Analytical Quiz 2

"Having good manners is a prerequisite to become a famous leader.” 

Which of the following contradicts the above statement? 

• Mr. Alif has good manners, but he became a famous leader.

• Mr. Shahed has both good manner and good leadership qualities.

• Mr. Faisal has no good manner, but he became a famous leader.

• Good manner does not always help to become a famous leader.

• Good academic performance helps to become a famous leader. 

Sabbir: I want to stay out of Professor Jahangir's classes if I can. I've heard he's very strict 

when it comes to giving out the grades. 

Mitul: That's not true. My friend took his class last year and he gave him an A. 

From the conversation above it can be inferred that Mitul interpreted Sabbir's statement to mean that Professor Jahangir: 

• Makes unfair demands on his students.

• Only gives good grades to a few favored students. 

• Has become increasingly strict in his grading over the past year.

• Gives out fewer good grades than most teachers in the department

• Never gives out grades of A

Ononna: I just heard that Samina failed in her Master's exam.

Tamanna: That can't be true; she got first class in her B. Com exam. 

From the conversation above, it can be inferred that: 

•  Tamanna thinks Ononna is lying. 

• Tamanna thinks Samina has not appeared in her Master's exam yet. 

• Ononna thinks Samina has failed in the master's exam. 

• Tamanna assumes that someone who got first class in B.Com cannot fail in Masters.

•  Ononna knows that Samina failed her Master's exam. 

Borsha: Only Union Parishad members are selected in the Upazila Committee. 

Bobby: That's not true. Mr. Ananta is a Union Parishad member and he is not in the Upazila Committee. 

Bobby's comment indicates that she incorrectly interpreted Borsha's statement to mean that: 

• All Union Parishad members are selected in the Upazila Committee. 

• Mr. Ananta works in the Upazila Committee. 

• Mr. Ananta is not a Union Parishad Chairman. 

• All Upazila Committee members are included in the Union Parishad.

• No Union Parishad member is selected on the Upazila Committee.

The average normal infant born in Dhaka City weighs between twelve and fourteen pounds at the age of three months. Therefore, if a three-month-old child weighs only ten pounds, its weight gain has been below the Dhaka City average. 

Which of the following indicates a flaw in the reasoning above? 

• Weight is only one measure of normal infant development. 

• Some three-month-old children weigh as much as seventeen pounds.

•  It is possible for a normal child to weigh ten pounds at birth.

• The phrase "below average" does not necessarily mean insufficient. 

• Average weight gain is not the same as average weight. 

 In a swimming team, all Free-Style swimmers are Olympic winners. No blue eyed swimmer 

is an Olympic winner. All Olympic winners go on to lucrative professional careers. 

If all the above statements are considered true, which of the following must also be true? 

• All those who go to professional careers are Free-Style swimmers.

• Only Free-Style swimmers go on to professional careers. 

• Some blue-eyed swimmers go on to lucrative professional careers. 

• No blue-eyed swimmer is a Free-Style swimmer. 

• Only blue-eyed swimmers don't go on to lucrative careers.

In a study on job applicants, two-fifths admitted to being at least little dishonest. However, 

the study may underestimate the proportion of job applicants, who are dishonest, because: 

• some dishonest people participating this study might have claimed on the study to 

  be honest.

• some generally honest people participating the study might have claimed 

  dishonest 

• some people who claimed on the study to be at least a little dishonest are actually 

  dishonest.

• some people who claimed on the study to be dishonest may have been answering 

  honestly.

• some people who are not job applicants are probably at least a little-dishonest.

It is important to teach students to use computers effectively. Therefore students should be 

taught programming in school. 

Which of the following if true most weakens the argument above? 

• Only people who use computer effectively are skilled at computer programming. 

• Only people skilled at computer programming use computers effectively. 

• Some people who use computers effectively cannot write computer programs.

• Some schools teach computers programs more effectively.

• None of the above

Bangladesh's annual food production slightly exceeds the amount of food required to 

provide a minimally adequate diet for its population. To predict that insufficient food production will cause a hunger crisis in the future is nonsense. Any hunger crisis will result from a distribution problem rather than production problem. 

The statement above assumes which of the following? 

• Bangladesh's food requirements are greater than they will be in the future. 

• A shortfall in Bangladesh's food production can be prevented by a better distribution system.

• Bangladesh's food production will continue to be sufficient to meet or exceed needs.

• The distribution of Bangladesh's existing food supply will be improved in the future.

• Bangladesh hunger crisis will not exist in the future. 

Kona is shorter than Jui, but she is taller than Enam, Sonia is shorter than Jui, and she is shorter than Enam. Wasif is taller than Sonia, but shorter than Jui. If the statements above are true, one can validly conclude that Bulu is shorter than Kona if it is true that: 

• Kona is equal in height to Wasif.

• Wasif is equal in height to Bulu. 

• Bulu is taller than Sonia, but shorter than Wasif. 

• Bulu is shorter than Jui, but taller than Enam. 

• Wasif is taller than Bulu but shorter than Enam