SYLLOGISM

Syllogism (possibility) 5. Statements: I. No dog is rat.

Directions (1 to 59)- In each Some cars are buses. II. No dog is rat is a possibility.
questions below are given two Some buses are roads. 12. Statements:
statements followed by two Conclusions:
conclusions numbered I and II. You No tree is jungle.
I. Some roads are buses. No jungle is forest.
have to take the given two
statements to be true even if they II. All roads are cars is a Conclusions:
seem if to be at variance with possibility.
I. No tree is forest is a

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commonly known facts. Read all the 6. Statements: possibility.

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conclusions and then decide which All huts are houses. II. No forest is t ree is a
of the given conclusions logically Some houses are palaces. possibility.

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follows from the given statements
Conclusions: 13. Statements:
disregarding commonly known facts.
I. All huts are palaces is a No phones is mobile.
Given answer
possibility.

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No mobile is computer.
[A] If only conclusion I follows.
II. All huts are palaces. Conclusions:
[B] If only conclusion II follows.
7. Statements: I. Some phones are not

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[C] If either I or II follows.
Some windows are doors. computer is a possibility.
[D] If neither I or II follows.

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Some doors are gates. II. Some computers are not
[E] If both I and II follow.
Conclusions: phone is a possibility.
1. Statements:
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I. Some windows are gates. 14. Statements:
All pens are pencils.
II. Some windows are gates No actor is director.
Some pencils are markers.
Some directors are not movies.
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Conclusions: is a possibility.
I. All pens are markers is a 8. Statements: Conclusions:
possibility. All nights are days. I. Some actor s are not
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II. Some pens are markers is movies is a possibility.

Some days are todays.
a possibility. II. Some actor s are not
Conclusions:
movies.
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2. Statements: I. Some nights are todays is

Some books are novels. 15. Statements:
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a possibility.
Some novels are stories. Some tables are not wood.
II. All todays are nights is a
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Conclusions: possibility. No wood is chair.

I. Some books are stories. 9. Statements: Conclusions:
II. Some books are stories is I. Some tables are not chair
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All birds are animals.

a possibility. is a possibility.
Some animals are cows.
3. Statements: II. Some tables are not chair.
Conclusions:
All readers are writters.
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16. Statements:
I. Some birds are cows is a
Some writters are printers. Some foxes are not lions.
possibility.
Conclusions: Some lions are not tigers.
II. All birds are cows.
I. Some printers are Conclusions:
readers is a possibility. 10. Statements:
No A is B. I. No fox is tiger is a possibility.
II. Some readers are printers.
No B is D. II. Some tigers are not fox is
4. Statements: a possibility.
All men are women. Conclusions:
17. Statements:
Some women are beautiful. I. No A is D is a possibility.
Some hotels are not house.
Conclusions: II. No A is D.
No house is hut.
I. Some men are beautiful 11. Statements:
Conclusions:
is a possibility. No rat is cat.
II. All beautiful is men is a I. Some hotels are not hut i
No cat is dog.
possibility. a possibility.
Conclusions:
II. Some hotels are not hut.

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18. Statements:
Some stones are not wood.
No wood is tree.
Conclusions:
I. No tree is stone.
II. No t ree is stone is a
possibility.
19. Statements:
All cups are plates.
Some plates are pink.
Conclusions:
I. Some cups are pink is a
25. Statements: No flower is a boat.
All halls are tyres. All boats are rivers.
All tyres are wheels. Conclusions:
Conclusions: I. All rivers are flowers is a
I. Some halls are not wheels possibility.
is a possibility. II. No river is flower is a
II. All wheels are halls is a possibility.
possibility.
32. Statements:
26. Statements:
No goat is house.
All bottles are windows.
All houses are cows.
All windows are doors.
Conclusions:
All doors are glasses.

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Conclusions: I. No goat is cow is a
possibility.
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II. Some pink is cup is a I. Some glass are not bottles
is a possibility. II. All goat is cow is a
possibility.

