18 - Syllogism

CPP – Syllogism (HA)
Exercise - 1
Two Statements – Two Conclusions
Directions (Q. 1 - 5): In each question below are given two or 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. Read all the conclusions and decide which of the given
conclusions logically follows from the given statements, disregarding commonly known facts. Give
answer
A) If only conclusion I follows. B) If only conclusion II follows.
C) If either conclusion I or conclusion II follows.
D) If neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows.
E) If both conclusion I and conclusion II follow.
1. Statements: All leaders are good team workers.
All good team workers are good orators.
Conclusions: I. Some good team workers are leaders.
II. All good orators are leaders.
2. Statements: All terrorists are human.
All humans are bad.
Conclusions: I. All terrorists are bad.
II. No human can be a terrorist.
3. Statements: Some teachers are followers.
Some followers are famous.
Conclusions: I. Some teachers are famous.
II. Some followers are teachers.
4. Statements: Ship was overturned.
Captain was not traced.
Conclusions: I. Captain died in the accident.
II. Captain is alive.
5. Statements: Some dedicated souls are angels.
All social workers are angels.
Conclusions: I. Some dedicated souls are social workers.
II. Some social workers are dedicated souls.
6. Statements: All huts are palaces.
All palaces are houses.
Conclusions: I. Some houses are huts.
II. Some houses are palaces.
7. Statements: Some books are pencils.
Class is a book.
Conclusions: I. Some pencils are books.
II. No pencil is book.
8. Statements: All parrots are ducks.
All ducks are hens.
Conclusions: I. All parrots are hens.
II. All ducks are parrots.
9. Statements: Some thoughts are bright.
Some bright are days.
Conclusions: I. All days are either bright or thoughts.
II. Some days are bright.
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10. Statements: All articles are coats.
Some coats are tables.
Conclusions: I. Some articles are tables.
II. Some tables are articles.
Two Statements – Four Conclusion
Direction: In each question below are given two statements followed by four conclusions Numbered I,
II, III, and IV. You have to take the two given statements to be true even if they seem to be at
variance from the commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the
given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known
facts.
11. Statements : All green are blue.

All blue are white.
Conclusions: I. Some blue are green.
II. Some white are green.
III. Some green are not white
IV. All white are blue.
(A) Only I and II follow (B) only I and III follow
(C) Only I and IV follow (D) only II and IV follow (E) All follow
12. Statements: All windows are rods.

Some rods are frames.
Conclusions: I. All frames are rods.
II. All frames are windows.
III. Some windows are frames.
IV. No window is a frame.
(A) Only I follows (B) only II and III follow
(C) Only either II or III follows (D) Only either III or IV follows (E) None follows
13. Statements: Some clothes are marbles.

Some marbles are bags.
Conclusions: I. No cloth is a bag.
II. All marbles are bags.
III. Some bags are clothes.
IV. No marble is a cloth.
(A) Only either I or IV follows (B) only either I or II follows

(C) Only either I or III follows (D) None follows (E) All follow
14. Statements: Some pillows are curtains.
No curtain is a table.
Conclusions: I. No pillow is a table.
II. Some pillows are not tables.
III. Some curtains are pillows.
IV. No. curtain is a pillow.
(A) Only I and III follow (B) only II and III follow
(C) None follows (D) all follow (E) Only either I or IV follows

15. Statements: Some frogs are bricks.
All bricks are cakes.
Conclusions: I. Some cakes are not frogs.
II. Some cakes are frogs.
III. No cake is frog.
IV. All frogs are cakes.
(A) Only II follows (B) only I and II follow
(C) Only I, II and IV follow (D) only II, III and IV follow (E) All follow
16. Statements: No parrot is crow.

All crows are bats.
Conclusions: I. Some bats are parrots.
II. All bats are parrots.
III. Some bats are crows.
IV. Some bats are not crows.
(A) None follows (B) only I and II follow
(C) Only I, II and III follow (D) only II, III and IV follow (E) Only III follow
17. Statements: Some students are brilliant.

