Syllogism

SYLLOGISM - #01
5. Statements:
Type-I Some tables are chairs.
1. Statements: No cupboard is table.
a. Some Cats are Rats. Some chairs are cupboards.
b. Some Rats are Ants. Conclusions:
c. Some Ants are Flies. I. Some chairs are not tables.
Conclusions: II. All chairs are either tables or cupboard
I. Some Flies are Cats. III. Some chairs are both tables and
II. Some Flies are not Ants. cupboards.
III. No Rat is Fly. IV. All chairs are tables.
IV. No Cat is Fly. 1) Only I and IV follow
1) Only I & IV follow 2) Only II follows
2) Only either II or III follow
3) Only I & III follow 4) Only I or IV follows
3) Only IV follows
5) None of these
4) Either II or III & I follow
2. Statements: 5) None of these
a. All Chalks are Dusters
b. Some Chalks are Boards. 6. Statements:
c. Some Dusters are Pens. Some keys are locks.
Conclusions: All locks are doors.
I. Some Pens are Chalks. Some doors are windows.
II. Some Dusters are Boards. Conclusions:
III. Some Pens are Boards. I. Some locks are windows.
IV. All Chalks are Pens. II. Some windows are keys.
1) Either I or IV follows III. Some windows are doors.
2)Only II & III follow IV. No window is a lock.
3) Either I or IV & II follow 1) Either I or IV follows
4) Only II follows 2) Only II follows
5) None of these 3) Only III and IV follow
4) None follows
3. Statements: 5) None of these
Some streets are roads.
Some roads are lanes. 7. Statements:
Some lanes are highways.
All pins are staplers.
Conclusions:
Some staplers are sharpeners.
I. Some roads are not streets.
Some sharpeners are stands.
II. No highway is street.
III. Some streets are not roads. Conclusions:
IV. Some lanes are not roads. I. Some staplers are stands.
1) Only III follows II. Some sharpeners are pins.
2) Only IV and III follow III. Some pins are stands.
3) Either I or III follows IV. Some stands are sharpeners.
4) Both I and III follow 1) Only I and II follow
5) None of these 2) Only II and IV follow
3) Only III follows
4. Statements: 4) Only IV follows
Some pencils are pens. 5) None of these
All pens are erasers.
All staplers are erasers. 8. Statements:
Conclusions: Some oranges are apples.
I. Some pens are not pencils. All apples are guavas.
II. All erasers are pencils. No guava is a banana.
III. Some staplers are pens. Conclusions:
IV. Some staplers are pencils. I. Some guavas are oranges.
1) Only I follows 2) Only II follows II. No apple is a banana.
3) Only III follows 4) Only IV follows III. Some oranges are bananas.
5) None of these IV. Some apples are bananas.
1) Only I and II follow

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2) Only I and either II or IV follow III. Some papers are plates.

3) Only I, II and IV follow IV. Some books are records.
4) Only III and either II or IV follow 1) Only I follows
5) None of these – I 2) Only II and III follow
3) Only I and III follow
9. Statements: 4) Only IV follows
Some spectacles are boxes. 5) None of these
No bat is a ball.
Some boxes are balls. 13. Statements:
Conclusions: Some goats are hammers.
All hammers are diamonds.
I. Some boxes are not bats.
No diamond is green.
II. Some bats are spectacles.
Conclusions:
III. No bat is a box. I. No goat is green.
IV. No ball is a spectacle. II. Some diamonds are hammers.
1) Only I follows III. Some goats are diamonds.
2) Only 1 & III follow IV. Some greens are hammers.
3) Only II and III follow 1) Only I and IV follow
4) Only IV follows 2) Only II and IV follow
5) None of these 3) Only II and III follow
4) Only either II or III and I follow
10. Statements: 5) None of these
Some fruits are vegetables.
All liquids are drinks. 14. Statements :
All drinks are fruits. Some bricks are trees.
Conclusions: All trees are pens.
I. Some drinks are vegetables. All pens are boats.
II. Some fruits are liquids. Conclusions:
III. All liquids are fruits. I. Some boats are bricks
IV. No liquids are vegetables. II. Some pens are bricks
1) Only I and II follow III. Some trees are bricks
2) Only II and III follow IV. Some bricks are boats
3) Only III and IV follow 1) None follows 2) All follow
3) Only I and II follow
4) Only I, II & III follow
4) Only III and IV follow
5) None of these
5) None of these
Some bats are spectacles.
15. Statements:
11. Statements: All cups are tables.
All shirts are trousers. No table is water.
Some socks are shoes. Some waters are clothes.
All shoes are shirts. Conclusions:
Conclusions: I. No cloth is cup.
I. Some socks are shirts. II. No cloth is table.
II. Some socks are trousers. III. Some clothes are waters.
III. All shoes are trousers. IV. Some waters are cups.
IV. All shoes are socks. 1) None follows 2) All follow
1) Only I and II follow 3) Only III follows 4) Only I and II follow
2) Only I or II or III follows 5) None of these
3) Only II and IV follow
4) Only III and IV follow Type-II ‘Either or Case’
5) None of these 16. Statements:
a. Some Bags are Books.
12. Statements: b. All Books are Boxes.
Some books are papers. c. No Box is Board.
All plates are records. Conclusions:
I. Some Bags are not Boards.
Some records are books.
II. Some Bags are not Boxes.
Conclusions:
III. All Bags are Boxes.
I. Some plates are books.
IV. No Bag is Board.
II. Some records are papers.

