Reasoning Ability: Syllogism Set 2

 Dear Readers,

Logical Reasoning is a part of almost all major sarkari naukri exams conducted in the country and is one of the most scoring sections as well. So here we are sharing reasoning ability questions and answers to improve your mental ability for upcoming competitive exams. 

Directions (Q. 1 - 10): In this question three/four statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II have been given. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Given answer
1) if only conclusion I is true
2) if only conclusion II is true
3) if either conclusion I or II is true
4) if neither conclusion I nor II is true
5) if both conclusion I and II are true

1. Statements: Some chairs are buildings.
                        All buildings are vehicles.
                        Some vehicles are trucks.
    Conclusions:  I. Some chairs are trucks.
                           II. No truck is a chair.

2. Statements: All numbers are letters.
                        Some letters are symbols.
                        No symbol is a triangles.
    Conclusion: I. All symbols are numbers.
                        II. Some letters are not triangles.

3. Statements: Some students are members.
                        No member is a teacher.
                        All teachers are players.
    Conclusion: I. Some students are not teachers.
                        II. Some members are not players.

4. Statements: No cup is a bottle.
                        All plates are spoons.
                        No bottle is a spoon.
    Conclusion: I. No spoon is a cup.
                        II. Some plates are cups.

5. Statements: Some dogs are rats.
                        All rats are trees.
                        Some trees are not dogs.
    Conclusion: I.Some trees are dogs.
                        II. All trees are dogs.

6. Statements: Some ice are rings.
                        No ring is paint.
                        Some rings are gold.
    Conclusions: I. No any gold is paint.
                          II. No any ice is gold.

7. Statements: Some books are pens.
                         Some pens are watches.
                         All watches are radios.
    Conclusions: I. Some radios are watches.
                           II. Some radios are pens.

8. Statements: All stations are houses.
                         No house is garden.
                         Some gardens are rivers.
                         All rivers are ponds.
    Conclusions: I. Some ponds are gardens.
                           II. Some ponds are houses.

9. Statements: All fruits are vegetables.
                         All pens are vegetables.
                         All vegetables are rains.
    Conclusions: I. All fruits are rains.
                           II. Some rains are vegetables.

10. Statements: All goats are tigers.
                            Some tigers are horses.
                            All horses are jackals.
     Conclusions: I. Some horses are goats.
                           II. Some jackals are tigers.

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Reasoning Ability: Syllogism Set-1

Dear Readers,

Logical Reasoning is a part of almost all major sarkari naukri exams conducted in the country and is one of the most scoring sections as well. So here we are sharing reasoning ability questions and answers to improve your mental ability for upcoming competitive exams. 

Directions (Q. 1 - 10): In this question two/three/four statments followed by two conclusions numbered I and II have been given. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Given answer
1) if only conclusion I is true
2) if only conclusion II is true
3) if either conclusion I or II is true
4) if neither conclusion I nor II is true
5) if both conclusion I and II are true

1. Statements: All pens are books.
                         Some books are pages.
                         All pages are papers.
    Conclusions:  I. No paper is pen.
                            II. At least some pages are pens.

2. Statements: Some animals are dogs.
                         Some tigers are not dogs.
    Conclusion: I. All dogs being animals is a possibility.
                         II. No animal is a tiger.

3. Statements: Some Ds are Gs.
                         All Gs are Ks.
                         All Ks are Ls.
    Conclusion: I. At least some Ds are Ls.
                         II. All Gs are Ls.

4. Statements: Some kites are threads.
                         No thread is a card.
                         All cards are black.
    Conclusion: I. Some kites are not cards.
                         II. Some black are kites.

5. Statements: All rooms are wired.
                         All wires are roads.
                         All roads are cars.
    Conclusion: I.Some cars are rooms.
                         II. Some cars are wires.

6. Statements: All tables are pencils.
                         No pencil is box.
                         Some boxes are mats.
    Conclusions: I. Some mats are pencils.
                           II.Some boxes are tables.

7. Statements: Some chains are rings.
                         Some rings are bangles.
                         Some bangles are hands.
                         Some hands are ears.
    Conclusions: I. Some bangles are chains.
                           II. No chain is bangle.

8. Statements: All rods are bricks.
                         Some bricks are ropes.
                         All ropes are doors.
    Conclusions: I. All doors are ropes.
                           II. Some doors are bricks.

9. Statements: All towns are villages.
                          No village is forest.
                          Some forests are rivers.
    Conclusions: I. Some rivers are not villages.
                          II. All villages are towns.

10. Statements: Some lice are slates.
                           No apple is car.
                           All slates are apples.
     Conclusions: I. Some cars are slates.
                             II. Some apples are lice.


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Reasoning Ability: Syllogism Set-1

Directions (Q. 1 - 10): In this question two/three statments followed by two conclusions numbered I and II have been given. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Given answer
1) if only conclusion I is true
2) if only conclusion II is true
3) if either conclusion I or II is true
4) if neither conclusion I nor II is true
5) if both conclusion I and II are true

1. Statements: Some stars are planets.
                 No planets is a moon.
    Conclusions:  I. No star is a moon.
                  II. Some stars are moons.

2. Statements: Some actors are singers.
                 All singers are dancers.
                 Some dancers are players.
    Conclusion: I. All actors being dancers is a possibility.
                II. All dancers are singers.

3. Statements: All bugs are worms.
                 Some worms are moths.
                 No moth is a fly.
    Conclusion: I. All worms are bugs.
                II. No bug is a fly.

4. Statements: Some sands are particles.
                 Some particles are glasses.
    Conclusion: I. Some glasses are definitely not particles.
                II. Some glasses being sands is a possibility.

5. Statements: Some tasks are hurdles.
                 All hurdles are jobs.
                 Some jobs are works.
    Conclusion: I. All works being hurdles is a possibility.
                 II. At least some works ate tasks.

6. Statements: No queue is a line.
                 Some queues are rows.
    Conclusions: I. No rows is a line.
                  II. All rows are lines.

7. Statements: All apartments are houses.
                 No apartment is a motel
    Conclusions: I. Some houses being motels is a possibility.
                   II. No house is a motel.

8. Statements: All plants are trees.
                Some trees are weeds.
                All weeds are shrubs.
    Conclusions: I. Some houses being motels is a possibility.
                   II. No house is a motel.

9. Statements: All grades are scales.
                         All scales are categories.
    Conclusions: I. All grades are categories.                
                           II. All categories are scales.

10. Statements: Some prices are costs.
                           Some costs are amounts.
                           All amounts are expenses.
      Conclusions: I. No expense is a cost.
                            II. At least some expenses are prices.

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