SYLLOGISM

               SYLLOGISM

            EXERCISE - 1 (A)

* In each question below are given two statements followed by two conclusion conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read the conclusion and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.

Give answer:

a) if only conclusion I follows. 

b) If only conclusion II follows

c) if either conclusion I or II follows.

d) If neither conclusions I nor II follows.

e) if both Conclusion I and II follow.

1) Statements: All men are dogs.

 All dogs are cats.

Conclusions:

I. All men are cats.

II. All cats are men..

2) Statements:

 All film stars are playback singers. All film directors are film stars. 

Conclusions:

I. All film directors are playback singers.

II. Some film stars are film directors.

3) Statements:

All pens are roads. All roads are houses.

Conclusions:

I. All houses are pens.

II. some houses are pens.

4) Statements:

All huts are mansions. All mansions are temples.

Conclusions:

I. Some temples are huts.

II. Some temples are mansions.

5) Statements:

 All water is divine. All temples are divine.

Conclusions: 

I. All water in temple.

II. All temples are water.

6) Statements:

All cars are cats. All fans are cats.

Conclusions:

I. All cars are fans.

II. Some fans are cars.

7) Statements:

All pens are chalks. All chairs are chalks.

Conclusions:

I. Some Pens are chairs

II. Some chalks are pens.

8) Statements: 

All good athletes win. All good athletes eat well.

Conclusions:

I. All those who eat well are good athletes.

II. All those who win eat well.

9) Statements:

Every Minister is a student. Every student is inexperienced.

Conclusions:

I. Every Minister is inexperienced

II. Some inexperienced are students.

10) Statements:

 All tubes are handles. All cups are handles.

Conclusions:

I. All cups are tubes.

II. Some handled are not cups.

11) Statements:

 All bags are cakes. All lamps are cakes.

Conclusions:

I. Some lamps are bags.

II. No lamp is bag. 

12) Statements:

 All roads are waters. Some waters are boats.

Conclusions:

I. Some boats are Road.

II. All waters are boats.

13) Statements:

All jungles are tigers. Some tigers are horses.

Conclusions:

I. Some horses are jungles.

II. No horses jungle.

14) Statements:

 All birds are tall. Some tall are hens.

Conclusion:

I. Some birds are hens.

II Some hens are tall.

15. Statements:

 All artist are smokers. Some smokers and drunkards. Conclusions:

I. All smokers are artists.

II. Some drunkards are not smokers.

16. Statements:

Some hens are cows. All cows are horses.

Conclusions:

I. Some horses are hens.

II. Some hens are are horses.

17) Statements:

 Some pastries are toffies. All toffies are chocolates.

Conclusion:

I. Some chocolates are toffies.

II. Some toffees are not pastries.

18) Statements:

Some kings are Queens. All Queens road are beautiful.

Conclusions:

I. All King are beautiful.

II. All Queens are Kings.

19. Statements:

All men are married. Some men are educated.

Conclusions:

I. Some married are educated.

II. Some educated are married.

20) Statements:

 Some dedicated souls are angels. All social workers are angels.

Conclusions:

I. Some dedicated souls are social workers.

II. Some social workers are dedicated souls.

21) Statements:

All trucks fly. Some scooters fly.

Conclusions:

I. All trucks are scooters.

II. Some scooters do not fly.

22. Statements:

 Some swords are sharp. All swords are rusty.

Conclusions:

I. Some rusty things are sharp.

II. Some rusty things are not sharp.

23) Statement:

Some adults are boys. Some boys are old.

Conclusions:

I. Some adults are not old.

II. Some boys are not old.

24) Statements:

 Some books are tables. Some tables are mirrors.

Conclusions:

I. Some Mirrors are books.

II. No book is mirror.

25) Statements:

Some dreams are nights. Some Nights are days.

Conclusions:

I. All days are either night or dreams.

II. Some days are Nights.

26) Statements:

Some papers are pens. Some pencils are pens.

Conclusions:

I. Some pens are pencils.

II. Some pens are papers.

27) Statements:

Some doctors are fools. Some fools are rich.

Conclusions:

I. Some doctors are rich.

II. Some rich are doctors.

28) Statements:

All fishes are tortoise. No tortoise is a crocodile.

