Syllogism

Directions: In each question below are

given two/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 and then
decide which of the given conclusions
logically follows from the given statements
disregarding commonly known facts. Give
answer

1) if only conclusion I follows.
2) if only conclusion II follows.
3) if both conclusion I and conclusion II
follow.
4) if neither conclusion I nor conclusion II
follows.

1. Statements: All gliders are parachutes.
No parachute is an airplane.
All airplanes are helicopters.

Conclusions:
I. No glider is an airplane.
II. All gliders being helicopters is a possibility.

2. Statements: Some mails are chats.
All updates are chats.

Conclusions:
I. All mails being updates is a possibility.
II. It No update is a mail.


3. Statements: No stone is metal.
Some metals are papers.
All papers are glass.

Conclusions:

I. No glass is metal.
II. At least some glasses are metals.


4. Statements: All rings are circles.
All squares are rings.
No ellipse is a circle.

Conclusions: I. Some rings being ellipses is a
possibility.
II. At least some circles are squares.

5. Statements: No house is an apartment.
Some bungalows are apartments.

Conclusions: I. No house is a. bungalow.
II. All bungalows are houses.

6. Statements: Some gases are liquids.
All liquid are water.

Conclusions: I. All gases being water is a
possibility.
II. All such gases which are not water can
never be liquids.

7. Statements: All minutes are seconds.
All seconds are hours.
No second is a day.

Conclusions: I. No day is an hour.
II. At least some hours are minutes.

8: Statements: Some teachers are professors.
Some lecturers are teachers.

9. Conclusions: I. All teachers as well as
professors being lecturers is a possibility.
II. All those teachers who are lecturers are
also professors.

10. Statements: Some institutes are banks.
All institutes are academies.

All academies are schools.

Conclusions:
I. Some institutes are not schools.
II. All academies being banks is a possibility.

11. Statements: All energies are forces.
No force is torque.
All torques are powers.

12. Statements: All circles are squares.
Some squares are rectangles.

Conclusions;
I. All rectangles being squares is a possibility.
II. All circles being rectangles is a possibility.

13. Statements: No gadget is a machine.
All machines are computers.

Conclusions:
I. No computer is a gadget.
II. All computers being gadgets is a possibility.

14. Statements: Some paintings are drawings.
All sketches are paintings.

Conclusions:
I. All sketches are drawings.
II. Some sketches being drawings is a
possibility.

Directions (Q. 15-20): In each of the
questions below are given four statements
followed by four conclusions numbered I,
II, III and IV. 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
regarding commonly known facts.

15. Statements: All arrows are bows.

All bows are swords.
Some swords are daggers.
All daggers are knives.

Conclusions: I. All knives are bows.
II. Some swords are knives.
III. All bows are arrows.
IV. All arrows are swords.

1) Only II follows
2) Only II and IV follow
3) Only III and IV follow
4) Only I and III follow

16. Statements: Some pianos are violins.
Some violins are drums.
All drums are guitars.
No guitar is a flute.

Conclusions: I. Some guitars are pianos.
II. Some drums are flutes.
III. Some pianos are drums.
IV. No flute is a drum.

1) None follows
2) Only I follows
3) Only either II or IV follows
4) Only IV follows

17. Statements: Some stones are rocks.
All rocks are boulders.
Some boulders are mountains.
All hills are mountains.

Conclusions: I. Some stones are mountains.
II. Some hills are Mountains.
III. Some boulders are stones.
IV. All mountains are hills.

1) Either I or II follows
2) Only II follows
3) Only II and III follow

4) Only III follows

18. Statements: All plastics are glasses.
Some glasses are wood.
Some woods are metals.
All metals are cloths.

Conclusions: I. Some cloths are woods.
II. Some woods are both cloths and glasses.
III. Some glasses are plastics.
IV. Some cloths are metals.

1) Either I or III follows


2) Both I and III follow
3) Only II and IV follow
4) Only I and II follow


19. Statements: Some airplanes are
helicopters.
All helicopters are gliders.
All gliders are kites.
All kites are balloons.

Conclusions: I. Some helicopters are balloons.
II. All kites are airplanes.
III. All balloons are gliders.
IV. All helicopters are kites.

1) Only IV follows

2) Only either II or IV follows
3) Only III follows

4) Both I and IV follow

20. Statements: All kings are warriors.
All soldiers are warriors.
All sentries are warriors.
Some sentries are soldiers.

