Deductive Reasoning
Free Test
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Instructions
This free deductive test comprises 11 questions and there is a time limit of 70 seconds
per question.
Read the passage of information thoroughly and select the correct answer from the
various options. Read the question thoroughly to ensure you know what the question
entails.
There is only one correct answer per question.
Base your answers only on the information given in the passage.
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Practice Aptitude Tests
Q1 The Small Silver Watch displays the time as 16:00.
a. True
b. False
c. Insufficient Information
Answer: False
Explanation:
a. Line 2 states the Small Silver Watch is the same time as the Gold Watch.
b. Line 4 states that the Gold Watch is ten minutes slower than the Large Silver Watch.
c. Line 1 states that the Large Silver Watch says the time is 15:50. Therefore, the small
Silver Watch should display 15:40, not 16:00. Thus, this statement is false.
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Q2 The Bronze Watch displays the time as 15:45.
a. True
b. False
c. Insufficient Information
Answer: True
Explanation:
a. Line 1 states that the Large Silver Watch displays the time as 15:50.
b. Line 4 states that the Gold Watch is ten minutes behind the Large Silver
Watch, hence 15:40.
c. Line 2 states that the Gold Watch has the same time as the Small Silver
Watch, which line 5 states is five minutes faster of the Bronze Watch.
d. Therefore, the Bronze Watch is five minutes behind the Large Silver Water,
displaying a time of 15:50, thus, it is true that the Bronze Watch displays the
time as 15:45.
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Q3 The Bronze Watch is the same size as the Gold Watch.
a. True
b. False
c. Insufficient Information
Answer: Insufficient Information
Explanation:
a. Line 3 states that the Bronze Watch is small in size.
b. Even though line 1 talks of a Large Silver Watch, line 2 talks of a small Silver
Watch. The ambiguity of the statement, referring simply to a Silver Watch,
means we cannot assess whether it is the large or the small one. Therefore,
the answer is insufficient information.
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Q4 The Gold Watch shows the same time as the Bronze Watch.
a. True
b. False
c. Insufficient Information
Answer: False
Explanation:
a. Line 5 states that the Bronze Watch is five minutes ahead of the small Silver Watch.
b. Line 2 states that the small Silver Watch is the same time as the Gold Watch.
c. Line 4 states that the Gold Watch is ten minutes behind the Large Silver Watch, which
line 1 states is 15:50. Therefore, the Gold Watch is 15:40 but the Bronze is 15:45.
Thus, the times are not the same and this statement is false.
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Q5 The paintings in the museum are to be filed, by genre, then title, in
alphabetical order. Which painting would be positioned fourth?
a. Painting I
b. Painting II
c. Painting III
d. Painting IV
e. Painting V
Answer: Painting V
Explanation:
a. We have three different genre types: Abstract, Classical and Modern. Each title in their
genre is then alphabetised. Therefore, the Abstract titles, Morphism and Remix are
alphabetised as such.
b. Following this, the Classical titles are alphabetised Desecrate and Fugue. Therefore,
we can note the order is as follows: Morphism, Remix, Desecrate, Fugue and Instant.
Thus, the painting in the fourth position is Painting V.
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Q6 Kim Ramirez sold her painting and used this money to purchase Instant.
How much does she have remaining from the original sale?
a. £500
b. £1,000
c. £1,500
d. £2,000
e. £2,500
Answer: £1,500
Explanation:
a. We can see that Kim Ramirez’s painting is Remix, priced at £6,000. Therefore, she
makes that money when sold.
b. She then purchases Instant, priced as £4,500.
c. Therefore, £6,000 – £4,500 = £1,500, which is the money Kim has left from the sale of
her painting after purchasing another.
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Q7 Taking Medicine B will reduce the duration of Ailment C by twelve days.
a. True
b. False
c. Insufficient Information
Answer: False
Explanation:
a. Line 1 states that Ailment C lasts twice as long as Ailment D, which line 6 states is
twice as long as Ailment B. Line 4 states that Ailment B lasts for 8 days.
b. Therefore, Ailment C lasts for 8 * 2 * 2 = 32 days.
c. Line 5 states that Medicine B will halve the duration of Ailment C. Thus, 32 / 2 = 16.
d. Therefore, Medicine B will reduce the ailment duration by 16 days, not 12 and as such
this statement is false.
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Q8 Ailment D lasts for 18 days.
a. True
b. False
c. Insufficient Information
Answer: False
Explanation:
a. Line 4 states that Ailment B lasts for eight days. Line 6 states that Ailment D lasts for
twice as long as Ailment B, thus sixteen days. Therefore, this statement is false.
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Q9 Taking Medicine C will reduce the duration of Ailment D by eleven days.
a. True
b. False
c. Insufficient Information
Answer: Insufficient Information
Explanation:
a. Line 4 states that Ailment B lasts for eight days. Line 6 states that Ailment D lasts for
twice as long as Ailment B, thus sixteen days.
b. Line 3 states that by taking Medicine C, the duration will be reduced to five days. Sixteen
minus five is eleven. Therefore, this statement is true.
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Q10 Taking appropriate Medicine, Ailment D lasts longer than Ailment A.
a. True
b. False
c. Insufficient Information
Answer: True
Explanation:
a. Line 4 states that Ailment A lasts for eight days. Line 6 states that Ailment D lasts for
twice as long as Ailment B, thus sixteen days.
b. Line 3 states that by taking Medicine C, the duration will be reduced to five days. Line
5 states that Medicine B will half the duration of Ailment A; 8 / 2 = 4.
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Q11 Taking each line in the argument to be true, which statement must be
demonstrably false?
a. Developing nations will eventually pay back their loans.
b. Loans from MDBs are below the market rate of interest.
c. MDBs lend money as typically short-term loans.
d. MDBs are established as international ventures.
e. An aim of MDBs is to provide economic development.
Answer: MDBs lend money as typically short-term loans.
Explanation:
a. Line 3 states that MDBs lend money at ‘very-long term loans’. Therefore, this statement
is demonstrably false.
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