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Question for Practice Questions Level 3: Syllogism
Try yourself:Directions: In this question, four statements are given followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and III. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read the statements and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
Statements:
All red are blue.
Some blue are yellow.
Some yellow are violet.
No violet is green.
Conclusions:
I. Some red are yellow.
II. No yellow is green.
III. Some blue can be violet.
Explanation
R = Red, B = Blue, Y = Yellow, V = Violet, G = Green
From the above Venn diagrams, it is clear that only conclusion III follows.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 3: Syllogism
Try yourself:Directions: This question consists of three statements followed by four conclusions marked I, II, III and IV. Consider the statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts, and decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements, disregarding commonly known facts. Mark your answer accordingly.
Statements:
Some right are left.
No left is west.
All west are south.
Conclusions:
I. No right is west.
II. Some left are west.
III. Some south are not left.
IV. All south are left.
Explanation
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Question for Practice Questions Level 3: Syllogism
Try yourself:Directions: In each of the following questions, four statements followed by three or four conclusions marked I, II, III and IV are given. Consider the statements to be true even though they seem to be at variance with the commonly known facts and find out which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) the statements, disregarding the commonly known facts.
Statements:
Some foxes are wolves.
No cat is dog.
All wolves are cats.
Some wolves are hares.
Conclusions:
I. Some dogs are not wolves.
II. All dogs are wolves.
III. Some foxes being dogs is a possibility.
IV. All hares being dogs is a possibility.
Explanation
Only I and III follow.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 3: Syllogism
Try yourself:Directions: In the following item, some statements are given, 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 from commonly known facts. Read all the statements and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
Statements:
No deposit is a saving.
All savings are current.
All current are recurring.
Some savings are not loans.
Conclusions:
I. Some deposits are current.
II. Some deposits are not current.
III. Some current are not loans.
IV. Some savings are not recurring.
Explanation
Or
From both fig it is clear that either I or II follow.
As some loans are not savings, all current cannot be loans. Hence, III follows.
As all savings are recurring. IV does not follow.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 3: Syllogism
Try yourself:Directions: In each of the following questions, four statements followed by three or four conclusions marked I, II, III and IV are given. Consider the statements to be true even though they seem to be at variance with the commonly known facts and find out which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) the statements, disregarding the commonly known facts.
Statements:
No wet is dry.
No hot is cold.
No cold is damp.
No damp is dry.
Conclusions:
I. No hot is dry.
II. Some cold being wet is a possibility.
III. No damp is wet.
IV. Some hot is dry.
Explanation
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Question for Practice Questions Level 3: Syllogism
Try yourself:Directions: The question below consists of 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 them logically follow(s) from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.
Statements:
Some coppers are irons.
Some irons are zincs.
Some zincs are golds.
Conclusions:
I. Some zincs are coppers is a possibility.
II. Some zincs are irons.
III. Some irons are golds is a possibility.
IV. All irons are coppers is a possibility.
Explanation
Or
It is clear from the Venn diagram that all conclusions I, II, III and IV follow.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 3: Syllogism
Try yourself:Directions: In the following question, three statements are 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 from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the given statements, disregarding the commonly known facts.
Statements:
No tree is sky.
Some skies are aeroplanes.
All aeroplanes are pilots.
Conclusions:
I. Some aeroplanes are not sky.
II. Some skies are pilots.
III. Some trees are sky.
IV. Some pilots are not trees.
Explanation
T - Trees
A - Aeroplanes
S - Skies
P - Pilots
It is clear from the Venn diagrams that only II and IV follow.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 3: Syllogism
Try yourself:Directions: The question below consists of 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 them logically follow(s) from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.
Statements:
All buses are trucks.
All trucks are tyres.
No tyres are railways.
Conclusions:
I. All tyres are buses.
II. No truck is railway.
III. Some tyres are not trucks.
IV. No bus is railway.
Explanation
Or
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Question for Practice Questions Level 3: Syllogism
Try yourself:Directions: The question below consists of 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 them logically follow(s) from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.
Statements:
No tea is coffee.
No coffee is cold drink.
No cold drink is ice cream.
Conclusions:
I. No coffee is tea.
II. Some cold drink is tea is a possibility.
III. Some coffee is ice cream is a possibility.
IV. Some tea is ice cream is a possibility.
Explanation
Or
T stands for tea.
C stands for coffee.
Cd stands for cold drink.
I stands for ice cream.
It is clear from the Venn diagrams that all the conclusions are true.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 3: Syllogism
Try yourself:Directions: The question consists of four statements followed by conclusions. Consider the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the conclusions does not logically follow from the given statements, using all the statements together. Mark that conclusion as your answer.
Statements:
All cricketers are footballers.
Some footballers are teachers.
All teachers are athletes.
No athlete is a mathematician.
Explanation
Or
No teacher is a mathematician. Hence, conclusion 2 does not follow.
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