LSAT Practice Questions — Analytical Reasoning
Questions 1-3 are based on the following information:
Seven lamps are featured in a furniture store's display window. Each lamp is either ceramic or wooden and is paired with either a brown, white or grey shade. The display includes at least two lamps in each of three styles: traditional, modern and retro.
- At least four of the lamps are ceramic.
- If a lamp has a white shade, the lamp is ceramic.
- No wooden lamp is paired with a brown shade.
Question
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(B) grey only
(C) brown and grey only
(D) white and grey only
(E) white, brown, and grey
Which of the following is a complete and accurate list of shade colors that might be paired with a wooden lamp?
(A) white only(B) grey only
(C) brown and grey only
(D) white and grey only
(E) white, brown, and grey
Answer and Analysis
The correct response is (B). Given that a wooden lamp cannot be paired with a brown shade, a wooden lamp must have either a white or grey shade. But given also that a white shade can be paired only with a ceramic lamp, wooden lamps can have only grey shades.
