Miscellaneous Easy Questions and Answers

Miscellaneous

All people in a certain island are either 'Knights' or 'Knaves' and each person knows every other person's identity. Knights NEVER lie, and knaves ALWAYS lie. P says 'Both of us are knight'. Q says 'None of us are knaves' Which one of the following can be logically inferred from the above?

1. Both P and Q are knights
1. P is a knight; Q is a knave
1. Both P and Q are knaves
1. The identities of P, Q cannot be determined

If you are looking for a history of India, or for an account of the rise and fall of the British Raj, or for the reason of the cleaving of the subcontinent into two mutually antagonistic parts and the effects this mutilation will have in the respective sections, and ultimately on Asia, you will not find it in these pages; for though I have spent a lifetime in the country, I lived too near the seat of events, and was too intimately associated with the actors, to get the perspective needed for the impartial recording of these matters." Which of the following is closest in meaning to 'cleaving'?

"Her ________ should not be confused with miserliness; she is ever willing to assist those in need." The word that best fills the blank in the above sentence is:

Going by the ______that many hands make light work, the school _______ involved all the students in the task."

1. principle, principal
1. principal, principle
1. principle, principle
1. principal, principal

Consider the following three statements:
(i) Some roses are red
(ii) All red flowers fade quickly
(iii) Some roses fade quickly
Which of the following statements can be logically inferred from the above statements?

1. If (i) is true and (ii) is false, then (iii) is false.
1. If (i) is true and (ii) is false, then (iii) is true.
1. If (i) and (ii) are true, then (iii) is true.
1. If (i) and (ii) are false, then (iii) is false.