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possibility.
20. Statements: II. All windows are glasses is
a possibility. 33. Statements:
Some mangoes are fruits.
27. Statements: All jugs are slates.

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Some fruits are flowers.
Conclusions: Some tables are bulbs. Some slates are not pots.
I. Some mangoes are All bulbs are lights. Conclusions:

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flowers. All lights are reds. I. Some pots are jugs is a
II. Some mangoes are
flowers is a possibility. in
Conclusions:
I. All tables are lights is a
possibility.
II. No pot is jug is a possibility.
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21. Statements: possibility. 34. Statements:
All forests are huts.
II. Some bulbs are not reds No pictures are frames.
All huts are jungles. is a possibility. Some frames are paints.
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Conclusions: 28. Statements: Conclusions:

I. All huts are forests is a
No cow is dog. I. Some paints are pictures
possibility.
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II. All jungles are forests is All dogs are foxes. is a possibility.
a possibility. Conclusions: II. Some paint s are not
I. No cow is fox is a frame is a possibility.
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22. Statements:
All rivers are ponds. possibility. 35. Statements:
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All ponds are wells. II. Some cows are foxes is a All teachers are professors.
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possibility. No professor is reader.

Conclusions:
29. Statements:
I. Some ponds are not rivers All readers are rectors.
is a possibility. All ducks are birds.
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Conclusions:
II. Some ponds are not rivers. No birds is river. I. No rector is teacher is a
23. Statements: Conclusions: possibility.
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Some bananas are apples.
All apples are fruits.
Conclusions:
I. All bananas are fruits.
II. All bananas are fruits is
a possibility.
24. Statements:
Some cards are files.
All files are locks.
Conclusions:
I. Som locks are not cards is
a possibility.
II. All files are locks is a
possibility.
I. Some rivers are ducks is II. Some rect or is not
a possibility. teacher is a possibility.
II. No duck is river is a 36. Statements:
possibility. Some cities are towns.
30. Statements: All towns are villages.
Some boys are girls. All villages are farmers.
No girl is woman. Conclusions:
Conclusions: I. All farmers are cities is a
I. No boy is woman is a possibility.
possibility. II. Some cities are not
II. Some women are boys is farmers is a possibility.
a possibility. 37. Statements:
31. Statements: All pins are storms.

