Practice Verbal Reasoning questions on Verification of Truth, covering statement analysis, truth and false statements, logical inference, conclusions, and determining which statements can be logically verified from the given information. Takes about 20–25 minutes and is useful for placement, TCS NQT, SSC, banking and MBA entrance exams.
Question 1
What is found necessarily in a rainbow?
Explanation
A rainbow is made of colours, so colours are always present in it. Clouds, thunder and wind are not part of a rainbow.
Question 2
Yesterday I saw a piece of paper that had already been burnt to ash in a bonfire. Such a piece of paper can ______ be used for writing again.
Explanation
Once paper has burnt to ash it is destroyed, so it can never be used for writing again.
Question 3
A coin always has
Explanation
Every coin has two sides (faces). Portraits, holes and dates are found only on some coins.
Question 4
Which one of the following is always found in "Honesty"?
Explanation
An honest person is always truthful. Wealth, fame and humour have nothing to do with honesty.
Question 5
A triangle always has
Explanation
Every triangle, of any kind, has three angles. A right angle and equal sides are found only in some triangles, and a triangle has no parallel sides.
Question 6
Read the passage and examine each inference below, marking:
A) Definitely true
B) Probably true
C) Data provided is inadequate
D) Probably false
E) Definitely false
"A recent survey shows that India has the lowest death rate for blood cancer. China, Thailand and Myanmar (countries that have a taste for spices) also have low rates. Higher rates are found in the U.S.A. where spices are not used. The typical American food remains chicken rolls, butter and beef."
Inferences:
(i) Americans are unorthodox in their food habits.
(ii) Americans dislike spices.
(iii) Spices prevent blood cancer.
(iv) Chicken rolls, butter and beef promote cancer.
A) Definitely true
B) Probably true
C) Data provided is inadequate
D) Probably false
E) Definitely false
"A recent survey shows that India has the lowest death rate for blood cancer. China, Thailand and Myanmar (countries that have a taste for spices) also have low rates. Higher rates are found in the U.S.A. where spices are not used. The typical American food remains chicken rolls, butter and beef."
Inferences:
(i) Americans are unorthodox in their food habits.
(ii) Americans dislike spices.
(iii) Spices prevent blood cancer.
(iv) Chicken rolls, butter and beef promote cancer.
Explanation
(i) The described American diet (chicken rolls, butter, beef) is a conventional Western diet, not "unorthodox" -- probably false. (ii) The passage only states spices "are not used," without stating why -- data inadequate to confirm dislike. (iii)/(iv) The passage presents a direct correlation between spice-eating and low cancer rates, and the converse for the American diet, supporting these as true per the passage's framing.
Question 7
Read the passage and examine each inference below, marking:
A) Definitely true
B) Probably true
C) Data provided is inadequate
D) Probably false
E) Definitely false
"A radical new surgery procedure, laughed at not long ago, is holding out fresh hope for patients of cardiac myopathy, or enlargement of the heart. The technique, now in India, allows patients to go home two weeks after the operation, to lead a near-normal sedentary life. Cardiac myopathy is a condition that has a variety of causative factors. An attack from one of the 20 identified viruses, parasite infection, long term alcohol abuse and blood pressure could bring it on, and in rare cases it could follow child birth and is even known to run in families. The condition is marked by an increase in the size of the heart's chambers and a decrease in the efficiency of pumping."
Inferences:
(i) Cardiac myopathy is hereditary.
(ii) The new technique was never tried in India in the past.
(iii) Earlier the patients suffering from cardiac myopathy were required to travel abroad for such operation.
A) Definitely true
B) Probably true
C) Data provided is inadequate
D) Probably false
E) Definitely false
"A radical new surgery procedure, laughed at not long ago, is holding out fresh hope for patients of cardiac myopathy, or enlargement of the heart. The technique, now in India, allows patients to go home two weeks after the operation, to lead a near-normal sedentary life. Cardiac myopathy is a condition that has a variety of causative factors. An attack from one of the 20 identified viruses, parasite infection, long term alcohol abuse and blood pressure could bring it on, and in rare cases it could follow child birth and is even known to run in families. The condition is marked by an increase in the size of the heart's chambers and a decrease in the efficiency of pumping."
Inferences:
(i) Cardiac myopathy is hereditary.
(ii) The new technique was never tried in India in the past.
(iii) Earlier the patients suffering from cardiac myopathy were required to travel abroad for such operation.
Explanation
(i) The condition "is known to run in families," which supports (but does not conclusively prove) heredity -- probably true. (ii) "The technique, now in India" implies the technique has only just been introduced to India -- definitely true that it was not tried there before. (iii) No information is given about where patients had to travel earlier -- data inadequate.
Question 8
Read the passage and examine each inference below, marking:
A) Definitely true
B) Probably true
C) Data provided is inadequate
D) Probably false
E) Definitely false
"The Haldia project, after being in a planning stage for many years, will ultimately become a reality with the joint participation of the government of West Bengal and the House of Tatas. The letter of intent has been received in November 1991. The project will fulfil a long-felt need of modernisation of industry in Eastern India. The economic development of this region has also suffered a lot."
Inferences:
(i) The planning of the Haldia project started in the year 1984.
(ii) There is no industry in Eastern India.
(iii) Apart from West Bengal, other neighbouring states will also be benefited by the project.
A) Definitely true
B) Probably true
C) Data provided is inadequate
D) Probably false
E) Definitely false
"The Haldia project, after being in a planning stage for many years, will ultimately become a reality with the joint participation of the government of West Bengal and the House of Tatas. The letter of intent has been received in November 1991. The project will fulfil a long-felt need of modernisation of industry in Eastern India. The economic development of this region has also suffered a lot."
Inferences:
(i) The planning of the Haldia project started in the year 1984.
(ii) There is no industry in Eastern India.
(iii) Apart from West Bengal, other neighbouring states will also be benefited by the project.
Explanation
(i) "many years" of planning before the 1991 letter of intent makes 1984 a reasonable but unconfirmed estimate -- probably true. (ii) The passage explicitly references existing "industry in Eastern India" needing modernisation, directly contradicting "no industry" -- definitely false. (iii) No other states are mentioned at all -- data inadequate.
