
In the question below are two statements followed by two Conclusions I and II. You have to take the two given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two statements disregarding commonly known facts.
Give Answer
(1) If only Conclusion I follows.
(2) If only Conclusion II follows.
(3) If either Conclusion I or II follows.
(4) If neither Conclusion I nor II follows.
(5) If both Conclusions I and II follow.
Statements:
All roads are poles.
No pole is a house.
Conclusions:
I. All roads are houses.
II. Some houses are definitely not poles.

Important Questions on Statement Based Reasoning
Statement: The Railways has earmarked two berths - one lower and one middle in sleeper classes under the handicapped quota for physically challenged people travelling on concession.
Which of the following can be concluded from the above statement?

Statement
All rings are round
All rounds are objects
Conclusion
I. All rings are objects.
II. All objects are rings.

Statements:
I. All L is B.
II. No T is L.
III. Some R are T.
Conclusions:
I. Some T is R.
II. No B is T.
III. No L is T.

Statements
All pigs are dirty
All dirty are muddy
Conclusions
I. Some muddy are pigs.
II. Some muddy are dirty.

Statements:
Some dancers are students.
Some students are singers.
Conclusions:
Some singers are dancers.
No singer is a dancer.

Statements:
All vans are cats.
All jeeps are cats.
Conclusions:
All vans are jeeps.
Some jeeps are vans.

In the following question below are given some statements followed by some conclusions based on those statements. Taking the given statements to be true even if it seems to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusion logically follows the given statements.
Statements:
I. Some pens are sharpener.
II. All pen is a pencil.
Conclusions:
I. Some pencils are pen.
II. All sharpener is a pen.

In the given question is coded with alphabets and mathematical operators. Each operator contains certain meaning.
'P Q' means 'P is greater than Q'.
'P Q' means 'P is either greater than or equal to Q'.
'P Q' means 'P is equal to Q'.
'P Q' means 'P is smaller than Q'.
'P Q' means 'P is either smaller than or equal to Q'.
Statements: G H, K L, L G
Conclusions:
I. G K
II. L H

'PQ' means 'P is neither smaller than nor equal to Q'.
'PQ' means 'P is not smaller than Q'.
'PQ' means 'P is not greater than Q'.
'PQ' means 'P is neither smaller than nor greater than Q'.
'PQ' means 'P is neither greater than nor equal to Q'.
Statements: V F, F R, R G
Conclusions: I. G V II. G V

'A B' means 'A is not greater than B'.
'A B' means 'A is neither smaller than nor equal to B'.
'A B' means 'A is neither greater than nor smaller than B'.
'A B' means 'A is neither greater than nor equal to B'.
'A B' means 'A is not smaller than B'.
Answer the following statements using the given conditions --
Statements: U V, W X, U X
Conclusions:
I. V X
II. P X

Statements:
Some potato are tomato.
No tomato is a onion.
Conclusions:
I. No onion is a tomato.
II. Some tomato are potato.



'PQ' means 'P is neither smaller nor greater than Q'.
'PQ' means 'P is neither equal to nor smaller than Q'.
'PQ' means 'P is neither greater than nor equal to Q'.
'PQ' means 'P is neither greater than or equal to Q'.
'PQ' means 'P is not equal to Q'.
Statements: Y Z, Z Q, Q P
Conclusions: I. Y Q II. Y P

In the following question
'A B' means 'A is greater than B'.
'A B' means 'A is either greater than or equal to B'.
'A B' means 'A is equal to B'.
'A B' means 'A is smaller than B'.
'A B' means 'A is either smaller than or equal to B'.
Statements: P Q, M N, N Q
Conclusions: I. P M II. N P.

'PQ' means 'P is not smaller than Q'.
'PQ' means 'P is neither greater than nor smaller than Q'.
'PQ' means 'P is not greater than Q'.
'PQ' means 'P is neither smaller than nor equal to Q'.
'PQ' means 'P is neither greater than nor equal to Q'.
Statements: H V, V M, M R
Conclusions; I. R H II. H R

Statement:
India is seeking a partnership with Germany in aeronautical engineering and space exploration. Earlier, India entered into a partnership with some other countries in aeronautical engineering.
Conclusion:
I. It is high time for a joint venture between Germany and India because Germany is developing State-of-the-art technologies in aeronautical engineering.
II. Both India and Germany, have core competence in the given area.

'PQ' means 'P is not smaller than Q'.
'PQ' means 'P is neither greater than nor smaller than Q'.
'PQ' means 'P is not greater than Q'.
'PQ' means 'P is neither smaller than nor equal to Q'.
'PQ' means 'P is neither greater than nor equal to Q'.
Statements: S T, T R, R M
Conclusions: I. M T II. M T

'P+Q' means 'P is greater than Q'.
'P×Q' means 'P is either greater than or equal to Q'.
'P=Q' means 'P is equal to Q'.
'P÷Q' means 'P is smaller than Q'.
'P-Q' means 'P is either smaller than or equal to Q'.
Statements: B ÷ A, D × E, E + A
Conclusions: I. D + A II. B ÷ E

'A B' means 'A is not greater than B'.
'A B' means 'A is neither smaller than nor equal to B'.
'A B' means 'A is neither greater than nor smaller than B'.
'A B' means 'A is neither greater than nor equal to B'.
'A B' means 'A is not smaller than B'.
Answer the following statements using the given conditions --
Statements: P Q, R S, P R
Conclusions:
I. Q R
II. P S

'P+Q' means 'P is neither smaller nor greater than Q'.
'P×Q' means 'P is neither equal to nor smaller than Q'.
'P?Q' means 'P is neither greater than nor equal to Q'.
'P@Q' means 'P is neither greater than or equal to Q'.
'P$Q' means 'P is not equal to Q'.
Statements: P $ Q, Q × R, P + R
Conclusions: I. Q × P II. P ? Q