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 No storm is thunder.
Some thunders are cyclones.
Conclusions:
I. Some cyclones are pins is
a possibility.
II. No thunder is pin is a
possibility.
38. Statements:
No hills is mountain.
All mountains are dams.
No dam is river.
Conclusions:
I. Some hills are dams is a
possibility.
II. No hill is dam is a
possibility.
39. Statements:
All books are magazines.
Some magazines are notebooks.
Some notebooks are papers.
Conclusions:
I. All books are papers is a
possibility.
II. Some magazines are
papers is a possibility.
40. Statements:
No flower is branch.
Some branches are roses.
All roses are red.
Conclusions:
I. Some flower is red is a
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II. All flowers are red is a
possibility.
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All pictures are frames.
No frame is fan.
Some fans are tubes.
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Conclusions:
I. Some fans are pictures is
a possibility.
II. No tube is frame is a
possibility.
42. Statements:
Some rabbits are ants.
All ants are pigeons.
No pigeon is butterfly.
Conclusions:
I. Some rabbits are butterfly
is a possibility.
II. Some rabbits are not
pigeons is a possibility.
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43. Statements: Some tabes are discs.
No parrot is bird. Some discs are cassettes.
No bird is fly. Some cassettes are songs.
All files are insects. Conclusions:
Conclusions: I. All tabes are songs is a
I. No parrot is fly is a possibility.
possibility. II. Some tabes are songs is
II. All insects are birds is a a possibility.
possibility. 50. Statements:
44. Statements: Some bricks are trees.
All letters are black. All trees are pens.
No black is blue. All pens are boats.
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Some blue is green. Conclusions:
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Conclusions: I. All boats are bricks.
I. Some letters are blue is II. All boats are bricks is a
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a possibility. possibility.
II. All letters are green is a 51. Statements:
All villages which are roads
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possibility.
are not cities.
45. Statements:
Some cities which are
Some nets are not forest.
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countries are villages.
No forest is jungle.
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Conclusions:
All jungles are animals.
I. Some villages which are
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I. Some nets are not jungle
II. Some cities are roads.
is a possibility.
[A] Only I follows
II. All forests are animals is
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a possibility. [B] Only II follows
46. Statements: [C] Neither I nor II follows
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All pencils are birds. [D] Both I and II follow
All birds are skies. [E] Either I or II follows
All skies are hills. 52. Statements:
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Conclusions: Some grasses which are
I. Some hills are pencils is vegetables are not fruits.
a possibility. All vegetables are flowers.
II. All hills are pencils is a Conclusions:
possibility. I. Some flowers which are
47. Statements: grasses are not fruits.
All jungles are buses. II. Some fruit s are not
All books are buses. flowers.
All fruits are books. [A] Only I follows
Conclusions: [B] Only II follows
I. All fruits are jungles is a [C] Neither I nor II follows
possibility. [D] Both I and II follow
II. Some buses are jungles. [E] Either I or II follows
48. Statements: 53. Statements:
Some tigers are lions. All hands which are eyes are
Some lions are rabbits. fingers.
Some rabbits are horses. Some legs which are eyes are
Conclusions: not ears.
I. Some horses are tigers is Conclusions:
a possibility. I. Some fingers which are
II. Some horses are tigers. legs are not eyes.
49. Statements:
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hands are ears.
[A] Only I follows
[B] Only II follows
[C] Neither I nor II follows
[D] Both I and II follow
[E] Either I or II follows
54. Statements:
All students who are girls are
not toppers.
All girls are boys.
Conclusions:
I. Some boys are not toppers.
II. Some boys who are not
students are not toppers.
[A] Only I follows
[B] Only II follows
[C] Neither I nor II follows
[D] I and II both follow
[E] Either I or II follows
55. Statements:
All books are diaries.
Some books are pages.
No dictionary is diary.
Conclusions:
I. Some pages which are
diaries are not diction-
aries.
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II. Some books which are
pages are not dictionaries.
[A] Only I follows
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[B] Only II follows
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[C] Neither I nor II follows
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[D] I and II both follow
[E] Either I or II follows
56. Statements:
