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  • Question

  • Some hills are rivers. Some rivers are desrets. All desrets are roads. Conclusions: 1. Some roads are rivers 2. Some roads are hills 3. Some deserts are hills


  • Options
  • A. None follows
  • B. Only 1 follows
  • C. Only 1 and 2 follows
  • D. All follow

  • Correct Answer
  • Only 1 follows 

    Explanation

    Some hills are  rivers. Some rivers are deserts.

    Since both the premises are particular, no defenite conclusion follows.

     

    Some rivers are deserts. All deserts are roads

    Since one premise is particular,the conclusion must be particular and should'nt contain the middle term. Since it follows that 'Some rivers are roads'. 1 is the converse of this conclusion and so it holds.

    • More questions

    • 1. PSYCHOLOGIST : NEUROSIS

    • Options
    • A. ophthalmologist : cataract
    • B. dermatologist : fracture
    • C. infant : pediatrician
    • D. rash : orthopedist
    • E. oncologist : measles
      • Discuss
    • 2. Optimist is to cheerful as pessimist is to

    • Options
    • A. gloomy
    • B. mean
    • C. petty
    • D. helpful
      • Discuss
    • 3. Statements: Death keeps no calendar.

      Conclusions:

      1. Man must die one day.
      2. Death can come at any time.


    • Options
    • A. Only conclusion I follows
    • B. Only conclusion II follows
    • C. Either I or II follows
    • D. Neither I nor II follows
    • E. Both I and II follow
      • Discuss
    • 4. Which word does NOT belong with the others?

    • Options
    • A. cornea
    • B. retina
    • C. pupil
    • D. vision
      • Discuss
    • 5. Many business offices are located in buildings having two to eight floors. If a building has more than three floors, it has a lift.

    • Options
    • A. All floors may be reached by lifts.
    • B. Only floors above the third floor have lifts.
    • C. Seventh floors have lifts.
    • D. Second floors do not have lifts.
      • Discuss
    • 6. Choose the picture that would go in the empty box so that the two bottom pictures are related in the same way as the top two:

    • Options
    • A. 1
    • B. 2
    • C. 3
    • D. 4
      • Discuss
    • 7. Choose the picture that would go in the empty box so that the two bottom pictures are related in the same way as the top two:

    • Options
    • A. 1
    • B. 2
    • C. 3
    • D. 4
      • Discuss
    • 8. Choose the picture that would go in the empty box so that the two bottom pictures are related in the same way as the top two:

    • Options
    • A. 1
    • B. 2
    • C. 3
    • D. 4
      • Discuss
    • 9. Statements: National Aluminium Company has moved India from a position of shortage to self-sufficiency in the metal.

      Conclusions:

      1. Previously, India had to import aluminium.
      2. With this speed, it can soon become a foreign exchange earner.


    • Options
    • A. Only conclusion I follows
    • B. Only conclusion II follows
    • C. Either I or II follows
    • D. Neither I nor II follows
    • E. Both I and II follow
      • Discuss
    • 10. Statement: Footpaths of a busy road are crowded with vendors selling cheap items.

      Courses of Action:

      1. The help of police should be sought to drive them away.
      2. Some space should be provided to them where they can earn their bread without blocking footpaths.


    • Options
    • A. Only I follows
    • B. Only II follows
    • C. Either I or II follows
    • D. Neither I nor II follows
    • E. Both I and II follow
      • Discuss

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