Conclusions: I. Some sentries are kings.
II. All warriors are soldiers.
III. Some warriors are sentries.
IV. Some soldiers are kings.

1) Only I follows
2) Only II follows
3) Only III follow
4) None of these

21. Statements: All chairs are keys.
All keys are balloons.
Some balloons are mirrors.
Some mirrors are desks.

Conclusions: I. Some desks are keys.
II. Some balloons are chairs.
Ill. Some mirrors are balloons.

1) Only I follows

2) Only II follows
3) Only III follows

4) Only II and III follow

22. Statements: Some drums are posters.
All posters are windows.
Some windows are tablets.
All tablets are books.

Conclusions: I. Some windows are drums.
II. Some books are posters.
Ill. Some tablets are drums.

1) Only I follows
2) Only III follows
3) Only II follows
4) Only IV follows

23. Statements: Some boxes are toys.
Some toys are nails.
Some nails are stores.
Some stores are shops.

Conclusions: I. Some shops are toys. .
II. Some nails are boxes.
III. No shop is toy.

1) Only I follows


2) Only III follows
3) Only either I or III follows

4) Only II follows

24. Statements: All doors are windows.
No window is house.
Some houses are buildings.
All buildings are skies.

Conclusions: I. Some skies are doors.
II. Some skies are houses.
III. Some buildings are doors.

1) Only I follows


2) Only II follows
3) Only III follows


4) Only II and III follow

25. Statements: All rivers are walls.
All walls are stones.
All stones are clothes.
All clothes are trees.

Conclusions: I. Some trees are stones.
II. Some clothes are rivers.
III. All wails are clothes.

1) Only I and II follow

2) Only I and III follow
3) Only II and III follow

4) All I, II and III follow

26. Statements: Some letters are glasses.
Some glasses are plates.
All plates are buses.
All buses are cars.

Conclusions: I. Some cars are letters.
II. Some cars are glasses.
III. Some buses are glasses.

1) Only I and II follow

2) Only I and III follow
3) Only II and III follow


4) Only III follows

27. Statements: All books are pens.
Some pens are ropes.
All ropes are discs.
Some discs are bricks.

Conclusions: I. Some bricks are ropes.
II. Some discs are books.
III. Some bricks are pens.

1) Only I follows
2) Only II follows
3) Only III follows
4) None follows

28. Consider the following statements:

Statements:
Only humanitarians are doctors.
Some doctors are rightists.
All rightist doctors are in high demand.

Which of the following conclusions can be
drawn for the statements given above?
1) Some doctors are not in high demand.
2) Some doctors are not humanitarian.
3) All doctors who are humanitarian are in
high demand.
4) None of the statements (a), (b) and (c)
given above is correct

29. Consider the following statements:
Statements: Some atoms are resourceful.
All constraints are practical.
Some practicals are atoms.

Which of the following conclusions can be
drawn for the statements given above?
1) All atoms are practicals.
2) Only constraints are practicals.
3) All practicals are constraints
4) None of the statements (a), (b) and (c)
given above is correct


30. Consider the following statements:

Statements:
All tables are chairs.
No chair is fruit.
Some fruits are bananas.

Which of the following conclusions can be
drawn for the statements given above?

Conclusions:

I. No table is banana.
II. No chair is banana.
III. Some fruits are tables.
IV. Some bananas are table.
1) None follows
2) Only either I or IV follows
3) Only either II or III follows
4) Only I and II follows

31. Consider the following statements:
Statements:
All planes are boats.
All boats are fish.
All fish are shells.
All shells are corals.

Which of the following conclusions can be
drawn for the statements given above?

Conclusions:

I. All fish are planes.
II. All fish are shells.
III. All shells are boats.
IV. Some planes are boats.

1) Only I follows.
2) Only II and III follow.
3) Only II, III and IV follow.
4) Only II and IV follow.

32. Consider the following statements:

Statements:
All trees are stems.
Some stems are roots.
All roots are trains.
Some trees are plants.
Which of the following conclusions can be
drawn for the statements given above?

Conclusions:
I. Some plants are trees.
II. Some trees are root.
III. Some trees are stems.
IV. All trees are roots.

1) None follows.
2) Only II follows.
3) Both I and III follow.
4) Both II and III follow.


33. All birds have feathers. All cardinals
are birds. Which of the following
statements is true?

1) All birds are cardinals.
2) All cardinals have feathers.
3) Feathers can only be found on birds.
4) More information is needed to
draw a conclusion.