Sushma is a student.
Conclusions: I. Some students are dull.
II. Sushma is brilliant.
III. Sushma is dull.
IV. Students are usually brilliant.
(A) Only I follows (B) only I and II follow
(C) Either II or III follows (D) none follows (E) All follow
18. Statements: All rats are cows.

No cow is white.
Conclusions: I. No white is rat.
II. No rat is white.
III. Some whites are rats.
IV. All cows are rats.
(A) None follows (B) only I and IV follow
(C) Only II and IV follow (D) only IV follows (E) None of these
19. Statements: Some camels are ships.
No ship is a boat.
Conclusions: I. Some ships are camels. II. Some boats are camels.
III. Some camels are not boats. IV. All boats are camels.
(C) Only I and III follow (D) only I and II follow (E) Only either III or IV follow
20. Statements: Some trees are pens.
All pens are erasers.
Conclusions: I. All erasers are pens. II. All trees are pens.
III. Some trees which are not pens are erasers. IV. Some erasers are trees.
(A) All follow (B) only I and II follow
(C) Only III and IV follow (D) only IV follows (E) None of these

21. Statements: All chairs laugh.
Some birds laugh.
Conclusions: I. All chairs are birds.
II. Some birds are chairs.
III. Those who do not laugh are not chairs.
IV. Some birds do not laugh.
(A) Only II follow (B) only I follows
(C) Only II and IV follows (D) only IV follows (E) None follows
22. Statements: No educationists are researchers.
All researchers are teachers.
Conclusions: I. No teacher is researcher
II. No teacher is educationist.
III. Some researchers are teachers.
IV. Some teachers are researchers.
(A) Only II follows (B) None follows
(C) Either I or III follows (D) only III and IV follow (E) All follow
23. Statements: All bags are chalks.
All chalks are bottles.
Conclusions: I. Some bottles are bags.
II. All bags are bottles.
III. All bottles are bags.
IV. Some chalks are not bags.
(A) Only I, II and IV follow (B) only I, III and IV follow
(C) Only II, III and IV follow (D) all follow (E) None of these
24. Statements: No fan is shirt.
All shirts are trousers.
Conclusions: I. All fans are trousers.
II. No fan is trousers.
III. Some trousers are shirts.
IV. All trousers are shirts.
(A) Only II follows (B) only III follows
(C) Only either I or II follows (D) only III and IV follow (E) None of these
25. Statements: Some cubs are tigers.

Some tigers are goats.
Conclusions: I. Some cubs are goats. II. No cubs are goats.
III. All cubs are goats. IV. All goats are cubs.
(A) Only either I or II follows (B) only either II or III follows
(C) Only either I or IV follows (D) only either II or IV follows (E) None of these
26. Statements: Some coolers are watches.

No watch is bed.
Conclusions: I. No watch is cooler. II. No cooler is watch.
III. Some watches are beds. IV. Some coolers are beds.
C) Only either II or III follows (D) only either III or IV follows
(E) Only either II or IV follows

27. Statements: Some men are goats.
All goats are jackals.
Conclusions: I. Some men are jackals. II. Some jackals are men.
III. All jackals are goats. IV. Some goats are men.
(A) Only I and II follows (B) only III and IV follow
(C) Only IV follows (D) All follow (E) None of these
28. Statements: All sparrows are koels.

No koel is parrot.
Conclusions: I. No sparrow is parrot. II. Some sparrows are parrots.
III. All koels are sparrows. IV. Some parrots are sparrows.
(A) Only I follows (B) none follow
(C) Only II and III follow (D) only II and IV follow (E) None of these
29. Statements: All typists are stenographers.

Some stenographers are boys.
Conclusions: I. All boys are stenographers. II. All boys are typists.
III. Some typists are boys. IV. No typist is a boy.
(C) Only either II or III follows (D) only either III or IV follows (E) None follow
30. Statements: All flowers are white.

