance to arts education nowadays,