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  • Question
  • Statements:
    All fruits are sweet.
    All sweet things are not good for health.
    Conclusions:
    (I) All fruits are not good for health.
    (II) Some fruits are not good for health.


  • Options
  • A. Only (I) follows
  • B. Only (II) follows
  • C. Neither (I) nor (II) follows
  • D. Both (I) and (II) follow

  • Correct Answer
  • Both (I) and (II) follow 

    Explanation

    First Premise is Universal Affirmative (A&type).
    Second Premise can be written in the form of Universal Negative (E-type) as
    No sweet thing is good for health
    All fruits are sweet. ? No sweet thing is good for health.
    A + E ? E?type of Conclusion "No fruit is good for health".
    Thus both the Conclusions follow.


  • Syllogism problems


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    • 1. 
      Statements:
      (a) All cupboards are watches.
      (b) All watches are costly.
      Inferences:
      I. All cupboards are costly.
      II. Some costly things are cupboards.

    • Options
    • A. Only inference I follows
    • B. Only inference II follows
    • C. Both of them follow
    • D. Neither of them follows
    • Discuss
    • 2. 
      Statements:
      (a) All English movies are violent.
      (b) Some people like watching English movies.
      Conclusions:
      I. All people watching English movies like violence.
      II. All people who like violence watch English movies.

    • Options
    • A. Only I follows
    • B. Only II follows
    • C. Neither I nor II follows
    • D. Both I and II follow
    • Discuss
    • 3. 
      Statements:
      Dogs have four legs.
      Tables have four legs.
      Conclusions
      I. Tables are dogs.
      II. Dogs are tables.

    • Options
    • A. Only I follows
    • B. Only II follows
    • C. Either I or II follows
    • D. Neither I nor II follows
    • Discuss
    • 4. 
      Statements:
      All hens are cocks.
      No cock is black.
      Conclusions:
      I. All cocks are hens.
      II. No hen is black.

    • Options
    • A. Only conclusion I is valid
    • B. Only conclusion II is valid
    • C. Both the conclusions are valid
    • D. Both the conclusions are invalid
    • Discuss
    • 5. 
      Statement:
      (a) All students like excursions.
      (b) Some students like laboratory experiments.
      Conclusions:
      (I) Students who like laboratory experiments also like excursions.
      (II) Some students do not like laboratory experiments but like excursions.

    • Options
    • A. Only Conclusion I follows
    • B. Only Conclusion II follows
    • C. Both Conclusions I and II follow
    • D. Neither Conclusion I nor II follows
    • Discuss
    • 6. 
      Statements:
      (a) All pens are papers.
      (b) No eraser is a paper.
      Conclusions:
      I. No eraser is a pen.
      II. Some papers are pens.

    • Options
    • A. Both Conclusions I and II follow.
    • B. Only Conclusion I follows.
    • C. Only Conclusion II follows.
    • D. Neither Conclusion I nor II follows.
    • Discuss
    • 7. 
      Statements:
      (a) No girl is a parrot.
      (b) Sowmya is a girl.
      Conclusions:
      I. Sowmya is not a parrot.
      II. All girls are not Sowmya.

    • Options
    • A. Only conclusion I follows
    • B. Only conclusion II follows
    • C. Either conclusion I or II follows
    • D. Neither conclusion I nor II follows
    • Discuss
    • 8. 
      Statements:
      (a) All children are students.
      (b) All students are players.
      Conclusions:
      I. All cricketers are students.
      II. All children are players.

    • Options
    • A. Only conclusion I follows.
    • B. Only conclusion II follows.
    • C. Both conclusions I and II follow.
    • D. Neither conclusion I nor II follows.
    • Discuss
    • 9. 
      Statements:
      a. All metals are silver.
      b. All silver are diamond.
      c. Some diamonds are gold.
      d. Some gold are marbles.
      Conclusions:
      I. Some gold are metals.
      II. All metals are diamond.
      III. Some silver are marble.
      IV. Some gold are silver.

    • Options
    • A. Only conclusion I follows.
    • B. Only conclusion II follows.
    • C. Only conclusion III follows.
    • D. Only conclusion IV follows.
    • Discuss
    • 10. 
      Statements:
      I. Some cats are dogs.
      II. No dog is a toy.
      Conclusions:
      I. Some dogs are cats.
      II. Some toys are cats.
      III. Some cats are not toys.
      IV: All toys are cats.

    • Options
    • A. Only Conclusions I and III follow
    • B. Only Conclusions II and III follow
    • C. Only Conclusions I and II follow
    • D. Only Conclusion I follows
    • Discuss


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