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All roses which are leaves are
flowers.
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Some sunflowers which are
leaves are not plants.
Conclusions:
I. Some roses which are
plants are not flowers.
II. Some flowers which are
roses are not sunflowers.
[A] Only I follows
[B] Only II follows
[C] None follows
[D] I and II both follow
[E] None of these
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57. Statements:
Some animals are not cats.
All elephants are cats.
No Kangaroo is animals.
Conclusions:
I. Some animals who are
not elephants are not
kangaroos.
II. Some cats are not
Kangaroos.
[A] Only I follows
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[B] Only II follows
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[D] I and II both follow
[E] None of these
58. Statements:
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Some Kings who are riches are
cheaters.
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All rich who are poors, are
queens.
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I. Some queens who are
rich are cheaters.
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II. Some cheaters who are
kings are queens.
[A] Only I follows
[B] Only II follows
[C] None follows
[D] I and II both follow
[E] Either I or II follows
59. Statements:
Some prof essor s who are
principles are not researchers.
All students who are leaders
are principles.
Conclusions:
I. All leaders are principles.
II. Some researchers who
are not professors are
leaders.
[A] Only I follows
[B] Only II follows
[C] None follows
[D] I and II both follow
[E] Either I or II follows
REVERSE SYLLOGISM
Directions (1 to 17): In the follow-
ing questions, only one conclusion
is given and five statements are
given as a, b, c, d and e. From this
you have to take the statements to
be true even if they seem to be at
variance with commonly known
facts and then decide which of the
given statement logically follows.
1. Conclusion:
Some mobiles is not phones.
Some laptops are phones.
Statements:
[A] Some desktops are phones.
No phones is laptop.
All laptops are mobiles.
[B] All desktops are phones.
No phone is laptop.
Some laptops are mobiles.
[C] No desktop is phone.
No phone is laptop.
All laptops are mobiles.
[D] All desktops are phones.
All phones are laptops.
No laptop is mobile.
[E] Some laptops are mobiles.
All phones are desktop.
No laptop is desktop.
2. Conclusion:
Some bricks are not stone.
Some water is not cements.
Statements:
[A] Some stones are water.
No water is brick.
All bricks are cement.
[B] All stones are water.
Some water is brick.
All bricks are cements.
[C] No stone is water.
All water is brick.
No brick is cement.
[D] No stone is water.
No water is brick.
All bricks are cement.
[E] All bricks are stones.
Some bricks are water.
All cements are stone.
3. Conclusion:
Some black are not pink.
Some white is pink.
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[A] All black is red.
All red is pink.
No pink is white.
[B] Some black is red.
All red is pink.
All pink is white.
[C] Some red is black.
No red is pink.
No pink is white. 6.
[D] All black is red.
No red is pink.
All pink is white.
[E] No black is red.
No red is pink.
No pink is white.
4. Conclusion:
Some tables are chairs.
Some chairs are sofa.
Statements:
[A] All tables are boards.
All boards are sofas.
Some sofa are chair.
[B] All tables are boards.
Some boards are sofas.
All sofas are chairs.
[C] No table is board.
All boards are sofas.
Some sofas are chairs.
[D] Some tables are boards.
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All boards are sofas.
No sofa is chair.
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[E] All tables are boards.
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All boards are sofas.
All sofas are chair.
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5. Conclusion:
Some seas are rivers.
Some forests are mountains.
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Some rivers are mountains.
Statements:
[A] All mountains are roads.
All roads are rivers.
All rivers are forests.
All forests are seas.
[B] Some mountains are roads.
All roads are rivers.
No river is forest.
All forests are seas.
[C] No mountain is road.
All roads are rivers.
All rivers are forests.
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Some forests are seas.
[D] Some mountains are roads.
Some roads are rivers.
All rivers are forests.
All forests are seas.
[E] All mountains are roads.
All roads are rivers.
No river is forest.
No forest is sea.
Conclusion:
Some girls are bangles.
All rings are girls.
Some suits are bangles.
Statements:
[A] Some necklesses are
bangles.
All bangles are rings.
All rings are suits .
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No suit is girl.
[B] All necklesses are bangles.
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No bangle is ring.
All rings are suits.
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All suits are girls.
[C] some necklesses are
