Critical Reasoning Actual Questions in CUET 2023

1. Statement: “To keep myself up-to-date, I always listen to 9.00 p.m. news on radio.”- A candidate tells the interview board.

Assumptions:

1. The candidate does not read newspaper.
2. Recent news is broadcast only on radio.

Only assumption I is implicit

Only assumption II is implicit

Either I or II is implicit

Neither I nor II is implicit

Both I and II are implicit

EXPLANATION

D

The candidate listens to news on the radio does not mean that he does not read newspaper or that radio is the only source of recent news. So, neither I nor II is implicit.

2. Statement: A train derailed near a station while moving over a bridge and fell into a river, resulting in the death of 65 people.

Courses of Action:

1. The Railway Authorities should clarify the reason of the accident to the Government.
2. The Government should allocate funds to compensate the destruction caused.
3. The protection walls of the bridge should be made strong enough to avoid such accidents.

Only I and II follow

Only II and III follow

Only III follows

All follow

None of these

EXPLANATION

C

What is necessary is the preventive measures to protect the passengers, steps to avoid re-occurrence of such events and pay the sufferers adequate compensation. So, only course III follows.

3. Statements:

1. The Reserve Bank of India has recently put restrictions on few small banks in the country.
2. The small banks in the private and co-operative sector in India are not in a position to withstand the competitions of the bigger in the public sector.

Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect

Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect

Both the statements I and II are independent causes

Both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes

Both the statements I and II are effects of some common cause

EXPLANATION

B

The inability of the small banks to compete with the bigger ones shall not ensure security and good service to the customers, which is an essential concomitant that has to be looked into by the Reserve Bank. I seems to be a remedial step for the same.