GAT Logical Reasoning 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: If all managers at a Riyadh company speak English, and Khalid is a manager at that company, which conclusion is valid?
- Khalid speaks Arabic only
- Khalid speaks English (Correct answer)
- Khalid is the best English speaker
- All English speakers at the company are managers
Correct answer: Khalid speaks English
This is a deductive argument: All managers speak English (premise 1), Khalid is a manager (premise 2), therefore Khalid speaks English (valid conclusion). Note: we cannot conclude the reverse — not all English speakers are necessarily managers.
Question 2: Look at the pattern: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, ___. What comes next?
- Saturday
- Sunday (Correct answer)
- Tuesday
- Thursday
Correct answer: Sunday
The pattern skips every other day of the week: Monday (skip Tuesday), Wednesday (skip Thursday), Friday (skip Saturday), Sunday. The answer is Sunday.
Question 3: Statement: 'No Saudi university offers free parking.' Which conclusion is valid?
- Some Saudi universities offer free parking
- If a university offers free parking, it is not a Saudi university (Correct answer)
- Parking is expensive in Saudi Arabia
- All universities charge the same parking fee
Correct answer: If a university offers free parking, it is not a Saudi university
If NO Saudi university offers free parking, then any university that offers free parking cannot be a Saudi university. This is the logical contrapositive of the original statement.
Question 4: If A > B, B > C, and C > D, which of the following must be true?
- D > A
- A > D
- B > D and A > C only
- A > D, A > C, and B > D (Correct answer)
Correct answer: A > D, A > C, and B > D
By transitivity: A > B > C > D. Therefore A > D, A > C, and B > D are all necessarily true. This is an application of the transitive property of inequality.
Question 5: Fatima is older than Sara. Sara is older than Nora. Maha is older than Fatima. Who is the youngest?
- Fatima
- Sara
- Nora (Correct answer)
- Maha
Correct answer: Nora
Ordering from oldest to youngest: Maha > Fatima > Sara > Nora. Therefore Nora is the youngest. This requires organizing multiple comparisons into a single sequence.
Question 6: A statement says: 'If it rains in Jeddah, the streets flood.' The streets are not flooded. What can you conclude?
- It rained but the water drained quickly
- It did not rain in Jeddah (Correct answer)
- The drainage system was repaired
- Nothing can be concluded
Correct answer: It did not rain in Jeddah
This uses the logical contrapositive: If rain → flooding, then no flooding → no rain. Since the streets are not flooded, we can conclude it did not rain (assuming the original statement is true).
GAT Logical Reasoning 1
If all managers at a Riyadh company speak English, and Khalid is a manager at that company, which conclusion is valid?