Syllogism

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Syllogism: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Syllogism, Quantifiers in Syllogism, Quantifier Word 'All' in Reasoning and Quantifier Word 'Few' in Reasoning etc.

Important Questions on Syllogism

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Read all the three conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusion(s) logically follow(s) from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statement:
All the papers are books.
All the bags are books.
Some purses are bags.


Conclusions:
1.Some papers are bags.
2.Some books are papers.
3.Some books are purses.

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The questions below have given four statements followed by three conclusions numbered I, II, and III. 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 then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows.

Statements :
Some fuels are ice.
Some ices are states.
Some states are cold.
All cold is fast.
Conclusions :
I. Some cold being fuel is a possibility.
II. Some ice are cold.
III. Some fast being fuel is a possibility.

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In the question below are given four statements followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and III. 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 then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows.

Statements: 
All English is Hindi.
All Hindi is dictionary.
No dictionary is region.
All regions are board.
Conclusions:
I. Some regions are not English.
II. Some boards being Hindi is a possibility.
III. Some Hindi is English.

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In the following questions, the symbols, #, $, ©, @ and %, are used with the following meaning as illustrated below:
'P # Q' means 'P is neither greater than nor equal to Q'.
'P @ Q' means 'P is neither greater than nor smaller than Q'.
'P $ Q' means 'P is not smaller than Q'.
'P © Q' means 'P is neither smaller than nor equal to Q'.
'P % Q' means 'P is not greater than Q'
Statements: M © R, R % T, T @ N
Conclusions: I. N © R II. N @ R

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The question given below has six statements is followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the six given statements to be true (even if they seem to be at variance from the commonly known facts) read the conclusions and decide which logically follows.

Statements -
All trees are flowers.
Some flowers are pencils
All pencils are tables.
All tables are bricks.
No brick is a door.
Some doors are not ropes.
Conclusions -
(I) Some bricks are flowers
(II) All tables being doors is a possibility

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In each question given below four statements are followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and III. You have to take the four given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from the commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and decide which logically follows.

Statements : Some trees are forests. Some forests are roots. All mountains are roots. All mountains are rivers.
Conclusions :

I. Some forests are rivers.

II. No river is forest.

III. All rivers are mountains.

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In the following questions, the symbols @, #, $, % and ©, are used with the following meaning as illustrated below:
'P $Q' means 'P is not greater than Q'.
'P @ Q' means 'P is neither smaller than nor equal to Q'.
'P % Q' means 'P is neither greater than not equal to Q'.
'P © Q' means 'P is not smaller than Q'.
'P # Q' means 'P is neither greater than nor smaller than Q'.
Now in each of the following questions assuming the given statements to be true, find which of the three conclusions I, II and III, given below them is are definitely true.

Statements: V © M, N % V, J @ N
Conclusions: I. J@  M II. M @III. V @ J

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In each question given below four statements are followed by two conclusions: I and II. You have to take the four given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from the commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and decide which logically follows from the four given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements:
No approach is utter.
Some scarce is policy.
All policy are stock.
Only stock is apparent.
Conclusions:
I. All stock being approach is a possibility.
II. Some policy are stock.

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In each question given below four statements are followed by two conclusions numbered I and II,. You have to take the four given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from the commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and decide which logically follows.Give answer -

Statements :
All rent are food. All food are cloth.
No cloth is a misc. Some misc are desk.
Conclusions :
I. Generally misc are not food.
II. Some misc are food.

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In question below there are 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 from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.
Given Answer:
A. If only conclusion I follows.
B. If only conclusion II follows.
C. If either conclusion I conclusion II follows.
D. If neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows.
E. If both conclusion I and conclusion II follows.

Statements:

Some mouse are rats.

Some rats are pigeons.

All pigeons are lizards.

Conclusions:

I. Some lizards are mouse.

II. All rats being lizards is a possibility.

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In each of the questions below are given four statements (a), (b), (c) and (d) followed by two conclusions numbered I & 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 then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Give answer 1): If only Conclusion I follows.Give answer 2): If only Conclusion II follows. Give answer 3): If either Conclusion I or II follows. Give answer 4): If neither Conclusion I nor II follows. Give answer 5): If both Conclusions I & II follow.

Statements:Some knives are hammers.
All hammers are poles.
All poles are sticks.
Some sticks are pencils.
Conclusions:
I. Some hammers are pencils. II. Some sticks are knives. 

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In the question given below, four statements and five conclusions are given. You have to take the four given statements to be true (Even if they seem to be at variance from the commonly known facts). Read the conclusions and decide which logically does not follow. The one conclusion which does not follow is your answer.

Statements:
All myriads are morose.
All morose are maxim.
All maxims are knell.
All knells are jubilant.

Conclusions:
I. All myriads are knell.
II. Some morose are not knells.
III. All morose are jubilant.
IV. All myriads are maxim.
V. Some knells are morose.

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Directions- Each of the questions given below comprises two statements followed by four conclusions number- red. I, II, III and IV. You have to assume both the statements correct, even if they differ from universe- sally known facts. Go through all the conclusions and then ignoring the universally known facts ascertain as to which of the given conclusions can logically come up from the given statements.

Statements- Some green (things) are blue.
No blue is white.
Conclusions-
I. Some blue (things) are green.
II. Some white (things) are green.
III. Some green (things) are not white.
IV. All white (things) are green.

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In the following question, two statements are given and these statements are followed by two conclusions numbered (I) and (II). You have to take the given two 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 two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.

Statement:
All Mangoes are Grapes.
All Grapes are Figs.

Conclusion:
I. Some mangoes are not figs.
II. Some figs are mangoes.

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In the question given below three/ four statements are 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 from the commonly known facts). Read the conclusions and decide which logically follows.

Statements: 
All girls are women.
Some women are ladies.
All ladies are females.

Conclusions: 
I. Some females are girls.
II. All girls being females is a probability.

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The question below are given two or more 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 then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given 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 Il follows.
4) if neither conclusion I nor II follows.
5) if both conclusions I and II follow

Statements:
All plants are trees.
Some trees are branches.
All roots are branches.
Conclusions:
I. All roots being plants is a possibility.
II. All branches being roots is a possibility.

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In the following question two or three statements are given and these statements are followed by two conclusions numbered (I) and (II). You have to take the given two 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 two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
Statements:
No snake is a monkey.
Some monkeys are parrots.
All parrots are goat.
Conclusions:
I. All snake being goat is a possibility.
II. No goat is a parrot.

Options:

1) If only (I) conclusion follow.
2) If only (II) conclusion follows.
3) If either conclusion (I) or (II) follows.
4) If neither conclusion (I) nor (II) follows.
5) If both conclusion (I) and (II) follows.

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In the following question, three statements are given and these statements are 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 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.
(1) If conclusion I follows.
(2) If conclusion II follows.
(3) If either I or II follows.
(4) If neither I nor II follows.
(5) If both conclusions I andII follow.

Statements:
All cables are plug.
Some plugs are switch.
All switches are empty.


Conclusions:
I. Some cables are empty.
II. No cable is empty.

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In each of the questions below is given four statements followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and III. 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 then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows.

Statements: Some 1 are 2. All 2 are 3. Some 3 are 4. All 4 are 5.
Conclusions:
I. All 5 are 3.
II. Some 1 are 4.
III. All 5 being 1 is a possibility.

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In the question, below are given three statements followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and III You have to take the statement 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 given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements:
Some bulbs are tubes.
Some tubes are wires.
Some wires are lamps.

Conclusions:
I. Some lamps are tubes.
II. Some wires are bulbs.
III. Some lamps are bulbs.