SYLLOGISM

Directions (1-5): Give answer (1) If only conclusion I is true (2) If only conclusion II is true
(3) If either I or II is true (4) If neither I nor II is true (5) If both I and II are true.

1. Statement: All nuts are places. All places are horses.

Conclusion: I. Some horses are nuts. II. Some horses are places.
2. Statement: Some pens are laptops. No bench is a pens.
Conclusion: I. All laptops are pens. II. No laptop is a pen.
3. Statement: All peacocks are monkeys. All monkeys are dolls.
Conclusion: I. All peacocks are dolls. II. All monkeys are peacocks.
4. Statement: Some blinds are boards. Some boards are weeks.
Conclusion: I. All weeks are either boards or blinds. II. Some weeks are boards.
5. Statement: All circles are triangles. Some triangles are squares.
Conclusion: I. Some circles are squares. II. No squares are circles.
6. Statement: All walls are houses. Some walls are fans.
Conclusion: I. All fans are houses. II. No fan is houses. III. Some fans are houses.
1) Only I 2) Only II 3) Only III 4) Only II and III 5) None follows.
7. Statement: All bats are woods. All woods are bikes.
Conclusion: I. All woods are bats. II. Some bikes are neither woods nor bats. III. No bike is a bat.
1) Only I 2) Only II 3) Only III 4) None follows 5) All follows.
8. Statement: All narrows are temples. No temple is soap.
Conclusion: I. No soap is narrows. II. Some temples are narrows. III. No narrow is soap.
1) Only I & II 2) Only II & III 3) Only I 4) Only either I or II & III 5) All follows
9. Statement: Some apples are bananas. All bananas are carrots. No donkeys are carrots.
Conclusion: I. Some apples are donkeys. II. Some apples are not donkeys. III. No donkeys are bananas.
IV. No apples are donkeys.
1) Only I & II follows 2) All follows 3) II, III & either I or IV follows
4) I, II & either III or IV follows 5) None of these
10. Statement: All glasses are rooms. Some rooms are planes. All planes are ducks.
Conclusion: I. Some glasses are planes. II. Some ducks are rooms. III. Some rooms are glasses.
IV. Some ducks are glasses.
1) Only I & II 2) Only II & III 3) Only I, II & III 4) All follows 5) None of these.
11. Statement: All trees are flowers. No flower is a fruit. All branches are fruits.
Conclusion: I. Some branches are trees. II. No fruit is tree. III. No tree is branch
1) None follows 2) Only I 3) Only II 4) Only III 5) Either I or II
12. Statement: Some candles are houses. Some houses are trains. Some trains are roads.
Conclusion: I. Some roads are candles. II. Some trains are candles. III. Some roads are houses.
IV. Some candles are roads.
1) None follows 2) All follows 3) Only I & II 4) Only II & III 5) Only III & IV
13. Statement: All angles are triangles. All triangles are squares. Some squares are points
Conclusion: I. Some squares are triangles. II. Some angles are points. III. Some triangles are points.
IV. Some triangles are not points
1) Only I & II 2) All follow 3) I & either III or IV 4) I, II & either III or IV
5) None of these
14. Statement: Some beds are mirrors. Some mirrors are dolls. Some dolls are cheques.
Some cheques are pins.
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 Conclusion: I. Some pins are dolls. II. Some cheques are beds. III. Some cheques are mirrors.
IV. Some dolls are beds.
1) None follows 2) Only I 3) Only II 4) Only III 5) Only IV
15. Statement: Every door is a finger. Only goats are fingers. No goat is bangle.
Conclusion: I. All doors are goats. II. No fingers are bangles. III. All goats are doors.
IV. Some goats are not doors.
1) Only I & II 2) All follows 3) I & either III or IV 4) I, II & either III or IV
5) None of these
16. Statement: Some towels are shirts. No shirt is hanger. All hangers are fans.
Conclusion: I. Some fans are shirts. II. No fan is shirt. III. Some towels are hangers.
1) Only III 2) Only either I or II 3) Only II 4) Only I & III 5) None of these
17. Statement: Some blades are balls. All blades are bats. Some bats are balls.
Conclusion: I. No bats is blades. II. Some balls are bats. III. All bats are balls.
1) None follows 2) Only I 3) Only II 4) Only III 5) None of these
18. Statement: Some bricks are cups. Some cups are ditches. Some ditches are not eagles.
Conclusion: I. Some bricks are ditches. II. Some eagles are cups. III. No ditch is brick.
IV. No cups are eagles
1) Only either I or II 2) Either I or III & either II or IV 3) None follows 4) Only either II or IV
5) None of these
19. Statement: Some books are lamps. Some lamps are rods.
Conclusion: I. Some books are rods. II. No rod is either book or lamp. III. All rods are lamps.
1) Only either I or II 2) Only I & II 3) Only II & III 4) None follows 5) All follows
20. Statement: All chocolates are holders. No holder is lamp. Some lamps are desks. All desks are pens.
Conclusion: I. Some pens are holders. II. Some desks are lamps. III. No pen is holder.
IV. Some pens are chocolates.
1) Only I 2) Only II 3) Only III 4) Only either I or III 5) Only either I or III & II
21. Statement: All tigers are lions. No cow is lion. Some camels are cows.
Conclusion: I. Some lions are camels. II. No camel is tiger. III. Some tigers are cows.
1) None follows 2) Only I 3) Only II 4) Only III 5) Either I or II
22. Statement: No tree is fruit. All fruits are stones. All stones are rains.
Conclusion: I. No stone is tree. II. No rain is tree. III. Some rains are fruits. IV. Some rains are trees.
1) None follows 2) Only either II or IV & III 3) Only either II or III & I 4) All follows
5) None of these
23. Statement: All flowers are clouds. No cloud is sky. All skies are tigers
Conclusion: I. Some clouds are flowers. II. All clouds are flowers. III. Some tigers are skies.
IV. All tigers are skies.
1) Only II & IV 2) Only either I or II 3) Only either III or IV 4) All follows 5) None of these

