REASONING SYLLOGISM

REASONING SYLLOGISM
Based on the given Statements, You are required to evaluate which conclusion follows. Mark 1. If the 1st statement follows Mark 2. If the 2nd statement follows Mark 3. If both follows Mark 4. I f none follows
QUESTIONS

1.Statement.1 All Doctors are engineers Statement.2 All Engineers are Advocates Conclusion 1. All Advocates are Doctors Conclusion 2. All Doctors are Advocates 2.Statement.1. Some Chairs are Furniture Statement.2. Some Furniture is Tables Conclusion 1.Some Tables are Chairs Conclusion 2. Some furniture is chairs 3.Statement.1. All flowers are buds Statement.2. No bud is bush Conclusion 1. No bush is flower Conclusion 2. All flowers is flower 4.Statement.1. No cat is elephant Statement.2. No elephant is animal Conclusion 1. No cat is animal Conclusion 2. Some elephant is cat 5.Statement.1. All monkeys are animals Statement.2. Anil is an animal Conclusion 1. Anil is a monkey Conclusion 2. All monkey are animals 6.Statement.1. Some Apples are bricks Statement.2. All grapes are bricks Conclusion 1. Some Apples are grapes Conclusion 2. Al bricks are grapes 7.Statement.1. All plants are trees Statement.2. No tree is stone Conclusion 1. No stone is plants Conclusion 2. Some stones are plants 8.Statement.1.All players are tall Statement.2.Rahul is tall Conclusion 1. Rahul is player Conclusion 2. No player is tall 9.Statement.1.All students read news paper Statement.2. Rahul doesnt read newspaper Conclusion 1. Rahul is a student. Conclusion 2. Rahul is not a student 10.Statement.1. All rivers are ponds Statement.2. Some ponds are lakes Conclusion 1. Some lakes are not ponds Conclusion 2. All lakes are rivers 11.Statement.1All windows are doors Statement.2 No door is a bat Conclusion 1. No window is bat `Conclusion 2. No bat is door 12.Statement 1.All glasses are liquids Statement 2.All liquids are fluids Conclusion 1. All glasses are fluids Conclusion 2. All fluids are glasses 13.Statement 1. Some gold are bright. Conclusion 1. Some gold are silver 14.Statement 1.All flowers are garden Conclusion 1. All fruits are flowers 15.Statement 1. All poets are singers Conclusion 1. No composer is poet 16.Statement 1. All Tables are cupboards Conclusion 1. Some chairs are Tables 17.Statement 1. No tigers are rabbits Conclusion 1. All tigers are jackal 18.Statement 1. Some blues are oranges Conclusion 1. Some blues are green 19.Statement 1. Some hotels are teashop. Conclusion 1. Some Hotels are restaurants. 20.Statement 1. Some shops are footages Conclusion 1. Some slippers are shops 21.Statement 1.No book is eraser Conclusion 1. Some books are pens 22.Statement.1.All MLAs are Ministers. Conclusion 1. All MLAs are MPs. Statement 2. Some bright are silver Conclusion 2. Some bright are gold. Statement. 2. All gardens are fruits. Conclusion 2. All flowers are fruits. Statement 2. No singer is composer. Conclusion 2. All singers are poet. Statement 2. Some cupboards are chairs Conclusion 2. No chair is Table Statement 2. No rabbit is a jackal Conclusion 2. Some tigers are jackal Statement 2. Some oranges are green Conclusion 2. No blue is green. Statement 2.All restaurants are teashop Conclusion 2. No Hotel is restaurant. Statement 2. All footages are slippers. Conclusion 2. No slipper is shop Statement 2. Some erasers are not pens Conclusion 2. Some erasers are pens. Statement 2. No Minister is MP. Conclusion 2. No MP is MLA

23.Statement 1. Some Kings are queens Statement 2. All queens are bishops. Conclusion 1. Some Kings are bishops Statement 2. All Kings are Bishops 24.Statement 1.No teacher is Engineer Statement 2. Some engineers are not Doctor Conclusion 1. All teachers are Doctors Conclusion 2. Some teachers are Doctors. 25.Statement 1.All Politicians are Sociologist. Statement 2. All sociologists are fighters. Conclusion 1. All politicians are fighters. Conclusion 2. Some fighters are Politicians.
Key and explanation

1.Answer is 2. Both are SAP type premises, hence, the conclusion may be SAP type. Incase of first conclusion the term Advocate which is distributed is not distributed in question. 2.Answer is 4. Both Statements are SIP type or particular. Hence, No conclusion is possible. 3.Answer is 1. First statement is SAP and second statement is SEP, ie, Universal negative, from which we will get only SEP. 4.Answer is 4. Combination Universal negative premises will produce no conclusion 5.Answer is 4. The middle term animal has not been distributed at least once in the premises. 6.Answer is 4. The middle term bricks has not been distributed at least once in the premises. 7.Answer is 1. Combination of SAP (Universal positive) and SEP (universal negative) often produce SEP. 8.Answer is 4. The middle term tall is distributed at least once in the premises. 9.Answer is 2. Combination of SAP (Universal positive) and SEP (universal negative) often produce SEP. 10.Answer is 4. The middle term ponds has not been distributed at least once in the premises 11.Answer is 3. Combination of SAP and SEP produces SEP only. 12.Answer is 1. In Second conclusion, the term fluids is distributed which is not distributed in premises. 13.Answer is 4. The middle term ponds has not been distributed at least once in the premises. More over, the combination of SIP and SIP never produces any conclusion. 14.Answer is 2. In first conclusion, the term fruits is distributed which is not distributed in premises. 15.Answer is 1. In Second conclusion, the term singer is distributed which is not distributed in first premises. 16.Answer is 4. The middle term cupboard has not been distributed at least once in the premises. 17.Answer is 4. More over, the combination of SEP and SEP produces nothing. 18.Answer is 4. The middle term oranges has not been distributed at least once in the premises. More over, the combination of SIP and SIP never produces any conclusion. 19.Answer is 4. The middle term teashop has not been distributed at least once in the premises. 20.Answer is 1. In Second conclusion, the term slipper is distributed which is not distributed in premises. 21.Answer is 4. More over, the combination of two negative premises produces nothing. 22.Answer is 2. Combination of SAP and SEP produces SEP only. 23.Answer is 1. In Second conclusion, the term kings is distributed which is not distributed in premises. 24.Answer is 4. More over, the combination of two negative premises produces nothing. 25.Answer is 3. prepared by madhusudanan kartha