Reasoning Quiz for IBPS RRB 2020, 6th 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 all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.
(a) If only conclusion I follows.
(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.
Q1. Statements:
All Steel are Iron
All Iron are Gold
No Iron is Platinum
Conclusion:
I: Some Gold are not Platinum
II: Some Steel are not Platinum

Q2. Statements:
All Supercar is Car
No Supercar is Bike
All bike are Superbike
Conclusion:
I:All Car can never be Bike
II: Some Superbike is Supercar.

Q3. Statements:
All cat are dog.
All dog are eyes.
Some dog are ear
Conclusions:
I. All ear being eyes is a possibility
II. No cat is ear

Q4. Statements:
Some D is E.
No E is a F.
All F are G
Conclusions:
I. Some G are definitely not E
II. Some F are not D

Q5. Statements:
Some Finance are Minister
Some Minister are Leaders
Some Leaders are Human
Conclusions:
I: All minister are Leader
II: Some Leaders are not Minister

Directions (6-10): 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.
(a) If only conclusion I follows.
(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 Tom are Jerry
All Jerry are Cat
All cat are Animal
Conclusions:
I: Some Tom are not Animals
II: All Tom are animals

Q7. Statements:
Some Boy are Cricketer
All Cricketer are Batsman
No Boy is Bowler
Conclusions:
I: Some Cricketer is not bowler
II: All Batsman can never be bowler

Q8. Statements:
All coffee are summer
Some tea is coffee
Some summer are cold
Conclusions:
I. All tea being cold is a possibility
II. Some coffee are definitely not cold.

Q9. Statements:
Some blue are green
Some grey is blue
All green are white
Conclusions:
I. Some grey is white is a possibility
II. All green are grey is a possibility

Q10. Statements:
All soil are plant
No earth is plant
All earth are water
Conclusions:
I. Some plant is water is a possibility.
II. No water is soil

Directions (11-15): In each of the questions given below some statements are 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:
Some Monday is Tuesday.
Some Tuesday is Friday.
All Friday is Sunday.
Conclusion:
I. Some Monday is Sunday
II. Some Tuesday is Sunday.
III. Some Monday is Friday.
(a) Only I is true
(b) Only II is true
(c) Both I and II is true
(d) Only III is true
(e) None true

Q12. Statements:
Some orange is brown.
Some orange is yellow
No purple is yellow.
Conclusion:
I. Some purple is brown.
II. Some orange is purple.
III. Some yellow is brown.
(a) Only II is true
(b) Both II and III is true
(c) Only I is true
(d) None follows
(e) Both I and II is true

Q13. Statements:
All book is notes.
All notes is marker.
No notes is pen.
Conclusion:
I. Some marker is books.
II. No book is Marker
III. No book is pen.
(a) Both II and III is true
(b) Only III is true
(c) Both I and II is true
(d) Both I and III is true
(e) Only I is true

Q14. Statements:
All Guava are Papaya.
Some Papaya are Mango.
Some Apple are Mango.
Conclusions:
I. Some Apple are Papaya.
II. Some Mango are Guava.
III. Some Guava are Apple.
(a) Only I follows
(b) Only II follows
(c) Only I and III follow
(d) Only III follows
(e) None follows

Q15. Statements:
Some dark is night.
All night is light.
All dark is shine.
Conclusions:
I. Some shine is night.
II. Some light are not dark.
III. All night are dark.
(a) Only I follows
(b) Only II and III follow
(c) Only I and III follow
(d) Only I and II follow
(e) None of these

Solutions

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