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- Question
In the following question, two statements are given each followed by two conclusions I and II. You have to consider the statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions, if any, follows from the given statements. Statements: (I) a R b (II) b R a Conclusion: (I) This relation is symmetric. (II) This is a relation.
Options- A. Conclusion I follows
- B. Conclusion II follows
- C. Neither I nor II follows
- D. Both I and II follows
- Correct Answer
- Conclusion II follows
- 1. In the question two statements are given, followed by two conclusions, I and II. You have to consider the statements to be true even if it seems to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions, if any, follows from the given statements Statement I: All cells are chargers Statement II: All batteries are cells Conclusion I: Some chargers are batteries Conclusion II: All batteries are chargers
Options- A. Only conclusion I follows
- B. Only conclusion II follows
- C. Both conclusions I and II follows
- D. Neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows Discuss
- 2. The district administration has issued a circular to all the farmers under its jurisdiction advising them for not using pesticides indiscriminately as it may pollute the ground water. Which of the following can be assumed from the given statement?
Options- A. People may stop using ground water if the farmers continue to use pesticides indiscriminately.
- B. The polluted ground water can cause health problems.
- C. Farmers may refrain from using pesticides indiscriminately.
- D. People in the district are majorly dependent on ground water for drinking use. Discuss
- 3. In each of the following questions, two statements numbered I and II are given. These may to cause and effect relationship between the two statements. These two statements may be the effect of the same cause or independent causes. These statements may be independent causes without having any relationship. Read both the statements in each question and mark your answer as: Statements: I. The university has instructed al the colleges under its jurisdiction to ban use of mobile phones inside the college premises. II. Majority of the teachers of the colleges signed a joint petition to the university complaining the disturbances.
Options- A. If statement I is the cause and II is its effect.
- B. If statement II is the cause and I is its effect.
- C. If both the statements I and II are independent causes.
- D. If both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes. Discuss
- 4. The district administration has issued a circular to all the farmers under its jurisdiction advising them for not using pesticides indiscriminately as it may pollute the ground water. Which of the following can be assumed from the given statement?
Options- A. People may stop using ground water if the farmers continue to use pesticides indiscriminately.
- B. The polluted ground water can cause health problems.
- C. Farmers may refrain from using pesticides indiscriminately.
- D. People in the district are majorly dependent on ground water for drinking use. Discuss
- 5. In each of the following question below are given some statements followed by some conclusions. Taking the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts, read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusion logically follows the given statements. Statements: I. All cups are plate. II. No plate is a shop. Conclusions: I. No cup is a shop. II. No shop is a plate.
Options- A. Only conclusion (I) follows.
- B. Only conclusion (II) follows.
- C. Both conclusion follow.
- D. Neither conclusion (I) nor conclusion (II) follows. Discuss
- 6. All windows are doors. No door is wall Conclusions: 1. No window is wall 2. No Wall is door
Options- A. Only 1 follows
- B. Only 2 follows
- C. Either 1 or 2 follows
- D. Both 1 and 2 follow Discuss
- 7. Artists are generally whimsical. Some of them are frustrated. Frustrated people are prone to be drug addicts. Based on these statements which of the following conclusions is true?
Options- A. All frustrated people are drug addicts
- B. Frustrated people are whimsical
- C. All drug addicts are artists
- D. Some artists may be drug addicts Discuss
- 8. Some boys are men. No man is black Conclusions: 1. Some boys are not black 2. Some men are boys
Options- A. Only 1 follows
- B. Only 2 follows
- C. Either 1 or 2 follows
- D. Neither 1 nor 2 follows Discuss
- 9. All snakes are trees. Some trees are roads. All roads are mountains. Conclusions: 1. Some mountains are snakes 2. Some roads are snakes 3. Some mountains are trees
Options- A. Only 1 follows
- B. Only 2 follows
- C. Only 3 follows
- D. Both 1 and 2 follow Discuss
- 10. Some blades are hammers. Some hammers are knives. Some knives are axes. Conclusions: 1. Some axes are hammers 2. Some knives are blades 3. Some axes are blades
Options- A. None follows
- B. Only 1 follows
- C. Only 2 follows
- D. Only 3 follows Discuss
Statement and Assumption problems
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Correct Answer: Both conclusions I and II follows
Correct Answer: Farmers may refrain from using pesticides indiscriminately.
Explanation:
(A), (B) and (D) are irrelevant as nothing is mentioned about them. The district administration has issued a circular to make the farmers aware of hazards that indiscriminate use of pesticides poses to ground water and plead them to refrain from the same. Hence (3) is an assumption in the given statement.
Correct Answer: If statement II is the cause and I is its effect.
Explanation:
Majority of the teachers of the colleges signed a joint petition to the university complaining the disturbances.
Correct Answer: Farmers may refrain from using pesticides indiscriminately.
Explanation:
(A), (B) and (D) are irrelevant as nothing is mentioned about them. The district administration has issued a circular to make the farmers aware of hazards that indiscriminate use of pesticides poses to ground water and plead them to refrain from the same. Hence (3) is an assumption in the given statement.
Correct Answer: Neither conclusion (I) nor conclusion (II) follows.
Correct Answer: Both 1 and 2 follow
Explanation:
Since both the premises are universal and one premise is negative, the conclusion must be universal negative. Also, the conclusion should not contain the middle term. So, 1 follows.
However, 2 is the converse of the second premise and thus it also holds.
Correct Answer: Some artists may be drug addicts
Correct Answer: Only 1 follows
Explanation:
Since one premise is negative , the conclusion must be negative. so 2 does not follow and only 1 follows
Correct Answer: Only 3 follows
Explanation:
All snakes are trees. Some trees are roads.
Since the middle term is not distributed even once in the premises,so no conclusion follows
Some trees are roads. All roads are mountains
Since one primise is particular,the conclusion must be particularand should'nt contain the middle term. So,it follows that 'Some trees are mountains'. 3 is the converse of this statement and so it holds.
All snakes are trees. Some trees are mountains.
Since the middle term is not distributed even once in the preises, so no definite conclusion follows
Correct Answer: None follows
Explanation:
Since each combination has of premises has 2 particular premises, so no defenite conclusion follows
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