IMAT Logical reasoning questions
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- A car covers 60 km at 60 km/h and then a further 60 km at 120 km/h. What is its average speed over the whole journey?
- A90 km/h
- B85 km/h
- C80 km/h
- D75 km/h
- E100 km/h
- A two-digit number has digits that add up to 12. Reversing the digits gives a number 18 greater than the original. What is the original number?
- A39
- B48
- C57
- D75
- E93
- Three taps fill a tank in 10, 15 and 30 hours respectively. All three are opened together, but after 4 hours the slowest is closed. How long in total does the tank take to fill?
- A5 hours and 12 minutes
- B5 hours
- C5 hours and 30 minutes
- D6 hours
- E6 hours and 40 minutes
- Consider the argument: If it snows, the school closes. The school closed. Therefore it snowed. Which of the following contains the same logical error?
- AIf a figure is a square, it has four sides. This figure is a square, so it has four sides
- BAll mammals breathe. Whales are mammals, so whales breathe
- CIf it rains, the ground is wet. It did not rain, so the ground could still be wet
- DIf a plant is a rose, it has thorns. This plant has thorns, so it is a rose
- EIf a number is even, it is divisible by two. This number is odd, so it is not divisible by two
- A manager argues: Our best employees all work long hours. Therefore, if we require everyone to work long hours, everyone will become a top performer. The argument assumes that:
- Aworking hours can be measured accurately for every employee in the company
- Bthe employees are willing to work longer hours if they are required to
- Cthe company can afford to pay the overtime for all of its employees
- Dtop performers are a minority of the workforce in every company
- Elong hours are a cause of high performance rather than a consequence of it
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