Mental Ability Test—Statement and Arguments

Statement and Arguments

Directions—In each of the questions from 1 to 5 a statement followed by two arguments is given. You have to decide which of the given statements is a strong argument and which is weak argument. Give answer (A) if only first argument is strong, give answer (B) if only second argument is strong, give answer (C) if either first or second argument is strong, give answer (D) if neither first nor second argument is strong and given answer (E) if both first and second arguments are strong.

1. Statement—Should military training be made compulsory in our country like other countries?
Arguments :
I. Yes, every citizen has right to protect his country.
II. No, it is against the policy of non-violence.
Ans : (A)

2. Statement—Should octroi be abolished?
Arguments :
I. No, it will adversely affect government revenues.
II. Yes, it will eliminate an important source of corruption.
Ans : (E)

3. Statement—Should competitive examinations for selecting candidates for jobs, be of objective test only?
Arguments :
I. Yes, the assessment of objective test is reliable.
II. No, the number of questions to be answered is always very large.
Ans : (A)

4. Statement—Should those who receive dowry be encouraged ?
Arguments :
I. Yes, due to this, the number of those who receive dowry will decrease.
II. No, due to this the number of those who receive dowry will increase.
Ans : (B)

5. Statement—Should jobs be delinked with academic degrees and diplomas?
Arguments :
I. Yes, a very large number of candidates will apply so that the competition will be tough and the candidates will prepare more.
II. No, importance of higher education will be diminished.
Ans : (E)

Other Chapter

• ● Alphabetical Test
  ● Coding–Decoding Test
  ● Spotting out the Dissimilar
  ● Analogy Test
  ● Series Completion Test
  ● Arranging in Order
  ● Direction Sense Test
  ● Number Test and Time Sequence Test
  ● Deductive Logic
  ● Blood Relation Test
  ● Assigning Artificial Value to Arithmetical Signs
  ● Assumption Type Test
  ● Most Essential Component and Venn Diagram