MDCAT Logical Reasoning — Critical Thinking
Critical Thinking is a core Logical Reasoning topic in the PMDC MDCAT syllabus, covering 6 subtopics. Below are the subtopics to revise, how often the topic appears in past papers, and real past-paper MCQs to try.
Subtopics (6)
- Evaluating Truth vs Falsehood
- Reasoning for Right Beliefs
- Statement and Assumption
- Statement and Conclusion
- Statement and Inference
- Strong and Weak Arguments
How Critical Thinking is tested
Across the 16 MDCAT past papers on ParhaiKrlo, Critical Thinking accounts for 5 questions. It appears in 3 of them, about 1.7 questions a paper. The heaviest was MDCAT 2024, with 2 questions.
| Paper | Questions |
|---|---|
| MDCAT 2024 | 2 |
| MDCAT 2023 | 2 |
| MDCAT 2022 | 1 |
Critical Thinking MCQs from the MDCAT past papers
Try each one before opening the answer. Each comes with a short explanation.
- Q1 · MDCAT 2024 · Critical Thinking
All hammers are tools. Some tools are useless things. All useless things are trash. Which of the following conclusions is NECESSARILY TRUE given only the information above? CONCLUSIONS: I. Some hammers are trash II. Some tools are trash III. All useless things are tools.
- A.I
- B.II
- C.III
- D.I & III
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Answer: B. II — Only 'Some tools are trash' is a necessarily true conclusion from the given syllogism.
- Q2 · MDCAT 2023 · Critical Thinking
All children are silly people. Some silly people are rich people. All rich people are big shots. Which of the following conclusions are NECESSARILY TRUE? CONCLUSIONS: I. Some silly people are children. II. Some rich people are children. III. Some silly people are big shots.
- A.I and III
- B.II
- C.II and III
- D.I and II
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Answer: A. I and III — From the given premises, only conclusions I and III are necessarily true: some silly people are children, and some silly people are big shots.