Arun Sharma Solutions for Chapter: Syllogisms, Exercise 1: Exercises

In the question below, there are three statements followed by four conclusions numbered I, II, III and IV. You have to take the three given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements:

(A) Some desks are apartments.
(B) All apartments are cars.
(C) Some cars are trucks.

Conclusions:

I. Some desks are trucks.
II. Some desks are cars.
III. Some cars are apartments.
IV. No truck is a desk.

In the question below, there are three statements followed by four conclusions numbered I, II, III and IV. You have to take the three given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements:

(A) All cats are cows.
(B) All horses are cows.
(C) Some cows are bulls.

Conclusions:

I. Some cats are horses.
II. Some horses are bulls.
III. Some bulls are cats.
IV. All bulls are cows.

In the question below, there are three statements followed by four conclusions numbered I, II, III and IV. You have to take the three given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements:

(A) Some cats are elephants.
(B) No elephant is river.
(C) All rivers are roads.

Conclusions:

I. No cat is river.
II. Some roads are rivers.
III. Some elephants are cat.
IV. Some cats are rivers.

In the question below, there are three statements followed by four conclusions numbered I, II, III and IV. You have to take the three given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements:

(A) All mirrors are phones.
(B) Some phones are gadgets.
(C) All gadgets are mirrors.

Conclusions:

I. Some gadgets are phones.
II. Some gadgets are mirrors.
III. Some gadgets are not mirrors.
IV. Some mirrors are phones.

In the question below, there are three statements followed by four conclusions numbered I, II, III and IV. You have to take the three given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements:

(A) No proud is animal.
(B) Some sheeps are animals.
(C) All cats are sheeps.

Conclusions:

I. No cat is proud.
II. Some cats are animals.
III. No animal is a cat.
IV. Some prouds are sheeps.

In the question below, there are three statements followed by four conclusions numbered $\mathrm{I}$, $\mathrm{II}$, $\mathrm{III}$ and $\mathrm{IV}$. You have to take the three given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements:
(A) All grapes are apples.
(B) All papayas are apples.
(C) Some apples are mangoes.

Conclusions:
$\mathrm{I}.$ No grape is mango.
$\mathrm{II}.$ Some papayas are not mangoes.
$\mathrm{III}.$ Some grapes are papayas.
$\mathrm{IV}.$ All mangoes are grapes.

In the question below, there are three statements followed by four conclusions numbered I, II, III and IV. You have to take the three given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements:

(A) Some bats are rackets.
(B) Some rackets are bats.
(C) Some bats are balls.

Conclusions:

I. Some balls are bats.
II. Some balls are not bats.
III. No racket is ball.
IV. No bat is ball.

In the question below, there are three statements followed by four conclusions numbered I, II, III and IV. You have to take the three given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements:

(A) All stereos are CDs.
(B) Some stereos are cassettes.
(C) Some CDs are pens.

Conclusions:

I. Some pens are stereos.
II. Some CDs are cassettes.
III. Some pens are cassettes.
IV. All stereos are pens.