Friday, 14 September 2018

Daily Reasoning Quiz : 15th September 2018


Directions (1-10): Below in each question are given two statements (A) and (B). These statements may be either independent causes or may be effects of independent causes or of a common cause. One of these statements may be the effect of the other statement. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choices correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements.

Mark answer
(a) if statement (A) is the cause and statement (B) is its effect.
(b) if statement (B) is the cause and statement (A) is its effect.
(c) if both the statement (A) and (B) are independent causes.
(d) if both the statements (A) and (B) are effects of independent causes.
(e) if both the statements (A) and (B) are effects of some common cause.

Q1. A. State Govt has ordered immediate ban on airing of certain movie channels on television.
B. A few social activists have come together and demanded ban on telecasting ‘Adult’ movies on television.

Q2. A. Government has tightened security checks at all important places and also at various public places.
B. Incidences of terrorist attacks are increasing day by day.

Q3. A. There is an outbreak of several epidemics in the country.
B. There was a worst flood situation ever experienced in the past in most parts of the country.

Q4. A. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced two new All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Jharkhand and Gujarat.
B. There will be an increase in healthcare in the country and more student will get an opportunity to study in the renowned institution.

Q5. A. In budget 2017-18 total allocation for rural, agricultural and allied sectors for 2017-18 is Rs 187223 crore, which is 24% higher than last year.
B. The total allocation for infrastructure stands at a record level of Rs. 39,61,354 crore has been made in 2017-18, Finance Minister says.

Q6. A. The public sector telecom service provider reduced the monthly rental substantially with immediate effect.
B. All the private sector telecom service providers have reduced their charges last week.

Q7. A. Police resorted to lathi-charge to disperse the unlawful gathering of large number of people.
B. The citizens’ forum called a general strike in protest against the police atrocities.

Q8. A. The farmers have decided against selling their kharif crops to the Government agencies.
B. The Government has reduced the procurement price of kharif crops starting from last month to the next six months.

Q9. A. Many seats in the private engineering colleges in the state have remained vacant this year.
B. The government engineering colleges in the state could not accommodate all the students who sought admission this year.

Q10. A. Many shops in the locality remained closed throughout the day.
B. Many offices in the locality closed during the day.

Solution(1-10):

S1. Ans.(b)
Sol. The pressure of the social activists has led to the banning.

S2. Ans.(b)
Sol. The large number of terrorist attacks has led to tightened security checks.

S3. Ans.(b)
Sol. The flood has led to epidemics.

S4. Ans.(a)
Sol. As there will be more no of medical institute in the country there will be an increase in healthcare and more institute lead to more no. of seats.

S5. Ans.(d)
Sol. Both statement one of agriculture sector and another of infrastructure sector are effect of some independent cause.

S6. Ans.(b)
Sol. From the given two statements I and II it seems that the initiatives taken by the public sector telecom service provider may have been taken in order to compete with the private sector telecom service provider.

S7. Ans.(a)
Sol. From the given two statements I and II, it is clear lathi charge by the police have motivated the citizen’s forum to call for a general strike.
Therefore, statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect.

S8. Ans.(b)
Sol.From the given two statements I and II, it is obvious that the reduction in procurement price of crops must have instigated the farmers not to sell their produce to government agencies.
Therefore, statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect.

S9. Ans.(d)
Sol.From the given two statements I and II it is clear that both the statements are contrary to each other.Therefore, both the statements I and II are the effects of independent causes.

S10. Ans.(e)
Sol.From the given two statements I and II, it seems that both the statements may have a common cause like bandh called by a political party etc.

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