Conclusions:

I. No crocodile is a fish.

II. No fish is a crocodile.

29) Statements:

 All Windows are doors. No door is wall.

Conclusions:

I. No window is wall.

II. No wall is door.

30) Statements:

All roads are poles. No pole is a house.

Conclusions:

I. Some roads are houses.

II. Some houses are Poles.

31) Statements:

All flowers are trees. No fruit is tree.

Conclusions:

I. No fruit is flower.

II. Some trees are flowers.

32) Statements:

 All mangoes are Golden in colour. No golden coloured things are cheap.

Conclusions:

I. All mangoes are cheap.

II. Golden coloured mangoes are not cheap.

33) Statements:

All young scientists are open minded. No open-minded men are superstitious.

Conclusions:

I. No scientist is superstitious.

II. No young people are superstitious.

34) Statements:

No gentleman is poor. All gentleman are rich.

Conclusions:

I. No poor man is rich.

II. No rich man is poor.

35) Statements:

No magazine is cap. All caps are are cameras.

Conclusions:

I. No camera is magazine.

II. Some cameras are magazines.

36) Statements:

Some desks are caps. No cap is red.

Conclusions:

I. Some caps are desks. No desk is red.

37) Statements:

 Some books are pens. No pen is pencil.

Conclusions:

I. Some books are pencils.

II. No book is is pencil.

38) Statements:

 No Women teacher can play. Some women teachers are athletes.

Conclusions:

I. Male athletes can play.

II. Some athletes can play.

39) Statements:

No bat is ball. No ball is wicket.

Conclusions:

I. No bat is wicket.

II. All wickets are bats.

40) Statements:

Many scooters are trucks. All trucks are trains.

Conclusions:

I. Some scooters are trains.

II. No truck it is a a scooter.

41) Statements:

Most teachers are boys. Some boys are students.

Conclusions:

I. Some students are boys.

II. Some teachers are students.

42) Statements:

 Man is a donkey. Rahul is a man.

Conclusions:

I. Rahul is not a donkey.

II. All men are not Rahul.

43) Statements:

 All poles are guns. Some boats are not poles.

Conclusions:

I. All guns are boats.

II. Some boats are not guns.

Statements:

All boys are honest. Sachin is honest.

Conclusion:

I. Sachin is a a boy.

II. All honest persons are boys.

45) Statements:

Bureaucrats marry only intelligent girls. Tanya is very intelligent.

Conclusions:

I. Tanya will marry bureauvrat. 

II. Tanya will not marry a bureaucrat.

46) Statements:

 Raman is always successful. No fool is always successful.

Conclusions:

I. Raman is a fool.

II. Raman is not a fool.

47) Statements:

All hill station have a Sunset Point X is a hill station.

Conclusions:

I. X has a Sunset Point.

II. Places other than hill stations do not have Sunset Points.

48) Statements:

 All fisheses are grey in colour. Some fishes are heavy.

Conclusions:

I. All heavy fishes are grey in colour.

II. All light fishes are not grey in colour.

49) Statements:

All educated people read newspapers. Rahul does not read newspaper.

Conclusions:

I. Rahul is not educated.

II. Reading newspaper is not essential to be educated.

50) Statements:

Some papers are pens. Angle is a paper.

Conclusions:

I. Angle is not a pen.

II. Angle is a paper.

51) Statements:

 Some engineers are fools. Anand is an an engineer.

Conclusions:

I. Some foodls are engineers.

II. Anandi is an engineer.

52) Statements:

 Some men are educated are educated. Educated persons prefer small families.

Conclusions:

I. All small families are educated.

II. Some men prefer small families.

** In each of the following questions, two statements are given followed by three or four four conclusions numbered I, II, III and IV. You have to take the given statements to be true true even if they seem to be at variance from the commonly known facts and then decide which of the given given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

53) Statements:

All branches are flowers. All flowers are leaves.

Conclusions:

I. All branches are leaves.

II. All leaves are branches.

III. All flowers are branches.

IV. Some leaves are branches branches.

a) none follows.

b) only I and IV follow.

c) only II and III follow

d) all follow

54) Statements:

All politicians are honest. All honest are fair.

