Logical Reasoni...

If O sits in chair 1 and H sits in chair 7, then the number of chairs between F ’s chair and I ’s chair must be:

Strict gun control laws cause decrease in violent crime, in the six months since the city council passed a gun control law, armed robberies in City X have dropped by 19 percent.

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All of the following, if true, are valid objections to the argument above EXCEPT

Strict gun control laws cause decrease in violent crime, in the six months since the city council passed a gun control law, armed robberies in City X have dropped by 19 percent.

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Which of the following statements, if true, would strengthen the argument above?

I. Before the law was passed, the number of armed robberies had been steadily increasing.

II. The more that laws are used to prevent a crime, the less likely that crime is to occur.

III. Three-fourths of all violent crimes involve the use of a gun.

Strict gun control laws cause decrease in violent crime, in the six months since the city council passed a gun control law, armed robberies in City X have dropped by 19 percent.

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Which of the following statements, if true, would weaken the argument above?

I. In the six months since the law was passed, 40 per cent more police have been hired.

II. In the six months since the law was passed, accidental deaths by firearms have increased by 10 per cent.

III. Only 30 per cent of those indicated under the new law have been convicted

If today is Saturday, then what day of the week will be the 999th day from today?

How many times do the hands of a clock coincide in a day?

Rohit is seventeenth from the left end of a row of 29 boys and Karan is seventeenth from the right end in the same row. How many boys are there between them in the row?

I am standing at the centre of a circular field. I go down south to the edge of the field and then turning left I walk along the boundary of the field equal to three-eighth of its length. Then I turn west and go right across to the opposite point on the boundary. In which direction am I from the starting point?

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