GAT Analytical Reasoning 2

Question 1

Some doctors are researchers. All researchers are published authors. Which statement must be true?

Accepted Answer

Some doctors are published authors

Answer

The doctors who are researchers must also be published authors.

Question 2

Three boxes are labelled 'Apples', 'Oranges', and 'Apples and Oranges', but every label is wrong. You draw one fruit from the box labelled 'Apples and Oranges' and get an apple. What does that box actually contain?

Accepted Answer

Apples only

Answer

Because its label is wrong, the box cannot be mixed, so drawing an apple means it holds only apples.

Question 3

A clock shows 3:00. What is the angle between the hour and minute hands?

Accepted Answer

90 degrees

Answer

At 3:00 the hour hand is at 3 and the minute hand at 12, a quarter turn apart.

Question 4

Statement: 'Every student who passed the exam studied at least ten hours.' Which of the following, if true, would contradict this statement?

Accepted Answer

A student who studied eight hours passed

Answer

A passing student with fewer than ten hours of study directly contradicts the claim.

Question 5

If 'some A are B' and 'no B are C', which conclusion is valid?

Accepted Answer

Some A are not C

Answer

The A that are B cannot be C, so some A are not C.

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GAT Analytical Reasoning 2