Logical Reasoning

PrepTest 10 Section 1 Explanations

PrepTest 10 Section 1 is a Logical Reasoning section with 25 questions. It covers Flaw, Necessary Assumption, and Paradox questions, spanning Easy to Hard difficulty. Each explanation breaks down the right answer, the wrong-answer traps, and what to practice next.

Question 1

Educational television is a contradiction

MediumNecessary Assumption

Question 2

Switching to “low-yield” cigarettes

Question 3

Sally: I cannot study at a university

EasyNecessary Assumption

Question 4

Sally: I cannot study at a university

Question 5

Some people have questioned

Question 6

Advertisement: Most power hedge trimmers

Question 7

Slash-and-burn agriculture

EasyNecessary Assumption

Question 8

Of 2,500 people who survived

Question 9

Paleontologists have discovered fossils of centipedes

Question 10

Broadcaster: Our radio station has a responsibility

Question 11

The fire that destroyed

EasyMain Conclusion

Question 12

The fire that destroyed

Question 13

Editorial: In rejecting the plan proposed

Question 14

Once consumers recognize that

Question 15

A favored theory to explain

EasyNecessary Assumption

Question 16

A favored theory to explain

Question 17

A contract, whether expressed or unexpressed

Question 18

People cannot be morally responsible

HardMust be True

Question 19

Fares on the city-run public buses

Question 20

Government official: Clearly, censorship exists

HardParallel Flaw

Question 21

The Japanese haiku is defined as

Question 22

No one knows what purposes

MediumMost Supported

Question 23

No one knows what purposes

MediumPrinciple-Conform

Question 24

The body of anyone infected

HardMust be True

Question 25

Large inequalities in wealth