CLAT Questions | Logical Reasoning

Logical Reasoning | Practice Questions

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CLAT Logical Reasoning section tests the candidates’ ability to frame arguments based on premise(s), and draw conclusions and inferences. Though the passages do not require as much prowess over the English language as such, the ability to read and comprehend them quickly will come in handy. This section is more about making logical conclusions about an idea, as inferred from the passages.

The following CLAT Logical Reasoning questions have been framed with adequate focus on the difficulty level of CLAT. The passages have been chosen with an eye on diversity of topics and the variety of themes and arguments.

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CLAT Logical Reasoning: Earth and Outer Space

Given the age of the universe and the apparent high probability of life evolving on other planets orbiting other stars, where are all the aliens? A 2015 study based on data from the Hubble Space Telescope and Kepler Space Telescope might offer an answer: Earth was an early bloomer. The study, focused on the likelihood of the evolution of habitable worlds, finds that when our planet was born from our young sun's protoplanetary disk some 4.6 billion years ago, it was born into an era when only " 8 percent of the potentially habitable planets that will ever form in the universe existed." Most of the material available to form habitable planets is still around — giving lots of time for alien civilizations to form and get in touch with us.

It is the author’s contention that we haven’t yet heard from aliens because:

  1. The universe hasn't had the time to spawn many more habitable worlds
  2. The Earth is likely to be the first planet to evolve life
  3. Alien civilizations are yet to form in the universe
  4. All the above

Explanatory Answer

The author answers the question, “Where are all the aliens?” with the argument that 92% of potentially habitable planets are yet to form in
the universe and that given time, these alien life will form and get in touch with us.

The author does not say that the Earth was the first planet to evolve life or that all alien civilizations are still to form.

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