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  • Question
  • Statements:
    (a) Some stones are gold.
    (b) Some gold are banks.
    Conclusions:
    I. Some banks are stones.
    II. Some gold are stones.
    III. No stone is bank.
    IV. Some banks are gold.


  • Options
  • A. Only conclusions II and III follow
  • B. Only conclusions II and IV follow
  • C. Only conclusions I and IV follow
  • D. Only either conclusion III or IV and I follow

  • Correct Answer
  • Only conclusions II and IV follow 

    Explanation

    Both the Premises are Particular Affirmative (I-type).
    No Conclusion follows from the two Particular Premises.
    Conclusion II is Converse of the first statement.
    Conclusion IV is Converse of the second statement.
    Conclusions I and III form Complementary Pair. Therefore, either I or III follows.


  • More questions

    • 1. 
      Statement:
      Politics has become mudslinging at your opponents when out of power and taking revenge while in power.
      Assumptions:
      I. Politicians have deviated from their real path.
      II. Politicians have become habituated to misusing their power.

    • Options
    • A. if only assumption I is implicit.
    • B. if only assumption II is implicit.
    • C. if either I or II is implicit.
    • D. if neither I nor II is implicit.
    • Discuss
    • 2. 
      Statement
      Animal live on oxygen.
      Conclusion
      I. Plants do not live on oxygen.
      II. Anything that needs oxygen is bound to be animal.

    • Options
    • A. if Conclusion I follows
    • B. if Conclusion II follows
    • C. if either Conclusion I or II follows
    • D. if neither Conclusion I nor II follows
    • Discuss
    • 3. 
      Who among the following sits exactly between Managing Director and H?

    • Options
    • A. H and the Chairman
    • B. B and G
    • C. The Chairman and C
    • D. F and C
    • Discuss
    • 4. 
      Which one set of letters when sequentially placed at the gaps in the given letter series shall complete it?
      __bbm__amb__m__a__bbm

    • Options
    • A. mbabm
    • B. ambbm
    • C. mabam
    • D. abmab
    • Discuss
    • 5. 
      Statements:
      P ? Q = R > S > T
      Conclusions:
      I. P ? T II. T < Q

    • Options
    • A. If only conclusion I follows
    • B. If only conclusion II follows
    • C. If either conclusion I or II follows
    • D. If neither conclusion I nor II follows
    • Discuss
    • 6. 
      Release : Liberate : Emancipate

    • Options
    • A. Pardon
    • B. lgnore
    • C. Quit
    • D. Free
    • Discuss
    • 7. 
      (a) Leaf
      (b) Stem
      (c) Root
      (d) Flower

    • Options
    • A. d c a b
    • B. a b c d
    • C. c b a d
    • D. b a d c
    • Discuss
    • 8. 32, 13, 51, 24, 46, 20, 72, 45

    • Options
    • A. 20
    • B. 46
    • C. 13
    • D. 72
    • Discuss
    • 9. 
      NA

    • Options
    • A. Long
    • B. Tall
    • C. High
    • D. Dim
    • Discuss
    • 10. 
      Statement
      Courts take too long in deciding important disputes of various department disputes of various deportment.
      Courses of Action.
      I. Courts should be ordered to speed up matters.
      II. Special powers should be granted to officers to settle disputes concerning their department.

    • Options
    • A. if only I follows
    • B. if only II follows
    • C. if either i or II follows
    • D. if both I and II follows
    • Discuss


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