SNAP Critical Reasoning Questions

Effect: At least twenty school children were seriously injured while going for a school picnic during the weekend.
Which of the following can be a probable cause of the above effect?

In the following question, two statements numbered I and II are given. There may be cause and effect relationship between the two statements. These two statements may be the effect of the same cause or independent causes. These statements may be independent causes without having any relationship.
I. The country has seen no major breakthrough in medical research in the past few years.
II. The government, two years back, had banned patents and royalties on medicines.

Statements :
I. A new covid variant named ‘Omicron’ is spreading rapidly in the country. Lots of new cases are being reported in a short period of time.
II. The central government is in a dilemma on whether to proceed with a lockdown or not.

Statement: Companies serious about more harmonious relationships with the contractual workforce should offer them a pathway to up-skill and be employed as permanent workers over time.

Argument:
I) Building a good relationship with the contractual workforce will help both the companies and the employees to progress.

II) The policy of offering contractual workers permanent status is likely to face opposition from existing permanent staff.

Statement : A large number of people from city X are admitted in hospitals and are diagnosed to be suffering from malaria.
Courses of action :
I. The municipal authority of the city X should take immediate steps to carry out extensive fumigation.
II. City X should be vacated immediately.

Statement: After the Reserve Bank of India’s adoption of a flexible inflation-targeting framework from August 2016, the rules of monetary policy have changed in India, with the central bank becoming even more focused on anchoring inflation and inflation expectations than ever before.

Assumptions:

I. There was a perceived need or rationale for the RBI to shift its monetary policy framework in 2016, suggesting that the previous rules may have been inadequate.

II. Monetary policy can be adjusted and adapted to changing economic conditions and goals, such as inflation targeting.

Given below is a statement is followed by two assumptions. An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted. You have to consider the statement to be true even though it may seem untrue in the real life and decide which of the assumptions is implied in the statement.

Statement: Watching TV for long hours also causes obesity.

Assumption
1: There are many causes of obesity of which watching TV is one.
2: Watching TV for short hours doesn’t cause obesity.

Given below are two statements (A) and (B). These statements may be either independent causes or may be effects of independent causes or a common cause. One of these statements may be effect of the other statement. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements.

(A) The glaciers at the poles of the earth are melting at a fast rate.
(B) In recent times there has been a substantial increase in the incidents of earth quakes and volcanic eruptions.

In the following question, two statements numbered I and II are given. There may be cause and effect relationship between the two statements. These two statements may be the effect of the same cause or independent causes. These statements may be independent causes without having any relationship.

I. China’s economy is experiencing remarkable growth
II. The standard of living in china has been growing since last few years

Statement : Chotu was caught by school principal for cheating in exams fourth time this year despite giving warning by the principal.
Courses of action :
I. Since warnings were clearly given earlier, Chotu must be rusticated from school.
II. School authorities must specially start conducting open book exam for children like Chotu.

Three inferences are given based on the following statement. Decide which inferences are valid and accordingly choose the correct option.

Following the directions of Delhi High Court, the ECI has now directed all the political parties not to use public funds or public place to carry out any activity that would amount to propagating the party symbol
Statement I: Earlier all parties used to use public funds for propagating party symbols.
Statement II: The directions of the ECI are binding on the political parties.
Statement III: Propagating party symbol influences the voters.

Statement: Over consumption of coke has been linked to many unpleasant side effects, including hair loss.
Which of the following, if true, does the most to weaken the author’s claim?

Mumbai is a very congested city and to overcome this problem, government had built a new city “Navi Mumbai” near to the Mumbai city in 1972.
I. The population density in Mumbai has not reduced much even after the creation of Navi Mumbai.
II. Navi Mumbai currently is less populated than Mumbai

Statement 1: Ramesh is throwing a party to his friends.
Statement 2: Ramesh recently got a promotion.

All German philosophers, except for Marx, are idealists. From which of the following can the statements above be most properly inferred?

All good athletes who want to win are disciplined and have a well balanced diet. Therefore, athletes who do not have well balanced diets are bad athletes. Based on the sentence above which of the statement below strongly supports the view :

Although most of the fastest growing jobs in today’s economy will require a college degree, many of the new jobs being created from home health aide to desktop publisher require knowledge other than gained from earning a degree. For workers in those jobs, good basic skills in reading, communication, and mathematics play an important role in getting a job and developing a career.
From the information given above it can be validly concluded that, in today’s economy

According to the National Agricultural Aviation Society (NAAS), without the use of crop protection products to control insects, weeds, and diseases, crop yields per acre will drop by more than 50 percent. The first aerial application of insecticide occurred in 1921, and it was a huge success. By contrast, in today’s economy all aircraft that are classified as aerial applicators do more than just apply insecticide; today, they also spread sees and apply fertilizer.
From the information given above it CANNOT be validly concluded that

Lou observes that if flight 409 is cancelled, then the manager could not possibly arrive in time for the meeting. But the flight was not cancelled. Therefore, Lou concludes, the manager will certainly be on time. Evelyn replies that even if Lou’s premises true, his argument is fallacious. And therefore, she adds, the manager will not arrive on time after all.
Which of the following is the strongest thing that we can properly say about this discussion?

Cars are safer than planes. Fifty percent of plane accidents result in death, while only one percent of car accidents result in death. Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the argument above?