Reasoning Quiz for IBPS RRB 2020, 14th August- Syllogism |

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Directions (1-5): In each of the questions below are given some statements followed by some conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read the entire conclusion and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Q1. Statements:
No Garden are Flower.
All Garden are Plant
Some tree are plant
Conclusions:
I. Some tree are not flower.
II. All tree can be Garden.
III. All Plant being flower is a possibility.
(a) Only I follows
(b) Only II follows
(c) Only III follows
(d) All follow
(e) None of these

Q2. Statements:
All milk is water.
Some milk is Tea.
No Coffee is Tea.
Conclusions:
I. Some milk is Coffee.
II. No milk is Coffee
III. All milk being coffee is a possibility.
(a) None follows
(b) only II follows
(c) only III and either I or II follow
(d) only I follows
(e) only either I or II follow

Q3. Statements:
Some School are College.
Some College are Lecture.
All Class is College.
Conclusions:
I. Some Lecture is not Class.
II. Some School is Class.
III. Some College is not School
(a) Only I follows
(b) Only II follows
(c) Only III follows
(d) None follows
(e) None of these

Q4. Statements:
Some comedy is actor
All good is movie.
No actor is good.
Conclusions:
I. Some comedy are not good.
II. Some movie is comedy
III. All good is comedy is a possibility
(a) Only I and II follow
(b) Only II follows
(c) Only I follows
(d) Only I and III follow
(e) None of these

Q5. Statements:
Some book are paper
Some paper are pen
No Pen is book
Conclusions:
I. All paper is book
II. All pen is paper is a possibility
III. All book is paper is a possibility
(a) Only I follows
(b) Only II follows
(c) Only II and III follows
(d) All follow
(e) None of these

Directions (6-10): In each question below are given some statements followed by some conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows the given statements disregarding commonly known facts. Give answer-
(a) If only conclusion I follow.
(b) If only conclusion II follows.
(c) If either conclusion I or II follows.
(d) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.
(e) If both conclusions I and II follow.
Q6. Statements:
Some night are cloud.
All night are sky.
All day are sky.
Conclusions:
I. Some night are not day.
II. All day being cloud is a possibility.

Q7. Statements:
All solution are liquid.
No liquid is a mixture.
All mixture are matter.
Conclusions:
I. All solution being matter is a possibility.
II. No solution is a mixture.

Q8. Statements:
Some pink are white.
All yellow are pink.
No yellow is a blue.
Conclusion:
I. Some white, if they are yellow, are also pink.
II. All blue being pink is a possibility.

Q9. Statements:
Some horror are fear.
All horror are daring.
No fear is brave.
Conclusions:
I. Some horror being brave is a possibility.
II. No horror is brave.

Q10. Statements:
No mango is papaya.
All papaya are apple.
No apple is orange.
Conclusions:
I. All orange being papaya is a possibility.
II. Some mango are not orange.

Directions (11-15): In each of the questions below are given some statements followed by some Conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the Conclusions and then decide which of the given Conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Q11. Statements:
All Fashion are Tradition.
Some Tradition are Values.
Some Indian are Values.
Conclusions:
I. All tradition is values is a possibility
II. Some values are fashion
III. All Indian are tradition is a possibility.
(a) Only I follows
(b) Only II follows
(c) Only I and III follow
(d) Only III follows
(e) None follows

Q12. Statements:
Some Asia are Europe.
All Europe are Africa.
No Europe is America.
Conclusions:
I. Some America are Asia.
II. Some Africa are Asia.
III. Some America is Africa is a possibility.
(a) All follow
(b) Only II and III follow
(c) Only I and III follow
(d) Only I and II follow
(e) None of these

Q13. Statements:
All Manager are Clerk.
All Clerk are Assistant.
No Executive are Clerk.
Conclusions
I. Some Clerk are Executive.
II. Some Assistant are Manager.
III. Some Assistant are Executive.
(a) Only I follows
(b) Only II follows
(c) Only III follows
(d) Only II and III follow
(e) None of these

Q14. Statements:
Some Sale are Discount.
All Discount are Price.
No Cost is Price.
Conclusions:
I. All sale is Discount is a possibility.
II. Some discount are cost.
III. All price are sale is a possibility.
(a) Only I follows
(b) Only II follows
(c) Only III follows
(d) Only I and II follow
(e) None of these

Q15. Statements:
Some black are grey.
All grey are red.
All olive are Red.
Conclusions:
I. All red is olive is a possibility.
II. Some black are red.
III. All red are grey.
(a) Only I and III follow
(b) Only II follows
(c) Only I
(d) Only III follows
(e) None of these

Solutions

Solutions (1-5):

S1. Ans.(b)
Sol.