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Graduate Assessment Test preparation MCQs covering verbal, quantitative, analytical reasoning and general knowledge.

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A. Some A are C
B. No A are C
C. All A are C
D. Some C are A
Answer: If no A are B and all B are C, then no A can be C.
A. All students succeed
B. Some students succeed
C. No students succeed
D. All successful people are students
Answer: Since some students are intelligent and all intelligent people succeed, some students succeed.
A. Private schools are expensive
B. Their students come from wealthier families
C. Public schools have more students
D. Scores matter
Answer: If wealthier families provide more resources, the higher scores may not be due to school quality.
A. A is true
B. A is false
C. B is true
D. A is unknown
Answer: By modus tollens, if A→B and ¬B, then ¬A.
A. All books have text
B. Some books have text
C. No books have text
D. All text is in books
Answer: Since all books have pages and some pages have text, some books have text.
A. A valid argument
B. An appeal to emotion
C. A logical deduction
D. A factual statement
Answer: Labeling dissenters as unpatriotic is an emotional manipulation, not logical reasoning.
A. Q is false
B. Q is true
C. P is true
D. Both are false
Answer: By disjunctive syllogism, if P∨Q and ¬P, then Q.
A. All cars are fast
B. Some cars are fast
C. No cars are fast
D. All fast vehicles are cars
Answer: Since some cars are red and all red vehicles are fast, some cars are fast.
A. Fossil fuels will run out
B. Solar energy is viable
C. Investment helps development
D. All of the above
Answer: The argument requires all these assumptions for the conclusion to follow logically.
A. B is true
B. B is false
C. A is false
D. Both are true
Answer: If A and B are mutually exclusive and A is true, B must be false.
A. Sharks swim
B. All swimming things are fish
C. Some fish don\'t swim
D. Sharks don\'t swim
Answer: By syllogism, sharks swim.
A. A valid argument
B. Judging by appearance
C. A logical conclusion
D. A proven fact
Answer: Concluding guilt from appearance is a logical fallacy.
A. P is always true
B. Q is always false
C. P and Q are equivalent
D. P and Q are unrelated
Answer: If P implies Q and Q implies P, then P and Q are logically equivalent.
A. All birds fly
B. Some birds don\'t fly
C. No birds fly
D. Penguins are not birds
Answer: Since some birds are penguins and no penguins fly, some birds don\'t fly.
A. Slippery slope
B. Ad hominem
C. Straw man
D. Circular reasoning
Answer: Assuming one action leads to a chain of extreme consequences is a slippery slope.
A. A or B is false
B. A or B is true
C. Contradiction
D. Cannot determine
Answer: In inclusive \'or\', if both are true, the disjunction is true.
A. Earth orbits the sun
B. All things orbit the sun
C. Some planets don\'t orbit the sun
D. The sun orbits Earth
Answer: By syllogism, Earth orbits the sun.
A. A logical argument
B. An appeal to tradition
C. A scientific claim
D. An objective fact
Answer: Assuming traditional methods are better simply because they are traditional is an appeal to tradition.
A. Q is true
B. Q is false
C. Q is unknown
D. Q is contradictory
Answer: Denying the antecedent doesn\'t tell us anything about Q.
A. All animals are warm-blooded
B. Some animals are warm-blooded
C. No animals are warm-blooded
D. All warm-blooded things are animals
Answer: Since some animals are mammals and all mammals are warm-blooded, some animals are warm-blooded.