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bangles.
Some bangles are rings.
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All rings are suits.
All suits are girls.
[D] Some necklesses are
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bangles.
Some bangles are not
neckless.
No ring is suit.
All suits are girls.
[E] Some necklesses are
bangles.
No bangle is ring.
All rings are not suit.
All suits are girls.
Conclusion:
Some cars are rooms.
Some roads are rooms.
Some cars are wires.
Some cars are roads.
Statements:
[A] Some rooms are wires.
No wires are roads.
Some roads are cars.
[B] All rooms are wires.
Some wires are roads.
Some roads are cars.
[C] All rooms are wires.
No wires are roads.
All roads are cars.
[D] All rooms are wires.
All wires are roads.
All roads are cars.
[E] Some roads are wires .
Some wires are roads.
Some roads are cars.
8. Conclusion:
No table is a box.
Some mats are not pencils.
Some mats are not tables.
Some pencils are tables.
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Statements:
[A] All tables are pencils.
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No pencil is box.
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Some boxes are mats.
[B] All tables are pencils.
All pencil is box.
All boxes are mats.
[C] Some tables are pencils.
All pencils are boxes.
Some boxes are mats.
[D] Some tables are pencils.
No table is box.
All boxes are mats.
[E] No table is pencils.
All boxes are pencils.
Some boxes are not mats.
9. Conclusion:
Some beans are carrot.
Some brinjals are carrot is a
possibility.
Statements:
[A] All carrots are beans.
Some beans are apples.
No brinjal is carrot.
[B] No carrots is beans.
Some beans are brinjals.
No brinjal is apple.
[C] All carrots are beans.
Some beans are brinjals.
No brinjal is apple.
[D] No carrots is beans.
Some beans are brinjals.
No brinjal is apple.
[E] All carrots are beans.
Some beans are apples.
No brinjal is carrot.
10. Conclusion:
All months are year is a
possibility.
No month is a day.
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[A] Some months are weeks.
No week is a day.
No month is a year.
[B] All months are weeks.
No week is a day.
All days are years.
[C] Some months are weeks.
All months are days.
No month is a year.
[D] All months are weeks.
No week is day.
No month is a year.
[E] Some months are weeks. 13. Conclusion:
All months are days.
All days are years.
11. Conclusion:
Some mugs are plates.
Some trays are cups.
Statements:
[A] Some cups are trays.
Some trays are plates.
Some plates are mugs.
[B] Some cups are plates.
Some plates are trays.
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Some trays are mugs.
[C] All cups are trays.
Some trays are plates.
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No plate is mug.
[D] All cups are trays.
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All trays are plates.
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No plate is mug.
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[E] Some cups are trays.
Some trays are plates.
No plate is mug.
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12. Conclusion:
Some tools are bags.
Some instruments are bags.
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Statements:
(1) Some subjects are tools.
All tools are instruments
No instrument is book.
No bag is instrument.
(2) All subjects are tools.
All tools are instruments.
No instrument is book.
All bags are tools.
(3) Some subjects are tools.
All tools are instruments.
No instrument is book.
Some bags are books.
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(4) All subjects are tools.
All tools are instruments.
No instrument is book.
Some bags are subjects.
(5) All subjects are tools.
All tools are instruments.
No instruments is book.
Some bags are books.
[A] Only statements (1) and (2).
[B] Only statements (2) and (3).
[C] Only statements (2) and (4).
[D] Only statements (1) and (3).
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[E] None of these
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Some dates are day.
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Some years are day.
Statements:
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[A] All day are month.
All month are year.
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Some years are dates.
[B] Some days are month.
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All month are year.
Some days are date.
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[C] All day are month.
Some month is year.
All year are date.
[D] All day are month.
All month are date.
Some years are date.
[E] No year is day.
Some day is date.
Some date is month.
Some books are chairs.
Some chairs are books.
Some pens are books.
Some tables are chairs.
Statements:
[A] Some books are not pens.
All pens are chairs.
Some chairs are tables.
[B] All books are pens.
All pens are chairs.
Some chairs are tables.
[C] Some books are pens.
All pens are chairs.
Some chairs are tables.
[D] No books are pens.
All pens are chairs.
