Monday, December 31, 2012

REASONING QUIZ ON SYLLOGISM

Directions (1-5): In each of the following questions two or three statements are given and these statements are followed by two conclusions numbered (I) & (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. Give answer:
(1) If only (I) conclusion follows 
(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
1.     Statements: All fans are lamps.                  
                     Some lamps are birds.
Conclusions: I. Some birds are fan.
                      II. All fan being birds is a possibility.
2.     Statements: Some pens are pencils.          
                        No pencil is sharpener.
Conclusions: I. Some pens being sharpeners is a possibility     
                                II. Some sharpeners are pencils
3.     Statements: Some cats are mouse.                        
                        Some cows are cat.
Conclusions: I. Some cows are mouse.
                        II. All cows being mouse is a possibility. 
4.     Statements: All the ties are shirts.
                        Some pants are shirts.
Conclusions: I. Some ties are pants.  
                                II. No ties is a pants.
5.     Statements: Some dogs are cows. 
                         Some cows are cats.
Conclusions: I. All dogs being cats is a possibility.
                         II. Some cats are dogs

Directions (6-10): In each of the following questions three statements are given and these statements are followed by four conclusions numbered I, II, III & IV. 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 given statements. For each question, mark out an appropriate answer choice that you think is correct.
6.     Statements: No mat is fan. Some fans are cars. All cars are shirts.
Conclusions: I. All mats are cars     II. All shirts are cars
III.Some shirts are fans                  IV. No shirt is a mat
(1) Only either II or IV and III follow
(2) Only I and II follow                      (3) Only IV follow
(4) Only III follow                             (5) None of these         
7.     Statements: Some clips are copies.
Some copies are magazines. No magazines is a dictionary
Conclusions: I. No copies are dictionary    
II. Some copies are dictionary
III. Some copies are not dictionary  
IV. No clips are magazines
(1) Only III follows                (2) Only either I or II & III follow
(3) Only I follows                 (4) Only either I or II follows
(5) None of these
8.     Statements: Some headphones are earphones
All earphones are telephones. No telephones are television
Conclusions: I. No earphones are television
II.Some headphones are not television
III.Some headphones are telephones
IV. Some telephones are not television
(1) All follow                        (2) Only I, II & III follow
(3) Only II, III & IV follow       (4) Only I, III & IV follow
(5) None of these
9.     Statements: All tourists are politicians.
 Some tourists are leaders. Some politicians are ministers
Conclusions: I. Some leaders are ministers
II. All leaders are politicians
III. Some ministers are not politicians
IV.Some politicians are not tourists
(1) None follows                  (2) All follow
(3) Only I & II follow             (4) Only II & III follow
(5) None of these
10.  Statements: Some pots are keys. Some keys are locks
All keys are rings.
Conclusions: I. Some pots are locks.
 II. Some pots are not locks
III. Some pots are rings
IV. Some pots are not rings.
(1) Only either III or IV follow            (2) Only either I or II follows
(3) Only either I or II & III follow         (4) None follow             
(5) None of these




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