No whites are beautiful.
Conclusions: I. All flowers are beautiful. II. At least some white may not be flowers.
III. No flowers are beautiful. IV. Some beautiful are not flowers.
(A) Only III & IV Follows (B) Only II, III & IV Follows
(C) Either I or IV and III follows (D) Only III Follows (E) None of these
Directions (Q 31 – Q 37): In each question below are given two statements followed by five
conclusions numbered (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) . You have to take the two given statements to be true
even if they seem to be at variance from the commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and then
decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements.
31. Statements: All novels are stories.
All stories are songs.
Conclusions: (A) All novels are songs. (B) Some novels are not songs.
(C) Some songs are not novels (D) All stories are not songs.
(E) None of these
32. Statements: All belts are socks.

All shirts are belts.
Conclusions: (A) all shirts are socks. (B) Some belts are not shirts.
(C) No shirt is socks. (D) Some socks are not shirts.
(E) None of these
33. Statements: Some tables are curtains.
Some tables are toys.
Conclusions: (A) All tables which are not curtains are toys.
(B) Some curtains are toys.
(C) There are some tables which are neither curtains nor toys.
(D) All tables are either curtains or toys.
(E) None of these

34. Statements: Manas is a player.
All the players are tall.
Conclusions: (A) Manas is tall. (B) All tall men are players.
(C) Tall men are not players. (D) Manas is not tall.
(E) None of these
35. Statements: All businessmen are dishonest.

All businessmen are fraudulent.
Conclusions: (A) either all fraudulent persons are dishonest or all dishonest are fraudulent
(B) some dishonest persons are fraudulent.
(C) No fraudulent persons are dishonest.
(D) fraud and dishonesty go together.
(E) None of these
36. Statements: All men are vertebrates.

Some mammals are vertebrates.
Conclusions: (A) All men are mammals. (B) All mammals are men.
(C) Some vertebrates are mammals. (D) all vertebrates are men.
(E) none of these
37. Statements: All knowledge is good.

All knowledge is difficult.
Conclusions: (A) Some good things are difficult. (B) all difficult things are knowledge.
(C) all good things are difficult. (D) easy things are not knowledge.
(E) None of these
Three Statements – Four Conclusions

Directions (Q 38 – Q 45): In each question below, there are some statements followed by four
conclusions numbered I, II, III and IV. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given
conclusion logically follows from the given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
38. Statements: All teachers are doctors.
All doctors are engineers.
All engineers are students.
Conclusions: I. Some students are teachers.
II. All doctors are students.
III. Some engineers are teachers.
IV. All doctors are teachers.
(A) Only I and II follow (B) only I and III follow
(C) Either I or II, and III follow (D) either II or IV follows (E) None of these
39. Statements: Some birds are insects.

All birds are butterflies.
All insects are snakes.
Conclusions: I. Some snakes are birds.
II. Some butterflies are insects.
III. Some snakes are butterflies.
IV. Some insects are birds.
(A) None follows (B) either I or III follows
(C) All follow (D) only IV follows (E) None of these

40. Statements: Some bananas are apples.
All apples are tomatoes.
Some potatoes are tomatoes.
Conclusions: I. Some bananas are tomatoes.
II. Some potatoes are bananas.
III. Some apples are potatoes.
IV. Some apples are bananas.
(A) Only I follows (B) only I and II follow
(C) Only I and IV follow (D) Either II or III, and I follow (E) None of these
41. Statements: All boxes are pans.
Some boxes are jugs.
Some jugs are glasses.
Conclusions: I. Some glasses are boxes.
II. No glass is box.
III. Some jugs are pans.
IV. No jug is pan.
(A) Only I and II follow (B) Either I or II, and III follow
(C) Only III follow (D) Either I or II, and either III or IV follow
(E) None of these
42. Statements: Some books are papers.
Some papers are cars.
No car is white.
Conclusions: I. Some papers are not white.
II. All papers are not white.
III. Some papers are white.
IV. Some books are white.
(A) Only I follows (B) only I and IV follow
(C) Only I, III and IV follow (D) Either II or III and I follows (E) None of these
43. Statements: All trolleys are pulleys.
Some pulleys are chains.
All chains are bells.
Conclusions: I. Some bells are trolleys.
II. No bell is trolley.
III. Some pulleys are bells.
IV. All chains are pulleys.
(A) None follows (B) either I or II follows
(C) Only III and IV follow (D) either I or II, and III follow
(E) I and II, and either III or IV follow
44. Statements: Some newspapers are radios.
Some radios are televisions.
No television is a magazine.
Conclusions: I. No newspaper is a magazine.
II. No radio is a magazine.
III. Some radios are not magazines.
IV. Some newspapers are televisions.
(A) None follows (B) only I and II follow