Some chairs are tables.
[E] Some books are pens.
No pens are chairs.
No chairs are tables.
15. Conclusion:
Some cars are buses.
Some buses are cars.
Some jeeps are trucks.
All jeeps are trucks.
Statements:
[A] No car are jeeps.
Some jeeps are buses.
No buses are trucks.
[B] All cars are jeeps.
Some jeeps are buses.
Some buses are not trucks.
[C] All cars are jeeps.
No jeeps are buses.
Some buses are trucks.
[D] All cars are jeeps.
All jeeps are buses.
All buses are trucks.
[E] No cars are jeeps.
All jeeps are buses.
All buses are trucks.
16. Conclusion:
No teacher is lawyer.
All doctors are students.
Statements:
[A] All students are teachers.
All teachers are doctors.
No doctor is a lawyer.
[B] All doctors are teachers.
All teachers are students.
Some students are lawyers.
[C] All doctors are teachers.
No teachers is students.
Some students are lawyers.
[D] All doctors are teachers.
All teachers are students.
No student is a lawyer.
[E] All doctors are teachers.
No teachers is student.
No student is a lawyer.
17. Conclusion:
All donkeys being tigers is a
possibility.
All monkeys being tigers is a
possibility.
Statements:
[A] All monkeys are donkeys.
No donkey is tiger.
All elephants are tigers.
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No donkey is elephant.
All elephants are tigers.
[C] Some monkeys are donkeys.
No donkey is tiger.
All elephants are tigers.
[D] No monkey is tiger.
No donkey is elephant.
All elephants are tigers.
[E] Some monkeys are donkeys.
No donkey is elephant.
No monkey is tiger.
Directions (1- 15): In each of the
questions below are given three
statements [A], [B] and [C] in which
two are premises and one is con-
clusion. You have to take the given
statements to be true even if they
seem to be at variance with com-
monly known facts. Read all the
statements and decide the conclu-
sion (the conclusion will always be
the last letter in the options given)
which logically follows the other two
statements, disregarding commonly
known facts.
1. A. All toffees are chocolates.
B. Some ice-creams are toffe-
es.
C. All chocolates are ice-
creams
[A] ABC [B] CBA [C] CAB
[D] Both [A] and [C]
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[E] None of these
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2. A. No pen is a book.
B. All pencils are pens.
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C. Some books are not pencils.
[A] BCA [B] ABC [C] CAB
[D] Both [A] and [B]
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[E] None follows
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3. A. Some peons are students.
B. Some teachers are students.
C. All principals are peons.
[A] CAB [B] BCA [C] ABC
[D] None follows
[E] None of these
4. A. All files are books.
B. All dairies are papers.
C. Some books are dairies.
[A] BAC [B] CBA [C] CAB
[D] Both [B] and [C]
[E] None of these
5. A. Some camels are not
zebras.
B. All zebras are lions.
C. Some camels are not lions.
[A] CBA [B] BAC [C] CAB
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[D] Both [A] and [B]
[E] None of these
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6. A. All states are cities.
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B. Some countries are states.
C. All cities are countries
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[A] ABC [B] CBA [C] CAB
[D] Both [A] and [C]
[E] None of these
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7. A. No word is a letter.
B. All vowels are words.
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C. Some letters are not vowels.
[A] BCA [B] ABC [C] CAB
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[D] Both [A] and [B]
[E] None follows
8. A. Some papers are inks.
B. Some erasers are inks.
C. All pots are papers.
[A] CAB [B] BCA [C] ABC
[D] None follows
[E] None of these
9. A. All guavas are apples.
B. All bananas are brinjals.
C. Some apples are bananas.
[A] BAC [B] CBA [C] CAB
[D] Both [B] and [C]
[E] None of these
10. A. Some cats are not dogs.
B. All dogs are hens.
C. Some cats are not hens.
[A] CBA [B] BAC [C] CAB
[D] Both [A] and [B]
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[E] None of these
11. A. All ships are buses.
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B. Aero plane is a bus.
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C. Aero plane is a ship.
[A] CBA [B] BAC [C] CAB
[D] Both [A] and [C]
[E] None of these
12. A. All animals are monsters.
B. Tiger is an animal.
C. Tiger is a monster.
[A] CBA [B] BAC [C] CAB
[D] Both [B] and [C]
[E] None of these
13. A. All bananas are papayas.
B. Mango is a papaya.
C. Mango is a banana.
[A] CBA [B] BAC [C] CAB
[D] Both [A] and [B]
[E] None of these
14. A. All plants are flowers.
B. All flowers are fruits.
C. All plants are fruits.
[A] CBA [B] BAC [C] CAB
[D] Both [A] and [C]
[E] None of these
15. A. Some baskets are not bags.
B. All suitcases are bags.
C. Some suitcases are not
baskets.
[A] CBA [B] BAC [C] CAB
[D] Both [A] and [B]
[E] None of these
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