High Level Syllogism Questions SBI IBPS SSC RRB
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Directions (Ques 1 - 10) : In each question below there are three statements followed by four conclusions numbered, I, II, III and IV. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
All books are notes.
Some notes are pencils.
No pencil is paper.
Some notes are pencils.
No pencil is paper.
Conclusions:
I. Some notes are books.
II. Some pencils are books.
III. Some books are papers.
IV. No book is a paper.
1) Only I follows
2) Only I and either III or IV follow
3) Either III or IV follows
4) Only I and III follow
5) None of these
2. Statements:
Some cups are utensils.
No utensil is a bucket.
All buckets are plates.
Conclusions:
No utensil is a bucket.
All buckets are plates.
Conclusions:
I. Some cups are buckets.
II. Some utensils are plates.
III. No utensil is a plate.
IV. Some cups are plates.
1) Only I follows
2) Only III follows
3) Either II or III follows
4) Either III or IV follows
5) None of these
3. Statements:
Some keys are locks.
All locks are doors.
All locks are doors.
Some doors are windows.
Conclusions:
I. Some locks are windows.
II. Some windows are keys.
III. Some windows are doors.
IV. No window is a lock.
1) Either I or IV follows
2) Only II follows
3) Only III and IV follow
4) None follows
5) None of these
4. Statements:
All pins are staplers.
Some staplers are sharpeners.
Some sharpeners are stands.
Conclusions:
Some sharpeners are stands.
Conclusions:
I. Some staplers are stands.
II. Some sharpeners are pins.
III. Some pins are stands.
IV. Some stands are sharpeners.
1) Only I and II follow
2) Only II and IV follow
3) Only III follows
4) Only IV follows
5) None of these
5. Statements:
Some oranges are apples.
All apples are guavas.
All apples are guavas.
No guava is a banana.
Conclusions:
I. Some guavas are oranges.
II. No apple is a banana.
III. Some oranges are bananas.
IV. Some apples are bananas.
1) Only I and II follow
2) Only I and either II or IV follow
3) Only I, II and IV follow
4) Only III and either II or IV follow
5) None of these
6. Statements:
Some spectacles are boxes.
No bat is a ball.
No bat is a ball.
Some boxes are balls.
Conclusions:
I. Some boxes are not bats.
II. Some bats are spectacles.
III. No bat is a box.
IV. No ball is a spectacle.
1) Only I follows
2) Only 1 & III follow
3) Only II and III follow
4) Only IV follows
5) None of these
7. Statements:
All fans are tubelights.
No pen is a bulb.
No pen is a bulb.
Some bulbs are fans.
Conclusions:
I. Some pens are tubelights.
II. No pens are tubelights.
III. Some tubelights are fans.
IV. All tubelights are fans.
1) Only I and II follow
2) Only I, II and III follow
3) Either I or II and III follow
4) Only III and IV follow
5) None of these
8. Statements:
Some fruits are vegetables.
All liquids are drinks.
All liquids are drinks.
All drinks are fruits.
Conclusions:
I. Some drinks are vegetables.
II. Some fruits are liquids.
III. All liquids are fruits.
IV. No liquids are vegetables.
1) Only I and II follow
2) Only II and III follow
3) Only III and IV follow
4) Only I, II & III follow
5) None of these
9. Statements:
All shirts are trousers.
Some socks are shoes.
All shoes are shirts.
Some socks are shoes.
All shoes are shirts.
Conclusions:
I. Some socks are shirts.
II. Some socks are trousers.
III. All shoes are trousers.
IV. All shoes are socks.
1) Only I and II follow
2) Only I or II or III follows
3) Only II and IV follow
4) Only III and IV follow
5) None of these
10. Statements:
Some books are papers.
All plates are records.
All plates are records.
Some records are books.
Conclusions:
I. Some plates are books.
II. Some records are papers.
III. Some papers are plates.
IV. Some books are records.
1) Only I follows
2) Only II and III follow
3) Only I and III follow
4) Only IV follows
5) None of these
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Difficult Syllogism Solutions Answers
1.2; I follows by converting the first statement. Some notes are pencils (I) → conversion → Some pencils are notes (I) + Some notes are books = I + I = No conclusion. Hence II does not follow. Since III and IV form a complementary I-E pair, either of the two must follow.2.3; Some cups are utensils + No utensil is a bucket = I + E = O = Some cups are not buckets. Hence I doesn't follow. No utensil is a bucket + All buckets are plates = E + A = O* = Some plates are not utensils. Hence neither II nor III follows. But since they form an I-E complementary pair, either of the two must follow. IV can’t be established.
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6.1; Some boxes are balls + No ball is a bat (conversion of 2nd statement) = Some boxes are not bats [I + E = O]. Hence I follows and III does not. Now, Some spec- tacles are boxes and conclusion I give no conclusion. Hence II and IV do not follow.
7.3 ; Some bulbs are fans + All fans are tube lights = Some bulbs are tube lights....
(a) [I + A = I]. Now, statement (2) + (a) gives: Some tube lights are not pens. Hence conclusions I and II can’t be established. III follows from first statement on conversion. But IV does not. But I and II make a complementary pair [I-E pair]. Hence either I or II follows.
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10.4; Only IV follows from statement (3) on conversion.