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- Question
- Statements:
(I) Some students are intelligent.
(II) Ankita is a student.
Conclusions:
1. Some students are dull.
2. Ankita is an intelligent.
Options- A. Only 1 follows
- B. Only 1 and 2 follow
- C. Only 2 follows
- D. None follows
- Correct Answer
- None follows
ExplanationSome students are intelligent, i.e., all students are not intelligents. So, Ankita may or may not be intelligent.
- 1. Statements:
Some hills are rivers.
Some rivers are deserts.
All deserts are roads.
Conclusions:
I. Some roads are rivers.
II. Some roads are hills.
III. Some deserts are hills.
Options- A. Only conclusion I follows
- B. Only conclusions I and II follow
- C. Only conclusions II and III follow
- D. None follows Discuss
- 2. Statements:
All pens are pencils.
No pencil is an eraser.
Conclusions:
I. No eraser is a pen.
II. No pen is an eraser.
Options- A. Only conclusion I follows
- B. Only conclusion II follows
- C. Both conclusions I and II follow
- D. Neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows Discuss
- 3. Statements:
Some ladies are beautiful.
Some beautiful. are honest.
All honest are sensitives.
Conclusion 1: Some sensitives are beautiful.
Conclusion 2: Some honest are ladies.
Conclusion 3: Some sensitives are ladies.
Options- A. None of the Conclusion follows.
- B. Only Conclusion 1 follows.
- C. Only Conclusions 1 and 2 follow.
- D. All Conclusions follow. Discuss
- 4. Statements:
Some food are sweet.
Some food are sour.
Conclusions:
(I) All food are either sweet or sour.
(II) Some sweets are sour.
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
- 5. Statements:
(a) All men are bachelors.
(b) Some bachelors are teachers.
(c) Some teachers are spiritual.
Conclusions:
I. All men are spiritual.
II. Some teachers are spiritual.
III. Some men are spiritual.
IV. All teachers are spiritual.
Options- A. Only conclusion I follows.
- B. Only conclusion II follows.
- C. Only conclusion III follows.
- D. Only conclusion IV follows. Discuss
- 6. Statements:
(1) All men are employed.
(2) No employees are professionals.
Conclusions:
I. No men are unemployed.
II. No men are professionals.
Options- A. Only I follows.
- B. Only II follows.
- C. Neither I nor II follows.
- D. Both I and II follow. Discuss
- 7. Statements:
Anand is an artist.
Artists are beautiful.
Conclusions:
Options- A. All beautiful persons are artists.
- B. Anand is beautiful.
- C. Anand is not beautiful.
- D. Beautiful persons are not artists. Discuss
- 8. Statements:
I. Some men are good.
II. Some men are wise.
Conclusions:
I. Some wise men are good.
II. Some good men are wise.
Options- A. Only II follows
- B. Only I follows
- C. Neither I nor II follows
- D. Both I and II follow Discuss
- 9. Statements:
All scientists working in America are talented.
Some are Indians.
Conclusions:
I. None of the Indian scientists is talented.
II. Some talented Indian scientists have migrated.
III. All talented scientists are in America.
IV. Some Indian scientists are talented.
Options- A. Only Conclusion I follows.
- B. Only Conclusion II follows.
- C. Only Conclusion III follows
- D. Conclusions II and IV follow. Discuss
- 10. Statements:
I. Creative persons are learned people.
II. Some doctors are creative persons.
Conclusions:
I. Some creative persons are learned people.
II. Some learned people are doctors.
Options- A. I and II
- B. I
- C. II
- D. Neither I nor II Discuss
Syllogism problems
Search Results
Correct Answer: Only conclusion I follows
Explanation:
First and second Premises are Particular Affirmative (I-type).
Third Premise is Universal Affirmative (A-type).
Some rivers are deserts. All deserts are roads.
I + A ? I-type of Conclusion "Some rivers are roads."
Conclusion I is Converse of it.
Correct Answer: Both conclusions I and II follow
Explanation:
The first Premise is Universal Affirmative (A-type)
The second Premise is Universal Negative (E-type).
All pens are pencils. ? No pencil is an eraser.
A + E ? E-type of Conclusion "No pen is an eraser".
This is Conclusion II.
Conclusion I is the Converse
Correct Answer: Only Conclusion 1 follows.
Explanation:
The first and second Premises are Particular Affirmative (I-type).
The third Premise is Universal Affirmative (A-type).
Some beautifuls are honest. ? All honest are sensitives.
I + A ? I-type of Conclusion "Some beautifuls are sensitives."
Conclusion 1 is Converse of it.
Correct Answer: Neither Conclusion (I) nor (II) follows
Explanation:
Both the Premises are Particular Affirmative (I-type). No Conclusion follows from the two Particular Premises.
Correct Answer: Only conclusion II follows.
Explanation:
The first Premise is Universal Affirmative (A?type).
The second and the third Premises are Particular Affirmative (I?type).
All men are bachelors. ? Some bachelors are teachers.
A + I ? No Conclusion
Conclusion II is the Converse of the third Premise.
Correct Answer: Only II follows.
Explanation:
First Premise is Universal Affirmative (A-type).
Second Premise is Universal Negative (E-type).
All men are employed. ? No employees are professionals.
A + E ? E-type of Conclusion. ''No man is professional.''
This is Conclusion II.
Correct Answer: Anand is beautiful.
Explanation:
Anand is an artist and artists are beautiful. So, Anand is beautiful.
Correct Answer: Neither I nor II follows
Explanation:
Both the Premises are Particular Affirmative (I?type).
No Conclusion follows from the two Particular Premises.
Correct Answer: Conclusions II and IV follow.
Explanation:
All scientists working in America are talented.
Some scientists working in America are Indians.
Therefore, some talented Indian scientists have migrated to America.
Thus, some Indian scientists are talented.
Correct Answer: I and II
Explanation:
Conclusion I clearly follows from the first statement. Some doctors are creative persons are learned people. Therefore, some doctors are learned people. Its converse would be some learned people are doctors. Thus, both the conclusions follow.
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