Verbal Reasoning :: Syllogism

Directions to Solve In each of the following questions there are three statements. Which are followed by three or four conclusions. Choose the conclusions which logically follow from the given statements.

1.  Statements: All the locks are keys. All the keys are bats. Some watches are bats. Conclusions: Some bats are locks. Some watches are keys. All the keys are locks. A. Only (1) and (2) B. Only (1) C. Only (2) D. Only (1) and (3) 2.  Statements: Some keys are staplers. Some staplers are stickers. All the stickers are pens. Conclusions: Some pens are staplers. Some stickers are keys. No sticker is key. Some staplers are keys. A. Only (1) and (2) B. Only (2) and (4) C. Only (2) and (3) D. Only (1) and (4) and either (2) or (3) Answer & Explanation Answer: Option D Explanation: 3.  Statements: Some questions are answers. Some answers are writers. All the writers are poets. Conclusions: Some writers are answers. Some poets are questions. All the questions are poets. Some poets are answers. A. Only (1) and (2) B. Only (1) and (4) C. Only (1) and (3) D. Only (2) and (4) Answer & Explanation Answer: Option B Explanation: 4.  Statements: Some envelops are gums. Some gums are seals. Some seals are adhesives. Conclusions: Some envelopes are seals. Some gums are adhesives. Some adhesives are seals. Some adhesives are gums. A. Only (3) B. Only (1) C. Only (2) D. Only (4) 5.  Statements: All the papers are books. All the bags are books. Some purses are bags. Conclusions: Some papers are bags. Some books are papers. Some books are purses. A. Only (1) B. Only (2) and (3) C. Only (1) and (2) D. Only (1) and (3) Answer & Explanation Answer: Option B Explanation: Directions to Solve In each of the following questions two statements are given. Which are followed by four conclusions (1), (2), (3) and (4). Choose the conclusions which logically follow from the given statements. 1.  Statements: No door is dog. All the dogs are cats. Conclusions: No door is cat. No cat is door. Some cats are dogs. All the cats are dogs. A. Only (2) and (4) B. Only (1) and (3) C. Only (3) and (4) D. Only (3) E. All the four Answer & Explanation Answer: Option D Explanation: 2.  Statements: All green are blue. All blue are white. Conclusions: Some blue are green. Some white are green. Some green are not white. All white are blue. A. Only (1) and (2) B. Only (1) and (3) C. Only (1) and (4) D. Only (2) and (4) Answer & Explanation Answer: Option A Explanation: 3.  Statements: All men are vertebrates. Some mammals are vertebrates. Conclusions: All men are mammals. All mammals are men. Some vertebrates are mammals. All vertebrates are men. A. Only (4) B. Only (2) C. Only (3) D. Only (1) E. Only (1) and (3) Answer & Explanation Answer: Option C Explanation: 4.  Statements: All the phones are scales. All the scales are calculators. Conclusions: All the calculators are scales. All the phones are calculators All the scales are phones. Some calculators are phones. A. Only (1) and (4) B. Only (3) and (4) C. Only (2) and (4) D. Only (1) and (2) E. Only (1) and (3) Answer & Explanation Answer: Option C Explanation: 5.  Statements: Some tables are T.V. Some T.V. are radios. Conclusions: Some tables are radios. Some radios are tables. All the radios are T.V. All the T.V. are tables. A. Only (2) and (4) B. Only (1) and (3) C. Only (4) D. Only (1) and (4) E. None of the four. Answer & Explanation Answer: Option E Explanation: 6.  Statements: Some rats are cats. Some cats are dogs. No dog is cow. Conclusions: No cow is cat. No dog is rat. Some cats are rats. A. Only (1) B. Only (1) and (2) C. Only (1) and (3) D. Only (2) and (3) E. Only (3) Answer & Explanation Answer: Option E Explanation: 7.  Statements: All the books are papers. Some papers are journals. Some journals are calendars. Conclusions: Some journals are books. Some calendars are papers. Some books are journals. Some books are calendars. A. Only (1) B. Only (2) C. Only (3) D. Only (4) E. None of the four Answer & Explanation Answer: Option E Explanation: View Answer Workspace Report Discuss in Forum 8.  Statements: All the bottles are boxes. All the boxes are bags. Some bags are trays. Conclusions: Some bottles are trays. Some trays are boxes. All the bottles are bags. Some trays are bags. A. Only (3) and (4) B. Only (1) and (2) C. Only (2) and (3) D. Only (1) and (4) Answer & Explanation Answer: Option A Explanation: Only (3) and (4) follow. 9.  Statements: Some cars are jeeps. All the boxes are jeeps. All the pens are cars. Conclusions: Some cars are boxes. No pen is jeep. Some boxes are cars. A. None of three B. Only (1) and (2) C. Only (1) and (3) D. Only (2) and (3) Answer & Explanation Answer: Option A Explanation: 6.  Statements: Some pens are books. Some books are pencils. Conclusions: Some pens are pencils. Some pencils are pens. All pencils are pens. All books are pens. A. Only (1) and (3) B. Only (2) and (4) C. All the four D. None of the four E. Only (1) Answer & Explanation Answer: Option D Explanation: 7.  Statements: All the goats are tigers. All the tigers are lions. Conclusions: All the goats are lions. All the lions are goats. Some lions are goats. Some tigers are goats. A. All the four B. Only (1), (2) and (3) C. Only (1), (3) and (4) D. Only (2), (3) and (4) Answer & Explanation Answer: Option C Explanation: 8.  Statements: All the books are pencils. No pencil is eraser. Conclusions: All the pencils are books. Some erasers are books. No book is eraser. Some books are erasers. A. Only (3) B. Only (1) and (3) C. Only (1) and (2) D. Only (2) and (3) E. Only (3) and (4) Answer & Explanation Answer: Option A Explanation: 9.  Statements: All the research scholars are psychologists. Some psychologists are scientists. Conclusions: All the research scholars are scientists. Some research scholars are scientists. Some scientists are psychologists. Some psychologists are research scholars. A. Only (3) and (4) B. None of the four C. All the four D. Only (3) E. Only (2) and (4) Answer & Explanation Answer: Option A Explanation: