NUMS — Medical & Dental Entry Test
Take the NUMS Logical Reasoning — Deductive Reasoning and Syllogisms (Set 5): 30 multiple-choice questions (40 minutes) with instant scoring and a full…
What this test covers
The first 5 questions of this test, with the correct answer and explanation.
Q1. Statements: I. All Poets are Writers. II. Some Writers are Artists. Conclusions: I. Some Poets are Artists. II. Some Artists are Writers. Assume every group named is non-empty. Which option is correct?
Answer: A. Only conclusion II follows
Explanation: Conclusion II just reverses statement II, so it follows. Conclusion I does not: the artists who are writers may be non-poets, so no poet need be an artist.
Q2. Statements: I. No Insects are Spiders. II. All Bees are Insects. Conclusions: I. No Spiders are Bees. II. Some Spiders are not Bees. Assume every group named is non-empty. Which option is correct?
Answer: D. Both conclusions I and II follow
Explanation: Bees lie inside insects and insects are wholly outside spiders, so no spider is a bee; and since spiders exist, some spiders are certainly not bees. Both follow.
Q3. Statements: I. Some Tutors are Scholars. II. No Scholars are Clerks. Conclusions: I. Some Tutors are not Clerks. II. Some Clerks are not Tutors. Assume every group named is non-empty. Which option is correct?
Answer: C. Only conclusion I follows
Explanation: The tutors who are scholars cannot be clerks, so some tutors are not clerks (I follows). Clerks may all be tutors, so II does not follow.
Q4. Statements: I. All Rivers are Streams. II. All Canals are Streams. Conclusions: I. Some Rivers are Canals. II. All Rivers are Canals. Assume every group named is non-empty. Which option is correct?
Answer: B. Neither conclusion I nor II follows
Explanation: Two sets inside a third need not overlap: rivers and canals could be separate parts of streams. Neither conclusion is forced.
Q5. Statements: I. Some Tablets are not Drugs. II. All Syrups are Drugs. Conclusions: I. Some Tablets are not Syrups. II. No Tablets are Syrups. Assume every group named is non-empty. Which option is correct?
Answer: B. Only conclusion I follows
Explanation: Some tablets lie outside drugs, and all syrups lie inside drugs, so those tablets cannot be syrups: I follows. II is too strong; other tablets may be syrups.
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Q6. Statements: I. All Whales are Mammals. II. No Mammals are Fish. Assume every group named is non-empty. Which conclusion definitely follows?
Q7. Statements: I. Some Judges are Lawyers. II. All Lawyers are Clerks. Assume every group named is non-empty. Which conclusion definitely follows?
Q8. No student can enter the examination hall without an admit card. Zain entered the examination hall. Which statement must be true?
Q9. All students who score above 90% in the mock test receive a scholarship. Imran received a scholarship. Which statement is certainly true?
Q10. If it rains on match day, the match is cancelled. If the match is cancelled, all tickets are refunded. The tickets were not refunded. Which must be true?
Q11. A candidate gets the seat only if she passes the interview. Fatima did not pass the interview. Which statement must be true?
Q12. The clinic will not open unless the doctor arrives. The clinic opened this morning. Which must be true?
Q13. Passing the written test is necessary, but not sufficient, for admission to the programme. Sana was admitted. Another candidate, Rabia, passed the written test. Which statement must be true?
Q14. Which statement is the exact negation of 'Every student in the class passed the test'?
Q15. Which statement is the exact negation of 'If it is Friday, the clinic is closed'?
Q16. Which statement is the exact negation of 'Some surgeons are vegetarian'?
Q17. Five runners P, Q, R, S and T finished a race one after another with no ties. Q finished immediately before T. T finished before P. R finished before Q. S finished after P. Who finished third?
Q18. Five cousins A, B, C, D and E differ in age and no two are the same age. C is older than A. B is younger than D. E is the very next older person after B in the age order. A is older than D. Who is the second oldest?
Q19. A key went missing and exactly one of four interns A, B, C and D took it. Exactly one of these four statements is true. A: "D took the key." B: "A took the key." C: "I did not take the key." D: "I did not take the key." Who took the key?
Q20. Three people A, B and C each either always tell the truth or always lie. A says: "B is a liar." B says: "C is a liar." C says: "A and B are both liars." Who is the only truth-teller?
Q21. Pointing to a girl, Imran said, "Her father is the only son of my father." How is the girl related to Imran?
Q22. Zubair points to a woman and says, "She is the wife of the son of my mother's mother." How is the woman related to Zubair?
Q23. Rida walks 12 m east, turns left and walks 10 m, turns left again and walks 20 m, then turns right and walks 5 m. How far is she from her starting point?
Q24. One morning just after sunrise, Rafay stood facing a tall pole. The shadow of the pole fell to his right. Which direction was Rafay facing?
Q25. Facing east, Shazia turns 135° anticlockwise and then 90° clockwise. In which direction is she facing now?
Q26. If 5 March 2021 was a Friday, on which day of the week did 5 March 2024 fall?
Q27. A month has 30 days and begins on a Saturday. How many Sundays does it contain?
Q28. The 17th of a 31-day month is a Thursday. On which day of the week does the 2nd of the following month fall?
Q29. In a survey of 120 people, 70 drink tea, 60 drink coffee and 30 drink both. How many people drink exactly one of the two?
Q30. In a queue, Ayesha is 12th from the front and 20th from the back. How many people are in the queue?