Syllogism (51)

Directions (1-5): In each question below are given three statements followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and III. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
Q1. Statements:
Some book are table.
No table is a chair.
All chair are wood.
Conclusions:
I. No book is a chair.
II. Some table are wood.
III. No chair is a table.
(a) Only I follows
(b) Both I and II follow
(c) Only III follows
(d) All follow
(e) None of these

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1. Ans.(c)
Sol.

Q2. Statements:
Some cat are dog.
Some dog are rat.
All rat are cow.
Conclusions:
I. Some dog are cow.
II. All cow are being cat is a possibility.
III. All cat being rat is a possibility.
(a) Only I follows
(b) Only I and II follow
(c) Only III follows
(d) All follow
(e) None follows

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2. Ans.(d)
Sol.

Q3. Statements:
Some paper are pen.
All pen are pencil.
Some pencil are copy.
Conclusions:
I. Some paper are copy.
II. Some paper are pencil.
III. Some pen are copy.
(a) Only II follows
(b) Both I and III follow
(c) Only II and III follow
(d) All I, II and III follow
(e) None follows

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3. Ans.(a)
Sol.

Q4. Statements:
All cow are deer.
Some deer are camel.
Some goat are deer.
Conclusions:
I. Some goat are camel.
II. Some cow are camel.
III. No goat is camel .
(a) Only I and II follow
(b) Either I and III follow
(c) Only II and III follow
(d) Only II follows
(e) None of these

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4. Ans.(b)
Sol.

Q5. Statements:
All blue are pink.
Some pink are red.
All red are yellow.
Conclusions:
I. All blue being yellow is a possibility.
II. Some pink are yellow.
III. Some pink are blue.
(a) All follow
(b) Only II and III follow
(c) Only I and III follow
(d) None follows
(e) None of these

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5. Ans.(a)
Sol.

 

Directions (11-15): In each of the questions below are given four statements followed by four conclusions numbered I, II, III & IV, you have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.
Q11. Statements: Some toys are cameras. All cameras are branches. All branches are nets. Some nets are drills.
Conclusions:
I. Some drills are cameras.
II. Some nets are toys.
III. Some branches are toys.
IV. Some drills are toys.
(a) Only I and III follow
(b) Only II and III follow
(c) Only I and IV follow
(d) Only II, III and IV follow
(e) None of these

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Q12. Statements: All paints are cements. Some cements are bolds. Some bolds are lanes. All lanes are roads.
Conclusions:
I. Some roads are bolds.
II. Some lanes are cements.
III. Some bolds are paints.
IV. Some roads are cements.
(a) Only I and II follow
(b) Only I and III follow
(c) Only I, II and III follow
(d) Only II, III and IV follow
(e) None of these

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Q13. Statements: Some pens are kites. Some kites are dishes. All dishes are jungles. All jungles are mountains.
Conclusions:
I. Some mountains are pens.
II. Some jungles are pens.
III. Some mountains are dishes.
IV. Some jungles are kites.
(a) Only I and III follow
(b) Only I, II and III follow
(c) Only III and IV follow
(d) Only II, III and IV follow
(e) None of these

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Q14. Statements: All storms are horrors. No horrors is ring. Some rings are doors. All doors are winds.
Conclusions:
I. Some winds are storms.
II. Some winds are rings.
III. No winds is storms.
IV. Some rings are storms.
(a) Only I follows
(b) Only II follows
(c) Only III follows
(d) Only either I or III follows
(e) Only either I or III and II follow

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Q15. Statements: All points are clocks. Some clocks are times. Some times are worlds. Some worlds are buses.
Conclusions:
I. Some buses are times.
II. Some worlds are clocks.
III. Some worlds are points.
IV. Some buses are clocks.
(a) None follows
(b) Only I follows
(c) Only II follows
(d) Only III follows
(e) Only IV follows

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