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Learn how to solve syllogism questions effectively with comprehensive solutions. Practice a wide range of syllogism questions and answers to enhance your understanding of syllogism concepts.

Q11

Q11 Statements:

Some balls are bats.

No bat is a wicket.

Conclusions :

I. Some wickets are not balls.

II. All wickets being ball is a possibility.

A

If only the conclusion I follow

B

If only conclusion II follows

C

If neither conclusion I nor II follows

D

If both conclusions I and II follow

Q12

Q12 Statements:

No cream is lotion.

Not a single lotion is oil.

Every oil is shampoo.

Conclusions:

I. Some shampoos which are oil are cream as well.

II. No cream is an oil.

A

If only the conclusion I follow

B

If only conclusion II follows

C

If neither conclusion I nor II follows

D

If both conclusions I and II follow

Q13

Q13 Directions: In this set of questions a narration is given. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements.

As the Diwali festival is approaching Vikrant goes to his father with a view to convincing him for buying crackers for Vikrant. He says, “Dad! My friend Rahul likes crackers very much.

”His father replies, “Son, all crackers are harmful and all the harmful things make this world a worse place to live in.” He continued, “Even sweets are harmful.”

“But Dad, Rahul is an intelligent boy.” argues Vikrant.

His father replies, “I do acknowledge too that Rahul is an intelligent boy, but alas! Some intelligent boys are not wise.”

With a dejected face, Rahul leaves for his tuition classes.

Which of the following conclusions definitely follows?

A

Some sweets are not harmful

B

All harmful things are crackers

C

Rahul does like sweets

D

Rahul likes harmful things

Q14

Q14 Directions: In this set of questions a narration is given. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements.

As the Diwali festival is approaching Vikrant goes to his father with a view to convincing him for buying crackers for Vikrant. He says, “Dad! My friend Rahul likes crackers very much.

”His father replies, “Son, all crackers are harmful and all the harmful things make this world a worse place to live in.” He continued, “Even sweets are harmful.”

“But Dad, Rahul is an intelligent boy.” argues Vikrant.

His father replies, “I do acknowledge too that Rahul is an intelligent boy, but alas! Some intelligent boys are not wise.”

With a dejected face, Rahul leaves for his tuition classes.

Which of the following conclusions is possibly true?

A

All intelligent boys are wise

B

All wise are intelligent boys

C

No cracker is like by Rahul

D

Both A and C

Q15

Q15 Directions: In this set of questions a narration is given. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements.

As the Diwali festival is approaching Vikrant goes to his father with a view to convincing him for buying crackers for Vikrant. He says, “Dad! My friend Rahul likes crackers very much.

”His father replies, “Son, all crackers are harmful and all the harmful things make this world a worse place to live in.” He continued, “Even sweets are harmful.”

“But Dad, Rahul is an intelligent boy.” argues Vikrant.

His father replies, “I do acknowledge too that Rahul is an intelligent boy, but alas! Some intelligent boys are not wise.”

With a dejected face, Rahul leaves for his tuition classes.

Which of the following conclusions doesn’t follow?

A

All intelligent boys being Rahul is a possibility

B

Rahul may not be wise

C

Everything that makes this world a worse place to live in is harmful

D

Some crackers are liked by Rahul

Q16

Q16 Directions: In this set of questions a narration is given. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements.

As the Diwali festival is approaching Vikrant goes to his father with a view to convincing him for buying crackers for Vikrant. He says, “Dad! My friend Rahul likes crackers very much.

”His father replies, “Son, all crackers are harmful and all the harmful things make this world a worse place to live in.” He continued, “Even sweets are harmful.”

“But Dad, Rahul is an intelligent boy.” argues Vikrant.

His father replies, “I do acknowledge too that Rahul is an intelligent boy, but alas! Some intelligent boys are not wise.”

With a dejected face, Rahul leaves for his tuition classes.

Which of the following statements is redundant in deriving the conclusion – “Some who are intelligent like harmful things very much”?

A

Some intelligent boys are not wise

B

Rahul likes crackers very much

C

All crackers are harmful

D

Rahul is an intelligent boy

Q17

Q17 Directions: In this set of questions a narration is given. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements.

As the Diwali festival is approaching Vikrant goes to his father with a view to convincing him for buying crackers for Vikrant. He says, “Dad! My friend Rahul likes crackers very much.

”His father replies, “Son, all crackers are harmful and all the harmful things make this world a worse place to live in.” He continued, “Even sweets are harmful.”

“But Dad, Rahul is an intelligent boy.” argues Vikrant.

His father replies, “I do acknowledge too that Rahul is an intelligent boy, but alas! Some intelligent boys are not wise.”

With a dejected face, Rahul leaves for his tuition classes.

Which of the following statements is required to give us the conclusion – “Some harmful things are not snacks.”?

A

Some crackers are snacks

B

Some snacks are not crackers

C

No sweets are crackers

D

No cracker is a snack

Q18

Q18 Statement:

All rockets are poles.

Some poles are trams.

Some trams are ropes.

All ropes are tents

Conclusion:

Conclusion 1: Some tents are trams.

Conclusion 2: Some ropes are rockets.

Conclusion 3: Some trams are rockets.

Conclusion 4: Some poles are rockets

A

Only Conclusion 1 and Conclusion 4 are true

B

Only Conclusion 3 and Conclusion 4 are true

C

Only Conclusion 2 and Conclusion 3 are true

D

Only Conclusion 1 and Conclusion 2 are true

Q19

Q19 Statement:

All dials are mirrors All mirrors are spoons

Some spoons are decks Some decks are chairs

Conclusion

1: Some decks are mirrors Conclusion

2: Some spoons are dials Conclusion

3: Some decks are dials Conclusion

4: Some chairs are spoons

A

Only Conclusion 1 is true

B

Only Conclusion 2 is true

C

Only Conclusion 3 is true

D

Only Conclusion 4 is true'

Q20

Q20 Choose the alternative in which the third statement can be logically deduced using both the preceding two.

(A) Some lazy people are not labourers.

(B) No one who is lazy is a labourer.

(C) All labourers are hard working.

(D) Some labourers are not lazy.

(E) No one who is hard working is lazy.

(F) Some lazy persons are labourers.

A

CEB

B

BCA

C

DFC

D

ACB

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