Critical Reasoning Questions

Try these Critical Reasoning questions to aid your technical skills in English

1.   The cost of manufacturing tractors in America is twenty percent less than the cost of manufacturing tractors in Spain. Even after transportation fees and import taxes are added, it is still cheaper to import tractors from America to Spain than to produce tractors in Spain.

Which of the following assertions is best supported by this information?

A       Labor costs in America are twenty percent below those in Spain.

B       Importing tractors into Spain will eliminate twenty percent of the manufacturing jobs in Spain.

C      The cost of transporting a tractor from America to Spain is more than twenty percent of the cost of manufacturing the tractor in Spain.

D      The import taxes on a tractor imported from America to Spain is less than twenty percent of the cost of manufacturing the tractor in Spain.

E       It takes twenty percent less time to make a tractor in America than it does in Spain.

Answer D

2.    Smith goes either hunting or fishing every day. If it is snowing & windy then Smith goes hunting. If it is sunny and not windy then Smith goes fishing. Sometimes it can be snowing and sunny.

                Which of the following statements must be true?

A         If it is not sunny and it is not snowing then Smith goes hunting.

B         If it is windy and Smith does not go hunting then it is not snowing.

C         If it is windy and not sunny then Smith goes hunting.

D         If it is windy and not sunny then Smith goes hunting.

E         If it is not snowing and sunny then Smith goes hunting.

Answer B

3.     If Sophie comes to the party then Becky leaves the party. If Becky leaves then either Maryam or Helen asks Maxwell to dance. If Maxwell is asked to dance by either Maryam or Helen and Becky leaves the party. Maxwell accepts. If Maxwell is asked to dance by either Maryam or Helen and Becky do not leave the party, Maxwell does not accept.

If Becky does not leave the party, which of the following statements can be logically deduced from the information above?

A         Maryam asked Maxwell to dance.

B         Helen asks Maxwell to dance.

C         Sophie does not come to party.

D         Maxwell dances with either Maryam or Helen.

E         Maxwell leaves the party.

Answer C

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