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  • Question
  • Which one is true?
    I. All players are not tall.
    II. All basketball players are tall.
    III. All tall people are players.
    IV. Some players are tall.


  • Options
  • A. IV
  • B. III.
  • C. II.
  • D. I.

  • Correct Answer
  • II. 

    Explanation

    Statements 1 and 4 are more or less similar.
    All tall people cannot be players.
    So, Statement 2 seems to be true.


  • Syllogism problems


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    • 1. 
      Statement:
      (I) All cities are towns.
      (II) Some cities are villages.
      Conclusions:
      (I) All villages are towns.
      (II) No village is a town.
      (III) Some villages are towns.

    • Options
    • A. Only conclusion (III) follows
    • B. Only conclusion (1) follows
    • C. Only conclusion (II) follows
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 2. 
      Statement:
      (a) All girls do not like to marry.
      (b) Some girls do not marry.
      Assumptions:
      I. All girls like to marry.
      II. All girls do not marry.

    • Options
    • A. I is valid
    • B. II is valid
    • C. Both I and II are valid
    • D. Both I and II are invalid
    • Discuss
    • 3. 
      Statements:
      Based on the statements given below select the alternative conclusion which is true according to the given statements.
      Conclusions:
      I. All students in my class are bright.
      II. Sarla is not bright.

    • Options
    • A. Sarla must work hard
    • B. Sarla is not a student of my class
    • C. Some students are not bright
    • D. None?bright ones are not students
    • Discuss
    • 4. 
      Statement:
      All stones are hammers. No hammer is a ring. Some rings are doors.
      All doors are windows.
      Conclusions:
      I. Some windows are stones.
      II. Some windows are rings.
      III. No window is a stone.
      IV. Some rings are stones.

    • Options
    • A. Only I follows
    • B. Only II follows
    • C. Only III follows
    • D. Only either I or III follows
    • Discuss
    • 5. 
      Statement:
      All pens are clocks. Some clocks are tyres. Some tyres are wheels.
      Some wheels are buses.
      Conclusions:
      I. Some buses are tyres.
      II. Some wheels are clocks.
      III. Some wheels are pens.
      IV. Some buses are clocks.

    • Options
    • A. None follows
    • B. Only I follows
    • C. Only II follows
    • D. Only III follows
    • Discuss
    • 6. 
      'All the members of the Tennis club are members of the Badminton club too." "No woman plays Badminton".

    • Options
    • A. Some women play Tennis
    • B. No member of the Tennis club plays Badminton
    • C. Some women are members of the Tennis club
    • D. No woman is a member of the Tennis club
    • Discuss
    • 7. 
      Statements:
      Some Indians are educated.
      Educated men prefer small families.
      Conclusions:
      (I) All small families are educated.
      (II) Some Indians prefer small families.

    • Options
    • A. Only I follows
    • B. Only II follows
    • C. Both I and II follow
    • D. Neither I nor II follows
    • Discuss
    • 8. 
      All men are mortal.
      Ramu is a man.

    • Options
    • A. No man is mortal
    • B. Ramu is mortal
    • C. Ramu is immortal
    • D. All men are immortal
    • Discuss
    • 9. 
      Statements:
      (a) All poets are intelligent.
      (b) All singers are intelligent.
      Conclusions:
      I. All singers are poets.
      II. Some intelligent persons are not singers.

    • 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
    • 10. 
      'All beggars are poor.'
      If the above statement is true, which of the following conclusions can be drawn?

    • Options
    • A. All those who are poor are beggars.
    • B. If A is rich, then A is not a beggar.
    • C. If A is not rich, then A is not a beggar.
    • D. If A is a beggar, then A is not rich.
    • Discuss


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