SYLLOGISM - II

Directions (1-5): Each of the questions given below comprises two statements
followed by four conclusions numbered. I, II, III and IV. You have to assume
both the statements correct, even if they differ from universally known facts.
Go through all the conclusions and then ignoring the universally known facts
ascertain as to which of the given conclusions can logically come up from the
given statements.
1. Statements: Some papers are balls.
Ball is not spherical.
Conclusions: I. Some papers are spherical. II. Some balls are spherical.
III. Some papers are not spherical. IV. Some balls are papers.
1) Only III 2) Only IV 3) Either III or IV 4) Only III and IV
5) None
2. Statements: All maps are roads.
Some roads are cities.
Conclusions: I. Some cities are maps. II. All roads are maps.
III. No city is map. IV. All cities are roads.
1) Either I or III 2) Either I and II or III 3) Only I 4) Only III
5) None
3. Statements: Some trees are pens.
All pens are pencils.
Conclusions: I. Some pencils are pens. II. All trees are pens.
III. Some trees are pencils. IV. Some pencils are trees.
1) Only I and II 2) Only III and IV 3) Only IV 4) All are true 5) None
4. Statements: All papers are bags.
No bag is green.
Conclusions: I. No paper is green. II. Some papers are green.
III. Some green are papers. IV. Some bags are papers.
1) Either I or II 2) Only I and III 3) Only I and IV 4) Either II or III
5) None
5. Statements: All bananas are apples.
All apples are oranges.
Conclusions: I. Some oranges are apples. II. All bananas are apples.
III. Some bananas are not oranges.
IV. Some oranges are bananas.
1) All are true 2) Only I and IV 3) Only I and III 4) Only I
5) None
Directions (6-36): Each question consists of two or three or four statements
followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. Consider 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 follow from the given statements using all statements together. Mark
your answer as,
1) If only conclusion I follows
2) If only conclusion II follows
3) If either conclusion I or conclusion II follows
4) If neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows
5) If both conclusion I and conclusion II follows
 (6-7)
Statements: Some cubes are cuboids
All cuboids are spheres
All cones are cubes
6. Conclusions: I. Some spheres are definitely cubes
II. All cones are cuboids
7. Conclusions: I. Some spheres are cones
II. Some cuboids are not cones
(8-9)
Statements: All stories are poems
No poem is movie
Some movies are dramas
Some dramas are episodes
8. Conclusions: I. Movies can never be stories
II. Some episodes are not poems
9. Conclusions: I. All stories are episodes is a possibility
II. Some dramas are not stories
(10-11)
Statements: All tubes are bulbs
All fans are bulbs
Some fans are lamps
10. Conclusions: I. Some fans are not tubes is a possibility
II. Some lamps are bulbs
11. Conclusions: I. All tubes are fans
II. Some lamps are definitely tubes
12. Statements: Some vowels are consonants
Some consonants are alphabets
Some numbers are vowels
Conclusions: I. Some numbers if they are consonants then they must be a part
of alphabets.
II. All alphabets are numbers is a possibility
(13-14)
Statements: No rose is lotus
All lotuses are jasmines
Some sunflowers are jasmines
13. Conclusions: I. Some jasmines are not roses
II. All lotuses are sunflowers is a possibility
14. Conclusions: I. No sunflower is rose
II. At least some roses are not jasmines
15. Statements: Some festivals are occasions
No festival is culture
Conclusions: I. All cultures are occasions is a possibility
II. Some cultures are not festivals
16. Statements: Some explanations are answers
All questions are answers
Conclusions: I. Some explanations are questions
II. Some answers are questions
17. Statements: No blue is black
Some pinks are purples
All purples are blacks
Conclusions: I. Some pinks are not blues
II. All blues are purples is a possibility
 (18-19)
Statements: Some years are months
All months are weeks
No week is decade
18. Conclusions: I. All years are weeks is definitely true
II. Decade can never be month
19. Conclusions: I. Some years are decades
II. All decades are years is a possibility
(20-21)
Statements: Some doctors are engineers
Some engineers are lawyers
All engineers are professors
20. Conclusions: I. No lawyer is doctor is a possibility
II. All professors are doctors
21. Conclusions: I. Some doctors which are professors may be a part of lawyers
II. At least some professors are lawyer
(22-23)
Statements: All roses are flowers
Some trees are roses
Some flowers are seeds
22. Conclusions: I. All trees being seeds is a possibility
II. Some roses are definitely not seeds.
23. Conclusions: I. Some flowers which are trees are also a part of seeds.
II. All seeds if they are trees then they must be a part of roses
(24-25)
Statements: Some blues are greens
Some reds are blues
All greens are whites
24. Conclusions: I. Some reds are neither blues nor whites is a possibility
II. All greens are reds is a possibility
25. Conclusions: I. Some whites are not reds
II. Some reds which are white are blue.
26. Statements: All rocks are mountains
No stone is mountain
All stones are cements
Conclusions: I. Some mountains which are cements are also rocks
II. No cement is rock
27. Statements: All sixes are scores
All boundaries are fours
No boundary is score
Conclusions: I. All sixes are fours is a possibility
II. All scores which are fours are also a part of boundaries
28. Statements: Some cars are mobiles
All mobiles are phones
All cars are trucks
Conclusions: I. Some cars are not phones
II. All trucks are phones is a possibility
29. Statements: Some husbands are fathers
All fathers are parents
Some husbands are not mothers
Conclusions: ` I. All mothers are fathers is a possibility
II. All husbands are parents is a possibility
30. Statements: All rings are watches
Some bangles are rings
Some caps are watches
Conclusions: I. No cap is bangle is a possibility
II. Some rings which are caps they must be a part of bangles
(31-32)
Statements: All waters are honey
Some apples are honey
Some honey are sugars
31. Conclusions: I. All sugars are apples is a possibility
II. All waters are apples is necessarily true
32. Conclusions: I. No sugar is water is a possibility
II. Some apples are sugars
(33-34)
Statements: All sheeps are goats
No camel is sheep
All camels are deers
33. Conclusions: I. Some deers which are not sheeps must be a part of goats
II. All goats being a part of deers is a possibility
34. Conclusions: I. No sheep is deer
II. Some goats are not sheeps is a possibility
(35-36)
Statements: Some calculators are watches
Some mobiles are pencils
All pencils are calculators
35. Conclusions: I. All calculators are mobiles is a possibility
II. Some mobiles are definitely not watches
36. Conclusions: I. Some pencils which are not watches are calculators
II. All calculators are mobiles