(C) Either I or II follows (D) only III follows (E) None of these
45. Statements: Some doors are windows.
All windows are black.
Some black are brown.
Conclusions: I. Some windows are brown.
II. All doors are black.
III. Some doors are black.
IV. No window is brown.
(A) Only II follows (B) only III follows
(C) Only IV follows (D) either I or IV, and III follows (E) None of these
Four Statements – Four Conclusions

Directions (Q 46 – Q 50): In each of the questions below are given four statements, followed by
conclusions: I, II, III, IV. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at
variance from commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and then decide which of the given
conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.
46. Statements: Some Trains are cars;

All Cars are branches;
All branches are nets;
Some nets are dresses.
Conclusions: I. Some Dresses are Cars;
II. Some Nets are Trains;
III. Some Branches are Trains;
IV. Some Dresses are Trains.
(A) None follows (B) Only II & III Follows
(C) Only III and IV follow (D) III follow (E) either III or IV follow
47. Statements: All Stones are Hammers;
No Hammer is Ring;
Some rings are doors;
All doors are windows
Conclusions: I. Some windows are stones;
II. Some windows are rings;
III. No window is stone;
IV. Some rings are stones.
(C) Only I, III and IV follow (D) Only II follows (E) None of these
48. Statements: All Pens are Clocks;
Some Clocks are tyres;
Some tyres are wheels;
Some wheels are buses.
Conclusions: I. Some Buses are tyres;
II. Some wheels are clocks;
III. Some wheels are pens;
IV. Some Buses are Clocks.

(C) Only I, III and IV follow (D) Either II or III follows (E) None of these
49. Statements: Some Chairs are rooms;

No Room is Sofa;
All sofas are tables;
Some tables are desks
Conclusions: I. Some sofas are desks;
II. No room is table;
III. Some chairs are tables;
IV. No desk is room
(C) Only I, III and IV follow (D) None follows (E) None of these
50. Statements: Some Pins are needles;
Some threads are needles;
All needles are Nails;
All nails are hammers.
Conclusions: I. Some Pins are Hammers;
II. Some Threads are nails;
III. Some pins are threads;
IV. No Pin is thread.
(A) Only I follows (B) Only I & II and Either III or IV Follows
(C) Only I, III and IV follow (D) Either II or III follows (E) None of these
Answers:
1 A 6 E 11 A 16 E 21 E 26 A 31 A 36 E 41 B 46 B
2 A 7 A 12 D 17 C 22 C 27 E 32 A 37 A 42 D 47 D
3 B 8 A 13 C 18 E 23 E 28 A 33 E 38 E 43 D 48 A
4 C 9 B 14 B 19 C 24 B 29 D 34 A 39 C 44 D 49 D
5 D 10 D 15 A 20 D 25 A 30 A 35 B 40 C 45 D 50 B


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11. Statements : All green are blue.

12. Statements: All windows are rods.

13. Statements: Some clothes are marbles.

(A) Only either I or IV follows (B) only either I or II follows

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16. Statements: No parrot is crow.

17. Statements: Some students are brilliant.

18. Statements: All rats are cows.

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25. Statements: Some cubs are tigers.

26. Statements: Some coolers are watches.

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28. Statements: All sparrows are koels.

29. Statements: All typists are stenographers.

30. Statements: All flowers are white.

32. Statements: All belts are socks.

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35. Statements: All businessmen are dishonest.

36. Statements: All men are vertebrates.

37. Statements: All knowledge is good.

Three Statements – Four Conclusions

39. Statements: Some birds are insects.

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Four Statements – Four Conclusions

46. Statements: Some Trains are cars;

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49. Statements: Some Chairs are rooms;

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