SYLLOGISM-POSSIBILITIES
1. Statements: I. Some roses are flowers.
II. All thorns are flowers.
Conclusions: I. All thorns being roses is a possibility
II. No thorn is a rose.

For (2-3): Statements: No star is an actor. Some actors are models.

All models are heroes.
2. Conclusions: I. No hero is an actor.
II. At least some heroes are actors.

3. Conclusions: I. All stars being hero is a possibility.

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 II. No star is a model.

For (4-5): Statements: All clerks are assistants.

No assistant is an officer. All officers are managers.
4. Conclusions: I. No manager is a clerk.
II. All assistants being managers is a possibility.

5. Conclusions: I. No clerk is an officer

II. All clerks being managers is a possibility.

6. Statements: Some mobiles are pagers.

No mobile is a laptop.
Conclusions: 1. No laptop is a pager.
2. Some pagers are definitely not mobiles
For (7-8): Statements: All tables are chairs.
All chairs are beds. No bed is sofa.
7. Conclusions: 1. Some tables are definitely not beds.
2. No sofa is a table

8. Conclusions: 1. No chair is sofa.

2. Some tables being sofa is a possibility.
For (9-10): Statements: No fan is a cooler.
Some coolers are heaters. All tubes are fans.
9. Conclusions: 1. No cooler is a tube.
2. All tubes being heaters is a possibility.

10. Conclusions: 1. No heater is a tube.

2. All fans are tubes

11. Statements: Some stones are shells.

All shells are pearls. No stone is fish

Conclusions: 1. No fish is a shells.

2. All shells being fish is a possibility

Q12) Statements: A. Some poor are rich

B. All rich are doctors.
C. Some intelligent are doctors.
11. Conclusions: I. At least some poor are intelligent.
II. All intelligent being rich is a possibility.

12. Conclusions: I. All intelligent being doctors is a possiblity.

II. Some poor are doctors.
Q.13-14 ) Statements: A. All fans are bulbs
B. All wires are holders.
C. Some wires are bulbs.
13. Conclusions: I. At least some fans are wires.
II. All holders being fans is a possibility.

14. Conclusions: I. All fans being holders is a possibility.

II. Some holders are bulbs.
(Q.15 - 16) Statements: A. No saving A/c is a current A/c.
B. Some fixed deposits are saving A/c.
C. Some currents A/c are recurring deposits.
15. Conclusions: I. All saving A/c being current A/c is a possibility.
II. All fixed deposits being current A/c is a possibility.
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16. Conclusions: I. All current A/c being fixed deposits is a possibility.
II. All saving A/c being recurring deposits is a possibility.
17. Statements: All shopkeepers are servants. Some shopkeepers are poor. No poor is rich.

Conclusions: I. All shopkeepers, If they are poor, are also rich

II. At least some shopkeepers being rich is a possibility.
18. Statements: All rings are circles All squares are rings. No ellipse is a circle.

Conclusions I. Some rings being ellipses is a possibility.

II. At least some circles are squares.
1) if only conclusion I follows.
2) if only conclusion II follows.
3) if either conclusion I or conclusion II follows.
4) if neither conelusion I nor conclusion II follows.
5) if both conclusions I and II follow.

19. Statements: No house is an apartment. Some bungalows are apartments.

Conclusions: I. No house is a bungalow.

II. All bungalows are houses.
1) if only conclusion I follows.
2) if only conclusion II follows.
3) if either conclusion I or conclusion II follows.
4) if neither conelusion I nor conclusion II follows.
5) if both conclusions I and II follow.

20. Statements: Some gases are liquids. All liquids are water.

Conclusions: I. All gases being water is a possibility.

II. All such gases which are not water can never be liquids.
1) if only conclusion I follows.
2) if only conclusion II follows.
3) if either conclusion I or conclusion II follows.
4) if neither conelusion I nor conclusion II follows.
5) if both conclusions I and II follow.

21. Statements: All minutes are seconds. All seconds are hours. No second is a day.

Conclusions: I. No day is an hour.

II. At least some hours are minutes.

22: Statements: Some teachers are professors. Some lecturers are teachers.

Conclusions I. All teachers as well as professors being lecturers is a possibility.

II. All those teachers who are lecturers are also professors.

1) if only conclusion I follows.

2) if only conclusion II follows.
3) if either conclusion I or conclusion II follows.
4) if neither conelusion I nor conclusion II follows.
5) if both conclusions I and II follow.

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