Syllogisms

Logical Reasoning Directions : Each questions contains six statements followed by four sets of combinations of three. Choose the set related. in which the combinations are logically

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A. All vegetarians eat meat. carnivorous.

B. All those who eat meat are not vegetarians. D. All vegetarians are are

C. All those who eat meat are herbivorous. E. All those who eat meat are carnivorous. herbivorous. (a) BCE (b) ABE (c) ACD B.

F. Vegetarians (d) ACF All roses have nectar.

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A. All roses have thorns. E. (a) BEF

C. All plants with nectar have thorns. D. All shrubs have roses All shrubs have nectar. (b) BCF (c) BDE B. (d) ACF Some seasons are springs.

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A. No spring is a season. C. Some seasons are autumns. E. Some springs are not autumns. (a) DFA (b) BEF

D. No seasons are autumns. (c) CEB D. (c) DEF B. D. (c) BEF B. D. (c) ABD (d) DEB All birds are yellow. (d) BCA Some springs are hooks. Some hooks are not wires (d) AEF all abra are cabra All dabra are not abra (d) BCE

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A. All falcons fly high. C. All falcons are birds. E. All birds are thirsty (a) ABC (b) BCF

B. All falcons are blind.

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A. No wires are hooks. C. All springs are wires. E. No hook is a spring (a) AED (b) BCF

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A. Some abra are dabra. C. All dabra are abra D. E. Some cabra are abra (a) AEF (b) BCF

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A. No plane is a chain C. No mane is a plane E. Some planes are manes (a) ACD (b) ADF

B. All manes are chains D. Some manes are plane (c) ACD (d) BEF

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A. Some building are not skyscrapers B. Some skyscrapers are not buildings. C. No structure is a sky scrapper E. Some skyscrapers are building (a) ACE (b) BDF D. All skyscrapers are structure F. Some structure are not building (c) FDA (d) ACF

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Directions : Each of the questions contains six statements followed by four sets of combinations of three, You have to choose that set in which the statements are logically related.

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A. Some bubbles are not dubbles. bubbles. C. None who is rubbles is dubbles. E. Some dubbles are bubbles. (a) ACF (b) DEF

B. Some D. All dubbles are rubbles.

dubbles

are

not

F. Some who are rubbles are not bubbles. (c) ABC (d) BDF B. All men are sad. D. All bad things are sad. F. Some sad things are bad. (c) BDA B. (d) BCE No bright Toms are Dicks.

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A. Some men are bad. C. All bad things are men. E. Some sad things are men. (a) AFE (b) BCF

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A. All Toms are bright. C. Some Toms are Dicks. E. No Tom is a Dick. (a) ABC (b) BEF

D. Some Dicks are bright. F. No Dick is a Tom. (c) ABF D. (c) DEC B. D. (c) DFA (d) CDA All devils are nasty. (d) FEC All jingoes are bingoes. Some jingoes are not tingoes. (d) BDA B. Some devils are nasty. F. No witch is nasty.

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A. All witches are nasty. C. All witches are devils. E. Some nasty are devils. (a) BCD (b) CDA

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A. No tingo is a bingo. C. No jingo is a tingo. E. Some tingoes are jingoes. (a) ABC (b) ACB

F. Some bingoes are not tingoes.

Directions : Given below are six statements followed by sets of three. You are to mark the option in which the statements are most logically related.

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A. Some pins are made of tin. C. All copper is used for pins. E. Some pins are used for tin. (a) ABC (b) CEF

B. All tin is made of copper. D. Some tin is copper. F. Some copper is used for tin. (c) CDA D. (c) DEC (d) ABE An ostrich cannot fly. (d) ECB B. All birds lay eggs. F. An ostrich cannot swim. B. All wood is good. D. All wood is paper. F. Some paper is good. (c) FAB (d) FBA

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A. An ostrich lays eggs. C. Some birds can fly. E. An ostrich is a bird. (a) BEA (b) ABE

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A. Some paper is wood. C. All that is good is wood. E. All paper is good. (a) BED (b) BDF

