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JKSSB Panchayat Account Assistant · Reasoning · 19 practice questions with answers and explanations: 4 Easy, 7 Medium, 8 Hard.

Sample questions

Sample Easy question 1

Statements: Some pens are books. All books are papers. Conclusion: Some pens are papers. Is this conclusion valid?

  1. Valid
  2. Invalid
  3. Cannot be determined
  4. None of these
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Answer: A. Since some pens are books and all books are papers, those same pens must be papers.

Sample Medium question 2

Statements: All pens are objects. All objects have mass. Conclusion: All pens have mass. Is this valid?

  1. Valid
  2. Invalid
  3. Cannot be determined
  4. None of these
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Answer: A. Since pens are objects and all objects have mass, all pens must have mass.

Sample Hard question 3

Statements: All squares are rectangles. Some rectangles are circles. Conclusion: Some squares are circles.

  1. Follows
  2. Does not follow
  3. Cannot be determined
  4. Both follow
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Answer: B. The rectangles that are circles aren't guaranteed to be the same ones that are squares, so the conclusion does not follow.

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