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OVERVIEW OF LOGICAL
REASONING
TUTORIAL
By:RAHUL RITURAJ & VIVEK SINGH

2015
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OVERVIEW: Logical Reasoning

( The power of Mother Tongue!)

In IBPS and SBI Associates PO, going by the current paper patterns, four chapters from Logical
Verbal Reasoning hold the key to success; and today were going to take an interesting take on
them in our mother tongue!
TOPICS IN CONSIDERATION FOR TODAY ARE
Statements and Arguments
Statements and Assumptions
Course of Action
Cause and Effect
The problem with these chapters is that these sound so easy, and the questions that in exams are
of a more difficult and challenging level.
This is the area we need to concentrate on and achieve perfection. This will get us across the
coveted cut-off line!

My personal way of dealing with these questions.

Its a fact that our mind thinks in the language we are most comfortable in our mother tongue.
Why dont we help ourselves, by helping our mind solve the logical reasoning questions in the
language it is most comfortable in whenever theres a question which requires you to bend
your mind use mummy wala language!
Logical Reasoning measures a candidates ability to analyze a given structure of arbitrary
relationship and deduce new information from that structure.
So, first topic of the order
TYPES: STATEMENTS & ARGUMENTS
When something is said or something happens, it is either supported or opposed by a genuine
fact. This fact could be known as STRONG ARGUMENT. On the contrary, when such
presented fact is flimsy it is called WEAK ARGUMENT.
We know what are statements and we also know what are arguments. Problem arises when we
need to identify whether an argument is weak or strong.
Strong arguments are those which are directly related to the given statement and are important.
When I say important, I mean to say, if the statement is a problem, then the strong argument
should have a logical, practical and real-world solution.
Weak arguments are those which have no or less important connection to the problem given in
the statement; or which are not at all or not directly related to the statement.

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When you read a particular statement, such as, There should be complete ban on Indian
professionals seeking employment elsewhere after getting their education inIndia.
Immediately identify the core idea in you moms language Indian professionals ke bahar
jaane pe ban, Indian education ke baad. Accha, ok!
So, if they ask to identify out of the given option, which will be a strong argument then we will
chose that option which justifies the statement that there should be a ban; yes, bahar jaane se
rokna chahiye, indian economy ke liye accha hogaetcetc..
If they ask which will be a weak argument, well identify the option that does not justify the
statement given; India ke log India mein rehne chahiyeiska kya matlab hua..iska koi tukk
nahin hai!!
I hope youre getting what I am trying to say. Translate the statements and arguments in your
language and try to clear your confusion.
TYPES: STATEMENTS & ASSUMPTION
An Assumption is something which is assumed, supported and taken for granted i.e. An
assumption is the logical support for the statement which can e supported by considering the
given statement.
In this particular type, I always ask myself a question after reading the statement, Isse kya
matlab niklta hai?
That gives me the idea inherent or given in the statement, which we are supposed to take for
granted. In other words assumption is something which should be easily understood from
reading the statement.
Next, when I read the options given, I again ask myself, is this the normal, taken for granted
meaning? I get my answers in yes or no, and problem stands easily solved!
TYPES: STATEMENTS & Course of action
Course of action is a step taken in a given situation to improve or resolve the situation.
This is the favorite topic of most of you Im sure! Kya karma chahiye?
Yes, you are right!
But the course of action should be:
(i) logical,
(ii) practical,
(iii) aimed at improving the current situation,
(iv) nothing drastic, severe, extreme or harsh,
(v) and objective, i.e., your course of action should not be your personal point of view!!!

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Thus, we might ask, kya karna sahi hoga!

TYPES: CAUSE & EFFECT
Cause means logical or scientific reason of an event. In other words we can say that the strong
point behind any event is known as CAUSE and the impact of the cause is known as EFFECT.
Is it a cause or an effect!? Are these independent causes or independent effects!?
To identify whether a statement is a cause, I ask myself the question, Is this making something
happen?
To identify the effect, I ask, Has this happened because of something?
To see if there is a connection between the two given statements, ask Is this effect happening
due to this cause?
And, if you find that both are effects, you need ask, Are these both happening due to one single
event or separate events?

All of these are mere tips and tricks to aid you in your revision; but tips and tricks are not a
substitute to age old advice of our mothers practice!
Keep practicing, solving as many as sums of these four types as you can, youll see, youll
develop your own style and trick of solving and then youll never go wrong in these type of
questions!
TYPES: INFERENCE
Inference is where examiner wants to check ones reading skills. In short we can say that they
want to checkthe comprehending power.
I hope this was helpful.

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