Reasoning Quiz on Syllogism for Upcoming Exams

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Directions (1-5): In each of the questions below are given four
statements followed by four conclusions numbered 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 all the conclusion and then decide which of the
given conclusions logically do not follows from the given statements
disregarding commonly known facts. Marked the wrong answer from the given
options.

1. Statements: Al cups are bottles. Some bottles are jugs.
No jug is plate. Some plates are tables.

Conclusions: I. Some tables are bottles.

II. Some plates are cups.

III. No table is bottle.

IV. Some jugs are cups.

(1) Only I follows

(2) Only II follows

(3) Only III follows

(4) Only IV follows

(5) Only either I or III follows

2. Statements: Some chairs are handles. All handles are
pots.

All pots are mats. Some mats are buses.

Conclusions: I. Some buses are handles.

II. Some mats are chairs.

III. No bus is handle.

IV. Some mats are handles.

(1) Only I, II & IV follow

(2) Only II, III & IV follow

(3) Only either I or III and II follow

(4) Only either I or III and IV follow

(5) Only either I or III and II and IV follow

3. Statements: All birds are horses. All horses are
tigers.

Some tigers are lions. Some lions are monkeys.

Conclusions: I. Some tiger are horses.

II. Some monkeys are birds.

III. Some tigers are birds.

IV. Some monkeys are horses.

(1) Only I and III follow

(2) Only I, II and III follow

(3) Only II, III and IV follow

(4) All I, II, III and IV follow

(5) None of these

4. Statements: Some benches are walls. All walls are
houses.

Some houses are jungles. All jungles are
roads.

Conclusions: I. Some roads are benches.

II. Some jungles are walls.

III. Some houses are benches.

IV. Some roads are houses.

(1) Only I & II follow

(2) Only I & III follow

(3) Only III & IV follow

(4) Only II, III & IV follow

(5) None of these

5. Statements: Some sticks are lamps. Some flowers are
lamps. Some lamps are dresses. All dresses are shirts.

Conclusions: I. Some shirts are sticks.

II. Some shirts are flowers.

III. Some flowers are sticks.

IV. Some dresses are sticks.

(1) None follows

(2) Only I follows

(3) Only II follows

(4) Only III follows

(5) Only IV follows

Answers:

1 (5)

2 (5)

3 (1)

4 (3)

5 (1)

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