Conclusions:

I. Some honest are politicians.

II. No honest is politician.

III. Some fair are politicians.

IV. All fair are politicians.

a) none follows.

b) only I follows.

c) only I and II follow.

d) only I and III follow.

55) Statements:

 All terrorists are guilty. All terrorists are criminals.

Conclusions:

I. Either all criminals are guilty or all guilty are criminals.

II. Some guilty persons are criminals.

III. Generally criminals are guilty.

IV. Crime and guilt go together.

a) only I follows.

b) only I and III follow.

c) only II follow.

d) only II and III follow.

56) Statements:

All aeroplanes are trains. Some trains are chairs.

Conclusions:

I. Some aeroplanes are chairs.

II. Some chairs are aeroplanes.

III. Some chairs are trains.

IV. Some trains are aeroplanes. 

a) none follows.

b) only I and II follows.

c) only II and III follow.

d) only III and IV follow.

57) Statements:

Some bottles are drinks. All drinks are cups.

Conclusions:

I. Some bottles are cups.

II. Some cups are drinks.

III. All drinks are bottles.

IV. All cups are drinks

a) only I and II follows.

b) only II and III follow.

c) only I and IV follow.

d) only III and IV follow.

58) Statements:

Some books are pens. No pen is pencil.

Conclusions:

I. Some pens are books

II. Some pencils are books.

III. Some books are not pencils.

IV. All pencils are books books.

a) only I follows.

b) only II and III follow.

c) only I and III follow.

d) only Ii and II follow

59) Statements:

Some clothes are marbles. Some Marbles are bags.

Conclusions:

I. No cloth is a bag

II. All Marbles are bags.

III.Some bags are clothes.

IV. No marble is a cloth.

a) only either I or IV follows.

b) only I and II follow.

c) noone follow.

d) only either I and III follow

60) statements:

All shares are debentures. No debenture is an equity.

Conclusions:

I. No equity is a share.

II. some debentures are shares

III. No shares is an equity.

a) only I follows.

b) only II follow.

c) only III follow.

d) All follow

61) Statements:

 Some tables are TVs. Some TV are rediiis.

Conclusions:

I. Some tables are radios.

II. Some rediis are tables.

III. All radios are TVs.

IV. All TVs are tables.

a) none follows.

b) All follows.

c) only I and III follow.

d) only IIi and IV follow.

62) Statements:

 Some bags are pockets. No pocket is a pouch.

Conclusions:

I. No bag is a pouch.

II. Some bags are not pouches.

III. Some pockets are bags.

IV. No pocket is a bag.

a) none follows.

b) only I and III follows.

c) only II and III follow.

d) only either I and IV follow.

e) All follow

63) Statements:

 Some taxis have horns. Some taxis have a a lights.

Conclusions:

I. every taxi has either horn or light.

II. Some taxis have neither light nor horn.

III. Some taxis have horns as well as lights.

IV. No taxi has horn as well as light.

a) only I and II follows.

b) only II and III follow.

d) only II and IV follow.

e) All follow

64) Statements:

 Some houses are offices. Some offices are schools.

I. Some schools are houses.

II. Some offices are houses.

III. No house is school.

IV. Someo schools are offices.

a) only II and III follows.

b) only I and IV follow.

c) only either III or IV, and I follow.

d) only II and IV and either I or III follow.

65) Statements:

No box is toy. All toys are blocks. Conclusions:

I. Some blocks are toys.

II. Some blocks are boxes.

III. No block is box.

a) only I follows.

b) only either II or III follows.

c) only either II or III, and I follow.

d) none follow.

*** In each question below are two statements statements followed by two  conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the two given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements disregarding commonly known facts:

 Given answer:

A) if only conclusion I follows.

B) if only conclusion II follows.

C) if either I or II follows.

D) if neither I nor II follows.

E) if both I and II follow.