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A. All bricks are tricks. C. Some that are shrieks are bricks. E. All tricks are shrieks. (a) EAC (b) BCD B. Some tricks are shrieks. D. Some tricks are not bricks. F. No tricks are shrieks. (c) ABC (d) EDC B. All sandal is band. D. No sand is sandal. F. (c) DEC B. F. No wife is strife. (b) FCB (c) ABF (d) BDE B. Some flies are mosquitoes. D. Some owls are flies. F. Some mosquitoes are not owls (c) ADE B. D. F. (c) AEF B. (d) EDB Five is not four. Some six is twelve. Some ten is four. (d) EDC Rich girls want to marry rich Some band is sandal. (d) CEA All life is strife.

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A. Some sand is band. C. All band is sand. E. No band is sand. (a) BCA (b) AFE

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A. No wife is a life. C. Some wife is strife. E. All wife is strife. (a) BEF

D. All that is wife is life.

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A. Some crows are flies. C. All mostquitoes are flies. E. All owls are mosquitoes. (a) ABC (b) CEF

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A. Six is five. C. Some five is ten. E. Some twelve is five. (a) ADE (b) ABC

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A. Poor girls want to marry rich boys. boys.

C. Poor girls want to marry poor girls. D. Rich boys want to marry rich girls. E. Poor girls want to marry rich girls. F. Rich boys want to marry poor girls. (a) ADE (b) ABC (c) BCD (d) DEF

Directions : Each of the following questions contains six statements followed by four sets of combinations of three. You have to choose that set in which the third statement logically follows from the first two.

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A. No bird is viviparous. C. Bats are viviparous. E. No bird is a mammal. (a) ADC (b) ABE

B. All mammals are viviparous. D. (c) FBA No bat is a bird. (d) AFC F. All bats are mammals. B. Some nurses like to work. D. Some prude are nurses. F. All women like to work. (c) FEB B. (d) BEF All oranges are apples.

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A. No mother is a nurse. C. No woman is a prude. E. Some nurse are women. (a) ABE (b) CED

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A. Oranges are sweet. C. Some sweets are apples.

D. Some oranges are apples.

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E. All sweets are sour. (a) DAC F. (b) CDA Some apples are sour. (c) BCA (d) EFC

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A. Zens are Marutis. C. Marutis are fragile. E. Marutis are Opels. (a) ACB (b) FED

B. Zens are fragile. D. Opels are fragile. F. Opels are stable. (c) CEA D. (c) ABE (d) ABC All indoors are sheep. (d) None of these B. Sheep sleep in doors. F. Some open are not sheep.

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A. Dogs sleep in the open. C. Dogs are like sheep. E. Some dogs are not sheep. (a) AFE (b) DCA

Directions : Each question contains four arguments of three sentences each. Choose the set in which the third statement is a logically conclusion of the first two.

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A. Some Xs are Ps. Some Ps are Ys. Some Xs are Ys. B. All Sonas are bright. Some bright crazy. Some Sonas are crazy. C. No faith is strong. Only strong have biceps. No faith has biceps. D. All men are weak. Some weak are strong. Something are weak. (a) A and D (b) C only (c) D only (d) None of these

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A. Some icicles are cycles. All cycles are men. Some icicles are men. B. All girls have teeth. No teeth are yellow. No girls are yellow. C. No hand is foot. Some feet are heads. Some hands are heads. D. Every man has a wife. All wives are devoted. No devoted has a husband. (a) A, B and C and D (b) A and B (c) C and B (d) A, B and C

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A. No, sun is not white. All moon is sun. All moon is white. B. All windows are open. No open space is allocated. All window is closed space. C. No German can fire. All Americans bombard. Both, Germans are Americans can fight. D. No X is Z. No Z is Y. No X is Y. (a) A only (b) B only (c) C only (c) D only

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A. All Ts are squares. All squares are rectangular. All Ts are rectangular. B. Some fat are elongated. Some elongated things are huge. Some fat are huge. C. Idiots are bumblers. Bumblers fumble. Idiots fumble. D. Water is good for health. Health food are rare. Water is rare. (a) D only All of these (b) C only (c) Both A and C (c)

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