Syllogism Questions & Answers

Q1 In each question below there are two statements followed by two conclusions numbered 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 given statements.Read both statements and mark the answer below:

Statements

I: All cars are bikes.

II: All bikes are trains.

Conclusions:

I: No train is a car.

II: No bike is a car.

Q2 Choose the alternative in which the third statement can be logically deduced using both the preceding two.

(A) Some painters are artists. Some artists are crazy. Some painters are crazy.

(B) Some heroes are villains. All villains are bad. Some heroes are bad.

(C) Some men are humans. Some humans are bad. Some men are bad.

(D) Some teachers are didactic. All didactic persons are boring. Some boring persons are not teachers.

Q3 Statements:

1. Some ants are parrots.

2. All the parrots are apples.

Conclusions:

1. All the apples are parrots.

2. Some ants are apples.

Q4 Statements:

1. Some papers are pens.

2. All the pencils are pens.

Conclusions:

1. Some pens are pencils.

2. Some pens are paper.

Q5 Statements:

Some Cats are Rats.

All bats are tables.

All Rats are Bats.

Conclusion:

I. Some Cats are bats

II. All bats are rats

III. All tables are cats

IV. All bats are cats

Q6 Choose the alternative in which the third statement can be logically deduced using both the preceding two.

(A) All sincere people are good-natured.

(B)Some good-natured people are not sincere.

(C) Some sincere people are good-natured.

(D) All sincere people are fat.

(E) All fat people are good-natured.

(F) Some good-natured people are sincere.

Q7 Statements:

All Carrots are birds.

Some telephones are Carrots.

All bedsheets are telephone.

Conclusion:

I. All bedsheets are birds

II. Some bedsheets are birds

III. Some birds are telephone

IV. All telephones are birds

Q8 Statements:

Most CPUs are keyboards.

No keyboard is a Mouse.

All Mouses are CPU.

Conclusion:

I. Some keyboards are CPU

II. All CPUs are Mouse

III. No Mouse is a keyboard

IV. Some Mouse is keyboard

Q9 Statements :

Only a few teachers are doctors.

0% teachers are lawyers.

Conclusions :

I. All lawyers are teachers.

II. Some doctors are not lawyers.

Q10 Statements:

All stickers are cups.

No cup is a wire.

All wires are bulbs.

Conclusions:

I. All bulbs being cups is a possibility.

II. No sticker is a wire.