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  • Statements: Some spoons are bowls. All bowls are knives. All knives are forks.

    Conclusions:

    1. All spoons are forks.
    2. All bowls are forks.
    3. Some knives are bowls.
    4. Some forks are spoons.


  • Options
  • A. Only II and III follow
  • B. Only II and IV follow
  • C. Only III and IV follow
  • D. All follow
  • E. None of these

  • Correct Answer
  • None of these 

    Explanation
    III is the converse of the second premise and so it holds.

    Some spoons are bowls. All bowls are knives.

    Since one premise is particular, the conclusion must be particular and should not contain the middle term. So, it follows that 'Some spoons are knives'.

    All bowls are knives. All knives are forks.

    Since both the premises are universal and affirmative, the conclusion must be universal affirmative and should not contain the middle term. So, it follows that.

    'All bowls are forks'. Thus, II follows.

    Some spoons are knives. All knives are forks.

    Since one premise is particular, the conclusion must be particular and should not contain the middle term.

    So, it follows that 'Some spoons are forks'. IV is the converse of this conclusion and so it follows.

    Hence, II, III and IV follow.


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    • 1. Statements: Some tigers are lions. Some lions are rabbits. Some rabbits are horses.

      Conclusions:

      1. Some tigers are horses.
      2. Some rabbits are tigers.
      3. Some horses are lions.
      4. All horses are rabbits.


    • Options
    • A. All follow
    • B. None follows
    • C. Only I and II follow
    • D. Only II and IV follow
    • E. Only IV follows
    • Discuss
    • 2. Statements: All oceans are rivers. Some springs are rivers. All wells are springs.

      Conclusions:

      1. Some springs are oceans.
      2. Some wells are rivers.
      3. Some rivers are oceans.
      4. No well is river.


    • Options
    • A. None follows
    • B. Only either I or III, and IV follow
    • C. Only either II or IV, and III follow
    • D. All follow
    • E. Only either II or IV, and I follow
    • Discuss
    • 3. Statements: All doors are buses. All buses are leaves. No leaf is a flower.

      Conclusions:

      1. No flower is a door.
      2. No flower is a bus.
      3. Some leaves are doors.
      4. Some leaves are buses.


    • Options
    • A. None follows
    • B. Only I and II follow
    • C. Only II and III follow
    • D. Only II, III and IV follow
    • E. All follow
    • Discuss
    • 4. Statements: Some trains are roads. No road is jungle. All flowers are jungles.

      Conclusions:

      1. Some trains are flowers.
      2. Some trains are jungles.
      3. Some flowers are trains.
      4. No road is flower.


    • Options
    • A. None follows
    • B. Only II follows
    • C. Only III follows
    • D. Only IV follows
    • E. All follow
    • Discuss
    • 5. Statements: All cups are glasses. Some glasses are bowls. No bowl is a plate.

      Conclusions:

      1. No cup is a plate.
      2. No glass is a plate.
      3. Some plates are bowls.
      4. Some cups are not glasses.


    • Options
    • A. None follows
    • B. Only either I or III follows
    • C. Only II and III follow
    • D. Only III and IV follow
    • E. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 6. Statements: All pencils are birds. All birds are skies. All skies are hills.

      Conclusions:

      1. All pencils are hills.
      2. All hills are birds
      3. All skies are pencils.
      4. All birds are hills.


    • Options
    • A. Only I and II follow
    • B. Only I and III follow
    • C. Only III and IV follow
    • D. All follow
    • E. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 7. Statements: No tree is fruit. All fruits are stones. All stones are rains.

      Conclusions:

      1. No stone is tree.
      2. No rain is tree.
      3. Some rains are fruits.
      4. Some rains are trees.


    • Options
    • A. Only either II or III, and I follow
    • B. None follows
    • C. Only either II or IV, and III follow
    • D. All follow
    • E. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 8. Statements: All players are spectators. Some spectators are theatres. Some theatres are dramas.

      Conclusions:

      1. Some dramas are spectators.
      2. Some players are dramas.
      3. Some theatres are players.
      4. All spectators are players.


    • Options
    • A. None follows
    • B. Only I and III follow
    • C. Only II follows
    • D. Only II and IV follow
    • E. All follow
    • Discuss
    • 9. Statements: All doors are roads. No road is fruit. Some flowers are doors.

      Conclusions:

      1. Some fruits are doors.
      2. Some fruits are flowers.
      3. Some roads are flowers.
      4. No fruit is flower.


    • Options
    • A. Only either II or III, and IV follow
    • B. Only either II or IV, and III follow
    • C. Only either II or IV, and I follow
    • D. Only either II or IV follows
    • E. All follow
    • Discuss
    • 10. Statements: All needles are threads. All threads are boxes. All trees are boxes.

      Conclusions:

      1. No needle is tree.
      2. Some trees are threads.
      3. Some boxes are needles.
      4. Some trees are needles.


    • Options
    • A. None follows
    • B. Only either I or IV follows
    • C. Only either I or IV, and II follow
    • D. Only III follows
    • E. Only either I or IV, and III follow
    • Discuss


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