Statements:

1. Some players are singers.

2. All singers are tall.

Conclusion:

I. Some players are tall.

II. All players are tall.

2) Statement:

1. Some hats are caps.

2. Some caps are mats.

Conclusion:

I. Some caps are hats.

II. Some mats are caps.

3) Statement:

1. Some vegetables are fruits.

2. No fruit is black.

Conclusion:

I. Some fruits are vegetables.

II. No vegetable is black.

4) Statement:

1. Some fools are intelligent.

2. Some intelligent are great.

Conclusion:

I.  Some fools are great.

II.  All great are intelligent.

5) Statement:

1. All stones are water.

2. Some waters are clean.

Conclusion:

I. Some stones are clean.

II. No stone clean.

6) Statements:

1. All keys are locks.

2. All locks are screws.

Conclusions:

I. All screws are keys.

II. Some locks are keys.

7) Statements:

1. Some books are pens.

2. No pen is pencil.

Conclusions:

I. Some books are pencils.

II. No book is pencil.

8) Statements:

1. All dogs are monkeys.

2. No monkey is a cat.

Conclusions:

I. No dog is a cat.

II. No cat is a dog.

9) Statements:

1. Some phones are watches.

2. All watches are guns.

Conclusions:

I. All guns are watches.

II. Some guns are phones.

10) Statements:

1. All umbrellas are aeroplanes.

2. Some aeroplanes are birds.

Conclusions:

I. Some umbrellas are birds.

II. Some birds are umbrellas.

11) Statements:

1. All cars are cats

2. All fans are cats.

Conclusions:

I. All car fans.

II. Some fans cars.

12) Statements:

1. Some scooters are trucks.

2. All trucks are trains

Conclusions:

I. Some scooters are train.

II. No truck is scooter.

13) Statements:

1. All pencils are pens.

2. No pen is a book.

Conclusions:

I. No pencil is a book.

II. Some pens are pencils.

14) Statements:

1. Some rats are rabbits.

2. All rats are mosquitoes.

Conclusions:

I. Some mosquitoes are rabbits.

II. No rabbit is mosquito.

15) Statements:

1. All fans are cups

2. All cup are pillows.

Conclusions:

I. All fans are pillows.

II. All pillows are fans.

16) Statements:

1. Roma is brilliant.

2. Roma is a woman.

Conclusions:

I. Women are brilliant.

II. Roma is brilliant because she is a women.

 

17) Statements:

1. Some stones are bricks.

2. Some bricks are trees.

Conclusions:

I. Some stones are trees.

II. Some trees are bricks.

18) Statements:

1. Some whites are black.

2. No black is green.

Conclusions:

I. Some whites are green.

II. Some whites are not green.

19) Statements:

1. All flowers are stems.

2. All stems are roots.

Conclusions:

I. All roots are flowers.

II.  All  stems are flowers.

20) Statements:

1. Some Cities are villages.

2. Some towns are villages.

Conclusions:

I. Some cities are towns.

II. No city is town.

21) Statements:

1. Some visitors are Indians.

2. Some visitors are Americans.

Conclusions:

I. Some Indians are visitors.

II. All Indians are visitors.

22) Statements:

1.  All books are pencils.

2. Some pencil are cycles

Conclusions:

I. Some cycles are pencils.

II. Some pencils are books.

23) Statements:

1. All tigers are ships.

2. Some ships are cupboards.

Conclusions:

I. Some tigers are cupboards.

II. Some cupboards are tigers.

24) Statements:

1. All pencils are bricks.

2. All bricks are bottles.

Conclusions:

I.  All pencils are bottles

II. All brick are pencils.

25) Statements:

1. All tigers are ships.

2. Some ships are cupboards.

Conclusions:

I. Some ships are tigers.

II. Some cupboards are not ships

26) Statements:

1. Some stones are cups.

2. Some cups are black.

Conclusions:

I. Some blacks are not cups.

II. Some cups are stones.

27) Statements:

1. Some clips are small.

2. All small are big.

Conclusions:

I. All big are small.

II. All small are clips.

28) Statements:

1. Some books are toys.

2. No toy is red.

Conclusions:

I. Some books are red.

II. Some toys are books.

29) Statements:

1. All are books are pencils 

2. All pencils are pins.

Conclusions:

I.  Some pins are books 

II. No pin is a is a book.

30) Statements:

1. All papers are files.

2. Some files are pens.

Conclusions:

I. No paper is a pen.

II. Some pens are papers.

31) Statements:

1. All books are papers.

2. All papers are sticks.

Conclusions:

I.  Some sticks are books.

II. Some sticks are papers.

32) Statements:

1. Some chairs are Steels.

2. Some Steels are wood.

Conclusions:

I.  Some wood are chairs.

II. Some wood are stees.

33) Statements a:

