- Topic: Syllogism
- Number of Questions: 10
- Target: SBI PO, SBI Clerk, RBI Assistant, IBPS PO, IBPS Clerk, SSC CGL, SSC GD, SSC CPO, SSC MTS, SSC CHSL, Railways, etc.
Let’s Start
Statements are given in each of the questions below, followed by some conclusions numbered I and II. You must first assume that all of the statements are true, even if they appear to contradict commonly held beliefs, and then choose which of the two conclusions logically emerges from the information provided in the statements.
1. Statement: Some P are Q. No Q is R. Some R are not T.
Conclusion:
I. Some P are not R.
II. All T can be R
- Conclusion I follows only
- Only one of conclusion I or II follows
- Conclusion II follows only
- None of conclusion I or II follows
- Conclusions I and II both follow
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Answer: 5. Conclusions I and II both follow
Explanation:
2. Statement: All 1 are 2. All 1 are 3. Some 3 are 4.
Conclusion:
I. All 3 can be 2.
II. All 1 are 2 as well as 3.
- Conclusion I follows only
- Only one of conclusion I or II follows
- Conclusion II follows only
- None of conclusion I or II follows
- Conclusions I and II both follow
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Answer: 5. Conclusions I and II both follow
Explanation:
3. Statement: Some 1 are 2. Some 1 are 3.
Conclusion:
I. Some 1 are either 2 or 3.
II. Some 1 are 2 and 3 as well.
- Conclusion I follows only
- Only one of conclusion I or II follows
- Conclusion II follows only
- None of conclusion I or II follows
- Conclusions I and II both follow
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Answer: 4. None of conclusion I or II follows
Explanation:
4. Statement: No A is B. Some B are not C.
Conclusion:
I. Some A are not C.
II. All A can be C.
- Conclusion I follows only
- Only one of conclusion I or II follows
- Conclusion II follows only
- None of conclusion I or II follows
- Conclusions I and II both follow
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Answer: 3. Conclusion II follows only
Explanation:
5. Statement: Some T are not V. All V are Q. No Q is P.
Conclusion:
I. Some T are V.
II. Some T can be P.
- Conclusion I follows only
- Only one of conclusion I or II follows
- Conclusion II follows only
- None of conclusion I or II follows
- Conclusions I and II both follow
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Answer: 3. Conclusion II follows only
Explanation:
6. Statement: Some T are Q. No Q is P.
Conclusion:
I. Some V are not P.
II. Some V are P.
- Conclusion I follows only
- Only one of conclusion I or II follows
- Conclusion II follows only
- None of conclusion I or II follows
- Conclusions I and II both follow
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Answer: 1. Conclusion I follows only
Explanation:
7. Statement: Some A are B. Some B are C. All C are D.
Conclusion:
I. All A are D.
II. Some A are not D.
- Conclusion I follows only
- Only one of conclusion I or II follows
- Conclusion II follows only
- None of conclusion I or II follows
- Conclusions I and II both follow
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Answer: 2. Only one of conclusion I or II follows
Explanation:
8. Statement: No A is B. No B is C
Conclusion:
I. Some A not being C is possibility
II. No A is C
- Conclusion I follows only
- Only one of conclusion I or II follows
- Conclusion II follows only
- None of conclusion I or II follows
- Conclusions I and II both follow
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Answer: 1. Conclusion I follows only
Explanation:
9. Statement: Some A are B. No B is C.
Conclusion:
I. Some A are not C.
II. Some A can be C.
- Conclusion I follows only
- Only one of conclusion I or II follows
- Conclusion II follows only
- None of conclusion I or II follows
- Conclusions I and II both follow
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Answer: 5. Conclusions I and II both follow
Explanation:
10. Statement: Some A are B. All B are C.
Conclusion:
I. No A is C.
II. All A are C.
- Conclusion I follows only
- Only one of conclusion I or II follows
- Conclusion II follows only
- None of conclusion I or II follows
- Conclusions I and II both follow
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Answer: 4. None of conclusion I or II follows
Explanation: n