Syllogism section 12 MCQ Detailed Explanation And More Example

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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.

The following question based on Syllogism topic of verbal reasoning

Questions : 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 D C

(b) E A C

(c) C E A

(d) C B D

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (c)

Option (c) – C E A

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⇒Apples are not sweets is the correct conclusion.

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Question : 1

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) A B E

b) A B C

c) A C B

d) A D E

Answer: (c)

Option (c) – A C B

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⇒Ramdas is not a criminal.

Question : 2

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) F E C

b) A B C

c) A E C

d) D F A

Answer: (d)

Option (b) – A C B

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⇒Irrelevant

Option (c) – A E C

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⇒Irrelevant

Option (a) – F E C

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⇒Conclusion may or may not be true

⇒Option (d) – D F A

⇒All synopses are poets. Option (d) is the correct answer.

Question : 3

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 A C

b) A C E

c) A D B

d) E D C

Answer: (c)

Option (c) – A D B

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⇒Some birds are ants.

Question : 4

Statements:
All trains are rivers.
Some rivers are houses.
All houses are lakes.


Conclusion:
I. Some lakes are trains.
II. Some houses are trains.
III. No train Is lake.
IV. Some houses are rivers.

a) Only either I or III follows

b) None follows

c) Only IV follows

d) Only either I or III and IV follow

e) All follow

Answer: (d)

Question : 5

Statements:
Some books are papers.
Some papers are desks.
Some desks are chairs.


Conclusion:
I. Some books are desks..
II. Some papers are chairs.
III. Some books are chairs.

a) Only II follows

b) None follows

c) Only I follows

d) Only III follows

e) Only I and II follow

Answer: (b)

Question : 6

Statements:
All books are tents.
Some tents are lakes.
All lakes are ponds.:


Conclusion:
I. Some ponds are books.
II. Some ponds are tents.
III. Some lakes are books.

a) Only II follows

b) None follows

c) Only I follows

d) Only III follows

e) Only II and III follow

Answer: (a)

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