Logical Deduction + Coding-Decoding BITSAT
Logical Reasoning MathonGo
Q1. Statements: Some swords are sharp. All swords are rusty
Conclusions: I. Some rusty things are sharp. II. Some rusty things are not sharp.
(1) Only conclusion I follows (2) Only conclusion II follows
(3) Either I or II follows (4) Neither I nor II follows
Q2. Statements: Some pictures are frames. Some frames are idols. All idols are curtains.
Conclusions: I. Some curtains are pictures. II. Some curtains are frames. III. Some idols are frames.
(1) Only I and II follow (2) Only II and III follow
(3) Only I and III follow (4) All follow
Q3. If 'ROSE' is coded as 6821, 'CHAIR' is coded as 73456 and 'PREACH' is coded as 961473, then what will be
the code for 'SEARCH'?
(1) 246173 (2) 214673
(3) 214763 (4) 216473
Q4. If in a certain code, HORSE is written as GINPQSRTDF, how will JOCKEY be written in that language?
(1) IKNPBDJLDFXZ (2) IKNPDBJLFDZX
(3) KINPBDJLDFZX (4) KIPNBDJLDFXZ
Q5. If in a certain code language 'TALK' is written as '2121312', then how will 'PATNA' be coded in that language?
(1) 17212152 (2) 17221251
(3) 17221125 (4) 17221152
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ANSWER KEYS
1. (1) 2. (2) 3. (3) 4. (1) 5. (4)
1. (1) Since one premise is particular, the conclusion must be particular and should not contain the middle term. So, I
follows. Since both the premises are affirmative, the conclusion cannot be negative. Thus, II does not follow.
2. (2) III is the converse of the second premise and so it holds.
Some pictures are frames. Some frames are idols.
Since both the premises are particular, no definite conclusion follows.
Some frames are idols. All idols are curtains.
Since one premise is particular, the conclusion must be particular and should not contain the middle term. So, it
follows that 'Some frames are curtains'. III is the converse of this conclusion and so it holds.
Some pictures are frames. Some frames are curtains.
Since both the premises are particular, no definite conclusion can be drawn.
3. (3) The logic is:
R O S E
6 8 2 1
C H A I R
7 3 4 5 6
P R E A C H
9 6 1 4 7 3
Similarly,
S E A R C H
2 1 4 6 7 3
Hence, '214673' is the correct answer.
4. Alphabets A B C D E F G H I J K L M
Positional value 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
(1)
Positional value 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14
Alphabets Z Y X W V U T S R Q P O N
The pattern followed is, ' H ' is between ' G ' and ' I '
' O ' is between ' N ' and ' P '
' R ' is between ' Q ' and ' S '
' S ' is between ' R ' and ' T '
' E ' is between ' D ' and ' F '
So,
HORSE is written as GINPQSRTF
Similarly,
' J ' is between ' I ' and ' K '
' O ' is between ' N ' and ' P '
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' C ' is between ' B ' and ' D '
' K ' is between ' J ' and ' L '
' E ' is between ' D ' and ' F '
' Y ' is between ' X ' and ' Z '
So,
JOCKEY is written as 'IKNPBDJLDFXZ'
Hence, "IKNPBDJLDFXZ" is the correct answer.
5. (4) Logic is alphabetical position of the letter in the word + 1.
So, for TALK = (20 + 1)(1 + 2)(12 + 1)(11 + 1) = 2131312
Now for PATNA = (16 + 1)(1 + 1)(20 + 1)(14 + 1)(1 + 1) = 17221152
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