1. Some bags are hots.

2. All hots are cakes.

Conclusions:

I. All cakes are bags.

II.  All bags are cakes.

34) Statements:

1. All pens are cycles.

2. All pigs are cycles.

Conclusions:

I. No pig is pen.

II. Some pigs are pens.

35) Statements:

1. All plants are trees.

2. No tree is green.

Conclusions:

I. Some plants are green.

II. Those Plants which are not trees are green.

36) Statements:

1. Some dogs are rats.

2. Some Rats are lions.

Conclusions:

I. Some dogs are lions.

II. None of the dogs is a lion.

37) Statements:

1. All doors are windows.

2. All Windows are ventilators.

Conclusions:

I. All ventilators are doors.

II. All Windows are doors.

38) Statements:

1. All pencils are papers.

2. Some papers are books.

Conclusions:

I. Some pencils are books.

II. Some books are papers. 

39) Statements:

1. Some cups are bottles.

2. All bottles are glasses.

Conclusions:

I. Some cups are glasses. 

II. Some glasses are bottles.

40) Statements:

1. Some novles are epics.

2. All epics are dramas.

Conclusions:

I. Some novels are dramas.

II. Some epics are not novels.

41( Statements:

1. Some schools are factories.

2. All factories are shops.

Conclusions:

I. All shops are factories.

II. Some shops are Schools.

42) Statements:

1. All trees are tigers.

2. Some tigers are rocks.

Conclusions:

I. Some trees are rocks.

II. No tree is rock.

43) Statements:

1. Some hens are cows.

2. All cows are horses.

Conclusions:

I. Some horses are hens.

II. Some hens are horses.

44) Statements:

1. All poets our readers.

2. No reader is wise.

Conclusions:

I)  No poet is wise wise.

II) All readers are poets.

45) Statements:

1. Some chairs are stools.

2. Table is a chair.

Conclusions:

I. Some stools are chairs.

II. Table is not a stooll.

46) Statements:

1. All Businessmen are hard working.

2. No hardworking men are superstitious.

Conclusions:

I.  No businessmen are superstitious.

II.  All superstitious are not business man businessmen.

47) Statements:

1. All Windows are doors.

2. No door is a wall.

Conclusions:

I.  No dow is a wall.

II. No wall is a door.

48) Statements:

1. All poets our authors.

2. All singers are authors.

Conclusions:

I. All singers are poets.

II. Some authors are not singers.

49) Statements:

1. Some trees are small.

2. All small are plants.

Conclusions:

I.  All plants are small.

II. All small are trees.

50) Statements:

1. All educated people read newspapers.

2. Rahul does not read newspaper.

Conclusions:

I. Rahul is not educated.

II. Reading newspaper is not essential to be educated.

51) Statements:

1. All plants are goats.

2. No goat is green.

Conclusions:

I. Some plants are green.

II.  Those plants which are not goat are green.

52) Statements:

1. Some girls are flowers.

2. Some flowers are books.

Conclusions:

I. Some girls are books.

II. No book is a girl.

53) Statements:

1. Some pots are belts.

2. No belt is white.

Conclusions:

I. Some pots are white.

II. Some pots are not white.

54) Statements:

1. All hill stations have a sunset Point.

2.X is a hill station.

Conclusions:

I. X has a Sunset Point.

II. Places other than hill stations do not have sunset points.

55) Statements:

1. Some parrots are crows.

2. No crow is green.

Conclusions:

I. No parrot is green.

II. No crow is white.

56) Statements:

1. All clerks are lazy.

2. Some men are clerks.

Conclusions:

I.  All lazy are men.

II. Some men are lazy.

57) Statements:

1. All goats are wolves.

2. Some wolves are tigers.

Conclusions:

I. Some goats are tigers.

II. Tigers, which are wolves are not goats.

58) Statements:

1. Some aeroplanes are living beings.

2. Some non-living beings are ghosts.

Conclusions: 

I. Some aeroplanes are ghosts.

II. Some aeroplanes are not ghosts.

59) Statements:

1. Some papers are needles.

2. All needles are sharp.

Conclusions:

I. All paper are sharp.

II. All needles are papers.

60) Statements:

1. All bags are cakes.

2. All lamps are cakes.

Conclusions:

