IBPS PO 2015-Syllogism - 6

DOWNLOAD PDF

Directions (Question. 01-05):

1). Statements: Some biscuits are chocolates.
No chocolate is a pastry.
All pastries are cakes.
Conclusions: I. No biscuit is a pastry.
II. Some cakes are biscuits.
III. No pastry is a chocolate.
a) Only I follows
b) Both I and II follow
c) Only III follows
d) All follow
e) None of these
Show/Hide Answer

2). Statements: Some cars are jeeps.
Some jeeps are scooters.
All scooters are motorcycles.
Conclusions: I. Some jeeps are motorcycles.
II. All motorcycles being cars is a possibility.
III. All cars being scooters is a possibility.
a) Only II follows
b) Both I and III follow
c) Only II and III follow
d) All follow
e) None follows
Show/Hide Answer

3). Statements: Some books are papers.
All papers are pencils.
Some pencils are copies.
Conclusions: I. Some books are copies
II. Some books are pencils
III. Some papers are copies
a) Only II follow
b) Both I and III follow
c) Only II and III follow
d) All I, II, III follow
e) None of these
Show/Hide Answer

4). Statements: No cat is a dog.
Some dogs are camels.
No camel is a rat.
Conclusions: I. Some camels are not cats.
II. Some cats are not rats.
III. Some rats are not dogs.
a) Only I and II follow
b) Only I and III follow
c) Only II and III follow
d) Only II follows
e) None of these
Show/Hide Answer

5). Statements: All digits are numbers.
Some numbers are alphabets.
All alphabets are vowels.
Conclusions: I. All digit being vowels is a possibility.
II. Some numbers are vowels.
III. Some numbers are digits.
a) All follow
b) Only II and III follow
c) Only I and III follow
d) None follows
e) None of these
Show/Hide Answer

Directions: (Questions 06-10): In each question below are given two or more statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known fact. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
Give answer

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.

Questions (06-07):
Statements: All teachers are engineers.
All engineers are cooks.
Some cooks are merchants.

6). Conclusions: I. All engineers being merchants is a possibility.
II. Some merchants are cooks.
Show/Hide Answer

7). Conclusions: I. No merchant is an engineer.
II. No cook is an engineers
Questions (08-09):
Statements: Some doctors are lawyers.
No lawyer is a man.
No man is honest.

8). Conclusions: I. All doctors can never be men.
II. Some honest are lawyers.
Show/Hide Answer

9). Conclusions: I. No lawyer is honest.
II. No doctor is a man.
Show/Hide Answer

10). Statements: Some letters are pages.
All pages are books.
Conclusions: I. At least some letters are books.
II. At least some books are pages.
Show/Hide Answer

Answers:
1). c) 2). d) 3). a) 4). e) 5). a) 6). e) 7). d) 8). a) 9). d) 10). e)