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As we all know, Logical Reasoning is
an important component of a number of competitive examinations such as the UPSC
Civil Services Examination, Banking Entrance Examinations, SSC CGL/CHSL
Examination, MBA Entrance Examination, Combined Defence Services Examination, etc.
In order to help you practise and improve your reasoning ability, we provide you
this Logical Reasoning Quiz.
Given below are a few questions from
SSC examinations held in the last few years. Leave your answers/ responses in
the comments section below and soon we’ll let you know the correct answers!
Directions (1 – 5) : In the following questions, a part of
the sentence is printed in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part
at 1, 2 and 3 which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative.
In case no improvement is needed, your answer is ‘4’.
1. More than 60 percent of
Indians live under the poverty line.
(a) live below the poverty
line
(b) stay below the poverty
line
(c) stay under the poverty
line
(d) live beside the
poverty line
2. Since we are living in Bangalore for five years, we are reluctant
to move to another city.
(a) Since we were living
(b) Being that we have
been living
(c) Being that we living
(d) Since we have been
living
3. Being too costly for him, he could not buy the coat.
(a) It being too costly
for him
(b) He being too costly
(c) Being it too costly
(d) No improvement
4. No sooner has she agreed to marry him than she started having
terrible doubts,
(a) She no sooner had
agreed
(b) No sooner had she
agreed
(c) No sooner did she
agreed
(d) No improvement
5. He complained of having tortured by the police.
(a) having been tortured
(b) tortured
(c) been tortured
(d) No improvement
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Answers:
1(a) 2(d) 3(a) 4(b) 5(a)