I. Some lamps are bags.

II. No lamp is a bag.

61) Statements:

1. Some soldiers are famous.

2. Some are intelligent.

Conclusions:

I. Some soldiers are either famous or intelligent.

II. Some soldiers are neither famous nor intelligent.

62) Statements:

1. Some men are educated.

2. Educated persons prefer small families.

Conclusions:

I. All small families are educated.

II. Some men prefer small families.

63) Statements:

1. All players are tall.

2. Sohan is tall.

Conclusions:

I. Sohan is player.

II. Sohan is not a player.

64) Statements:

1. All students are boys.

2. No boys is dull.

Conclusions:

I. No student is dull.

II. There are no girls in the class.

65) Statements:

1. All scientist are researchers.

2. Some researchers are teachers

Conclusions:

I.  No scientist is a teacher.

II. Some teachers are scientists.

66) Statements:

1. Some authors are teachers.

2. No teacher is a lady.

Conclusions:

I. Some teachers are not ladies.

II. Some ladies are teachers.

67) Statements:

1. No Women can vote.

2. Some women are politicians 

Conclusions:

I. Male politicians and can vote.

II. Some politicians can vote.

68) Statements:

1. All radios are pencils.

2. Some pencils are files.

Conclusions:

I. No radio is a file.

II. Some files are redios.

69) Statements:

1. Some machines are racks.

2. All wheels are machines.

Conclusions:

I. Some  wheels are racks.

iI. Some racks are wheels.

70) Statements:

1. All roads are poles.

2. No pole is a house.

Conclusions:

I. Some roads are houses.

II. Some houses are poles.

71) Statements:

1. Most crops are machines.

2. Some machines are fools.

Conclusions:

I.  Some fools are machines.

II. Some crops are fools.

72) Statements:

1. All truck fly.

2. Some scooters fly.

Conclusions:

I. All trucks are scooters.

II. Some scooters do not fly.

73) Statements:

1. All cakes are ice-creams.

2. All ice creams are toffies.

Conclusions:

I. All cakes are toffees.

II. All toffees are ice creams.

74) Statements:

1. All pencils are bricks.

2. All bricks are bottles.

Conclusions:

I. All pencils are bottles.

II. All bricks are pencils.

75) Statements:

1. Some pearls gems.

2.  Some gems are ornaments.

Conclusions:

I. Some gems are pearls.

II. Some ornaments are gems.

76) Statements:

1. All cars are tables.

2. Some children are tables.

Conclusions:

I. Some cars are children.

II. Some children are cars.

77) Statements:

1. All horses are Bullocks.

2. All bullocks are goats.

Conclusions:

I. All horses are goats.

II. All goats are horses.

78) Statements:

1. Some books are pencils.

2. Some pencils are pens.

Conclusions:

I. Some books are pens.

II. Some pens are books.

79) Statements:

1. All trays are erasers.

2. All pens are erasers.

Conclusions:

I. All erasers are pens.

II. Some pens are trays.

80) Statements:

1. Some chalks are wires.

2. Some wires are frames.

Conclusions:

I. Some chalkss are frames.

II. Some frames are chalks.

81) Statements:

1. Some pastries are toffees.

2. All toffees are chocolates.

Conclusions:

I. Some chocolates are Toffees.

II. Some toffees are not pastries.

82) Statements:

1. All dog are rats.

2. Some rats are lizards.

Conclusions:

I. Some dogs are lizards.

II. Some lizards are dogs.

83) Statements:

1. All lawyers are cheats.

2. Some women are lawyers.

Conclusions:

I. Some women are cheats.

II. All cheat are women.

84) Statements:

1. All readers are teachers.

2. All writers are teachers.

Conclusions:

I. Some teachers are writers.

II. Some writers are readers.

85) Statements:

1. All young girls are modern.

2. No modern men are superstitious.

Conclusions:

I. No girls are superstitious.

II.  No young men are superstitious.

86) Statements:

1. Some trees are Houses.

2. Biscuit is a tree.

Conclusions:

I.  Biscuit is a tree.

II. Biscuit is not a tree.

87) Statements:

1. Some children are adults.

2. Some adults are old.

Conclusions:

I. Some children are not old.

II. Some adults are not old.