Critical Reasoning section 1 MCQ Detailed Explanation And More Example

Question : 1

Which of the following strengthens the argument?

a) Agricultural research is scientific.

b) Verified information is reliable.

c) Science gives abstract theories.

d) Science is a compulsory subject.

e) None of these

Question : 2

Which of the following may be regarded as an assumption in the above passage?

a) Verification of news is necessary.

b) Science is objective in approach.

c) Science encourages investigative spirit.

d) Science gives us news and not any other information regarding national phenomenon.

e) None of these

Question : 3

Inflation can only be fundamentally caused by two factors— supply side factors and demand side factors. These factors are either reductions in the supply of goods and services or increase in demand due to either the increased availability of money or the reallocation of demand. Unless other compensating changes also occur, inflation is bound to result if either of this occurs. In economies prior to the introduction of banks (a pre-banking economy) the quantity of money available, and hence, the level of demand, was equivalent to the quantity of gold available. If the statements above are true, then it is also true that in a pre-banking economy:

a) any inflation would be the result of reductions in the supply of goods and services.

b) if there is a reduction in the quantity of gold available, then, other things being equal, inflation would result.

c) if other factors in the economy are unchanged, increasing the quantity of gold available would lead to inflation.

d) whatever changes in demand occur, there would be compensating changes in the supply of goods and services.

Question : 4

The Yoga system is divided into two principal parts — Hatha and Raja Yoga. Hatha Yoga deals principally with the physiological part of man with a view to establish his health and train his will. The processes prescribed to arrive at this end are so difficult that only a few resolute souls go through all the stages of its practice. Many have failed and some have died in the attempt. It is therefore strongly denounced by all the philosophers. The most illustrious Shankaracharya has remarked in his treatise called Aparokshanubhuti that "the system of Hatha Yoga was intended for those whose wordly desires are not pacified or uprooted."
Which one of the following, if true, most substantially strengthens the idea given in the passage?

a) The percentage of people in a given ashram practising Raja Yoga is more than the percentage of people practising Hatha Yoga.

b) The number of Yoga schools teaching Raja Yoga is more than the number of Yoga schools teaching Hatha Yoga.

c) The number of people in a given ashram practising Raja Yoga is more than the number of people practising Hatha Yoga.

d) The number of teachers teaching Raja Yoga is more than the number of teachers teaching Hatha Yoga.

e) The percentage of students who have successfully learnt Raja Yoga is more than the percentage of students who have successfully learnt Hatha Yoga.

Question : 5

As the information on air warface tasks and stressors was being gathereed and scenarios were being developed, a parallel effort ensued to identify a test bed simulation for air warfare teams. To maintain experimental control it was determined by the designers that choosing a low physical fidelity simulation was acceptable as long as cognitive fidelity in a team simulation was maintained through subjecting soldiers to pressure situations in a simulated combat setting and attempting to ensure that naturalistic decision making of soldiers would not be compromised. Which of the following statements, if true, weakens the logic of the above passage ?
i. A number of studies have shown that high levels of physical stress lead to a weaking of the decision making capabilities of human beings.
ii. It has been convincingly demonstrated by various studies that human beings by nature are not designed to adapt to high levels of mental stress.
iii. Numerious studies have shown that simulated environments can be designed to be good substitutes for real life combat situations.
iv. Studies have shown that simulated exercises for armed forces personnel have tended to induce a systematic type of "correct" and common behaviour among the trainees.
v. Officers, when short listing soldiers for critical operations, pick up battle-hardened soldiers rather than those who have been trained through simulations.

a) i and ii

b) i and iv

c) ii and iii

d) i, ii, iv, and v

e) ii, iii, iv and v