Syllogism Questions and Answers Part-4

Directions to solve : In each of the questions below are given three statements followed by four conclusions numbered I, II, III and IV. You have to take the three 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


1. Statements:
(A) Some apples are flowers.
(B) No flower is a papaya.
(C) All papayas are baskets.
Conclusions:
I. Some apples are baskets.
II. Some baskets are papayas.
III. Some baskets are apples.
IV. Some flowers are apples.
a) All follow
b) None follows
c) Only II and IV follow
d) Only II and III follow

Answer: c

2. Statements:
(A) Some cars are horses.
(B) All horses are guns.
(C) All guns are cows.
Conclusions:
I. Some cows are cars.
II. Some cows are horses.
III. Some cows are guns.
IV. Some cars are guns.
a) None follows
b) Only I and II follow
c) Only II and III follow
d) All follow

Answer: d

3. Statements:
(A) Some desks are apartments.
(B) All apartments are cars.
(C) Some cars are trucks.
Conclusions:
I. Some desks are trucks.
II. Some desks are cars.
III. Some cars are apartments.
IV. No truck is a desk.
a) None follows
b) Only II and III follow
c) Either only I or II, III and IV follow
d) Either only I or IV, and II and III follow

Answer: d

4. Statements:
(A) All cats are cows.
(B) All horses are cows.
(C) Some cows are bulls.
Conclusions:
I. Some cats are horses.
II. Some horses are bulls.
III. Some bulls are cats.
IV. All bulls are cows.
a) None follows
b) Only I follows
c) Only I and III follow
d) Only II and IV follow

Answer: a

5. Statements:
(A) Some cats are elephants.
(B) No elephant is river.
(C) All rivers are roads.
Conclusions:
I. No cat is river.
II. Some roads are rivers.
III. Some elephants are cat.
IV. Some cats are rivers.
a) Only I and II follow
b) Only II, III and IV follow
c) Only either I or IV and III follow
d) Only I, II and III follow

Answer: d

6.Statements:
(A) All mirrors are phones.
(B) Some phones are gadgets.
(C) All gadgets are mirrors.
Conclusions:
I. Some gadgets are phones.
II. Some gadgets are mirrors.
III. Some gadgets are not mirrors.
IV. Some mirrors are phones.
a)None follows
b) Only I and II follow
c) Only II and III follow
d) Either II or IV follows

Answer: b

7. Statements:
(A) No proud is animal.
(B) Some sheeps are animals.
(C) All cats are sheeps.
Conclusions:
I. No cat is proud.
II. Some cats are animals.
III. No animal is cat.
IV. Some prouds are sheeps.
a) Only III follows
b) Only either II or III follows
c) Only I follows
d) Only I and either II or III follow

Answer: b

8. Statements:
(A) All grapes are apples.
(B) All papayas are apples.
(C) Some apples are mangoes.
Conclusions:
I. No grape is mango.
II. Some papayas are not mangoes.
III. Some grapes are papayas.
IV. All mangoes are grapes.
a) Only I follows
b) Either I or III follows
c) Only II and III follow
d) None of these

Answer: d

9. Statements:
(A) Some bats are rackets.
(B) Some rackets are bats.
(C) Some bats are balls.
Conclusions:
I. Some balls are bats.
II. Some balls are not bats.
III. No racket is ball.
IV. No bat is ball.
a) Only I and IV follow
b) Only II follows
c) Only I and III follow
d) Only I or IV follows

Answer: d

10. Statements:
(A) All stereos are cds.
(B) Some stereos are cassettes.
(C) Some cds are pens.
Conclusions:
I. Some pens are stereos.
II. Some cds are cassettes.
III. Some pens are cassettes.
IV. All stereos are pens.
a) Either I or IV follows
b) Only II and III follow
c) Either I or IV and II follow
d) Only II follows

Answer: d