Syllogism Set 69

Directions (1-5): In each of the questions below is given three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. 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: All light is pen. No light is green. Some green is mango.
Conclusions:
I. Some pen is not green.
II. All green being pen is a possibility.
(a) None follows
(b) Only I follows
(c) Either I or II follows
(d) Only II follows
(e) Both I and II follow

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1.Ans.(e)
Sol.

 
Q2.Statements: All white is tree. Some white is air. No air is carbon.
Conclusions:
I. Some tree is carbon.
II. All carbon is not tree.
(a) None follows
(b) Only I follows
(c) Either I or II follows
(d) Only II follows
(e) Both I and II follow

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2.Ans.(a)
Sol.

Q3.Statements: Some food is black. All black is bottle. No bottle is water.
Conclusions:
I. Some food is not water.
II. Some food is water.
(a) None follows
(b) Only I follows
(c) Either I or II follows
(d) Only II follows
(e) Both I and II follow

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3.Ans.(b)
Sol.

Q4.Statements: All wire is paint. All paint is circle. Some wire is chair.
Conclusions:
I. No paint is chair.
II. Some paint is chair.
(a) None follows
(b) Only I follows
(c) Either I or II follows
(d) Only II follows
(e) Both I and II follow

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4.Ans.(d)
Sol.

Q5.Statements: Some five is six. No six is one. No one is two.
Conclusions:
I. Some one is five.
II. No five is one.
(a) None follows
(b) Only I follows
(c) Either I or II follows
(d) Only II follows
(e) Both I and II follow

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5.Ans.(c)
Sol.

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