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Aptitude Test Topic: Critical or Logical Reasoning

Critical reasoning questions test your ability to analyze logical arguments. The arguments cover a range of topics and situations which average GMAT-takers would be expected to be able to understand, even if they are not very familiar with the subject area.

Directions

Analyze the information on which each question is based, and then choose the most appropriate of the answer choices.

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Critical or Logical Reasoning: Critical or Logical Reasoning Practice MCQ

Question Statement:

The average life expectancy for Pakistan’s population as a whole is 73.9 years, but children born in Quetta will have an average of 77 years, and those born in Karachi 71.7 years. If a newlywed couple from Karachi were to begin their family in Quetta, therefore, their children would be expected to live longer than would be the case if the family remained in Karachi.

Which of the following statements, if true, would most significantly strengthen the conclusion drawn in the passage?

As population density increases in Quetta’s life expectancy figures for that province are likely to be revised downward

Twenty-five percent of all citizens of Karachi who move to Quetta live longer than 77 years

Studies show that the average life expectancy for citizens of Quetta who move permanently to Karachi is roughly equal to that of citizens of Quetta who remain in Quetta

Environmental factors tending to favor longevity are abundant in Quetta and less numerous in Karachi

Over the last decade, average life expectancy has risen at a higher rate for Karachi than for Quetta

Explanation:

Correct Answer: D

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Question: 8 Test: 1 of 11 Next Test

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You are taking Aptitude Test No. 1

Each aptitude test is comprised of 10 except the last test which might have fewer than 10 in some topics.

You are at question (MCQ) number 8 and Test Number 1 of Critical or Logical Reasoning: Critical or Logical Reasoning. To deal with Critical or Logical Reasoning questions, you must take lesson on the subject. In case of science and Art subjects revise your text books and in case of general aptitude topics take lessons from the topic page.

The question:

The average life expectancy for Pakistan’s population as a whole is 73.9 years, but children born .... with options: As population density increases in Quetta’s life expectancy figures for that province are likely to be revised downward , Twenty-five percent of all citizens of Karachi who move to Quetta live longer than 77 years, Studies show that the average life expectancy for citizens of Quetta who move permanently to Karachi is roughly equal to that of citizens of Quetta who remain in Quetta , Environmental factors tending to favor longevity are abundant in Quetta and less numerous in Karachi can be solved with the concepts and understanding of Critical or Logical Reasoning.