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Verbal Reasoning Practice Questions

  • Posted by Brian Stocker MA
  • Date May 15, 2014
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Verbal Reasoning Practice Questions

Verbal reasoning questions are similar to syllogisms.  A series of short sentences, or premises are given and students must select from a series of 4 statements as to which is true, given the premises.

Some High School Exams, particularly the HSPT have verbal reasoning, or logic problems which are a type of syllogism.   Other types of High School Proficiency exams also have Verbal Reasoning questions.

Similar types of logic or IQ questions common on standarized test are verbal classificationand syllogisms.

Practice Questions

1. Tom and Tim are brothers. They look exactly the same. They also have the same birthdays.

a. Tom is older than Tim
b. Tim is more handsome than Tom
c. Tom and Tim are twins
d. Tom and Tim are best friends

2. Girls love roses. They smell so sweet. Their colors are also very attractive.

a. Roses are fragrant
b. Roses attract bees
c. Boys love roses
d. Girls don’t like roses

3. Rhea helps mother with the household chores everyday. She sweeps the floor every morning. She also helps mother prepare food for the family. She washes the dishes too.

a. Rhea is helpful.
b. Rhea is too lazy to do household chores.
c. Rhea waters the plants.
d. Rhea cooks for the whole family.

4. John is fond of the color green. He always wears green shirts to school. His rubber shoes are also green.  His bag, raincoat, and notebooks are also green.

a. John has green eyes
b. John hates the color green
c. John like the color green
d. John wears blue rubber shoes to school

5. The Earth is the only planet with known life forms.  It is the third planet from the sun in the solar system. It rotates on its axis in 24 hours and revolves around the sun in 365 ¼ days.

a. There is no life on Earth
b. The Earth is round
c. The Earth is the farthest planet in the solar system
d. Many living things live on Earth

6. Whenever I swim in the ocean I get cold. I went swimming today. I will be getting cold very soon. If the first 2 statements are true, then the third statement is:

a. True
b. False
c. Uncertain

7. Fish can’t breathe out of the water. Fish use their gills to breathe. Gills don’t work out of water. If the first 2 statements are true, then the third statement is:

a. True
b. False
c. Uncertain

8. I eat steak when I am hungry. I ate steak last night. I was hungry last night. If the first 2 statements are true, then the third statement is:

a. True
b. False
c. Uncertain

9. I read a lot. My favorite author is Herman Melville. I have read all of Herman Melville’s books. If the first 2 statements are true, then the third statement is:

a. True
b. False
c. Uncertain

10. All books are very informative. I am reading a book. I will learn something from this book. If the first 2 statements are true, then the third statement is:

a. True
b. False
c. Uncertain

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1. C
The only certain thing is they are twins.

2. A
The only certain thing is roses are fragrant.

3. A
The only certain thing is Rhea is helpful.

4. C
The only certain thing is John likes the color green.

5. D
The only certain thing is many living things live on Earth.

6. C Uncertain.
It does not say where they went swimming.

7. A True.
It must be true that if fish use their gills to breathe, and fish can’t breathe out of water, then gills don’t work out of water.

8. C Uncertain.
It does not say that they eat steak every time they are hungry.  The last sentence would be true IF the first sentence was, I ALWAYS eat steak when I am hungry.

9. C Uncertain.
There could be Herman Melville books they can’t find or haven’t read.

10. A True.
The answer is true because the first statement says ‘all.’ Therefore the conclusion is also true. If the first sentence did not say ‘all,’ the conclusion would not be true.

bsp; Written by, Brian Stocker MA., Complete Test Preparation Inc.

Date Published: Thursday, May 15th, 2014
Date Modified: Friday, January 22nd, 2021
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    9 Comments

  1. murray
    August 10, 2016
    Reply

    Hi.

    While I guessed right that you would chose 10 A as correct I must object and suggest that this may be flawed logic. Just as the answer for 8 is C I would argue that the answer for 10 could just as easily be C. Had your set up been All books are very informative . I process information easily ……
    Then I would agree. However we can no more be certain that a person learns when information is present than we could no if the person always ate steak when hungry. If you believe we should assume people will always learn when the information is present I suggest you watch a few interviews with Donald Trump. Thank you for the tests as they are very helpful

    • brian_t2jzl3si
      August 10, 2016
      Reply

      Good Points! I would point out the principal of Occam’s razor which says if there are two explanations, the simplest is correct. You have a good point though – but I think I will stick to my guns and say the simpler explanation is the best. These are practice logic multiple choice questions after all! I will leave your comment up for others to read though!

  2. Jake
    July 1, 2017
    Reply

    I would also point out for number ten that the premises don’t dictate that the book he is reading has any new information, or to put it another way one could assume that the person is reading a book they have already read and therefore will not learn anything from the book. The premises are not absolute in establishing the truth of the conclusion and therefore the argument would be invalid. Thank you for your posts though, don’t mean to nitpick.

    • Brian
      July 1, 2017
      Reply

      Good point – pretty tough to make a question that does NOT have an outlier interpretation though!

  3. David Heikkinen
    June 24, 2018
    Reply

    I think 7 should be false. Although fish can’t survive out of water with gills as their breathing apparatus, it doesn’t mean that some oxygen isn’t absorbed in the gills, just not enough for a fish to survive…?

    • Brian
      June 24, 2018
      Reply

      LOL that may be true in the general sense, but that is not what the question asks – IF fish use their gills to breathe, AND fish can’t breathe out of water, THEN it must be true that – gills don’t work out of water. Looking at ONLY the information in the question, it does say anything about “oxygen isn’t absorbed in the gills,” it just says they can’t breathe and use their gills to breathe.

  4. charmdatereviewsjhl
    October 28, 2018
    Reply

    very helpful thanks!

  5. Raymond
    November 27, 2018
    Reply

    everyone has opinions haha I also do, number 8. but super helpful and I appreciate it none the less!

    • Brian
      November 27, 2018
      Reply

      OK I have updated the answer explanation to clarify.

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