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  • Question
  • Statements: All rods are bricks. Some bricks are ropes. All ropes are doors.

    Conclusions:

    1. Some rods are doors.
    2. Some doors are bricks.
    3. Some rods are not doors.
    4. All doors are ropes.


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

  • Correct Answer
  • None of these 

    Explanation
    All rods are bricks. Some bricks are ropes.

    Since the middle term 'bricks' is not distributed even once in the premises, no definite conclusion follows.

    Some bricks are ropes. All ropes are doors.

    Since one premise is particular, the conclusion must be particular and should not contain the middle term. So, it follows that 'Some bricks are doors'. II is the converse of this conclusion and so it holds.

    All rods are bricks. Some bricks are doors.

    Since the middle term 'bricks' is not distributed even once in the premises, no definite conclusion follows.

    However, I and III involve the extreme terms. But, since they are not contradictory, they do not form a complementary pair.

    Hence, only II follows.


    More questions

    • 1. Statement: Children are influenced more by their teachers nowadays.

      Assumptions:

      1. The children consider teachers as their models.
      2. A large amount of children's time is spent in school.


    • Options
    • A. Only assumption I is implicit
    • B. Only assumption II is implicit
    • C. Either I or II is implicit
    • D. Neither I nor II is implicit
    • E. Both I and II are implicit
    • Discuss
    • 2. Most Reality TV centers on two common motivators: fame and money. The shows transform waitresses, hairdressers, investment bankers, counselors, and teachers, to name a few, from obscure figures to house-hold names. A lucky few successfully parlay their fifteen minutes of fame into celebrity. The luckiest stars of Reality TV also reap huge financial rewards for acts including eating large insects, marrying someone they barely know, and revealing their innermost thoughts to millions of people.
      This paragraph best supports the statement that

    • Options
    • A. the stars of Reality TV are interested in being rich and famous.
    • B. Reality TV is the best thing that has happened to network television in a long time.
    • C. for Reality TV stars, fame will last only as long as their particular television show.
    • D. traditional dramas and sitcoms are being replaced by Reality TV programming at an alarming rate.
    • E. Reality TV shows represent a new wave of sensationalistic, low quality programming.
    • Discuss
    • 3. Which word does NOT belong with the others?

    • Options
    • A. book
    • B. index
    • C. glossary
    • D. chapter
    • Discuss
    • 4. 42 40 38 35 33 31 28

    • Options
    • A. 25 22
    • B. 26 23
    • C. 26 24
    • D. 25 23
    • E. 26 22
    • Discuss
    • 5. Look at this series: 1.5, 2.3, 3.1, 3.9, ... What number should come next?

    • Options
    • A. 4.2
    • B. 4.4
    • C. 4.7
    • D. 5.1
    • 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. Which word does NOT belong with the others?

    • Options
    • A. couch
    • B. rug
    • C. table
    • D. chair
    • Discuss
    • 8. Which word does NOT belong with the others?

    • Options
    • A. eel
    • B. lobster
    • C. crab
    • D. shrimp
    • Discuss
    • 9. 14 14 26 26 38 38 50

    • Options
    • A. 60 72
    • B. 50 62
    • C. 50 72
    • D. 62 62
    • E. 62 80
    • Discuss
    • 10. All guilty politicians were arrested. Kishan and Chander were among those arrested.

    • Options
    • A. All politicians are guilty.
    • B. All arrested people are politicians.
    • C. Kishan and Chander were not politicians.
    • D. Kishan and Chander were guilty.
    • Discuss


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