Practice Syllogism - verbal reasoning Online Quiz (set-2) For All Competitive Exams
Directions:
Each question given below consists of five or six statements followed by options consisting of three statements put together in a specific order. Choose the option which indicates a valid argument containing logically related statements that is, where the third statement is a conclusion drawn from the preceding two statements.
Q-1) A: Apples are not sweets
B: Some apples are sweet
C. All sweets are tasty.
D. Some apples are not tasty.
E. No apple is tasty.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Option (c) – C E A
⇒Apples are not sweets is the correct conclusion.
Directions:
Each question given below consists of five or six statements followed by options consisting of three statements put together in a specific order. Choose the option which indicates a valid argument containing logically related statements that is, where the third statement is a conclusion drawn from the preceding two statements.
Q-2) A: No patriot is a criminal.
B: Ramdas is not a criminal
C: Ramdas is a patriot
D: Mohandas is not a patriot
E: Mohandas is a criminal
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Option (c) – A C B
⇒Ramdas is not a criminal.
Directions:
Each question given below consists of five or six statements followed by options consisting of three statements put together in a specific order. Choose the option which indicates a valid argument containing logically related statements that is, where the third statement is a conclusion drawn from the preceding two statements.
Q-3) A: All synopses are poets.
B: Some synopses are mentors
C: Some X are not mentors
D: All X are poets
E: All synopses are mentors
F: All synopses are X.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Option (b) – A C B
⇒Irrelevant
Option (c) – A E C
⇒Irrelevant
Option (a) – F E C
⇒Conclusion may or may not be true
⇒Option (d) – D F A
⇒All synopses are poets. Option (d) is the correct answer.
Directions:
Each question given below consists of five or six statements followed by options consisting of three statements put together in a specific order. Choose the option which indicates a valid argument containing logically related statements that is, where the third statement is a conclusion drawn from the preceding two statements.
Q-4) A: Lizards are birds.
B: Some birds are ants.
C: Lizards are ants.
D: Some lizards are ants.
E: Some lizards are not ants.
F: No lizard is ant.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Option (c) – A D B
⇒Some birds are ants.
Directions:
Each of the questions below contains four arguments of three sentences each. Choose the set in which the third statement is a logical conclusion of the first two.
Q-5) A. All good peoples are knights. All warriors are good peoplE. All knights are warriors
B. No footballers are ministers. All footballers are tough. Some ministers are players
C. All pizzas are snacks. Some meals are pizzas. Some meals are snacks.
D. Some barkers are musk-dear. All barkers are sloth bears. Some sloth bears are musk deer
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Directions:
Each question consists of three statements followed by three-four conclusions numbered I, II, III and IV. Consider the statements to be true even if they are in variance with the commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follow from the given statements using all the "three" statements together.
Q-6) Statements:
Some post offices are villages.
No police station is a district.
All villages are police stations.
All districts are states.
Conclusion:
I. Some police stations are states.
II. No police station is a state.
III. Some police stations may be post offices.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
So, conclusions I, II and III are follows
So, conclusions either I or II is follow.
Directions:
Each question consists of three statements followed by three-four conclusions numbered I, II, III and IV. Consider the statements to be true even if they are in variance with the commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follow from the given statements using all the "three" statements together.
Q-7) Statements:
Some plovers are puffins.
No parrot is a rail.
All puffins are parrots.
All rails are scoters.
Conclusion:
I. Some parrots are scoters.
II. No parrot is a scoter.
III. Some parrots may be plovers.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
So, conclusions I, II and III are follows
So, conclusions either I or II is follow.
Q-8) Statements:
All goats are tigers.
Some tigers are horses.
All horses are Jackals.
Conclusion:
I. Some jackals are tigers.
II. Some jackals are goats.
III. Some horses are goats.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Q-9) Statements:
All pens are books. All books are chairs. Some chairs are desks. Some desks are tables.
Conclusion:
I. Some tables are chairs.
II. Some desks are pens.
III. Some chairs are pens,
IV. All pens are chairs.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Directions:
In each of the questions below are 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 from commonly known facts. Read both of the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.
Q-10) Statements:
All belts are rollers.
Some rollers are wheels.
All wheels are mats.
Some mats are cars.
Conclusion:
I. Some mats are rollers.
II. Some mats are belts.
III. Some cars are rollers.
IV. Some rollers are belts.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Conclusion:
I. True
II. Not True
III. Not True
IV. True
Directions:
In each of the questions below are 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 from commonly known facts. Read both of the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.
Q-11) Statements:
Some tyres are rains.
Some rains are flowers.
All flowers are jungles.
All jungles are tubes.
Conclusion:
I. Some jungles are tyres.
II. Some tubes are rains.
III. Some jungles are rains
IV. Some tubes are flowers.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Conclusion:
I. Not True
II. True
III. True
IV. True
Directions:
In each of the questions below are 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 from commonly known facts. Read both of the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.
Q-12) Statements:
Some houses are forests.
All forests are trees.
Some trees are hills.
All hills are buses.
Conclusion:
I. Some buses are trees.
II. Some trees are houses.
III. Some hills are houses.
IV. Some buses are forests.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Conclusion:
I. True
II. True
III. Not True
IV. Not True
Q-13) Statements:
Some films are clouds.
All rats are clouds.
Some clouds are chairs.
Conclusion:
I. No film is chair.
II. Some rats are films.
III. Some clouds are rats.
IV. Some chairs are rats.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Q-14) Statements:
All papers are clips.
Some clips are boards.
Some boards are lanes.
All lanes are roads.
Conclusion:
I. Some roads are boards.
II. Some lanes are clips.
III. Some boards are papers.
IV. Some roads are clips.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Q-15) Statements:
All jungles are buses.
All books are buses.
All fruits are books.
Conclusion:
I. Some fruits are jungles.
II. Some buses are books.
III. Some buses are jungles.
IV. All fruits are buses.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Q-16) Statements:
All sports are games.
All Olympics are games.
All plays are Olympics.
Conclusion:
I. Some games are not plays.
II. Some sports are plays-
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(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Q-17) Statements:
All silver are gold.
All aluminium are gold;
Some silver are aluminium.
Conclusion:
I. Some gold is both silver and aluminium.
II. All gold can be aluminium.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Q-18) Statements:
Some papers are boards.
No board is a card.
Conclusion:
I. All cards being papers is a possibility.
II. All boards being papers is a possibility.,
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Q-19) Statements:
All shores are beaches.
Some beaches are coasts.
All banks are coasts.
Conclusion:
I. Some banks are beaches.
II. No bank is shore.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Q-20) Statements:
Some dews are drops.
All drops are stones.
Conclusion:
I. Atleast some dews are stones.
II. Atleast some stones are drops.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)