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  • Statement:
    Some rivers are hills. No hill is taxi. All taxis are buses.
    Conclusions:
    I. Some buses are rivers.
    II. Some taxis are rivers.
    III. No bus is river.


  • Options
  • A. None follows
  • B. Only I follows
  • C. Only III follows
  • D. Only II follows

  • Correct Answer
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    Explanation

    Some rivers are hills + No hill is taxi = I + E = O = Some rivers are not taxis Hence II does not follow. Again, Since O-type statements can't be combined, neither I nor III follows. But the two form a complementary E- I pair, Hence either I or III follows.


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    • 1. 
      Statement:
      All stones are rivers. All rivers are cars. Some cars are trains.
      Conclusions:
      I. Some trains are stones.
      II. Some cars are stones.
      III. Some trains are rivers.

    • Options
    • A. None follows
    • B. Only I follows
    • C. Only II follows
    • D. Only III follows
    • Discuss
    • 2. 
      Statement:
      Some books are trees. All tress are roads. All roads are wheels.
      Conclusions:
      I. Some wheels are books.
      II. Some roads are books.
      III. Some wheels are trees.

    • Options
    • A. Only I and II follow
    • B. Only II & III follow
    • C. Only I and III follow
    • D. All follow
    • Discuss
    • 3. 
      Statement:
      All buildings are mirrors. Some mirrors are pens. No pen is paper.
      Conclusions:
      I. Some papers are buildings.
      II. Some pens are buildings.
      III. Some papers are mirrors.

    • Options
    • A. None follow
    • B. Only I follow
    • C. Only II follow
    • D. Only III follow
    • Discuss
    • 4. 
      Statement:
      All windows are doors. All buildings are doors. All doors are boats.
      Conclusions:
      I. All windows are boats.
      II. All buildings are boats.
      III. Some boats are doors.

    • Options
    • A. Only I and II follow
    • B. Only I and III follow
    • C. Only II and III follow
    • D. All follow
    • Discuss
    • 5. 
      Statement:
      All flowers are trees. Some trees are houses All houses are wheels.
      Conclusions:
      I. Some wheels are trees.
      II. Some trees are flowers.
      III.Some wheels are flowers.

    • Options
    • A. Only I and II follow
    • B. Only I and III follow
    • C. Only II and III follow
    • D. All I, II and III follow
    • Discuss
    • 6. 
      In the following question a statement is followed by four inferences. Select the one which is most appropriate.
      All the books, written by Prabhakar, are textbooks.
      Some of his books are published by Pitamber Publishing Company.

    • Options
    • A. All the books published by Pitamber Publishing Company have been written by Prabhakar.
    • B. Pitamber Publishing Company publishes some critical essays written by Prabhakar.
    • C. Some textbooks written by Prabhakar are published by publishers other than Pitamber Publishing Company.
    • D. Pitamber Publishing Company only publishes textbooks.
    • Discuss
    • 7. 
      Statements:
      I. Some keys are locks, some locks are numbers.
      II. All numbers are letters, all letters are words.
      Conclusions:
      I. Some words are numbers.
      II. Some locks are letters.

    • Options
    • A. Conclusion I follows
    • B. Conclusion II follows
    • C. Conclusions I and II follow
    • D. None of the conclusion follows
    • Discuss
    • 8. 
      Select the alternative inference which is most appropriate.
      "All professors are learned; learned people are always gentle."
      Inference: All professors are gentle persons.

    • Options
    • A. The inference is true.
    • B. The inference is false.
    • C. The inference is probably true or probably false.
    • D. The inference is irrelevant.
    • Discuss
    • 9. 
      For the Venn diagram given below, which of the following conclusion(s) is/are true?
      I. Some Captains are painters.
      II. Some Lieutenants are painters.
      III. All Majors are soldiers.
      IV. All Captains are soldiers.
      V. All soldiers are painters.

    • Options
    • A. Only I and V follows
    • B. Only I, III and IV follows
    • C. Only II, IV and V follows
    • D. Only III and IV follows
    • Discuss
    • 10. 
      Statements :
      Some peons are poor.
      X is poor.
      Conclusions :
      I. X is a peon.
      II. X has a large family.

    • Options
    • A. Only I follows
    • B. Only II follows
    • C. Both I & II follow
    • D. Neither I nor II follows
    • Discuss


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