List of top Logical Reasoning Questions on Course of Action

Directions: The question presents a situation and asks you to make a judgment regarding that particular circumstance. Answer the question solely on the basis of the information given.
Illegal adulterated and local alcohol that is largely in supply in the city has become a matter of concern for the citizens and administration. A meeting was called up, which involved local people as well, to discuss the situation. The local people claimed that the administration is not doing enough to deal with the situation. You are representing the administration in the meeting. What should be your reaction to these claims?
There has been significant drop in the water level of all the lakes supplying water to the city.
There has been an unprecedented increase in the number of requests for berths in most of the long distance trains during the current holiday season.
The prices of foodgrains and vegetables have substantially increased due to prolonged strike call given by the truck owners association.
A large number of people visiting India from country 'X' has been tested positive for carrying viruses of a killer disease.
A cube has six sides each of a different colour. The red side is opposite black. The green side is between red and black. The blue side is adjacent to white and the brown side is adjacent to blue. The red side is face down. The side opposite brown is
A person goes 20 m towards South, then turns left and goes 20 m and another 20 m to the left and then 60 m to the right. In which direction is he going now?
A man was walking with his face towards East. He walked 30 m and then turned to his right by another 30 m. He again turned towards his right by 60 m. He now turned back by 90 m. Which direction was he facing now?
Simplify and find the value of 'A' in the equation given below: 2+7\(\times\)16-(8-7)-(9+3)=A
Statement: Should the political parties be banned?
Course of Action I: Yes. It is necessary to teach a lesson to the politicians.
Course of Action II: No. It will lead to an end of democracy.
Statement: Should government jobs in rural areas have more incentives?
Course of Action I: Yes. Incentives are essential for attracting government servants there.
Course of Action II: No. Rural areas are already cheaper, healthier and less complex than big cities, so why offer extra incentives?
Statement: Should luxury hotels be banned in India?
Course of Action I: Yes. They are places from where international criminals operate.
Course of Action II: No. Affluent foreign tourists will have no place to stay.
Statement: Should school education be made free in India?
Course of Action I: Yes. This is the only way to improve the level of literacy.
Course of Action II: No. It would add to the already heavy burden on the exchequer. |
Statement: If the retired Professors of the same Institutes are also invited to deliberate on restructuring of the organization, their contribution may be beneficial to the Institute.
Course of Action I: Management may seek opinion of the employees before calling retired Professors.
Course of Action II: Management should involve experienced people for the systematic restructuring of the organization.
Statement: The Officer In-charge of a Company had a hunch that some money was missing from the safe.
Course of Action I: He should get it recounted with the help of the staff and check it with the balance sheet.
Course of Action II: He should inform the police.
Statement: The sale of particular products has gone down considerably causing great concern to the company.
Course of Action I: The company should make a proper study of rival products in the market.
Course of Action II: The price of the product should be reduced and quality improved.
Statement: Mr. X, an active member of the Union, often insults his superiors in the office with his rude behavior.
Course of Action I: He should be transferred to some other department.
Course of Action II: The matter should be referred to the Union.
Statement: Should a total ban be put on trapping wild animals?
Course of Action I: Yes. Trappers are making a lot of money.
Course of Action II: No. Bans on hunting and trapping are not effective.
Statement: One of the problems facing the food processing industry is the irregular supply of raw material. The producers of raw materials are not getting a reasonable price.
Courses of Action:
I. The government should regulate the supply of raw material to other industries also.
II. The government should announce an attractive package to ensure regular supply of raw material for food processing industry.
Statement : A mass mortality of shrimps in ponds on the entire Andhra coast has recently been reported due to the presence of a virus.
Courses of action:
I. The water of the pond affected should immediately be treated for identifying the nature of the
virus.
II. The catching of shrimps from the ponds should temporarily be stopped.
III. The fishermen should be asked to watch for the onset of such phenomenon in nature.
A statement is followed by three courses of action numbered I, II, and III. You have to assume everything in the statement to be true. Decide which course(s) of action logically follow(s) for pursuing from the given options marked (a), (b), (c) and (d).
Statement : In one of the worst accidents in railway level crossing fifty people died when a bus carrying them collided on to a running train.
Conclusions of action:
I. The train driver should immediately be suspended.
II. The driver of the bus should be tried in court for negligence on his part.
III. The railway authority should be asked to man all its level crossings.
A statement is followed by three courses of action numbered I, II, and III. You have to assume everything in the statement to be true. Decide which course(s) of action logically follow(s) for pursuing from the given options marked (a), (b), (c) and (d).
Statement : The world will have to feed more than 10 billion people in the next century of whom half will be in Asia and will eat rice as their staple.
Courses of action:
I. More funds should immediately be allocated for rice research to help ensure adequate supplies.
II. The people in Asia should be encouraged to change their food habit.
III. The rice should be grown in countries outside Asia to meet the demand.
A statement is followed by three courses of action numbered I, II, and III. You have to assume everything in the statement to be true. Decide which course(s) of action logically follow(s) for pursuing from the given options marked (a), (b), (c) and (d).
Statement : If the faculty members also join the strike, there is going to be a serious problem.
Courses of action :
I. The faculty members should be persuaded not to go on strike.
II. Those faculty members who join the strike should be suspended.
III. The management should not worry about such small things.
A statement is followed by three courses of action numbered I, II, and III. You have to assume everything in the statement to be true. Decide which course(s) of action logically follow(s) for pursuing from the given options marked (a), (b), (c) and (d).
Statement : There was a spurt in criminal activities in the city during the recent festival season.
Courses of action:
I. The police should immediately investigate into the causes of this increase.
II. In future the police should take adequate precaution to avoid recurrence of such situation during
the festival season.
III. The known criminals should be arrested before any such season.
A statement is followed by three courses of action numbered I, II, and III. You have to assume everything in the statement to be true. Decide which course(s) of action logically follow(s) for pursuing from the given options marked (a), (b), (c) and (d).
Mehta is the Director of investments for a mutual fund. He believes that blue-chip stocks and government securities will generally not do as well as corporate bonds in the coming year, but government regulations require that at least one-third of the fund's capital be in blue-chip stocks and another third in government securities.