Logical Reasoning Test - 3

A contract which ceases to be enforceable by law is a void contract.

A void contract is a contract which ceases to be enforceable by law. A contract when originally entered into may be valid and binding on the parties.

Leaning out of a running bus must be dangerous, otherwise the warning would not have been there. Therefore I is implicit. But II is not implicit. If the authorities would have assumed that children do not pay any heed to such warning, they would not have put it up there.

According to Article 214 of the Constitution, a High Court has been established in every state.

The Chief Justice of the state is appointed by the President in consultation with the Chief Justice of India and the Governor of the state.

Each judge of the High Court can hold office until the age of 62 years. The High Court judges submit their resignations to the Governor.

The High Court judge can only be removed on the charge of incompetence. Removal is the same as the impeachment of the President.

The statement stresses the need to adopt a new method of examination. So, I does not follow. However, II directly follows from the given statement.

The following are the correct sequence implied in the Indian Contract Act 1872:

1. Offer: According to the Indian Contract Act 1872, the proposal is defined in Section 2 (a) as “when one person will signify to another person his willingness to do or not do something (abstain) with a view to obtain the assent of such person to such an act or abstinence, he is said to make a proposal or an offer.”
2. Acceptance: The Indian Contract Act 1872 defines acceptance in Section 2 (b) as “When the person to whom the proposal has been made signifies his assent thereto, the offer is said to be accepted. Thus the proposal when accepted becomes a promise.”
3. Promise: Section 2 of the Indian Contract Act of 1872 defines what promises are- When someone expresses his willingness to do (or not to do) something, he is said to make a proposal. When the other person (to whom the proposal is made) accepts the proposal, the proposal becomes a promise.
4. Agreement: An agreement between private parties creating mutual obligations enforceable by law. The basic elements required for the agreement to be a legally enforceable contract are mutual assent, expressed by a valid offer and acceptance; adequate consideration; capacity; and legality. Agreement = Offer + Acceptance.
5. Contract: The Indian Contract Act, 1872 defines the term “Contract” under its section 2 (h) as “An agreement enforceable by law”. In other words, we can say that a contract is anything that is an agreement and enforceable by the law of the land.

The statement asks a man to be humble even after being victorious. This implies that people are usually not humble after victory. I is just the opposite of it. II is not implicit because it generalises the statement. Generally, people may be humble; the point is if they are humble or not after victory.

Leaning out of a running bus must be dangerous, otherwise the warning would not have been there. So, I is implicit. But II is not implicit. If the authorities would have assumed that children do not pay any heed to such warning, they would not have put it up there.

The statement says that we should work hard for success. If it is obligatory for us to work hard for success, then it must be implicit that success in an examination be desirable. The second assumption states the pupils who work hard taste the fruit of success. This assumption is also clearly implict because if there were no reward for working hard in the form of success, then there would be no incentive to work hard. Thus it is evident that both assumptions I and II are implicit.

Here, if the sentence talks about prosperity of the nation then the assumption is that only the two factors mentioned can lead to prosperity. Hence, assumption I is implicit. But nothing is mentioned about why larger families will be deterrent to prosperity. While it is common sense that a large family faces difficulty in bearing the expenses on education, it is not implicit in the statement given.

Only argument I is strong. A peace-loving nation like India can well join an international forum which seeks to bring different nations on friendly terms with each other. So, the argument I holds strong. Argument II highlights a different aspect. The internal problems of a nation should not debar it from strengthening international ties. So, argument II is vague.