Syllogism Questions

• Syllogism — Evaluate the conclusions from the following information: Statements: • Some clerks are poor. • A is poor. Conclusions to test: I. A is a clerk. II. A has a large family. Select the option that states which conclusion(s) necessarily follow.
• Syllogism — Determine which conclusions necessarily follow: Statements: • All fish are tortoises. • No tortoise is a crocodile. Conclusions: I. No crocodile is a fish. II. No fish is a crocodile.
• Syllogism — Judge the validity of conclusions from the premises: Statements: • No pencil is an eraser. • All erasers are sharpeners. Conclusions: I. All sharpeners are pencils. II. All sharpeners are erasers.
• Syllogism — Decide which conclusions must follow: Statements: • All roses are yellow. • Some roses are flowers. Conclusions: I. Some roses are yellow. II. All roses are flowers.
• Syllogism — Identify the valid conclusion(s): Statements: • All cycles are ducks. • All ducks are swans. Conclusions: I. All swans are cycles. II. Some swans are cycles.
• Syllogism — Determine which conclusion(s) necessarily follow: Statements: • Some buses are four-wheelers. • All four-wheelers are vans. Conclusions: I. Some vans are buses. II. Some buses are vans.
• Syllogism — Identify necessary conclusions: Statements: • All teachers are experienced. • Some teachers are spinsters. Conclusions: I. Some experienced are spinsters. II. Some spinsters are experienced.
• Syllogism — Assess what follows from two negatives: Statements: • No flower is a pot. • No pot is a garden. Conclusions: I. No flower is a garden. II. All gardens are pots.
• Syllogism — Evaluate conclusions based on two universal statements: Statements: • All students are boys. • No boy is dull. Conclusions: I. There are no girls in the class. II. No student is dull.
• Syllogism — Decide which conclusion(s) follow from the premises: Statements: • All mangoes are golden in colour. • No golden-coloured thing is cheap. Conclusions: I. All mangoes are cheap. II. Golden-coloured mangoes are not cheap.
• Syllogism — Evaluate the following conclusions: Statements: • Some flies are ants. • All insects are ants. Conclusions: I. All flies are ants. II. Some ants are insects.
• Syllogism — Analyze conclusions from chained inclusions Statements: • All crows are birds. • All peacocks are crows. Conclusions: I) All peacocks are birds. II) All birds are peacocks. Choose which conclusion(s) logically follow(s) from the statements.
• Syllogism — Propagate class inclusions for geometric terms Statements: I) All squares are rectangles. II) All rectangles are polygons. Decide the best conclusion about a square based on these statements.
• Syllogism with truth-tellers and sometimes-liars Statements: (a) Mary: “Ann and I both have cats.” (b) Ann: “I do not have a cat.” Facts: Mary always tells the truth; Ann sometimes lies. Conclusions to test: I) Ann has a cat. II) Mary has a cat. III) Ann is lying.
• Syllogism — From universal inclusion plus particular membership Statements: 1) All stenographers are lazy. 2) Some men are stenographers. Conclusions: I) All lazy people are men. II) Some men are lazy. Select the conclusion(s) that must follow.
• Syllogism — Chaining several “some” statements across different sets Statements: • Some pens are pencils. • Some pencils are erasers. • Some erasers are sharpeners. Conclusions: I) Some sharpeners are pens. II) Some pencils are sharpeners. III) Some erasers are pens. Pick the conclusion(s) that necessarily follow.
• Syllogism — Applying a universal statement to an individual case Statements: • All boys are tall. • Rajiv is a boy. Conclusions: I) Rajiv is tall. II) Rajiv is not tall. Choose the correct evaluation.
• Syllogism — Chained universals with an existential corollary Statements: 1) All elephants are men. 2) All men are socks. Conclusions: I) Some socks are elephants. II) All elephants are socks. Select the necessary conclusion(s).
• Syllogism — Chain a particular statement through two universal inclusions Statements: • Some radios are telephones. • All telephones are mirrors. • All mirrors are desks. Conclusions: I) Some radios are desks. II) Some radios are mirrors. III) Some desks are telephones. Choose the conclusion set that must be true.
• Syllogism — Test disjointness and existence carefully Statements: • All furniture are jungles. • No jungle is road. • Some roads are hills. Conclusions: I) Some roads are furniture. II) Some jungles are furniture. III) Some hills are jungles. Select what necessarily follows from the premises.