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17. Statements: 21. Statements:

All birds are animals. All fans are tubelights.
Some animals are humans. No pen is a bulb.
All humans are mammals. Some bulbs are fans.
Conclusions: Conclusions:
I. Some humans are not birds. I. Some pens are tubelights.
II. Some birds are humans. II. No pens are tubelights.
III. Some animals are not mammals. III. Some tubelights are fans.
IV. All animals are mammals.Ca IV. All tubelights are fans.
1) Only I and II follow 1) Only I and II follow
2) Either III or IV follows 2) Only I, II and III follow
3) Either I or II follows 3) Either I or II and III follow
4) Either I or II and either III or IV follow 4) Only III and IV follow
5) None of these 5) None of these

18. Statements: 22. Statements:

Some leaves are fruits. Some cups are slates.
All branches are fruits. All slates are apples.
Some roots are branches No apple is a car.
Conclusions: Conclusions:
I. Some roots are fruits. I. Some cars are slates.
II. Some branches are leaves. II. Some cups are cars.
III. No leaf is branch. III. Some apples are cups.
IV. Some leaves are roots. IV. No car is a cup.
1) Either II or III and I follow 1) Only II follows
2) Only I follows 2) Only III follows
3) Only either II or III follows 3) Only IV follows
4) Only I and III follow 4) Either II or IV & III follow
5) None of these 5) None of these

19. Statements: 23. Statements:

All books are notes. All buds are bells.
Some notes are pencils. Some buds are cakes.
No pencil is paper. Some bells are sponges.
Conclusions: Conclusions:
I. Some notes are books. I. Some cakes are sponges.
II. Some pencils are books. II. Some bells are buds.
III. Some books are papers. III. Some sponges are not cakes.
IV. No book is a paper. IV. Some bells are not sponges.
1) Only I follows 1) Only either 1 or III and II follow
2) Only I and either III or IV follow 2) Only II and III follow
3) Either III or IV follows 3) Only I and IV follow
4) Only I and III follow 4) Only either I or IV and II follow
5) None of these 5) None of these

20. Statements: 24. Statements:

Some cups are utensils. Some cars are mopeds.
No utensil is a bucket. Some mopeds are hills.
All buckets are plates. All pencils are mopeds.
Conclusions: Conclusions:
I. Some cups are buckets. I. All pencils are hills.
II. Some utensils are plates. II. Some pencils are cars.
III. No utensil is a plate. III. Some cars are hills.
IV. Some cups are plates. IV. Some pencils are not cars.
1) Only I follows 1) Only I follows
2) Only III follows 2) Only either II or IV follows
3) Either II or III follows 3) Only I or III follows
4) Either III or IV follows 4) Only I and IV follow
5) None of these 5) None of these

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25. Statements: 29. Statements:

All biscuits are chocolates. a. No tree is fruit.
Some chocolates are breads. b. All fruits are stones,
All breads are pastries. c. All stones are rains.
Conclusions: Conclusions:
I. Some biscuits are pastries. I. No stone is tree.
II. Some pastries are chocolates. II. No rain is tree.
III. Some biscuits are not pastries. III. Some rains are fruits.
IV. All pastries are breads. IV. Some rains are trees.
1)Only I and II follow 1) None follows
2) Only I, II and III follow
2)Only either II or IV and III follow
3)Only either I or III and II follow
3)Only either II or III and I follow
4)Only either I or III and IV follow
5) None of these 4) All follow
5) None of these
26. Statements:
Some flowers are rods. 30. Statements:
Some rods are doors. a. Some cats are rats,
Some doors are houses. b. All rats are bats,
Conclusions: c. Some bats are jungles.
I. Some houses are flowers. Conclusions:
II. Some doors are flowers. I. Some jungles are cats.
III. Some flowers are doors. II. Some bats are cats.
IV. No house is flower. III. Some jungles are rats.
1) Only I and IV follow IV. No jungles is cat.
2) Only II and III follow 1) None follows
3) Only either I or II follows 2) Only III follows
4) Only either I or IV follows 3) Only either I or IV and III follow
5) None of these 4) Only either I or IV and II follow
5) None of these
27. Statements:
Some buses are trains.
No train is a dog.
All dogs are parrots.
ANSWER KEY
Conclusions:
I. No bus is a parrot.
II. Some parrots are trains. 1. 5 7. 4 13. 3 19. 2 25. 3
III. Some parrots are buses.
2. 4 8. 1 14. 2 20. 3 26. 4
IV. No dog is a bus.
1)Only either I or III follows 3. 5 9. 1 15. 3 21. 3 27. 1
2)Only II follows
3) Only IV follows 4. 5 10. 2 16. 2 22. 4 28. 3
4) Only I and III follow
5. 5 11. 5 17. 4 23. 1 29. 2
5) None of these
6. 5 12. 4 18. 1 24. 2 30. 4
28. Statements:
a. Some boxes are trees.
b. Some trees are horses,
c. All horses are fruits.
Conclusions:
I. Some fruits are boxes.
II. Some fruits are trees.
III. Some horses are boxes.
IV. No fruits are boxes.
1) None follows
2) Only either II or IV follows
3) Only either I or IV and II follow
4)Only either I or III and IV follow
5) None of these

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